EDIT: I noticed I had forgotten the disclaimer and stuffs so here it is...

A/N: So this chapter is pretty boring but needed to see the background society and government stuff. So just bare with me for a bit here...

DISCLAIMER: I do not own Naruto!

Kisame walked hand in hand with Itachi into the revolving glass doors of the Death Registration Bureau, DRB for short. The government requires that once the X appears on your body, you must register to the list within a week so that the community can be prepared, especially if you aren't financially sound. In other words, they apparently want a heads up so you're death won't be a finical burden on the government, since, that would mean they would have to pay for most of your plot in the ground.

The government was responsible for having the necessary preparations all set up. They wrote most of the obituary, had the tomb stone and burial site ready, along with notifying the funeral home of an upcoming gathering. It was a horrid thought, that the government took care of all of this, but it was one established long ago for some unknown reason; therefore, for the sake of tradition, it was still done today.

As they entered the two story building, Kisame squeezed his boyfriend's hand. The lobby was colored by shades of beige and a dark navy blue. There where groups of two cushioned chairs and one couch across the floor. At the back of the room was a dark wooden desk with a woman sitting behind it.

Itachi paused before continuing forward to the desk with his head held high. Once at the desk, he cleared his throat, making the strawberry blond woman look up with a smile plastered on her face. She gazed at Itachi through hazel eyes, hidden behind bright red framed glasses. "Are you here to register, pay for services, or to collect someone's will?" When the Uchiha muttered a quiet but audible 'to register', the receptionist looked surprised. "Oh, well, give me your name and you can have a seat in the lobby."

"Uchiha Itachi."

The receptionist looked at the boy with understanding then before quickly returning her attention to the computer in front of her. After a moment of just her clicking keys she looked up and plastered on her smile once more and told them, "Alright, you're all set. Have a seat and you'll be called back momentarily."

Itachi murmured another quiet phrase of thanks before following Kisame to a cluster of seats, sitting closer to his boyfriend then he normally would. They were the only people in the lobby since they chose to get this out of the way early this Saturday morning, so Itachi didn't mind letting loose his needy side. Besides, he was way too anxious to care at the moment.

"How're you feeling?" Kisame asked as Itachi rested his head on his shoulder.

"Tired… Just… Tired."

Kisame nodded and replied, "Well after we're done here we'll go home and take a nap. That sound okay?"

"Hn." Itachi had let Kisame move into the Uchiha's mansion after the blue man's parents died in a car accident. Luckily the jock got along perfectly with Sasuke and Tobi and even though he kept the small house his parents owned, he never actually used it for more than storage or a hang out place.

After about five minutes of relaxed silence, another person walked in alone through the revolving doors. This person had a light lime green hoodie on with the hood pulled up over his head. There was also a familiar pair of worn out lime green converse covering the bottom of his dark green skinny jeans. Itachi stood with Kisame as the blue man called out to the person slowly making their way to the reception desk, "Deidara?"

The figure froze and for a moment, didn't do anything. After a full minute of just wishing to disappear, he let out a deep sigh before pulling off his hood to reveal long blond hair and sad blue eyes. "Yeah, un," he mumbled.

Kisame looked at the blond with disbelief. "When did you…"

Deidara closed his eyes as he responded, "Yesterday, un. I didn't want you all to know."

"Why? It's not like we'd kick you to the curb. I mean, we didn't with Pein or Itachi…"

Deidara's eyes snapped open and he gave the jock a teary eyed glare. "Because you all would have treated me differently, un! I couldn't take the pitying looks and special favors you'd all do for me like you do with Pein and Itachi. I just… I can't handle that… I can't…" By the end of the blonde's short rant, his voice had broken and the tears were flowing freely down his face. His black panted nails of his right hand dug into the front of his hoodie jacket above his heart as he lowered his head, hoping his bangs would hide his face.

Kisame was speechless as he watched the normally confident teen break down. He had no idea what to do in this situation. He was use to Itachi by now but Deidara was a whole different person.

Surprisingly, it was Itachi who moved to comfort the crying blond. He stood in front of the boy and embraced him in a tight hug. The blond tensed in his shock. It took Deidara a moment to relax and grab onto the Uchiha tightly and continue to sob on his shoulder.

When Deidara finally looked back up, Kisame got a glance of the younger boy's face. It was streaked with the blonde's black eyeliner and his eyes were puffed and red. Pity consumed Kisame but he quickly pushed the emotion down, remembering why Deidara was currently in this state.

Itachi ushered Deidara into the restrooms to wash up, leaving Kisame standing in the lobby awkwardly. He glanced over at the receptionist who was wiping her eyes with a tissue, evidence that she'd been observing his blond friend's melt down. At least he now knew she wasn't heartless, plus, her fake smiles got a lot less annoying once he realized they were also for herself in a way. She has to be a strong woman.

