Kagome sighed solemnly as she listened to the people speak carefully of the chunin exams and such she felt herself fall into a sleep. It didn't help that she was the youngest one there by at least 2 to 4 decades and was sitting in a chair way to big, but still she had to listen. Tapping the pencil on the notebook before her she heard Itachi call to her from the wall, "Kagome, put up the proposition."
She sighed gritting her teeth then standing on her chair, "Excuse me gentlemen, I'm sorry to interrupt with your, very…fascinating debate but I am here for one reason only, I am here to bring up the information about trade and alliances between countries. Now with all do respect we don't have the time to talk about such trivial things as the chunin exams. We all know what happens during the exams and what doesn't happen, so can I continue."
Annoyed that a child would be in the meeting never the less a child with such power the chairman stood with a grudge filled bow, "yes, please do continue then…Miss Higurashi."
She smiled jumping off the chair and heading towards the front of the room to which Itachi was currently standing out replacing presentation boards and slides. She was 8 years old and with all the attention she had received due to her power and linage she was used as a representative for her own company and the Hokage's works. She let out a sigh for a moment thinking of all the ahead of her time reading she had to do. She didn't get to do anything other children did; she was busy learning everything she didn't need to know until years later. She guessed that to be why they took so much pride in her. Annoyed she stepped onto a stool, "alright then gentlemen, I know you don't want me here, especially since I'm the age of most of your grandchildren but still I am here for one purpose and one purpose only."
They sat there looking at her almost waiting for a mess up causing her to only is more annoyed. Itachi stepped foreword for a moment causing their looks of hatred and bewilderment to come to a quick end. Kagome slipped off the scarf around her arm causing everyone's eyes to widen. She pointed to the diagram, "this is a virus, and the virus name has been given FBV, under Fatal Benign Virus. It is a born disease given to me, now to clarify more why I am telling you this is because well my land has decided to turn it into a weapon and since you are all representatives from your land I would like you to think it over. With the information found from the nine tailed fox and others I would like you to think of the technical advances this gives us! Especially the use it could be if another calamity were to occur like that. This virus works slowly yet with a chemical change it could be immediate fatal."
Itachi smirked at their looks and to Kagome seeing that she was learning ahead of her time. He glanced to her still seeing her use to marketing and yet he was not one who was part of the Hokage's circle as to knowing business transactions. The man stood, "how this was produced and where is the source?"
She backed up sighing, "I am the source, it was given to me at birth and since I am the last of my family line that would mean simply that my blood only mine is the only shot you have."
They exchanged glances and whispers as she eyed them carefully. Covering her arm once again another man asked, "What is the price you are offering?"
Itachi pulled down another slide as Kagome answered, "We'll begin the bidding at 50,000 dollars."
The man stood, "we would like to take that offer, it was a pleasure doing business with you Miss Kagome."
She smiled to them nodding as the men handed her each a portfolio to which she took, as the room was left she dropped the note books on the table turning to Itachi who set a hand on her shoulder, "feeling better?"
"No, it made me feel worst. I was talking and acting like a 40 year old woman, I'm only 8 Itachi…"
He nodded to her putting the portfolios and items into the bag then folding the other forms. He turned to her, "go change and we'll head home, and after you take another injection we'll go find Gaara alright?"
She turned to him for a moment grabbing her bag of clothes, "It'd be dark by then, do you think he'll be mad or in trouble? You told him right?"
He nodded to her, "just go, and don't worry so much about him."
She nodded running out of the room as he eyed the slips of paper. Taking a deep breath he turned his head to the diagram before folding it and slipping it away. His lips parted to think as his fingers trailed a thin envelope in his pocket; it was a letter from Sasuke and the family. They missed him and him…well he, he wasn't sure, he loved his family and he was sure that he missed him but otherwise something was amiss. Turning he walked out of the room hearing the business men whisper casual conversations and then speak of Kagome as if she were a plague. They called her a monster and whispered tales of how she was forced into the manufacturing and had already killed people with it. Turning he slammed them against the wall the meeting material falling to the ground. Glancing around he warned, "what was that?"
