Disclaimer: I Do not own Inuyasha or Naruto.
Pairing: Itachi/Kagome
Summary: As children Kagome and Itachi were close friends. Their families were allies and friends as well, but all that changes one night when Itachi finds his father speaking with Kagome's father about an arranged marriage with one of his sons. Kagome's father refuses and Fugaku becomes furious and vows to take revenge on Kagome and her father. Itachi hears his father's vow and kills off the clan save for Sasuke. Shortly afterward he takes Kagome and hides her in the well until he comes back to find that she has disappeared. Eight years later they meet up again. What will happen?
At the beginning of this fic Kagome is seven, Sasuke is eight, and Itachi is fourteen, later Kagome is fifteen, Sasuke is sixteen, and Itachi is twenty-two.
Story1: Promises
"ITA-CHAN!!" Screamed an ecstatic young girl as she latched herself onto the elder boy's waist.
"What are you doing here Kagome?" Itachi asked as he pulled Kagome into his arms and lifted her onto his shoulders.
"Okaa-san said I could visit you after you got done with your mission!" Kagome exclaimed excitedly.
Itachi sighed. Their families were close friends. Their mother's were exceptionally close, hell you'd think they'd be sisters if it weren't for the silly fact that come from two completely different families.
The Higurashi's were kindhearted people that preferred to allow their kin to make their own choices and pave there way for their own destiny. Uchihas on the other hand were very cold and emotionless people. They preferred that their kin stick with tradition and if anyone sought to break that tradition they would be immediately executed.
"Ita-chan, Sas-chan went to practice, want to go help him?" Kagome asked innocently, not knowing how embarrassed she made him feel every time that she called him by his nickname she had given him. Sasuke was just about as embarrassed of the nickname she had given him as well, seeing as it was coming from someone that was just a year younger than himself.
"Alright, let's go." Itachi said securing Kagome to his shoulders.
"Sas-chan!" Kagome yelled out once she caught her brother like friend in her sights.
Sasuke nearly tripped over his feet and a dark crimson blush stained his cheeks.
"Focus brother." Itachi said coolly.
Sasuke's back straightened before he attack the wooden dummy again.
After an hour of harsh training, Itachi took Kagome and Sasuke to the Ichiraku. Those two were obsessed with ramen. The only other kind of food that they liked better than ramen was oden. Sasuke and Kagome childishly wolfed down their ramen, not caring as to whom may be watching. Itachi sighed. He could never bring himself to get upset with the two. They were his light in the darkness, and he wasn't going to be the one to scold them.
"Bye Ita-chan, Sas-chan!" Kagome yelled after Itachi dropped her off at the Higurashi compound.
"Bye" the two waved at her as they watched her run inside the gates of the compound before turning and making their way towards the Uchiha compound on the other side of Konoha.
Itachi stepped into the house carrying Sasuke who had passed out on his back a while ago and was now sleeping soundly.
Stopping in his tracks when he heard two voices. One he reconized as his father and the other Kagome's. 'What's going on' he thought before listening into the private conversation.
"…She can't. We need her to marry in to our clan." A deep masculine voice whispered harshly and Itachi knew that to have been his father.
"I'm sorry Fugaku-san, but I will allow my daughter to make that choice on her own free will." Said another masculine voice, Kagome's fatner.
"But Ryuji-san, our clans…" Fugaku was cut off,
"I'm sorry Fugaku but I will only allow Kagome to marry into your clan if she so wishes. I don't want her to be put in an arranged marriage. I want her to experience love like everyone should. I don't want her to be bound by politics, unlike me." Ryuji said before leaving the compound and a furious Fugaku in his wake.
"Just you wait Ryuji. You'll get what's coming to you. You and your blasted daughter both will feel my wrath." Fugaku promised leaving a stunned Itachi in his wake.
'I have to help her.' Itachi thought. 'First they wanted Sasuke's loyalty and obedience and now they want Kagome and Ryuji's life?' Itachi asked himself angrily. 'I won't let them harm Sasuke and Kagome. Tonight's the night. I have to do it.' Itachi thought as he walked towards Sasuke's room to place him down on his bed.
/Several hours later/
"Why nii-san? Why did you do it?" Sasuke asked, truly terrified of his brother for the first time in his life. Tears welled in the young Sasuke's eyes as he stared at his parent's lifeless bodies.
"If you wish to kill me, hate me, and detest me then run. Run like you've never before and cling to life in this unsightly world." Itachi growled.
More tears fell from Sasuke's innocent eyes before he scrambled away from his brother.
'That's it. Run, for I do not wish to hurt you. But I must in order to protect you.' Itachi thought.
