A/N: This story came straight from my mind. I know that a lot of people must've already tried this, but I wanted to try it too. I found this pairing while I was watching a Naruto episode in jetix; the part where Itachi and Kisame fought Kakashi, Kurenai and Asuma. Then it hit me: what about Kakaita/Itakaka?! Another crazy pairing has been added to my list! It seemed totally cute, now that I think about it.
Anyway, this takes place during the chunin exams, after Sasuke got that mark and before he met Itachi again. Itachi and Kisame come to Konoha sooner than they should. :) Enjoy!
Warnings: Yaoi, torture, AU and some spoilers. Possible (but not likely) sexual content.
More detailed summary: Kakashi has been sent on a mission without his team, assigned by the third. (Sasuke and Naruto are still in Konoha and Sakura isn't a medical ninja yet.) His mission goes awry when on his path he meets Itachi and his partner Kisame. Because Kakashi knows of the Akatsuki (thanks to Jirayia) and Itachi thinks it's best if no one will get the information from Kakashi, the Akatsuki members take Kakashi back to the lair. Leader orders Itachi to take Kakashi to a cell and extract any information useful to them.
As the days pass and Itachi uses constantly his tsukiyomi sharingan on Kakashi, finally they both start to feel their mental, aswell as their physical state slowly crumple.
Chapter 2 – Nothing is for naught
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Itachi was staring into the fire silently, while Kisame was just cleaning his Samehada from the dried bits of blood and skin. It was a cold night, but the coats they wore, made them immune to the coldness. The wind gently blew, making a few leaves fall from the trees and scatter across the ground.
Itachi flicked his eyes briefly on to the stars above, before he found them on the surroundings to see if someone was there, even though he knew that there wasn't.
"Oi Itachi, a gold piece for your thoughts?" Kisame smirked. Itachi didn't answer; his thoughts were none of his partner's business.
Instead, he found his eyes locking on to the fire again. He liked fire, but he also liked water. They were both calm, but in a certain situation they were highly dangerous; just like he was. He almost let a smile on to his face; almost!
At that moment Itachi tensed up when he understood, that the jounin they had captured, was waking up. He turned his eyes on to the man that was laying on the ground near the fire.
The silver-haired jounin moaned from pain as he flicked his eyes open just enough to see that he was no where near a friendly territory. His throat felt dry and he could hardly move a muscle. What the hell had happened?!
"Looks like he woke up." Kisame grinned. "You alright, copy-nin?"
It took Kakashi a full five minutes to truly recognize the voice and when he did, everything came back again. The two Akatsuki members, the fight, the torture... and he'd been captured!
His mind panicked only slightly as he started to think of a way to get out of this situation. He internally winced, when his head started to throb painfully. Okay, thinking was out of the question. And he could barely move... This was bad...
He turned his head only slightly, feeling every single muscle in his body protest, but he kept moving. He let his eyes rest on the surroundings, but he was soon captured by the flicker of flames. He stared at the fire for a few minutes, before he willed his eyes to look at something else.
His eyes landed on Itachi. He stared, the other stared back. Kakashi's mind was drawing a blank. But only after a few minutes did he recognize the figure, even though he'd been staring at him straight in the eye.
He moved, trying to get himself into a more better position, so he could escape them. If he didn't, they'd kill him and he was in no position to fight them. Besides, he had to warn everyone in Konoha.
A silent hiss escaped his lips as he got himself up against a tree.
"What are you doing?" Kisame mockingly grinned. Kakashi didn't answer and he bit his lower lip in pain.
Itachi stared at the other man, his eyes showing the smallest bit of curiosity. He frowned; the man wasn't that stupid to try and... is he?!
Suddenly Kakashi forced on a smile; which looked like an actual one, because he was wearing a mask. "Could I get some water?"
Kisame stopped cleaning his sword and stared at the other man, before he locked eyes with Itachi. Silence only answered him and he grudgingly stood up and left to find some water.
Itachi stared at the man, wondering what it was that he was doing. Kakashi just kept smiling. "Ne, what are planning on doing with me? Or is my future classified?"
"...We will bring you to our lair and possibly extract any information useful to us."
"Too bad then, because I don't hold a lot of secrets."
"..."
Kakashi shifted a bit more in his position. "Ne, do you think you could get me some food?" Old trick, but he can't deny me food.
Itachi suspiciously stared at the other, who quite 'innocently' stared back. He stood up; either way, Kakashi was going with them to the lair. He took off, but not before he carefully slipped a Kage Bunshin in the nearby trees. He let a small smirk form on his lips as he went to search for something to eat.
As soon as Itachi was gone, Kakashi started to struggle to get up. It was painful and quite exhausting, but he finally got to his feet. He made a Kage Bunshin out of his pathetically low chakra, and took off into the forest.
The Itachi clone jumped out of the bush to follow, but the Kakashi clone got in the way. "Now, now, let my other half get a bit farther than this." He smiled, even though he looked tired. The other's eyes narrowed.
