Setting: After Tsunade became Hokage, but before the two and a half year jump.
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It had only been two hours since his capture. Only two hours ago he was happily eating ramen. Only two hours ago he had been snatched away by two cloaked figures and being transported to a place unknown.
Now he was tossed over a man's shoulder like a potato sack. He couldn't bring out his chakra, but he had a funny feeling that it had something to do with the talismans they had placed on him earlier. His wrists and feet bound, and his mouth gagged with a hankerchief.
'Stupid Jiraiya, that training didn't help me at all,' he thought angrily.
He could feel the steady rythm of the footsteps beneath him. The rythm made his body bounce. He could feel the ramen in his stomach churning at the continued change in gravity. It was like riding in an old car that was on a road with many hills. Not that he knew what a car was anyway.
All he knew was that he was captured, bored, and nauseous. Had the cloth around his mouth been removed, he would have complained to his hearts content. Alas! Fate did not deem him worthy of such a blessing.
"Itachi, I'm getting hungry," Kisame, the man who carried him, said after a few more minutes of travel.
"Shut up," another voice, that of Itachi's, replied coldly.
Naruto sighed through the cloth. It didn't take much thought to figure out that he was going to be like this for a while.
With a half-hearted attempt, he wiggled a little beneath the man's strong arm.
"Stay still," Kisame told Naruto. The fish-man turned to Itachi, "Hey, it's your turn to carry the kid."
"No," Itachi merely replied.
"Come on," Kisame moaned, "I've been carrying him since we caught him and that was a least two hours ago! Why don't you carry him for a bit?"
"No," Itachi repeated.
"Why not?" Kisame questioned, "It's not like your doing anything else."
Itachi turned to face Kisame and glared at the fish-man.
Kisame shivered under the gaze.
Naruto felt the man shiver. 'Personally,' Naruto thought, 'I'd rather be carried around by the fish-dude than Sasuke's brother.'
"Alright fine," Kisame relented, "If you won't carry him, then could we at least stop for break? My arm is starting to get tired."
"Very well," Itachi said, "There should be a lake nearby that we can rest at."
Naruto grinned beneath the hankerchief. A plan started to formulate in his head. This would be his opportunity to escape! 'This is perfect,' Naruto thought, 'While they take their break, the freaky fish-dude will have to put me down! Maybe, when they aren't looking, I can sneak off!'
It had only took nearly another three minutes to get to their(as in Itachi's) destination.
It was a nice place. The lake had a sparkle to it in the sun's rays. The woods surrounding the area were teeming with life. The sky was clear. The grass was warm, and Naruto needed to go pee really bad.
When they came near the edge of the lake, Kisame unmercifully tossed Naruto to the ground.
"OOF!" was all Naruto managed to say when impact came. 'Bastard!' Naruto fumed in his mind.
"That feels better," Kisame muttered and leaned back so that he could pop his spine.
Naruto winced when he heard the crackle comeing from Kisame's back. It almost sounded like popcorn. He really hated that noise.
Itachi sat down on a nearby rock while Kisame stretched out on the grass.
Naruto rolled over on his back and glanced at his kidnappers. Naruto wasn't the smartest person in the world, but he did know that he shouldn't make any sudden movements or act suspicious, lest he would get caught and possibly placed in a more difficult position. So, Naruto did the more logical thing, he waited for the opportune moment. Which was quite difficult for him, since he 'was' Naruto.
"Have you ever looked at the clouds, Itachi?" Kisame asked his partner after a minute or two had passed.
"Shut up," Itachi gave his usual reply.
"No," Kisame said stubbornly, "But I mean seriously; have you ever looked at the clouds?"
"Yes," stated Itachi.
"They seem so small," Kisame said, "And yet their so big. Do you know what I mean, Itachi?"
"I don't ponder over such trivial things," Itachi said.
"Well, I find it interesting. They can create all sorts of weird shapes," Kisame said, then pointed to a certain cloud he saw, "Look at that one! It looks like a tuna fish!"
Naruto glanced up out of curiousity. To Naruto, it looked more like a tree.
Itachi obviously became annoyed because he then said, "Kisame, shut up or I'll sell you to the fish market."
"That's really mean, Itachi," Kisame muttered.
"I don't care," Itachi replied coolly.
Seeing that Kisame and Itachi were in a potential argument, Naruto seized this chance and slowly turned back on his stomache.
