Kisame gives a quick glance around and sighs. "That's the least of what he did."

Louder, he continued. "I won't turn Kirigakure over to any but the best, but I think you know better than most why my record makes me a leader many won't be able to stomach following."

It wasn't untrue. Was it a reason that couldn't be overcome? Kisame didn't know, but he did know that he wasn't cut out for politics. Honesty was one thing. Poking the hornets' nest with a stick was another. Kisame had gotten away with teasing the Uchiha clan head a little bit--not all of it intentional--as an envoy, but as a Kage? That would be an unforgivable misstep.