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Chapter Nineteen-
Promise?

She stared hard at Itachi, their fingers locked within each others. Blood ran down from the corner of her mouth, staining the green grass beneath them both. Itachi ran his thumb over her lips, whisking away any traces of what had happened.

Kagome sighed, turning her head away from him.

"What is it?" he inquired, eyes reflecting hurt.

"It's nothing, stupid actually, so don't worry about it." She furrowed her eyebrows, hating when he questioned her; tried to open her up.

"Please, Kagome," he begged.

"Promise me..." she started, trailing off.

"Yes? Anything!"

"...you won't leave."

Note- Wow, sorry it's taken soooo long to get this up. I've been working on my novel and just haven't had the time to update anything. Hopefully when I have free time this weekend, I'll update my other stories. Until then, ja ne!