No tree, it is said, can grow to heaven unless its roots reach down to hell. According to my grandmother, it was my duty to surpass the great Itachi Uchiha, but how could I see him as a rival when his eyes were far too deep, far too cold, far too gone for me to ever comprehend? Itachi x OC story.

COMPLETE. A story told through a series of drabbles and oneshots, tracing the slow and steady progress of trust. Sesshoumaru x Kagome, CU.