Once he was on his belly, he cautiously began to wiggle towards the tree line. So far, the two Akatsuki members hadn't noticed his departure.
While Naruto was attempting freedom, Kisame and Itachi continued with their conversation.
"Why is it that every time I attempt to have a civilized conversation with you, you always have to make some sort of snidely remark?!" Kisame growled at his companion.
" . . . ," Itachi was silent for a moment before he replied, "Because I can't help it."
"That's not a very good excuse!" Kisame leapt up from his former position and pointed at Itachi accusingly, "I know what it is! You think that your better than me, don't you?!"
" . . . ," again Itachi was silent.
"That's it, isn't it?!" Kisame yelled, "I can't believe it! Out of all my years of working with you, all you've done is treated me like I'm your inferior! Y-you treat me like garbage!" he stated bravely.
"Do you really think that?" Itachi asked, "You think that I treat you like garbage?" Itachi stood up and placed his hands on Kisame's shoulders.
Kisame winced at the unfamiliar touch.
"Your not garbage," Itachi said.
"Really?" Kisame asked hopefully.
"No," Itachi said in return, but paused before continueing, "Your a moron."
"W-what?" Kisame studdered.
"Your an ugly, fish-smelling moron," Itachi said, "Not only are you hideous, but your stupid as well. During our conversation, did you fail to notice that our captive is missing?!" Itachi asked threateningly.
Kisame glanced at the spot that he had dropped the blonde on, but Naruto wasn't there.
Itachi's grip on Kisame's shoulders tightened painfully, "Now go get him, before I make you into sushi."
Kisame didn't need to be told twice and he immediately set out to find the twerp.
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Naruto crawled(actually it was more like wiggled) through the forest growth. He trying to get as far away from the two men as he could while also trying to find something sharp that he could possibly use to cut his bonds.
'I can make it. I can make it. I can make it,' was what continued to cycle through the blonde's head. His optism was unrewarded, however, when he felt a hand grip onto his jacket collar and his body pushed against a nearby tree.
Naruto barely had enough time to groan when he felt another hand press against his lower back; securely pinning him to the tree trunk.
"I really hate you," Kisame spat at the blonde, "Your going to pay for trying to escape like that." Naruto winced as he felt the tree bark graze his cheek and the bitterness of Kisame's voice. It was really hard to believe that this was the same Kisame that had earlier talked about clouds.
"MM MPHR MRH MMMRHM MMM!" Naruto exclaimed beneath the cloth.
"What?" Kisame asked in confusion. He didn't know how to talk the language of 'Gagged'.
"MM MPHR MRH MMMRHM MMM!" Naruto repeated.
In aggitation, Kisame tore off the piece of cloth and tossed it to the ground, "What were you saying?" Kisame asked.
"I said," Naruto began, "that I had to go pee!"
"What?" Kisame asked again.
"That's why I left, because I had to go bad," Naruto whined a little to make it sound more convinceing. Yes, he was lying to Kisame, but the fish-man didn't need to know that. Well technically, he wasn't lying because he really did need to use the restroom.
"Why didn't you just tell us before?" Kisame didn't seem all that convinced.
"Well, duh," Naruto rolled his eyes, "I was gagged. How the hell do you expect me to tell you anything when I'm like that?"
"Alright," Kisame said, finally convinced, "Did you already go?" he asked.
Naruto gave him a look that said: What-the-hell-do-you-think? "It's kinda' hard to do anything when your hands are tied behind your back," Naruto said.
"Well, I'm not going to untie your hands, if that's what you want," Kisame said.
"Well could you do something?" Naruto complained, "I gotta' go baaaaaddddddddd . . ."
Kisame panicked, what was he to do?
TBC-
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A/N: Yes. Yes. I already know that Kisame is a shark-type person but when people see sharks they think of fish and Naruto's not going to care if he's a fish or not. Sorry if some of the characters seem to be a little OOC, but it couldn't be helped(Kisame and Itachi are really hard to write about). Anyways, this fic(if wanted) could be considered as a sequel to my other fic "Sky Lend Me Your Tears". Er, I know that Kisame really isn't the type of person to go around talking about clouds, but I had to make the fic funny 'somehow'. Who knows, he just might be the type of person to wonder about such things(gigglesa little). Sorry if there were any spelling/grammar errors. I don't have any type of program that can check such faults, so all this was done by hand and mind. (yawns) I'm so tired, I think I'm going to go get a cup of coffee now and go to bed, okay?