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: Hey, look! Another chapter! Yay! So, yeah, I'm still working on chapter tres... but! I think I know where I'm going with this story for once in my life! Got a five day weekend (OMG!) to work on this story and my other ones, so be prepared for a ton of updates! And I know I need to update my other stories, I will, I promise. And for those of you who read Playboy Special, guess what? I'm working on the next chapter! Don't expect something for the next few days, but know that I'm working on it! So... here's your new chapter!

Kazu could feel the eyes on him as he walked outside and sat under a shaded tree. He knew people thought he was weird. Out of the four classes he had had this morning – math, English, physics, and French III – all the teachers had asked him to take off his hood, and all four teachers he had walked up to and explained very quietly that he did not like his face to be shown. All the teachers had respected that. Now he had only three more classes to go… well, if he could make it through lunch. And with all the stares focused on him, he was a little nervous about that…

"Kazu!" Great, the little blond had found him. Aiden took the liberty of not even asking to sit down, sliding up next to Kazu and invading his personal space like it was his job. "So, I heard through the grapevine that you won't take off your hood!" And those blue-blue eyes were looking up at Kazu with such a pleading gaze it would have melted a lesser person.

Kazu was not a lesser person.

He glanced over at the boy, just taking a bite of his sandwich before looking away and focusing on something off into the distance. He realized Aiden had quickly deflated, his blond hair almost losing some of its color as he realized his puppy dog look hadn't worked. Probably made the boys ego go down a few notches.

"Holy shit, what did you do to Aiden, new kid?" Kazu glanced up to see a new face. His hair seemed to be split down the middle, half white and half black. Weird kid. "Oh, and the name's Zayn."

"My puppy dog look didn't work!" Aiden whined, leaning over to gently push Kazu. The boy visibly flinched away, making Aiden raise a brow. Kazu hated being touched. "Um… So, hood's off-limits… Oh! I almost forgot! My dad knows your dad!" Aiden's hair was once again bright blond and shimmering like yellow glitter glue. Slightly disturbing.

"You don't even know who my dad is," Kazu muttered as he took yet another bite of his sandwich. He had realized after his third class the sandwich wasn't going to be enough to hold him over, but it was really all he had… he didn't have any money to go off campus and buy something, and he doubted there was anything back at home. His foster father would not have restocked the kitchen, he probably didn't even realize they were out of food.

A tall figure blocked out the sun that had just started to pleasantly shine on Kazu. "That's right; we don't know your father. Stop annoying him Aiden, good to see you made it today Zayn. I brought you food, blondie." Josh was here. Kazu glanced up; making sure Josh couldn't see his face. A slight pressure lifted off his chest when Josh sat down beside him and placed a burrito in his lap along with an unopened can of coke after tossing a box of food to Aiden.

"You…" Kazu trailed off, finishing his sandwich before tearing open the tin foil covering the burrito and digging in. He didn't pay attention to the raised brows, more interested in filling his stomach, seeing as how it had been empty for over 24 hours now. He was so hungry…

"Hm… can't believe you spent money on a kid you've known less than a day, Josh." Rain chuckled as he sat beside Josh, pulling out a toasted sandwich from the corner store down the street. His twin sat down beside him, grinning as she watched the circle begin to form. Junior sat beside the shorter Aiden, tilting his head up as Mel sat beside him. Lee sat beside Jain, followed quickly by Zayn. Finally, Chiaki sat down between Mel and Zayn.

"And? I think it was a good idea," Josh muttered as he glanced down at Kazu as he continued to kill the burrito with a hunger he had very much become accustomed to. "At least Kazu won't starve."

"Call me San."

All eyes were glued to the hooded boy, eyes wide and eye brows raised. So San was his last name… didn't that prove that Hidan, the convicted murderer, was his father?

"Um… what?" Aiden muttered, very, very confused as he watched Kazu fumble with the coke can as if he had never opened one. "Why?"

"Because that's what I've always been called. Dad calls me that, my friends used to call me that, you can call me that. I probably won't answer to Kazu anyways," Kazu muttered as Josh finally took the can away from him and snapped it open. The tanned boy handed it back to Kazu, smiling slightly when he saw the blush peeking out from under Kazu's hood. Shame wasn't something new.

