Konata Kiwasaki Meets the Team of Itachi Uchiha and Kisame Hoshigaki

Kisame and Itachi were currently walking along the forest path in Grass Country, not really doing anything important.

Konata wandered along the same path, her sword Mayaki glistening in the sunlight as it was strapped to her back. Her tattered jeans and her cloak with rips at the bottom suggested she had been travelling for a while.

Itachi and Kisame saw a woman walking in their direction. Apparently, she didn't see them. Itachi ignored her and continued walking while Kisame grinned like a hunter on the prowl when he saw her sword.

She felt someones eyes on her sword so she unsheathed it, holding it lightly in the palm of her hand. She completely ignored the men as they passed her, her own eyes lazily examining the road in front of her.

"Think fast girlie" said Kisame as he unwrapped his Samehada and swung it at Konata.

"Hmph..."
She spun around, making the sword spin also, and created a gust of wind to blow Kisames sword off balance. She jumped onto it, making sure to stand on the tape, and backflipped off so she was now a good distance away again.

"Heh, your fast girlie. You kinda remind me of my old friend Zabuza" Kisame said with an excited grin as he stalked in her direction. "No Kisame" said Itachi, stopping Kisame in his tracks. "Aww come on Itachi. I'm itching for a fight, especially with someone wielding a sword" whined Kisame. "I said no" he said with a glare. Kisame sulked and rewrapped his Samehada in the tape.

She didnt seem to care if Kisame attacked her or not. Either way she seemed uninterested, uncaring. She sheathed Mayaki again, brushing a loose lock of hair behind her ear.

"Who are you girl?" Kisame asked her, raising a blue eyebrow. Though it looked like Itachi didn't care about the conversation, he carefully listened in for her name.

She looked at them both in turn before speaking, her voice low and lethal. She hadn't meant it to come across as such, but it was the way her voice had developed after so long. "Kiwasaki Konata..." She looked at Itachi. "Uchiha Itachi..." And then at Kisame. "Hoshigake Kisame..."

"Heh, so you know our names huh? I'm flattered that my reputation precedes me" Kisame with a grin. Itachi showed no signs of being surprised at Konata knowing his name.

"Knowing the two of you is no difficult feat...You're both somewhat infamous..." She raised an eyebrow. "I know better than to pick a fight with either of you..."

"Heh, your smart but I was kind of hoping you would fight me. I haven't had a decent fight since I sparred with Zabuza" Kisame said with a grin. Itachi said nothing, he merely stared at her, his emotionless, cold Sharingan eyes seeming to pierce straight into her soul.

"Then you would be disappointed if you were to fight me..." She shrugged then looked at Itachi. "No matter how hard you look, you won't find anything of interest.."

"Who says I am looking for something?" he asked her calmly. "Ignore Itachi, he's always like that with the whole 'I'll stare you to death' look on his face" Kisame said, chuckling at his joke. Itachi turned away, ignoring his fish like partner.

"Well he can stare all he likes...If he wishes to see an eyesore then he's come to the right person..." She muttered, almost too quiet for them to hear. She decided to see what Itachi was really looking at her for and countered his glare with one of her own.

He glared back at her, determined to win the glaring contest. Kisame looked back and forth at Itachi then at Konata with a raised eyebrow.

She continued looking back at Itachi, her eyes seeming to freeze over into ice. For a split second, she dropped her guard, letting Itachi's Sharingan see all that had happened in her life.

His eyes narrowed slightly and when he looked away, once he saw all he saw in her eyes. Kisame blinked when he saw Itachi turn away and turned to Konata with a confused look on his face. "What just happened?" he asked her.

She winced slightly and growled quietly to herself. Dammit... "Nothing...I was being stubborn..." She turned away as well.

"Itachi, what is she talking about?" Kisame asked his partner. "Nothing Kisame" said Itachi.

"There she is!" Yelled a voice in the distance. Konata froze. "Shit..." She drew Mayaki and jumped up into the air, twirling mayaki skillfully in arcs around her body. A small but vicious tornado formed around her. She slashed Mayaki downwards, in the direction of the voice, which set the tornados path. It gouged a hole in the ground as it went.

"Woah" said Kisame as he saw her create the tornado with a dropped jaw. Itachi narrowed his eyes at her actions.

She landed on the ground again silently, her feet barely making a sound as they came into contact with the path. She soundlessly sheathed Mayaki, her eyes focused on the path which the tornado took, nowhere else.

"Interesting technique" said Itachi. "WOAH! Was that a compliment? From YOU Itachi?" asked Kisame as he looked at Itachi with wide eyes.