Kisame sat up in his bed, woken by a loud crashing sound that was now echoing around the base. He pulled back the covers and tried to pull himself up, only to find that the room began spinning and his head throbbed painfully.

"Urgh, whoever woke me is going to pay in blood." he groaned, forcing himself to lie back down again. "...Just as soon as this headache passes."

2 Hours Previously

Tatsuya walked along the corridor, mumbling to himself about the various methods he could use to coerce Kyouki into actually doing some cleaning, or at the very least something vaguely womanly. That was, until his thought pattern was interrupted, by the sound of snoring coming from Kisame's room.

'Hmm? Fishman's never asleep this late... he must be totally incapacitated.' Tatsuya's eyes widened when he thought this, as he suddenly realized what Kisame's absence could mean. He spun round on his heels and rushed towards the living room, where the remaining swordsmen were sat, Mangetsu and Choujuurou playing X-Box whilst Raiga watched lingered in a dark corner, Zabuza sat on the sofa making fun of Kyouki.

" So...found any gills yet?"

"Zabuza. For the last time. We weren't doing anything and you know it." she replied, giving him an icy look.

"The last time...as in, the next time I say it... you'll just admit I almost walked in on you guys having sexytime? Well then you-"

"No Zabuza." She interrupted, glaring at him as if she was ready to rip his head straight off his neck, "The last time as in, if you say it again, they'll be finding bits of you over in Konoha." It was at that moment that Tatsuya burst into the room and everyone else let out an audible sigh.

"Get up everyone! I'm in charge now and there are going to be some changes around here!" he yelled excitedly.

"Tatsuya, you are both annoying and hideous. Why you would ever think any one of us would allow you to be leader is beyond me. Now get out before I have your funeral." Raiga sighed, rubbing his temples.

"Yes I am! Kisame is incapacitated and currently unable to continue his duties as leader, so that means that I'm in charge!"

"Why...?"

"Because I'm the strongest...obviously."

"Right...well," Kyouki said getting up from her seat next to Zabuza, "... I have a mission, I really should be doing..."

"No! You're going to do some god damn cleaning for once in your worthless life! Now go... go clean until your fingers bleed!" Tatsuya yelled, pointing his finger at her.

"Yeah... I'll get on that straight away..." she said, rolling her eyes as she walked out of the room and headed straight for the exit.

"Now, Choujuumaro...or whatever your name is. Go get me a drink." Tatsuya said, obviously oblivious to the fact that Kyouki had no intention of following his orders. "WHERE THE HELL ARE YOU TWO GOING?" He shouted after Mangetsu and Raiga, who were just as keen as Kyouki to get as far away from Tatsuya as possible before the shit hit the fan.

"As Kyouki said, Tatsuya. They're going on a mission...something to do with protecting... some guy" Choujuurou said, attempting to calm Tatsuya down.

"Don't be ridiculous, Chimihjuro. They're probably plotting against me, having a meeting to find my one weakness! Well the jokes on them...I DON'T HAVE A WEAKNESS MWAHAHAHA" Tatsuya shouted whilst rubbing his hands together and laughing manically "...and where the hell is my drink?"

Before Choujuurou could answer, Tatsuya's train of thought had completely moved on, and was now focussed on Zabuza, who up until this point, had just sat there silently with a disturbed expression painted across his face. "Now, you. Zabuza the dick! Go re-advertise the organization so that everyone knows I'm the leader! Make posters and leaflets, oh and TV adverts."

Even though there were many millions of things Zabuza could have thought of to say to Tatsuya at that moment in time, the majority of which would earn him a one-way ticket into the deepest depths of hell, he settled on a simple, "No." And with that, he too stood up and left. Leaving behind an infuriated looking Tatsuya.

"HOW DARE HE DISOBEY ME...this calls for evasive action!" Tatsuya clenched his fists and stormed out of the room, shaking with anger. Choujuurou followed him reluctantly, trying to ensure that Tatsuya didn't end up causing too much trouble.

After a short walk they reached Tatsuya's room, which was conveniently situated right next to the stairs. Tatsuya went in and started rummaging around. Although Choujuurou couldn't see what was happening, as Tatsuya's room appeared to be lost in heaps of various assorted rubbish, he could hear various things flying across the room and breaking, eventually Tatsuya appeared holding a red and white ball in his hand.

"I've been saving this for a special occasion... Actually, I had forgotten about it... right up until your name reminded me, Charmander."

Choujuurou immediately smacked his hand off his forehead, before his eyes widened in despair. "Tatsuya... please tell me that's not what I think it is..."

"Yep, it's my Poké Ball" Tatsuya replied grinning "It contains my ultimate weapon which I shall use to defeat Zabuza!"

"...which would be?" Choujuurou asked, in the hope that there was some chance – no matter how small – that Tatsuya might reveal it exploded.

"My Charizard, of course!"

"Oh god..." Choujuurou grimaced "Tatsuya, I really didn't want to be the one who told you this but... Pokémon aren't real... it's just a cartoon!"

Tatsuya stood at the top of the stairs, staring at a now trembling Choujuurou, his eyes wide with shock, "...WHAT?"

"S-Sorry...like I said, I didn't want to be the one to tell you... I was hoping that Raiga... or m-maybe Kyouki would..."

"You're lying! I'll prove it...I CHOOSE YOU, CHARIZARD" Tatsuya then hurled the Poké Ball towards the bottom of the stairs, and in the process of doing so, also managed to hit poor Choujuurou in the forehead. Sending him flying along with the Poké Ball and hitting the floor with a loud crash. However, Tatsuya's main concern was not for his team mate – who he had just knocked down a flight of stairs – but for the fact that his Charizard had not appeared.

"You bastard Chibligeroh..." he muttered, his eyes now burning with rage, "YOU KILLED HIM... YOU KILLED MY PRECIOUS CHARIZARD!"

"What the hell are you doing?" Zabuza asked, reappearing at the foot of the stairs, after hearing the loud crash. "Oh for the love of – Tatsuya did you just push Choujuurou down the stairs?"

"No! The bastard dived down there of his own free will and killed my Cha- wait... Choujuurou? THAT'S HIS NAME?"

"Choujuurou... Charmander... whatever" Choujuurou mumbled as he staggered to his feet, immediately freezing on the spot when he saw a tall figure looming over Tatsuya. "Uh... T-Tatsuya..."

"What is it?" He shouted, still angry over the 'death' of his Charizard. Noticing that Choujuurou was only pointing directly behind Tatsuya rather than saying anything, and that Zabuza was grinning like a maniac, Tatsuya realized that something must be horribly wrong and looked over his shoulder. "K-Kisame...you're awake!...Feeling any better?" he asked, smiling uneasily.

"Run... for your life." Kisame growled, obviously still feeling like death warmed up.

"I'M SORRY, IT WAS ALL CHOUJUUROU'S FAULT! HE'S THE ONE WHO FELL DOWN THE STAIRS!"

Anyway long story short, Tatsuya spent the rest of the day running away from a raging Kisame whilst everyone else rejoiced in his misery... especially Choujuurou.