As soon as his brother was out of sight, Itachi raced for the Higurashi compound. Sliding Kagome's window open, Itachi entered her room.
"Kagome wake up. We need to leave." Itachi said prodding the young girl.
"Just five more minutes." Kagome moaned turning over on her opposite side.
"Now Kagome." Itachi growled.
Kagome's eyes slowly opened at Itachi's familiar voice. "Ita-chan? What's going on?" Kagome asked.
"We have to leave Kagome. It's not safe for you." Itachi said taking Kagome from her bed and carrying her bridal style out of the compound.
"What do you mean?" Kagome asked.
"I'll tell you when you're old enough. But for now I need you to wait for me until I come back. Promise me you'll wait." Itachi said, desperation lying underneath his voice.
"Hai Itachi. I will wait for you." Kagome said. She never used his full name unless she was being the up most serious about something.
A small smile graced Itachi's lips before quickly disappearing. He took Kagome and hid her in a well. "Stay here until I come back." Itachi said before taking off.
Kagome nodded and pressed herself as far up against the wall as she could. It seemed like hours until something strange happened. Light blue orbs flew out from beneath Kagome's feet before retreating into the sky and if you looked close enough you could see a soft pink glow coming from inside the girl's hip. A blue light quickly engulfed her small frame.
"ITACHI!" Kagome screamed, but it was too late. By the time Itachi got there Kagome was gone.
"Kagome? KAGOME!" Itachi screamed once her realized that she was missing.
Itachi's eyes snapped open.
'It's that dream again. Why can't I just forget about her? She died a long time ago when she disappeared.' Itachi thought, not allowing his emotions to show through his mask. He had been having that dream every night since this month began. 'It must be because it was this very day that Kagome disappeared and I killed my clan. With the exception of Sasuke of course.' Itachi thought solemnly.
He would just have to deal though because he had accepted the fact that Kagome wasn't going to return a long time ago. Though even now he feared that, if she was still alive, that she would be in danger and in need of his help. 'I must forget her. It'll cause more pain and suffering if I keep remembering her.' Itachi thought.
His crimson eyes hardened with a new determination. He would forget the pain and live only to die.
/With Kagome/
'Another one?' Kagome thought. She stood up and stretched out her arms and legs.
Recently she had been having weird dreams. They were so vivid and real that Kagome believed that they might actually be her own memories since she couldn't even remember anything before she was seven years old.
"What's the matter Kagome-Chan?"
Turning Kagome stared at the tall, regal man behind her who was staring at her in concern. Long silver hair whipped gently behind him in the soft breeze that was passing by. Gold eyes peered at her with worry.
"I've been having weird dreams lately." Kagome said as she turned to gaze at the clear blue sky before looking at the fox kit that was running around Miroku, Kirara and Ah-Un.
She took a glance at Sango who was walking towards the front with Rin beside her.
When Sango had first started ignoring her and saying mean things Kagome had to admit that she had been hurt. She looked up to the older girl like a sister but her petty jealousy by the fact that Sesshoumaru would rather spend time with herself rather than talking about meaningless things with her was not her fault.
Rin had been another one who had made her dislike clear by telling Sesshoumaru a lie, one that was clear to even Shippo who had glared at the older girl when she had said that Kagome had said some mean things about her and that when Sesshoumaru took her for a mate the first thing that she would do was get rid of her. Rin even tried to make it believable by 'crying'.
Sesshoumaru's response to that had been, 'When did Kagome tell you such things, Rin?' to which RIn looked a bit paniky and had answered 'last night' than Sesshoumaru did something that had shocked every one especially Jakenm, he told Rin that he did not appreciate liars and that he would not tolerate anyone saying anything in ill will towards his adopted sister. When he had stated that she saw the shock looks on everyone's faces and the look on Inuyasha's face had been priceless.
Rin's eyes had widened at the statement before she took a step back. Sesshoumaru had stared at Rin for a while before telling her that if she wished to tell lies than she should know what is going on first.
Kagome had just stared at the little girl with a look before she turned and walked away from everyone else and sat down agianst a tree, her back to everyone. Kirara and Shippo had appraoched her first followed by Sesshoumaru and Miroku. Inuyasha had watched her from his place in his tree while the two girls, Jaken and Ah-Un stayed by the fire.
Well since that day Sango and Rin had stayed away from her which over time she had come to accept.
"What kind of dreams?" He asked concerned tinting his voice as he stared silently into the dark eyes of his little sister, worried for her welfare.
