Wow, this chapter was longer than i thought it'd be. THANKS to all my reviewers. Hugs and Kisses to you all.
Knock, knock.
Silence.
Knock, knock. 'Hello, Hidan wake up!'
Hidan mumbled incoherently and rolled over, ignoring the voice that was disturbing his Saturday morning sleep-in.
'Hidan, I'm going to count to five and then I'm going to open the door. Five…four,' said the voice.
That voice is familiar, thought Hidan.
'Three.'
Sounds like…like that lady.
'Two.'
Like…the secretary.
'One.'
The secretary! Hidan jumped out of bed and lunged at the door. He grabbed the door handle and wrenched it open.
The principal's secretary was standing in the doorway; behind her was Deidara, Kisame, Itachi, Sasori, Kakuzu, Tobi and Zetsu. All of them looked tired, as if they'd just got out of bed, which they had.
'Hello Hidan,' said the secretary.
'Hi, um, can I help you?' he asked.
'You can accompany me to the principal's office with your friends,' she said.
The secretary began walking down the hallway, motioning for the group to follow her. Hidan looked at Deidara, who gave him a look that said: We're dead.
'Come on. There's no use dawdling,' said the secretary.
Hidan rolled his eyes and began walking after her.
The whole group had been roused out of bed and told to follow, still in their pajamas, still half asleep. They hadn't had time to change or even take the morning call of nature. Hidan glanced around everyone else. They all looked like zombies, swaying slightly as they walked.
Deidara had the worst bed hair in history, Kisame looked as if he'd drowned and washed up on a beach, Tobi wasn't wearing his mask, Itachi's hair was as bad as Deidara's, Zetsu looked like a wilted plant, Sasori had huge bags underneath his eyes and Kakuzu wasn't wearing his mask.
Hidan, ever since he met Kakuzu, had wondered what was under Kakuzu's mask. Now he knew. Kakuzu's face was crossed with scars just like on his arms. There were several stitches over some of the larger scars. It was quite shocking actually and scared Hidan a little but at the same time Hidan just couldn't stop himself from staring. He couldn't imagine what caused those scars.
Kakuzu looked up and noticed Hidan staring at his scars, the scars that he'd had since he was three. He self-consciously rubbed his face, running his fingers over the stitches and scars. He looked down at the ground, his hair falling down to shield his face.
Hidan felt bad, Kakuzu obviously wasn't proud of his scars. Hidan looked away.
The secretary led the group to the administration building, up to the principal's office.
'Alright, be polite, no smug remarks and try not to be uncouth,' said the secretary.
She opened the door and hushed the boys in. The principal stood in front of two police officers. In the far corner of the room, Kakashi and Asuma were leaning against a filing cabinet. Asuma had a smug grin plastered on his face.
The principal took a deep breath, he was bracing himself for the lecture he was about to give.
'Hidan and Deidara, I should've guessed,' he began.
'Do any of you know of a house on Third Street? Anyone? Number 21 on Third Street? No? Well I guess I'll just have to tell you then. Last night, a group of young delinquents completely destroyed number 21 on Third Street. Number 21 was still under construction at the time. It was two weeks away from being finished. These young delinquents, there was about eight of them, took a box of Molotov cocktails to this house and threw them inside. Does anything trigger your memory? No? Well then Mr. Hatake and Mr. Sarutobi, please tell us what happened,' said the principal.
Kakashi cleared his throat. 'Last night, to celebrate the first week back at school, me and my friends went down to the Hill, the restaurant a street over from Third Street. Now across the road, there is a night club. Just as we were leaving, there was some sort of brawl in the night club, the brawlers were thrown out. We recognized them as Deidara and Hidan, who were followed by the rest of them. We overheard them talking about a house on Third Street, we just assumed there was a friend there, so we did nothing.'
'Anything to add, Mr. Sarutobi?' asked the principal.
Asuma nodded. 'We had come back to our dorms, when, outside, we saw flames coming from Third Street. We rang the police immediately.'
'Well, Deidara, Hidan, anything to add to this statement?' asked the principal.
Hidan opened his mouth to speak but he principal cut him off.
'Do not deny it Hidan. You're only going to make this situation worse. Admit it now or you'll be transfer to the Juvenile Hall,' the principal said.
No one said anything. No one wanted to say anything but no one wanted to go to Juvie, either. All of a sudden that stain on the wall had become so interesting.
'It was my idea,' Kisame admitted. 'It was my fault. Don't blame the others.'
'Thank-you for admitting that. But you did not force the others to come along, did you? Officers, do you wish to chat with these boys?'
The officers nodded and the principal led Kakashi and Asuma out of the room. Once the door closed an awkward silence settled in the room.
The first officer sighed. It was a sigh that a parent would give when they found their child drenched in mud for the third time in a week.
'Deidara,' he said. 'Please tell me they weren't your Molotov cocktails.'
Deidara looked down at the ground.
'You said that you stopped making explosives. You said that this year you would behave, you promised that to your sponsor,' the officer sighed once more, rubbing his head.
The second officer came forward. 'What are you going to tell your sponsor? That, in the first week, you destroyed a house with explosives? Tell me, why did you do it?'
Another silence.
Deidara shrugged his shoulders. 'It was just something to do.'
The second officer shot Deidara a look that would make ice melt. 'That is a pathetic excuse. But it's done now, nothing we can do. We're going to discuss your options. Hopefully the owners won't press charges, but if they do, you may be facing a court case. You will each make a formal apology to the owners, hopefully that may help. Also we will arrange a meeting with them and your sponsors. For the damage you caused, you will be doing at least two hundred hours of community service.'
