Ninja Love

Leaving the Bridge

Flashback cont.

Kagome watched them with a look of pure confusion. Say what...

Zabuza understood her confusion and began to speak again.

"When I died , I was sure I'd end up in hell or something of the likes. But i didn't. I found myself standing in a line that seemed to stretch on for miles. In this line were all of Gato's men I'd killed in front of me was the damned midget himself. I knew we were her to face judgement and I'd accepted it. Any punishment the Kami deemed fit i would take. But then something happened. I felt something pulse on my back. Kubikiri. The sword wasn't on me a few seconds before but it was there. In that pulse I'd heard a rather interesting conversation between you and some woman named Midoriko. In my mind's eye I saw the whole thing and I gotta say kid, you a true angel of some sort. When you decided to come back, there was this ... wave of power that just soothed my soul before yanking me and someone else out of the line and back to the world of the living."

Kagome was floored. The only person who could raise the dead without some sort of sacrifice was Sesshomaru with his sword , Tensaiga, the sword of Heaven. The sword had stopped serving their father when Sesshomaru brought back an orphaned girl with him on a mission and allowed the girl, Rin, to stick by him and follow him around. The same happened with Inuyasha and the Tetsaiga , the sword of Earth, when Inuyasha declared that he wouldn't let anyone touch his family when an assassin came after Kagome and Jack when they were smaller. The sword rejected its master and found a new one in the Taisho family's second in line. The only one of Inu no Taisho's legendary fangs that hadn't rejected him was Soun'g , the sword of Hell.

Kagome was dragged back to reality when Haku stepped forward to her and picked up where Zabuza left off .

" I assume that your powers decided that I was worthy of a second chance at life due to a " kindness of heart " I possess.

" But what about Zabuza ?" Kagome asked. Haku never actually killed nobody as far as she knew so the kind heart thing seemed legit-ish. But Zabuza on the other hand ...

" It would seem that when Zabuza's sword absorbed your blood to repair itself , it forged a connection between you that extends to Zabuza . This connection is what brought him back ."

Ah... so thats how...

Kagome reached up to rub her temples , attempting to ease away a growing headache . This is alot to process. What's next? Kakashi signing them up for the Chunin Exams.

End of Flashback

Kagome now had two new loyal bodyguards of sorts. As the person that brought them back to life , Zabuza claimed that they owed her a life debt that could never truly be pad back so they pledge their lives to her. Not that her comrades knew this. She quickly made up a story of how the two decided to repent and that they were valuable assets to the village and that they were now under the protection under the House of the Moon and a bunch of other politoca; crap. As they left the Land of the Wave , Kagome looked over her shoulder one last time to see the Great Naruto Uzumaki-Taisho Bridge.

Looks like Naruto was one step closer to gaining the respect he deserved .

Taisho Compound , Main House

Inu no Taisho sat silently in the middle of the garden that Jack and and wife Izaiyo had worked tirelessly to create. The scent of red spider lillies , white roses , and pumpkin flowers surrounded him , creating a peaceful atmosphere. The Taisho head allowed himself to relax after a long day of training Inuyasha on how to use the Tessaiga. While his second born had talent , he lacked finese and control. The disguised demon lord inwardly chuckled at the memory of Inuyasha trying and faling to properly control his Adamant Barrage. He was suddenly lurched from his hts when he felt a pulse of energy that quickly passed, leaving him worried But that wasnt what started to worry him. No. It was the sudden absence of Soun'gs presence from his mind.

The sword rejected him.