InuYasha Fan Fiction / Naruto Fan Fiction ❯ Shinobi and Miko: A Collection of One-Shots ❯ When You Help Others, You Can�t Help Helping Yourself ( Chapter 5 )

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While lying �helpless� in Gatou�s headquarters, Momochi Zabuza hears a weird sound coming from one of the forbidden rooms, along with an occasional pink blast. Being naturally curious, he goes to investigate and finds more that he bargained for.

Anime/Manga: InuYasha Fan Fiction / Naruto Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Romance | Type: Crossover | Uploaded On: 07.13.2006 | Pages: 8 | Words: 5.0K | Visits: 2.1K | Status: Completed

IMPORTANT NOTE!!! Weird…I found out my story is a lot like someone else's…O.o??? I haven't heard of this author or stories until they left a review. This story's title is going to be changing to “Shinobi and Miko: A Collection of One-Shots” after Chapter 6 is up.

Title: When You Help Others, You Can't Help Helping Yourself

Pairing: Zabuza (Zabusa)/Kagome

Rating: T

Summary: While lying “helpless” in Gatou's headquarters, Momochi Zabuza hears a weird sound coming from one of the forbidden rooms, along with an occasional pink blast. Being naturally curious, he goes to investigate and finds more that he bargained for.

Note: I don't think you can erase memories by putting your thumb on someone's pressure point…^^0

Dedication: From mediaminer.org, this one-shot is for gothic fuzzies and I3lue wOlf.

Momochi Zabuza stared blankly at the ceiling.

This is so boring, just lying here and doing nothing. When will Haku be back with the herbs? When will I be able to kill something again?

Having nothing better to do, Zabuza closed his eyes and concentrated on his surroundings.

This way, I'll be able to tell if any of Gatou's men are trying to sneak up and kill me. I wouldn't put it past him to try and get me when I'm down. But I'm ready for that treacherous snake.

“H-help…”

A beautiful, weak voice assaulted Zabuza's keen ears.

Zabuza sat up quickly and grabbed the kunai hidden under his pillow. Wincing slightly, he clutched his stomach in pain. He slowly made his way to the door of his room. Opening it slowly and stepping into the hallway, he looked around quickly to see the owner of the voice.

Zabuza looked to his right. Nothing. He looked to his left and felt a weak source of chakra somehow calling to him. He blinked once.

It's calling to me?

A weak pink light emerged from the end of the corridor. It soon disappeared and did not reappear.

What was the pink light? Is Gatou trying to trick me somehow?

Zabuza ventured down the corridor, kunai in hand. He soon walked up to the door he saw the light issuing from.

This is one of the rooms Gatou said we could never go in. Oh well. It's not like I care.

Zabuza pushed open to door to the room. A soft whimper reached his ears. As soon as his eyes adjusted, he saw a beaten, battered figure chained to the wall by their arms.

It's a…girl!

All of his thoughts stopped as the girl raised her eyes to meet his. Pure brown eyes looked at his with hatred that soon mellowed out as soon as she saw he wasn't her captor.

“Who are you?”

Her eyes have the spirit of a fighter. Yet she retains her innocence, just like Haku.

“Is it not polite to give your name first if you want another's?”

A faint pink line spread across Kagome's cheeks. She kept her eyes warily on Zabuza as she answered.

“Kagome.”

Zabuza tested the name on his lips. It rolled off of his tongue like a knife cutting through hot butter.

“Nice name.”

Kagome's blush darkened even deeper.

“What's your name?”

“Momochi Zabuza.”

“'Never cuts twice'? Are you an assassin working for Gatou? Are you here to kill me?”

Zabuza's eyes flashed dangerously.

“I only work for him for my reasons.”

Kagome cowered into a corner.

“H-Hai (Y-yes) .”

Zabuza immediately regretted snapping at her.

“Those chains holding you up. Do they restrain your powers?”

Kagome nodded slightly.

“Does it matter?”

Zabuza took out his sword and pointed it at the chain entrapping Kagome.

“Look away. I don't want the sparks getting into your eyes.”

