Path of Betrayal

Prologue/Chapter 1

Betrayal and Another World

Kagome was heavily panting. She was currently battling Kikyo. InuYasha left their side to join Kikyo who had join Naraku. InuYasha had no faith in them. His final words to her before leaving was 'You are all weak. Especially you Kagome. You are the weakest of them all. The only way I will be ab;e to obtain power is if I go to Naraku. Besides... you're just a reincarnation. Kikyo is my one and only love.'

It wasn't even a day later when her current battle had began. Naraku with his army of demons had appeared alongside with the half-dog demon and Kikyo. Naraku was an easy win. Kagome was able to grab the rest of the jewel and put it together before Kikyo could reach it. The problem was fighting InuYasha and Kikyo.

They were unimaginably strong. Kagome watched as InuYasha killed their- her friends. Miroku, Kirara, Sango, then Shippo. Kagome watched them all be killed by the person she trusted. By the one she loved. Their bodies were bloodied. If you hadn't seen the sight, you would not be able to tell they were corpses.

Kikyo stood behind as InuYasha did most of the dirty look. He was now charging at her so that he could kill her. Kagome took a step back in fright. She tripped over a log making the miko fall to the ground. Kagome looked up to see InuYasha swing his sword down on her. He yelled, "Once you die, Kikyo can finally have her soul back!" His blade got closer and closer, but it never hit.

Kagome opened her eyes that she didn't know she closed. In front of her was InuYasha's half brother, Sesshomaru. He didn't even glance back as he said, "This is this Sesshomaru's payment for saving Rin." The two demon brothers began to fight. It wasn't so simple though. There was still Kikyo to deal with.

Kikyo began to approach her. The two mikos fought hard. They were so caught up in battle, they never seemed to notice they had moved into a different clearing. This clearing was all too familiar for Kagome. It was the field with the well to her time.

Kagome kept backing up. Kikyo was over-powering her. A scream was suddenly heard throughout the forest. The girls had recognized it as InuYasha. They had assumed that the Lord of the Western Lands had killed him.

Kikyo was now more enraged. Kagome took a step back, however, the well was directly behind her. The misstep made Kagome fall backwards into the well. Kikyo knew that the well the way to Kagome's home. She didn't want her to escape. She grabbed her arm wanting to keep her in that era, but this action only caused them both to fall at the bottom.

When The two opened their eyes, there was sky above them. Kagome knew it wasn't her home, but it wasn't the Feudal era either. Their surroundings gave it away.

They both got out of the well. Kagome's weapons felt really heavy all of the sudden. Kikyo looked at her reincarnation and began to laugh like some mad murderer- wait she was one.

"What is so funny Kikyo!" Kagome spat Kikyo's name out with disgust.

"Why don't you look at yourself reincarnation." Kagome was now confused as she looked at her self. She looked at her hand first and they were tiny. Actually, every part of her looked small. She looked like a three year old. No wonder her weapons felt so heavy.

"What the heck! What did you do to me?"

"Nothing Reincarnation. It happened when you went through the well."

Kagome no longer knew what to do. She was much weaker in this child form of hers. She was already loosing in her teen form. Kikyo launched an arrow with more power than usual. Kagome just missed it, but was injured from the after math of the attack. Instead of hitting her, Kikyo's arrow hit the well. It blew up. It appeared as the two weren't going back through it.

Somewhere else two people were walking in a town near by. They were two girls. One looked to be mid-twenties to thirties, while the other looked to be a late teen. The elder had blond hair tied in two low ponytails. Her eyes were brown. On her forehead was a purple diamond. The teen had shoulder length dark hair and dark eyes.

They were walking through the streets of a non-shinobi town when they felt a huge amount of power being admitted followed by a large explosion in which they could see from a distance. "Shizune..." said the blonde already running off in the direction of the explosion.

"Y-Yes Lady Tsunade!" Shizune chased after her mentor immediately.

When the two arrived to the scene, they saw two girls with an obvious age different. They weren't concern because they were fighting. No, that would be a foolish thing to think since they were shinobi. No, what surprise them was that a three year old girl was trying to fight with fatal injuries. More importantly why was the elder fighting a child.

Kikyo was about to give one last final attack when she felt two people's auras. She face their direction much to their surprise. Kikyo wouldn't be able to hand it at the moment of she had to fight two more. Especially in her state. Because of this, she retreated.

