Disclaimer- I don't own Naruto or Inuyasha.


Preface

Tears were clouding her vision, running down her dirt covered cheeks in torrents as she choked and coughed in a painful gurgle. The air was thick, polluted with smoke and hard to breath in. A fire has broken out, devouring the former peaceful village and its inhabitants in a blazing heat of red, yellow and blue. The digusting smell of burned flesh invaded her senses and bile rose up her throat, threating to spill through. Gnawing on her lip so hard she actually drew blood; the raven haired child clutched her kunai until her knuckles turned white.

'Don't worry. Everything is alright. It's alright. Alright.' She chanted in her mind, legs trembling furiously.

"Kagome." A voice. Who?

She couldn't take her eyes off the area. Her mind was whirling, yet no comprehensible sentence could be formed out of her thoughts. All of this. It was too much for a nine year old to handle. During her frozen state she almost missed the nearing chakra signature. If it hadn't been for her activated Kekkei Genkai she would probably be one of those lifeless bodies. She swallowed the non-existent salvia in her mouth. It protected her.

Almost as if being controlled Kagome took on a defence stance, legs crouched, kunai drawed and Sharingan eyes narrowed as she idily awaited her prey's next action.

"Nee-san?" So familiar.

The 'prey' was male.

He was grinning, waving his arms around once he had stopped and leaned his hands on his knees, trying to catch his breath. He was only a few metres away and appeared to be relieved? Why would he be relieved? His mouth was moving, but Kagome couldn't make out the words. Frowning at her lack of response he took a step forward and her body reacted on instinct.

His eyes widened. She wouldn't- SLASH

"Kagome-nee-san?"

The in blood drenched kunai slipped through her fingers, clattering to the ground. She stared at her hands, heart pounding in her chest, blood rushing rapidly through her system, then back at the dead body lying under her tiny frame. Her eyes widened. She knew him. How could she not?

"Nee-san, please."

Clutching her head Kagome took a fist of black hair, twisting it in her hold as she looked down at him, his lifeless eyes staring right back. Unblinking. Her eyes watered, her body trembled, no words could ever describe the stabbing pain and unbearable guilt she felt at that precise moment.

She had killed him.

Inuyasha.

Opening her mouth, inhaling the smoke filled air, an ear-splitting scream escaped her dry lips as-

"NEE-SAN!"

Kagome jolted upwards. Heart beating furiously- breath ragged- the now eleven year old couldn't help but let a bitter smile grace her lips once she realized where she was and what had happened. The darkness of her room unlashed a bitter-sweet feeling. So many memories were bond to it. Running a hand through her drenched hair, her eyes softened at the nostalgic feeling in her gut.

It was all because of him.

Of course she would have another nightmare. Of course she would never be able to forget him. Every night he haunted her. Every night he was reminding her of what she had done. He was her fist kill. Her first love. She would never be able to forget him, he wouldn't allow it.

A small, puny hand touched her cheek. She blinked, mouth parted in suprise, before raising her head. She stared. Those emotionless eyes. There was only one person who could have such utterly disgusting eyes.

"Itachi?"


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