Itachi's promise: Chapter Twelve

"Looks like you are having fun," Kisame said, jumping down from the trees and landing almost right behind Itachi.

"Kisame, your back," Itachi shouted, rushing to his feet and wrapped his arms around Kisame.

Sasori sat on the floor watching as Kisame smiled down at Itachi and Itachi snuggled deeper into Kisame's akatsuki cloak.

"You can leave now," Kisame told Sasori.

"If it's alright I will stay," Sasori replied, watching as Itachi released his grip and stepped back.

"How was your mission?" Itachi asked.

"Lonely," Kisame answered, Itachi smirked and Sasori watched as Itachi pulled Kisame over to come and sit on the ground with Sasori.

Sitting on the floor with Sasori and Itachi, Kisame looked towards his fellow akatsuki member and shrugged his shoulders. Itachi sat between the akatsuki members remaining quiet as he watched them.

"Itachi, had a good day with his new team," Sasori told Kisame.

"How did it go?" Kisame asked.

"Good, my teammates don't like me very much but I only have to put up with them until I am a chuunin or until I murder my family," Itachi answered in return.

Sasori looked at Itachi, surprised at what the little boy had just said.

"What?" Sasori asked.

"I only get to stay in the village for another ten years at the most, before I have to complete my deal with Madara.

"What deal with Madara?" Sasori asked.

"I made a deal, that if he released Sakura and never touched her again I would kill the Uchiha clan for him," Itachi answered, as it was nothing.

"Wow," Sasori whispered, looking down at Itachi and trying to image the little boy killing his whole family.

"Itachi, what are you doing?" A very familiar yet new voice called, Itachi looked behind him and there stood Sensei Tsuneo.

"Sensei," Itachi whispered.

"Akatsuki," Sensei Tsuneo hissed.

Before Itachi could do anything, Sensei Tsuneo was pinned to the tree by Kisame and Sasori. Sensei Tsuneo pulled against the two akatsuki members before Kisame grabbed by the neck and twisted his head round until it faced the tree. Itachi watched, shaking as they broke his neck without blinking and then looked almost proudly down at the work they had done.

"Kisame," Itachi whispered, Kisame snapped his attention back to Itachi as he closed his eyes and fell to the ground.

Opening his eyes again, Itachi sat up off the hard ground to see Kisame and Sasori talking quietly. Itachi waved his hand and Sasori and Kisame caught the movement and looked in his direction.

"Sorry Itachi, he saw too much," Kisame said, Itachi nodded and the looked at Sasori and Kisame.

"I understand and I also understand I will be able to do the same one day," Itachi replied.

"Still we shouldn't have killed him in front of you," Sasori apologised.

"It's okay, I just was just shocked, that's all," Itachi replied, Kisame and Sasori watched Itachi as he pulled his body from the floor and walked over to them.

"Itachi, I'm sorry but you are going to have to get another Sensei," Sasori said.

Itachi smiled and rolled his eyes.

"Well I could always take him to training with him and see what the others think of the way Sensei looks now," Itachi joked.

Kisame and Sasori failed to conceal a laugh, as they played the scene over and over in their heads. Itachi stood nearby watched the two akatsuki members as they began to laugh. Itachi's emotions totally clear from his face, as he waited for them to both calm down.

"We should take you home," Kisame said, after a moment of him stop laughing.

"But…" Itachi began, but stopped.

"What?" Sasori asked.

"Nothing, I just was having fun," Itachi replied and turned towards his house and began bouncing from branch to branch.

Sasori and Kisame followed him until he reached his house and then Sasori waved goodbye and Itachi and Kisame watched as Sasori left Itachi in Kisame's safe watch. Promising himself he would return soon, Sasori ran off towards the Akatsuki base making sure he wasn't followed.

"Kisame, see you tonight before I go to sleep?" Itachi asked, Kisame nodded and watched Itachi scale the wall and climb into his room.

Turning to walk away Kisame had barely taken a step when someone spoke to him, Kisame looked back towards the voice to find Fugaku standing in his line of sight. Kisame sighed and turned to face Fugaku, knowing he wasn't going to get away with a fight.

"Why were you talking to my son?" Fugaku asked, Kisame didn't answer he wasn't going to give away anything and get himself into more trouble.

"Who said I was talking to your son?" Kisame asked, tilting his head to the side in an intimating manner.

"I hear you say something to him," Fugaku replied.

Inwardly Kisame sighed knowing that Fugaku didn't know what Itachi had said, before heading up into his room. Kisame smirked and walked closer towards the leader of the Uchiha clan and looked down on the man.

"I'm not here to fight, I'm here to complete my mission and then return from where I came," Kisame said, turning and walking towards the forest once again.

Fugaku threw a kunai at the back of Kisame's head; Kisame caught the kunai as he span round and pulled his sword from its sheath.

"Fugaku, I know of your business with Orochimaru and I will be all too happy to inform the Hokage if you get in my way," Kisame warned, Fugaku took a step backwards and then walked quietly back inside his home.

Kisame walked into the forest, glad that after the hard day he had just had he didn't have to fight the head of the Uchiha clan as well. Finding a comfy tree, Kisame lay back high in the branch and drifted off to sleep, keeping an eye on Itachi's chakra as he and Itachi slept.

To Be Continued