Itachi glared as he once again squared off with Orochimaru. While Itachi himself had barely worked up a sweat, Orochimaru was dripping with it. "Back down Orochimaru. You are no match for me. Every since you left the Akatsuki you have grown weaker not stronger. I am sure even Naruto would be able to beat you as you are now."
Orochimaru smiled as he forced himself not to shake as he stood up. Cursing himself for not trying to influence Itachi as a boy. He was strong now and would continue to grow in strength. He knew that he was not going to win if the fight went on like it is now. But he had a different plan. And Itachi was right where he wanted him.
Orochimaru laughed as he made the sign of the tiger. "You may be strong and you are smart. But my dear Itachi. Not smart enough."
Itachi glared at him when he saw the smoke start to form around them. "My Sharingan is much stronger than you give it credit for Orochimaru. A simple smoke screen won't hinder what I can do to you with it. You won't even be able to hide. Remember I am stronger than Sasuke."
Orochimaru smiled as he watched Itachi vanish in the smoke. 'It won't matter how strong you are where you are going. You won't be here to stop me when I crush the Akatsuki. And then the Hidden Leaf!' He then went through some more hand signs and then smiled. "Set."
When Itachi heard him say set he brought out his Sharingan. "What exactly are you trying to do?"
Seeing the barrier start to morph behind him Orochimaru laughed as he pulled kunai that had a note attached to it and threw it at Itachi as he jumped back through he barrier and landed on the edge of the cliff. "What will you do now Itachi? You are being sucked into another time and you don't even know it. And how sad you are linked to a rather weak girl. Sayonara!"
Itachi heard the kunai coming through the smoke and blocked it with ease. He glanced down and saw his name connected to it with a note. 'What is he doing?' He bent down and lifted the note and started to open it.
Inside he found the picture of a young girl. Then he read the note and his anger grew.
"Itachi,
I know that you won't want to believe this but it is true. The smoke you are in is sending you to a different time. A different dimension. So you see you fool, it was not to hide from your Sharingan. It was to get rid of you!
There is a way to come back if you wanted to try it though. The girl in the picture her name is Kagome Higurashi and she travels through time in that dimension. Find her and learn her secret which will be no easy task. Oh, I almost forgot. Your life and hers are bound. I used a forbidden jutsu, and now you are bound to each other until you can figure out how to stop the jutsu. Meaning, if she dies then you will die as well in the same manner. "
Itachi looked at the picture and then back to the note with a glare. 'This has to be a bad joke. There is no way that he knows how to send someone through time.' He then looked up and charged in the direction that he was the last time he saw him only to stop with wide eyes and a gasp. He should have been on a cliff overlooking a valley of rocks. Instead he found himself on a small bluff looking out over a meadow. That was when his throat constricted.
He looked down at the note and picture in his hand and glared. 'He has done it. That bastard! I will do what I must to get back to the right time and then I will see his death in the worse possible way.'
Looking back out he saw a small farm and then set out toward it. He didn't know what or who was in this time and dimension. So he knew he had to find her and see what he could do to get it broke. Before something happened to her.
x
Kagome walked next to Sango with her arms crossed. The glare on her face caused Inuyasha to stay in the far back walking with Miroku and Shippo. She still couldn't believe that it has been over a year now since Koga kidnapped her and he still got all pissy when she would talk to him! "How dare he. I don't hate the wolf and I won't write him off cause Inuyasha doesn't like him. I am not property."
Sango sighed as she looked over at Kagome. "You know how he gets when it comes to Koga Kagome. Can't you just overlook it?"
Kagome gave Sango a mock glare as she humphed. "I could but it will just keep happening. And it isn't like he stops what I want him to stop. He will always sneak away when he thinks he can to go and see Kikyo. So why should I stop talking to Koga?"
Inuyasha was still a little scared of Kagome right now but when he heard her compare him going to see Kikyo to her talking to the wolf he glared. "At least Kikyo never tried to kidnap me like wolf boy did you. So there is a big difference there Kagome!"
Kagome turned her hard glare on him again as she put her hands on her hips. "You know what, yes Koga did kidnap me. But I witnessed Kikyo trying to drag you to hell with her! She tries to kill you! At least Koga dose' do that! At least he tries to protect me!"
Inuyasha glared at her as walked up to where he was in her face. "That is besides the point Kagome. I can't believe that you are even still mad about this. Usually after Koga leaves you are fine too. What changed?"
Kagome glared back at him with tears burning her eyes. Enough was enough and she has reached her limit with him! After a moment she turned her back on him. "I'm going on away from him!" Then she started to walk on ahead of everyone.
Inuyasha thought that he had won the fight. Every other time when she would do something like that it was because things were going to be back to normal soon. But he couldn't resist one final dig at her. He smiled as he crossed his arms and looked up at the sky. "She is probably going to go and try to find her wolf boy. She is a wolf lover after all. And frankly I don't care anymore what she does."
Kagome stopped and glared at the ground. Tears streaming down her face to drip onto the ground. She couldn't believe that he had just said that! 'Course with what he does with Kikyo I should have known that it was coming.' She turned her crying eyes on him with a glare. "That is the problem Inuyasha! That you don't care about me! Not even in the least and now you have said it! You don't know what it is like to care about someone and will probably never care about me!" Then she turned and fled into the woods.
Inuyasha gasped and watched with wide eyes as she ran off into the woods. "I didn't think that it bothered her that much."
"Inuyasha."
Inuyasha looked toward Sango's voice then gasped as he felt the sting of her slap. He turned back on her with a growl. "What the hell was that for?"
Sango glared up at him. "It does bother her you bastard! How would you feel if it were you and Kikyo in this situation? And every chance she got she ran off to see someone else and sleep with him and wouldn't stop no matter how much you begged her to? She sees the one that she is in love with running after someone undead miko. You really didn't have a clue did you?"
Inuyasha looked up toward where she ran again. "I had no clue she felt like that."
Sango slapped him again. "Then try opening up your damned eyes you stupid hanyoukai!" Then she turned and ran after Kagome. Her mind already turning on ideas about how to get Inuyasha out of her life for good. Kagome needed someone that would care about her and only her, not someone who was hung up on the past.