Kagome watched Kikyo leave. She wanted to kill her now but wasn't complaining because of her injuries. Tsunade and Shizune ran to the child Kagome's side.

"Are you alright," asked Shizune first.

Kagome looked at the two and glared. The two flinched back in surprise. Why- How was a three glaring with such hate and intensity? "That is a stupid question seeing my state." Kagome was overwhelmed with hate and anger towards Kikyo and InuYasha. Of course InuYasha was now dead, so it was mostly directed at Kikyo.

Tsunade kneeled down. "I'll heal-"

Kagome interrupted by muttering, "No need." The two looked confused to the child as she placed her hand on her opposite arm. Her hand began to glow pink and her wounds healed at a faster rate. Saying the two medic were shocked would be an understatement.

"Where are you parents," Shizune asked concerned. "We'll take you back home." She still didn't know who would let a three year old child out all on their own. Especially when they could be attacked like she just had.

Kagome looked back at the blown up well. You could no longer tell it was a well. She decided to act like she wasn't some freak who came from a different world, and said, "My dad died a long time ago. My family is now at an unreachable place, and my friends..."

Kagome spoke as she normally did. The two others just thought she was mature for her age. People in this world did have to grow up fast. A lone tear silently rolled down Kagome's face. She wouldn't cry. They wouldn't want her to cry. It still hurt though.

"My friends were recently killed... by the person you just saw, and someone who I trusted and loved." Kagome could now say that she no longer love InuYasha. The betrayal was so bad, she instantly fell out of love.

Tsunade could feel for the girl. She had lost the people most important to her. Much like herself. Tsunade gave a sad sigh. To Shizune's surprise her mentor asked, "Would you like to come with us?"

Kagome froze. Should she? She had no where else to go. Heck, she didn't even know where she was or know anything of the place, but she had trust issues now.

Tsunade saw she was uncertain. "I understand what you are going through. I've lost all of my precious people too." She reassured her. "You don't have to trust us if you don't want to. I understand. You can always leave later if you want to."

Kagome decided that she would. They appeared to be nice people. Their aura's weren't corrupted either. Kagome gave a small nod. She wasn't smiling though. She was still frowning.

"Then I guess introduction are in order. I'm Tsunade."

"And I'm Shizune."

"Oink!"

Kagome looked to the just seen pig. Shizune explained, "Oh and this is Tonton."

Kagome felt distant from everyone and everything. Still she gave them her name. She hesitated a moment before saying, "Kagome Higurashi."

For the next seven years Kagome traveled with Tsunade, Shizune, and Tonton. They taught her everything of the world. Apparently she also had chakra like ninja have. This lead Kagome to take an interest in the shinobi arts. She was going to get stronger then find Kikyo. She was going to pay for what she did.

They had taught her skills as they travelled. Kagome learned to open up to them but only them. If she interacted with anyone else, she was cold and distant. You could say Kagome had trust issues, but she had a good reason. In fact she trusted them so much that she told them a lot about her past.

Kagome was now ten. Of course she had new clothing. Kagome's clothing looked like a cross between a qipao dress and a kimono. It was red. It had short short sleeves, and the bottom of the outfit was mid-thigh. Beneath, her legs were wrapped in bandages until just above her knees.

Her hair was waist-length but nothing was done special with it. She also wore black ninja sandles. She was going to wear blue like most people her age but black looked better, and who said she was like the others. The completed Shikon no Tama hangs around her neck but is hidden under her clothes.

A bracelet was worn on her left wrist. It had most of her weapons and friends weapons on it that she was able to obtain. She didn't use her friends weapons though unless necessary. They were more of a memento.

Today was the last day she was spending with Tonton, Tsunade, and Shizune. Kagome wanted to be an official ninja. In order to do so she needed to attend an academy. She would start five years late, but she had been getting taught by a sannin so she assume she should be fine.

Konoha was the hidden village of the Fire Country. That was where she was headed... alone. Kagome knew very well that Tsunade didn't wish to return. Tsunade did, however, write a letter to the Hokage explaining Kagome. It would make her entrance simpler. For that she was grateful. Kagome gave a rare smile to those who had grown as her knew family before going off her own way.

'Konoha... I'm on my way.'

A/N: Please don't yell at me for starting another story. I can't help it that I have so many ideas. At least I don't write them all. Anyway I am excited to write this story and I hope you all will enjoy it as well.

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