Slave to a Shark

by KisaItas

The Uchiha's are legends sought after for their special eyes, beauty, grace and power. One day, Sasuke steps into the outside world and gets caught, his brother Itachi tries to save him but ends up caught as well. The two are captured and sold as slaves to a man known as the Monster of the Mist. KisaIta AU. Lots of SasuSui later, some Shisui x Male OC too.

5. Descent to Madness

Slave to a Shark – Chapter 5: Descent to Madness (censored)

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Warning please read: This chapter begins the real descent of madness for Kisame – after this he will be even worse and by even worse I mean this is where my warnings from the first chapter come to play. If you were squeamish through the first part, please don't continue. So far you may think that I have described torture, I have not (can what he did to Itachi be truly considered torture? It was too soft, really).

OK NEVERMIND. I have decided not to post the full version here. This is a censored version. The part between the three "XXX" is completely removed. If you're interested in reading it, PM me or go to my AO3 account where I have a separate work with proper warning tags about the torture.

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"Shisui, I have a bad feeling about this, I think we should go back and come here again when it's dark." A girl with long brown hair and deep chocolate brown eyes said.

"Don't worry, Tohru. If it's dark we won't be able to see and that's just as bad. They probably won't come here again because Uchiha's that get captured never return to the same area, they won't be expecting us." Shisui, a man with curly coal colored hair said. His eyes matched his dark in darkness, but his skin was pale like moonlight.

"Okay..." Tohru seemed uneasy, but pushed aside her uneasy thoughts and followed her distant cousin.

The duo had the same thought as they uneasily ran through the woods.

Anything to get you back... Itachi... Sasuke!

"Ack!" Shisui screamed out and jumped back as he was pulled into a sharp metal cage.

"SHISUI!" Tohru screamed, panicking as her cousin was captured.

"There are two?" Tohru jumped forward at the sound of the voice but it was too late, in an instant three men had pinned her down and were tying her up with ropes. The last thing she saw as she fought back, biting one of the men's arms, was a man with strange green eyes - ones without the whites around then. Instead they were black. And so was her vision a moment later.

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"How are you feeling?" Itachi asked as soon as Sasuke came back from his shower. He didn't look well at all, though he looked a lot less sick than before his shower.

Itachi had come to Sasuke as soon as he was allowed to leave, and Sasuke had been awake at the time, forcing himself to get up and move around.

"I'm fine, I'm more worried about you..."

Itachi smiled. "Don't worry about me. I think I have a way to get us out." Itachi was lying but he needed to give Sasuke hope. In truth he was still working on a plan. Specifically, he needed to research information about the slave seal. Would it work from great distances? If he and Sasuke managed to distance themselves enough could they be partially spared? Would it work after their master's death? What could break it? There were many unanswered questions Itachi needed the answer to before he could come up with a solid escape strategy.

"What's your plan?" Sasuke sighed as he wrapped a blanket around himself, shivering from the cold despite it being quite warm in the room.

"I'll tell you later... I don't trust your guard and he has a strange ability that makes me think he could potentially eavesdrop on our conversation." Itachi furrowed his brows in concern as he saw his brother shiver.

"Good point." Suigetsu was not on the room right now, he had given them privacy but who knew how his water ability worked? Could he maybe turn himself into water and squeeze through the door listening in on everything while not appearing to be human? He wouldn't even be noticed.

Itachi decided to keep Sasuke busy by talking about times past and games they used to play as children. Time passed quickly while they conversed and Sasuke even smiled. However, it was too much for Sasuke who was sick, he was in a daze just as it got dark and looked like he would slip back into sleep any moment.

"Sasuke, take your medicine first." Itachi ordered, picking it up from the bedside table and giving it to his brother, who gulped it down without complaint. Sasuke was never one to complain about these things, yet Itachi always felt for his brother every time he drank it, thinking about how bitter the taste and worrying about Sasuke's health.

"Thank you, Nii-san... I'm going to sleep, so tired..." And Sasuke fell asleep.

Itachi smiled as he glanced at his brother one last time before leaving. He didn't want to keep Kisame waiting lest it garner more punishments. Outside, Suigetsu was sitting against the wall waiting.

"You can go in now."

