Itachi's Promise: Chapter Twenty-Two

"Your first mission as Akatsuki is to find and kill Sakouiki Amonori, he is an official for the Sand Village. At the moment he working as an ambassador for a Sand Village to try and get a treaty with the Sound Village. We can't allow that to happen, because if that happens Orochimaru will be able to attack the Rain Village and will most likely win," A woman with blue hair said; Pein sat beside her.

"Yes Sir," Itachi and Kisame responded, turning and leaving the room.

Itachi and Kisame returned to their rooms, Itachi packed everything he needed either in his ninja pouch on the side of his leg or back of his belt and in his Akatsuki cloak. Itachi left his room and meet Kisame in the main living room; Itachi and Kisame soon left the hideout and were running through the forest. Itachi jumped from tree branch to tree branch; Kisame had tried and tried again to make conversation with Itachi but Itachi kept the conversations small and short.

"Where was he last spotted?" Kisame asked Itachi; Itachi ignored the question for a few minutes and ten answered after he had finished reading the report on Sakouiki Amonori.

"South of the Sand Village, in a small town at the edge of the Sand village," Itachi answered.

"When should be get there?" Kisame asked.

"Late tonight or early tomorrow," Itachi answered, glancing back towards Kisame and finding him almost right beside him.

The rest of the journey was extremely quiet; neither said a word. Reaching the small town, the two Akatsuki discarded their cloaks in the under growth of a single tree. Wearing only there black shirts and pants, Kisame changed his skin colour from a blue to a usual human skin colour and then the two began walking into the small town. People looked at them as they walked past; Itachi kept his eyes on his the ground and kept by Kisame's side. Kisame found a large bar and took a spot in the corner of the room. Sitting across from Kisame, Itachi kept his eyes down and looked at the dirty table that he had went to put his arms down on.

"This place is really dirty," Kisame said, before a waitress walked over to Kisame and Itachi with a blush across her face and a notepad in her hands.

"What would you like to order?" The waitress asked.

"Two bottles of whisky and a glass of water for my 'friend'," Kisame said, pointing to Itachi as he said friend.

"Yes, sir," The waitress said, blushing even more before walking away.

The waitress returned with two bottles of whisky, a glass for the whisky and a single glass of water for Itachi.

"Have you ever heard of a man named Sakouiki Amonori?" Kisame asked, Itachi looked up at the waitress with red eyes and waited for her to answer.

"Y…yes, he c…comes here often. He is staying at the hotel just round the corner," The waitress answered.

"Let's go," Itachi ordered, standing from his seat and leaving through the bar with Kisame following quickly behind.

Itachi lead Kisame through the streets to the hotel, where someone grabbed hold of Itachi's shoulder.

"Miss, you dropped this," The person said, holding out Itachi's and Kisame's Akatsuki cloaks.

"No I didn't," Itachi replied, keeping his arms at his sides and stepping back closer to Kisame.

"Yes, you did," The person said; his hands grabbing Itachi and pulled him closer.

"Itachi, over here," Kisame ordered, looking back at Itachi to find a man holding him tightly by the shoulders and their Akatsuki cloaks on the floor.

Kisame watched as Itachi began his knee up to the man's chest and was forcibly forced backwards, knocking Kisame's elbow. Itachi's feet tangled over each other and Itachi was left on the floor at Kisame's feet.

"What is going on here?" Kisame asked, turning fully towards the person.

The person stepped back a step and began yelling 'Akatsuki'. Itachi and Kisame looked at each other, Itachi flipped back onto the wall and began climbing up the wall. Chakra flows through Itachi's feet and he was soon at the top floor of the hotel. Itachi slammed the window as he climbed in; Itachi's sharingan made quick work of finding Sakouiki Amonori. Itachi appeared behind Sakouiki Amonori; quickly Itachi took a kunai from his back pouch and quickly sliced through his throat. Blood flowed down his neck and on to the floor. Itachi ran back towards the window and jumped out landing on the floor beside Kisame, as Kisame drove his sword through the person's chest.

"Let's go," Itachi ordered, grabbing his coat and Kisame's from the floor and disappearing along with Kisame.

"That mission, was almost a complete failure," Kisame said.

"It was a success," Itachi replied, pulling on his cloak.

"Yeah, but we almost failed," Kisame said.

"We didn't," Itachi said forcefully.

"Lighten up Itachi," Kisame replied.

Itachi span round on the spot and grabbed Kisame by the neck and pushed him back against the trunk of a tree. Itachi grabbed a kunai and pointed it down towards Kisame's groin. Kisame stopped moving and looked down at his partner.

"Don't tell me to lighten up; I've had to kill my family, leave my home and join the Akatsuki, so don't ever tell me to lighten up," Itachi growled, stepping back away from Kisame and dropping to his knees.

"You did chose to do this," Kisame told Itachi.

"I can't deal with this," Itachi whispered, putting his hands over his face and letting his tears fall down his face.

"Itachi…" Kisame began; kneeling down beside Itachi and wrapping his arms around Itachi's much smaller shoulders.

A tear fell down Itachi's face, he had finally lost it. Kisame looked around at the trees and pulled Itachi closer; Kisame wasn't sure exactly what else to do. It wasn't like he had ever taken classes in looking after other people or making people happy. Kisame looked down at his partner and then around at the forest; making sure no one was nearby.

To Be Continued ... Please Comment.