Love Boundless As The Sea
A Kisame Love Story
Part Three
An Unlikely Friend
There I sat in my room curtains closed tight and all lights out. That's how I felt. Dark and empty. It had been nearly two months since I had seen even the slightest glance of Kisame. After so many years of detaching myself from people how could one stupid person hurt me so much. I could still remember our last day together at the beach. He had said we wouldn't be able to hang out but to avoid me completely it was just cruel.
I couldn't help but wonder if he knew what he was doing to me? How every second seemed endless. How every waking moment I wondered where he was and how even when I slept my thoughts were always on him. I hadn't felt this kind of pain since my mother had died. It was a pain I had thought I would never feel again. It was the pain of losing someone you loved. Maybe he didn't know what he meant to me? No of course he did how could he not! The whole Akatsuki knew that I would do anything for him and yet hes gone. Without even a good bye.
I heard my door open and saw the lights turn on but I didn't look. I had lost hope long ago that it would be him. Even though I knew it wasn't him I was still shocked to see who it was standing over me. "Itachi what could you possibly want?" I asked coldly. I had done my missions I didn't need him to come ride my case about it. All I wanted now was to be left alone.
Without answering me he pulled the covers off me and through me my cloak. I growled and cussed at him but all he said as he left my room was "We have a mission together now get up I will not be held back by your laziness." and didn't even bother to shut my door. I mumbled under my breath as I slammed my door shut and contemplated going back to bed. I sighed knowing that I got off easy and if I went back to bed Itachi would only be an even bigger pain in my ass.
I got dressed slowly before making my way down the hall to where Itachi stood waiting for me. Without so much as a glance he took off towards the exit with me in his wake still rubbing my eyes sleepily. We stepped into the bright sunshine and I had to squint my eyes for five minutes before I could even make anything out. Luckily my reflexes kept me from bumping into any of the trees along the way. Once my eyes adjusted I asked through a yawn "So what are we doing exactly leader usually sends me solo on undercover missions."
"We are going to do surveillance and if we can capture the five tailed beast. So as hard as it might be for you I need you to be on your guard and be as charming as you can. I was originally suppose to capture this one with Kisame but since he is … off on another mission Pein thought it might be a good idea for you to get a little experience in." he said indifferently as I caught up to him. I couldn't help but flinch at Kisame's name.
Itachi looked at me from the corner of his eye but if he saw me flinch he didn't say a word. As much as my instincts told me not to I couldn't help but ask "What is Kisame doing anyway? Is he alright? Is he going to be coming back any time soon?" I tried not to look like I really cared but I don't think I could hide the longing in my voice.
Itachi looked at me with those piercing red eyes and I thought he was going to tell me but instead he dashed my hopes by saying "Im hungry lets go get some lunch." I sighed but nodded not really caring what we did. I followed along behind him staring at the ground as I walked. A couple times I thought that I saw Itachi turn around to check at me but in my current state I just didn't care.
We finally reached a small tea shop and seated ourselves in a dark corner away from everyone's prying eyes. I sat staring down at my dumplings not having much of an appetite and eventually pushed over to Itachi. He took them without looking at me and said "So you miss him that much Hitomi?" I looked up at him shocked and he said "What were you trying to hide it?"
"Why would I miss him he is just another inconsiderate jerk that has come and gone in my life. I have no reason to worry about him other then the fact that leader needs him for his plans." I said gripping onto my cup of tea so hard my knuckles turned white. Anything to keep myself from trembling. And anything to keep my eyes from giving into this burning sensation.
Itachi ate his dumplings casually before saying "You say he is inconsiderate but did you think that he may have his reasons for avoiding you? Don't you know what happened to him before?" I just stared at Itachi unsure .f what to say. Was he actually trying to comfort me?
"Well from the even more vacant expression on your face you have no clue what I am talking about. I am slightly surprised however. Kisame never did tell anyone but you were ,how can I put it, special to him. I guess I am the only person there is to tell you I suppose." he said with a sigh as he finished off his tea. I looked at him expectantly as he continued "A long time ago as you may know Kisame was a ninja of the mist village. He did not like his village and would have ran away at an early age if it wasn't for his younger sister Kiri. He staid for her sake but unfortunately they were in the same class to be trained as legendary swordsmen.
"They were always by each others side working together to defeat what ever was thrown at them. They had no way of knowing what there final exam would be because if they had Kisame would have never let her join his class. His final exam was to kill all the students in the class. They vowed to each other that they would defeat every one just like they had before and stop this tradition by refusing to kill each other. This plan backfired how ever when after everyone was dead there teacher challenged them to kill each other or they would both die. Kiri loved her brother with all her heart and wanted him to be the best so she killed herself.
"From that day Kisame has been on the run. He hated himself for what had happened and vowed that he would never let another person get hurt because of him again. That's why I was quite surprised that he grew so fond of you. You should give him some space because believe it or not he thinks he is doing what is best. Even if it means hes hurting himself in the process."
I stared down at my reflection in my tea as I listened to him finish his story. I couldn't believe what he told me. I had never known that Kisame had gone through something like that. Yet I still couldn't forgive him. He was being stupid thinking that something like that would happen again. I couldn't forgive him fro leaving me without even saying why. With my lip trembling I stood up and went to exit the building but stopped beside Itachi and said quietly "Thank you you're … a good friend." Then left still wanting nothing more then to crawl into my bed and go back to sleep.
