[Kisame lets the clones fall when she raises the cover. It’s not a bad idea, but he thinks she might need a reminder of the skills that Kiri is most well known for. Silent Killing will be more of a challenge with sand cover instead of water, but that’s what makes it fun. A quick series of shunshin first, to confuse his movements, and then Kisame slips into the puddle left by one of the clones just long enough to make it seem like he’s disappeared.

Then he’s moving again, silent as death and with carefully controlled movements that decrease the disturbance his presence makes in the jutsu as much as physically possible. He knows she’ll be more aware of her blind spots, so he actually approaches at an angle that usually isn’t one. How close will he get?]