I'm back again guys! Sorry for the long time to update. I was busy with certain things and suddenly this new idea for a new story popped into my head. So I'm confused right now. hahaha
Anyway, I want to take my loyal readers and reviewers: Comic-lover and Sugar0oo
Last time I showed you the past of Kagome and Itachi during their childhood up to the Uchiha massacre. Thank you all for the review. I myself don't like short chapters so I will try to write longer ones. So now, we will resume with the usual flow of the story. This chapter is the continuation of chapter 4. Hope you'll enjoy. :D
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Chapter 6 – Fight
Kagome was pissed as to why this guy who she just met was saying weird things, plus he knows so many things about her. As for the guy she was glaring at, he was just standing there; intently looking at her. She'd had enough of the mind games, she going to get answers from him one way or the other. She narrowed her eyes as she tightened her grip on her katana and braced herself for an attack.
Finally she charged at the guy before him. She slashed him, but it turned into smoke. "A clone," she muttered under her breath as she alerted herself. This guy isn't an ordinary ninja so she was taking extra precautions. The field was quiet. She looked at her left, right, and behind her but she forgot to look at...
"Oh shoot!" she cursed as she jumped from her previous position and hid in the trees as she continued to search for her opponent.
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Meanwhile, Sasuke was running very fast towards the outskirts of Konoha. His brother is there, and so is Kagome. This could only mean trouble. Knowing Kagome she would act according to what she thinks was right and would immediately attack Itachi. He wasn't worried about Itachi hurting her but rather, he was worried about the fact that Itachi might trigger anything from Kagome's past and hurt herself like last time. He was worried. He never knew that the girl he had a crush on experienced so much pain after the massacre happened.
He now knew why he didn't remember Kagome the first time he saw her.
Flashback
A panting young Sasuke was running, running from a killer. Running from his brother Itachi; who just killed everyone from their clan. Not knowing where to go he just ran as fast as he could until he stumbled upon something and fell. When he rose from the ground what he saw next shocked him.
"Shi-Shisui? Shisui!" He saw the body of Shisui, swimming in his own blood and next to it was…
"O-ome-chan! Ome-chan!" Kagome's body was lying next to Shisui.
With eyes full of tears, he ran out to Kagome's body and shook it. "Ome-chan, wake up! Ome-chan!"
"She's dead," a dark voice said from behind.
Sasuke's head snapped to the direction of where the voice was coming from. "N-no way," he shivered at the thought. His brother has truly gone insane, he even killed Kagome. "H-how could you, brother."
Itachi just smirked at how foolish his little brother is, "She was in the way,"
"But she's your friend!"
"She means nothing to me,"
End of Flashback
He thought that Kagome was killed by his brother, and he has lived with that fact since then. And all his memories as a child up to the massacre was buried by the hatred he fostered into himself. Suddenly, all the memories of Kagome was refreshed in his mind; her warm smiles, her childish antics, her eyes, and how she made everyone around her feel happy and relaxed. She truly has changed. Before she doesn't have that scary aura or that emotionless feature, and she was always cheerful. It made him wonder what had happened to her during that time after Itachi left.
A crash was heard a few meters in his east. He didn't bother to call for back-ups, knowing that Naruto and the others are already following him. So he rushed towards where the crash was heard.
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A bruised Kagome was on her knees when Sasuke arrived. He eyed the situation, and saw that Itachi wasn't bruised or were there any sign of exhaustion in him unlike before at the forest. Sasuke's eyes was then averted to the pink glow coming out of Kagome's body. It wasn't chakra, it was different and more powerful than usual chakras. So this is the chakra Sakura was telling about. She's mistaken when she said that it was about twice as strong as the usual one, but rather, it was almost four times stronger than normal chakra. But what happened next shocked him even more. Suddenly all of Kagome's bruises were healed in an instant. There were no traces left.
"Kagome-chan!" a familiar voice called out.
Kagome's attention was averted from his opponent to the blond boy who just called out for her. "Naruto do-" she wasn't even able to finish her sentence when Itachi appeared in front of her and was about to slash her with a kunai. She dodged it but it scratched her right shoulder. She ignored the pain for now as she kicked him with all her might in his abdomen section but was blocked by his arms. The kick was as powerful as Tsunade's, and immediately sent him flying into the trees. The whole battle field was covered with dust and smoke; making the visibility of the fighters from them low.