As soon as the other two walked out of the restrooms, a man came out of the elevators beside the main desk. "Uchiha Itachi?" he called. Kisame sent a glance to his boyfriend and their friend. Deidara's face was no longer smeared but his eyes were still puffy and his nose looked like it had started to run. Itachi motioned for him to follow and all three met in front of the man.

He had a standard white dress shirt and black tie outfit on and even more common short black hair. He glanced at the three of them through thick black frames. He opened his mouth to speak but before he could say anything, Itachi coolly interrupted him.

"My friend here is also registering today. I'm sure you will have no problem with him and my boyfriend staying in the room with me, or with us staying with him." Itachi's coal black eyes held no room for any arguments so the man had no choice but to bring all three in the elevator with him.

Once on the second floor, they turned right out of the elevator and were lead through a dimly lit hallway lined with fake plants. They followed the man to the last room on the left in which he immediately walked to the chair behind the large light brown wooden desk with a gold name plate stating 'Himuro Kaname'. As he typed on the computer placed to the right of the desk, Kisame let Itachi and Deidara take the two open seats.

"Alright, since this is actually Mr. Uchiha's appointment I'll start with him." When he got a nod of approval from the dark haired teen, he continued, "How old are you?"

"Sixteen. I'm in my second year at Konaha High School."

"And how long have you had the mark?"

"Two days. I found it Thursday night while I was heading to bed."

The plain man nodded, "Alright, and how many members are currently in your family."

"Two. My younger brother and my cousin both of whom live with me."

"Are you currently in a relationship?"

Kisame squeezed this boyfriend's shoulder as the Uchiha replied, "Yes, I believe I already told you that Kisame here is my boyfriend."

The man looked up and nodded, "Okay then, do you have enough money for funeral and burial costs?"

Kisame almost punched the man in the face for being so brutally blunt but Itachi stopped him by placing his hand on the others before saying sharply, "Yes, as a matter of fact I do."

Mr. Himuro, as they guessed was the man's name, gave another nod before asking, "And where are you planning on resting?"

Once again Kisame had to be held back by Itachi, this time words halfway through his lips when Itachi interrupted, "Lot 116, The Akatsuki Cemetery." Pein had wanted them to all be buried together since none of them really had any family they were close to; however, he assured each one of them that it was totally up to them to decide. Itachi liked the idea and chose to pay for a lot with his inheritance from his clan.

"Ah, alright then, I just need what you wish to say on your tombstone and we're all set."

"Shouldn't the family get to choose this?" Kisame asked through clenched teeth.

"Generally, but seeing that Mr. Uchiha here is the oldest amongst the three of his surviving family members, he gets first choice."

Itachi glared at the man then, "I leave that decision up to my family when the time comes."

The man finished typing before looking up and asking, "And who is the other one here to register?"

Deidara cleared his throat before responding, "I am, un."

"Name?"

"Iwa Deidara, un," Deidara's voice was still shaking but his face had a determined look to it.

"How old are you?"

"Sixteen. The same as Itachi, un."

"Alright and when did your mark appear?"

"Yesterday," Deidara's face dropped a little as he remembered. "I found it when I was getting ready for school, un."

The man nodded, never looking up from his typing, "And how many members are in your family?"

"None."

At this the man looked up at the blonde's crestfallen face before quickly looking back down. "Are you in a relationship currently?"

"No, un."

"And do you have the resources to pay for the funeral and burial?"

Deidara closed his eyes for a moment, listening to Itachi trying to quietly calm Kisame down again. "No, I do not, un." He was basically living of his landlord's generosity. He had told Deidara that as long as he got good grades in school and promised to go to college after he graduated, he would let the teen stay there for free. The old man even bought him groceries whenever Deidara couldn't come up with enough money through the odd jobs he picked up from the neighbors.

Himuro looked up again, pausing his typing to clarify what their paying for a funeral would entail, "Alright then, we will assure that you have a decent funeral and burial, but I must warn you that it won't be all that grand and-"

"The Uchiha family will pay for him," Itachi interrupted in a cold, calculating tone. Before Deidara could say anything, the pale man added, "I will not let my friend have anything less than he deserves."

The plain man nodded again and went back to typing, "I will need the head of your family at the time to sign some documents when it happens, so you will need to schedule another appointment before the funeral date." Itachi nodded and the man continued, "Now, do you know where your body will be resting?"

This time, Kisame couldn't be held back by his boyfriend as he slammed his hands on the desk. "Alright bud, you are grating on my last nerves. How could you possibly be so cruel! These are your clients and you're practically rubbing the fact that they are going to die in their faces!"

