Naruto Chapter 508

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But Kisame was redeemed. He was a true ninja, that was loyal to his Kage. He's most important job was to protect the information and secrets that could hurt his country/village. And he did that flawlessly. He worked for Mizukage, who was Madara. When he told Kisame that Tobi was him (Madara), Kisame even recognized him as the Mizukage. Of all the ninjas who was part of Akatsuki he never even betrayed his village/Kage.

That's a whitewash.

Kisame wasn't loyal to his village. First, he found out that Madara was manipulating the real Mizukage, and he chose Madara over the rightful leader. He even became a missing-nin and joined Akatsuki.

In fact, we found out during the Kage Meeting that Madara was responsible for the Mist Village becoming the "Bloody Mist", because the puppet Mizukage instituted the Uchiha tradition of killing your teammate/"brother" (figurative for the Mist village, though it was literal for the Uchiha). That's what Kisame was loyal to. Fighting.