Summary: The head of the Uchiha Clan had an affair and sired a child with a woman from the Higurashi Clan. Join Kagome's journey as she grows up in the Uchiha Clan as a black sheep among ravenous wolves who are waiting to devour her whole.
In the Higurashi District, there was always a sense of quiet and peace. The Higurashi were a peace-loving people and did not argue a lot with others. They disliked confrontation and preferred to be on good terms with other people. Even so, there were a few individuals who did not represent the standard norm of the Higurashi Clan.
For example, Higurashi Saitou who was currently beating his wife Higurashi Maika.
"You whore! Who did you sleep with to conceive that girl?" Saitou shouted as he repeatedly kicked his sobbing wife who was curled up on her side on the wood floor. "Who? Who was it?!" He stopped kicking her and breathed heavily, trying to control his intense heart rate.
Earlier that day, their children were playing outside with the rest of the children in the clan. When an older boy pushed their son Sota to the ground, his older sister Kagome's normal blue eyes bled red, and she tackled the perpetrator before lecturing him about how he should not be a bully. When Saitou saw her red eyes, he knew Kagome could not have been his child. Thus, it led to this moment. Alas, he was beating his wife, so she would divulge the identity of Kagome's biological father.
"S-She...is your daughter!" Maika cried out painfully, clutching her side.
"Lies!" Saitou hissed angrily before dragging her outside by her hair.
Little Kagome hid in her closet with her baby brother Sota. The two siblings held onto each other closely, tears streaming down their chubby faces.
"Those eyes...I know...they are Uchiha...aren't they?" Saitou gritted out as he glared at his whore of a wife. "Maika...what have I done to you, huh...for you to cheat on me? Have I not been a good husband?" He snarled as his temper rose again. He tossed his wife away from him and spat at the ground beside her.
Maika sobbed and struggled to get to her feet. Her legs shook as she stood slowly to regain her balance. She sniffed as she stared at her husband tensely.
"What is it with this racket?!" Grandpa Higurashi exclaimed as he wobbled over to his daughter and his son-in-law. They looked at him with different emotions on their pale faces.
Maika looked away from her father's questioning gaze while Saitou responded in a disrespectful tone.
"Your daughter is a whore!" Saitou spit out angrily.
Grandpa Higurashi's eyes widened. "What?" He breathed out slowly. A shocked expression painted itself onto his face. He turned to his daughter. "Maika, what is your husband saying? Did you...Heavens forbid...cheat on him?" He asked, unsure of himself.
Maika trembled. "Father...p-please…"
"Answer me, child!" Her father shouted in a demanding tone.
Sniffing her nose, Maika's eyes teared up as she heard her husband snort in annoyance.
"Kagome...is not my child," Saitou stated as he stared at his father-in-law.
"W...What?" Grandpa Higurashi exclaimed, terror setting in. How could his beloved Kagome not be Saitou's daughter? There must be a mistake… "How can Kagome not be your child, Saitou?"
"Today, Kagome's eyes bled red and turned into that Sharingan," Saitou emphasized the last word with strong distaste evident in his voice. "I saw it with my own eyes." He pointed at his own eyes.
"Maika?" Grandpa Higurashi looked at his daughter whose body began to shake violently before she fell down to the ground, unconscious.
"Fugaku-san!" Maika exclaimed in surprise as the Uchiha head stumbled into her office at the Konoha Hospital. She walked over to the man and tapped him on the shoulder. "Are you well, sir?" She asked as she helped him over to a patient bed.
"Ngh...of course...I am the head of the Konoha Military Police…why would I not be well?" Fugaku slurred as he waved his hand grandly in the air although the gesture looked a bit sloppy.
Maika frowned.
"I am going to call your wife right now...Mikoto-san would not be pleased to -" He tugged her forward and pressed his chapped lips against hers, silencing her.
It was hours after the deed was done that Uchiha Fugaku regained his sense of bearing. The two did not speak a word to each other, and the Uchiha head walked out of the woman's office like nothing happened even though they both knew that he took advantage of her.
A few months later, Higurashi Maika was diagnosed as pregnant by her fellow doctors. Her gruff and cold husband suddenly became loving, and he became more attentive when he discovered she was with child, his child.
Distraught, Maika tried to kill herself, but she stopped once she realized she could not kill her first child.
Six months later, Kagome was born.
A few days after her mother was hospitalized, little Kagome and baby Sota were both taken to the hospital where nurses took their blood samples and tested them against Higurashi Saitou's.
"Where is Mama?" Little Kagome asked her grandpa with her big blue eyes, curiosity shining in the deep blue depths.
Grandpa Higurashi smiled sadly, reaching down to pat her head. "Mama is sick, so she is resting," He answered with a small smile.
Kagome smiled in kind and skipped off to her baby brother.
A doctor entered the room as the children left and handed the elder a yellow envelope. The Higurashi elder opened the envelope and looked at the contents.
Higurashi Kagome has been found to not have a paternal match to Higurashi Saitou.
Higurashi Sota has been found to be a paternal match to Higurashi Saitou.
Grandpa Higurashi dropped the paper before he quickly bent down to pick them up, rubbing his aching backside.
"Sir, if you want...we can run an entire DNA check in the village to find the young one's biological father," The doctor said as he adjusted his circular lenses.
The elder nodded. "Do it quickly and discreetly...no one is to know."
Outside the hospital, Kagome and Sota sat outside in the park where patients were walking back and forth.
"I know Saitou is not Kagome's biological father," Grandpa Higurashi said as he sat in a chair in front of his daughter's bed.
Maika stayed silent.
"Tell me...who sired her?"