They looked to him shakily, "I-I?"
Suddenly much to his dismay he heard Kagome call to him holding the bag of things. She was smiling, she was giving that stupid smile. He eyed her seriously, "Kagome…"
She shook her head, "its okay now Itachi, let them go…it doesn't matter what they say."
Releasing them he eyed them each his dark eyes instilling them with fear as he muttered "be glad, you were just spared."
He turned quickly bending down to her to see if she was okay and noticed the small streaks of tears. He wiped them away holding her shoulders, "you heard them?"
She didn't move to answer she turned and began to walk away. Continuing ahead he gave one last glance to the men. Kagome walked down the stairs carefully, it was already dark. She sighed, "I hope Gaara's okay."
Gaara ran through the streets a smile planted on his face as he held the bag of medicine, it was dark but he didn't care, after that he would have another friend. Today some things got out of place; he may have accidentally used his powers. He hadn't meant to, it just happened, but he was going to make up for it with the medicine and it would be okay. As he continued he saw his father. Stopping he asked, "Father?"
The man who looked like him except older crossed his arms straightening himself, he asked rather for the sake of knowing then caring, "where were you last night?"
"I was at…a friend's."
He almost snorted at the words as he repeated to get the feeling on his tongue, "friends. Emotionlessly he bent down to the boy a smirk of sadistic intrigue on his face, "you don't have friends, you aren't even human. You're a monster, you mother never the less, couldn't stand you."
He backed up quickly yelling in Kagome's words, "I am who I choose to be! You can't decide!"
Standing he set a hand to his hip eyeing him annoyed and vulgar. He smirked to his so-called son and turned away, "you were a mistake."
Shutting his eyes he repeated to himself not to cry and remembered suddenly the happiness he felt when he was to bring the medicine and meet a friend. He ran past his father, "I hate you! You can't change my mind!"
Continuing he turned back to look once more stopping and continuing his smile came back as he felt a sense of pride in what he had just done. Continuing he knocked on the door of the boy. It creaked to a small opening as he pulled out the medicine, "I brought you some medicine for your wounds, and it'll help! I'm sorry about before, it must have been really painful."
After a moment the boy scowled cruelly, "go away! Monster!"
He slammed the door right then and there; Gaara's eyes went wide as he shook dropping the bag on the ground before him. He turned seeing his father's look at him, in his cold eyes read the feeling of humor at the situation yet he made no motion. He turned away casually and headed back to his real- so called family. He shook when he heard a familiar voice, "Gaara?"
Turning he saw Itachi holding grocery bags reluctantly and Kagome in front of him holding his teddy bear with a small smile, "are you coming home now?"
Stopping he turned to them running foreword into Kagome's arms. He sniffed back his tears hiccupping, "I'm sorry! I didn't mean to cry! I didn't mean to hurt him…"
She turned to Itachi who smiled bending down to him. He looked at him pulling out an apple from the bag and sticking it into his mouth and a laugh, "eat up! Forget about everything else!"
He held it his eyes watering casually as he ran into Itachi's arms. Squirming a little he whined, "hey! Hey! What the hell!"
Kagome laughed then walked foreword holding the bag. She knocked on the boy's door to which he opened looking at her. With a smile she grabbed his collar, "listen up, you're going to take the medicine and you're going to like it! And then you're going to go apologize to Gaara aren't you!"
Her eyes flared with a women's scorn as he shook nodding. Itachi and Gaara stood behind a tree bending out, "jeeze…Gaara if you ever plan on marrying her, allow me a chance to say…you're a brave man."
He jumped suddenly almost embarssed, "who said I was going to marry…I mean…I-I."
Before he could finish he heard the boy bow and apologize to him running to leave. Kagome smiled taking Itachi's shirt in her hand and Gaara's hand, "lets go home okay!"
They nodded as Itachi glanced to the two. He turned away momentarily looking to the sky and narrowing his eyes, "families…"