"Kay." Suigetsu seemed to be distracted by something as he entered Sasuke's room, but Itachi didn't have time to dwell on it. He could only hope whatever it was, it wouldn't affect Sasuke.

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Itachi fidgeted a little as he stood outside Kisame's bedroom. The day had been so nice so far, and he was afraid it would be ruined with what was to come. But what could he do? He needed to know Kisame's deal. But why take place in the bedroom? What kind of deals went on there? Despite Itachi's incredibly intelligence, the true reasons never occurred to him.

Well… Might as well go in. Things can't get any worse. Oh, how wrong he was – but he wouldn't know that until later.

Itachi turned the doorknob and entered the room, it was slightly less dramatic than he had been expecting. Kisame was sitting on a chair at his desk, seemingly lost in thought. When he entered, Kisame looked over his way but didn't speak right away.

It was Itachi who broke the silence – by clearing his throat.

"Please, sit down." Kisame gestured towards the bed. Itachi complied and sat down, watching Kisame.

"So… about this deal…" Itachi began, hoping Kisame would finish. He didn't, and the sentence was left awkwardly standing.

"I like you."

"I know already." Well if you didn't like me, why the hell would you buy me? Obviously I know you have some degree of interest in me, I'm an expensive object. Kisame looked dumbstruck, staring at Itachi like an idiot. "Why are you looking at me like that?"

"You know already…? So then… What's your… response? Why didn't you mention anything earlier?" How long have you known? How did you figure it out? Am I that obvious? I thought my actions were all torturous so far… Wait I just asked for his response! What if he rejects me? Fear gripped Kisame and he considered snapping Itachi's neck so he wouldn't have to hear the rejection that was sure to come. He would rather his love be one sided and die, with his imagination to fill in the blanks than hear the awful truth.

"Well… I mean… I don't entirely understand yet why you bought me, at first I thought it might be because Uchiha's are legendary and you wanted to parade me as an object to show off your obscene wealth, but that doesn't seem to be the case. If all you wanted was to torture me, you would've gotten a more replaceable slave – I get the feeling you won't kill me entirely just because of the money that would mean losing. And I mean I'm not doing any work here so I get the feeling you didn't plan to use me to do work that slaves normally do…." Itachi trailed off. "I mean I considered you wanted to use me for research as well but you haven't done that… To be honest I'm still wondering why you bought me or what you see in me, but I'm not questioning it too much, it's not my priority."

Kisame was staring at Itachi throughout this entire speech, wondering what the hell Itachi was talking about. Eventually, towards the end it seemed as if Itachi was asking why Kisame liked him – he did use the words "I'm still wondering… what you see in me." After thinking about it for a moment Kisame tried to answer to the best of his ability.

"What I see in you is… Well at first I saw beauty. You're perfect in every way even with scars all over, I can't deny my physical attraction to you. The second thing I saw was… Strength. You fought back the pain of the slave's curse on your neck and convinced me to buy your brother, managing to remain graceful when most slaves cannot. Later, you caught my hand when I tried punching you the first day you were here and fought back with remarkable strength – but it wasn't the physical strength of that which amazed me, it was your determination to fight for that ideal. The third thing I saw was…" Kisame stopped here because he didn't entirely feel comfortable using the word, but he was the Monster of the Mist damn it, and he wasn't going to be afraid of some words. "Love. You love your brother and care for him in a way I don't understand, it seems like a thing of fairy tales and I… I want that from you too."

Kisame was always known for his honesty. He hated lies – so he found himself doing what he was always best at doing – being honest and doing what he wanted. Even if what he wanted to do was rip apart an entire village, or what he was being honest about was his desire to kill someone. No one could say he was a good man even if he was honest.

Itachi listened to Kisame's return speech, the cogs in his brain working in overdrive.

He… Loves me. What he just described is love, he actually loves me. This part didn't make sense to Itachi at all. I can't believe he noticed all those things but it seems as if he is sincere… And it makes his more recent behavior make sense. This is perfect! I can use it! I can use him. I can use this to get Sasuke and myself out of here. This can work to my advantage.

