Melt

Hey guys! This is my first attempt in writing a crossover. I'm really excited about it! :D

I was really eager to get it out before my birthday tomorrow. I rewrote this a few times, but it didn't turn out the way I wanted it to. Then it just clicked, and bam! I got it! Phew…

Feel absolutely free to give some feedbacks or reviews. They are very much appreciated :D Enjoy!

Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha or Naruto. They are owned by Rumiko Takahashi and Masahi Kishimoto.

Genre: Friendship/ Romance

Rating: T

Pairing: Kagome/Itachi

"Hey."

He made no motion at all to indicate he heard her. But Kagome knew he heard her, as usual. His hearing is far superior to most after all, so she continued.

"Don't worry too much, kay? Everything will be alright," She tried to assure him.

He almost snorted at her suggestion. Almost.

He was Itachi Uchiha. He didn't need reassurance.

All right. Most of the time.

Though He wasn't sure whether which notion that he should be more offended about, the fact that she thinks that he is worried, or the fact that she expects him foolish enough to believe that everything will end well.

Because he knows the outcome, he himself had carefully planned it out. Nothing will be even remotely close to alright after that.

"You have too much hope," He told her. It is both a statement, and a warning. The reality is cruel.

He felt, if not a little, responsible to remind her of the omnipresent dangers of this world.

"Hope is a good thing. It always keeps one going," She continues. Even though from her experience in the Feudal Era, she know that's probably the farthest thing from the truth. Hope alone doesn't keep you alive in this cruel reality. In this world, only the strongest survive.

"Hn."

He was making fun of her, and she knew it. They both understand that it's a lie.

"Fine! But hope is still a great thing. It tends to give me strength to continue. Besides, sometimes, it's the only thing that you can cling onto," She defended.

"Hn." Came the same old disbelieving tone.

Kagome glowered a bit. He wasn't buying it at all. She doesn't understand how he was able to provoke her with that half-mocking tone with just a one syllable! And one that isn't even a proper word either!

"Hope made all things possible. You'll never get your way if you give up!" She insisted.

He was giving her his usual emotionless stare. And it was doing a pretty good job in making her own argument sound feeble to her own ears. And all she wanted to do in the first place was to encourage him a bit.

"Well, it won't hurt to be more optimistic!" she eventually retorted weakly.

She peeped at his face from the corner of her eyes. He was not convinced at all.

Ugh! She's losing the fight! (However one sided it was.)

And all Itachi had to do was to utter this one damn syllable. Heck, he didn't even raise his tone. All he did was just stand there, in all his regal glory, barely moving his lips, uttering that despicable sound. While she was nowhere closer to winning the argument, no matter if she stressed, gesticulated or raised her voice.

He gave her the stare again. He was waiting for her reply.

She searched through every fiber of her being to give an intelligent response. She didn't find one. So instead, she did the next smartest thing.

She stuck her tongue out at him.

"Hn." Itachi didn't miss anything through his damaged eyesight. And he was very tempted to roll his eyes at her. How predictably childish.

"Hn." She mirthfully mirrored with exaggeration.

"Hn." He echoed. Leave it to her to do such a thing.

"Hn." She imitated with a playfully disrespectful tone.

"Hn." He said, this time with a nearly non-existent upturn of his lips.

But she caught it.

"You know, Itachi, you're not as bad as they make you out to be."

"Hn. Aa."

She beamed at him with a sincere smile.

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And if Itachi didn't know better, he would have said his heart melted a little.

So? How was it? Haha, I added the last line out of a whim :P I just couldn't resist. I'm not entirely sure where this is heading to yet. Should I continue and make this a series of connected or unconnected oneshots?

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It'll be a lovely birthday gift (Yes, shamelessly asking for reviews here xD Alright I'll stop talking now.)

Bye! Thanks for reading!

- 4get Me Not