This is one escort mission Kisame actually pushed for. He remembers her, even from before he went to Academy, and the speed and grace and power-- And the illness that left her frozen for so long.

Who knows if she remembers him, but he's pleased to help her re familiarize herself with Kiri and what's happened while she was in the ice. There are so few of his senpai left, and Kisame feels oddly nostalgic for his first year or so as an apprentice when there were so many older and wiser to test himself against and learn from. He hardly got a chance to learn from her, but he's learned about her, and there's nothing but respect there.

"Of course, senpai. Any particular dishes you miss?"