Itachi was always known for his manipulative tendencies. He was a liar, the biggest liar anyone ever met and yet no one ever knew, because he was also a great actor. Besides, he was a generally good person and did things for the right reasons and had a high sense of justice – no one could say he was an evil man even if he was manipulative.

"Why are you smiling?" Kisame asked, wondering if his speech was too creepy and turned Itachi off.

"When you said you liked me, I didn't realize it was like that…" Kisame's eyes widened and his mind whirred back to earlier. "I thought you meant you liked me as an object that you paid 100 million Seo for."

"Oh." Kisame managed, realizing he just confessed his love in great detail. Embarassment rose within him and his earlier urge to snap Itachi's neck to avoid the rejection came back. He was about to act on said urge and two hands were cupping his face.

Itachi had gotten up and was now looking down at Kisame, holding the shark's face in his hands. "I feel the same way." Itachi didn't let Kisame finish, instead he brought his lips down to meet Kisame's.

Kisame's heart soared, he felt like he was on cloud number nine and then some. Was this really happening? He kissed back, and parted his lips to lick Itachi's hoping for entrance. Instead, Itachi broke the kiss, much to Kisame's disappointment.

Itachi ran his fingers through Kisame's surprisingly soft hair, not letting his eyes leave Kisame's, and pressing his forehead to Kisame's. "I'm so happy, Master."

"I'm happy too." Kisame reciprocated Itachi's gesture by running his fingers through Itachi's silky hair, reveling in the pleasure of having permission to touch it. "But I don't understand… I thought you hated me." Actually Kisame had never intended to confess all of his feelings to Itachi – his plan when he said 'I like you' was to imply only a physical attraction and convince Itachi to willingly have sex with him. This was better, sure, but unexpected.

"Well… I do hate you a little." Itachi said, observing with satisfaction the look of guilt and sadness that crossed Kisame's features. That look means he's serious about what he said earlier. It's too suspicious for me to love him suddenly, I have to make this seem realistic, besides this way he will bend over backwards to make up for everything… "I mean, you did torture me… And I am a slave… But I would be lying if I said I wasn't attracted to you as well." Itachi purposefully took this time to make it appear as if he were mentally undressing the man, letting his hand wander over Kisame's toned shoulder and arm, as if he were in love with those muscles. "And… I have…" Itachi looked away while biting his lip and wishing he could make himself blush on cue – instead he imagined his girlfriend naked and a faint pink hue made it's way to his cheeks. "I have… a thing for strong, dominating men…"

He looks so adorable. Kisame couldn't help himself, he loved every word coming out of Itachi's lips, the cute way he was confessing – even if it wasn't entirely what he wanted to hear, it would have been a lie if he was completely in love with him, at least his words sounded like truth – the way he was blushing and trying to hide his lust filled eyes and lingering touch on Kisame's skin. Kisame noticed it all and grabbed Itachi, pushing him onto the bed, getting on top of him and meeting his lips with Itachi's once more. Kisame didn't seek permission this time, he was too far gone, instead he plunged his tongue into Itachi's mouth and moaned when their tongues met, the feeling similar to fireworks going off inside the shark. Kisame's lower half was instantly erect and he grinded against Itachi's hips, losing himself in the sensation.

"Unnh." Itachi gently pushed Kisame away from the kiss and looked away, his face beet red.

"What's wrong?" Kisame asked. Didn't he just say he likes dominating men? But when Kisame had grinded his hips against Itachi's he did notice the man below him was not erect. Was he lying when he said he was attracted to me?

"I… That is…" Itachi pretended to be afraid to speak before continuing. "I'm embarrassed."

"Of what?"

"Well that is…" Itachi continued to look to the side, covering his face partially with his hands. He had to make this seem real, and still avoid sex with Kisame. "I'm nervous, I've never done it with another man before…" Knowing someone possessive like Kisame, the idea that I'm a virgin will drive him insane. In reality Itachi was not a virgin. It was true he had never done it with a man before but he had done it with both his ex-girlfriend and his current girlfriend. Or as current as can be considered that he would never see her again – he might as well consider that relationship finished.

"There's nothing to be nervous about." Kisame said, feeling Itachi's desired impact course through him. He was secretly very happy with this revelation, and it turned him on in ways he didn't know were possible. "We can go slowly…" He said this, but his erection was almost painful at this point, he had to use more self control than he had ever used in his life.

