Photo Shoot (Revised) NaruSasu

Kiss

"A kiss is a lovely trick designed by nature to stop speech when words become superfluous." ~Ingrid Bergman

Kurama took a deep breath as he looked up at the Uchiha Corporation building. Itachi hadn't been answering any of his calls; so he turned to a method that the Uchiha wouldn't be able to just send him to voicemail. He knew that even if Itachi slammed the door in his face he'd still be able to try to talk to him through the door, assuming it wasn't sound proof.

Once on the top floor of the building, he looked around for Itachi's office. Remembering what Naruto had told him, he made his way down the long hallway toward Itachi's office. He passed Sasuke's office, causing the younger Uchiha to raise an eyebrow in surprise. 'I don't want to know,' Sasuke thought as he went back to his work. He knew he should probably call and warn Itachi the man was on his way, but he decided not to get involved. Instead, Sasuke got up and closed his door so he could have deniability if Itachi asked if he knew the other man was there.

The redhead knocked on Itachi's office door, earning the response, "Come in." He slowly walked in, unsure as to what the other man would say when he saw it was him and not an employee. The look on Itachi's face once he looked up and saw told Kurama that he was not happy by his surprise visit. "What do you want?" he tried to maintain his monotone tone voice, though the expression on his face told Kurama how the dark haired man felt about seeing him.

"Well, I needed to talk to you," he nervously started. "But you didn't answer my phone calls." It was the first time in a long time Kurama found that he was extremely nervous to talk to someone out of fear of rejection. "I figured this was the only way to get you to listen to me," he explained, though he could tell that Itachi wasn't amused by his presence.

"Get out," the Uchiha said calmly, but Kurama didn't make any indication of moving.

"No," he said boldly. "I want you to hear me out," he told him as he sat in the chair across from Itachi. "I'm not leaving until you hear what I have to say."

"Don't make me call security," Itachi threatened. "You can either leave on your own or you'll leave by force," he warned him. The look on his face told Kurama that he wasn't bluffing, but he had to try to get Itachi to listen to him.

"Look, I know the article was bad," Kurama started to explain. "I just thought it'd be more interesting than anything you told me during the interview," he could tell that he was only making the situation worse. "I know it was stupid of me," he quickly added, hoping that Itachi could see he was being sincere in his apology.

Before Kurama could say anything else Itachi picked up the phone on his desk. He contacted security by dialing one simple number. "I need a man escorted out of the building," Itachi said as he looked directly at Kurama.

"Okay, I'll go," the redhead sighed as he stood up. "Just promise me that you'll read the article when it comes out," he pleaded as he walked toward the door. When he received no response from Itachi, he frowned and walked out of the office.

"Never mind," Itachi told the security office. "I took care of it," he told them before hanging up the phone. 'I've already read the stupid article, why would I want to read it again?' Itachi scowled before going back to his work.

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"Didn't you say that Itachi has blackmail on you?" Kabuto asked, confused as to what Orochimaru's plan is. "Why are you risking your campaign just to try to take down the Uchihas and Minato?" he asked.

"I can dispute any accusations Itachi makes," Orochimaru told his assistant. "He has no real proof," he explained. "Plus, if I'm going down, they're going to go down with me," he smirked creepily, which just caused Kabuto to nod.