Passion and Tears
Kisame's POV
Suigetsu Hozuki.
I never thought I would see him again.
I looked at the shark boy who was giving a nasty glare to Itachi, who ignored it. Ever since the boy had awakened, he had been causing a lot of trouble. The little runt tried to run away seven times! You'd think he would've given up after the third time, but no. And guess who had to drag him back every single time? Finally, Itachi decided to help me out and threatened to impale him with his chidori and keep it there until he evaporated.
Currently, we were situated in a nice, small open clearing. The moonlight taht was filtered by the trees created a meancing shadow on Itachi's face. Although he was trying to stay awake, Suigetsu was slowly dozing off. The dark forest surrounded us in a blanket of quietude. It was driving me crazy, but I kept my twitching to a minimum. You learn to do that when your partner is the master of silence.
"I'll be back," a soft voice floated over to me.
I watched Itachi's back disappear into the gloomy woods.
"Why are you with him?"
I turned my head to look at Suigetsu and said, "Go back to sleep, kid."
Instead of complying he said, "I wouldn't think that the great 'Monster of the Hidden Mist' would be the lap dog to a sissy, anti-social, psychotic kidnapper."
...Good thing Itachi's not here...
"He's my partner," I corrected, "And I'm nobody's lap dog, kid. Remember that." I bared my teeth menacingly, but he didn't seem affected. A sudden thought occured to me as I thought of our battle earlier today. "Why do you have Zabuza's sword?"
Suigetsu smirked, "It's my new hobby. I'm collecting the swords of all members of the Swordmen of the Mist. You're next by the way."
I chuckled darkly and stuck Samehada into the ground next to me. "I'd like to see you try."
"Oh, I will......You're working for the Akatsuki, aren't you? Why?" he asked.
"'What I do' and 'Why I do it' are none of your concern."
"Were you threatened into joining?"
"Why won't you shut up?"
"Oh, I seemed to have touched a soft spot." A sly smirk found its way onto the shark boy's face.
Don't kill him Don't kill him Don't kill him....happy thoughts...happy thoughts....cutting people up, ruling the world, eating guppies...okay
"What about you, huh? Why are you working under Sasuke? What happened to your brother and becoming a part of the Seven Ninja Swordmen of the Mist? What was his name...Wengetsu?"
"Mangetsu," Suigetsu said fiercely, then became quiet, "And he's dead."
Threre was definitely a whole lot of silence now, as I watched him stare at the ground solemnly.
He must've died after I left......
Suigetsu's older brother. I could remember the first time I met both of the boys with matching blue hair and purplish aqua color. They could've been twins, if it hadn't been for their height difference. The other six members and I had just finished an assissination. The smaller one of the two ran up to us and demanded entry into the group. We all laughed.
"I'm sorry for my brother's actions. He does not understand how important you are," the other boy said, stepping in front of his younger brother.
"Mangetsu, move!"
"Suigetsu, stop," Mangetsu commanded.
The little boy obeyed his brother, but there was a small pout on his face.
"Kid," I said, "if you wanna be a part of the Swordsmen of the Mist, you have to be skillful, ruthless fighter. When you prove that to me, you can have my spot and my sword."
Suigetsu looked up at me with such determination and nodded. From then on, both of those boys trained hard: completing cruel missions day by day. Suigetsu took my words to heart and became what I called a prodigy in the art of murder. Everytime he would kill someone, he had the tendency to cut each of their limbs off before beheading them. It had gone on like this for a couple of years, but then I left because the Water Village found out that I was trying to overthrow the government and kill the Mizukage. That's when I joined the Akatsuki.
.....Well, at least he's stopped talking now.
Itachi walked back into the clearing, but before he could sit down, Suigetsu asked, "Why did you kidnap me?"
Frankly, I was kind of interested too. Suigetsu wasn't actaully needed. Itachi already had Sasuke's full attention, so why would he steal his boyfriend? I guess it could be to increase Sasuke's hate for him even more, but you'd think attacking the one Sasuke loves would be enough.
I watched Itachi stare at Suigetsu for a while, and then he slowly walked towards the shark boy. Crouching in front of him, Itachi placed his lips by Suigetsu's ear.
What? C'mon...I wanna hear too
I stood up lazily and pretended to look at the moon. Then very slowly, I began to nonchantly inch my way towards them. Out of the corner of my eye, I saw Suigetsu become very flustered and look down. I was close enough to where I could hear the rumble of Itachi's deep voice, but I couldn't understand anything. Suddenly, Itachi began pulling away from Suigetsu, who was still blushing heavily, with a barely noticable smirk.
A little seed of panic was beginning to sprout inside of me, and I casually started to yawn and move back to my original spot.
Almost there....
"I hope you understand now," Itachi said to Suigetsu.
Yes!!
I sat down on my seat quietly and watched as Itachi turned to me.
"I will watch him tonight," he said calmly.
Itachi turned away and returned to his orignial spot. I realeased a breath I didn't even know I was holding, then smiled.
I should be called the Sneaky Sharkman, or the Crafty Ninja, or maybe...
"Oh, Kisame?" Itachi called. I looked over at Itachi, who had his eyes closed. "You need to work on your stealth."
"......"
I felt heat rush to my face.
...or maybe I should just stick with the Monster of the Hidden Mist...
I sighed then closed my eyes, drifting off to sleep.
A/N: Hey guys, sorry for the long wait. I thank you for all those who reviewed, faved, and story alerted. This chapter was supposed to be a "Let's take a look into the past," a nice breather from the Naruto and Sasuke angst, and check up on Suigetsu. You could almost call this a filler, but what Itachi said to Suigetsu was important so you can't call it a filler since there was a bit of a point to it.... A really small point. Then again, I didn't even tell you what Itachi said to Suigetsu, so I guess you can call this a filler, lol. I'm rambling, sorry. You'll eventually find out what he said though. Anyhoo, I apologize for any grammatical, structural, and spelling errors. REVIEW!