Aaaaayyyyyyy just gotta say KisaOro is unknown and I will change that XD third drabble! Also on Ao3


Nothing like this had ever happened before, at least never to him. Because of the lack of things randomly appearing on his skin, Kisame had just assumed. Assumed he had no soulmate and never had the thought bothered him, he was a freak and hardly even felt human at times. But now, as the looping letters appeared on his wrist, the blue skinned ninja could hardly breathe.

East Konoha

0600 hours

Wooden apartments

Hatake Uchiha Senju stupid pervert Hyuga

The swordsman swallowed thickly and looked up to stare at the village in the distance. 'Konoha.' That's what the Mizukage told him about the seemingly so far away mound of darkness. It was in that village, where his soulmate resided at the very least until the end of the day. If he was correct, it was only 0430 hours and if one rushed they would make it to the Leaf in merely an hour.

"Kisame?" a soft voice asked and the man turned, unaware of how his body had began to tremble. The wide innocent eyes of the daughter of a feudal lord stared up at him as she tilted her head. "I have to-." "Go on, it's your soulmate. The others will make sure I get to Konoha safely." She cuts him off and the shark ninja didn't hesitate to take off in a run. Thin branches snapped against his skin sharply, leaving stinging patches but he hardly noticed them.

He was going to meet – or at the least look at – his soulmate and his mind was racing with questions that in his opinion were simply common for someone to think. What would they look like, what did their voice sound like, were they a male or female? Those were only a few of the questions buzzing around his skull but as the looming village grew closer they became a jumble of words that he didn't even pay attention to any longer.

Skidding to a halt at the gate of the village, Kisame quickly explained why he was there hours before his group and silently charged into the village when the guards gave him the go ahead. Every set of eyes that flicked at him as he ran past had him flinching and mentally cursing his appearance. If he weren't in the situation that was currently going on, he would have stopped to ask directions towards the wooden apartments in the east part of the village.

But logic seemed to have completely disappeared from him at the moment as he stopped to get his bearings. Lightly panting, the blue skinned ninja stiffened in shock as a head full of matte black hair bobbed beneath his nose. The owner of said hair didn't even pass him a look but when the Mist ninja called out lightly, the woman stopped and turned. Black eyes looking him up and down, the kunoichi cocked her hips and raised a thin brow at him. "Yes?"

He hadn't acted consciously but now this could actually help him.

Clearing his throat lightly, Kisame rubbed the back of his neck and offered a grin that hopefully didn't show off too much of his teeth. "Sorry, but could you point me in the direction of the east section of the village?" he asked and the kunoichi rolled her eyes, pointing off to the side sharply and borderline barking a response of "Stick to the alleys, it's easier than going through the main roads."

The shark ninja thanked her swiftly before leaping atop of a building, figuring that it'd be better that way compared to trying to slip through the crowd. Having to stop a few times to make sure he hadn't gone too far, he dropped to the ground finally as the apartments came into sight. Kisame hoped in the back of his head that he wasn't too late, and as he rounded the corner a sharp yelp of surprise escaped him and the person who was there.

Literally tripping over his own feet, he clipped the shoulder of the other shinobi yet still somehow ended up landing on top of the smaller. "Orochimaru!" a sharp voice snapped and the ninja beneath Kisame hardly reacted, wide golden snake eyes staring up at the large shark-like man. "Sorry sorry!" the larger spluttered, uncomfortably aware of the flush on his face, before he made a noise of utter shock as someone lifted him by his collar and dumped him off to the side.

The blonde standing in front of him was wholly fuming in fury as she stared down at Kisame, cracking her knuckles. "Just what do you think you were doing, huh?!" she snarled before she whipped around and absolutely nailed a perfect punch into the stomach of – in Kisame's opinion – the poor white haired shinobi that just came around the corner. "Tsunade!" Orochimaru shouts as the man is sent flying through a wall of a building and the kunoichi rounds on the pale ninja.

Two other shinobi are watching in ill amusement as the two begin to quarrel, Orochimaru flailing his arms around in ridiculous motions. A sweep of his arm towards Kisame, however, has the shark on his feet and catching a thin wrist quickly. The quarreling duo instantly fall silent as Kisame turns Orochimaru's wrist over and stares at the black ink that formed the exact words on his own wrist.

"Pardon me..?"

Orochimaru sounds more annoyed than perplexed and the shark looks up quickly before letting go of the other's wrist. "Ah… sorry. Hoshigaki Kisame." He offered his hand and sharp golden eyes instantly locked onto the writing on the larger male's blue skin. "I- oh." The smaller splutters before somewhat timidly taking Kisame's hand, Tsunade looks between them before grabbing their wrists and turning them upright.

"What does 'oh' mean? OH! Never mind. Shark boy! Mistreat Orochimaru and I'll hang you by your balls." Emphasizing her words with another crack of her knuckles, she storms over to where she'd launched the white haired other. Orochimaru hissed distastefully after Tsunade before turning to look up at Kisame, his golden eyes curious with literally no trace of fear. Swallowing slightly, the smaller crossed his arms and cocked his hips as he finally tore his gaze away from the other's. "Soulmates… eh? Orochimaru."

Kisame grins sheepishly and the expression earned a small noise of amusement from the snake. The simple task of writing down instructions seemed to have been enough to change their lives quite a bit forever possibly.

Definitely.