"They're like memories I've forgotten. They're so detailed it's unbelievable. Unlike most of my other dreams, I never forget what happens in them. Sesshoumaru, I think I'm remembering things from when I was a child." Kagome replied staring into the demon lords molten gaze.
Sesshoumaru listened patiently. "What happens in these dreams?" He asked intrigued, He had been hoping that Kagome would remember something of her past.
Every since he joined the group more than two months ago he paid no attention to any of them but over time he found himself being protective over the young girl, looking out for her well being like an older brother would. When it first happen it was a shock to everyone nearly giving Inuyasha a heart attack when he stated that Kagome is little sister and if anyone was foolish enough to touch her, he will personally see to their death. Couple weeks after his outburst Kagome had approached him and told him about her life and how up till she was seven she had no memories and how she wished she could remember her past.
Kagome found herself hanging out with Sesshoumaru alot over the course of time much to the jealousy of Rin and Sango. The little girl hated the fact that the demon lord would spend so much time with the teenager and Sango was envious that the younger girl could attract the attention of such a powerful and handsome demon lord who hated humans but adorned the 'miko' from the future, it just was not fair.
While the girls were jealous of Kagome, Inuyasha would glare at his brother for having Kagome's attention all the time.
Miroku, Shippo and Kirara along with Jaken and Ah-Un had been the only one beside Kagome that had accepted both parties with no argument. Jaken had surprised everyone when he had showed Kagome respect by calling her lady, which would be the first since Jaken disliked everyone except for his lord Sesshoumaru which just made Rin's dislike of the older girl that much more potent.
"Well I'm just a girl, no older than seven and I'm running into an elder boy's arms. I think I called him Ita-chan." Kagome began as she explained the whole dream to him.
"Hm. It sounds like you and this Itachi had a very strong bond. He sounds like he cared for you dearly." whispered Sesshoumaru
Kagome nodded her head.
"C'mon you two, we don't have all day!" The ever so irritable Inuyasha shouted once he heard the sound of his most hated brother and the teenager conversing. 'Stupid shard detector chatting with with that stupid cold bastard instead of looking for shards.' Inuyasha thought angrily.
Kagome sighed, there was no getting through to that Inu hanyou.
Sesshoumaru glared at the back of his hated younger brothers back
/Three weeks later/
Itachi ran towards Konohagakure, intent on finding the jinchuuriki and his dear brother. His crimson eyes hardened once the sight of a well came into view.
'This is…' Itachi thought as he grinded to a halt. Approaching the well he noticed a soft blue light glowing from within.
Itachi's eyes widened fractionally. 'Could it be?' Itachi thought, but his musings were cut short when the blue light surrounded him and pulled him through the well.
/With Kagome/
"Inuyasha please stop this! We are not your enemies! Inuyasha!" Kagome screamed as she placed herself between the now snarling Inu Youkai and her companions.
Sesshoumaru growled lowly as he swung his blade at Naraku while also keeping an eye on Kagura just in case she got past the monk and the Taijiya.
Inuyasha drew his hand back and attempted to plunge it through Kagome's heart, but Kagome quickly put up a barrier.
"Ku ku ku. Well now little miko it seems that Inuyasha has turned against you. But what did you expect when you gave him the Shikon No Tama?" Naraku sneered behind Inuyasha's snarling figure.
Sesshoumaru narrowed his eyes, "Don't turn your back on me half-breed" growled Sesshoumaru as he thrust out his whip. Glancing at his little sister from the corner of his eyes making sure that she stayed safe.
"Shut up! I won't allow you to take over Inuyasha's body and get away with it unscathed." Kagome snarled as she dodged another strike by Inuyasha's claws and taking her eyes away from the snarling Inuyasha to glare at Naraku.
"Kagome!" Shippo shouted in terror as Inuyasha charged at him.
Kagome and Sesshoumaru turned to see Inuyasha advancing upon the terrified kitsune kit.
"Shippo!" Kagome screamed as she ran towards Shippo with speed that no one knew she possessed and pushed the young kit and took the full blow of Inuyasha's claws.
Sesshoumaru eyes bled red when Inuyasha's attack hit true.
An ear splitting scream was released in to the air.
/With Itachi/
'That sounded like Kagome, but that's impossible. Kagome died eight years ago. It couldn't possibly be her.' Itachi said to himself, but against his mind's will his body began to run towards the sound of the scream.
/With Kagome/
Five bloody claw marks marred Kagome's back.
"Inuyasha snap out of it!" Kagome yelled as she struggled to pull herself up on her feet again.
Inuyasha growled before lunging at Kagome again.
"Inuyasha, osuwari!" Kagome screamed.