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Kakashi walked as fast as he could, which wasn't really fast in his condition. He knew this forest and he also knew that he wasn't far from another village. He just needed to get there.
He gasped as he felt his chest tighten and he couldn't breathe anymore. He stopped for a moment and breathed in big amounts of air, but only managed to get a little amount of it in his lungs. It burned... and for a few minutes, he simply stopped thinking, because of the pain.
He sighed; finally it stopped and he started to lightly jog again. If he didn't get a doctor soon, he'll... He shook his head, making more efforts to run even faster.
The forest was thick and it felt like he had been running forever, even though in reality, it was probably only five minutes.
Will he be able to reach the village in time, he thought. His eyes felt heavy and he wanted nothing than to sleep. Why had he accepted that mission anyway?! And without another jounin!? He sighed and stared right ahead.
He could almost see the village already. Yes, there it was. He smiled genuinely as he ran the way. But he froze when he felt something... something... that had happened to his Kage Bunshin. He started to run even faster as he realized that his Kage Bunshin had been defeated. It wont take long now, until he... but maybe he can manage.
Kakashi practically tripped as he tried to run even faster. No pain would be important if a life was on the line. You'd do anything to keep on living, no matter how much it hurt.
He pushed down the urge to throw up and kept on running. He was going to feel this tomorrow; he thought with a bitter smile.
The village was nearing and he could already see a bit of the village's houses. He gritted his teeth as his legs promised to give out under him, but he willed himself to run more. He was running on pure will now.
"Oy, who's there?" Someone shouted and Kakashi smiled, Finally...; before he fell on the ground unconscious. He couldn't help it, he was exhausted.
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"...Well, I don't know how... he just came from the trees... the injuries are... yes..."
Kakashi heard a bit of the conversation and he relaxed when he understood that he was no where near the two Akatsuki members. He opened his eyes and stared at his surroundings. The walls were white. A hospital eh...
"Hey, he's awake, doctor." A nurse said and two pairs of feet ran to his bedside.
"Kakashi-san, how are you feeling?" The doctor asked. "You've been out for only ten minutes. You should get more rest."
Ten minutes, Kakashi thought, horrified, At least it wasn't more... He started to struggle to sit up. "I have to... warn everyone..."
"No, Kakashi-san, you need to have your rest. Your mind is exhausted beyond the part where you should just fall asleep on the spot. I believe the only reason why you even woke up right now, is because it was pure by will. I understand that you must have some kind of a mission to accomplish, but you need to rest for now."
"NO!" Kakashi yelled and stood up. "I need... Do you have a messenger bird around here?" He asked. "Maybe then I'll stay, but first I need to write a letter to my village."
The nurse nodded quietly and they both ran out, leaving Kakashi there alone. It unnerved him, because he thought that in every second that went past, Itachi would appear. From the window, out of the closet, behind the door, under his bed... the possibilities were endless.
He willed himself to relax; this was ridiculous, he was getting paranoid.
It took about five minutes, but the nurse came back alone, with a piece of paper, a pencil and a messenger bird. Kakashi wrote the message quickly, before he let the bird take it. He opened a nearby window and let it flew out.
Yes... Kakashi thought, as he relaxed and plunged into his hospital bed. Maybe... before they come... maybe he can get... some sleep...
He thought through it once again and sat up. No, he was not going to go and give those bastards any information. He could let himself be taken away and still not talk about it, but he guessed that the Akatsuki must have some sort of jutsu that could make him talk, so he'd better not risk it.
"Kakashi-san, you need to lie down. You'll hurt yourself even further." The nurse pleaded the copy-nin. The other only smiled, "I'm sorry nurse, but I have to go. See ya later." And with that... he was gone.
As soon as he was outside, his smile vanished though. The doctor wasn't kidding when he said that his mind was tired. And since his mind was tired, then it wanted to automatically shut down. The only thing holding it from doing it, was Kakashi himself. He just couldn't relax when he knew that even now, he might be watched and soon be taken away again.
He sighed and closed his eyes, rubbing the back of his head. He felt like he hadn't slept for weeks on end. He felt a pain starting in his chest again, but this time it didn't just burst out, it was simply growing; letting him -slowly -dig his own grave.
He clutched his chest in pain again. Why was he feeling pain like this? Itachi hadn't done anything to him, had he? ...Then he remembered something; the spot that was hurting most, was the part where Itachi had driven the most swords into, in his tsukiyomi that is.
He slowly started to walk away from the spot, his vision blurring from time to time. He tried telling himself over and over again that the pain was only in his mind, but it barely helped at all. He knew that the pain was in his mind, but it still hurt. And the more it hurt, the more tired he felt.
Before long, he was in the forest again. He'd been in this forest a lot of times, he knew without thinking how to get to Konoha, although it will probably take him about two days in his condition. Well, better start walking then, He smiled.
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"How could you have let him get away?!" Kisame asked, incredulously, the bottle full of water in his hand.
