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Chapter nine Chapter nine: Do you remember?

Itachi sat down in his chair, and ran a hand through his now loose hair. Kagome had just taken a turn for the worse. He had given her the medicine that she required, and had been giving her sips of water every time he replaced the damp rag. He didn't know what else to do. He had never had to take care of a sick person before. He had only been sick five times in his life. And three of those times were just simple colds. The other two were food poisoning and chicken pox.

It wasn't really that surprising that Kagome had fallen ill. She had probably had this building up ever since she had spent that night tied to the tree in the rain. Then the rosary had burned quite a few white blood cells. The infection didn't have as much stopping it anymore, so it had taken over.

'Don't worry about it too much at the moment. I've been slowly letting my power flow into her so she'll regain her spiritual powers faster. After that, they should kick in, and give her a boost of healing energy. The biggest problem she'll have is fighting off her memories. The fact that she fought back against you is a great sign that she's fighting them,' Bob said in a depressed tone.

'Why is she so defensive about being called a possession?' Itachi questioned the Jewel. He could feel the Jewel hesitating, and weighing the answer, before it spoke.

'It's not my place to tell, but I can tell you it has something to do with her father. Not to mention that all throughout the feudal era, random demons would kidnap her and call her their possession, which is pretty much what you did. The only reason she didn't blow up at Kouga and Inuyasha is because she was considered part of their pack. So when they said it, it was saying that she was a friend or like a sister to them. And in the beginning with Kouga, it was because he said it so carefree and mostly to get under Inuyasha's skin,' Bob explained.

'Hn. What was it that her father did?' Itachi asked.

'I don't think it's your place to know that,' Bob snapped at him. He was still ticked that Itachi had done something like that. He knew that Itachi was demanding, but he didn't think that he would go as far as physical harm to get her to obey something as small as looking at him.

Itachi clenched his fist. Bob was lucky that he didn't have a physical form, or else he would already be lying in a pool of his own blood.

'I thought that, if I gave you a little leverage over Kagome, you wouldn't go to these extremes. I was hoping that you would be able to look after and take care of Kagome in this world. But it looks like I was wrong.' Bob's voice was full of disappointment. 'You did more damage than any other person has done to her in years. Do you have any idea how long it took for Kagome to open back up to people after what happened to her? Do you know how much of a miracle it was that she was as forgiving as she was to everyone that had harmed her? Now you may have caused her to go back to a mere shell of who she really is.' Itachi could hear the anger in Bob's voice. 'I just hope that Kagome will be willing to trust any new person in the future. After she wakes up, I will be bringing her back to the feudal era,' Bob said in a final voice. 'I was wrong to think that this world would be better for her, if people like you are here,' Bob sneered.

Itachi narrowed his eyes. He needed Kagome to heal his eyes. He had no desire to go blind. She wouldn't be leaving unless he said so.

'Really, now? What can you do to stop me? You deserve to go blind. Even now, you only think about yourself. I don't know what made me think that you could deserve something as great as Kagome.' Itachi shot from his seat, Sharingan activated.

Itachi snapped his head to Kagome when he heard her mumbling. "Please, don't hurt momma," she choked out. Itachi could see tears forming. "I'll be good! Just don't hurt us more!"

Itachi looked at the Jewel glowing a soft purple to try and comfort her. He could feel a tightening in his chest, knowing that he caused this.

'So now you feel guilty, do you? Well, it's too late. She's losing the battle already. She will now no doubt go back to the fearful girl she used to be. I hope that you're happy.' Itachi could almost feel the venom from the voice in the air.

Thinking it over for a moment, Itachi made a choice. 'If I help her, will you keep her here until I say otherwise?' Itachi questioned.

'If you help her, I will give you a second chance to prove yourself. But I highly doubt anything you could do would help her,' Bob said in a snide tone.

Itachi thought it over. He would have to make do with what the Jewel offered him. The Jewel was currently holding all the cards. 'Agreed.'

Walking over to Kagome, he laid down next to her. Bringing his hands to her face, he made her face him, and then opened her eyes. Using the Sharingan, he entered her mind.

(Kagome's Mindset)

Itachi looked around once he felt he was stable in Kagome's mind. It was dark, but you could tell it was a small child's room. The walls were colored a light pink, and there were stuffed animals thrown around on the floor. But there were some problems. There was broken furniture everywhere. The place looked like a tornado had hit it.

Looking around, Itachi couldn't find where Kagome was. Turning around when he heard sniffling, he saw the closet door halfway hanging off its hinges. Slowly lifting it up, he saw a terrified five-year-old little girl.

