AU: ok ok! *runs away from group of people trying to strangle me* I UPDATED DAMMIT! BE HAPPY AND STOP TRYING TO KILL ME~!
DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN NARUTO!
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Kisame awoke to a dark room, his vision slightly blurry. The shark reached up and rubbed at his eyes, sitting up and groaned at the pain coming from his head. He reached up and grabbed his head, hearing something jingle.
"H-Huh?" Kisame followed the cool metal ring around his head, tracing it to his forehead where a small jewel rested. The sleepy shark ignored the meaningful charm for the moment, deciding to leave it there and got up, looking around and realized that it was his and Itachi's room. Suddenly, the last few hours hit him like a brick wall, running to the mirror that hung up in their room and flicked on the lights, looking at himself. Centered on his blue forehead was a small, gold and red headpiece. Itachi's head piece. "No...No no no no no no..." Kisame said, not believing his eyes and ran out the door onto the train path, feeling the cool midnight air brush over him as he ran from trailer to trailer, trying to find the weasel.
The weather had changed while he was asleep, the sky was now covered in dark, stormy clouds, covering the pale moon and sparkling stars. Kisame finally ran to Zetsu's trailer, the official medical center of the circus, bursting in and stared wide eyed at the scene before him. Everyone was gathered around one of the beds in the room, the raven haired gypsy laying limply on the bed. Kisame rushed over while Konan turned and cried into Pein's shoulder. The shark felt the stinging pain of tears at his eyes as he gently caressed Itachi's face, seeing him for the first time without his headpiece.
"Y-You're still beautiful...E-Even in death..." Kisame said, tears running down his face and onto the sleeping beauty's cheeks. The shark man held the gypsy's limp hand tightly, bringing it up and kissing the pale fingers, crying. "W-What happened?...Why?" Kisame asked, looking up at the others while his eyes shined with tears. Konan took a shaky breath, trying to calm herself down.
"It...was a nightmare..." She said, remembering what happened in that tent of death.
(FLASHBACK)-
BANG!
"KISAME!"
Itachi cried out, gasping as his face was splashed with Kisame's blood. The blue man's eyes went wide before falling over, landing limply on the ground. The crowd gasped and instantly went into a panic, screaming and ran out of the tent, police officers rushing in to the scene.
"K-Kisame! Kisame! W-Wake up! Please! Kisame!" Itachi pleaded, turning him over and looked over him in fear. The shark man's eyesight faded to black as Itachi screamed for him to wake, his life force draining out of the wound in his head. Itachi could do nothing but watch as his love fell into the cold grasp of death, tears pouring down his cheeks. He sobbed heart brokenly, picking Kisame's upper half up and dragged him into his lap, hugging the blue man's head to his chest.
"Kisame...I'm sorry...So sorry..." the raven sobbed out, holding him closer. "So sorry..." the akatsuki watched in shock and sorrow, temporarily taking their eyes off the snake man responsible. Orochimaru smirked and tucked his gun into his jacket pocket, starting to make a run for it when the temperature in the tent seemed to drop.
"You bastard...You slimey son of a bitch..." Itachi said, glaring at him heatedly, laying Kisame's body back down gently.
"Heh...Nice to hear your opinion. Now, if you don't mind, I have an escape to continue." The snake man said, turning to run when he was instantly surrounded by a purple wall. "What the hell?" He cried out, trying to push through and took his gun out again, shooting at the wall. The bullet rebounded and he ended up hitting himself in the leg, crying out.
"You did this...You killed him..." Itachi said, his eyes blazing red. Orochimaru felt a sudden chill go up his spine, having never seen the smaller man look so dangerous. "You will pay..." the weasel said, making weapons of all kinds stick out of the walls toward the snake.
Orochimaru chuckled, his smile wide and his eyes with a crazy look in them. "You think someone like YOU can destroy ME? I'm the ultimate ringmaster! I rule this tent!" He cried, lunging towards Itachi. "YOU WILL RESPECT ME!"
