Chapter 1: The Not so Good Life

She was an Uchiha by marriage. It wasn't like she wanted to be an Uchiha, especially since she didn't love the Uchiha she was with. No, she thought of him as neglectful; at least neglectful when it came to her. She was his wife after all, and had always been faithful to him, but she could not say the same for him. No, she heard the rumors, saw the looks he would give other women, even in her presence, and knew that he was nowhere near as innocent the day they married as she was. Yes, she had been a virgin until the day they were married, never giving herself to any man, except for him.

In all honesty, she could hardly remember the last time they had last lain together. She had been an unwilling participant that day. She knew he didn't remember that time, a few weeks ago. It was the only other day they laid as husband and wife. Yes, she had only slept with her husband twice the six months they had been married. She knew he was promiscuous. She wasn't though. She kept to her wedding vow of remaining faithful, unlike him. She knew of the ways the women looked at him, and she knew the resentful looks they threw at her. She said nothing about any of it.

She had even been moved into his family's house and had become much like Mikoto, her husband's mother. She helped with the cooking and cleaning when she was not working at the hospital, which was becoming less and less. It was "unfitting" for the wife of the future Uchiha clan leader to be working. No, Fugaku often complained that she was not at home seeing to her husband's needs. It was unfair to say such a thing too. After all, wasn't Itachi supposed to see to her needs as well? It wasn't like she asked for anything anyways. She just thought that as his wife he should spend some time with her.

He always said he was busy with ANBU training and meetings, but she knew it was a lie. Sure, he would come to dinner and sit next to her at the table, but he never spared her a glance or a word. His father never brought it up, and the ever silent Mikoto never butted into her business. If Sasuke knew anything, he never voiced it. In fact it was his slightly older cousin, Shisui, that came by looking for him, asking where he was at. Of course she never knew where Itachi was and had told him so politely. He would leave, only to return an hour later with a guilty look on his face.

"I saw him with another woman," Shisui would say. He could never meet her eye. "He was having sexual relations with her."

"I have already figured as much," she would whisper, loud enough for Shisui to hear, but still quiet enough for it to remain private.

"You really should see to his needs," he would then mock.

"How can I when he will not so much as look or talk to me? I do not exist to him." She would then quietly close the door and go back to cooking. That had been the first time Shisui had said anything about it to her. He had watched her closely after that, because surely she would need a sexual relief since her husband would not touch her intimately. He never saw her talk to another male, unless it was a stall owner she was purchasing something from. He even heard the whispers of the men, both civilian and nin alike. Yes, they said she was beautiful, but they still saw her as unfit to bedding. Who would want something an Uchiha had touched? That was what they said anyway, but still slept with the other women the Uchiha had lain with. They were hypocritical. After all, Itachi had only touched her on their wedding day, or so he thought.

She had been brought into the clan because of her talents. Of course, she was a medic nin, and wasn't the head of another clan, being a lowly branch member, but she was still seen as something talented. She was a gifted healer. If only they had known more. She knew how to kill a man from the inside out without once touching them. It came with knowing the human body so well. Only the Hokage knew of this talent, and he shared it with none. They last thing he needed was people fearing the kind woman. She said nothing about it as well. And it wasn't well known that she had complete control of two elements and had been trying to master a third before she had married the Uchiha. She didn't brag about it or show it off. She wanted them to remain unassuming.

But her sole purpose for being brought into the clan was to heal injured Uchiha members. Yes, she was the medic for the clan, seeing as Fugaku didn't want Mikoto to get her hands dirty. She knew he loved his wife in some way, even if he didn't show it. He still slept in the same bed as his wife, still sent her heated looks after a long day at the police force, still secretly bought her things he thought and knew she would like, and she would bet that Fugaku still kissed his wife goodnight. Itachi never did any of those things for her. She had only wished to have married a man that would at least try to love her. It would never happen though.