The girl shrieked when she saw the door moving. Lifting her arms over her face, she started crying. "I be good! I be good!" She started crying.

Itachi looked down at the child in disbelief. This was Kagome? This small, broken, and fragile girl was the same woman who stood up to him countless times, and was always happy-go-lucky and smiling? Itachi stood there for a moment, not knowing what to do. He had never had to face something like this before.

Hearing Kagome break down into full-out sobs, he snapped out of it. Kneeling down so she could see him, he saw her huddle farther into the corner of the closet.

"Girl." Itachi, for some reason, couldn't bring himself to call this broken child 'Kagome' yet. He didn't want to believe this was really what he had done to Kagome's mental state.

Kagome tried to become one with the wall when she heard his voice.

Itachi frowned. That was what he wanted, a voice in the back of his mind told him. And it was true, he realized. He had wanted Kagome to fear him when he had slapped her. But now, seeing it left a empty feeling in his gut.

"Come here; I'm not going to hurt you," Itachi said emotionlessly. He knew that gentler tones would do no good right now. He needed to get her attention before he could do anything.

Kagome hesitantly looked over at him, before ducking her head back into her legs. "Please don't hurt me! I be a good girl! I pomiss!" Kagome sobbed into her scrawny knees.

Itachi felt his chest tighten again. What exactly did her father do to her? He had heard of child abuse, but he had never actually seen it.

"Girl, I'm not going to hurt you," Itachi said patiently. It would do no good to get angry with the girl for being fearful.

Kagome sniffed, and looked up at him with tear-filled eyes. "You pomiss?" The girl asked uncertainly, fearful that he was going to suddenly change his mind, and hit her.

"I promise." Itachi nodded firmly.

The girl looked uncertain whether she should trust this new man or not. Finally, she nodded a little at him. Itachi took this as a good sign to get closer to her, and picked her up. The girl stiffened at the contact, but did nothing to stop it.

Itachi held her close to his chest, and put a hand on her back to keep her from falling off his other arm. Moving his hand to shift her for a little better handling, he could feel her ribs in an unhealthy way. Her ribs were almost sticking out of her skin.

Looking around the room, he found the bed that was still standing. Walking over to it, he sat the girl on the bed to look her over. She looked like she was about to flee at any moment if he showed the slightest sign of anger or hostility.

Without a word, he slowly reached out and lightly gripped her arm. Checking it over, he noticed all the scrapes and bruises covering it. Placing that one down, he went to the other one. She winced, and bit her bottom lip when he touched it, but didn't cry out besides that. Loosening his grip a little, he checked the rest of it. Her left wrist was clearly sprained. Letting her arm go, he moved on to her legs. Besides major bruising, he could tell that her right ankle had just recovered from a broken bone. Lifting his hands to her face, he saw her naturally flinch back. Feeling around her skull and neck, he made sure that there was no major damage done to her skull.

Lifting her shirt to continue checking for injuries, he saw just how bad of condition she was in. Looking at her ribs, he had to hold back a cringe. It was just as bad as he had first thought, if not worse. Probably, the only thing even keeping this child alive was her dormant miko powers.

Itachi started to get angry. Even though he had killed countless children on various missions, he always made sure that the child didn't know what was happening, and it was quick and painless for them. But beating a child. That was plain despicable. Even his mental torture of his little brother with images of their parents' deaths hadn't been nearly this mentally damaging, not even mentioning the physical damage to Kagome. He had even done that for Sasuke's own good, and the most he had ever hurt his brother physically was a cut on the arm. Kagome showed signs of her bones being broken several times.

Kagome started to fidget when he didn't say anything. He was starting to get mad. Did she do something wrong? Was he going to hit her for it?

Itachi noticed that she must have noticed he was angry, and was getting nervous. Deciding to talk to her to calm her down a little, he started asking questions. He needed answers. "Girl, what is your name?"

Kagome looked shocked at the question. Then she weighed whether or not to tell him. Finally, she said something so quietly Itachi could barely her it.

"Can you say that again?" he asked.

"Kagome. But Momma used to call me her little Kaga," Kagome said, looking through the uneven bangs covering her eyes.

Itachi lifted her chin gently, and looked her in the eyes. "Where's you mother?" He could see her start tearing up.

"Kagome was a good girl! She was being good! What did Kagome do wrong?!" Kagome started to get frantic.

Itachi quickly grabbed her, and sat down on the bed. Pulling her close to his chest, he started to rub small circles in her back. Shhing her, he started to rock her back and forth.

