Chapter 26: Nine In The Afternoon

"Suigetsu! There you are! Damn, do you have any idea how long I'v been looking for you?"

Kisame busts into the hallway that leads towards the visitors entrance. The light nearly blinds him for a moment then he sees Suigetsu turn to him with an exasperated expression on his face.

"Can't you shut up for once Old Shark?" Suigetsu asks as he turns back towards Sasuke whom is standing next to him. "Why were you looking for me anyway?"

Kisame smacks Suigetsu across the back of his head and replies, "Hey, talk to your elders with more respect. I was looking for you cuz I was bored. When I was still with Itachi he would always be happy to appease my boredom."

Suigetsu makes a grossed-out face that compliments Sasuke look of pure pain. Sasuke looks down as Suigetsu says,

"Why the fuck would I talk to you with respect!? And why in the hell would I ever want to appease your boredom? Yeah, I know what you mean. It aint happening you ugly-ass Shark. Once was enough!"

"You wanna bet?" Kisame asks as he gets a glint in his eye and grabs a hold of Suigetsu's face roughly.

Suigetsu doesn't really have time to react before the new Yamada enters the room and speaks to Sasuke saying flatly,

"Mr. Uzumaki is here now. You said you wanted to see him?"

Sasuke nods and follows after Yamada who leads him out into the room where the prisoners meet their guests. Before he closes the door to Kisame and Suigetsu they see a flash of blonde followed by an angry glare obviously directed towards Sasuke. When the door closes Suigetsu exhales.

"What was that about?" Kisame asks.

"Why should I tell you Old Shark?"

KIsame hits him on the back of the head again and replies, "You're so damn rude!"

Suigetsu smirks then takes out his knife and begins twirling it around his fingers. Kisame watches him with interest until finally he asks,

"Why do you have that knife?"

Suigetsu looks up at him, still smirking, and answers,

"I'm collecting them."

Kisame's eyes beady eyes narrow, "Collecting what?"

"You know." Suigetsu replies with a grin.

Kisame laughs. "The Mist Seven Swordsmen, huh? I don't even know why we called ourselves swordsmen, we had nothing but little knives. Why would you want to be one of us? Most of us died out a long time ago."

"My brother. He was one. I'm gonna be better than he ever was. I'm gonna get all the swords. Not just one." Suigetsu's eyes seem to gaze off into the distance and Kisame gets curious.

"Who is your brother?"

"Was. He's dead now. Mangetsu was my brother. You probably know him."

"Mangetsu?" Kisame laughs. "Hell yeah I know him. I fucked him too! He sure didn't look like you though... you sure you're related?"

Suigetsu scowls. "We were half brothers. Just had the same mom. She was kinda a slut... Neither of us knew who our real fathers were."

Kisame looks thoughtful for a moment then asks,

"Hey kid, how old are you?"

"Sixteen. Don't you feel bad for taking a fucking minors virginity, asshole?"

Kisame smirks. "Sixteen isn't so bad. I was having sex way earlier than that!"

"You're gross." Suigetsu makes a face.

Kisame laughs then looks like he realizes something, "Wait! Why did you come to Kure-Ji-Kira with Sasuke? You don't seem to really have all that much loyalty to him. Not enough to get stuck in prison at least."

Suigetsu smirks, one pointed tooth poking out over his bottom lip.

"Yeah... I came here for one reason and one reason only; I want Samehada."

Kisame laughs. "Shoulda known... Alright kid. I'll make you a deal. If you become my new uke, then when we break out a' this place, I will give you Samehada."

Suigetsu looks thoughtful for a moment then smirks. "Nah. Then I wouldn't have the fun of fighting you for it! Besides, Being your bitch would be fucking horrible! Nothing is worth that!"

Kisame glares then chuckles. "You're a weird kid."

"You're an ugly old shark who preys on young boys." Suigetsu replies smartly.

"Hey! I ain't that old! I'm only 32 and that's barely over my 20's!"

"You could be my dad!" Suigetsu remarks.

Kisame laughs. "Well maybe I am. What was your slutty mom's name?"

"Hoozuki Yuki. And don't call my mom slutty unless you want a mouthful of my fist!"

Kisame stops dead. "Hoozuki? Is that your name too?"

Suigetsu nods. Kisame takes a step back from Suigetsu. Images from the night he had taken Suigetsu were flooding his brain. The name Hoozuki was flashing through his memories along with the face of a fairly nice looking, whorish woman whom he had met when he was barely 16. He looked into Suigetsu's face again and suddenly saw something there that seemed very familiar. He is about to walk away but then scowls and reaches out quickly to pull out about 5 pale hairs from Suigetsu head.

