Dream 4: Sleepover, from hell

12:45 PM

Everyone sat on the couch, seemingly unamused.

I blinked. Then blinked again.

Madara had shown up again and declared that he was going to stay as well, and the others were none to happy at the news.

Sasuke seemed the least happy. Although, he seemed pissed at everything. So I knew this guy 'before' whatever happened? I leaned over to Karin who was right next to me. "Was Sasuke always this… unhappy?"

She looked at me, then back in the direction the raven haired boy had gone. "No not always, his chakra was actually happy and so cool, now it's so dark…"

"Why do you keep saying 'chakra?'"

She looked at me and pushed up her glasses, "it's what we use to-"

Madara cut her off, "don't bother. She'll learn in time."

I shook my head. "Whatever. Where did Sasuke go? I want to talk to him." Karin gave me a nervous look and pointed me to a room down the hall.

I fallowed her vision and walked down the hallway. It felt more like I was going off to a death sentence rather then to go speak with someone. I stopped in front of a door which I guessed to be his and I knocked once. Instantly the door was opened to reveal a disheveled room with papers strewn apart. Sasuke appeared before me, looking even more irritated then before. His face only softened a fraction when he saw me.

"Um… hi." I said quite awkwardly.

"What do you want."

I rubbed my arm, a habit of mine. "I just wanted to talk to you." He walked away but left the door opened, when I entered though, it was closed lightly.

"About what."

I shrugged and sat on his messy bed, "I don't know. Something told me to talk to you though."

"Well you do still owe me that conversation."

I tilted my head. "What conversation?"

He turned away, "nevermind."

I shuffled a bit, it was getting a bit awkward. "So…" I said, breaking the suffocating silence.

I bit my lip in slight frustration. "So…" I said again. He still didn't respond and I was going to leave when he stopped me from opening the door.

"Did I say you could go?"

I smirked a bit, " you never said I couldn't" he growled a bit and I stopped smirking.

"Sit. Back. Down." he said, rather menacing, his voice dripped with anger and hatred.

I did and I breathed in slowly. As scary as he seemed to be, it was almost as if it was all an act.

"You said I owed you a conversation, well, let's talk then. Don't just stand there, let's finish this thing."

"Very well," in an instant he was standing in front of me, "answer me this and answer clearly: why do you like Kisame"

I stared. And stared some more.

"What?"

Suddenly something was sliced across my face, I barely had enough time to register what it was and even less time to get out of the way of Sasuke's rage path. How I did it I don't know, but I'm glad I was able to. Sasuke was holding a long katana that probably would've sliced my head off.

"that's nearly exactly what you said last time! Why the hell do you keep avoiding such a simple question!" the sword was flung into a wall and that was where it stayed. I let out a breath I hadn't realized I had been holding.

"Sasuke?"

"You never answer me, you don't respect me! What is it with you!" I was shocked. I didn't respect him? How could he think that? I just met him of course I respect him, it takes a lot for someone to lose my respect.

"What do you-"

"Oh no! do not play this game with me. I do not understand any of this and you don't make it any easier! I can clearly see that you won't answer this one question why, I don't know, but no matter what I do, you won't crack!"

"What-"

"Kisu, I've broken nearly every bone in your body, I've nearly killed you three times over, don't you remember that time I cut off your tongue!" I stared at him. Into his crazed eyes.

"What!"

"Of course you don't."

I sat down, I didn't even notice that I had stood up. After a few moments of silence I had to ask, "did you really cut off my tongue?"

I heard him scoff, "no. I wanted to see you reaction to that comment. You reacted just as I thought you would; confused."

"Oh. What about the others things?" There was no response. What the heck was with this guy? Yes he was scary, yes he was probably mentally disturbed, but why do I feel like I know him? From somewhere else, from a time when he was… happy?

Well, happy-ish. I can't really picture Sasuke doing something like DDR or… smiling.

"Can I ask a question?"

"Depends."

I took in a deep breath and asked what seemed to be the center of my current problems.

"Who's Kisame?"

Time seemed to freeze. He turned very, very slowly to look at me. "what did you just ask."

I didn't know what to say. He glared me down. "I um…"

"did you really just ask what I think you did? Did you really just ask who the love of you life is?"

I squeaked, and suddenly I was pushed onto the bed where Sasuke had pushed me.

"Uh…"

"You would never shut up about him! It was always Kisame this or Kisame that. Your were head over heals in love with that shark! And now you go asking who he is?"

Just as quickly as he was on me, he was off, laughing. I think. "Sasuke?" I don't think he understood what I meant. I knew who he was, I meant who he was, like what other connections did he have with me. He was taking this the wrong way!

