Me: Well this is a warning to … well Heidy and Haku … it gets emotional, and it kills me to write it up, but … well … we need this!

Naruto: -cries- WHY? Why must you do this to our poor little Angel?

Sasuke: -sniffs- S-Shut up, Dobe. You'll give it away.

Zabuza: Why the hell wasn't I here earlier? -cries with Naruto-

Haku: … -sob fest-

Me: ALRIGHT! I get it, I deserve to dies! ; n ;

Tobi: E-Elena-chan owns her possessions a-and ... WAAAHAAA! poor little guy! D'X

Chapter 4:
Haku is in danger when others find out …

The next few nights that Zabuza stayed with him, Haku didn't have a single nightmare. Each night, Zabuza would lie beside him, his large body covering him in a way that let him know he was safe from any and all harm.

Sasuke and Naruto both came over, wanting to talk to Zabuza and finally meet the famous Silent Angel. Naruto cooed over Haku, smiling as Haku blushed and looked away, his eyes kept saying ,'You're just as cute as me, so shut it!'

Zabuza and Sasuke chuckled as Naruto quickly learned eye language and pouted, crossing his arms and initiating an eye language fight with Haku, who was beyond impressed as Naruto spoke so fluently, you would think that he was used to the language by then.

Zabuza and Sasuke busted up in laughter as they watched the amusing fight between Naruto and Haku, watching as Naruto would say, 'No! You are cuter than me!'

And Haku would respond with a, 'Lies you are just as cute!'

Finally Zabuza and Sasuke had to break up the fight by saying, 'No matter who is cute, and who is more, I still love you. And you are the most beautiful thing in the world to me.' They left soon after, Naruto blushing non stop and Sasuke chuckling, promising to visit again and the next time he would bring the other two couples.

Haku didn't think it was possible to feel happier, he felt clean and whole for the first time in a very long time. One night, while everyone was watching TV, Haku felt so happy that he couldn't do anything but cry. His parents sat in their respective recliners, Konan, trying to learn how to knit and Nagato, shaking his head as the news anchor listed the world's problems. Zabuza was beside him on the couch, holding his hand like it was treasure.

Happy tears started to roll down his face as he thought over how much Zabuza meant to him, and how life changing he was. Haku was very quiet, but Zabuza noticed and pulled him close. In his arms, Haku felt completely safe, surrounded by warmth and love that he deserved. He rested his head on Zabuza's muscular chest and let his steady heartbeat comfort him to sleep.

Sometimes he would wake up when Zabuza was carrying to bed, but he pretended to be asleep still because the way Zabuza treated him, made him feel special. Zabuza was always so gentle, and he made sure that all the blankets were covering Haku and the red one was right next to his face so that if he woke up scared at any point that night, he would always have the unbelievably soft blanket to remind him of his parents' love.

During the days, Haku and Zabuza would stay in the house alone together. They watched movies and Zabuza taught him how to play card games. Sometimes they just sat in silence, holding each other closely as Zabuza whispered sweet nothings to him, Haku liked that the most. He liked being kissed and being told he was loved. He liked Zabuza's big hands moving over his body, pleasuring him in ways he'd never knew before. Zabuza didn't care about the scars and that made Haku start to feel less insecure and more happy and relaxed. His bad memories started to fade even though the marks were still there and always would be, Haku felt that he could accept that and wasn't hurt anymore.

And Sasuke and Naruto returned a lot, sometimes with Neji and Gaara and also Itachi and Kisame. Of course Zabuza, Sasuke, Gaara, and Itachi all had a good laugh as they watched their little angels eye language fight against each other, Haku once smacking Neji silly and saying he called him the ugliest thing in the world. Gaara had a good laugh at that, and Neji giggled at the stupidity of it all.

They all had a good time, accepting Haku as he was and letting him feel comfortable with people as they came over and interacted with him. Haku would now always smile as they came over, often bringing new movies to watch or suggesting a stroll around the woods where Haku and Zabuza once used to meet. Zabuza would always smile at them all, hugging Haku close when they walked, sometimes even carrying him.

Haku felt that he could once again live and have friends, he was not scared of life anymore. He was no longer a week little boy who was afraid of anything, at least, not now that he had Zabuza with him. Because he felt that he was a whole new person when Zabuza was with him, he was braver and he didn't hate himself at all anymore.

