Once Sasuke was sure that their escourt was out of earshot, he rounded on his brother, the infamous Uchiha glare in place. "This is completely and totally your fault!"
How did Itatchi know that was coming? "Stupid. Do you honestly think this was my own idea?"
Sasuke looked exasperated. "What the hell? You agreed to this remember!"
"As did you." Itatchi stated simply, attempting to put up the single tent they were given.
A strangled yell came from Sasuke as he threw a rather large rock at his older brothers head with a deadly aim. Said older brother caught the rock with ease, all the while 'tisking' the younger Uchiha. "My my Sasuke. You really should work on curbing all of that anger you seem to have!"
Sasuke somehow managed to keep a straight face as he looked Itatchi in the eye. "Anger? I'll show you anger..." His tone was completely void of any hostility as he flipped Itatchi off.
Itatchi didn't even bat an eyelash. "Very nice Sasuke." He tapped his chin in thought. "You have a very fluent vocabulary, and that's the most creative you can come up with? Really Sasuke I'm in shock and awe!"
"Ugh! Leave me alone! Don't even talk to me!" Sasuke picked up a jagged tipped stick and dug a line in the ground. "Cross this line and I reserve every right to kill you." His tone was low and deadly, just daring Itatchi to mess with him.
"Foolish little brother. The tent is on my side!" Itatchi motioned to it for emphisis.
"I don't really care." Sasuke mumbled, stubbornly folding his arms across his chest.
Oddly enough, Itatchi was willing to share the tent, if only so Sasuke wouldn't get sick or anything stupid like that. "Okay you know what? Freeze your ass off!"
"Fine I will!" It was almost a sick competition that they have to be the one to get the last word.
"Fine!"
"Ugh shut up Itatchi!"
"Never on your life!"
"Gah I hate you!"
"I hate you more!"
"Inferior punk!"
"...Stupid tard!"
"...Stupid tard?" If Itatchi didn't posess the Uchiha restraint, then he probably would have laughed at the sheer stupidity of that attempted insult. "Really Sasuke if you want to out insult me, then you'll have to do better than that!"
A low feral growl came from Sasuke. "Just stay on your side of the line and leave me the Hell alone!"
Itatchi sighed and nodded. "Fine but just know that everything is on my side of the line..."
The answer to this was for Sasuke to go into the forest on his side to better explore the land he already knew rather well. Well, it was just for getting away from Itatchi. So this was all good.
Itatchi sighed, mentally wondering why he had such an emoliscious brother. Did Sasuke honestly think that he was going to pull anything? For crying outloud! He wanted to get through this week just as much as Sasuke did!
Elsewhere Sasuke could be found looking around the forest that he already knew fairly well. But to Sasuke, anywhere away from Itatchi was just perfect for him.
Hours passed and Sasuke was kind of bored, so he went back to the campsite.
Itatchi glared at Sasuke, as if to say that he shouldn't be wandering around the forest by himself so late at night. Then again, Sasuke wasn't the little boy that he used to be way back when.
Sasuke blinked when something was thrown and landed in his lap. Picking it up, he realised that it was a drink that was supposed to replace a meal.
"I figured you'd want it." Itatchi stated, sitting himself on a large boulder-like rock.
"You probably poisoned it." Sasuke threw the drink back to Itatchi, who in turn only threw it back to Sasuke.
"How could I have poisoned it! It's a closed container! Besides, if I wanted you dead, then I would have already killed you! Do you really think so little of me?"
Sasuke looked as if he was seriously thinking about this. "I wouldn't put it past you."
Itatchi mearly yawned into the back of his hand. "Stubborn ass."
With a smirk, Sasuke took a bow. "I learn from the best."
"And learn well you did..."
Opening the can, Sasuke sniffed it, hesitantly taking a drink. Deeming it safe, he finished it off.
"You know Sasuke. This line thing is stupid. You're being stupid. I'm not going to kill you or whatever you're thinking I'll do."
Sasuke regarded Itatchi for a moment. "Leave me alone."
"Whatever. Seeing as how I won't get any conversation out of you, I'm going to bed." Standing up, he walked over to the tent. Unzipping it, Itatchi turned to look at Sasuke. "It's going to be a cold night. If you get over your pride, then you're more than welcome to join me in the warmth this tent has."
The only respose he got was pure silence. With a sigh, Itatchi got into the tent, closing it behind him. But not before mumbling something that sounded a lot like, "Goodnight Sasuke..."
The next chapter tease:
"Really? Well then if you're not going to kill me, then what are you going to do to me?" If you can believe it or not, Sasuke actually sounded a bit scared.
"I'm going to break that rather large ego you seem to have..."