Itachi looked up at the snake man as he came close, his eyes morphing into a black pinwheel form. "Die." The walls instantly wrapped around Orochimaru and compressed, his blood spurting out everywhere. Itachi swayed slightly as he walked back to the shark man, the sky raining blood. The akatsuki watched him, moving out of his way as he walked towards Kisame. He finally arrived next to the shark, dropping to his knees and layed his head on the blue man's cold chest.
"My love...I wanted you to live...I had hoped...That we could be together.." The raven said softly, leaning up and stroking the cold blue face of the man he loved. "But I guess the fates have decided against that...Atleast one of us...Should go on..." Itachi took his other hand and gently unclipped the head piece on himself, pulling it away. He felt his soul slipping away as he placed it on the shark, clipping it onto him and layed back down on his chest, smiling softly. "Please live on without me koi..." he finished, slowly tapping the jewel and pale lids covered his eyes.
As Itachi let out his last breath, Kisame breathed in his first.
(END FLASHBACK)-
"After that, we had to carry you two back here...Zetsu fixed you up and let you rest and...W-We couldn't bring ourselves to bury Itachi without you seeing him first..." Konan finished, starting to cry again. Kisame nodded solemnly, turning back to Itachi and kissed his cheek.
"You did this all for me..." He whispered, sobbing lightly. Suddenly, a flash of lightning followed by thunder erupted and a slim form appeared in the door way. The being was wearing a form fitting, purple cloak with a hood that covered their face. White fingers slowly reached up and the Akatsuki instantly brought out a weapon, glaring at the form as it slipped off it's hood. A pale face appeared, blond hair framing her face in a pixie style haircut and her brilliant blue eyes seemed to pierce through their souls.
The pale figure swept a hand over the circus performers, making them freeze in their places. Kisame growled, having been in her blind spot as she waved and got up to protect his dead lover. The lady walked over to the bed side, frowning lightly at the raven on the bed. "So he took off the head piece..." She turned to Kisame, seeing the head piece on his forehead. "Too save another...interesting..." She muttered, reaching up slightly and touched the jewel. Kisame froze, feeling his blood run cold and she chuckled softly. "The rules say I must revive...But what vessel for the blue soul?" she said, thinking out loud.
Her eyes looked over the blue man, seeing his Samehada keychain. "That will do..." She smiled at Kisame, pulling out the blue mass from Kisame, sealing it into the keychain and the kangi "Soul" appeared onto the wrapped sword. Kisame gasped and fell back, taking in air rapidly and clutched his chest.
'W-What just happened?' He thought, looking up as the lady removed the head piece from him. The woman then examined the old headpiece, frowning and walked over to Itachi.
"There should be a new vessel..." she frowned, thinking as she looked over him, finally spotting a silver chain from his neck. She pulled the chain out, revealing three loops with names engraved on them. "Perfect." She said, turning a loop over and pressed her finger against it, little kanjis appearing around it and a red glowing orb appeared by her. "There it is..." She spoke again, grabbing the soul and forced it through the ring.
As soon as the soul went through, Itachi gasped and started coughing, taking in air. Kisame jumped up and rushed over to the raven's bedside as the lady walked out. "My work is done...Tell him that I will not be able to do this a third time..." She muttered to Kisame, walking off the platform and disappeared into a mass of purple feathers. The Akatsuki began to move again, rushing over to Itachi's bedside.
The gypsy groaned and opened his eyes, blinking and looked up at Kisame. "...K-Kisame..." The shark man smiled wide, hugging him tightly.
"Thank kami...Itachi, you're alive...Oh thank kami..." He said, crying into his shoulder slightly. Itachi smiled lightly, hugging him tightly.
"Yes Kisa...I'm alive...And I'll never leave you again..." The weasel promised, bringing the shark back and kissed him. Kisame smiled and held him close, kissing back. And for the first time in his life, Kisame was completely and utterly happy.
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AU: *catches breath* There! I updated~!
Bunny: *smiles* good. Now finish it.
Weasel: WHAT?
Bunny: You heard me. Write. The. Ending.
Weasel: *grumbles and sits at the computer again* Yes mother...
Bunny: *throws a shoe at Weasel's head*