"It's okay. It's okay, Kaga." He whispered in her ear like he had done with the larger her to calm her down.

Kagome started to calm a little, and looked up at him like she wanted to ask him something, but was too scared to. Propping her up a little on his lap, he motioned for her to ask by nodding his head slightly.

"Will you weave like Momma did?" Kagome asked with teary eyes.

"Why did your mother leave?" Itachi asked her patiently.

She started to cry a little, but still answered him. "Daddy says it's Kagome's fault for being a bad girl. That if Kagome was a better girl that daddy wouldn't of had to hit her and Momma."

Itachi looked at her carefully. "Why did your father hit your mother?"

"Momma was going to have another baby. Daddy didn't like it. He said mean things to Momma and would slap her on the face. He always says that we his. He didn't like that Momma liked the other nice man." Kagome buried her face into Itachi's chest, sobbing. Looking up at him, she said some more. "Daddy says it's my fault that Momma has to be in the big box outside. Why did we have to bury Momma?" she questioned him with tear-filled eyes.

Itachi knew what was happening now. He also knew what had triggered this; he had repeated that very same action.

It was obvious that Kagome's mother had cheated on her husband, and had gotten pregnant. So, in his rage, he had taken it out on his wife by beating her. He must have beaten the woman to death, and then he had turned to the child. He must have beaten the girl every night for her to have this many bruises. There was no telling how long it had gone on.

Itachi tightened his grip on the girl as she cried harder. He would have never expected for Kagome to have been abused as a child. The mental damage that her father had placed on her would probably never fully be healed. There would always be some doubt in the back of her mind that, if she hadn't been 'bad', then her mother would still be there.

Setting her on his lap so she could see him clearly, he lifted her chin so she would have to look him in the eyes. She tried to look the other way, but he held his grip, and spoke. "Kagome, I need you to look at me." She hesitantly looked him in the eye. "It is not your fault that your father killed your mother. You were not being a bad girl. Your father is a bad man. Do you understand me?" Itachi demanded.

The girl looked uncertain at the new information. She had no doubt had what her father said beaten into her.

"Kagome. You did nothing wrong. Your father was being a very bad man. That is why your mother is gone. It was not your fault." Itachi waited for her to say something. Right when she started to open her mouth, they heard a door slam shut.

Kagome's eyes got wide and fearful as she started to panic. Itachi grabbed her before she could run and hide, and Kagome struggled frantically to get out of his arms. When she heard footsteps coming down the hall, she started sobbing.

Itachi looked down at the girl in his arms, and stood her up behind him. Any harm that happened in the mindset could hurt someone worse than if they were hurt physically. Stepping in front of her, he blocked the view of her from the door.

"Stay behind me; I'll protect you," Itachi said firmly. Kagome looked up at him in wonder and amazement, before breaking into a smile, and nodding. He noticed that some of her teeth were missing, and cursed mentally. Turning back towards the door, he waited.

A man stepped into the doorway, and looked at him strangely. "How did you get in here?" the man asked, before looking around the room. "Where's that little witch?" he demanded. Just looking at the man, Itachi could tell that he wasn't drunk. He was dressed in a fine business suit, and was in no way under the influence of alcohol. The man beat her while thinking clearly. It was worse than if he was a drunk.

No one would ever think of him as a beater. He had deep smile lines, and had a friendly look to him. People probably would have never have guessed that he came home and beat his daughter every day.

The man got angry at Itachi's non-response. "Where the heck did you put the little wench?!" the man shouted.

Itachi could feel little Kagome hiding her face in the back of his pants leg. So this was the man that caused this small child such harm? Studying his features, he saw that Kagome must have gotten most of her looks from her mother. Besides the blue eyes and blue-tinted black hair, she looked nothing like the man. But even their eyes weren't that much alike. While Kagome's were usually full of life and welcoming warmth, his were cold and filled with malice.

The man saw the movement behind Itachi's leg, and growled. "Give her to me. She belongs to me!" the man demanded.

Itachi could hear Kagome start crying. Hardening his glare, he went into a defensive stance. After seeing the condition that Kagome was in, there was no way that he was going to let this man anywhere near her. This man didn't deserve the air she breathed. No one should do this to a small child for reasons that they didn't even understand. Then he had the nerve to tell the girl that it was her fault that he had killed her mother and beat her.

"You will not be harming this girl any more," Itachi said coldly.

