Itachi stood in front of the door to Kisame's room, hand only inches from the door knob

Itachi stood in front of the door to Kisame's room, hand only inches from the door knob. He swallowed and put his hand on the knob. "ITACHI!" A voice sang from behind him. He whipped around and saw Madara in that annoying, stupid, orange mask.

"What is it . . . Tobi?" Itachi asked.

"Tobi was a good boy and," He looked from side to side and then said in a serious tone, "found their location. We have to go."

"B-but I," Itachi looked at the door then back at Madara, "I-I have t-to—"

"No time." Madara grabbed Itachi by the arm and began to pull him back down the hall. Itachi got out of his grip and followed him, seeing that he had no choice but to go. Kisame could wait. I was so close . . . Itachi sighed in his mind. He shook the thoughts from his mind and focused on his objective. Personal feelings could not get in his way.

They arrived deeper in the forest than him and Kisame had gone before. It was about 5 miles away from the hideout. Hidden underneath leaves and dead branches was a door. Madara pushed them aside and opened the door. He motioned Itachi to go in and he did. Madara followed behind him. They crept down steps and then into a huge room that wasn't that bright for the only thing illuminating it was a small candle on a small table in the middle. Itachi looked to Madara for directions but saw that the man was gone. Must've gone off to explore. I guess I'll do the same.

Itachi stepped further into the room and saw the many hallways that led off of it. This place was probably as much as a maze as the Akatsuki hideout. He heard a footstep from behind him so he turned around and was face to face with the man that got on his nerves more than anyone else in the world; Orochimaru.

"Itachi . . . how are you?" He asked. Itachi glared him. "Always glaring aren't you," Orochimaru sighed, "you've got to be nicer. I'm not your enemy. But, as I recall, he is." Orochimaru pointed to Itachi's left and Itachi turned his head and saw Madara. What the hell? Madara's form went away as the person morphed into Akira. Itachi's eyes narrowed.

"Wow, you fall for tricks easily Itachi." Akira snorted. He was coming closer to Itachi but Orochimaru held up a hand, telling Akira to back off. Akira did as he was silently ordered to do.

"I'm going to need you to go back, Madara's probably out of the genjutsu he was put in and I don't think we need him lurking around here."

"No! I don't want to! I've got Itachi Uchiha right where I want him and I'm not going to—"

"Akira," Orochimaru said in a slightly annoyed tone, "do as you are told otherwise bad things will happen. And you know what I mean." Akira sighed and then left the place. Itachi was about to attack him with a kunai but a snake started to coil around his leg, making him almost trip. "You're staying here Itachi. Now sleep for me, please." Suddenly Itachi went unconscious. How that happened, he had no idea.

Kisame sat on his bed still, wondering if Itachi would ever face him. I was so stupid; I should have never done it. Kisame thought regretfully. But I thought we both wanted it . . . he let it continue . . . he kissed back . . . His thoughts were wiped away when the door opened. He caught a glimpse of the person standing in the door way and gasped. The other guy had also gasped and slammed the door. Was that . . .? Kisame shook his head, he couldn't have seen what he had saw. He was dead, Akira couldn't have been there.

Shortly after, his gaze shifted back to the door. He could've imagined it, but he was curious. Kisame got up from his bed, grabbed his Samehada just in case if it was an intruder, and walked out the door. He looked to his right and saw a shadow go down a hallway that was 5 halls down. He stepped forward to follow after but the figure came running back, going Kisame's way. The figure slid to a stop as he noticed Kisame and then disappeared down another hallway. He began running after the mystery man. It could be Itachi . . .

Kisame stopped at the hallway that he was sure the man had gone down. He walked and when he heard yells, he knew which room he would check first; the one all the way at the end. He opened the door and caught the last sentence that was yelled from one of the men in the room. "Where the hell is Itachi?!"

Standing in front of him was an orange masked man in an Akatsuki cloak and, to his surprise, Akira.

Itachi slowly regained consciousness and found himself in a small room, tied up, mouth covered by a cloth and all of his chakra depleted. He was able to lift his head up so he did but all he saw was Orochimaru sitting in a chair with a mischievous grin on his face. Itachi quickly looked back to the ground; he wished he hadn't seen his face. He absolutely hated the way Orochimaru looked at him.

"Finally awake Itachi?" Orochimaru asked. Itachi could hear Orochimaru get up and walk over to him. He crouched down and made Itachi look at him. "Comfortable?" Itachi cursed at him even though he knew that his words would be muffled by the cloth. "I'm so tempted to take that thing off of you and get a different thing to cover your mouth." Orochimaru said, a snaky grin once again on his face. Itachi shuddered at the thought. He didn't try to say anything else.

"Akira had asked me to leave you alone but with you like this, I don't know if I'll have control over myself." Orochimaru's tongue came out of his mouth and brushed against his face then traveled down the left side of Itachi. Itachi tried to roll on his side to get the tongue to stop. When he almost rolled on top of it, it receded back. Orochimaru smirked. "Do you really want to do it the hard way? I will get you even if I have to force you." He rolled Itachi to where he was lying on his back and then straddled him. Orochimaru untied the cloth and before Itachi could say anything, the snake man kissed him forcefully.

The orange masked one looked at the door and saw Kisame. "Get out of here Kisame; this is none of your business." The man said. Kisame didn't move, he now wanted to know where Itachi was and what happened to him.

"Yeah, get out of here you dumb shark. You're not needed so just go back to your room like a good little fishy." Akira mocked. Kisame glared at the two.

"Shut up. Where is Itachi?" Kisame asked. Akira shrugged.

"I don't know."

"You liar!" The other guy went to punch Akira but he dodged and tried to slash him with a kunai. The other one pulled out a kunai as well and there was a loud clang as he blocked the hit. The man grabbed both of Akira's arms and then pinned him against the wall so he wouldn't move. He took advantage of this and punched Akira in the face. Smoke appeared and all that was left was a log. It had been a substitution.

Akira was now across the room and the other man, if Kisame would've been able to see his face, was sure to be really ticked off. Kisame swung his Samehada at Akira in which he dodged it barely. "Where is he?"

"Two against one, that isn't fair," Akira said, "I mean, you're at a complete disadvantage with only you two against me." Suddenly, Akira fell back with a loud thud. Kisame raised a brow.

"I couldn't take it anymore," The orange masked one confessed, "c'mon, I'm sure Itachi's at Orochimaru's hideout but I have no idea where it is. I'm going to need your help Kisame." Kisame nodded.

"One question, what's your name?"

"Tobi!" The man said cheerily. Kisame was irritated by the cheery tone but he ignored it as he followed Tobi out the window. They charged into the woods and ran quickly, heading north. Kisame couldn't believe what was happening that day. Akira comes back from the dead, Itachi and him share a kiss, and Itachi being held captive by Orochimaru . . . Kisame sped up a bit when he thought of that. Who knew what Orochimaru would do to him.

"I'm not getting traces of any chakra anywhere near, are you?" Tobi asked, breaking Kisame from his thoughts.

"Hm? Well . . . now that you mention it, there is one but it's very little . . . I don't know if it could be any of them." Kisame informed Tobi.

"Then we'll just have to take the chance. Which way?"

"Northeast."

"Okay." Tobi veered over to the left a bit and began dashing in that direction with Kisame still following just as fast behind. Itachi . . . I hope it's you. I really do.