It was at about dawn that Itachi woke up the next morning. As quiet as he could, not to wake up his partner, he got out of bed and crept to the door. Slowly he turned the door knob then pulled the door open, walked out, and softly shut the door behind him.
Pein and a blue haired woman were sitting in the eating area, drinking coffee. They both waved as he walked by. At the end of the hallway on his right, as he was told by Pein earlier, was his destination. He opened the door as quiet as he was before, and stood next to the man currently snoring, drooling, and mumbling in his sleep. Itachi punched him on his cheek and the man quickly sat up, a kunai held firmly in his hand to Itachi's neck. Blinking to open his eyes fully, he noticed who it was and lowered his weapon.
"Oh he Ita—" The man couldn't even get the sentence out before Itachi's hands were encompassing his neck, about to strangle him. When he remembered why Itachi was so peeved he smiled weakly. "I-I did look for you! Pein had told me when I arrived last night that you were in Akira's old room so when I went, you weren't there!" The man stated. Itachi sighed and drew his hands back.
"I was sleeping in Kisame's room with him, Madara." Itachi told him. Madara was silent. Noticing why Madara didn't say anything, Itachi added, "not like that. It was either I slept there or some guy would die."
". . . You like him?" Madara asked, officially curious to the relationship between the weasel and the shark. Itachi crossed his arms.
"No." He huffed, cheeks a bit pink. Madara didn't say anything. Itachi gave him a lethal glare as he grabbed some of Madara's hair by the scalp and pulled.
"OW! Damn! Abusive much? You probably woke up on the wrong side of the fishbowl with Kisame." Madara said, anguished. Itachi's grip on his hair didn't slacken.
Probably at the worst time, Madara remembered something, "Oh yeah, Akira's alive, believe it or not. You see, I saw your fight with him. I thought something was off when you 'killed him' so I spent more time there and found that he faked his death." Without warning, he was punched again. "GOD DAMMIT ITACHI!! If you have the urge to punch uanything/u, do bunot/b/u punch me! I haven't hit you back but if you do it again, you're going to find my fist colliding with you face!" Itachi let go of Madara's hair. "Thank you." Madara said, relieved.
Madara got up from the bed and as he was walking, Itachi noticed he was only wearing his underwear. "Put some pants on." Itachi said in an annoyed tone. Madara stared over at him.
"Oh, like you haven't seen me in only this before." Madara said dully as he took out a pair of black pants from one to the dresser drawers and put them on. "By the way, Orochimaru left us last night. Did you by chance have anything to do with that?"
". . . no."
". . . Right," Madara said with a suspicious look, "Anyways, I suspect that Akira and he will find each other and they will join together." Madara sat at his desk and pulled out a few papers from the drawer next to him. He began writing on the papers. "That's where you come in. I'll send you and that shark on a mission to—," Madara looked up and saw Itachi giving him a deadly glare, "what the hell is your problem?"
"Do not call Kisame a shark." Itachi instructed him sternly.
"Why do you care so much?" Madara asked, once again suspicious.
"Drop the subject Madara."
"I'm just curious. You never stood up for anyone before."
"Madara."
"Itachi, I've known you for about half of your life, I can tell when you—"
"Madara, please stop." Itachi pleaded, giving Madara a look that showed he was on the verge of tears (even though he wasn't). Madara hugged him.
"Don't give me that look . . . you look too . . . cute," Madara pulled back and then his face was nearing Itachi's, "cute enough to—" Itachi pushed him away.
"No. I ended that a long time ago." Itachi backed away from Madara. Madara did not press on.
"Alright," Madara turned back to his desk, "back onto the other topic. I'll need you to search the area for them." Madara handed a few papers to Itachi. "Normally I'd evaluate you and," Itachi glared at him, "bKisame/b to see if the partnering of you two would work, y'know if your attacks compliment each other in battle, but I'll have to forget about yours. After all, you two have been getting pretty chummy.
SWISH!
Itachi's punch missed Madara and as he said he'd do, Madara punched him in the face. "I warned you."
Kisame had woken up to find his weasel missing. Although he didn't want to get out of bed, he did. Now walking throughout the hideout, he felt like he should've stayed in bed. Itachi was no where to be found. Deciding to just go outside to polish his skills, he went out onto the porch and there, sitting in one of the chairs was Itachi. Itachi's gaze went to Kisame but went back to staring out into the forest ahead of them. Kisame sat next to him. "Hi." Kisame greeted.
"Hi."
They sat in silence for a while in which Kisame was questioning himself on why he went to go look for Itachi in the first place. Kisame decided to make small talk. "Nice day, isn't it?"
