Hey Guys! this is my first Fanfiction ever! YAAAAAAY! *pops mini party popper* For years I had been a hardcore Deidara (and Gaara) fangirl, but recently I have been converted to Kisame fangirl-ism, especially after seeing some gorgeous art of him on deviantart courtesy of Lpilz (I implore you to check it out. You will never see Kisame the same way O_O). The shark man just needs more love...so without further adieu, I present to you...
Desecendant
-Chapter 1-: Paths Align
A young girl sleepily opened her eyes, gasping at the sight before her. She looked around to find herself immersed in the ocean water, green kelp rising towards the sunlight above the waves on the surface. Small, yet brightly colored fish darted in and out of the seaweed and the reef below, as if playing a game of hide and seek. She giggled at the sight, creating bubbles in the water, and realized that she could breathe very easily. She began to move her arms and legs, navigating her way around the deep-sea forest, long black hair floating behind her as if suspended in air. A school of silver scaled fish swam around her as they danced in the current, and she too began to move her body to match their movements. Their silver scales let off a rainbow glow in the sunlight, and reflected off of the rocks from which the crabs and starfish resided. A great sea turtle swam overhead as the girl turned to watch in awe. A sense of tranquility and wonder rushed over the child. Everything in the water was full of life.
"Kairi…"
The girl turned hearing her name. A shadowy figure vaguely resembling a woman floated in the distance.
"Kairi…"
The woman voice was sweet and melodic. Comforting…as if she had heard it before. She made her way towards the mysterious woman to get a closer look.
"Kairi…"
The shadowy floating figure began to develop distinguishable features. Lovely dark hair, stunning gold eyes, almost like the sun , evenly tanned caramel skin, and something else…behind her…whipping back and forth in the ocean
"Kairi…" the melodic voice called. Funny…she sounded just like…
"Mom…?"
"My dear sweet Aureliana..."
Kairi's vision suddenly faded to darkness...oddly enough she could still hear her name being called...
"KAIRI!"
Icy blue eyes flashed open to see a very angry bearded man standing uncomfortably close to her , If looks could kill…
"Gyaaah!" she flailed her arms in surprise, accidentally flinging herself off her hammock and onto the hardwood floor.
'Thud!'
"Owwww…" Kairi peeled her body from the floor and rubbed her throbbing head. The bearded man's face only became redder as she sat on the floor.
"Dad …was that really necessary…" she said glaring at the man. "Geez…" she sighed "Now I'm gonna have a headache for the rest of the morning…what gives!?" she snapped at her brooding father. One would have thought steam would be coming out of his ears at this point.
"Young lady…", Raidan started in a low voice. His daughter always knew how to push his buttons.
"It is ONE 'O CLOCK IN THE AFTERNOON. MORNING IS OVER!" he bellowed, beard flying up from the blast of sound.
Kairi's eyes went wide.
"One!? Holy crap! I'M LATE!"She scrambled from the floor rushing over to a pile of clean clothes she had messily thrown in the corner, too lazy to fold them.
"Crap,crap,crap,crap,crap…" she muttered tossing everything from shirts, pants and bras around the small room, some of which landed on her dad. He angrily tossed a bra off of his face and stood there shaking his head.
"Honestly Kairi, the crew and I have been slaving around all morning trying to pick up the last of these traps and where are you to be found!? IN BED DREAMING OF YOUR BOYFRIEND?! UNACCEPTABLE!" he fumed, face turning an exceptionally bright shade of tomato red.
"Daddy, remember your blood pressure…" Kairi muttered monotonously "Besides, you know good and well I don't have a boyfriend. Aren't I supposed to think boys are icky anyway?" she smirked mockingly at her fuming father.
Having picked out what she needed, she moved behind a folding screen to change. Her father's temper had never really bothered her. Besides, Raidan had more bark than bite when it came to those close to him, though his skills with a short katana were not to be underestimated. When prompted, the muscular 6'3'' man could certainly be a deadly threat. But today he was just a father frustrated with his little girl. Well, 23 year-old "little" girl, but to a father, same difference. Kairi stepped out from behind the screen fully changed into her work clothes, a simple pair of carpi pants(black on the top tan on the bottom), a blue tank top, and black fingerless gloves, as well as an intricate line harness around her waist. Shoes weren't important, they weren't needed where she was going. Her father had remained in his place, still red and scolding her from his position.
