Partners

Chapter 1

A/N Okay I have recently got into this pairing, Kisame and Itachi, don't get me wrong I still love ItaSasu but having Itachi as the submissive uke is kinda hot hehe, so I decided to write a story with KisaIta as the pairing. I hope you enjoy it!

Kisame and Itachi silently sat together inside their quarters, observing the beating of the heavy raindrops fall mercilessly to the ground. Itachi sat with his delicate legs crossed near the wide window of the room. Behind the stoic Uchiha was his partner, the shark sat on the bed leaning on his strong and muscular arms. Kisame was not just looking at the pouring rain however, a certain raven haired man had recently entered his daily thoughts. He intrigued the shark, he would never admit it, but Itachi Uchiha was something else, something special. He often wandered about what the Uchiha would think about all day, his dreams for the future, and most importantly what he thought about his blue skinned partner. He had never shown hatred or a strong dislike towards Kisame, but he never really showed much interest in him either. He sighed as he laid down on his back with his arms behind his head and focused his attention to the cracked, dusty ceiling. He had to admit he really enjoyed moments like these, they were not awkward or annoying, they were more like calming, and he could just enjoy being.

The room had a romantic feel to it, only the flames of a few candles gave off light in the peaceful space of the two S class ninjas. The light created by the melting candles gave off shimmering dark shadows around the two men. With the shadows illuminating Itachi's profile and pale complexion the Uchiha looked almost sad and wanting, of something. Kisame really wished he knew what was troubling him, if anything even was troubling him. Kisame gave another sigh, if only his partner would trust him enough to open up a little more to him. Sure Kisame had tried asking Itachi what he was thinking before, but the response was always the same, silence. Of course Kisame was used to it and respected the raven's privacy, but it was still a little embarrassing at times when someone would ask him about his partner, and felt like he knew just as much as them, nothing.

Itachi gracefully turned around and faced the shark resting on the bed.

"Kisame"

Kisame opened his eyes and slightly lifted his head to see his partner better.

"We should sleep, we need to wake up early tomorrow". Kisame nodded in agreement, especially because he was not an early morning person. Kisame watched Itachi stand up and walk toward the door to let Kisame sleep, at least that was what Kisame thought he would do. Instead of walking toward the door Itachi wordlessly sat on the same bed, took off his sandals, and laid down underneath the covers. He faced the opposite direction of Kisame, who looked extremely shocked, he wasn't sure if he should question the out of character action though. As if Itachi could read his partner's mind he gave the blue man his explanation.

"My room is being worked on, so I am sleeping here for awhile" the raven explained softly.

Kisame smiled at his partner's back, "that's fine with me, how long do you think its going to take for the room to be done?" there was no response. Kisame let it go and got comfortable under the covers with the other male. Kisame's smile widened even more, the sneaky shark had a wonderful idea, since Itachi would be staying in his room for a period of time, this was his chance to try and open up the silent male. This was going to be a challenge, nonetheless it could also be extremely amusing.

The next morning the two men now sharing a bed awoke at the same time. Sunlight poured through the glass window near the corner of the room. The sound of the bird's chirping had awaken the Uchiha up, and as he proceeded to climb out of bed he had accidentally kicked Kisame in the back of the leg. The small kick did not go unnoticed by the blue shark, and he turned around to see who was at the other end of the intruding gesture. Then he remembered he was sharing a bed now, with no other than the mysterious sharingan user.

Kisame rubbed his eyes with his blue fists, the picture before him was nothing he had ever witnessed before. Itachi's dark strands of hair were messily strewn about on the top of his head, and the elastic holding his locks together in the back loosened so much it was threatening to fall off. He also noticed a red mark on the side of one of his pale cheeks, he must have been sleeping on that side of his body and the sheets had left a mark. The red and black cloak was also missing from the thin and lithe body, he assumed he removed it in the middle of the night while Kisame was sleeping. It was a rare sight to catch Itachi without his cloak on, and that confused the observing shark because Itachi's body was a work of art; he didn't understand why it was always hidden under the oversized Akatsuki uniform. It was not as if the members had to wear the robe at all times, especially if they were not on a mission. Itachi had no reason to hide underneath the oversized material.

Itachi continued his way from the bed to the darkly light bathroom to wash himself. Kisame watched him leave and got out of bed himself. He changed his clothes and headed out the door to leave his partner time to himself.

Itachi shed his clothes of his snow white skin and carefully stepped into the shower. The warm water cascading down his fragile, yet deadly body felt nice. He picked up the soap and lathered it across his body not forgetting one spot. As the soap suds slid down the well toned body and onto the bottom of the tub he heard a slight knock on the other side of the bathroom door.

"Can I come in? I need to brush my teeth, yeah".

Itachi sighed, he didn't particularly like taking a shower with someone else in the bathroom, but he complied to let Deidara in anyway.

"Come in" Deidara let himself in and began to brush his teeth in front of the white sink.

"So how do you like sharing a room with Kisame, yeah?" silence, but the blonde kept on talking anyway.

"Has the shark annoyed you yet with his prodding questions and ideas?" I bet you are waiting for your room to be finished so you can have your own space again aren't you?, yeah".

Itachi grinded his teeth, he was glad he was not assigned to stay with Deidara, he did not understand how Sasori could like him. To each his own he thought. When the raven heard the faucet being shut off he sighed in relief, he heard the blonde call out that he was leaving and heard the door shut once again. Itachi continued with his shower thinking about what he was going to do after he finished his mission.

Kisame had gone out to find something to eat, he saw a small resaurant near by and ordered a ball of rice. As soon as he finished his food he would have to return to the base and find Itachi. They had to get ready for a mission the leader assigned them, but the shark's thoughts wandered back to the image of Itachi first waking up in his bed. He chuckled, it was not everyday one witnessed a disheveled Uchiha, and a disrobed one at that.

He finished his food and headed back to the base. Meanwhile Itachi finished dressing and was now fixing his hair, he was very fussy about it. Kisame peeked into the bedroom watching Itachi play with his hair. I guess it was true, the Uchiha was a tad bit vain when it came to his looks.

"You ready?" Itachi turned around to see his partner in the doorway. He nodded and followed Kisame out the door.

The wind was strong today, blowing the trees dangerously hard to one side, not to mention a certain someone's midnight locks.

"How did you sleep last night?" Kisame wanted to know, he knew he probably wouldn't get a response, but he tried anyway, maybe today would be different.

"Very well, thank you".

Yes! He responded, maybe I can get a little more out of him.

"Do you mind sharing a bed with me, or would you rather me sleep on the floor?"

"I don't mind sleeping with you".

Score!

Kisame secretly smiled inside, he was pleasantly surprised by the response.

"Would you mind helping me carry some of my books into your room?" Itachi asked while looking directly into Kisame's eyes.

"Sure, I'll help" he mentally took note that Itachi was a big reader.

"Thank you".

A few hours later they had targeted their prey. A sketchy looking man carrying important files, files of the Akatsuki, they both swooped down in front of the man.

"Well well, well where do you think you're going little man?" Kisame mocked.

"No- nowhere".

"That's what I thought" Kisame roughly took a hold of the scrawny man and picked him up by his shirt. Itachi calmly walked up to the man and gently took the papers, and Kisame swiftly and neatly cut him to pieces. They got rid of the pieces of fleshy corpse and headed back to bring a few articles from Itachi's room to Kisame's.

Endnote

I was debating if I should write a lemon for them in the future, I haven't decided yet, so I rated in M just in case. The next chapter will be of them moving a few things of Itachi's into Kisame's room, and I might introduce a few more Akatsuki members into the story as well.