Title: Shades of Obsession

Rating: T, M for future chapters.

Warning: Violence, Suggestive themes, eventual lemons, obsessive and slightly psychotic Itachi, dark themes, possible OCC-ness, possible gore, swearing, and crude humor.

Genre: Adventure/Romance/Friendship/Angst

Main Pairings: Itachi/Kagome

Side Pairings: One-sided Sasuke/Kagome, TenTen/Neji, Shikamaru/Temari.

Summary: She was so small, so delicate, and he desired her more than the life itself.

Chapter 1:

Obsession

By A. Alice-LaCasse

Cure for an obsession: get another one. - Mason Cooley

He first met her when she was 8.

He was filling in for his mother and picking up Sasuke from Academy, it was then that he spotted his little brother chatting happily with a small girl, one that looked incredibly tiny for her age. Dark haired ruffled in the wind as she kept talking to Sasuke, who looked surprisingly interested in whatever she was saying.

Uchiha's Itachi's face crumpled slightly in confusion as he observed the scene before him. He knew that his brother was picky when it came to people he talked with so he couldn't help but to feel intrigued about this new girl.

"Otouto."

The young Uchiha Sasuke froze, quickly turning around to stare at his older brother with wide eyes.

"Aniki!" he exclaimed in surprise, he honestly couldn't remember the last time his older brother came to pick him up from academy, since he was so busy all the time, trying to complete his missions.

Itachi felt a small spark of affection as he noticed a look of absolute delight spread across Sasuke's face. However, Itachi, albeit unwillingly, found his attention drawn by the small girl on Sasuke's side who was staring at him with open curiosity.

"Who's your friend, Sasuke?" he questioned softly, watching as the girl shyly hid behind his younger brother. Itachi didn't miss the smallest hint of blush on Sasuke's face, either.

How amusing…

"Aa…" the raven haired boy muttered, glancing at his new friend who was still hiding behind him, peeking at Itachi over his shoulder. "This is Higurashi Kagome, she's new."

Itachi noticed that the girl was looking at him with wide innocent eyes, that made something inside of him stir. Kagome moved away from Sasuke, still a bit cautious of the older Uchiha before her. Even in her young mind she admitted that he was very handsome, unlike his brother who was more cute than handsome. His onyx eyes were darker as well, colder, more passive than any other pair of eyes she had ever seen. For some strange, unexplainable reason she wanted to be closer to him, make him smile, she knew he would look even handsomer if he smiled.

She slowly stepped closer towards him, stretching her small hand towards him, and closing her open hands around his shirt material.

"Hi!"

Itachi's entire body went rigid as the dark haired girl pressed herself against him, smiling at him so widely that it appeared almost painful. At that moment he felt something inside of him shift and twist; a sudden feeling of peace overcoming him, and he was both comforted and scared by the effect the small creature before him had on him. He suddenly wanted nothing more than to protect that beautiful smile on her face, he hated himself for it, but he felt like it wasn't the gravity that was holding him to the ground anymore; no, it was that small girl barley reaching his waist.

Maybe, Kagome should have never smiled at him like that, never should have held onto him in a way that appeared that she would never let him go. Because those actions, unknown to her, sealed her fate forever.

And that day, Itachi's Uchiha's dark obsession was born.

Author Says: Hello!~ Yes, another new story, I'm now writing two crossovers, but I'm feeling very positive about both of them so it's all good. Also sorry about the length of this chapter, but I'm hoping to keep these chapters shorter and update more often, at least few times a week. ^^ Another thing you should be aware of is that Itachi may be slightly OCC at places, but I will try to keep him in character. :)

Terms used in this chapter:

Otouto: Little Brother

Aniki: Elder (Older) Brother

Please review! I'll be mean and ask for 5-10 reviews, if I get them, I'll update tomorrow!

Regards.

A.~