Pairings: Implied KakuHida, Josh/Kazu, Mel/Chiaki, implied Kisa/Ita others still being considered
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

Twenty-Five Years Ago

"I do love you, you know."

The young male nodded, stroking a tanned hand through silver locks, leaning down to press a kiss to the other mans forehead. "Then why are you leaving?" he whispered, making sure his left arm was secure around his lover's waist while his left hand stayed secure in his hair.

"Because I can't just… stay here the rest of my life. We're going to college, and… I'm not going to be stuck here."

"Hidan…" the brunette whispered, pulling the man closer to him. "Please… I can't do this without you…" And he couldn't. He couldn't go through every day without needing to touch, feel, see the other man, the man whose taste he had become addicted to. "I love you."

"And you have no idea how much I love hearing that, Kakuzu," Hidan murmured, a smile alighting his lips as he placed his cheek against Kakuzu's collarbone. "But I already made a deal with Hannah…"

Kakuzu chuckled slightly, turning to see the petite blond woman standing by the green care that had been Hidan's fathers. "It feels like you're leaving me for her," he observed, placing his unclothed lips against Hidan's forehead, only this time leaving them there. He didn't want his lover to leave, not when there was now going to be nearly an entire state apart. "I won't be able to walk over to your house anymore…"

"Hm…" Hidan hummed. "I don't think I could ever leave you, Kakuzu. You're a fucking dream come true." Looking up, his red-wine eyes caught the demon eyes of his lover. And he smiled. "I'll only be a phone-call. And I'll come visit every chance I get. I promise."

With that, the young male pulled away, his eyebrows tilting up in a sad smile. "I love you, Hidan."

"I love you, too, Kakuzu," Hidan murmured. "Kisame, take care of this big oaf, will you?" Hidan called as he walked backwards towards his new blue-eyed roommate. The blue-skinned male gave a wide grin and a thumbs up, watching Hidan leave with tinted-yellow eyes. A young raven-haired male smiled, waving slightly to the leaving male while leaning back on Kisame.

"Bye, fuckers!"

Twenty-four Years Ago

"Hidan, please, don't do this! You said you wouldn't, couldn't leave me!" His voice was raw from the almost-tears that welled in his eyes. And if only Hidan could see the pure distraught look that was painted across Kakuzu's face, he might have lost his nerve. But he was doing this over the phone. Because he knew if he saw the man he loved, he'd lose his nerve.

"Kakuzu, we never see each other anymore… We barely even talk! And… there's someone else…"

Kakuzu's voice caught in his throat, only a sob escaping his boundaries. The tears began pouring past his barriers, everything beginning to line up. "You know, out of everyone I've met, you were the only one I never expected to cheat. I mean, I expected myself to cheat before you. Goodbye, Hidan." With that he hung up the phone, slipping down the wall of his dorm room, letting the phone fall to the ground, its cord stretching.

And he let the sobs over-take him, barely holding in the screams that threatened to rip from him as he held tightly to his body. The stitches parting his cheeks stretched painfully as he grimaced in pain and he tried to hold in the sobs.

"Kakuzu?" The panicked cry came through his door. Kakuzu didn't bother answering, letting Zetsu and Kisame burst through the door to see him a wreck. "Dude, you alright?" Kisame was the most panicked, leaning forward to actually hold Kakuzu as he sobbed.

Kakuzu actually managed to smile through the tears, laughing as he continued to sob. "Hidan… and Hannah… he's gone… cheated…" he managed to get out before beginning to cry once again, words taken away from him.

Kisame glanced at Zetsu, who knelt rubbing Kakuzu's back. "Hidan? Cheating? Shit…" the freakishly tall man muttered. "This is just…"

"Wrong." Zetsu supplied, glancing down at Kakuzu. "Just wrong."

Fifteen Years Ago

"Daddy!" Kakuzu smiled, actually smiled, as he watched his son and young wife play in their backyard. He did not love her, hadn't loved for years, but… she had given him this beautiful baby boy he… well, he did lover his son.

"Hey, Josh," he said with a smile as his wife handed him the young boy. Josh giggled, wrapping his arms around his father. "Carrie, you still have to sign those papers." He glanced up at his not-for-too-much-longer-wife. She frowned slightly, rolling her eyes and looking away. "I already have custody of Josh, don't make this anymore difficult than it is, please."

"I just… I mean, Kuzu…" she whined, flipping her long brown hair over a shoulder, widening her big blue eyes. "Do we have to do this? It'll be so hard on little Joshy."

"Yes, we have to do this, Carrie. And don't call me Kuzu." With that he stood, holding his son to him and turning away. "Sign the papers, Carrie. You're not getting anything else out of this divorce." Kakuzu walked into his house quietly, bouncing Josh as the boy began to giggle and hold onto his father even tighter.

