As the two walked off a shadow dropped from a tree and slipped over to the bodies of the dead ninja, golden eyes glittered from under a curtain of silky black hair "I see…you'll make this difficult for me ne…Itachi-kun?"
The man shot up a tree and stood at the top, his hair blowing in the wind as he crouched following the two with his eyes, the sun peeked out finally, thinking herself safe from the sight of the massacre the light reflecting off the mans forehead protector…the village of Konoha.
Itachi glanced at Kisame for the millionth time that morning waiting for the man to say something because he himself wasn't a very sociable guy.
Finally not able to take it any more Kisame looked over his shoulder and grunted "what? Oh no…" he took a closer glance and saw that look in Itachi's eyes "if you ask 'are we there yet?' I'm gonna scream. Itachi looked amused and started to open his mouth when instead of screaming as he had promised Kisame burst into a fit of gutsy laughter "nah you don't need to, we just need to get over that mountain yonder and then a little down a ways and were there" Kisame pointed to a large and foreboding mountain fixed with sharp cliffs and cranky crags, Itachi shielded his eyes from the light of the sun and looked at the mountain in question… "Hmn" he mumbled looking at Kisame and then back at it "I like it."
Kisame chuckled and swung his sword on his other shoulder to give his dying arm a rest and shook his head as he continued walking "you are one straaaange kid."
The man from before had indeed followed the two to this point and watched them sit for lunch, his amber eyes glittering feverishly shifting from the shark man from the hidden mist to the prize of whom he had set his sights upon "Uchiha Itachi.." he murmured, a abnormally long tongue slipping out of his mouth and licking his lips hungrily "the desecrator of his own clan…the holder of the Sharingan…the one technique I crave."
Orochimaru started laughing then, fully out of range from even their hearing he laughed at his chance, he had only to follow the object of his desire, his hunger, and his body.
"Start running Itachi-kun…the snake is coming for you."
Itachi cared nothing for the long journey to the place of his destination; he cared nothing for the man next to him even though he had been the only company he'd had during this whole thing and come to think of it, he walked next to Kisame staring off into space but keeping where he was walking " he's kinda growing on me"…it was indeed a lot different than the village…there had been only one man, even when he had lived in Konoha that he had ever felt comfortable with enough to laugh with.
He suddenly focused his eyes and banished the thought of that man, the friend that he had killed…
Itachi suddenly and out of the blue sighed deeply causing Kisame to almost pull a weapon "what the-?" Itachi blinked up at him and shrugged speaking softly "I apologize…thinking too much" he smiled lightly getting another strange look from his companion.
"Ok then…" Kisame looked up "it's near afternoon." He muttered and then started fishing in that cloak of his for something, now Itachi never really curious about such little things started to wonder what he was gonna pull outta that thing this time when his question was answered by a gruff smile and a small bottle that looked as if it should belong to a bar.
Itachi eyed it and then poked his nonchalantly "don't tell me that's Sake…"
Kisame grinned as he usually did, the sun glinting off his jagged teeth "id be a happy fish if it twas, no It's only some lotion to protect my skin from the sun…I've been affected with some weird skin condition" he poured some of the oily liquid in to his palms and rubbed it on his bluish skin causing Itachi to turn around and have a little anxiety attack "cant he ever do something expected for once?" he hissed in his mind and waited for him to be done and then in the process looking up to survey the surroundings which had changed alarmingly during the less than twenty minutes they had been walking…the mountain…it seemed to have gotten a lot closer than it had been before.
Kisame's gravely voice came from behind him "your right to be a little alarmed the first couple times Itachi." Itachi glanced back at him, the mirror in his eyes reflecting the man coldly but did not disguise his thirst for knowledge "what do you mean?" Kisame looked grim and then shrugged his shoulders "that's Chef's mountain…it comes to us."
Orochimaru had observed all this and had long been staring less at his prize and more at the other traveling with him and particularly at his choice of clothing " I had heard" he hissed, biting one of his fingers and letting the warm blood drip on to his lips " of a secret organization made of such outlaws…Kisame a bingo book special…" he finally figured out where they were going to and his twisted mind was working now…planning plotting " yesss " he sneered, his fangs glinting in the sun whom had seen this new threat and ran to hide again. " you will be mine and in the process…the Akatsuki as well."