"I'm scared." Itachi looked into Kisame's eyes, letting fear show on his face. "Also… I'm a little scared of you even if I like you a lot. Can we take things slowly in our relationship first? This is still new to me."

"Of course we can." Kisame found he couldn't deny Itachi – especially not when he looked so cute staring up at him with his large onyx eyes. It's my fault he's scared of me and he's still trying. I'll show him he has nothing to fear and then things will get better… Kisame couldn't help but smile as he daydreamed of the possibilities.

Itachi shifted uncomfortably below Kisame and it took that long for him to realize that Itachi was still injured! It was a wonder he didn't scream when Kisame had pushed him onto the bed. Filled with both remorse and concern, Kisame got up and gave Itachi room to move around. "I'm sorry." Kisame managed, gently touching Itachi's hand and worried about what he could do to help.

Itachi looked back at Kisame and smiled gently, "It's okay, it's all okay now. The wounds are healing but it'll take a few weeks before the pain really stops. That salve earlier helped a lot, especially with the pain."

"Let me put more on you…" Kisame offered, his heart fluttering.

"Okay." Itachi continued his smile, letting one hand touch Kisame's knee briefly.

My how the tables have turned… Itachi couldn't help but think as Kisame eagerly reached for the salve.

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Kisame was at his work table, unable to focus on his work - all that went through his mind was a certain Uchiha and the strange emotions he was feeling. He didn't quite understand them - or all the other things going on - but he could say that he liked it.

He actually found himself humming for a moment. Humming! He had to stop himself and remind himself that he was the Monster of the Mist and that monsters do not hum. But they also don't stupidly confess their love to their slaves, and yet he had done it. But it was the best decision he had ever made! Kisame caught himself smiling again and had to bite his mouth from the inside, drawing blood from his sharp teeth, to control himself.

"Master Hoshigaki!" Jared entered Kisame's office with a sense of urgency. Kisame was instantly all ears. Jared always took his job seriously, he did not speak urgently unless it was important. "Kakuzu is back!"

Kisame didn't even notice that Jared had dropped the "Master Kakuzu" act. He jumped out of his chair and stalked past Jared, who followed Kisame.

"What shall I do?"

"Nothing, let me handle it." Kisame said, as the two went through the halls. "Take care of things as you always have."

"Very well, Master." Jared stopped his jog next to Kisame and began heading in a different direction.

Kisame turned his focus to the medical wing.

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A scream ripped through the halls of the Hoshigaki mansion as Itachi walked back in from the gardens. It was a scream that instantly shocked Itachi, making him push straight to his fight or flight response – and he chose to fight. Instantly he ran towards the voice coming from the medical wing, praying to every god he knew that it wasn't who he thought it was.

Shisui! Why do I hear your screams?

Itachi slammed open the door of a room he hadn't yet been in, where the screams were coming from.

Too much to intake all at once. Kisame stood there. Random man with stitches all over, looks like zombie puppet. Shisui on iron slab, held down with chains. Blood. Blood dripping from Shisui's eyes. Tohru. Itachi's girlfriend. Tohru. Bound against the wall, tied and unconscious. Too much to intake. Itachi's eyes turned red, three point star. Mind blank. Tohru. Shisui. Too much to intake.

Itachi screamed and ran forward to his cousin's side, trying to unchain him, and realizing that his cousin's eyes were no longer in their sockets.

"ITACHI RUN." Shisui screamed as soon as he heard Itachi's scream.

"Itachi stop!" Kisame ordered, Itachi's curse mark blazed spiraling Itachi into more pain than his injuries had already caused. But Itachi didn't stop, desperately trying to unchain his friend, his eyes flipping back and forth between his lover and his best friend at an incredible speed. The pain burned so much Itachi thought he was dying, his body was shaking, unable to hold still and he still fought against the chains, blubbering with no idea about what he was saying.

"Boy, if you keep at it, I'll kill you." Kakuzu threatened.

Kisame came up behind Itachi and hit him at a precise spot on his head, knocking him out.

"I'll take care of this." Kisame responded, tossing Itachi over his shoulder and turning to leave.

