Good enough for Kisame, and as they get in sight of the gates, he falls into what could easily be seen as a protective position near Haku--after all, it's probably too simple to even be counted a mission, but there are some civilians who wouldn't mind the company, or protection from business rivals and their own hired "help."

Easy enough, and for the moment, true enough, to have Kisame content with the arrangement.

"As private as a meeting inside a clan compound can be, kid. Really private, and you'd have to grow gills for it, eh? Unless you've got a jutsu for that."