"Daddy!" the brunette boy laughed, poking his father's unmasked stitches. "Your stitches are pwetty!" he giggled, hugging his father's neck. It made Kakuzu smiled, how amazingly adorable his son was. He was so kind, without having to be told…

"One day, you are going to make a girl very happy, Josh," Kakuzu murmured with a happy smile.

Six Years Ago

"Hey, dad!" the young boy rushed into the house, grinning from year-to-ear. "Jack and I are gunna head over to Alex's house!" he called from his room. He quickly stripped himself of his uniform, pulling on instead a t-shit with the batman symbol and blue-jeans. "Don't wait up!"

"Kazu!" the young silver-haired boy stopped on his way back out the door, looking up at his father with bright blue eyes. "Make sure you take a jacket." The red-wine eyed man smiled fondly down at his son, holding out a white jacket he knew his son would forget. "And if you're going to stay the night, don't forget to call. And if you're not back by eight, I'll-"

"Call Alex's dad, I know! I'll be back by curfew, dad. I'm ten already, I know all this," Kazu whined. "Love you dad. See ya!" With that, the young boy was out the door, grinning all the while.

"Jashin… I worry about that boy," Hidan murmured with a sigh. He shook his head, closing the door his son had forgotten to. He walked back into the living room slowly, rubbing his arms in the cool house. He glanced at the picture he still had on the mantle piece, laughing blue eyes staring back t him. "Hannah… You made me leave Kakuzu, tricked me into marrying you, and still gave me the most beautiful baby boy on the face of the Earth. And dear Jashin, I miss you."

He chuckled as he walked over to his chair, picking up his Bible as he began to sit down. But… he suddenly thought better. Walking over to the phone, he dialed a number he had memorized years ago. He knew one day he would call it, he just didn't know when.

So, he called. And the phone rang. And rang. And rang yet again. Until finally…

"Hello, yeah."

"Deidara…" his voice cracked slightly when he heard his best friend's familiar voice.

"…Hidan? Is that you, un?"

"Y-yeah… I, um, I'm sorry I fell out of contact with all of you… It just sort of happened."

"Well, I figured you wouldn't want to talk to any of us after the whole… cheating… thing. So… how have you been, Hidan, yeah?" Deidara's voice was quiet, unsure. Hidan could understand.

"Good… I've got a ten-year-old at home. He's a little sweet-heart. Can be a fucking brat at times, but… Hannah passed away giving birth to him." Hidan watched the wall in front of him, worrying over what he was saying, what he was supposed to say.

"Oh… well, I'm sorry about that. I've got a little eleven-year-old, myself, un. He's got a thing for blowing things up…" A small laugh resounded over the quiet phone-line. The familiarity of the laugh made Hidan smile slightly.

"Just like his dad, of course. Um… how's…"

"Kakuzu?"

"…Yeah…"

"He's divorced. Rich. Got an eleven-year-old boy at home, un. Josh is a really sweet kid, a lot like Kakuzu used to be. He doesn't smile anymore. Doesn't date, yeah. Only takes off his mask at home. He's… changed. When you cheated, you broke him, Hidan. Hurt him, yeah. You should come back, you know."

"Yeah…" Hidan sighed quietly, running a hand through his slicked-back hair. "Yeah, I should. You know I'm not going to though, Dei. I have a life here now. Maybe when my kid goes off to college I'll move back… but not until then."

"Then you're only torturing yourself by calling me, Hidan, un. Go take care of your kid. You said it yourself, you have a life there, not here, yeah." With that, the line went dead. Hidan stood staring at the phone with conflicted eyes. Maybe he could take Kazu back there over the summer… to visit his parent's grave, to see his old friends. But even he knew he was just fooling himself. It was too painful to go back…

"I miss you, Kuzu, you fucker."

A/N: I know it's a short chapter, and I know you guys were expecting a chapter about Kazu and Josh again, but... I wanted you guys to have an understanding about their parents. About Kakuzu and Hidan's relationship and how it fell apart and everything.

Now, about Hannah. I imagine her this delicate, plain girl who has this thing for spring colors even in winter. She and Hidan had an affair because they got drunk. Clishe, I know, but it happened. Hannah got pregnant after that, which was when Hidan's fatherly instinct hit home. He broke up with Kakuzu, promising Hannah to be there for her. She had a miscarriage. After that, she and Hidan got a lot closer, and they eventually tied the knot. Kazu was a welcome surprise, and Hannah, realizing she was the reason Hidan lost his true-love, she named her son Kazu, out of respect for Kakuzu.

So, yeah. That's the whole story! Hope you guys aren't too mad at me for the late update, I'm working on the next chapter this very moment! (and I sort of have an idea for this one!)