"...I let him have a bit more freedom, before we capture him and wont let him ever feel it again. And I also wanted to see how far he was willing to go to get out and if he can still think properly in his condition... In his condition, it will take about two days to get to Konoha and he's already on the move."
Kisame raised an eyebrow, a bit freaked out hearing that long speech come in a monotone tone, never once changing. Sure, he was a bit used to Itachi talking like this, but it still freaked him out to no end. "Umm, okay... how do you know for sure that he's on the move?"
"... Because I can see him..."
Kisame blinked and then craned his head to stare at the same direction Itachi was. And sure enough, the copy-nin was walking there, right there in the woods. A feral grin appeared on Kisame's face. "Then..., should we capture him?"
Itachi was silent, staring at the other man. "...No not yet, let him feel the freedom one last time and then we'll take him away."
Kisame smirked. "You're a sick bastard, you know that? Playing with people's minds..." He shook his head and tsk'ed
Itachi silently watched the copy-nin, ignoring his partner's remark.
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Kakashi sighed, when he felt the cool night air on his face. The sun was long gone, gone before he had even left the campsite. He felt even more tired than before. He should be asleep, he knew that, but he just couldn't shake off the feeling that someone was watching him. He wished it was just in his imagination and that maybe the two Akatsuki members won't find him.
Yeah right..., He scoffed. They were probably the ones stalking him, letting him be free for the last time, before grabbing the freedom away with brute force.
He sighed; was it just him or was he getting depressed by the fact that he may never see his beloved village and it's people again? Of course he was sad; who wouldn't be (people who left the village of their own accord, don't count).
He stopped walking, feeling too tired to even think anymore. He wasn't all that surprised when the two Akatsuki members he dreaded, appeared right in front of him. He was so tired...
His eyes started to feel painful and he couldn't do anything before his eyes closed and he fell on to the ground into a dreamless, although much needed sleep.
Itachi walked to the jounin and picked him up. Saying nothing, he started to silently jump back to where they had been before. He didn't know what it was like to experience the tsukiyomi, but it seemed devastating. The Konoha nin seemed weak and tired. Too weak and tired. Like he'd been fighting non-stop for a week or so.
Another hour went by and the two were back at their campsite, acting as though nothing had happened. Itachi put the body on the ground silently.
"I guess we better get some rest too, eh Itachi? Tomorrow we have to bring the Konoha nin to our base and it's a long journey." Kisame smirked. Itachi stayed silent, staring at the fire that was still there, before he got up and silently walked over to the nearest tree, slumped down on it and closed his eyes.
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Kakashi opened his eyes silently, feeling really weak. And furthermore, he felt like he was tangling from something... Someone was holding him from the back of his clothes. His eyes roamed the place, but he didn't get any smarter; it was pitch black.
Itachi felt when Kakashi woke up; the jounin's heartbeat had picked up it's speed, even if by a little. He stayed silent, not alerting the Leader and just waited for him to give an order. He tightened his grip on the other's clothes though, just to give the man a warning to not move, or else...
"..." Leader was silent for a moment as he stared at the silver-haired jounin. "... Konoha nin's will come looking for him..."
Kakashi tried to identify the voice, but he had no luck.
"I searched through his files; he has a mission that will take him at least a month. It will give us some time." Itachi answered without delay, his eyes never wavering from where he was looking at; the Leader.
"Does anyone know he was captured?" Leader asked, his eyes suddenly looking more vicious. Itachi stayed silent for a moment and then said, "No, no one knows of his presence here, excluding us."
Leader closed his eyes in thought. "Very well..." He opened his eyes to stare at the limp jounin in Itachi's grip. "Do you know how much of use he could be to us?" It wasn't a statement as one would guess, it was a blunt question.
Itachi closed his eyes. "... He knows quite a lot about the village. The information could be useful to us..."
Kakashi stayed limp, listening to every word. He knew that Itachi knew he was awake, from the way the grip had tightened for a moment on his clothes; it was a warning grip telling him to not move. And Kakashi gladly obliged; he wasn't in any form to fight the Akatsuki leader, plus there was Itachi and the other members of Akatsuki too. Nine members against an already beaten and battered up jounin, wasn't exactly good odds.
"...Then I'll leave him to you, Itachi. Extract any information useful to us. You may use any method you like, just don't kill him. Dismissed!"
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A/N: Umm, it took a lot of time sry! I don't have much time, so much has happened. And I am truly sorry for this crappy chapter TT.TT I think I wanna shrivel up in a pond of tar after this... No, after I'll write my first lemon, I'll probably wanna do that. But for now, I'll accept flames and then I'll brn myself with them.
And anyway, I got to watching One Piece. If any of ya guys want me to write a fic of OP too, then tell me. And also, the 'Could it happen?' story... I'm sorry you guys, after the last chappie, I didn't get many reviews and I instead began to focus on this new story, because it's my main OTP in Naruto at the moment.
And the 'Just a normal day' or wutever it was. I dun know when I'll get around to it, but anyway, I'll prolly focus on this story more :D Luv ya guys... even though you probably don't love me after this fic D:
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