Inuyasha's body came tumbling down and plummeted into the Earth's soft soil.
"Ugh…Kagome?" Inuyasha asked.
"Hai Inuyasha. It's me." Kagome said softly as she approached him.
Sesshoumaru released a near silent sigh when he saw the threat to his sisters life had gotten some sense knocked into him.
"You may have saved you little friends miko, but can you save yourself?" Naraku sneered.
Kagome turned towards him only to be greeted with one of his tentacles plunging into her chest, just barely missing her heart.
"Die." Naraku hissed as he withdrew his tentacle, allowing Kagome to fall to her death.
Sesshoumaru growled angrily and was about to charge to help save Kagome but he was stopped by wind blades, growling Sesshoumaru glared at the smirking wind witch.
Kagome's eyes widened with fear and she began to scream the name she never thought she would again.
/With Itachi/
Itachi sped as fast as he could towards the battlefield before him when the most dreadful sound met his ears.
"ITACHI!" He heard Kagome scream. Fear gripped his heart.
'That's her! That's got to be her!' Itachi thought pushing his body to the limit. He spotted Kagome's body being tossed from the cliff above him. Her dark raven tresses flowing elegantly behind her and her blue eyes widened with fear.
Fear and anger gripped Itachi's heart. Fear for the fact that he might not make it to Kagome in time and anger for the fact that someone had deliberately tried to kill his Kagome.
Taking a large leap, Itachi managed to catch Kagome in time. Her eyes were closed from the fright of death quickly approaching her when Itachi caught her.
"You can open your eyes now." Itachi said coolly, though underneath his heart was pounding.
"Ita-chan?" Kagome questioned, not believing that it was him.
Itachi smirked at her but it quickly melted into a glare directed at the people standing above them.
"Who did this to you Kagome?" Itachi asked coldly.
Kagome winced. She couldn't allow Itachi to hurt Inuyasha for something that he couldn't control.
"Kagome." Itachi stated, allowing his voice to show that he was getting annoyed.
"He was being controlled by Naraku. He couldn't help it." Kagome said; her head tilted downwards and her bangs covering her beautiful eyes.
"Which one is Naraku?" Itachi asked.
"The man with red eyes." Kagome said and as an after thought added "He also has black hair" not wanting Itachi to attack Sesshoumaru in mistake in case his eyes were red with rage.
Itachi looked at Kagome. He gently pulled Kagome's face to his with his hand. "I will not harm your friends, but Naraku will pay for what he has tried to do to you." Itachi said, his voice filled with contempt for the spider hanyou.
Kagome nodded, "Arigato, Ita-chan." Kagome said.
Itachi nodded before pulling her into her arms and taking her back up the cliff to greet her friends and kill Naraku.
Kagome watched silently as an enraged Sesshoumaru with red eyes plunged his tokijin into the wind witches chest, killing her. He whipped around his red eyes a blazed with blood lust only to have a look of shocked when he saw Kagome and an unknown male standing by the cliff.
The others seeing Sesshoumaru shocked look turned to see what had froze the demon lord.
"Kagome-chan!" Miroku, and Shippo screamed when they saw their dear friend approach them, a suspicious man following behind her.
"I'm fine don't worry. Itachi saved me." Kagome said happily.
Sesshoumaru's eyes widened at the name. 'So this is he, hm' the red leaving his gaze to show the beautiful golden hue.
Naraku snarled, "Why won't you die?" he lunged at Kagome but was stopped short by Itachi.
"Don't touch her." Itachi said coolly, a dark threat underlining his voice. 'How dare he try to kill what's mine! I'll have to show him his place.' Itachi thought as he stepped in front of Kagome protectively.
"Who're you?" Naraku sneered seeing the suspicious man stand protectively before the miko.
Itachi had cold crimson eyes, long onyx hair that was often pulled back into a ponytail, and he wore a dark black cloak with red clouds on it outlined in white. The cloak in itself seemed to just swallow Itachi's body leaving lots of room for imagination to decipher what it may look like underneath all those clothes.
Itachi merely glared at Naraku.
"I asked you a question!" Naraku hissed angrily.
"You first." Itachi said coolly.
"You will die for your insolence." Naraku said before lunging at him.
Itachi dodged and quickly executed handseals which made everyone blink and stare at the male like he had grown two heads. The only ones not affected by this was Kagome who understood.
"Tsukuyomi" was uttered
Everyone blinked once, twice, three time and turned to look at both the stranger and Naraku who were frozen.
"So what happened?" Asked Miroku
"Tsukuyomi, a genjutsu technique that Itachi has mastered even in our younger years."
