DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN NARUTO!
'Damn it.....I'm losing too much blood!' Kisame thought to himself, gripping his side as he sliced another ninja in half. 'Heh, at this rate, I could pass out from blood loss!'
Kisame and Itachi had been sent to the Village Hidden in the Clouds on a mission to retrieve the sacred scroll of lightning jutsu for their leader. A mission like this was usually completed by a group of four or more Akatsuki members but, because most of the members were out of the base at the time, only Itachi and Kisame were able to take it. They were able to retrieve the scroll but on the way back to the base, they were ambushed by the complete police force of Kumogakure. Now, it was two Akatsuki members fighting for their lives, in an unknown country, surrounded by trained, lightning-jutsu experts. Now back to the fight.
Kisame swung his Samehada at more oncoming ninja, slicing them in half. 'I wonder how Itachi is handling.' Kisame caught sight of his partner battling off five nins, his eyes already bleeding. 'Damn! Itachi's starting to slow down, he's probably used up most of his chakra!' Kisame was spending so much attention to his partner that he didn't see one of the ninja swing his sword towards him. The sword pierced his side making him let out a struggled scream.
Itachi snapped his head around after killing the last of his opponents. His eyes widened at the sight of his partner bleeding profusly, barely fending off his opponents with Samehada. Itachi started to run towards his partner when he saw it. Out of the corner of his eye he saw one of the cloud nin making the hand signs for a lightning attack, towards his partner. Itachi increased his speed at got there just in time. He stood in front of the shark as the lightning attack hit him right in his chest. His eyes widened as his pulse sped up, blood started pouring out of the wound and everything went black.
Kisame was shocked to say the least, his love took a jutsu for him. The attacking ninja looked as stunned as he was, giving Kisame just enough time to get up and stab Samehada through his heart. The nin fell limp and Kisame hurried back to his partner, looking him over carefully. His face was singed here and there, his body soaked with sweat and blood, and the wound on his chest wasn't helping. Kisame checked his partner's pulse and saw it was feebly flowing. He picked Itachi up bridal style and took off with him to the base.
(Back at the Base)
Sasuke was calmly walking down the corridor, trying to find his brother's room. Orochimaru FINALLY gives him a break to go see his aniki, and he couldn't even find the damn room! 'Geez, if I ever get out of here, I'm having Aniki draw me a map!' Sasuke thought to himself.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Kisame had carried his partner back to the base safely and took him straight to the medical ward. Once they got there, Konan pratically flew all over the place stitching up Itachi. Now, Kisame was watching over his weasel who was hooked up to machines left and right. He sighed, 'Itachi, why did you take that jutsu for me?! Now look at you, you're in the hospital, hooked up to monitors and machines, and I don't even know if you're going to wake up soon! I'd hate too lose you, my little weasel, my Itachi, my koi-'
Kisame's train of thought was cut off by a pale hand being placed on his cheek. He turned to his attention to his smiling partner. "Hello, Kisame."
Kisame placed his hand on Itachi's cheek and stroked it, making him close his eyes and lean into the touch. "Good morning, Angel." Kisame continued stroking his cheek. "Why did you do that?" Itachi was quiet for a couple of minutes until he said "Because, I was more suitable at the time to take the hit. Besides..." Itachi opened his eyes and smiled. "I rather not have a fishstick for a boyfriend." They both chuckled and Kisame leaned in. They connected in a kiss, a sweet but deep kiss. At that same moment, Sasuke walked in, shocked. Kisame and Itachi pulled away and looked at him. There was an awkward silence for a couple of seconds until.
"You know what, I don't even want to know." Sasuke said, then, "ANIKI! You know how hard it was to find this damn room??? You need to draw me a map or something." They both chuckled as Sasuke continued his rant about the confusing base.
AU: Hope you liked it so far! ^/.\^