"Does that mean we count as friends?" Aiden hooked onto Kazu's arm happily; his eyes alight as he bounced up and down in his seat. Kazu jolted back, almost jumping into Josh's lap in his attempt to dislodge Aiden from him. When Josh's hands landed on his shoulders to steady him, Kazu once again jumped away, this time scrambling to his feet.

"No, you're not my friends! For Jashin's sake, I don't even know you people! I-I-I-" Kazu spun and ran in away, bag in hand as he ran towards the school. He hated it when people touched him, he didn't want anyone near his scarred and torn body! He would have loved to punch Aiden, but... his father would have scolded him when the social worker came and let him talk to Hidan. He just freaking wanted a normal life with his father!

"Kazu! Wait up!" Great, Josh was following him…

"Just go away, Josh! Can't you just leave me alone? Every other school I've been to have left me alone, you're making my life hell! Jashin, I just want to be left alone!" Kazu tried to run, he really did. He didn't want Josh to grab his jacket, nor did he want his hood to fall back… But it did…

"No!"

"Mister San…"

The doctor's tone of voice had Hidan standing quickly from his chair, his once-perfect silver hair in a messy halo around his head. His wife was having his child. And he knew the danger of it, he knew she was weak and he knew he was terrified of her stubbornness.

"Please, is Alicia alright? What about my child? Jashin, just tell me!" Hidan was frantic, he needed to know.

"…You have a beautiful baby boy, but your wife…"

"No, please, no. Alicia…" Hidan held back a sob as he covered his face. His wife, the only thing that had gotten him over his high school sweet heart… Alicia couldn't be gone.

"I'm so sorry, Mister San. But, before your wife passed, she asked your son to be named Kazu. She held him, if that's any consolation," the doctor laid a hand on Hidan's shoulder, a small smile alighting his face. Hidan nodded slightly, smiling through his tears.

"Can I see him? My son?"

"Of course. Right this way," the doctor motioned to the maternity ward, where the newborns were kept. The doctor stopped before the large window, pointing to a tiny, tiny baby boy who looked at the world with bright blue icy eyes and a tuft of white-white hair on his head. "He's beautiful, Mister San."

"Yeah…" Hidan murmured, tears pricking at his eyes as he looked on at his son. "He really is. She really got to hold him?"

The doctor nodded. "She wanted you to see him… She said how much he looks like you…"

"I'll raise him like Alicia would… I swear it…"

Kazu grasped at his hood, trying to stop it from falling, trying to keep his secrets hidden along with his past. He couldn't stop his face from being revealed, though… At least, not until a hand landed on the falling hood and pulled it past his eyes in one quick motion.

Kazu took a shaking hold of the edge of his hood, holding it tightly over his eyes as his body trembled. He slowly glanced up at Josh, whose smile was gone and replaced by a protective stance and solemn eyes. Kazu looked back down, letting Josh move closer to him, closer than he would have let him previously.

"W-why?" Kazu murmured quietly. Josh just smiled slightly, moving a bit closer, as if testing his boundaries and how close Kazu would let him venture. He never let down his protective aura; he never let his eyes truly look at Kazu. He looked around, as if making sure no one had discovered Kazu's secret.

"My dad wears a mask. It covers his mouth, but the concept is the same. He taught me respect about people's secrets, and to protect them. If you don't want people to see, I won't let them," Josh explained. Kazu looked away. "You can trust me. I promise."

Kazu stepped forward slightly, with a thousand thoughts running through his mind. 'I barely know this guy, he could be lying, he probably only wants to humiliate me, but… he kept my secret.' He reached up a hand and gently hooked onto Josh's sleeve. He couldn't say thank you, his throat and his voice seemed to deny him that. But he could hold onto this boy, he could trust him. Stepping forward, he gently rested his head on Josh's arm, scared of the physical contact but more scared of being rejected. He missed his father's hugs, he missed the contact. His foster father would only touch him to hurt him.

Josh wouldn't.

And the proof was in the gentle hold he bestowed on Kazu, the way he rubbed Kazu's clothed arm gently, soothingly. And it didn't hurt. It felt… good.