re: chapter 590 (possible spoilers in comments)

[anbu]

A better end to 'the life of Uchiha Itachi'?

... I suppose it was a long time coming.

[Look, okay, it takes him almost 600 chapters to speak his mind. So what.]

Comments

delightful shrieking

[anbu]

[Listen. Okay. Just listen. He can explain.]

What were you expecting?

>w< can't wait for the afterlife shark sex

[hoshigaki]

The usual.

( you, walking away.

you know what he's going to say he doesn't need to explain it. )

What changed?

its gonna be bloody

[anbu]

[Yes, he knows.]

Circumstances.

gonna be a huge deal

[hoshigaki]

True enough.

( he supposes that the same can be said for him. )

You deserved it.

( stop okay

this is the first and last time he'll ever say that. )

gonna be the night of their lives

[anbu]

[THAT WAS PRETTY KAWAII, KISAME-KUN.

Itachi surrenders the slightest of smiles. Commit it to memory because you'll probably never see it again.]

I've done little to deserve forgiveness, however.

[hoshigaki]

( LMFAO SHUT UP )

He's family, isn't it?

( they always forgive, don't they?

just don't count madara, unless kishi is planning to make him super kawaii later on. )

And this is our world.

( bloody, terrible, nitty, and gritty, and full of lies. and they knew it the moment they entered it. there's no forgiveness in anything they do whatsoever. )

[anbu]

Family can be... complicated.

[They may forgive, but they never forget.

pls no]

But you are correct. I have never had - high expectations.

[hoshigaki]

Comes with the territory.

( no, you probably didn't. but kisame did - and perhaps in the wrong person, but he never said that he himself wasn't foolish when he was younger. )

'Had'?

[anbu]

It is over now.

[hoshigaki]

( snorts. )

I've always thought that you were the pessimist between the two of us, Itachi-san. ( cheek? maybe. ) They always say that death is just the beginning, don't they?

[anbu]

[WOW CHECK YO SELF.]

You are not the first to say it. [We sure do talk about death a lot, Kisame...] Is this our new beginning?

[hoshigaki]

Won't be the last, too, I bet.

( 'our', he says. that's a first, itachi. kisame shrugs, sitting down... somewhere. let's say there's a rock there ok )

What else would you take it as?

[anbu]

[Itachi stands nearby, his eyes cast elsewhere.]

A goodbye.

[A real one.]

[hoshigaki]

( how somber, but very true.

kisame grins, raising his hands in defeat. )

You win.

[anbu]

Surrendering so easily?

[hoshigaki]

( LMFAO WHEN HAS HE ACTUALLY WON AGAINST YOU

FUCKER X( )

Letting you have it.

[anbu]

[SORRY HE'S SO AWESOME YOU JUST CAN'T HANDLE ALL THIS UCHIHA SWAG.]

That doesn't sound like you.

[hoshigaki]

You're not one to talk, Itachi-san, so I'll let that slide. But remember, it isn't gonna happen again.

( his grins turns feral, a smirk, teeth sharp. )

You know me.

[anbu]

I do.

[The same may not be applicable vice versa, but the know that, too.]

Was it as you expected?

[Death.]

boy they sure do talk about death a lot

[hoshigaki]

Not at all.

( you were right, Itachi. another victory goes to you, but this one goes unsaid. )

this isn't news

[anbu]

I doubt it ever is.

[hoshigaki]

Well, it isn't all rainbows and sunshine ( or a fiery death in the underworld ), so I'm taking it. It isn't so bad.

( it's not terrible. )

[anbu]

At least you are only idle here, and not forced elsewhere. [For now.]

[hoshigaki]

( kisame laughs. )

Idling ain't gonna happen much for my part, knowing her. ( But you already know that, don't you? ) Once she gets an idea stuck in her head, she'll run with it.

[anbu]

... Is it disappointing?

[Admit it, you'd stick around him more if you could.]