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JK: Otay, I live. And so does Sakana!! If you wanna see 'im, go back to cip's deviantART. He's adorable!!
To my adorable sweetie cip-chan - THE WAR HAS BEGUN!!! (lol) And I've joined they fray by doodling. I don't have a DA, though, which is sad 'cause I drew and colored 'tachi-chan and it actually looks okay. TT.TT LOL!!!
To Dark-Rainy-Mist - Am I? Well, glad the story rox ur sox (inside joke, sorry.) XD
To lina kazamike - We'll see, lina-chan...we'll see...
To Anro-chan - Meheheh...I bet you couldn't wait...
To t.A.T.u Crazi - Glad you understand, and I'm sorry. (pouts) I'm just glad I found a place for her. Originally, I was just going to have a waitress with no name, but I got a kick outa making it your OC!
To Flamecolonel - I saw your DA, Colonel-san! Glad you like my story!
To lindortruffle (lol, j/k) ExplosiveNoteNinja - Believe me, no you don't!! Some kid key'd our principal's car, and he was like, going to murderize the lot of us!! I never did find out who it was...
To Renji's Baby Sister - That was based off a real conversation I had with a friend! She was in a mood, and whenever I aggravated her, she'd go "Kit, you'd better shut up before I drop you on my knees and beat your ass!!" So, of course I kept trying XD! Then, she says for the fifteenth time that day, "Kit, you'd better shut up-" And I yelled really loudly, "I know! I know!! You'll drop me on your knees and beat my ass!!" A bunch of people stared at us, and then she says really quietly, "I was gonna say 'Duct tape your big mouth shut', but maybe I'll do both." then I screamed "SHIT!!" at the top of my lungs. O.O'
To xcupidxstuntx - Oo! Cookies!! For me? Aww...(munches on cookies)
To Deikuru - Whoa, slow down, Dei-Dei!! (lol, Dei-Dei) You'll find out how he knew...and the answer is really stupid!!
To Artistic Eloquence - Don't feel bad! I still love you! (huggle)
To NamimiNakashima - ...RANDOM!! (chappie appears!)
To The Kyuubi maiden - You'll find out how well...! X3
To The-New-Akatsuki-Leader - SQUEAL!! Myez, well...hi.
To Hekun - No, but it's been shipped!!
Current Chapter Contains: References
Disclaimer: I own nothing.
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Sakana felt a cold chill.
"Wh-What?" he stuttered.
"You heard me." Sasuke said calmly. "I know it's you, Itachi."
"B-But...how...?!" Sakana, or rather, Itachi, gasped.
"You can't fool me."
"How?" Itachi prompted, waving his hand.
"Well, I was suspicious of a Kiri genin suddenly showing up." Sasuke began. "Then I realized your partner resembles a shark, right?"
"Yeah, and his skin's sure rough like one..." Itachi muttered. Sasuke ignored that comment, though he didn't quite get it.
"Then I realized it was you!"
"HOW?" Itachi near-screamed. No use getting Kisame out of bed for something like this. Sasuke pointed to Itachi's face.
"It's those eye-things." he stated. Itachi almost fell over.
"What?!"
"Those lines on your face! Only you have something like that."
"What-How-When?! AGH!!"
-Next Day-
"Good morning, Sasuke!" Naruto called, waving at Sasuke.
"Hey, moron." He noticed Sakana licking an ice cream. "Hey, Ita-"
"Are you hurt?!" Sakana instantly gasped.
"What?"
"You said, 'itai'. Are you hurt?!"
"What? I said hey, Ita-"
"You said it again!" Naruto said. "You sure you're alright?"
"...Never mind."
-Park-
"Sasuke-kun!" Sakura called. "Look who Naruto abandoned!!"
"He didn't abandon me, Sakura." Sakana walked over. "He said he was going to the bathroom."
"Well, look." Sasuke started, knowing Sakura would listen to him. "It's Sakura and Ita-"
"See? I told you he was hurt." Sakana interrupted.
"Oh, you're right! Are you sure you're okay, Sasuke-kun?"
"Never mind." Sasuke waved it aside. (I'll have to try a different approach.)
-Tea House-
Though Sasuke hated sweets, he figured Hinata would at least hear him out.
"H-Hello, Sasuke..." Hinata smiled.
"Hey. Why are there two cups of tea? You're the only one here."
"S-Sakana-kun is here with me." Hinata replied. "H-He offered to take me here."
"So, you and Sakana are on a date?" Sasuke asked. Hinata's face turned red.