"All I'm saying is that as the Captain's daughter, you should-"She leaned up to give her dad a kiss on the cheek
"I know Dad be more responsible…" she dragged out the word 'responsible', rolling her eyes.
" I'm 23 now Dad, just relax! I gotta go! Love you daddy!" She darted outside of her bedroom door, black hair flowing behind her.
Her father stood there shaking his head and frowning
"Women…" he sighed
Kairi burst through the doors leading to the deck of the boat.
"Sorry!" she yelled dashing across the floor.
They had been at sea for the last two days picking up the traps they had set earlier this week along the coast, as well as a bit of regular net fishing when the traps didn't yield so well. The crew members turned, giving Kairi annoyed but slightly playful glares, expecting nothing less from the Captain's wild child.
"Well, well, well, look who got out of bed today," called Hayate as he hauled the lines to the sails.
"Good afternoon sleeping beauty," Gin snickered, as he helped some men pick up a net only halfway full of tuna.
"Shit…" he muttered looking at the catch. "It's like were picking up the scraps of pack a great whites or something" he glanced towards Kairi
"Yo! Fish bait! Where's your haul?"
Kairi had just finished securing herself to a line tied to the side of the boat.
"On it!" She called, grabbing some rope and a short knife.
She smirked at the men's playful banter. Hayate and Gin were the only crewmembers the same age as Kairi. Having grown up in the same village together, they had grown to be quite close over the years, even closer now that they were employed under her father. They were pretty much like second sons to him. Putting the knife between her teeth, she backed up on the deck, gauging how much space she would need for the jump.
"Here I go!" she called through the knife. She broke into a run, the line tied to her waist dragging behind her. As she reached the front of the boat, she leaped into the air and dived into the water below. The cold water rushed over her body as she hit the water, but the sensation felt cool and gentle to Kairi. She opened her eyes and began swimming further down into the deep water.
She had always been able to hold her breath for a very long amount of time. Once her father discovered her talent (and after carefully testing the limits of her ability), he proposed that the crew use Kairi's skill to catch rare delicacies that resided in hard to reach places in the rocks. Though the crew could make an okay living off of regular fish like tuna, the real money came from the rare catches at the bottom of the sea.
Kairi reached the small cliff where the traps were located and began cutting away the weights holding them down. She made sure to keep them all connected to the same line so as not to let them float away. Her father had placed a heaping 16 traps in this area. Most of them held 2-3 king crab each, along with some cuttlefish. There was even a large squid stuck in one of the farthest traps on the cliff.
"Wow…good catch today…Dad's gonna flip when he sees this squid" Kairi thought to herself. After securing the traps to her own line, she pulled her line till it was tight in her hands and gave it a big yank. Above the water on the boat she knew the line as attached to a bell to alert the crew all was ready to be hauled in. Sure enough, she felt a tug on her rope and began the long ride back to the surface.
A static like shadow appeared on the cave wall in front of crimson-eyed man and his tall blue companion, the black cloak with red clouds still visible in its image. The figure's violet spiral eyes glowed as he spoke.
"Hoshigaki Kisame…."a deep, authoritative voice resounded off the blue man stood at attention.
"I would like to commemorate you for your dedication to Akatsuki so far. As you know, we are still a growing organization, and your abilities will be of great use to us here."
"The pleasure is mine Leader-sama…" Kisame's gruff voice was polite as he spoke. He gave small smile, revealing razor sharp spiral-eyed figure nodded.
"However, I would like to test your abilities once more… this time with a partner. I take it you've already met our newest recruit, Uchiha Itachi?" The figure turned to the crimson-eyed man.
"Yes of course…we exchanged introductions and held a small conversation near the lake earlier." Kisame stole a glanced at the shorter raven-haired man, a slight look of hostility present in his eyes. He wasn't sure if he could trust the newcomer just yet. After all, despite his polite introduction the man rudely called him a "common thug" who talked too much. "Tch…arrogant bastard…" Just who the hell did he think he was? Be wary of me… he had said. "Well…" Kisame thought, a dark smirk forming on his lips "two could play at that game…" The leader continued his briefing.
"Good. Now, about the mission…" The static figure raised its hand to reveal a wanted poster.
"This man you see here is wanted for fraud, human trafficking, and other acts of injustice in 6 other countries as well as the city of Amegakure. He will be visiting the Chief of the village of Mizushima later this week."