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Zabuza knew that the long weekend had to end eventually, but it was still depressing to go to school that Monday. He couldn't wait for Thanksgiving and Christmas, when they could spend more long days together with Naruto and the gang, uninterrupted by the world outside. He wanted to spend more time with his little Silent Angel and with his real friends. The friends who accepted him for who he was and didn't care if he hated football, or if he just wanted it to be silent for a while.

Zabuza preferred to stay with the Akatsuki family, but he felt like he was overstaying his welcome, and didn't want to be a burden to them anymore. After school that day, he went home to test the waters and see if he could at least get some clothes. If he couldn't move back in, he would at least take all of his stuff, including some cash he'd tucked away for an emergency.

The house was empty when he got there and Zabuza started to walk around, seeing if it was really empty. He looked at the pictures on the walls, many of which he was no a part of. Most of them were of his mother and Gato, and their daughter and son. There were a few of Zabuza as a child, and those were the ones he looked at, the ones of happier memories. He saw one of him and his grandmother, he looked happy and he felt the echoes of pain left by her death.

Growing up, Zabuza didn't understand a lot of things, many of which were not his fault, but they still blamed him for them. It wasn't until he was older that he realized he was unwanted. His biological father wasn't around, probably didn't even know his name. His mother blamed him for the fact that she never finished collage, again it was not his fault that she decided being a slut was a good idea. The rest of his family was a bunch of judgmental Southerners who hated that they were associated with the shame of a fatherless child. He took the picture frame off the wall and slid the photo out, he didn't care if they'd notice. His grandmother wasn't like the others, she never blamed him for something he couldn't help.

He knew he couldn't stay there, even his friends, his true friends, have told him that fact. If the Akatsukis couldn't take him in, he would just live in his truck. He went up to his old room. It had been trashed, but Zabuza had half-way expected that. His clothes were piled in the middle of the room, and they didn't look too good.

Gingerly, he picked up one of the garments and it smelled like piss and beer. He dropped it back in the pile and looked under the bed, at least Gato hadn't found that. Rolled up and tucked inside a sock was all the money Zabuza had to his name. Two hundred dollars he'd earned doing odd jobs for the local ranchers was all he had to start his new life with Haku and away from this terrible life.

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When he tried to offer the money to Konan and Nagato, they wouldn't accept it, not even a single penny. "You've already paid us back," Nagato said, smiling softly. "We know that you and Haku are close."

"And we're ok with it," Konan added.

Zabuza nodded and smiled at them. "I just don't want to burden you guys."

"You aren't a burden on us," Nagato said. "We aren't rich, but we have enough. It won't hurt us financially."

"Zabuza, we would be glad to have you stay with us," Konan said, putting her small hand on his big broad shoulder.

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It was Friday night and the Konoha Mountain lions were playing their district rivals, the Kiri Sharks. It was halfway through the second quarter and the coach was fuming. The sharks had a 21-9 lead, and it wasn't getting any better.

Finally the coach found his target. He stormed over to Raiga and grabbed him by the shoulder pads. "What the hell, boy? You are slower than a damn sloths in sneakers! You're out!"

Zabuza knew what was coming next. Raiga was out of the game, and Zabuza was in, and they won. Zabuza was the big hero of the night, and he didn't even want to be it. Raiga was going to be out for revenge.

Zabuza was worrying the whole weekend, not even into the conversations that Sasuke, Gaara, and Itachi had with him as he would stare out the window and try to think of something. What exactly could he do? He had nothing to give Raiga but money, and Raiga didn't need that. He was pretty sure that he was about to be kicked out of the closet, and his innocent Silent Angel would be the one most hurt.

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Haku played a few cords on the piano and then wrote some music down. He played the melody, and then he erased it. He wanted to come up with a special song that he could play for Zabuza, so he would know how much Haku loved him, and Naruto was going to help, but he had to do something for a teacher at the last minute.

The door to his practice room opened and Haku smiled, thinking it was Zabuza or Naruto, but when he looked up, it wasn't Zabuza or Naruto.

"Come on," Raiga said. Haku didn't move, he was frozen to his spot as Raiga growled in agitation.

Raiga grabbed his arm and pulled him from the room. Haku tried to make Raiga let go, but he wasn't strong enough and Raiga's powerful hold held him in place as Raiga pulled him along.