"Hn." Itachi replied.
Not sure on whether that had been a yes or no, Kisame just nodded. "Did you sleep okay last night?
Itachi didn't reply for that question had reminded him of the morning meeting with Madara. He clenched his hand into a fist.
"I-I see . . . I'm sorry." Kisame said shakily. Itachi unclenched his fist.
"No, it's okay. Don't be sorry." Itachi replied. He took the papers that he held in his hand and handed it to Kisame. "Here."
Kisame skimmed through it. It was details for the mission that Itachi and him would have to do. Although, on the report a name was blocked out. There were spaces where another name should've been. "Um . . . there's a name missing on here . . ." Kisame said, pointing to one of the many blanks on the paper. Itachi took it from him and was confused. Orochimaru's name was on there but Akira's name was not. Itachi turned the page to where it gave a description of their targets but a while paragraph was gone. Itachi just had to assume that Madara didn't want Kisame knowing who it was. Why he didn't want him to know what unknown to him.
"Don't worry about it," Itachi said, handing the papers back, "tell me when you want to leave."
"We could go now if you want." Kisame suggested. Itachi nodded in agreement.
"There is absolutely nothing to do," Akira complained, pacing around the room, "and that stupid Uchiha bastard is probably out having fun. I faked my death thinking that I would get a good chance to kill him when he least expected it but byou/b won't let me!" Orochimaru sighed.
"Be patient my dear boy, all good things come to those who—"
"Wait! I know! But I've been waiting and waiting but nothing has happened except for a pedophile wanting to help me and where has that landed me? Here, doing nothing!" Akira crossed his arms and stopped walking.
"You really do have an attitude, don't you Akira?" Orochimaru asked, rubbing Akira's cheek then tracing his cheek bone, down to his neck, over the collar of his shirt then Akira grabbed his hand.
"Stop doing that." Akira ordered strictly. Orochimaru smirked then licked his lips.
"Doing what?"
"I'm not really what you call a 'little boy' okay Michael so back the hell away." Akira retorted, backing away. Orochimaru, unfortunately for Akira, was quicker so he caught Akira, pinning him against the wall.
"Itachi's near." Orochimaru said, stepping back from Akira.
"Finally." Akira said, forgetting about what happened a few seconds ago. He darted for the door. Outstretching one arm, a snake slithered from Orochimaru's sleeve, immediately going for Akira. It wrapped itself around his whole body so he could not move. "What the—" Akira started to talk but the snake moved a bit so it would cover his mouth.
"Hush boy. Now I need you to gather information for me. If you do that then I'll help you kill him and I know a perfect way that will definitely work. Now, when I tell the snake to let go of you, you must sneak out there and keep yourself well hidden. Learn more about Itachi because you might want to know some of what he's capable of and probably who he's traveling with. " Orochimaru ordered. As hard as it was to move, Akira managed to nod his head. "If you do not do as I say, I'll kill you before you even get the chance to attack Itachi." Orochimaru snapped his fingers and the snake unraveled itself, letting Akira go free. Akira left their underground hideout. He had no choice but to do as Orochimaru said.
Not much was said when they set out to search for the 'elusive duo' and it wasn't a surprise. Today, silence loved to loom between them. Although nothing was said, both of them could agree on one thing: it was boring. The most movement that they detected was from a squirrel which seemed to love to make it seem as though it was a person there. Kisame had a strong urge to kill the squirrel but Itachi just told him to leave it.
When they got to a stream, they stopped to relax for a few moments. Both leaned against trees. "This is so boring." Kisame whined.
"It is." Itachi agreed.
"I don't understand why Pein would send us on this mission. It's impossible. He has no idea if Orochimaru is actually in the area. If I wanted to make a run for it, I sure as hell wouldn't want to be around the place where I left."
Kisame did have a valid point. But he had to just guess that Madara knew where they were. iIf he did, why couldn't he give us directions?/i Itachi sighed. "Let's continue Kisame." Kisame nodded and then they were off again.
Around evening time, they decided to go back to the hideout. They would probably do a bit of searching later since they had gathered absolutely no information. They might not have but Akira left knowing a few more facts.
"Orochimaru, not much has happened." Akira said, entering their lair. "Although Itachi is pared with Kisame, I think that's hilarious. Both monsters get to be together." Akira laughed.
"D-did . . . did they kiss?" Orochimaru asked, sadness in his tone. Akira raised an eyebrow.
"No." He replied. Orochimaru let out a sigh of relief. "Okay . . . I'm not going to ask."
