AN:

JK: Okay. Everyone liked the shampoo comment. Why? Mission chapters begin here! Mission, pt. 1! BTW, Flame and cip pix! Links from before apply.

To Yulia - Thanks for the nickname!

To Flame - Thxs for the pix!

To melody726 - MR.WEASEL! Okay.

To my Lollipop - Pay me in pretzels and I'll let you have 'em for the afternoon.

To kanichiwa bitches - Thanks!

To Yusin - Thank Itachi for the flower, not me!

To The Kyuubi maiden - More Mr. Weasel? Okay.

To ExplosiveNoteNinja - XD

To my ubularly-fantastic sweetie cip-chan - I worried you? I'm sorry! Thxs for the pic, btw!

To ItachiXHinata17 - What is it with you people and the shampoo? Oh, well. I did something right!

To SinkuNaida - Okay, but I meant parental.

To The-New-Akatsuki-Leader -(chibi Itachi huggles back)

To Aly Uzumaki - I love the story, Aly-chan! Keep up the good work!

To Ninja.of.Love - Yes. Yes it was.

To nurikos-lurver - Have fun!

To Naito Kanpeki - Cookie? For me? Thanks! (munches)

To Anro-chan -Got a specific genre? I know a couple good Naruto fics I could point you to.

To Renjisbabysister - Personally, the Samehada scene was my favorite one.

To Deikuru - I dunno. Who do you think?

Current Chapter Contains: Mild spanking of children

Disclaimer: I own nothing.

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"Kisame, Sasori, I have a mission for you two." Pein stated, walking into the living room. Sasori looked up from playing Candyland with Deidara and Kisame stopped reading to Itachi.

"But, Leader..." Sasori began. "We can't go on a mission. The children..."

"Will be cared for by Konan and myself." Pein finished.

"Sassy?" Deidara asked. "Are you going away?"

"I'm going on a mission, Dei-chan." Sasori replied, picking Deidara up. "We need to get packed."

"What's the mission, Leader?" Kisame asked. Itachi, sitting on one of his knees, nervously hugged him.

"You'll need to obtain a scroll from the Village Hidden in the Grass." Leader explained. "The mission should take approximately two days, so plan accordingly."

"Fine." Kisame nodded, lifting Itachi off his knee and carrying him upstairs.

-Upstairs-

"Kisame, how long will you be gone?" Itachi asked, watching the shark-nin pack a duffel bag with clothes and miscellaneous ninja equipment.

"Two or three days." he replied. "Why?" As soon as he said it, Itachi wrapped his arms around his leg.

"Don't go!" he whimpered. "Don't go!"

"Itachi-chan, I'll be back soon." Kisame assured him, kneeling down and smoothing his hair.

"But...what if-"

"I'll be back soon." Kisame told him firmly.

"But...I don want you to go..." Itachi whispered.

"Aw, geez, 'Tachi..." the shark-nin lifted his partner up and sat him on his knee. "I don't want to leave you, but I have to. You'll be fine, though."

"Are you sure?"

"Yeah." Kisame grinned and kissed Itachi's forehead. "I'm sure." He stood up and placed Itachi on the ground. "Now, Sasori and I still need to gather some things up before we leave. He'll be in with Deidara in a minute, so behave yourself."

"Okay." Itachi nodded. Kisame gave him an affectionate pat on the back before he left. Shortly after he left, Sasori came in and placed his bag on the bed and Deidara on the ground. He kissed him on top of his head, then left as well.

"Now what, un?" Deidara asked.Itachi didn't answer, but looked at the bags. They were just about their sizes.

"Deidara?"

"Un?"

"I have...an idea."

-Later-

"They must be out back playing." Konan told Kisame and Sasori as they were ready to leave.

"Well, when they get back in, tell them I said to behave." Kisame said.

"And I said I'll miss them." Sasori smiled as he spoke. Konan nodded.

"I'll tell them." she smiled back. "Have a safe and successful mission."

"We will." they called as they left.

-On the Road-

"Deidara, this is Itachi. Can you hear me?" Itachi whispered into his walkie-talkie.

"Loud and clear, un." Deidara whispered back. "How are you doing?"

"Good, but the jumping is a little rough."

"Yeah, un."

-Sasori and Kisame-

"Sasori?" Kisame asked.

"Yeah?"

"Up ahead!" Kisame pointed to a squad of Grass shinobi, eight of them, all waiting for them.

"Shit..." Sasori muttered. A shinobi grinned.

"Come to steal the scroll, I see?" he asked. Kisame pulled the Samehada off his back.

"Let us through." he growled, using the same tone he uses when Itachi's in trouble.

"I think not." Another said, reaching for her katana. A battle broke out between everyone. In the midst of it, the two abandoned bags moved around, Kisame's zipping open to reveal Itachi and Sasori's zipping open to reveal Deidara.

"Wha's goin' on, un?" Deidara asked.

"A fight!" Itachi gasped. "Oh, no!"

"We've gotta help them!" Deidara said. At that moment, the shinobi who pulled the katana turned around and saw them.

"Oh, my God!" she gasped. "There are children out here! We have to get them away!" Kisame, who had just finished off another Grass nin, turned around.

"Children?" he asked, then saw Itachi and Deidara tripping another Grass nin and causing him to fall on his own katana. "Sasori!"

"Yeah?" Sasori called.

"The kids! They followed us!"

"What?" Sasori whirled around to see the chibis kick the woman in the shin. "Oh, no!" both looked at each other, then quickly finished off the remaining two shinobi. The kids had vanished when they were finished.

"Itachi!" Kisame called sternly. "Come out here, now! I know you're hiding from me." Slowly, a frightened Itachi stepped out of the bushes.

"Deidara! You, too!" Sasori said. Deidara followed Itachi. Both were looking at the ground and trembling.

"Uchiha Itachi, what were you THINKING!" Kisame demanded. Itachi flinched and began to whimper.

"Kisame, save it." Sasori advised. "We'll deal with them at the hotel. Come on." As he spoke, Sasori reached for Deidara and lifted him up. Kisame nodded and reached for Itachi. Itachi jumped backwards and shook his head no.

"Itachi...you come here right now, young man." Kisame growled warningly. Clearly frightened, Itachi walked to within an arm's length of Kisame and held out his small arm. Kisame grabbed him and lifted him up, placing him on his hip. Both picked up their bags and took them to a hotel. They checked into two different rooms next to each other when they got there. Once in their room, Itachi jumped far away from Kisame.

"No!" he begged.

"Itachi, come here." Kisame lifted him back up and placed him over his lap.

"But, I'm sorry!" Itachi wailed.

"That doesn't change the fact that you deliberately disobeyed me and put yourself in harm's way!" Kisame scolded, swatting him five times. Itachi burst into tears and began sobbing hard. The shark-nin quickly pulled him up into a gentle embrace, rocking him tenderly and running his fingers through his long black hair.

"K-Kisame?" Itachi hiccupped. "Wh-Why are y-y-you c-crying?"

"Thank God you're safe..." Kisame said back, unable to stop his own tears. "Thank God..."

-Sasori and Deidara's Room-

"Deidara, come on, now...the sooner you come here, the sooner it's over." Sasori tried, reaching for his partner. Deidara cautiously walked over to him. Sasori lightly swatted him twice, then pulled him close. "Deidara, you scared me..."

"I'm sorry!" Deidara sobbed.

"I know...I know..." Sasori murmured gently. "I know...I'm just happy you're safe."

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AN:

JK: Mission Pt. 2 begins soon! But, I'll see you on March 18th for Kisame's birthday! I'm putting up a one-shot of Kisame's 25th birthday! I hope to see you then!