"Good." Kakuzu responded, toying with the two eyes that were now in liquid filled containers by his side.

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Kisame was back in the medical wing after dropping Itachi off in their bedroom – Kisame had decided that they would share it on his own, Itachi would figure it out later.

Itachi knew who that boy was at least, and maybe that girl. They might be family. He might care for them like he cares for Sasuke. I have to get rid of Kakuzu.

Kisame thought of possibilities as he returned to the room, where Kakuzu no longer was.

He's probably in his lab, I should go.

Just as he was about to leave Kisame heard a groan. Turning around, he noticed it was from the girl wearing red and white. The boy who had lost his eyes was unconscious.

Kisame approached the girl who was steadily opening her crimson red eyes, they contained two black swirls.

"You're awake."

The girl looked up at her captor with fierce anger and hatred.

"You… Why would you do this to us…? What have we ever done to you?" She asked with great spite.

"I didn't do this to you. Maybe I'll even help you out." Kisame said. "My name is Kisame. What's yours?" Kisame felt he might as well be friendly with Itachi's family, if Itachi valued them so much.

The girl's hatred didn't subside. Likely, she didn't believe him. Good cop, bad cop routine. "Tohru." She seethed. "Why would you help me? You didn't stop that man from taking Shisui's eyes." She looked like she was about to cry but was forcing herself to be strong.

"Well Tohru, I'm… Friends with Itachi. Because we're… friends I will help you. I could not help Shisui earlier, but I will do what I can. That man, Kakuzu, is not easy to defeat."

Tohru's eyes had softened momentarily at the mention of Itachi. "Itachi doesn't make friends." Tohru said. "Not this fast. He hasn't been gone long enough."

This irritated Kisame. He just told the girl they were friends, what more did she need to know? Who was she to question his relationship?! "How do you know Itachi?"

"He's my boyfriend."

Kisame's world came crashing down. It felt like a landslide had collapsed over him. A million thoughts ran through his mind and he couldn't sort them all out.

Was he lying to me?

"He's my boyfriend."

He sounded so sincere when he said he liked me!

Does he even like men?

Was he lying to me?

"He's my boyfriend."

Why didn't he tell me he has a girlfriend?

Does he love her?

What's so great about her?

"He's. My. Boyfriend."

Why her?

I was lied to.

Itachi is a liar.

My.

Or she's the liar.

But she doesn't know.

Was he using me?

Mine.

Liar.

Was he manipulating me?

Liar.

Liar.

Liar.

Kisame's chest felt heavy, painful, worse than he had ever anticipated.

"Are you okay? Are you having a seizure?" The girl seemed genuinely concerned, yet her words seemed evil to Kisame. He antagonized her and could view her as nothing but trash.

"Oh I'm fine." Kisame managed, finally reaching for her constraints and letting her go free. "In fact… Come with me. I'll take you to Itachi, he'll be glad to see you."

The girl smiled. "I'm sorry about earlier… I guess you really are a friend, especially if Itachi really does trust you."

Kisame said nothing, just let those chains fall to the floor with a loud clink.

She's so trusting. Too bad… Maybe she hasn't realized the one and only truth in this world… That there is no truth. Deception reigns supreme.

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XXX- This is where it really gets bad, if you want to skip this just find the next set of these letters and read from there. Summary included.

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XXX- Kisame tortures Tohru until she's no longer recognizeable as herself or as a human.

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"Jared." Kisame called as he left the blood filled room, his own body drenched in the liquid.

"Yes, Master Hoshigaki?" Jared's eyes were on the blood that stained Kisame.

"In the torture room… Please clean up the body and organs… But leave the blood… Have Itachi clean it."

"Right away, Master Hoshigaki." Jared thought he was immune, but he knew what happened, and that last decision to have Itachi clean it sickened him greatly. But he was loyal to Kisame first and foremost. Obediently, Jared entered the torture chamber and immediately vomited.

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A/N: So… Thoughts? Death threats? I'd like to hear from you.

I'll write fluffy good stuff for the next few days in my other fics before coming back to this one, so the next update shouldn't be for at least a week… Unless I can't help myself.

Thanks to those who reviewed and shared your thoughts, it helps a lot!