He kept willing himself to make a sound, any kind of sound. But his voice wouldn't work for him, and he was forcibly being pulled faster. He fought as hard as he could, trying to make noise, but no one heard him. They were out of the band room now, out on the concrete and Haku planted his heels. It didn't stop Raiga, but it slowed him down a little. Haku reached out for the support beams of the awning that covered the sidewalk and held on to it with all his strength.

Raiga jerked Haku away from the metal pole, which felt like Haku's arm was being ripped off, and hit him hard across the face. "You're coming with me whether you like it or not."

Haku felt his face growing hot, and in his mind, he heard himself as a child saying, "Please don't. Please don't!" That was all he could think of. He still tried to fight back and Raiga punched him in the stomach. Haku started to cry and Raiga shoved him into the locker room.

"Told you he was queer," Raiga said to the four other boys in the room. They were all much bigger than Haku. They circled around him and he tried one last time to run away, but one of them grabbed hi and pushed him to the ground. He curled himself into a tight little ball.

"Hey … guys, I don't know about this …" one of them said. Haku looked up at the speaker desperately.

"It's fine," Raiga said. "It ain't wrong if he wants it."

"He doesn't look so good …"

"He needs to learn his lesson. If you're going to be a pussy, then leave. Otherwise, hold his head still."

Haku cried do hard, he couldn't breathe. The boy who seemingly had a change of heart didn't react, but one of the other boys did. Raiga unzipped, his pants and started to make himself hard. Within a minute he was pounding in and out of Haku's mouth mercilessly.

Haku gagged and choked, he couldn't breathe, between what Raiga was doing and his crying he left like he might pass out if he didn't get air. Desperate, he bit down with all his might and Raiga howled and started beating Haku on the side of his head.

Haku released and fell back, gasping for air like a drowning man. Raiga bellowed like an angry bull and started to kick Haku. Then he ordered his friends to remove Haku's pants, exposing him to everyone's eyes.

"Hold on, Raiga. You can't rape him!" Raiga turned and punched his friend. "Get the fuck out!"

The only chance Haku had of a savior left the room, hands clutching at a bloody nose. The boys started to tear Haku's clothes, they ripped his shirt and saw the scars on his stomach and they laughed at him.

Haku couldn't make himself talk, it wouldn't have helped if he could have, but in his mind, he repeated Zabuza's name like a prayer.

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Zabuza was concerned that Haku wasn't waiting outside the band room like usual. He checked inside, but no sign of his Silent Angel. When he stepped back outside, he saw his friend Ranmaru with blood dripping from his hands and face.

"What happened to you?" Zabuza asked, rushing over to help his beaten friend.

"You have to go to the locker room, now! Man, its so bad. Just get there quickly!" He said.

"What's going on?"

"Raiga … man, I don't know if what he said was true, but …"

Before Ranmaru could finish his thought, Zabuza was sprinting off, he cursed because he couldn't seem to go fast enough.

Finally, he got to the locker room and kicked the door down to find Raiga behind Haku and three other guys bending him over one of the benches. Rage blinded him and Zabuza pulled them away from Haku and started hitting Raiga with all his strength. Nothing broke his focus until he heard sirens and the other boys fled.

Zabuza knelt beside Haku, hot tears flooding his eyes. "Did they … ?" Zabuza couldn't finish the question.

Haku made a pathetic mewling sound, like a hurt kitten and Zabuza couldn't stand not having been there earlier. He was naked and pale, curled up on the ground, with blood on his face and swelling bruises. Zabuza watched as the paramedics rushed in. Both were male and Haku cried out when they touched him, one checked his vital signs while the other collected the discarded clothing and put it into a paper sack.

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It was an endless stream of doctors and policemen and both Nagato and Konan were crying. Zabuza cried too when he had to tell what he'd seen. Sasuke and Naruto were there, Sasuke holding Naruto as he cried and threatened to hurt Raiga more for doing that to their little friend.

Sasuke growled with Gaara once he and Neji arrived, both plotting something unimaginable for Raiga once they got their hands on him. Neji cried with Naruto, sad that it had to go that way. And surprisingly enough, Ranmaru was there, he having once been friends with Haku in class. He was small, just like Haku, and he told Zabuza that he was only told to be at the locker room, not what was going to happen.