"Whoa, that was as strong as baa-chan over here." Naruto said
"Did you forget, she was also trained by Tsunade when she was still young." Sakura said to Naruto.
Sasuke then joined his teammates. Soon, Tsunade, Kakashi and Shizune arrived. Tsunade eyed the scene before her and ordered, "Team 7, scatter around and hide this whole area with a genjutsu! I don't want anyone else getting involved in this." True she doesn't want anyone getting involved with this but she doesn't want to endanger her student's life any further. Plus, she doesn't know how she will be able to explain this to everyone.
"Yes," they all said as they scattered around.
The two figures were now seen as the dust cleared.
Kagome who was standing up is still healing herself from the wound in her right shoulder. Itachi on the other hand was already up, still just standing there and looking intently at her. "Why do you keep staring at me like that?"
He didn't answer, but instead appeared in front of her again. This time, she was ready as she grabbed her kunai and attacked him. He dodged it as he jumped back a bit, when he looked at his opponent, she was gone. Before he could even look for her, he sensed her behind him. She holds five shurikens in each hand and threw them all at him. He dodged all of them in a swift, and headed out to her direction. This was an advantage to him, she couldn't dodge him while she's still in the air like that. He kicked Kagome but smoke came out, "A clone," he muttered. It was too late now when he realized that she was right behind him with a kunai in her hand.
They were all shocked as blood spilled on the ground. It was Itachi's. Kagome wounded him in his left arm.
Itachi backed away for a bit as Kagome smirked at her work. He didn't say anything as removed and tossed the kunai from his arm; blood was running through his arm now. Her kunai was different from a normal one, it was slightly sharper and the tip is a bit longer. It was designed to kill.
"I can tell from your moves that you've killed a lot in the past,"
"So what if I did," she answered back at him.
"If I haven't noticed your plan there, I might be dead right now. I knew that you were aiming for my pulse."
She smirked, "So you noticed that at such a short time. I'm impressed."
"You pretended to aim for my left arm, because if I move to dodge it then you would have immediately killed me back there." This time he smirked, "Such clever tricks. Your face holds the mask of innocence but in truth, you are tainted with the blood of those you've killed."
Her patience snapped at his last remark. "Shut up! You don't know anything about me!"
"Yes I do Kagome, more than you can ever imagine."
"Enough," she said as she did some hand seals. "Fireball jutsu!"
A big fireball was now aiming towards Itachi. He did some hand seals and deflected the jutsu of Kagome with the same kind of jutsu. Two great fireballs were now battling out in the middle of the field. And both of it disappeared at the same time.
"Her Fireball jutsu is as big as Itachi!" Naruto exclaimed.
When the fireballs disappeared, it revealed a pissed Kagome. "That' s it. It's time to get serious," she said as she charged Itachi.
They were exchanging punches and kicks, which were dodged by each other. While the three jounins were watching in amazement; trying to keep up with their fast attacks.
"They're so fast, I can't keep up." Sakura said as her eyes never left the two fighters.
"Time to get serious? So does that mean that during earlier both of them weren't even serious?!" Naruto exclaimed as he tried to keep up with the two.
Kagome has had enough with these, it seems that every attack of jutsu she knows, he knows too. She then decided to use one of her original jutsus.
She jumped back a few feet away from him and closed her eyes as she tried to concentrate her chakra unto her eyes. She did some hand seals which the others didn't recognize, Itachi knew this is bad so he immediately activated his Sharingan.
As soon as Kagome opened her eyes, gasps were heard.
Kagome's eyes have the same red shade and three commas as her opponent's. They were speechless, but Naruto was the one who first recovered from the shock. "She has Sharingan!"
"B-but that's impossible, she's not even an Uchiha." Sasuke said
"Yes, she isn't. That just one of her self made techniques. And because it's just a replica it can only be used once, it uses up a lot of chakra and energy." Kakashi said as he eyed the situation.
Back to the battlefield, she smirked and let her ego swell as she saw the shock on her opponent's face. She has the upper hand right now. And without a due, she charged him with extra speed and attacked him with her punches.
