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Disclaimer – I don't own Naruto or any of its characters because they belong to Masashi Kishimoto. But I own this fanfiction as, I am not Masashi Kishimoto. Why? Even I don't know that, dattebayo. (Probably, because he's Kishimoto? Hehehe) [-_-;]
Whether for anybody else or not, it seemed to be a rather casual day for the duo in question. But, halt. Your understanding of what a casual day is, would quite fuzzy if you don't understand what a casual day for a missing nin can be like-
Got ninjas on their ass?
Check.
Killed them?
Check.
Confirmed their promotion in the bingo book?
Check.
Okay, now you can say that it was indeed a casual day if not outright dull for the Akatsuki duo.
So, it was. The usual kind of day, until then, that is; for Itachi Uchiha and his partner, Hoshigaki Kisame. With the former being rather contented with the dullness, and the latter being characteristically overly virtuous like it had been his first winning spar in academy.
They were standing, after they had casually, slaughtered, some ninjas. Well, more precisely Kisame had done most or all of the job. The Uchiha stood still, unmoved, it was probably daily routine and if truth be told, he hardly ever needed to do anything since everything with Kisame went down with a whole script written full of useless showdowns.
But.
It was then, when the Uchiha's unamused eyes fell on an uncanny souvenir; when the painful casualness of the day ended.
A thin, black coloured thread with a folded piece of paper attached. To the normal eyes, it should have looked like just a normal thread which it wasn't. He observed it keenly. Something's off with it... He knew something was off. Then he took a glance at the corpse around which he had discovered it.
Indeed.
The flesh was turning darker second by second, around the man's neck; where he was wearing it. He looks like a commoner to me. That's what he was.
Kisame had never seen his partner so interested in something in his whole history of partnership. To his eyes, it was like watching a crow dissecting an insect and writing a thesis instead of eating it. And Itachi was also weirdly fond of those birds. Though why a crow of all birds? He always failed to understand it.
He approached Itachi, trying to get a better view of what he presumed to be something entirely out of the world to be able make him stuck to it like a fly. "What is it, Itachi?"
"Hmm..." Itachi said "A thread..." without removing his eyes off it.
Kisame raised an eyebrow, "I see." and stood by his partner who wasn't paying any attention to him; waiting for an explanation.
Why is this thread weirdly heating up whenever, I put some chakra into it? I don't have much chakra but... As the last resort, he activated his sharingan. This can be 'that'... But the flow is very different from the old ones...It's pattern less. And the chakra is so highly concentrated in such small volume... Over that, I don't think this man has any kind of connection with 'him'.
He observed the paper. It has very low amount of chakra...And this paper isn't burning which means that... its composition is similar. But what is it? He unfolded the paper. The moment his eyes fell on the paper, it caught fire and the thread began to wrap around Itachi's hand; rapidly and slightly draining out his chakra. He deactivated his sharingan. Wait, is it...
Kisame got alarmed as it tried latch itself to him too, he dodged but it succeeded in connecting with Samehada. Why the hell is Samehada resonating with it?! However how much brutal force he applied to remove it, everything was useless. "Itachi-san, you fell for a trap!" Unconsciously, adding an honorific to his name indicating just how agitated he was.
"It's not like you are dying, Kisame." Itachi commented on his partner's over-reaction.
He was right. The thread was simply feeding off small part of chakra from them, which was not sufficient to kill, it was not trying to bind them either. It was simply wrapping around them softly yet firmly. Like how a parasite plant latches around its host. Kisame sighed, calming his nerves. "...Do you know what it is? I definitely don't like the idea of something like this on me."
The Uchiha's lips curling up ever so slightly, "Maybe"
Kisame grunted as the resoponse Though... this is definitely better than lousy ninjas attacking us. He tried to make himself feel better while the thread kept on latching itself on him.
What happened next was a little hard to comprehend for both of them, it was like the fast-forward button of the world had been pressed. There were different colours flashing and there were hundred-times more twist and turns than a roller-coaster.
Everything suddenly took a pause.
Which got them both dizzy, "Itachi-san, did you know about this?" Kisame said in a weak tone.
"I am not the sage of six paths."
With that, they both passed out.
A/N : I hope you enjoyed. This was only the prologue. Well, whether you liked or hated it- Please, leave a review! [^O^]
Edit - Yikes! This chapter is really not very promising. Though, I have hardly changed anything, I felt I couldn't better it without changing the plot much. So, maybe in the future when I have completed this fic, I might change it. Well, until then I can assure anybody who's reading it that it'll get better.
Next chap – Where are we?