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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It was rare that the members of the Akatsuki were called together, and it was rarer still for said summon to be without their leader's prompting. But sometimes, some things just had to be done.

On a scale of mass chaos, this particular issue was fairly low, though to more than a few members of their organization, it still warranted dealing with. It was about damn time they got rid of those pesky hats.

So, here they were, gathered together in their underground base, circled loosely around their obviously amused leader.

"Well, what do you propose instead?" Their leader had been fairly casual about the entire thing, listening with a sort of superior amusement to their complaints. And there was some reason to complain. Concealing their head wear may be, but it severely impaired one's peripheral vision, something Itachi in particular had a problem with.

"Something a little less… sight impairing?" Kisame suggested.

"Something that will actually keep the rain from going down our cloaks?" Was Diedara's idea. "The ones we have don't cover that far… un." The leader raised an inquisitive eyebrow.

"Then what do you suggest? A sombrero?" Most of the Akatsuki promptly stopped short and twitched.

"Well… yes." Itachi was forced to fight down the urge to stab his partner in the side with a kunai. Why must Kisame insist on playing along with their leader's disturbing sense of humor?

"I am against that idea… un." Diedara's visible eye was narrowed angrily. And from the looks of things, he wasn't the only one against the suggestion. Kisame merely shrugged and grinned widely back at them.

Playing along with their leader was a technique that the rest of his comrades had yet to learn. It had certainly saved Kisame from many of the unsettling jokes their leader had leveled at him.

Their leader shrugged, giving Kisame a knowing smirk.

"Well, if you have no suggestions of your own, then your hats will remain as is."

A wave of intensely flaring chakra washed over their leader like a mild breeze. His smirk only widened.

"Until next time," he said, and promptly vanished from their base.

Itachi's eye betrayed a slight twitch. He really hated their leader.

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Yes, you will start to see the other Akatsuki members around a bit now.