They all cried silently and growled in anger as the time passed, Kisame and Itachi both bringing something for them all to eat while they waited. Zabuza didn't eat, how could he when his love was just attacked and beaten and he couldn't do anything to be there earlier. He felt a great pain overcome him as he thought of what he must have gone through. Ranmaru smiled at him and told him to go, it was the only thing he could do at the moment, to go to Haku and comfort him.

Zabuza nodded and walked through the waiting room of the ER, wondering if the people around him could tell his world was falling apart. I was cold and of course nature decided now was a good time for an awful thunderstorm. He took one last look at his friends and was gone.

Zabuza went to the bathroom and locked the door for some privacy, he stood with his hands gripping the sink and stared into the mirror. His lip had split at the side and he washed away the dried blood and pulled himself together, trying to stretch in a way that would relieve the pain in his lower back.

He left the bathroom when someone started knocking on the door, urging him that it was important that he enter and use it. He started walking down the halls until he ran across a little gift shop. He walked inside and grabbed a soda from the refrigerators in the back. As he went to the register, as display of stuffed animals caught his eye, and a small, cute soft white bunny with big, sad eyes caught his eye even more. He felt it and it was even softer than he expected, he thought Haku might like it, so he bought it and made his way to Haku's room.

Nagato stepped into the hallway, his eyes rimmed in red behind his bangs as he somberly approached Zabuza. "He was … our son was .." He couldn't say it and Zabuza put a hand on his shoulder. "MY wife and I need to visit a resource center, will you sit with him?"

Zabuza nodded and followed Nagato into a small room in a quiet corner of the ER. Haku looked so small in the bed; an oversized hospital gown was falling off of one shoulder. Both of his parents kissed him several times and explained where they were going. Haku just stared at the IV tube taped to his hand.

Reluctantly, they left and Zabuza sat in a chair next to his bed. He took the plush bunny out of the bag and set it on his lap, but Haku didn't react.

"Angel, I'm sorry," he said, his voice broke, but he held back the tears. "I love you, nothing will change that." Haku reached for the stuffed animal and hugged it to his chest as he looked at Zabuza. Zabuza stood and put his arms around him. "It'll be alright," he whispered. "I'm here, I love you."

Haku kissed his lips lightly and then nuzzled his face against his chest. Zabuza lay beside him in the hospital bed and stroked his hair, kissing his forehead and whispering, "I love you."

Haku sighed. "I-I … l-love … you. F-F-For-Forever." He clutched the material of Zabuza's shirt in his small hand.

"Forever," Zabuza whispered.

"Aw!" They both turned to look at Naruto as he cuddled into Sasuke's chest and cried softly, Neji and Gaara just smiled, and Ranmaru cried softly.

"I'm so sorry Haku! I was there, and I couldn't do anything, I'm sorry you have a coward for a friend!" Haku smiled and shook his head, his eyes saying, 'It's ok, he hit you and you ran away. I forgive you.' Ranmaru smiled and nodded, sniffling as Naruto went to him and hugged him tight.

"That was just too cute! And your voice … and you say you're not cute!" Haku glared at him, his eyes saying, 'You're going to start that again? I told you I'm not cute, you are!'

Zabuza rolled his eyes at the eye fight that was going to start once more and he hugged Haku closely. "No matter what, I'll love you forever … and you are cute." Haku pouted as they all laughed, the incident almost forgotten.

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Me: Well … its sort of good now?

Haku: How could you? D'X

Zabuza: I'm going to kill that sonofabitch!

Sasuke: Right with you!

Naruto: D'X

Ranmaru: … Raiga! D'X

Raiga: What the hell? I hate Zabuza and Haku, but not on that level! They just stole my doughnuts! :C

Zabuza: YOU! -attacks and kicks some serious ass-

Me: well … I needed a bad guy who hates them .. and you fit the bill, but I then forgot Ranmaru so … I had him made into an old friend of Haku's :D

Zabuza: now he won't do anything!

Raiga: … w-why? xC -tries to move-

Haku: HOW COULD YOU?

Me: … Erm … by typing?

Naruto: You'd better make a darn good happy ending now!

Me: Yes sir! -army salute-

Tobi: Review!

Zabuza: We need them for the next chapter. So do it.

Tobi: You've been reading from the writing of … Bad Writer xD