Disclaimer: Itachi, Kisame and the rest of the Akatsuki belong to the genius Kishimoto... though it was not smart killing them all off. I own nothing

Ch 9- Operation sushi day 7: The last day

"Well Kisame?"

"I'm... straight."

Itachi's small kitty eyes widened at the shark man's reply. Itachi glanced down before leaping out of the room.

Everyone lost interest in the subject, except for Deidara who didn't look convinced. "Are you telling the truth Kisame un?"

Deidara's intimidating glance broke through Kisame's poor defense that has caused him to sigh.

"Alright, I'm gay."

"Knew it un," Deidara smirked with victory but suddenly appeared distressed. "Where is Mr. Pickles?"

"That cat ran out a few minutes ago." Sasori stated bordly.

'Damn that means Itachi thinks Kisame is straight... this is bad.'

"I wonder why Pickles got so upset earlier, he seems a little sad today." Kisame pondered a loud.

Deidara smacked his forehead with the palm of his hand. 'Baka'

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The events of yesterday replayed through Itachi's head. "I'm straight" That one sentence has caused Itachi to go through a little mini state of depression.

Itachi is left alone in the corner of his closet, isolated from everyone in the hideout. 'How could I have been so foolish? I knew Kisame wasn't gay, I should never have gone this far too just prove how pathetic I truly am.'

His head raised as he heard Kisame's voice echo throughout the hideout saying his name. "Pickles! Where are you buddy?"

He lowered his head again to try to drown out the hurtful shouts. 'Soon I'm going to turn back and Kisame's going to lose his kitty and get stuck with his gay partner. Why did I do this? It's only going to hurt in the end.'

Itachi laid there for the rest of the day finally falling asleep into a violent sleep.

Itachi walks along a dark path, only a light visible until he sees a figure up a head, a figure that has his heart skip a beat with every glance.

'Kisame!' He walks forward to turn him around only to stop in his tracks.

Kisame faces Itachi with a dark scowl covering his face. "What are you doing here? You sick gay freak."

Itachi stares at Kisame with heartbroken eyes, the most emotion he's ever shown in years. "W-what are you talking about?"

"Don't play stupid, I know you turned yourself into a stupid cat just to get close to me. It's pitiful how desperate you are."

Kisame's harsh words cut right though Itachi, it felt as if a thousand blades were penetrating his body repeatedly. So much pain filled through him as he slowly dropped to his knees.

"You sicken me."

Kisame slowly turned around, walking away from the heartbroken Itachi. A tear escaped his eye, rolling down his cheek as the image of Kisame's heartless scowl flashed before him.

'Why?'

Night haunts the tired Akatsuki lair as everyone sleeps their worries away, that is except for a certain ninja kitty.

He has awoken from many nightmares of Kisame regretting him ever since he learned Kisame was straight, he is just very tired. 'I should be turning back soon then I can forget about wanting Kisame. He deserves a nice girl who will love him almost as much as I do.'

Itachi just laid there moping about his love that will never be. Suddenly a sound catches his ears. "Itachi." The moan escaped Kisame's parted lips.

'Did he just... say my name?' Itachi sneakily crawled, more like stalked, his way over to the shark man; his eyes filled with hope.

He jumped up and laid on Kisame's chest leaning close to hear if Kisame will say his name again.

"Mmm Itachi." He moaned again having Itachi nearly jump out of his skin... fur.

A hot blush forms over his fury face as he realizes that Kisame must be dreaming of him. The question is, why?

Itachi was leaning very close to Kisame, but he didn't seem to notice. He wants to hear Kisame say his name like that again.

A strange noise caused Itachi's kitty ears to twitch uncontrollably. 'Gah what the crap is going on?' A small light starts to surround Itachi's small kitty body. His form starts to stretch out but it isn't as painful as it seems. The fur recedes back to his scalp and forms normal hair. His cat eyes shift back to the emotionless opal he usually hides. Only one thing seemed odd, he wasn't wearing any clothes. There seemed to be a few other differences but Itachi was too stressed to notice.

'Oh god no, not now' Itachi frantically thought as he suddenly felt the fabric of Kisame's shirt underneath his pale exposed skin. 'Why am I naked?! Wasn't I wearing clothes at the begging of the jutsu?!'

Panic overwhelmed him as he felt Kisame begin to stir in his sleep. Kisame slowly opens his eyes, still tired and not fully understanding the situation he was in.

'Oh shi-' He stopped talking blushing madly as he felt Kisame snake his arms around his waist.

"Mmm another dream? I like this one." Itachi couldn't say anymore as Kisame pulled him down into a passionate kiss.

'Wha?!' Before Itachi could register his thoughts he melted away into the kiss not caring how Kisame was doing this unconsciously.

As the kiss dragged on Itachi came to and quickly struggled for his breath. Breaking away from the kiss Itachi gasps for breath while Kisame falls back asleep in a daze.

Itachi carefully gets off of the shark. "Geez that was close." Itachi sighed before walking over to his closet.

Once fully dressed he leaves the bed room and sneakily exits the hideout, running towards the forest.

'It feels... good to be me again' Itachi stops at a clearing and sits at the base of a tree. 'What was THAT back there? Was he drugged or did Kisame actually think he dreamt of making out with me?!'

Furiously Itachi punches the trunk leaving a large mark. "I'm so confused, I hate this!" He clutches his head in confusion.

"Maybe... maybe I should take... take a little nap." Itachi slipped down leaning against the base of the tree, his head tilted to the side as much needed sleep takes over the Uchiha.