He was about to reply to that comment but-- his blade! First things first then. Up into the air went Samehada, and Kisame's hands flew through seals. It wasn't an uncommon Water Release, and good for precision work. However, there was no water source nearby large enough to support it.

On the other hand, Kisame was a Hoshigaki, and while this wasn't his preferred method to soak the battlefield, he could still use his chakra to create the water he needed. So out of his mouth shot a blast of water... aimed at the sword. After that, Kisame let the jutsu end, and another seal turned the water puddling on the ground into another pair of water clones. They converged on Utakata, doing their best to avoid the bubbles and attack.

"Aim your acid at me, Utakata-san, not the blade. You shouldn't disrespect a blade in that way."

Any further words were cut off by trying not to get hit by the bubbles. He could take the damage, certainly, and Samehada would repair it, but he wanted to give the sword a taste of the enemy's chakra first to make the sword more biddable.

And then Utakata was running. Of course. Kisame couldn't rush, not with those bubbles in the way, and the other man was quite speedy.

Maybe he could slow the man down a little with words while he got through the obstacle. "You say that as if it hadn't already! Where could I go, Utakata-san? I don't drift well."

Uncomfortably close to the truth that he should not be spreading, but it might bring a pause, and who would believe a missing-nin anyway?