"Uh yes?" Itachi asked hopefully trying to think of a way out of this situation

"Huh, how'd you know I give out hints? Anyways it's a phrase 3 words, that's it, and remember if you get it wrong then uh this." The old man said pointing the gun at Kisame first.

"Why me? Why not those two?" Kisame asked with the gun pressed into his face.

"You know boy, I've always wondered what shark tastes like, and if your friends get this wrong then I'll find out real soon" the old man replied licking his lips with the thought of cooking up Kisame

"Ahhhhh, Itachi, Sasori figure out the password I don't want to be eaten!" Kisame screamed out

"Don't worry we got this" Itachi said with some semblance of confidence

"What we? I have no idea what the hell this old man wants" Sasori said with an air of frustration, Sasori hated this feeling, the feeling of being stumped. Oh, he also didn't like death either, but we'll discuss Sasori's views of death in his new book.

"Well I'm on my own then. Come on Itachi you got this… Wait I have the Sharingan, ha guess the stress got to me. Hey old man come here I got the answer" Itachi had formulated the plan quite well, just look into the old man's eyes and use Tsukuyomi on him.

"Alright you got the password? Whoa, son you ever got your eyes checked out? They're three little weird thingies in there" the old man was quite interested in Itachi's eyes and figured if he killed this guy he might as well take those eyes too, but after he ate that shark guy. Now before you call that old man reviling, he can't be the only man who's wondered what Kisame tastes like, or wanted Itachi's gorgeous eyes and… oh wait I'm ranting again, sorry.

"Hmm, that's not important but since I have your attention Tsukuyomi!" Itachi said aloud

The two began an intense stare down of each other, Itachi trying to force the old man into his world, and the old man trying to keep his will. Two passerbies came by and were shocked to see two guys just staring at each other intently.

"What the hell?" the first passerby asked in shock

"Just walk away dude, there's nothing to see here" the second one said

"Yeah but I think there's a shark here," the first one replied

"It doesn't matter just go" the second one said

Now to those two it was the strangest scenes of their lives, in fact they would always wonder why there was a shark out of the water, and why an old man and a young man were staring at each other.

"Hey, why isn't Itachi's Tsukuyomi working?" Kisame asked Sasori

"I'm not sure, I've never seen someone who could even resist his Tsukuyomi, just what kind of old man is this?" Sasori said in disbelief

The fact that the old man could resist the Tsukuyomi did worry Itachi a little, but he was smart enough to always have a backup plan. He stuck both his hands into his coat and drew his kunai and three shurikens. He made a sudden motion and his the weapons went flying, the kunai went straight towards the old man's heart, while the three shurikens went towards the man's abdomen.

"Nice try kid," the old man replied, in an even quicker movement he grabbed the kunai with his left hand, and kicked away the shurikens headed for his abdomen. He then took his gun and smashed it across Itachi's face.

"Enough games kid, password or else I shoot," the old man said angrily

"Ah, please don't shoot. I'll do anything, I'll stop trying to kill you, please don't shoot!" Itachi begged in an uncharacteristic display of weakness.

"Hey you got the password right, welcome brother what can I do for you?" the old man asked

"Wait I got the password right?" Itachi asked

"Well sure you did why else haven't I killed you yet?" the old man replied

Sasori and Kisame could only stare in shock, they were absolutely speechless. The one time Itachi breaks down and looks like a wimp… it saves his life, seriously what's up with that?

"So now what?" Sasori muttered

"Maybe we can ask that old man about his backstory, you know for the people reading this." Kisame said

"That makes sense, so old man why are you guarding this road, what's your name, and why in god's sake did you shoot each of us?" Itachi yelled out

"Me? I'm just a simple old man guarding a road with old faithful here, my name well that's not important at all, and my backstory well that's going to be left ambiguous for now" the old man replied "anyway you're not done yet, you still got the quiz to finish up," he continued

"Wait a quiz, but I thought all we needed was the password. And you still haven't answered why you shot all of us. Hey don't just walk away from us, don't you know that we're members of Akatsuki?" Sasori yelled out angrily

It was to no avail though, the old man simply stepped into the brush and disappeared leaving the three "elite" ninjas alone. They stared for a brief moment, before remembering they had all been shot and that blood was still coming out at an alarming rate. Quick note, for those saying they should have run out of blood now, we're using anime rules so they've got a few gallons left. Anyway, they finished bandaging up their wounds and sat down and were thinking of their next action.

"I say we just get out of here, not much point in staying here for a stupid quiz" Itachi stated

"Still, but don't you want to know what's in this path? I mean it's got to be something awesome, why else would an old man who makes us look stupid be guarding it?" Kisame said with curiosity

"That is true, but still what quiz was he talking about and who's supposed to administer it?" Sasori asked

Right as he finished it, they saw an even older man (in his 80's I'm guessing) come with a chair. He put it down, and sat on it facing away from them. A few awkward moments went by before anyone said anything.

"Uh, we're over here" Sasori said meekly

"I am the Sphinx!" the old man bellowed out still facing away from them "And you must answer five questions in order to continue on this path!" he yelled out even louder.

"Uh we're over here" Sasori repeated obviously annoyed that this old man wasn't even facing them.

"Silence! Now are you ready?" the Sphinx yelled out

"Sure… why the hell not" Itachi said confidently

Will these three get the quiz right? Why are there multiple old men guarding a path? How did an old men kick the asses of three powerful Akatsuki members? Why do I keep interrupting my own stories? Why do I keep doing these stupid question things, instead of writing more story? Find out next chapter!