He laugh sounded maniacal, rusty, and unused. "That's rich! How could you forget!" he was laughing even harder now. It was quite disturbing and I didn't know whether to slap some sense into him or run away.

But before I could decide, I was shoved onto his bed again. Sasuke had stopped laughing and he was now looking (or glaring) into my eyes. He didn't move, didn't talk, just laid above me, a wild glint in his eyes.

"You're the strangest girl I've ever met." he came closer and I squirmed, "you are not shy like Hinata, nor are you overzealous like Ino. And you do not harass me like Sakura did, and you most certainly don't completely fawn over me like Karin. Your… really weird."

I almost wanted to laugh. I was weird? He should really meet his other friends if he thinks I'm the weird one.

I felt something light on my lips that pulled me from my thoughts and I finally noticed that I was lip-locked with Sasuke. I froze, completely unsure of what to do. This wasn't Jake, I don't love Sasuke, hell I just met him. Actually, I really didn't feel anything at all.

My mind didn't process anything until Sasuke was pushed off and sitting on the floor and I was running out the door, only to run into something strong and muscled. I looked up into the red-heads eyes. Juugo I think he said?

I clung to him, crying a bit. I was scared and for some reason, I really, truly, trusted him.

"What's wrong!" he voice was laced with concern. I pulled my act together.

"I'm not really sure! Please help me, I need to get out of here, I want to go home. This is all so confusing, first I have a bunch of people calling me Kisu, next I have some secret lover, and now Sasuke just kissed me, I don't understand!"

A hand was placed over my mouth, "wait back up. Sasuke kissed you? What? That doesn't sound like him."

"I wouldn't know! But it was just, ah!"

My hands went to my head and I stooped down to the ground.

His hands were on my shoulders and for a quiet moment everything seemed content. The quiet was ruined by a loud crash coming from the room I had just exited. Juugo picked me up and took me back to the living room.

The loud noises still came from Sasuke's room and I did my best to ignore him. Eventually though Madara had had enough and he stood to go confront Sasuke.

After he left a bowl of steaming soup was placed in front of me.

I looked down at it, I couldn't tell what was in the broth, then I looked up at Suigetsu who smiled his sharp toothed smile.

"Thought you might be hungry. Besides, ramen was always your favorite."

I picked up the chopsticks that were in the bowl and I started eating. I may not know much about Japan or China but like every other American I knew how to use a pair of chopsticks.

When I was finished I noticed that everyone was staring at me and the room was dead silent.

"W-what?" I asked curiously, maybe I had something on my face?

"She stuttered!" Suigetsu wailed.

Karin gasped as well but Juugo didn't seemed too amused by it.

I tilted my head, "why is everyone so surprised by me stuttering? It's not like I can help it. Especially when I feel like I'm about to die at any moment."

Juugo patted my back softly and I saw him smile brightly. I wonder why everyone wasn't telling me that I had been in love with him. I mean, he was handsome, he was very kind to me, and he always looked so happy.

I smiled lightly back at him.

When a loud crash echoed throughout the halls did everything freeze. I put done the bowl and I stood up. Juugo put a hand on my shoulder.

"Kisu what are you doing?"

"If Madara can't stop him then I will. It seems as though I have some sort of power over him."

Karin scoffed and rolled her eyes, I faced her, "Ha! Power? Yeah right… I wouldn't say power as in strength per se…"

I shook my head slightly and I crept slowly over to Sasuke's room. There were still various noises and crashes which surprised me because I didn't even know there were that many things to break.

I turned the knob and found it unlocked.

I walked in slowly, I may have looked ok but I was shaking on the inside. I peaked my head in and Sasuke was in the middle of what looked like choking Madara.

I entered fully and I took Madara by the hand and led him out the room.

Closing the door I turned to a fuming Sasuke.

He stared me down but I suddenly got the courage from no where to stand up to him, "listen Sasuke. I don't know who I was back 'whenever' but I'm not that person anymore! You said I didn't respect you, of course I do I only just met you a few hours ago. To lose my respect you have to something really dumb and assholish. I asked you who Kisame was as in what was he like, of course I knew who the hell he was I've met him!" and then, the sound of hand hitting face echoed in the silence that fallowed.

I realize I just slapped Sasuke. Why, I don't know, oddly enough it felt somewhat natural.

His hair covered his eyes but I saw his mouth curl into a smirk. "Now that's the Kisu I remember," he stood up straight, "so you respect me now?"