Turning her head to the side, Kagome closed her eyes tightly.

Clank!

Kagome felt the sparks on her hand. Her left hand was free.

Clank!

Her other hand was free. Kagome rotated both her hands to see if they were working.

“Thank you.”

Zabuza narrowed his eyes at her.

“All of us are either users or tools…or both.”

Kagome gave Zabuza a confused look.

“Well, thanks anyways.”

“You have to get out of here. Gatou's going to come soon.”

Kagome slowly got to her feet. After days of not walking, she was unaccustomed to it. She wobbled slightly and fell backwards, right into Momochi Zabuza's arms.

“Kyah! I'm sorry I'm sorry I'm sorry!”

Her body feels so right against mine.

Zabuza just looked away from Kagome and let her go. If one looked closely at him, a very faint red line trailed across his cheekbones.

Zabuza's ears perked up at the sound of four pairs of footsteps, one quieter than the others.

Ah, Haku's back. And so are Gatou and his two cronies, Zori and Waraji.

“Kagome, come with me.”

Zabuza pulled Kagome to his room and plopped her onto his bed.

“Hide under the covers in a minute. Gatou and his cronies are coming.”

Kagome quicky dove under the covers and Zabuza chuckled.

“Haku's coming first, so you don't have to go under.”

“Who's `Haku'?”

As if on cue, the door opened to show a beautiful girl coming through. Her face creased in worry as she saw Zabuza up and out of bed.

“Zabuza-san! You should stay in bed until you heal.”

“I'm fine Haku.”

“I brought some herbs for you.”

Kagome's face fell.

Zabuza already has a girlfriend?

“You must be Haku.”

The girl turned to her and looked at her suspiciously.

“What are you doing in Zabuza-san's room?”

Zabuza held out a hand in front of Haku.

“It's alright Haku. She was a captive of Gatou but I saved her.”

Haku smiled at Kagome.

“If you have Zabuza-san's trust, you have mine too.”

Kagome smiled uncertainly at Haku.

“I'm Higurashi Kagome. I supposed you're Zabuza's girlfriend?”

Haku sweatdropped and he and Zabuza burst out laughing.

“What?”

“I-hah hah hah…I'm a boy, not a girl.”

“Oh.”

An embarrassed Kagome buried her face into the bed.

I'm such an idiot.

She felt the bed in front of her shift slightly to accommodate extra weight. Kagome looked up to find Haku staring straight at her, not even an inch from her face. Her jaw dropped and she screamed.

“AAAAHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!”

Haku covered his ears.

Zabuza leaped onto the bed and slapped his hand on Kagome's mouth.

“Gatou's coming!”

Kagome's eyes filled with fear and she instantly stopped screaming.

Haku jumped gracefully off the bed.

“Zabuza-san. Get under the covers with Kagome-chan.”

“Kagome, I need you to get as close to me as possible. Make no sound and do not move.”

Zabuza laid on the bed and Kagome wrapped her arms around his torso. She scooted close to his body and Zabuza pulled the blankets up to hide Kagome.

Haku quickly took the seat beside Zabuza's bed.

At the same instant, Gatou entered the room with his two cronies.

“So, even you have come back defeated. It looks like the Mist Country ninjas are pretty pathetic. You call yourself a devil, yet you can't even avenge your own men?”

Zabuza stared blankly into space.

Kagome felt Haku's chakra rise and heard him stand from the hair he was sitting on.

Gatou's two cronies stepped in front of Gatou and put their hands on the handle of their swords.

Haku just narrowed his eyes.

An attack?

“Hold on for a second.”

Gatou walked to Zabuza's bed.

Kagome snuggled closer to Zabuza.

He's coming! Please don't find me…

Gatou brushed past Haku and outstretched his hand towards Zabuza.

“There's no need to stay silent. Why don't you say something?”

His hand was stopped as Haku applied pressure to his hand.

“Don't touch Zabuza-san with your dirty hands!”

“A-ah! You…you'll break it!”

Zori and Waraji, Gatou's two cronies, began drawing their swords.