'Your sponsors will not be happy. We'll see what we can do, though. All of you will have to come down to the station to fill the reports, but first maybe you can get dressed,' said the first officer.
Hidan looked down at his boxers. He hadn't had time to change. At least it wasn't as bad as Deidara, who was wearing pastel blue flannelettes with a little pink heart on the back. Oh yes, Deidara was going to get hell for the next two weeks.
'Ok, boys we'll talk about this later. First, get ready, have breakfast, and then come back here. We'll take you to the station, understand?' said the second officer.
The boys all nodded.
'Ok, you can go. Be back here before twelve,' the officer put heavy emphasis on before.
The officers dismissed them. They headed back to the dorms to change.
'Man, this sucks, seriously,' said Hidan.
'Yeah, stupid Kakashi and Asuma. Bastards, yeah,' said Deidara.
'They're going to pay,' said Kisame.
'Yeah, we'll get them back. Pity, we have to do community service, yeah,' said Deidara.
'Hey, Deidara,' said Tobi.
'What, Tobi?' snapped Deidara.
'Nice pajamas,' he said.
The group laughed.
'Shut up, Tobi-' Deidara was cut off by the arrival of Orochimaru.
'Hi everyone,' he said.
'What do you want?' said Hidan.
'I heard that you guys destroyed that house on Third Street, and then got busted by Kakashi,' Orochimaru said.
'Who'd you hear that from?' asked Kisame.
'Kabuto told me, he heard it from a kid called Naruto, who gets tutored by Kakashi. He was bragging about it. You guys are going to be legends,' replied Orochimaru.
'Yeah, but we're gonna pay for it,' said Deidara.
'Community service? Hah, enjoy it,' Orochimaru left as they reached the dorms.
It was seven thirty, so most of the students were still asleep. The group parted as they reached the second. Hidan went on up to the third floor with Kakuzu, Kisame, Itachi and Zetsu while Deidara went on down the second floor hallway with Sasori and Tobi.
Hidan went to his room, grabbed his toiletries and headed out to the showers. He met up with Kakuzu on the way.
'Hey, going for a shower?' he said.
'Yep,' was the reply.
Hidan searched his brain for ways to start conversation without bringing up Kakuzu's scars. Which was quite difficult, Hidan wanted to know how Kakuzu got them. Whether he did it to himself or whether it happened by accident. Then again, if he did it to himself, he probably wouldn't tell Hidan anyway. Though, Hidan wouldn't really care. After all Hidan cut himself. Nothing too bad, they usually healed up pretty quickly. He'd never tell anyone, they wouldn't understand his reasons for it.
'Kakuzu. Seriously, sorry I killed your Friday night and all,' said Hidan.
'It's ok. Probably would've wasted it if I hadn't gone with you,' Kakuzu replied.
Both showered and met the others at the breakfast table. By that time it was eight o'clock and most of the students were having breakfast. Many were congratulating the group as they went past; others were giving them filthy looks, either out of jealously or disgust.
The group ate breakfast, occasionally responding to the congratulatory remarks and taunts. Once they finished they decided to head back up to the principals office. No one really wanted to go, but it would look even worse if they didn't go.
'Ah well, time to go downtown,' said Kisame.
'Yeah, I'm looking forward to it…Not!' said Deidara.
They reached the office and waited outside. Soon after, the two police officers came out of the office and motioned for the group to go with them. They were led to two cars each seating seven people each. The group divided and was driven to the police station. They then followed the procedure of retelling their side of the story and were sent to a room to write a formal apology.
'Ok, ok. How's this: Dear Mr. and Mrs. Hitari, I formerly apologize for destroying your dream home. It was a mistake that shouldn't have happened and I sincerely apologize for the trouble I have caused. In any case, you should be thanking me. That house looked cheap and crappy. I saved you from living in a shithouse. Sincerely Hidan. How was that?'
The group laughed.
'Yeah, my turn now. To Mr. and Mrs. Hitari, the destruction of your home was a terrible mistake and I apologize sincerely from the depths of my heart. But on the bright side, yeah, you have publicity, which means more money to build and even better house. Besides this is your fault as well. You knew, yeah, you were near a school for delinquents, so you should have expected this. Sincerest apologies Deidara. Awesome, yeah?'
Another roar of laughter erupted.
The supervising police officer stifled a laugh. 'Come on, now. Be serious. This has to be done properly,' he said.
'My sincerest apologies,' said Hidan in mock tone.
The group laughed. The officer just rolled his eyes and went back to reading the newspaper.
After an hour, formal apologies were submitted and the community service was handed out.
'Ok, you're going to be working in pairs. Hidan with Kakuzu, Deidara with Sasori, Itachi with Kisame, Zetsu with Tobi. Hidan and Kakuzu, you two will be helping the state library with cleanup etcetera. You will listen and obey. Deidara and Sasori, you will be cleaning up down town's park and sports ground at the RSL. You will do it properly and if it isn't satisfactory, you will do it again. Itachi and Kisame, you will be tutoring the disabled for the next two weeks. Tobi and Zetsu, will be assisting the elderly in the aged care facility for a few weeks. Keep in mind, ALL of you will be supervised. This is only the start there is much more to come afterwards. Do you understand?' said the officer.
The group nodded and muttered yes.
'Good. You will start tomorrow at the school gates. 7 o'clock in the morning,' said the officer.
Groans echoed the room at the mention of 7 o'clock and morning.
'You are dismissed.'
The group was taken back to South's. By that point, it was 6:30 pm. The group had dinner, showered and went to bed, dreading the day to come.
Hope you enjoyed. R&R. I'll try and update ASAP!