"You can't tell me what the heck I can and can't do to my own daughter. She's my property. I can do whatever I want to do to her," the man said, taking a step forward. Itachi pulled out a kunai, and held it to his side. The man stopped at the sight of the blade. Then looking behind Itachi he glared.

"Wench! Get over here! You've been a very bad girl! I told you what would happen if you ever told anyone!" the man shouted. Itachi could feel Kagome shaking in fear, but not going over to him. "Wench! I said get over here!" She shook her head against the back of Itachi leg. Then, in a deadly calm voice Kagome's father started talking. "You know it's because of you being a bad girl like this that your mother is dead." Itachi felt Kagome tighten her grip on his cloak. Suddenly, she jumped out in front of Itachi.

"NO! KAGOME IS A GOOD GIRL! YOU THE REASON THAT MOMMA GONE! YOU THE BAD MAN! I HATE YOU! I DON'T BELONG TO YOU!" Kagome exclaimed. Getting mad, she picked up a broken piece of wood, and threw it at her father. The wood landed harmlessly at his feet, but Itachi was impressed nonetheless. Not at her lame throw, but that she had the guts to stand up to her worst fear. Not many children would be able to do that.

The man was outraged. He had lost control over Kagome. Taking a step towards Kagome, he lifted his hand to strike her. Itachi appeared behind him, and held the kunai to his throat.

"I told you that I wasn't going to let you touch her, you scum," Itachi said, deadly intent lacing his voice.

Looking over at Kagome, he saw her looking at him, confused. Not wanting her to see her own father getting killed, he decided to go about it the simplest way. "Kagome, go into that corner, turn around, and close your eyes. Don't open them until I tell you to," Itachi demanded. Kagome nodded her head quickly. She didn't have as much courage now that Itachi wasn't behind her. She ran over to the corner, turned around, and held her hands over her eyes like instructed.

Sure that the girl wouldn't hear him, he whispered in the man's ear. "Kagome doesn't belong to you anymore. She now belongs to me. But I'm not going to abuse her, like you have, ever again. Unlike you, I will make sure that harm doesn't come to her. She will never live in fear of you again; I'll make sure of it." Itachi slowly slit the man's throat while saying it. He dropped the man to the floor, and watched him try in vain to keep his life's blood in. After the man had stopped moving, he cleaned his kunai, and walked over to Kagome.

"Kagome, I want you to keep your eyes closed 'til I tell you otherwise. No matter what, I want you to keep your eyes closed." Kagome nodded her agreement, and held still. Picking her up, Itachi positioned her to balance on his right hip. Turning around, he walked out of the room. It would do no good to have the girl see her father dead. Even if he did beat her. He was still her father, and it would still harm her mentally to see his corpse.

Walking down the hallway, he could tell that Kagome had come from a wealthy family. All the furniture was expensive and well built. There were paintings hanging on the walls, and breakables everywhere. Walking further down the hall, he came to the kitchen. Walking inside, he sat Kagome on one of the chairs at the dinning room table.

Walking over to the refrigerator, he opened it up, and looked inside. There was plenty of food in it. Kagome's father had been starving her. Just knowing this made Itachi's blood boil.

Grabbing the milk and sandwich makings, he brought them over to the kitchen counter.

It was important that he feed Kagome in her mindset while she was like this. Anything that helped her recover in here would help her on the outside, fighting the fever that had been getting out of hand. Plus, he just felt the need to make sure that Kagome's mind recovered from him slapping her.

Thinking about it now made him feel guilty. He had sent her back to stage one on the recovery with that fight. Now, really thinking about it, he hadn't exactly been completely reasonable. He had tried to take away one of the few good things she had found in this new world that the jewel had thrust her into. And the slap had been inexcusable. True, he had felt the need to show superiority over her, but he could have done it in a different way. Finishing making her sandwich, he put it on one of the clean, drying plates on the counter, and gave it to her along with a glass of milk.

Kagome looked at it, but didn't touch it. Itachi wondered in confusion as to why she refused to eat the food he'd prepared. So, finally, after a minute of waiting, he asked.

"Kagome, is there something wrong with the sandwich I made you?" Kagome just nodded her head. "I need you to tell me what's wrong with it."

Kagome looked up at him. "Daddy says I'm not allowed to have this food." Now that she had calmed down, her speech had improved dramatically.

Itachi pulled a chair in front of Kagome, and, sitting in it, looked her straight in the eye. "Listen to me, Kagome; your father will not hurt you for eating this food."

Kagome hesitantly nodded, but still didn't touch the food. Itachi let out a sigh. "Now what's the matter?"

