Operation Red Moon

By: Sneaky Cat

Disclaimer: Seriously now... I wouldn't have nearly as much fun messing with the characters if I owned them... Ok, so I lied... but still... Don't own.

Rating: PG-13

Pairings: KisaitaKisa (a.k.a. Kisame/Itachi)

Warnings: Some OOCness, sillyness, Akatsuki members, and shonen-ai... and yet more suggestive jokes.

Notes: These drabbles are the result of a series of challenges sent to me by a very tweaked out Clever Audrey. I am so proud of myself.

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If Kisame had any sense of self-preservation (or sanity preservation, to be more accurate… not that he had much left anyway) he would have stayed far, far away from that "innocent" little ice-cream stand on the side of the road.

Unfortunately, Kisame had no idea what he was getting into.

Itachi and Kisame were in the middle of traveling towards base when the two decided, nearly simultaneously, to take a short break at a road-side tea shop along the way. It wasn't a place they visited with any frequency, just once in a while when neither of them were too keen on returning to the Akatsuki base immediately. Avoiding Deidara was only one of the reasons the two liked to stay away.

The last time they had stopped here, there had been only the tea shop. Now, right next door, someone had set up a little ice-cream stand to help combat the summer heat.

Itachi's face had betrayed the equivalent of complete and total confusion upon seeing this new development. Not that Kisame was surprised. Outdoor ice-cream stands were fairly common in Water country, but less so in the neighboring countries. And few foreign stands had such a selection of flavors.

It had been Kisame's idea to stop and grab a treat. He knew that Itachi wouldn't mind. It would stall them for a bit at the least… and for a good cause. Sometimes Kisame wondered how Itachi had gotten so good at hiding his sweet tooth. Then he realized it probably had something to do with the man's younger brother.

As an only child, Kisame had never really felt the need to horde candy.

It had been going fairly well, until Itachi noticed a certain flavor listed on the colorfully painted board.

He shot Kisame a sharp look. Kisame, not so sure about his partner's reaction, mulled over the list until he had come to one particular offer.

Coffee ice-cream.

He stared at his smug looking partner in horror, but there was nothing he could do. It was far too late to stop the inevitable now.

Uchiha Itachi had just discovered his new favorite sweet.

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Yay for crack!