I put my hand down from it's position in the air, "y-yes. What's that got to do with anything?"

His smirk grew, "oh nothing." And then his face was in mine and he was kissing me again.

When I tried to push him off though he barely had to resist my feeble attempts.

When he finally broke for air he said, "you've been gone for so long Kisu, and since you don't seem to fully recall Kisame I'll just have to take his place."

"You were saying," he said in a dark voice.

"I was saying before Karin interrupted me, was that I don't care who you are or what you can do! I don't give a crap about the fact you're an Uchiha or that you could probably rip me to shreds with Susano'o. I do NOT care! Uchiha Sasuke. I don't care what your fighting for, I don't care who or what your trying to get revenge on, and you know why? Because your still just a kid."

"Just a kid…" his eyes grew wide and he took a step back, which I think surprised the both of us.

"What did you say."

I looked up and poked his forehead, "just a kid Sasuke Uchiha…"

With that I left the room and I was headed for the door. When no one stopped me I knew I had made it out to freedom. Unfortunately I had no way home.

Also unfortunately it was around one o'clock so it was really late. I decided to go back inside and get Madara.

"Drive me back," I said as I pushed him to the car.

"Back home? At this hour?"

"No back to where the rest of you are." He complied and when we entered their home I was surprised that mostly everyone was awake.

I noticed a new person was in the room. He had bright red hair like Karin's and his face was set in a bored expression.

"If you wondering that's Sasori. He never sleeps so don't be worried." Too late, I was already worried.

I saw the ever-discussed Kisame sitting on the couch. He was laying with his hands crossed behind his head. He smiled when he looked at me and the way his teeth looked mixed with his shark-like appearance was oddly charming. Perhaps I still found some attraction to him after all.

"Kisame…" I said, testing out his name. His eyes lit up when I called him and he came bounding over like a dog. Ok I have to admit, it was rather cute.

"Yes Kisu?" he asked happily.

I tilted my head so I could get a good look at him. A really good look. I took in his blue skin, his most striking feature, then the three gill-like marking under his eyes. Now I'm looking straight into them. His eyes held so much hope that it was suffocating. I looked away and at the ground.

"D-did Sasuke like me?"

He seemed taken aback by the comment, the light from his eyes drained a bit. Before I could say anything else though Madara said from behind me, "Sasuke kissed her so she's wondering what their past was."

First, I saw him flare up in anger, then he suddenly laughed, apparently dismissing it. "Tch, you two fought like no tomorrow. How you lived within each others boundaries is beyond me, that's ok though because if he dared touch you I would kill him. Speaking of touching and killing, I have an Uchiha that needs to be exterminated." His angry glare returned at full force.

I felt a shiver go up my spine.

"No it's fine Kisame. I just wanted to know our past is all." I didn't need someone dying around here.

He growled. I didn't know how to react to it.

I gulped a bit and I took a step away from, he noticed and stopped growling.

"Kisu, uh, sorry. But that Uchiha will seriously pay." Kisame sat back down and someone else I don't think I've met yet walked in. It was a girl and I was relived and a little scared at the same time.

She nodded her head to me, "good to see you Kisu. I heard you were around. If you've forgotten I am Konan," as fast as she came she left.

Madara placed a hand on my shoulder, "probably looking for Nagato or something, you'll still have to meet him."

I blinked a few times and I took a seat on the couch near, but not right next to, Kisame. He still seemed elated that I was close though. In that moment I realize how much he cared and still cares for me.

I watched him for a moment but I looked away when he suddenly turned and was looking at me straight in the face.

"Kisu…" I looked back at him. Oddly enough I found him attractive, even though he was blue, and looked like a shark, which I fear, and he was blue. Did I mention he was blue?

Perhaps my 'old self' was coming back up from some unknown part of me.

And then, before I could truly comprehend what was going on, something soft and warm was touching my lips.

This was my third kiss of the night but this time I felt something. It sparked deep within me and for a long moment it lasted. It seemed like forever until we broke apart and when we did I found myself leaning forward a bit.

My eyes widened. What did I just do? I was married, I was committed to someone, and I'm here one flat below kissing someone I didn't even know? I stood quickly and I back up.

Kisame stood as well at my actions, "Kisu whoa I didn't mean that uh…"

I then felt as if something hit the back of my skull. My brain rattled in my head for a moment and I couldn't see straight.

When the pain subsided I looked up into Kisame's eyes. Somehow, something had changed, somehow everything seemed clearer. Somehow I knew that Sasori was really a puppet.

"I think I remember a few things," then nothing but darkness.

I had fainted.