The empty excuse

Shiryu waited for his father to call him. His mother was on the kitchen preparing the lunch. The sound of the knife cutting vegetables, relaxed him. Her normal expression was calm. She knew Itachi never took the promises seriously.

She was an expert on that.

Normally when a playboy assumes the family business, and knows that a father job is more painful and takes lots of responsibility, he becomes a man, but Itachi wasn't that type of man. Not even for his son he assumes the responsibility.

Shiryu never understood. He wanted a happy family, like the cereal commercials and instead of that, his father…his father always has a different woman for each week of the month, and his mother spends the days working hard, not caring for relationships.

He's proud of his mother. She devotes all her time to him. At least he knows with his mother he can count.

Honesty his relationship with his father with the years, became more distant and cold. Itachi wants a lot from him and sometimes he even doubts if he's really his son.

Itachi when was young wanted a family so bad. His promises were full of honesty and love but then…the old Itachi disappeared, giving place to a colder and smug one.

Itachi is a genuine playboy.

He plays with all kind of females, not forgetting of trying his luck with his ex-wife. But more she rejects him more he wants her, but then he changes. He's just a player.

"Shiryu come." Kagome called him.

"Just a minute, dad will call." Shiryu said with the phone pressed in his ear.

"No he'll not. Now come, the food is on the table." She said cleaning her hands.

"But mom."

"No buts. Now come!"

...

Tired of waiting, the little boy gave up and went to eat. At the kitchen his mother, was seated with her eyes smiling at him.

He smiled back.

"Wow ramen." He said smiling. "If Naruto was here he would make a huge party." He said grabbing the sticks. "And uncle Sasuke would smack his head." Shiryu laughed at the thought.

Kagome smiled to her son, and then her eyes drifted to the window. She glared at full force, imagining what Itachi was doing right now.

"Can we go to the carnival?" the boy asked, receiving no answer from his mother. "Mom?"

….

"Mom?"

"Hm?" she woke up.

"Can we go to the carnival?" He made puppy eyes.

"Oh Shiryu mommy has go to work." She said, as his puppy eyes melted and a sad face was immediately there. "Humm…let's see." She said, sitting next to him. "How about mommy goes to work, and then leave early and we can go to the carnival?"

"YESS." He screamed, encircling his little arms around his mother's neck, kissing her. "You're the best mommy."

Kagome laughed and kissed her son's head. "Now finish, your food, because i need to leave you on your grandmother's house.

"Yes mommy!" Shiryu started to eat and Kagome went to make a call.

^D^

Minutes later Kagome left Shiryu at Mikoto's house. "Now behave and mommy will pick you up soon as possible, ok?" she asked him.

"I know I can count with you mommy." He said kissing his mother's lips. "You'll not disappoint me." Shiryu said, while Mikoto's smile faded. "Come soon, I don't want to lose anything, ok?"

Laughing Kagome panted his head and gave him a hug. "See you in a few hours." Kagome looked to Mikoto and nodded.

"BYE MOMMY." Shiryu screamed waving his little hand. "DON'T COME TOO LATE."

"I PROMISE!" Kagome replied and then left.

Itachi

At his office, Itachi glared at the contract he held in his hands. "Don't go." his new secretary appeared behind him and planted a kiss on his cheek.

"I must to. I've to close this contract." He said, gazing the tinny letters. "If my father discovers this is still open, he'll surely blow my head off."

"You give too much importance to your father." He looked to the owner of the voice.

Kagome.

"Kagome? What're you doing here?" he asked, gazing his ex-wife angry figure.

"Oh, Miss Kagome Higurashi." His secretary acknowledged her, being totally ignored by the angry woman.

"I see you've everything in order." she said.

"Don't come with your game, now." Itachi said, placing the contract on his table.

"Miss Kagome, Itachi-senpai is very busy." Again the secretary commented.

"Shut up." Kagome said glaring at her. "You just have two days as his lover, after that you'll be tossed to the garbage, like the others."

"Excuse me?"

"You heard me. In a blink a new younger and prettier woman will take your place." She said looking at Itachi's amused eyes.

"Mimi, leave." Itachi ordered, while the secretary squeezed her fists.

"But Itachi-senpai-!"

"Leave." He just had to look at her with an unpleased expression, hearing only the door being shut.

"Tell me, my sweet Kagome." Itachi stood up, fixing his tie. "What brought you here?" he asked leaving his table.

...

"Do you want to get back?" Itachi asked, walking at her direction, smirking. Kagome's glare became more deadly at each pace.

"I'd rather die." She answered bitterly.

"Oh!" he stopped in front of her, with his hands on his pockets, smirking. "So if you don't want to get back, why are you here, exactly?"

"You were supposed to take care of Shiryu today." She said, seeing his amused expression, become an annoying one.

"I'm busy." he said looking at the other side.

"You're always busy with sex and your father's opinion. And your son spends all the hours of the day at the phone just to hear your voice." Kagome's temper started to become heavy.

Itachi didn't answer. Instead he sighed and retreated to his table, leaning against it. "I've been very, very busy." He gave her the same worthless excuse. "After all, the boy is Inuyasha's son."

Snapping Kagome went to Itachi and slapped him, making his face turn to the other side. "How dare you to say such thing? He's your son." She said gritting her teeth.

Grabbing her hand, Itachi brought her close to him. "I love when you do this."

"Stop it." She struggled when he spun, and laid her on the table. "Why did you request the divorce, when you can't resist me?" He asked, smiling while Kagome continued to struggle.

"I want a man for myself, not a womanizer." She kicked his groin. Itachi retreated and feel on his knees, growling in pain.

"Inuyasha would be the perfect father for Shiryu." Kagome said, with her breathing shaking. "At least he wouldn't be such a jerk." She fixed her hair.

Itachi continued to roar in pain. He completely forgot that Kagome had a particular wild and spicy behavior, not like the passive females he sleeps with.

"Inuyasha." Itachi chuckled, wincing at the same time when he got up. "Why didn't you marry him?" he asked, smiling at her.

"Because you destroyed our chances together." She answered, squeezing her bag, ready to hit him.

An amused chuckle was heard. "How could it work? You love me."

"No I don't." she said making her way to the door.

At the door Kagome's back was facing Itachi. He locked his eyes on her black night hair, desiring the woman that was once his. "I'll say this again, Kagome...You'll be sorry for leaving me."

"That was the most correct decision I ever made." she said looking at his now angry eyes.

"We'll see about that." He answered back. Kagome looked at him up and down and then left with a very satisfied face.

Itachi breathed out, and leaned against the table. "That really hurts." He complained, biting his lip with his hand on his groin.

"Kagome." he said chuckling. "You continue wilder than ever."

Looking at the door he said, giving a small twist of his lips. "And I love it."

A bastard Itachi :3