"Hey! What'd you do that for?!" Suigetsu ask, rubbing his scalp.

Kisame ignores him and walks away, staring fixedly upon the fragile DNA he holds in his hand. He doesn't stop staring at it until he reaches the medical center where he finds Sasori playing around with a few chemicals. When Kisame walks in Sasori asks without even looking up,

"What's up, Kisame?"

Kisame holds out the hair in his hand then pulls a few of his own and says,

"Can you test these?"

"For what?" Sasori asks, suddenly intrigued.

"To see if... to see if we're related." Kisame answers with his eyes staring down towards the sea-foam colored floor.

Sasori takes the hair and looks away asking,

"This wouldn't happen to be Suigetsu's hair would it?"

Kisame doesn't answer. After a silent moment Sasori says,

"This is going to take a little while. I'll tell you when I get the results."

Kisame nods. As he walks towards the door he murmurs, "Hey Sasori, don't tell anyone. If its really... if this is really true... I don't want it to hurt the kid."

Sasori nod. Kisame nods back, having no doubt in his mind that his friend would ever reveal this information to anyone.

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"Sasuke... WHAT THE HELL?!"

Sasuke looks down, not wanting to meet Naruto's angry gaze.

"GOD DAMMIT SASUKE! DON'T YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY FOR YOURSELF?"

Sasuke tries to look up but just swallows his words and keeps his gaze towards the floor. Naruto walks up to him and fumes for a moment, then out of the blue he brings a hand across the silent Uchiha's face, hard. Sasuke finally looks up as Naruto begins walking away angrily.

"If you aren't going to say anything, I might as well leave, jack-ass!"

"Wait!" Sasuke yells quickly, reaching out a hand towards Naruto.

Naruto turns back and glares as Sasuke scowls, asking,

"Tell me the truth, Naruto. Are you going out with Sai?"

Naruto is at first, confused, then he grows increasingly angry and yells,

"YOU DICK! WHO THE HELL DO YOU THINK I AM?!"

Sasuke continues scowling but he does flinch from Naruto's harsh words.

"Naruto if you are seeing that guy... tell me now."

Tears begin forming in Naruto's eyes. "I- I'm not... How could you... how could you think I could do that?"

Sasuke feels a twinge of guilt but the scowl doesn't leave his face.

"Why do you keep coming to see me? I told you to give up on me. I... I want you to move on."

Naruto's eyes widen. "I can't do that Sasuke. I can't. You don't know how much I... love you. Sai just... he isn't you, Sasuke! I could never be with him or anybody else! You're such a teme for ignoring me but I can't stop being in love with you."

"I wasn't ignoring you. I couldn't stop thinking about you all this time... But you can't love me when I'm stuck in here so... please, Dobe, don't come back to see me."

Sasuke turns and walks towards the door. Suddenly he gets hit in the back of the head with the phone that was previous sitting on a small table next to Naruto.

Before Sasuke can recover from the blow, Naruto screams,

"I hate that I love you, ass-hole! I'll be back next week and you better come see me, Teme!!!!"

He then storms out of the room leaving Sasuke too stunned to barely move until he just collapses into a seat and drops his head into his hands. He slowly starts to laugh until a few minutes later he nearly has tears streaming down his face.

"Naruto..." He says through chuckles. "What did I ever do to deserve such a dobe?"

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Sasori walks down the pale gray hallway into the main room. He quickly spots Kisame sitting dejectedly in a corner. His deep chocolate eyes rest on Kisame and he sighs. He makes his way over and Kisame looks up nervously.

"The test was positive."

Kisame hangs his head and almost whispers,

"That's it then... I'm his father."

Sasori's blank expression flickers to pity for a moment and Kisame chuckles darkly.

"I guess I should start acting like it."

They both suddenly hear loud screaming,

"NO WAY IN HELL I'M CHANGING THAT STANKY-ASS DIAPER!!!!"

They glance over to where Hidan is refusing loudly to change his daughters diaper. Kakuzu seems to be rubbing his temples while Konan and Karin just stare at them amusedly. Sasori raises an eyebrow at Kisame and says,

"Just don't imitate Hidan, and I think you'll be fine."

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HA! Oh... ok so while writing this I was watching "P.S. I Love You," and it is DEPRESSING me. A lot. but god that's such a sweet movie... seriously...

I have no comments on the bomb I just dropped in this chapter. But if YOU do... that's fine! ^_^

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