Itachi was shocked, he didn't knew that Kagome was capable of this. She has surely gotten a lot stronger than the last time. But nevertheless, he would enjoy this fight. Kagome was attacking him with punches which he dodged without a sweat, but he was distracted as he looked at Kagome's eyes. Sure they were like the Sharingan but the quality of her eyes are still there. Her clear sapphire eyes were now clouded; meaning she was sad or pained about something. He caused all of this, so if he were to die right this moment it's fine.
He remembered how her clear sapphire eyes were clouded whenever she is sad. He promised himself to make those people who will make her sad or do something that would cloud those eyes of hers pay, but he never imagined that he will be the one that would cloud her eyes forever.
Kagome noticed that he was preoccupied with something so she took this opportunity to jump at him, causing them to fall on the ground with her seated on top of him. She did this to force him to look into her eyes; she was going to use Tsukiyomi on him. (AN: Kagome has copied the Sharingan from Itachi, that's why she has Tsukiyomi) It was too late when he realized what she was going to do, and he had already looked unto her eyes.
The all waited as they looked at the two fighters; there was silence between the two. They were still as the rain soaked them even more, until a piercing scream was heard.
They were startled as Kagome continued to scream as she stood up from Itachi. "No-no. No way!"
Tsunade was even surprised by this, cause if her memory serves her correctly she isn't suppose to be acting that way since she was the one who inflicted Tsukiyomi on the first place. The rest of team seven was also shocked at the result, why was Kagome acting this way. Kakashi and Sasuke have already experience it, but isn't it suppose to be the other way around.
Itachi then stood up and looked at Kagome; this situation reminded him of what happened six years ago. She was screaming as she clutched her head, "What kind of sick genjustu is this? Enough! I don't even know these people." She screamed this over and over again as she cried her heart out.
His eye's softened at the girl in front of him, he didn't know that this would be the result of her attack to him. His eyes then widened as he saw blood coming from the side of her mouth. Thinking it was a genjutsu she tried to bite her lip, but it was futile. What she was experiencing wasn't genjutsu but rather her own memories haunting her. Although she may not remember it, her feelings and trauma towards it triggered all this.
"Stop it! Stop it! I don't want this!" she screamed even more as she grabbed a kunai from her holster and ran the kunai along her arm lightly.
"We must stop her she's hurting herself!" Naruto screamed. He was worried about her, after hearing her past and all the things she has gone through. He was about to head over to Kagome but was stopped by Kakashi, "We shouldn't act irrationally. You might get hurt if you go near her."
"Stop! Stop! Why won't you leave me alone!" she finally screamed as she directed the kunai at herself.
Blood was spilled and gasps were heard as they saw Itachi blocking the kunai with his bare hand; it went through his hand. Kagome stopped screaming and her eyes widened at the sight. She froze, not knowing how to react or what to do. Her opponent just saved her.
"W-why…"
He didn't answer her question but instead took the kunai out of his hand and tossed it at the side. Within a matter of seconds Kakashi appeared right at the back of Kagome and knocked her out conscious. Itachi couldn't do anything but just stare at Kagome; feeling guilty and wanted to make up for everything but he doesn't even know where to begin.
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The first thing she saw when she woke up was light, and she felt something soft against her. She recognized this place for this is the same place where she has awoken from her slumber of five years.
Yes, it was the hospital.
But why w-…she asked herself as she jolted up to sit in the bed, but stopped when she saw her opponent on the bed beside her.
"I see, you're finally awake." He said, and judging by what he said it means that she's been out for quite a long time.
"How long?" she asked.
"About three days,"
She sighed; being unconscious for that long is bad. Her attention was averted at her opponent, and she immediately saw his bandaged hand "How's your hand? Is it pretty bad?"
He smirked, she's still the girl he knew. Always concerning herself with the other's before herself. "Not as bad as yours,"
"Yeah, but I can heal them pretty easily and yours was pretty deep. Let me heal them," she said as she got up from the bed. Knowing her, she wouldn't take no for an answer so he just let her do what she wants. He was staring at her as she healed him. This brought back memories from the past. Back then, whenever he comes home from missions he refused to go and stay at the hospital for he simply didn't like it so Kagome would always do it instead. She always scolded him back then and even called him an idiot; she was the only one who can get away with calling him that.
The energy from Kagome's arm felt warm; just as he remembers it. Then, after it was done she removed the bandages and his hand is as good as new. "Kagome,"
"What?"
"I'm Kagome, Kagome Higurashi."
