Sorry Kiddies! Don't know why this is such a short chappie, but the nxt will be a LOT longer. Enjoy!

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto. If I did, Itachi would be mine!! XD insert evil laughter

Chap. 4: Deal

Itachi and Kisame stepped out of their hiding spot. As he walked out, Itachi cast a genjutsu on Sakura to make them appear strong and healthy instead of battered and bruised. She better not call my bluff. I don't have enough chakra left to fight without seriously damaging something.

Sakura looked at Itachi and saw that his finger was raised. Kuso. I've been caught in a genjutsu. Mate…why does everything seem to be blurry? Now it's peeling away. Nani? What's going on? Saku-chan, remember I said they were tired? Of course! Itachi's genjutsu must be sucking on his already low chakra and he doesn't have enough left to power it.

Itachi's eyes widened as he felt the genjutsu fade. Nani? Chikusho(sp?). My chakra levels are too low to sustain it.

"Itachi? What's going on?" Kisame questioned.

"He's out of chakra, so his genjutsu canceled," smirked Sakura, "You're in no condition to fight yourself, Kisame. But I'll help you."

"How can a kunoichi help us?" he asked sardonically (AN/ If you don't know what this means, look it up in a dictionary.)

"I'm a medic-nin trained by Tsunade-sama. I can heal you."

"But not without a price."

"Of course."

"I knew it," Kisame muttered, "You want us to lay of the Kyuubi jinchuriki?"

"I wasn't going to say that, but that would be nice."

"So what do you want from two S-class criminals?" he asked with a dangerous smile, displaying his sharp teeth.

Kami, he really looks like a shark. And not only his skin. "I want the two of you to become my senseis." Kisame's mouth fell open and his eyes bugged out. Itachi raised his eyebrows and his eyes slightly widened. (AN/ Cuz MY Ita-kun is graceful unlike Kisame. No offence to Kisame though)

"Are you insane? I mean really, truly mentally debilitated," Kisame asked, "because what kind of Konoha kunoichi asks S-class Akatsuki missing-nins to become her senseis?

"A kunoichi that has been taken for granted and seen as weak."

Yeah, yeah. I know it sucked. but please r and r anyways. I'm writing Chp 5 know so it'll take me a while 2 update. I've got 2 other stories in mind. One's a KakaSaku and the others a ItaxOC (me!). I'm kinda getting annoyed with this story so I'm kinda thinkin of discontinuing it. But I can finish it if peoples want me 2. Also, I'm gonna b on hiatus from now to June 25 cuz ive got finals. Stupid things. Although I do really well on tests, I hate studying and I SUCK Earth Science. ;( Demo, I'll try my best and write as much as possible! Ja ne!