"I'm sorry you feel this way but-"

"You're sorry that I feel this way? Shouldn't you apologize to them for screwing with them?" Kisame was practically leaning into the man's personal space, yet, Himuro didn't even flinch.

With his face still monotone, he replied, "I think it's time you stepped outside sir."

Kisame stood back up and glared, "Yeah, perhaps it is." He then turned and walked out the door, slamming it shut once he was in the hall.

"Now then-"

"The fuck man, un!" Deidara growled as he stood, "Let me answer your god damn questions so I can follow him out of here. I will be buried in lot 116, The Akatsuki Cemetery, and I will let my family decide as to what goes on my tombstone, un. Oh and before you ask, yeah I said I have no relatives but my friends are my family and they get to choose what I am remembered by. Now good day and good riddance, un." Deidara them promptly stomped out of the room, slamming the door just as Kisame did.

Itachi watched as the man stared at the door in shock. "You know," he spoke as he stood to follow his friend and boyfriend. "If they had just held on a few more seconds, I would have been the one to blow up on you." He moved through the door, only stopping to add, "And I wouldn't have held back my hand," before closing the door with an audible thud, though not as loud as his friend's slams.

The Uchiha teen made his way back down to the lobby, finding both Kisame and Deidara ranting by the door. "Let's get out of here," He declared, leading the way out the door.

Deidara followed, still seething from the meeting. "What kind of god forsaken government is running this damn country? They're all fuckin morons who wouldn't know compassion if it fuckin bit them square in the ass, un."

Kisame muttered in agreement and Itachi sighed. "There's nothing we can do about it."

"Not yet at least," The blond finally seemed to be starting to calm down, even if it was only a little. "Once we get set to changing this world, I say we burn down that fuckin building with that bastard in it, un." Or maybe not.

"You're starting to sound like Hidan." Itachi stated in a dead serious voice, "If you start talking about Jashin as well I might have to hit you."

Deidara was silent for a moment but soon busted up laughing, quickly being followed by Kisame and Itachi. Their laughing spell only stopped when Itachi's laughter turned into another coughing fit and they had to find the nearest bench to sit down.

After Itachi had stopped coughing, Deidara looked up at the sky and asked, "Now what, un?"

"I don't know," Itachi replied, finally regaining his breath. "All of Akatsuki is meeting at Kisame's house at five but it's only noon."

"Do you guys wanna just come over now?" Kisame asked. "I'm sure I still have a few video games I left there and we could order pizza until everyone else shows up."

Both teens nodded in agreement before setting off towards Kisame's house in silence, stopping every once and a while so that Itachi could rest. By the time they reached the jock's old house Itachi looked ready to pass out. Kisame took him up to one of the rooms to lie down and then went to meet Deidara in the living room with a bunch of games under his arm. Without speaking they started up one of them and got lost in the world inside it.

~xXx~

"Alright, alright!" Pein stood smiling in front of the TV, surrounded by all his friends. The all quieted down as their leader continued, "Let this meeting begin!"

"About damn time," Hidan muttered. They had all arrived at five like Pein requested but had sat around listening to Itachi's tale until six. The Uchiha had been reciting what had happened at the appointment earlier, leaving out Deidara per request from the blond.

Ignoring Hidan, Pein continued, "So, to start this meeting off, does anyone have any ideas?" At this Tobi raised his hand, waving it in the air frantically. Pein laughed, "Yes, Tobi?"

"We could tell stories to everyone!" Tobi's voice was full of excitement and everyone was sure they could feel the stupid smile radiating off of the boy.

"And what the hell do you think that would accomplish?" Hidan asked, eye twitching in annoyance.

Tobi hung his head at this and mumbled, "I dunno…. Just thought it would be fun."

Hidan rolled his eyes as Pein spoke, "As nice of an idea that that is, Tobi, I think we'll pass on that for now. Any other ideas?" When no one spoke up for another minute he continued, "Well I have one I'd like to throw at ya. So, you all know the annual assembly about rules, right?" Pein waited until they all acknowledged him with a nod or some form of 'yes' before going on, "We'll let's say we make it fun, ne?"

"And how exactly are we to do that?" Sasori asked in his normal bored tone.

"Ah, glad you asked!" Pein smiled, "Well here's my plan, but feel free to add in your own suggestions here and there. We need to make this plan perfect as it is Akatsuki's first big movement in our war against despair!" He then proceeded to inform them on what he had planned for Monday's assembly.

The Akatsuki spent the next two hours discussing Pein's plan, adding details here and there to make it better, only stopping to order a few pizzas and have them delivered. Once they felt their plan was as good as it was going to get, they adjourned the meeting each heading off to their homes, awaiting Monday with pure excitement.