DISCLAIMER: I do not own NARUTO or any of the characters in NARUTO. I do not own any of the characters mentioned in this story. It is all owned by Masashi Kishimoto.

The only thing I own is the story itself.

This is set after Itachi's death

The cool water from the river hit his feet, the feeling was surreal. He hadn't experienced this much pure, innocent, bliss in so long, it brought tears to his eyes. Opening his eyes slightly he could see the lilies that floated over the surface of the water, death was diffidently kind to him. The sound of footsteps caused Itachi to close his eyes, to bite back the tears that pricked at his eyes.

"You waited," he whispered. A heavy thud of a body falling to the ground, sounded behind him. A pair of strong arms wrapped around his shoulder's. "Shisui~"

Both Uchihas sat together, silent, unmoving. Nothing needed to be said between the two of them, they were content just being together. Itachi turned his head to kiss his cousin's cheek, an action so innocent, so pure it should have been forbidden. Shisui tugged Itachi down onto the ground, so they were laying together in the soft grass.

"Shisui, can we just-"

"Lay here?"

"Forever?"

Finishing the other's sentences, why did it seem so right? Perhaps because it had always been so right. Itachi rolled over onto his cousin, curling up to his side, listening to his non-existent heartbeat.

"I only wish..." Shisui said sadly.

"But we can, Shishi," he used his cousin's nickname, the one only Itachi was permitted to use. "We don't have to go anywhere, why couldn't we just stay here."

Shisui Uchiha, possibly the only man, human, thing in the universe that could reduce Itachi to a child like state.

"We can't... Because, you can't," he said gently.

Shisui stood rolling his younger cousin off of him. He began walking toward the water, walking easily across the surface.

"Shisui?"

"Come one Itachi~" he sang from across the water.

The younger Uchiha did as he was told but as he stepped onto the surface of the water he felt himself suddenly sink. He couldn't come back up, he couldn't breathe, the need for air was suddenly unbearable. But he was dead, he didn't need to breathe. He could hear someone speaking, he could see Shisui in the water with him, reaching out for him. Itachi tried to swim for him, for the safety of his cousin, but to no avail. He looked below, there was no bottom to the river, only darkness.

Lifting his eyes to beg Shisui to save him, he was taken by surprise when a pair of familiar lips met his own. It was more than he had ever imagined, his walls broke, he began to cry into the kiss, not wanting to break it.

The last bit of non-existent air left his lungs and Itachi sunk into the endless pit off darkness. He could hear Shisui speaking to him, he knew it was in his head, but used it to relax, he shut his eyes, continuing to fall.

When opened his eyes, and he found he was alive.

He was alive, Shisui had been nothing more than a dream. The fight with Sasuke had in fact happened, he had died. Shisui was dead, Itachi had been dead, so where had he been? Where had he been where Shisui was with him?

Shisui~