"Yoshi Minamoto…" kisame narrowed his eyes at the picture. This minamoto guy sure was a seedy looking figure, complete with a mouthful of yellow jagged teeth and slicked back hair that just made you want to puke. The shadows under his eyes only added to his sickening appearance, giving his already perverted gaze a sinister boost.
"Digusting…" he thought to himself. The figure folded up the piece of paper.
"Bring him back to me. Dead." Its two spiraling eyes rose to look at the two men authoritively
"A simple assassination mission. It should be easy. After all, it's just south of your old of home in Kirigakure, Kisame. The terrain should be familiar." The deep voice gave a bored sigh.
"Be back within a week. You're dismissed"
"Understood". Kisame looked towards Itachi, "shall we go?"
"Hn." The Uchiha turned towards the entrance of the cave. Kisame followed close behind, not really expecting an answer.
"What a stiff…" he thought to himself "lets just get this over with…"
After the two had gone, the shadowy figure glanced at a spot at the ground.
"You can come out now Zetsu."
A plan -tlike creature suddenly came out of the ground, opening its Venus fly trap like mouth to reveal a being in shape of a man, black on one side of his body while white on the other. Two voices could be heard as the creature chuckled to itself.
"Wow… those two seem to be the best of friends…" the white side snickered sarcastically."Are you sure they'll be able to work together?" the black side spoke in a deep and serious tone.
"Do not question my judgment." The spiral eyes narrowed on the plant man.
"I called you here because I need you to follow them, not to hear your opinions. Keep an eye on the Uchiha. Though he has severed all ties with his clan and the Leaf villiage, I want to establish where his true loyalties lie for certain."
"And Kisame…?" the black side inquired
" If the Uchiha fails to pass the test, Kisame has already been instructed to aid you in his termination. Now go. I'll be tuning into your thoughts to watch the mission personally. Do not disappoint me." The figure wavered in the air for a second before it disappeared completely.
"Sheesh…what up with him" the white side pouted
"Maybe if you'd shut your goddamed mouth for once, he wouldn't be so annoyed with you all the time" the black side snapped
The white side narrowed his eye "you know you're lucky we're attached ..."
"Just come-on. We've got a job to do." and with that Zetsu retreated back into the ground.
"GASP!"
Kairi took a huge breath of air as the crew finally pulled her out of the water, full traps in tow.
"That-a-girl!" Gin called as he looked over the plentiful bounty. " That's Kairi, our lucky charm, just look at all this money" dollar signs flashed over Gins pupils.
"Hey is that a giant squid?" Hayate asked, curiously walking over to the cage where it laid, squirming
The remaining crew gather around the traps to view the catch while Kairi panted as she untied herself from the line.
"Thanks..guys...for asking...about..my..welfare" she huffed as she plopped down on the deck, dark hair sprawling across the floor. "I feel SO loved and appreciated…" Unhooking herself from the rope, she carelessly tossed the line away from her.
"Gosh that was some hard work" she sighed laying there for a moment or two. "Ah just what I needed… a break". Suddenly the line she threw came flying back hitting her square in the face.
'SMACK'
"Oi!" she sat up quickly, frowning, a long red mark visible across the bridge of her nose. Her father Raidan stood over her with a smirk.
"Its nice, dear, that you want to take a break, but we've got at least 3 more trap sites to visit before we return to Mizushima and I wanna make a stake a good claim in the market tomorrow so lets get crackin'!" he walked towards the traps we're the rest of the crew were busy unloading the catch.
"Ugggghhh….." Kairi groaned, dragging her hand across her face.
"This is gonna be a long day…"
A cuttlefish, thrown with acute accuracy, suddenly hit Kairi in the back of her head and landed in her shirt, squirming around.
"EEEEK!" Kairi screamed, hopping and flailing around the deck. Raidan shook his now empty fist at his daughter shouting.
"THAT MEANS NOW!"
-END Chapter 1-
Well? How do you like it? I'll be releasing 1 chp a week for the most part. Most of them will be a tad shorter that this one (which was mainly to set everything up). SO yeah! Please R-
Kairi: R&R! *pops out of nowhere*
Me: Gyah!*hides behind couch* where did you come from! *points finger accusingly*
Kairi: *gives me the "-_-" face* The computer, baka. Where else?
Me: No! get back in there! People need to see you in next week's chapter! *pushes Kairi face into the screen*
Kairi: Mpmmstaphnfmrewfmplzstaph...*Kairi's face not fitting through*
Me: Yea this could take awhile...