"I already know your name,"
Kagome was taken a back and was slightly irritated at the guy. She was just being courteous and nice. The only reason she said that was because she hoped that he would give his name to her as well.
"I meant, what's your name?"
"Itachi, Itachi Uchida." (AN: Wait, did he just say Uchida? LOL)
"Oh, I've never heard of the Uchida clan. But judging from the headband your wearing, you're from Konoha." She didn't ask any further about the line along the symbol of Konoha; thinking that it's none of her concern.
"Yes, I was." Was his quick answer. And she knew not to push him into telling as to why. "So, truce?"
"Truce,"
"I never imagined being out here talking with my enemy. You're quite good,"
"You're quite good yourself, but if you don't mind me asking where you learned that technique of yours?"
"Oh, that was replica jutsu. It copies any special technique my opponent has, but since it's only a replica, it can only be used once at a time. It also takes up a lot of chakra so it's quite exhausting. I learned about it during my mission, I wanted to use my memory into good use."
"Why, don't you consider that memory of yours good enough?"
She was surprised by his question; no one has bothered to ask her a question like that. She stared at the window and smiled, "Some may consider this ability of mine as a gift but I consider it as a curse. There are some things that are better left forgotten."
He didn't say anything from what she said because it was true. It may be better for her if she won't remember any of those memories anymore. "You know you where right about me killing a lot in the past. I know it's ironic but I never wanted to be part of any of this. I hated fighting."
Nothing much has changed, she's still the innocent and delicate girl he knew. "Then why,"
"Can't tell, it's a secret." She said with a grin on her face. Wanting to change the subject she tried hard to think of other things to talk about but then stopped when she remembered someone. She immediately went by the window and tried to budge it. "It won't budge,"
"Where are you going?"
"Somewhere, I need to visit someone."
Sighing, he knew that he was too involved with this already to ignore her so he decided to help her. He can't help but smirk when he noticed that the window is suppose to be pulled inside, while she was doing the exact opposite. That's why she can't open it. Once the window was open, she felt stupid and laughed at herself. Then she hurriedly went out through the window followed by Itachi.
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"I don't remember inviting you in here with us?" a irritated Naruto pointed out to Inuyasha who was next to him walking by the hallway.
"I don't need your permission, and besides I'm closer to Kagome than you guys."
"Closer? But I don't remember you being there during her fight," Naruto shot back with a smug look on his face.
"I-I, uh. I have to get some help,"
"Oh really?"
"Yeah, really!"
"And where exactly did you go to get some help?"
"That's none of your concern!"
Sakura just sighed as she ignored the bickering of the two at her back. They were going to visit Kagome again, wanting to check if she's awake. Even Sasuke was on this too, even though he would see his brother if he went in. "So Kakashi-sensei, how strong exactly is Tsukiyomi?"
"Very strong, I've experienced it before for myself."
"But, why is it that Kagome reacted like that? Wasn't she the one who used it on him?"
Not exactly knowing how to answer that, he let Sasuke answer it. "When he used the Tsukiyomi on me, he showed me something horrible. He did that because he knows that would scare and weaken me. Tsukiyomi attacks someone through what they fear. Kagome wanted to show him something from his past but unfortunately it triggered something on Kagome and that's what caused her to act like that."
Kakashi then continued on, "She probably saw something from her past, probably the massacre and how it happened."
"Ah, Kakashi-sensei do you think Kagome is awake now?"
"Why don't we see for ourselves," Kakashi said as he lightly knocked on Kagome's door. After several knocks there were no answer, so he decided to open the door but was shocked by what he saw, or rather what he didn't see.
"Why'd you guys stop?" Naruto asked as he darted towards their direction. "Kago-"
Inuyasha followed next to Naruto, "Kagome? She-she's not here. And so is that bastard!"
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While the others are panicking, Kagome on the other hand was peacefully walking, with a bouquet of flowers on one hand and stick of dango on the other. Itachi was not far behind her, who also has a stick of dango in his hand. They were walking through the cemetery now, but before that they stopped on the fields to pick some flowers. The two remained quiet through out the walk from the hospital up to now, either not knowing what to say. And besides Itachi wasn't the one for small talks. So that only leaves Kagome but has no idea what to do. In the end, the both of them remained silent.