Kagome looked up at him, and cocked her head to the side. "My turkey doesn't have any mustard."

Itachi could have fallen over at how picky of an eater Kagome was. Not that he could really complain. He was an extremely picky eater at this Kagome's age too. But he didn't think that a child starving wouldn't eat because of that reason.

"Does it have to have mustard on it?" Itachi asked calmly.

Kagome nodded her head. "Yes," she said firmly. "It has to have mustard. Momma wouldn't eat her turkey sandwiches if they didn't have any mustard on them."

Itachi looked at her for a moment, before going to the refrigerator and taking out the mustard. Bringing it back to the table, he opened her sandwich, and put some mustard on it. Closing her sandwich again, he gave it to her. She grabbed it, and started shoving as much as she could in her mouth.

Grabbing the sandwich from her, he looked at her sternly. "You need to eat this slower or else you'll get sick. Now drink a little of your milk."

Kagome got a disgusted look on her face. "I don't like milk. It tastes bad."

"You need to drink it. It will help you get better," Itachi patiently explained.

Kagome poked her glass of milk, and looked over at Itachi. "It's moving; I think it's alive," Kagome said, hoping that Itachi would take the bait and not make her drink it.

Itachi narrowed his eyes a little, and watched as Kagome quickly grabbed the glass, and started to drink it. After she got a fourth of it down, she put it back down with her tongue touching her chin, looking away. Peering at Itachi from the corner of her eyes, she looked for his approval. Seeing him nod, she gave him a smile. Suddenly, a thought struck her.

"What's nice man's name?" Kagome looked at him inquiringly.

Giving her a ghost of a smile, he thought about the number of people that thought of him as a 'nice man'. "My name is Itachi."

Kagome smiled at him. She loved her new Tachi. "Okay, can I have my sandwich back now, Tachi?"

Itachi thought over the butchery of his name, but knew it would do no good to try and correct it. His little brother couldn't pronounce his name fully, either, when he was her age. So, nodding and giving her her sandwich back, he made sure that she didn't eat it too quickly. It would do her no good if she ate it too fast and just puked it back up.

When she had finished, Kagome looked up at him hesitantly. Itachi thought about what she could be hesitant about, but couldn't think if anything. "What is it that you need?" he finally asked.

Kagome suddenly avoided his gaze. Finally, she spoke. "Will Tachi leave Kagome?" she asked quietly.

"Do you want me too?" She shook her head 'no'. "Then, I won't leave you. I promise."

Kagome looked up at him. "What about Daddy? He won't like you." Suddenly, she had a fearful look. "What if Daddy hurts Tachi?!" Kagome started to panic.

Picking her up, he held her tight to him. She wrapped her arms around his neck, and clutched his back. "Your Daddy won't be hurting anyone anymore. He can't hurt me, and I'll protect you from him." Itachi said firmly, leaving Kagome no room for doubt. "I promise."

Kagome nodded into his shoulder, and started crying. She started to glow a light green then, and slowly her form started to grow. The glow dimmed after a minute, and left a full-sized Kagome still clutching him, and sobbing into his shoulder. Itachi just held her close, and started rubbing smoothing circles in her back.

After a couple of minutes, Kagome's sobs receded to sniffles. As she pushed away from Itachi lightly, he let her go. Wiping her tears away, she found the ground suddenly very interesting.

"Thank you, Itachi. You have no idea what you have done means to me." Kagome's voice was a little raspy from all her crying.

"Hn." Itachi sat down in the chair that five-year-old Kagome had previously been sitting in. "Are you going to finish your milk now?" Itachi asked so seriously that Kagome broke a small smile.

Itachi felt a welling of pride knowing that he had caused her to truly smile, even if it was only a little. He needed to get her to smile for him more often. It did wonders for one's ego.

"I still think that it's alive. I swear it moved while you weren't looking." Kagome sat down next to Itachi.

"What happened to your father?" Itachi questioned. He needed to know. He needed to know how Kagome got out of her father's hold without his help.

Kagome's smile disappeared. "The gardener stayed late one night to finish some work, and heard my father yelling upstairs and me screaming after my father had broken three of my ribs," Kagome said sadly. "He called the police, and they came and found me. I had to stay at the hospital for nearly a year to fully recover without any lasting results. The doctors called my full physical recovery a miracle. I know now it was because of my miko chi that I recovered like I did. My father, while driving to his court hearing, was hit by an oncoming truck when he ran a red light. He died immediately on impact. "

Kagome stood up, and walked over to the kitchen. Reaching into the cabinet, she pulled out a clean cup, and got some water from the tap. Sitting back down, she took a drink before continuing.