In an instant, Haku ran to them and held their own swords to their necks.

Needless to say, their were shocked.

No way…

He moved…in an instant…

Haku's eyes widened in anger.

“You shouldn't do that. I'm pissed right now!”

A scared Gatou looked on in disbelief at the scene. Haku let go of the swords and moved to Zabuza's bedside.

“One more time! If you fail one more time, you're not welcome here. Remember that! Let's go.”

He left the room with his bodyguards and closed the door.

As soon as he left, Zabuza began gently reprimanding Haku.

“Haku, you didn't have to.”

He showed Haku the kunai he held in his left hand.

Kagome popped her head out of the covers.

“Whew, that was close!”

“I'm glad your safe, Kagome-chan.”

“Haku, please, it's just Kagome.”

“Kagome-ch…Kagome.”

Kagome grinned at Haku.

Zabuza pulled Kagome to her feet.

“Come on, we have to get you out of here before Gatou finds out you're gone.”

Zabuza, Kagome, and Haku quickly made it out of Gatou's hideout. They ran to the river where Zabuza began looking through the flora.

“What's he doing?”

“You'll see Kagome.”

“Found it.”

Zabuza pulled a boat out of the bushes and plopped it into the river.

“You can escape on this.”

Kagome turned to Haku and hugged him.

“Thank you so much.”

Haku embraced Kagome and kissed her forehead.

“Get going Kagome-chan. If Gatou kept you prisoner for so long, he must have a need for you. He won't stop until he finds you.”

“I know Haku.”

Kagome turned to her savior, Zabuza.

I would hug him too, but he'd probably kill me. But this is probably the first and last time I'll ever see him so…

Kagome walked up to Zabuza and lightly put her arms around him.

“Well, thanks for everything.”

To her surprise, Zabuza also put his muscular arms around her body.

“I'll never forget you Higurashi Kagome.”

Kagome nestled into Zabuza's firm chest.

“Zabuza…I'm not leaving you.”

“Zabuza-san, this is unlike you.”

Haku put a hand on Zabuza's shoulder.

Kagome wrapped her arms tighter around Zabuza.

“I'm staying with you and Haku.”

“Kagome-”

Kagome silenced Zabuza with a finger on his mask.

“I've made up my mind.”

Haku threw two needles at Kagome's neck. Kagome quickly fell unconscious. Zabuza caught Kagome in his arms and gently laid her in the boat.

“Haku, take Kagome to the outskirts of Mist Village, erase all her memories of us and the village, and leave her with a good family.”

“Zabuza-san-”

“Haku, do as I tell you.”

“Hai, Zabuza-san.”

Haku went into the boat and went off to the outskirts of the village.

I don't want you to lead the hard life I do Kagome. One day, you'll understand. It would be better if you didn't remember anything that happened to you in this village. Or anyone.

Haku sighed sadly and put his thumb on Kagome's pressure point to erase her most recent memories.

“Ngh…Zabuza…Haku…”

“Kagome-chan…”

After he was finished erasing the most recent part of Kagome's memories, he gently laid Kagome down by a stream.

“You'll be safe here Kagome-chan. Good-bye.”

He left to return to Zabuza, but not before planting a soft kiss on Kagome's cheek.

“That was from me and this-”

Haku paused to kiss Kagome's still lips.

“-is from Zabuza-san. Sayonara Kagome-chan.”

“Is it done? Is she safe?”

“Hai, Zabuza-san.”

“I'm glad Haku.”

“If I may, Zabuza-san, why did you not allow Kagome to stay with us?”

“Haku, if she stayed with us, she would only be met with danger. Gatou would be sure to find out where she was and he would kill her without any hesistation. Now, she's safe and doesn't remember anything. This is the best way.”

“Are you sure Zabuza-san?”

“No more questions Haku.”

Kagome…I will always love you. I've heard the saying, “When you help others, you can't help helping yourself.” I found out it's true. I helped you become free, and you showed me love and affection, something I thought I would never feel.

Thank you Kagome, for everything.