"W-Why, no! W-We're j-j-just f-friends..."
"Yeah? You're friends with my br-"
"Dango?" Sakana appeared out of nowhere with a plate of dango.
"Oh! Y-Yes, please." Hinata took one.
"No." Sasuke refused. "How are you doing, onii-"
"Oh? So it's your knee that hurts?"
"Wh-What?" Hinata asked. "Y-You're hurt, Sasuke?" She reached in her pocket and pulled out some ointment. "Here, use this."
"No, I'm not hurt!" Sasuke was quickly losing patience. "That's Ita-"
"See, Hinata-chan?" Sakana pointed out. "He said 'itai'. He keeps denying it, though."
"Ugh...!"
-Training Grounds-
"Where's Sakana?" Naruto asked.
"Bathroom." Sakura answered.
"Oh." Sasuke felt an anger vein as Sakana came back.
"ARE YOU ALL BLIND?!" he yelled. "That kid's not who he says he is!! That's ITACHI!! I-T-A-C-H-I!! My BROTHER!!" Sakana paled.
"Are YOU blind, Sasuke?" Sakura asked. "That was rude. There's no way Sakana-kun is your brother. Sakana's too nice!" she slipped her hair behind her ear to reveal a lily. "See? He bought this at the flower shop while we were there and gave it to me. Would Itachi do that?"
"AAAGH!! I give up!" he glared daggers at Sakana. "You win this battle, Itachi, but you didn't win the war!!" he ran off. "You'll see!! I will win!!"
(Poor, foolish otouto...)
-The Hotel-
"YAH!" Sasuke dropped from the ceiling to tackle Itachi, who sidestepped.
"Foolish little brother." he grinned through his genjutsu shark teeth.
"Today, you DIE!!"
"Fine, but could we settle this elsewhere?"
-Bridge-
"Okay, you were saying?" Itachi asked, casting away his genjutsu.
"DIE!!" Sasuke charged toward him, Chidori in hand. Itachi sidestepped and Sasuke fell in the river. When he didn't surface in about a minute, Itachi, yes ITACHI, began to worry.
"Don't tell me..." he muttered. "Foolish otouto can't swim..." When another minute passed, Itachi confirmed his suspicions. "Why me...?" he groaned, instigating his genjutsu and jumping in the water after him. Swimming around as Sakana, Itachi found it hard to repress the urge to hum the Jaws theme. After swimming a bit, he found Sasuke tangled in seaweed, unconscious. Just as he was untangling him, the genjutsu came undone, entangling Itachi in the seaweed as well.
Unfortunately, no matter how prestigious the Uchiha clan is, they have really stupid weaknesses. As you have already discovered, one is their low tolerance to pain. Another one is, Uchihas are dead weights in water.
As he struggled, Itachi became more entangled. The seaweed wrapped around his neck, suffocating him. He coughed, water filling his lungs and making it harder to stay conscious...
"Itachi-kun? You coming around, honey?" a voice said. Itachi opened his eyes to the sky.
"What...?" he asked, sitting up and rubbing his eyes. Kisame was leaning against the rail, his cloak draped over it to dry. He seemed worried. (Worried?! Uh-oh!!) he thought, remembering Kisame's threat.
"How are you feeling?" Kisame brushed Itachi's damp hair out of his eyes. Itachi shrank back, expecting him to follow through. "Huh? What's wrong?"
"Y-Y-You..."
"You cold?" Kisame asked, rubbing Itachi's arms.
"What happened? Where's Sasuke?"
"Your brother's right there." Kisame gestured to Sasuke, stretched out on a rock. "He's unconscious, but alive. I got all the water out of your lungs."
"What happened?" Itachi asked again. Kisame sighed.
When Itachi had come home last night, Kisame heard the argument. He decided not to say anything, in fear that Itachi would panic. He'd heard Sasuke challenge Itachi earlier, and decided to wait it out, expecting it to take ten minutes (five to go, five to come back). When Itachi was gone twenty, he hurried to find him. Seeing Itachi's cloak on the shore, he put two and two together and dove under to help.
"Are you mad at me?" Itachi asked.
"...Not for trying to help Sasuke. I'm annoyed that you two fought again when I said not to..." Kisame sighed.
"So, I'm in for it?"
"Not just you."
"Huh?" Itachi couldn't believe what he just heard. "That means you...you're going to..."
"Yeah." Kisame stood up. "You're both in for it."
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AN:
JK: Heheheh...Sasuke's in trouble, Sasuke's in trouble...XD I love my job. Until chappie 15, SHE GONE!!
