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Chapter 5: Halves and Quarters

Kagome detached her mind as she pulled on her fighting clothes, strapping weapons along the clips. Her hair was drawn into a high ponytail as she tied her headband to her forehead.

With her eyes closed, she drew on the ultimate power of her bloodline limit, a soft, "Zuìzhong Shénshèngan," escaping her lips as she reopened her eyes, revealing completely black irises. She sighed, taking in a deep breath before continuing on. It was for the best.

(-: ^^

Itachi tossed and turned in his bed, unable to sleep. There was something wrong with Kagome and he had no idea how to help. It was eating away at him. With a frustrated sigh he kicked the covers off his body, standing before he stared out his window.

There was something eerie about this night. The sky was clouded over, but no rain came, just the soft sound of thunder in the distance. He ran his hands through his messy hair as he plopped down on his bed. Sleep wouldn't be coming to him any time soon.

He closed his eyes as his thoughts ran rampant. That is, until there was a click at his window. He watched as Kagome opened the frame, gracefully jumping in. Itachi rose once more.

"Kagome?" He took in her appearance; she was dressed in full fighting gear. "What are you doing?" She approached him with a sad look in her eyes.

"I only have a few minutes Itachi." She stood before him and he reached out, rubbing the blood off her cheek.

"You're not hurt are you? Did someone harm you?" She had blood splatter nearly covering her body. Kagome only gave him a fateful smile as he searched her for injuries.

"No, I'm fine." She pushed him back some. "I'm sorry Itachi, I want you to know that I never planned for this, but I had to do it. And I hope you'll forgive me someday." From the street below his window he could hear sirens and shouting of people.

"Kagome? " His eyes widened as she pulled him into a hug, holding tightly. He wrapped his arms around her, sighing some as she laid her head on his chest. "It doesn't matter to me, just tell me what you did. I can help you." He felt her shake her head no in response.

"I couldn't bring you into this." There was a pause. "I'm so sorry…" She just kept repeating the phrase, as the noises got louder, soon, the sound of a gate busting opening caused them to separate. People where entering the Uchiha district.

Her eyes darted around some before she closed them, re-opening them to reveal the black hues with a single green spiral floating around, the second level of her Shénshèngan. His confusion could only grow as his Sharingan studied her furious chakra flow, swirling around before traveling to her eyes.

"I have to go." Her whispered words hit him and Itachi didn't know what to do; he didn't know what was going on, but he reached out to stop her, drawing her back to him. "I really need to leave." She protested, and he hurried, pulling a silver chain nearly out of nowhere before clipping it around her neck.

She fingered the fan pendant hanging from the necklace, her eyes wide. "I was going to give it to you yesterday, but you never showed up. Then you ran away from training." Tears blurred her vision; she knew very well what this necklace meant.

"I… don't know what to say." How ironic. He was going to propose to her yesterday. There where shouts as people entered his manor, he just pulled her to him, sealing her lips with a kiss.

He drew back, staring intently in her eyes. "What ever you did, Kagome. I will always love you." There was another lapse as he studied her further. "You should go…" The tears fell freely as she nodded.

He silently stood there as she went to the window, pausing to look back at him. "Don't forget about Sasuke now." She offered him one more smile. "I will always love you too." And she was gone.

ANBU ran into his room. "Where is she?" They shouted, some quickly jumping out of the window after her. In the back of his mind Itachi knew that they wouldn't catch her; she was too fast for them.

His father entered the room after them and stopped in front of Itachi, staring him down.

"We know she came through here. Where did she go Itachi?" His father could tell that his son was distressed, but he felt pride grow when his son didn't show it. Itachi's face was passive as always.

"I don't know. She didn't tell me anything." The ANBU could tell that he wasn't lying and the rest of them hastily slipped out of the room in search of the girl. "What did she do anyway?" Itachi demanded from his father, if anyone should know, it would be him.

"The Higurashi girl murdered her clan and fled." His father was blunt. Itachi froze, his eyes wide in shock. Of all the things, Itachi didn't expect that to be what she did.

"Kagome wouldn't do something like that." He said in a half-denial-half lie, shaking his head some. She had come to him covered in blood; but he had just pushed that fact to the recess of his mind while she was in his room.

"But she did. Not one Higurashi was left alive. I was surprised, from the stories of the carnage it was pretty brutal." Itachi remained silent and his father shook his head before leaving the room.

Itachi sat down on his bed; his leg's no longer supporting him as he stared at the floor, the situation finally fully hitting him.

Kagome was gone, for good. If she came back to Konoha, she would surely be killed on sight. Itachi felt some weird pain in his heart as his mind forced him to repeat his realization once more.

She was gone.

For good.

(-: ^^

Kagome dodged and ducked through the trees as she felt herself choke up again. No, she couldn't cry. Not now. She had to get away first.

She could hear them short behind her. She had to keep going, soon she would be out of their jurisdiction, and then she could relax.

The border was almost tangible as she passed over it. They instantly fell back and Kagome continued on for another mile before slowing down to a walk. Only now did she really think about what she was going to do. She had nowhere to go. This only made her feel even more stupid, but what could she really do on a last minute plan?

She sighed, sitting down on a tree stump. The night was exhausting and the sun was already rising. Kagome leaned her head on her hand, staring at the ground as she ghosted her fingers over the necklace. Something snapped in her.

She felt sad, empty, and angry even, but no tears came. She wanted to cry over her family, over her decisions, over Itachi, but contraire to earlier, her eyes remained dry.

Kagome didn't know how long she had been sitting there, attempting to weep, to release the feelings bubbling inside of her, but eventually someone came to her.

She looked up with apathy in her black hues at the red haired male. She took in his appearance: the odd piercings, the long robe, and the weird eyes that didn't flinch in the slightest when they met hers. Kagome lifted her head from her hand, she recognized those robes, and they were told about them in class.

"Akatsuki." She whispered as she stood. The man nodded minutely.

"Kagome Higurashi of the Higurashi clan. Holder of the Shénshèngan." Kagome felt a shiver go down her spine at the knowledge he held of her.

Her eyes narrowed. "How do you know about me?" He remained passive.

"That's the least of what we know. We have been keeping an eye on you for a while." He slowly started to circle her.

"Why?" She asked simply, holding her ground as she watched him pace.

"We would like to offer you a position in the Akatsuki."

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