Kagome's face lit up when she saw the grave that she was looking for up ahead. Wanting to speed her phase, she called the Uchiha's attention and asked him to hurry up. "Itachi-san! Hurry up!"
Itachi mentally sighed at the thought, sure they were friends now but he can't help but feel a little awkward at the –san. He was so used to her calling her 'Ita' or 'Itachi'; but at least she didn't call him 'Uchida-sama' or 'Uchiha-sama'. This would be hard, starting from square one especially since they didn't have a good start, but they didn't have a good start either when they were kids.
When he reached the grave, Kagome was already kneeling down and had placed the flowers on it. Itachi immediately noticed the name of the person Kagome was visit; Kikyo. Her former teacher and leader of the Higurashi clan who refused the alliance with their clan. From little memories of her that Itachi has, he remembered that she was in good terms with his mother; but of course everybody is in good terms with his mother. He also remembered that she looks a lot like Kagome. And judging by the condition of the grave, someone's been taking care of it for Kagome and was visiting in here regularly. Must be the white-haired brat.
He snapped out of his thoughts when he heard Kagome's sweet and gentle voice, "Onee-sama, I'm sorry if I haven't dropped by for a long time. It's hard to explain, but I made new friends."
He noted the tone in her voice when she said those last words; it was glad and excited at the same time. Looking down on her like that, he can't help note her features once again. She has certainly changed both physically and attitude-wise since the last time he saw her. With her pale skin complementing her raven hair and her sweet and delicate face compliments her petite structure. She has transformed into a fine young lady indeed and yet she has transformed into a cold-blooded killer like him. Something he was preventing from the start of it all. Her eyes are a little bit different but her smile is still there, and it still had that effect on him. It always made him feel that everything is going to be all right.
"Itachi-san, do you know her?"
"No," he lied.
"Oh, that's strange. Almost everybody knows her, either inside or outside of Konoha. She's the former guardian of the Tsuki no tama, she also my teacher but more importantly she was also like a mother to me." And as she said those last words, her eyes softened at her sensei's grave. "Everybody knew her as a powerful and ruthless priestess but there's so much more to her than that. Other didn't see it, but I did. That's why I cried so much when she died, I never recovered from it. Until now, I'm still reminiscing about her." As she finished talking, a single tear slid down her cheek.
He just looked at the girl in front of him, what else can he do? As much as he wanted to say something about it or do anything, he can't. He must take precautions cause his action counts, he might trigger something from her sealed memories and endanger her. For now, all he could do is stand by her and listen. And he must take note that to her he don't know much about her and that they've only just met.
"I'm sorry Itachi-san. I must be boring you now. How about you Itachi-san, do you still have a mother?"
"Both my parents passed away a long time ago"
"Oh, I'm sorry."
"It doesn't matter now,"
"Then why did you come back?"
"Personal reasons,"
"Oh, I see." Clearly getting the message, she decided to keep quiet instead and think of another question.
But to no avail, she can't think of anything. So it was silence again. Awkward silence.
"We should head back now," Itachi said as started walking.
Realizing this, she got up and said, "Itachi-san, wait for me!"
He was right, they should just go back to the hospital since they've been out for too long. The others should have noticed by now that they were already gone, and must be going crazy right now looking for them. The others? Naruto and…
"Itachi-san,"
"Yes?" he questioned but didn't stop.
"Can I ask you a question?"
Hearing the seriousness in her voice he stopped and looked at her. "You just did,"
"I know but can I ask you another question after this one?"
"Hn,"
"Um…I don't know if it would be all right to ask you this. But, why is it that you look like Sasuke? Are you guys related?"
He wasn't surprised by this, he knew that somehow she will notice and ask this to him. He just didn't expect it to be right now.
She waited for him to respond but he didn't. Now, she was thinking If it was such a bright idea asking him that. "So? Are you going to tell me?"
Knowing that the question is inevitable and there's harm in answering it, he closed his eyes and said. "Yes, h-"
"He's my older brother," a voice said out of nowhere.
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-) tension is starting to build up between the two! What do you think will happen next? If you ask me, I don't know either. Haha so some ideas would be nice. I really have no idea yet, cause I'm more focused on the Vendetta thing Sasuke is going to step aside for Kagome's sake. Haha that was a spoiler guys! So if you want to read that soon, send me some ideas on what will happen next between the two brothers. :D
Sorry for the grammar errors and spelling.
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