Story: Hidan and the gang have grown up, their own kids in high school now. But whats this? Hidan is in jail on a false charge, leaving his young son to be put through the torture of the foster care system. He's been put with an abusive foster father, who only cares about the money he gets for keeping the young boy. But now Kazu is in Akatsuki High, the school his own father went to. And all his father's old friends send their kids to. Things are about to get interesting for young Kazu...
Disclaimer: Fathers (c) Kishimoto
Kids and Extras (c) Me

A/N: Hee... two chapters in one day! Yay! I'm getting good at writing this shit all at once... So I actually don't like this chapter because Josh really doesn't feel like himself just yet. Don't be surprised if he becomes even more like his dad in later chapters. Oh, and Kakuzu and his wife have been separated for ten years, I feel like I should explain that cause it might not be mentioned... Well, I think that's it! Rate and Review!

The school was only about a fifteen minute walk away from Kazu's temporary home, but Kazu wanted to make sure no one would know where he lived, so he walked in a few circles before actually arriving at the school. He couldn't stand anyone knowing he lived in such a hell-hole as his foster father's home. Plus, he hated sympathy.

With the grey hoodie shadowing the top half of his face, leaving him with almost a mask over his face, he stood at the front of the school. He still had fifteen before school started, but many kids were already huddled at the front of the one-floor school, and probably crowded in front of their class rooms. Kazu could confidently walk into the heavily populated area and get his school schedule without the teachers or the kids questioning his hood. Though he'd probably get yelled at by his teachers… Eh, it was a risk he was willing to take to be able to keep his beautiful face away from the student body.

"Move it," Kazu growled to a few kids who bumped into him. He hated when people had no respect for others personal space. And he truly did like his personal space. The kids gave him raised brows but were soon back to their gossiping. A loud, deep, musical laugh caught Kazu's attention, making him turn his head just before he reached the front office of the school. A tall, thickly built tanned boy stood in the middle of a group of people, smirking as he messed up a smaller blond boys shoulder length hair. The blond boy glared up at the other boy.

Kazu couldn't help but stare. The tanned boys were red where the white should be, probably a burst blood vessel, and the irises of his eyes were such a light green they looked almost white. It was so strange, especially matched with his long brown hair. He was almost a strange sight just like Kazu… but he just seemed to shine with the uniqueness. It made bile rise in Kazu's throat. He already hated the boy.

Sneering, Kazu finished walking up to the front desk. "I'm Kazu San, I need my schedule," he muttered to the woman behind the front desk. She smiled warmly at him, making Kazu want to run in the other direction, he had a fairly had view of women. He didn't like when he was smiled at by women… it was one of the reason's he wore the hood to hide his face.

"Alright, Hun, here's your schedule! Now, do you see that tall boy over there?" the woman pointed to the tall, weird-eyed boy. "He'll show you around for the day, if you need it. His name is Josh. If you need anything, just ask him."

Kazu nodded. He wouldn't, but that was just because he was stubborn. He could make it through the day without needing someone to hold his hand the whole way. He had the room numbers, and he was used to being the new kid. All he had to do was make sure no one wanted to come near him, which he was doing a good job of by almost being a walking bomb. People took one look at him and ran the other way.

"Hey! Kid!" Oh, great… Looks like Josh had figure out he was the new kid. He so didn't need this right now, he really didn't. Popular kids were some of the few kids he pretty much got into fights with on sight because they were just too stupid to get the whole, "I'm dangerous and don't want to be your fucking friend," kind of thing.

"You're Kazu, right?" At the slight not from Kazu, Josh grinned, his friends crowding around the hooded boy. "I'm Josh, I'll be showing you around Akatsuki High. You're in most of my classes, so, yeah!"

"Hey, is your dad Hidan San? Cause you got the same last name as him!" great, the blond was truly on idiot. Kazu's father had become somewhat of a legend around the world because of the trial, and how Hidan had kept on pleading innocent until the bitter end.

"Aden, jesus, you want to scare the kid off?" Josh muttered, pushing the kid away. "So, the blond is Aden, the brunette is Lee, the twins are Rain and Jain, the red-eyed kid is Chiaki, the kid with the skin disorder-"

"It isn't a disorder, it's just my skin color!" the boy protested.

"Is Mel, and the red-head is Junior. Come to me or Rain if you need anything," Josh finished with a smile. The blue-haired boy called Rain nodded slightly as his twin grinned and held onto his arm, the girl grinning as she inspected the hooded boy.

Kazu stood there for a moment, letting his eyes roam over the other kids. They all looked happy, they all looked content. Not a scratch to be seen on them, no frowns, obviously their parents all loved them dearly. Obviously, they had never felt a bad day in their lives. The bile quickly returned.

"Fuck off."

That was all Kazu spared them as he stalked away to his first period class. He could feel their eyes on him, stunned at his complete rejection of their so blatantly offered friendship. He didn't want them as friends; he didn't even want them to know his name. They didn't need to know about his father or his innocence; they didn't need to know about how his foster father beat him. They didn't even need to fucking know why he hid his god-damned face from the world. They could all fuck off.

Of course, lost in his thoughts as he was, Kazu belatedly realized that there was someone walking beside him. He glanced up to see Josh walking beside him, the smile gone and replaced with a surprisingly down to earth calm. It impressed Kazu. But not enough to let the other boy keep walking beside him.

"I thought I told you and your friends to fuck off," Kazu growled, his lips pulled down in a fierce scowl.

"Yeah, I didn't really feel like it."

And no matter how much he wanted to smile and laugh, Kazu wouldn't let himself show how much this boys persistence made him feel wanted. "Pig."

"Naw, I'm more of a miser," Josh said with a slight smile. Kazu just turned his eyes away from the boy and stalked into his math classroom, knowing Josh would just follow him in. "Come on, I'm really trying here, give me a break."

Kazu didn't even look at him as he chose a seat in the back of the classroom and dragged his backpack from his shoulders, dumping it onto the floor. Sitting down, he dragged his notebook from his bag. He really just wanted Josh to take the hint and run away, but the boy was even more persistent than Kazu had at first given him credit for. He took the seat next to Kazu and just sat staring at the boy.

Finally annoyed enough, Kazu looked at the boy. "What the fuck do you want? Are you just too damn dense to get the fact that I don't want to be friends with you? I don't like you, dumbass. I don't like you, and I won't like you just because you're following me around. In fact, it quite creepy."

And it was strange, because at his words Josh smiled calmly. "Well, I have gotten you to speak to me, so I think its working."

Kazu sneered at him. "Fine, but don't blame me when you end up in the hospital."

And though Josh didn't get what he meant, he was perfectly prepared to be Kazu's friend. And not because his father had asked him to, but because the boy was interesting. Why did he wear the hood? Was he hideous? Or maybe so beautiful men and women alike would drop dead at the site of his face? Well… Josh was going to find out.