"Genjutsu?" Called Inuyasha
"An Illusion." Answered Kagome but stopped when she was cut off by a scream.
"Itachi trapped Naraku in an illusionary world where he controls what happens. To us it has only been a few seconds but Itachi with this technique can make Naraku feel as if months had passed with the torture the Itachi is no doubt giving him."
Every one nodded excluding Sango who was sitting on the ground quite a few feet a way observing the black cloaked male, 'My god his hot!'
Kagome glared at Sango not liking the fact that she was staring so openly at her Itachi.
...
Naraku looked around, "Where the hell am I?" he called
"You are in a world that I created" came Itachi's voice "And for what you had done to my Kagome. I will make you suffer ten folds."
...
"Your friend is really giving Naraku a lesson in pain, isn't he?" called Miroku as Naraku released what sounded like his hundredth scream in less than 20 minutes.
"Yeah well you haven't seen anything yet. As soon as he feels like he has tortured Naraku enough he will kill Naraku for real." stated Kagome
"So this is your friend?" called Sesshoumaru
Kagome turned and glanced at Itachi's motionless body beside her before turning and smiling at Sesshoumaru, "Yep this is Itachi. It's amazing that I remembered everything clearly as soon as I had my near death experience."
Sesshoumaru nodded his head placing a caring hand upon Kagome's head.
A groan was heard and every one turned to see Naraku fall to the ground and Itachi move his hands and once again made seal, "You will learn that you never touch what is so clearly mine" hissed Itachi "Katon: Goukakyu no Jutsu" he thought inhaling a large amount of air before he shot out a large fireball towards Naraku's crumpled form turning him to ash.
Everyone jumped to their feet and stared at the male with shock except Sesshoumaru and Kagome.
Itachi turned and his cold, emotionless red eyes glanced at everyone present before landing on Kagome's dark blue eyes.
"Itachi…" Kagome began, tears filling her dark sapphire blue eyes.
Itachi stared at Kagome waiting for the inevitable not that he was complaining or anything.
"I…" Kagome started before breaking off into a run and jumped into his arms. "I was so scared that you left me for good." Kagome whispered, voice muffled by the cloak he wore, the tears she desperately did not want to shed quickly fell down her face.
"I made you a promise Kagome, and I intend to see it all the way through." Itachi stated, his eyes, though barely visible, softened and the only one who caught it was Sesshoumaru who inwardly nodded his approval. For a male that showed no emotions daily, to actually allow something as small has eyes softening showed him that this Itachi really did care for Kagome and he would have it no other way.
Kagome sniffled, "Arigato…Ita-chan."
Sango glared at Kagome, 'Why do all the strong and handsome male flock to her.'
Sesshoumaru took a step forward gaining Itachi's attention.
Kagome smiled and released Itachi and hugged Sesshoumaru.
Itachi glared at the male, Sesshoumaru smirked at him seeing the look before he placed a hand on her head and ruffled it a bit. Jealousy was a good thing or so Sesshoumaru thought.
"Itachi this is my adopted Aniki Sesshoumaru. He took good care of me since we became friends." she called letting the Western Lord go so she could face her childhood friend.
Itachi's glared lessened but he did shoot the arrogant male a scathing look before nodding his head, "Pleasure" he called coolly
Sesshoumaru ignored the look and inclined his head in greeting before looking at Kagome with a soft smile, "You are leaving then?"
Kagome smiled sadly and nodded her head staring at the Lord of the West slightly before she wrapped her arms around him again, "I'm going home. Who knows maybe we will see you where we're going" she whispered softly into his ears so only he could hear what she said.
Sesshoumaru nodded his head and kissed Kagome's forehead.
"Bye" Kagome waved at Miroku and Inuyasha.
"Farewell Kagome-sama" called Miroku hugging the young girl before stepping back
"Feh, see ya" called Inuyasha crossing his arms.
Shippo sniffed, "Do you have to go Kagome?"
"Yeah." she whispered looking at Sesshoumaru "Would you take care of Shippo?"
"Sure little sister" he whispered
Kagome smiled and turned and leaped upon her childhood friends back who glanced at her briefly before nodding at the others.
"You take care of her or I will find you and kill you" called Sesshoumaru in his stoic cold voice as he glared at the male who in human years looked a few years older than himself.
Itachi nodded his head and turned around heading towards the well. Glancing at the girl on his back he smiled a small smile when he saw her peaceful, sleeping face.
'Kagome. If only she knew what she did to me. I've finally come to get you. Are you ready for what's to come?' Itachi thought as he carried the sleeping Kagome back to the well where they returned home.
AN: Review please,
-Kagi-chan