By far the only true member she got along with in the clan, aside from Shisui's guilty looks and him informing her of when Itachi was being unfaithful, which was just about every day, was Sasuke. Yes, Sasuke was much younger than she was and she healed him often after training and missions. At first he was wary of her. He had thought her a fan girl, until he noticed how his brother treated her. He would watch and notice how his own mother would place in front of Itachi the food Kagome had cooked for him. He seemed to have liked it and would thank his mother for cooking it for him before getting up and leaving the house again, never once looking at Kagome. She wouldn't say anything about it because it wasn't her place and he had no right to comment on it either. He even saw the glares his father would send Kagome, assuming she had slacked out on cooking another meal. He knew the truth though.

"When are you going to tell him?" Sasuke asked her one day.

"Tell him what?" She acted oblivious to what he spoke of. But he wasn't a fool and he had noticed a few changes in her as of late. It was a little hard to miss, unless you were someone that didn't pay attention to her, which meant everyone but him and Shisui didn't have a clue.

"That you are pregnant. I know it is his child," he would say. Yes, he didn't look like he cared but he did. Kagome had been nothing but kind to him and his family and they still treated her like trash, more so his brother because his brother neglected her for fan girls. He couldn't call them women. No honest woman would sleep with a married man. And he lost his respect for his brother for his unfaithfulness.

"He wouldn't think it was his child," she commented back. "He would accuse me of cheating on him since he doesn't remember the last time we had lain together."

"How could he not remember?" Yes, he had to admit that his sister-in-law had a nice body, even if he didn't find her attractive. Yes, she was beautiful, more so than any woman he saw, but he would never be attracted to her, but for other reasons he could never say.

"He was drunk, Sasuke, far more drunk than the day we married. His eyes had been so hazed over with liquor that I do not think he realized it was me. I had begged him to stop, but he didn't seem to hear me. I was unwilling, Sasuke and I had left the room after he had passed out and wandered the complex thinking of what to do, and when I returned he was in the kitchen nursing a hangover. He doesn't remember, and no one knows. Your own father would think it someone else's child." Sasuke nodded, understanding the type of situation she was in. How could he ever tell his family his secret? His mother would be devastated and his father would probably disown him and kick him out of the clan. He was expected to marry one of his cousins in a few years when they were both of age. But he knew he could never love the Uchiha female. She was full of herself and nothing impressive. She wasn't even strong enough to activate the Sharingan. How was she supposed to give him a strong child if he could not do that?

"Mother and father are bound to notice the change. You cannot hide it forever," he stated.

"Like how you cannot hide how you feel about Naruto forever," she commented back. She knew how Sasuke felt, even if Naruto was still oblivious and chasing after some girl that would never have feelings for him.

"Hn. I have a mission to get to, Kagome. You should at least tell mother. She might be more understanding." He turned and left. Kagome was one of the only women he could stand to be around. Sure, she was quiet, but she was kind and didn't care about clan and she wasn't obsessed with his clan. She was also a very skilled medic. She understood everything that was going on.

And so she had told Mikoto everything. Mikoto didn't think her son could do such a thing, but knew Kagome had not slept with any other man. She was just about always with Kagome, unless Kagome went to the hospital, but she often would accompany Kagome to the hospital to say hello to her old colleagues. So Kagome was never really alone, and besides, she was excited to have a grandchild. She wanted Kagome to tell Itachi. After all, he had the right to know. But Kagome knew what was going to happen. He would say he hadn't slept with her since their wedding day, and accuse her of cheating on him. An abortion was out of the question. She would not kill a child of hers. And Itachi was supposedly away on a mission and wouldn't be back for a while. It was believable because Shisui was on his team and was currently away on a mission.

Author's Note: Yes, another story, but unlike my other stories for this crossover, Itachi is the bad guy. Yes, probably surprises you a bit. After all, Itachi is by far one of my favorite characters. But Anyway, I do not own Inuyasha or Naruto. This is the only disclaimer you will get. But read, review, and as always, ENJOY!