His daughter turned away, and he felt the last of his patience snap. The elder reared his hand back and slapped his daughter hard across the face.
"Uchiha Fugaku, was it?" Grandpa Higurashi shouted angrily. "You have shamed me...us! How dare you cheat on your husband with another man? The man who is in charge of that horrible clan!"
Maika's hands shakily rubbed her tender cheek where her father slapped her.
"I...did not mean for it to happen…" Maika whispered quietly.
Her father stared at her impassively.
"I have already informed the Uchiha head of Kagome...he was adamant about not accepting her...till I told him of how she has awakened their kekkei genkai," Grandpa Higurashi said as he slowly stood up. "He has decided to take full responsibility for her."
Three Days Prior
Grandpa Higurashi and his entourage of elders reached the Uchiha District. They were welcomed by a band from the Konoha Military Police Force.
"What business do members of the Higurashi Clan have with us?" One of the Uchiha asked with his Sharingan activated.
"Peace," Grandpa Higurashi said as he raised a hand. "I wish to speak to Fugaku-sama."
The Uchiha men looked at each other before nodding.
"Hello, Fugaku-sama," Grandpa Higurashi said as he sat down in front of the Uchiha head who regarded him with suspicion.
"Higurashi Seigen," Fugaku acknowledged, inclining his head.
The elder cleared his throat.
"I do not have time to make meaningless sentiments...I am here on business…" Seigen stated as he folded his hands in his lap. "Do you remember my daughter...Higurashi Maika?" He asked seriously.
Fugaku's right eyebrow arched. His mind conjured up an image of a young woman with blue eyes.
"She birthed your child," Seigen said in a monotone, watching the man's reaction carefully.
The Uchiha's eyes widened.
"Impossible."
"Quite possible, actually...she gave birth to a child named Kagome...I believe it is in your best interests to adopt the girl," Seigen said smoothly.
Fugaku's eyes hardened. "You would have me risk my honor, my clan's honor, for a child who I do not know?"
The elder's eyes narrowed. "I already know of how you drunkenly seduced my daughter...do yourself a favor and take the child in to prevent shame...my daughter's husband has graciously offered you the choice to take in the child...or she will be sent to an orphanage."
"Give me one good reason."
"She has awakened your Sharingan."
"You can't give my baby away!" Maika protested as she looked at her father, a crazed look on her face.
Her father shook his head. "I do not want to send off Kagome to the Uchiha, as well, but you and I both know that since she has awakened those eyes, she will have a hard future."
Maika began to weep, her sobs filling the air while her husband stood outside the door, listening to his wife cry her heart out.
Kagome, dear Kagome...even though she was not his child, he loved her. He thought of her: little Kagome with her large trusting blue eyes and pudgy short fingers that reached toward him...He would miss her.
Kagome could remember this day clearly; the final day her father took her small hand in his and smiled at her.
"Kagome, from now on, you're going to be living with someone else," Saitou said to her.
Kagome cocked her head to the side. "Who, Papa?" She asked cutely.
Her father smiled sadly at her.
"You'll see," He answered quietly.
They walked for what seemed like hours before they approached a secluded area in the village.
"Papa, where is this?" Little Kagome asked her daddy curiously.
There were many people with dark raven hair and dark eyes. Wait...Kagome's blue eyes widened when she noticed some red bleed in through the black. She tugged on her father's sleeve.
"Daddy, look! Their eyes are red!" Kagome exclaimed excitedly to her father who merely glanced at her before pulling her along. She blinked at him. "Daddy?"
They eventually reached a big house in the district where there were a man, a woman, and two boys although one of them was being held by the other one that looked as young as Sota.
"Uchiha," Saitou mumbled as he held onto Kagome's tiny hand.
"Higurashi," Fugaku spoke gruffly as he stared at the child. She had jet black hair that had a dark blue hue in the sunlight and deep sea blue eyes. Her skin was pale and flush with a pink blush. She was truly Uchiha-like in her appearance although her eyes were blue and not coal black.
Saitou let go of Kagome's hand and knelt down in front of her.
"Kagome, you will live with these people from now on," He said as kindly as he could. "They are your new family."
Little Kagome blinked; she did not understand. She looked over the people. The man had a scary and mean look on his face. The woman looked nice, but she seemed a bit sad. The older boy looked at her curiously while the other boy was sleeping like Sota did a lot during the day. "What are you saying, Daddy? You're my papa; you can't leave me here," She chirped.
Saitou pat her head gently.
"Goodbye, Kagome."
He stood up and motioned to Fugaku.
"She's all yours."
He turned his back and walked away from them.
"Daddy?" Kagome mumbled as she watched her father walk away. "Daddy!" She screamed as she realized he was not coming back for her. She tried to run off after her father, but the man with the scary and mean look on his face walked over to her and held onto her firmly.
"No! Lemme go! Daddy!" Kagome wailed as she began to cry loudly.
The woman sighed before walking over to the man who was holding onto Kagome.
The man's grip on her body did not loosen as Kagome shouted and struggled to free herself.
"Shh...it's okay, Kagome-chan…" The woman cajoled the little toddler who sniffed sadly before the man passed her off to the woman.
Kagome cuddled into the woman's warm chest and whined. "I want my mommy…"
Uchiha Mikoto bit back her own tears as she held the child to her chest. "Shh...don't cry...I'm your new mommy now."
Mikoto was saddened when her husband told of her the child and his "incident" with Maika, but she was so overcome with joy when Fugaku told her it was a girl. She always wanted a girl! She was so disappointed when Sasuke was born, and he was a boy. Kagome would be the daughter she always wanted, but she could never have...which she could have now…
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