Sango sighed as Kagome ran off. She gave Miroku a nod then took off after Kagome for a second time in the same day. Giving Inuyasha a glare as she ran past him. The only way to stop what she was going through was for Kagome to stay away from him for good. At least for a while at any rate. And for Kagome's sake she really hoped that she did just that.
Inuyasha could only stare after her. He could not believe what it was that she just said! She was leaving him! That she didn't want to be with him anymore. Or travel with him anymore. He reached a shaky hand out toward her. "Kagome."
Miroku stepped out in front of Inuyasha. A glare of his own that locked with the amber eyes of the hanyou. Then without warning he reached out and punched him right in the side of the face sending him to the ground. "You are daft and blind do you know that? You don't even know that you have lost the best thing that could have ever happened to you. And two good friends at that."
Inuyasha growled at the monk. 'How dare he!' He jumped up and was in his face. "You ever hit me like that and I will kill you monk. And I haven't lost anything! Kagome, Sango, Kirara. They will all come back right here when they realize that they need me. And I will be waiting."
Miroku didn't budge or back down from the hanyou. He was more dense then most women that he had met over the years. "You really are daft aren't you Inuyasha. You will see I am right. When none of us come back to you. We are all tired of the games you play." Then he turned and walked off in the direction that the girls and Itachi went. Not offering any further explanations to Inuyasha.
Inuyasha gaped after him then crossed his arms with a growl. He flopped down with his back toward them and stuck his nose in the air. "I know you will all come running back. And when you get back I expect an apology!"
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Kagome once again found herself falling on the ground in a crying heap. She was breathing hard as her heart broke in two. But this time she would stand by her choice. She didn't know how much longer she could take the game that Inuyasha was playing with her! So she was going to stay away from him and not go back. No matter how much it hurt her.
Itachi silently landed in front of Kagome with his usual emotionless mask on his face. As he watched her cry he thought of the last time that he showed any emotion at all. The night that he came face to face with Madara Uchiha and the nine tailed fox attacked the village.
Though it was one of excitement. He wanted that power. And Madara told him how to do that. After that he acted as if he didn't have a heart. Shut everyone out, even Sasuke. His heart became encased in ice over the years. But this girl was one that showed her emotion no matter what. If she felt it she showed it outwardly. Nothing like the kunoichi from his time. 'I wonder if I can ever get use to this?'
He turned and watched her friend come running up behind him and fall to the ground with her. He knew the kind that she was also. She would indulge her and this would go on forever. "Kagome."
"Hai?"
"What exactly are you going to do about the pain in your heart? How will you let it change your life?"
Kagome looked up at him with a glare. He didn't know anything about what her life was or wasn't like and he had no right to act like he did! "What do you mean by that?"
Sango was also glaring up at him. He was acting like Inuyasha right then. And that was not what she needed right now. She needed someone who was going be understanding, not just as controlling and possessive as Inuyasha. "What she needs now is time and understanding."
Itachi glared back down at the miko. He was not going to lie to her. She needed to know everything so that if she trusted him, if they ended up in his time she would know everything about why he was a hunted criminal. "In the time that I come from, I am a rouge ninja. A criminal. I am hunted because of crimes that I committed in the village that I was from then left. No matter how nice I seem to be, trust me it is only because of the jutsu that is on us. Otherwise I wouldn't be here nor would I care what you do now. But that is not the case and we are bound. Now, what are you going to do about the pain you feel right now?"
Kagome pushed herself up and crossed her arms. She glared at him as she started tapping her foot. "The only thing that I can do and deal with it in time."
"We don't have time. The way I see it you can do one of two things here."
"And what are they?"
"You can prove that hanyou is right and you are weak an need to be protected. Or you can train and prove him wrong. Prove that you are worthy of being called a miko."
Kagome reacted in a way that even shocked her. She tried to reached out to slap him. But he dodged her hand with ease. "I am not the cold person you or Inuyasha are, but I am not weak!"
Itachi kept his glare on her. "Then you must harden your heart to all emotion. Concentrate on training with me. Prove Inuyasha wrong and that you are more than capable of taking care of yourself. Then you won't be a target for anyone anymore."
Kagome kept her glare as she crossed her arms. He was right. No one wanted to push her in training though so she never really asked. No one thought that she was strong enough, not even Sango. But then something else came to mind. "Itachi?"
"Hai?"
"You said something about crimes that you committed. What are they?"
Itachi kept his stare on her. "There is a jutsu that allows me to take over all movements of another being. I was under that jutsu and killed my entire clan. Every single person except my little brother."
Kagome gasped and took a step back away from him. She saw a hint of pain that flashed threw his eyes as he said it. Just like in Kohaku's eyes. She cast her eyes down. "I am sorry."
Itachi sighed as he closed his eyes. It was clear that she did not understand his meaning. "I have been forced into this time. There is a chance at some point you will be forced to my time. You need to know everything. I do not need your pity. I asked to be placed under the jutsu and to destroy what was left of my clan. They were complacent and I could no longer stand it. The only reason my little brother was left alive was that he possessed the possibility that he could unlock the same power I had. I wanted to see if he could best me."
Kagome gasped as she took a step back. He just said that he wanted to kill his entire clan. His mom, dad, aunts, uncles, cousins! His entire family except his brother hoping that his brother would be the one who killed him one day! "Why on earth would you want to do something like that?"
Itachi turned to look at her and saw that there was fear in her eyes. He needed her to trust him! "Things were different in that case as in this one. In that case I was tired of being part of what they called the norm. I felt stifled. I worked hard and finally unlocked the power that I strove to get. A power only one in my clan before me had ever unlocked. I had to test my powers and there was no stronger clan in jutsu than my own. They just chose not to use them."
Then he relaxed as he closed his eyes. She was thinking that this was a bad idea and he knew it. But he had to keep her away from the mutt so that he could prepare her for what he was sure was going to be coming. "That was a long time ago. And this is different. Then I wanted to test my powers and see what I could destroy with them. In this situation with you, I must push my powers to protect you. I have never done that before and is new to me. It will be a good training exercise to me."
Kagome was shaking and ready to run back to Inuyasha. To let him gloat about being right for a change and stay with him. But as he talked about protecting her there was something in his voice. No matter how much he said that he wanted to do what he did, she knew deep down that it wasn't true. That he didn't really want to do that and still hurt over it.
Inuyasha tried to kill her when she first met him, and this guy hasn't even lifted a finger to her. She stands up and smiles as she steps toward him and touches his arm. She laughed when he turned wide startled eyes at her. "You know everyone has something good in them. And bad. Take Inuyasha. He tried to kill me the second I met him. I know that there is something good in you and training with you will keep my mind off of him. When do we start?"
