Ophidiophobia

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Kirina POV (This will be an all Kirina chapter)

"Are you really sure about this?" I asked.

"Yes." We both stood in front of the window in our hotel room.

"Is it that hard to just go check out at the front desk like normal people do?"

"Yes. Let's go."

"You just don't want to see that girl again, right?"

"Don't ask questions. We're behind." I thought the Uchiha were smart. Apparently not. This guy here wanted me to die. He expects me to jump from a three story building, and actually make it. Not to mention that the ground below is made of stone. Hard, stone pavement. I may be a ninja, but ninja's have limits too. He can make it, but I sure as hell cannot.

"No. I will walk down the stairs, check out, and walk through the front door like a normal person."

"You're not normal."

"Well, you're nice!"

"Thank you." He smirked, which caught me off guard for a moment. Uchihas show emotion! It took me a while before I regained my composure.

"There's this thing called sarcasm and I tend to use it a lot!"

"Oh. Well then, shall we go?"

"I told you. No." I crossed my arms and stuck my nose in the air. Yes, I can be quite stubborn sometimes. He sighed. I think he's getting fed up with me. Good. Then, maybe he'll change his mind and we can be normal people again!

"How about this: I jump down first, then you."

"That doesn't make much of a difference you know."

"I'll catch you." Ah, it was a good deal. I take back my words, Uchiha are smart. But…this just made this whole problem awkward.

"O…kay. Fine. But just warning you, I'm not exactly the lightest feather on Earth!"

"I'm pretty sure you aren't."

"Hey, what's that suppose to mean!" He chuckled. Wow, this is a really weird day.

"Nothing. " He replied. Then he jumped. I watched through the window. He landed gracefully on the ground. Looking up, he motioned for me to jump. Okay, it's now or never. I'm holding the whole mission up and I don't like that. On the count of three. One, two, three, JUMP! And I did. I closed my eyes while falling. Please don't let me die. I'm not ready to see mommy and daddy yet. I imagined myself falling flat on the floor. Not a good image. Itachi, you'd better catch me. Or else, I'll haunt you forever!

After an agonizing five seconds, it was over. He swiftly swept me into his arms and slowly I opened my eyes. I grinned when I saw his red Sharingan.

"I'm alive!" I cheered.

"Of course you are."

"You make it sound like it's a bad thing."

"Maybe it is."

"Hn." I said, copying him. We walked towards the gate and once again the guards ignored us. Either they didn't see us, too lazy to care about us, or are just plain stupid. You let two s-ranked criminals enter your village and let them escape? If I was your boss, I would fire you, then kill you. And so, the weasel and the baka girl continued on their journey to the pedo snake's hideout.

Otogakure

Here it is. Otogakure. Home of poor people and a creepy snake guy. I feel sorry for the villagers here. It looks horrible here. There were a lot of people begging for money, while the other people ignored them as if they didn't exist. It really hurt, seeing them like that. If I wasn't a criminal and all right now, I would be crying. As we walked farther into the village, I saw a group of kids who appeared to be orphans. Their ages ranged from about 3-14.

"Wait." I told Itachi. I grabbed some money from my pocket and gave it to the oldest one. He face lit up like a Christmas tree. It made me feel…happy. I skipped back to Itachi.

"Okay, we can go now." We walked till we reached the edge of the village where civilization ended and all there was is forest.

"Where are the hideouts."

"He has about five in Oto. We are going to three of them in this mission." I nodded.

"The first one is near the right end of the forest." I was off before he even finished. I don't want to stay here any longer.

First Hideout

Hisss. Hiss. Even though this base was unoccupied at the moment, it still had snakes slithering in every direction. I shivered.

"Hey Itachi-kun, I think that I'm officially afraid of snakes right now. What do they call that? Snakephobia?" He shook his head.

"Ophidiophobia. An abnormal fear of snakes."

"Oh, so you're a walking dictionary now?" He didn't answer.

"Okay, then what does arteriovenous mean?" I said the most randomest word. I don't even know what it means.

"Of or pertaining to an artery and a vein." This is going to be fun.

"What about…uhh..exothermic?"

"Nothing or pertaining to a chemical change that is accompanied by a liberation of heat." What? He is so confusing sometimes…

"Pie?"

"3.14159265."

"Ha! I got you! I meant pie! P.I.E! Not P.I." He didn't seem to care. That ended our word game. I should get Kisame to play this with me when I get back. Watch out Itachi! We will bombard you with words!

The two of us toured the base a little more. We found nothing but snakes. I opened the door to the last room. It was dark.

"Where's the light switch!"

"Be careful." Itachi warned. Hissss…Hissss…Hiss..Hiss! This hiss sounds different than the ones I heard outside. Maybe it's a different species of snake? Purple flames lit up the sides of the room, revealing our enemy…a different species of snake, definitely different. A large snake, with an ugly purple-brown color slowly slithered toward us. I backed away in fear. I think that made it worst. The snake lunged and guess who he aimed for? The weakest link. Me.

I closed my eyes preparing for the painful bite. But that never came. I opened my eyes and Itachi had stuck a kunai in between the snake's fangs. Maybe Pein did make a good choice after all. I could maybe survive this mission!

"Kirina, listen carefully. I'm going to fight this snake off for a while. Then when I use my fireball jutsu, I want you to use your strongest water jutsu and aim it right at the flames."

"Are you crazy? That would cancel out the flames!"

"Just do what I say." I obeyed. He fought the snake for a while then did the handsigns as I did mine.

"Fire style: Great fireball jutsu."

"Water style: Water Dragon jutsu." His fireball hit the middle of the snake's body as mine hit his flames. They didn't cancel out, instead it created steam that slowly began to fill the room.

"Run!" I did as I was told. But the snake was smart. He slithered over to the area near me where the steam had not reached. He lunged again and again, Itachi saved me. The steam might not work, but there's one thing that I know will.

"Hidden Mist Techinique!" Let's cross our fingers and hope that it'll work.

The mist slowly crept into the room. In just ten seconds, the whole room was filled.

"Kirina, run." His voice was urgent. The devil in my head told me to leave by myself. But the angel told me to go and get him. If we die, we die together. It said. The good side won. I went in and searched for him. Hiss. I searched frantically for him. The only chakra I sensed was my own, because it was everywhere! There was a faint hint of his near my right.

"Itachi, where are you?" No answer.

"Weasel! You'd better tell me where you are right now! I will…I will…I don't know! But where are you!" Hissss. This hissing doesn't help.

"Where the hell are you!"

"I'm right here." I heard him behind me. I searched for his arm, found it and ran out with him. We got out and closed the door.

"I hope he dies in there!" I turned around and Itachi was staring at me.

"What?"

"Why didn't you run?"

"Cause, you were still in there."

"You didn't have to save me. Why?"

"Cuz…uhh..you're my partner and Kisame would kill me if you died!"

"Because?"

"….I don't know?" For the second time today, he chuckled.

"Let's go."

"Okay!" Finally we could leave this place. One down, two to go!

Hmmm, this chapter wasn't as funny as I want it to be. Oh well! This chapter was an all Kirina one so the next one is all Suki!

It's been a while since I updated my other story, so hopefully there will be an update after school! Let's all cross our fingers and hope.

Please review! :3 Bye!