"I was lucky, and didn't get sent to a foster home. Instead, I got sent to my pregnant Aunt Kun-Loon, Uncle Sai, and grandfather from my mother's side. It's thanks to them that I recovered mentally.

Uncle Sai was the weirdest but funniest person I had ever met. He away knew just what a person needed to smile. He reminds me a lot of my foster son, Shippo. Eventually, they adopted me.

Uncle Sai didn't give me a chance to crawl up into myself for self-pity. Every time I cried or got depressed, he would get me to laugh, and he away had some wise thing to tell. One time, he was gone for a week, and I started avoiding the other children at school. He found out, and went straight to the school. He marched right up to me, and picked me up. Then he marched over to a group of three girls, and put me down. The other girls looked at me questioningly, and when I tried running, he grabbed the back of my shirt, and lifted me back to the girls. Then, he told me that if I didn't make friends with these girls, he wouldn't ever let me have sugar again. So, naturally, I made quick friends with them. I'm still friends with those three girls to this day, though we have gone our separate ways." She took another sip of her water.

"Five months after my Aunt Kun-Loon had Souta, Uncle Sai got cancer. His last words to me was to always keep smiling. Then, he called me his daughter. He had never done that before. But it made me so happy to be able to tell people that Sai Higurashi was my father. He made me promise him that I would do as he asked, and watch over Aunt Kun-Loon and Souta like they were my real mother and brother. I've always tried to keep my promise to him.

After that, I started to call Aunt Kun-Loon 'Mother', and Souta was always referred to as my little brother that I had to look out for. In a way, he was like the little brother I lost when my father killed my mother," Kagome ended.

Itachi nodded. "I would like to apologize to you for slapping you. I should have gone about it a different way."

Kagome looked at him, shocked. Had he really just apologized to her? "You're forgiven. But if you really are sorry, you'll remove the rosary after you leave my mind," Kagome said jokingly.

Itachi cracked a small smile. "No, I don't think that I can do that. I know for a fact that you're not nearly as obedient as you were as a child. Even then, you showed a rebellious streak in you. I have a feeling that I might need the rosary in the near future."

Kagome pouted. "Fine. But I feel the need to repay you somehow. You really didn't need to help me."

Itachi watched her for a moment before answering. "I need you to heal my eyes. Every time I use the Sharingan to get into people's mind, I lose a bit of my sight."

Kagome looked shocked at the news. "You mean that your pin-wheel eyes really do something?" Itachi could feel his left eye start to twitch. "Well, I knew it must do something, but I had no idea it was capable of doing something like that. Not that I haven't had similar abilities used against me before, but wow," She finished her rambling.

"Will you help me or not?" Itachi asked, rubbing his temple.

"Oh yeah, um… sure. I could do that without a problem. You just have to wait for my body heal and wake up. Until then, I'll be meditating," Kagome said, finishing her glass of water.

"Hn. If you are now stable, I'll take my leave," Itachi said as he stood up out of his chair.

"Hey, Itachi?"

"Hn."

"Thanks again. I'll try and be nicer, and give this place more of a chance, if you promise to give me a little bit more slack. What do you say?"

"Hn."

"So, was that a yes or no?"

Itachi just smirked at her as he lifted his Sharingan.

Back in Itachi's room

Itachi could feel the weight of using the Sharingan for so long settle on him. He was suddenly grateful that he had had enough forethought to rest himself on the bed before using it.

Suddenly, he felt the Jewel poking at his mind. 'What is it now?' Itachi snapped.

After a moment or two, Bob answered. 'You did a good job. Not like I ever doubted you.'

'Hn.'

'No, really! I knew that you could help her!' Bob complained.

'Just let me sleep.'

'Fine, but I feel the need to tell you this now, in case this goes any farther. If you're really going to consider pursuing her hand in marriage, then you're going to have to get four different demons' permission. And Sesshomaru is going to be the worst. If you don't gain his permission, he'll probably kill you. And you'll have to get it sometime, because he put a ward on Kagome that won't let any man have her until he gives full permission. And even that has to wait until after marriage.'

'Hn. You told me. Now let me rest,' Itachi demanded.

'Fine, but you can't say I didn't warn you. I have a feeling that I forgot to do something…' Bob said, before drifting out of Itachi's mind.

Finally quiet, Itachi let himself drift off to sleep.

End Chapter

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