(a/n Okay wow so I wrote this story three or four years ago but it got taken down. I'm feeling nostalgic and have been re reading old fanfictions I read forever ago so I'm re uploading it.)

No matter how bad the pain is,

If you don't keep running you'll get nowhere,

Even if your broken, hopeless, or shattered,

Somewhere there's someone waiting,

You just need to run through the agony and hate,

And know that if you hide,

Happiness will be the last thing that you find.

Sasori sang the song with all his heart. He glanced to look at the rest of his band.

Pein had his eyes closed, expertly playing his drums, completely engulfed in the music. He had piercing up and down his nose, snake bites on his lips and multiple piercing on his ears. His orange hair was gelled up in spikes as usual.

Deidara was starring at the chords he was making his guitar and was nodding to the beat of the song. He was wearing thick, black eyeliner and his blond hair was up in his signature high half-ponytail with a part left down in the front to cover one of his eyes.

Konan had a origami rose in her shoulder length, blue hair as usual. She gave me a small smile then looked away. She had been acting different lately but I couldn't put my finger on what it was exactly. Konan had played bass guitar for 6 years and you could honestly say she was amazing at it.

After they finished the song the band packed up their instruments. It was before school and they were in the music wing of Ningakure High. One of the music teachers, , let them use his classroom to practice because they were close friends with his nephew Hidan.

Hidan didn't have many friends since he tried to sacrifice pretty much anyone who tried to talk to him to his god, Jashin. And usually somehow directed all conversations to how many squirrels he could kill in under 5 minuets (his record was currently 4), which scared away most people. But he knew Pein and Sasori before he had became a Jashinist and knew not to hurt anyone else in their close circle of friends. They called themselves the Akatsuki, which was also the name of the band.

There were currently 10 members of the Akatsuki. Pein, Konan, Konan's ex-boyfriend Madara, and Madara's brother Tobi were the original members. But, Madara defected after him and Konan split.

No one knew much about the break-up, but people knew it was nasty. Konan was devastated and Madara acted as heartless as ever. Konan wouldn't even tell Pein about it, and they knew practically everything about each other.

"Bruce," Tobi yelled running down the hallway towards Kisame.

"Tobi, how many times do I have to tell you, calling me Bruce will not get me to call you Nemo!" the blue skinned teen said pinching the bridge of his nose.

"You have to come with Tobi quick!" Tobi screamed, ignoring Kisame's remark.

"No. Were gonna be late for lunch."

"But the bad people are hurting cousin Itachi again!" Kisame froze.

"Tobi, where are they?" Kisame asked worriedly.

"Just follow Tobi. He is a good boy." he said sprinting down the hallway, getting the stink eye from some teachers and students. Kisame followed quickly behind the masked teen. Itachi got beat up almost every week, which didn't help the fact that he was already suicidal. Kisame remembered Itachi's words last night while holding the pocket knife he carried around 24/7.

"If I get beat up one more time, I swear on my parents grave I will kill myself on the spot."

And Kisame knew he was dead serious.

Sorry this kinda sucks but I'm keeping the story the way I originally wrote it. And once you get to chapter 5 this does get better in my opinion.