"Ahem. Did you find out anything else?" Orochimaru asked.
"No. So, can I kill him now?"
"Don't worry boy, all in due time."
Akira sighed.
Itachi and Kisame got back and decided to get something to eat. When they entered the kitchen, they saw five people sitting around a table, giggling and laughing as a silver haired man's face reddened. A woman with blue hair turned around and went to get up but when she saw the two, she motioned for them to come over. They did as she asked.
"Do you want to play truth or dare?" She asked.
Kisame didn't answer, figuring it wasn't directed to him. Itachi was thinking about other things at the time. iWhy hadn't that idiot told me that it would take more than one day?/i Itachi complained in his mind. "Hey, Itachi, Kisame, I'm talking to you. Do you or don't you want to play?" She asked again.
"How do you know our names?" Kisame asked, never remembering introducing himself to her.
"I know everyone that enters this organization. I chose some of these guys to be in Akatsuki. Others were just Pein's ideas," she explained, "anyways, what are your answers?"
"Sure." Itachi sighed in his mind. At least that'd mean they'd search during the night for less time. Kisame agreed as well.
"Great! Now since I definitely know that you don't know everyone here, I'll introduce them to you. I'm Konan, the masochist over there is Hidan, you should know Sasori, the black and white guy is Zetsu and the blond is Deidara, he just joined today." Konan explained.
Itachi sat next to Konan and Kisame sat next to Itachi. As soon as they sat down, Hidan shouted, "bDon't you dare utter any word about that dare to them otherwise I'll fucking kill you./b" Konan smirked and the others giggled, it was so tempting.
"So, Itachi, truth or dare?" Konan asked. Not feeling like doing anything at the moment, Itachi picked truth. "Is it true that . . . every night since you got here, you have slept with Kisame?" It sounded so wrong coming out of Konan's mouth. Everyone began laughing. Itachi's cheeks turned pink as he replied.
"Yes," He answered, "but not like that." There were jeering laughs from the others. Itachi stared down at the table but Konan put an arm around him.
"Hey, lighten up, have a little fun and just laugh, don't worry." Konan said. Itachi nodded as the arm was removed.
"Hey, it's Itachi's turn to ask something. bYeah so shut your mouths, it wasn't that funny/b." Zetsu said to the others. It quieted down.
"Hidan, truth or dare?" Itachi asked. Hidan, of course, picked dare. He didn't like picking truth because it was too boring. "I dare you to tell me the dare that you want us not to know so badly."
"You fucking bastard!" Hidan cursed.
"You have to do the dare." Itachi said with a smirk. Hidan glared at him.
"I have to fucking kiss my partner, Kakuzu. There, are you fucking happy? Now we can get on with this Jashin damned game." The Jashinist said, not wanting to stay on the topic for long.
"I bet you'll have fun." Itachi said impishly.
"YOU SHUT THE FUCK UP!! YOU DON'T FUCKING KNOW EITHER OF US SO I WOULDN'T BE TALKING YOU LITTLE BASTARD! I'LL FUCKING KILL YOU IF YOU SAY ANYMORE!" Hidan said, standing up and pointing a rather large scythe at Itachi, "I swear to Jashin that I fucking will so come on, weasel, and say something," Hidan was fuming and Itachi was silent, he didn't know the man would get so angry, "I FUCKING SAID SAY SOMETHING, BITCH!" Sasori and Zetsu grabbed onto him to hold him back, Kisame stood up and got in front of Itachi (accidentally knocking him back), and Konan took the scythe from Hidan.
"Hidan, calm down, bnow/b." Konan told him austerely.
Seeing that Hidan was well held back, Kisame turned around and helped Itachi up. "I'm sorry." He apologized.
"It's okay." Itachi replied, picking up the chair.
After that fiasco, the game went on and it was Hidan's turn. "Itachi, truth or—" Hidan began to say but Konan told him that he could not ask Itachi. Hidan sighed but then got a great idea. "Kisame, truth or dare?" He asked with a smirk. Konan, unsure of whether or not she should stop him, decided to just let him ask the question.
"Dare." Was Kisame's answer. Itachi was uncertain of what dare Hidan had in store for Kisame but whatever it was; he knew that it would be something to humiliate him.
"I dare you to be all 'lovey-dovey' with Itachi for a week and you have to kiss him in front of all of us at least once a day," Hidan laughed, "and yeah, that means right now, right here. Pucker up weasel boy and kiss your fish." Konan didn't object to Hidan's dare for Kisame, she actually wanted to see it.
