Please...you're gonna wanna kill me at the end of this chapter...but it gets betters. Patience is a virtue.

Morning light casted on the silver haired boy that lies in the scarred boy's arms. Kakuzu had woken at least an hour ago, but, instead of waking his boyfriend, he had gazed over the face. It was a beautiful face with a strong jaw and fair skin that complimented the silver locks. Rapidly, the boy's once closed eyes flew open to reveal the stunning lavender irises that Kakuzu found the most seductive. The two stayed like that in silence, in the loving embrace, memories of last night recalling.

This was their fifteenth time taking their small trip to Kyoto for their private dates. They did this three times ever month, but also saw a lot of each other whenever they could when back home, which was mainly at night or early morning. The relationship grew stronger and more secretive over the months, and that was the main reason the two finally made love last night…actually, they did it three times… But the point was that this relationship was no fling anymore. It was deeper than that.

Swiftly, Hidan pressed his lips onto his boyfriend's, straddling him in the process. Kakuzu ran his hands along the bare muscular skin (Hidan really grew his muscle, much to mother's disliking), fighting for dominance inside his and Hidan's mouths. After several moments of this, the two separated and sat side by side, intertwining their fingers as they leaned their heads together. Kakuzu took a deep breath and forced himself to say the words out of his mouth.

"Hidan…you and I have gone out for awhile now…and…I…um…I think…"

"If you're not gonna come on out with what you are trying to fucking say then I'm gonna say what I fucking want to," Hidan interrupted. Kakuzu raised an eyebrow and nodded for the other to continue. Hidan looked straight into Kakuzu's eyes and said with no doubt or hesitation,

"Kakuzu, I love you."

It was like there was no world outside the cave. Everything still and quiet with a sense of tranquility. The rain lifted, the following chirping birds coming out of their shelters, and the sun pushing back the darken clouds and shining through landscape, even filtering through to the cave onto the two lovers, whose eyes meet with lavender and green. The green orbs held astonishment while the lavender were calm and truthful.

But after awhile, Hidan turned his head, his face reddening. Now he felt ridiculous. Kakuzu wasn't saying anything back. Hidan thought grimly, What if I'm just an idiot?

But then the strong, tan arms wrapped around the lean fair body of the silver haired. Hidan felt Kakuzu's lip press down on his head before said male whispered,

"I love you too, Hidan."

His heart stopped for several moments before racing because of the warm feeling he had inside. In a flash, Hidan was under his boyfriend, his neck being kissed at. Hidan moaned a little but then growled, "You're horny, Kuzu. Can't get enough of me, can you?"

"Honestly, no I can't. You're just that irresistible, my love."

"My love? Don't tell me you're going to be all fucking lovey-dovey now."

"Not at all, but it fits you better if we are lovers." Hidan blushed, but Kakuzu smirked. "In fact…" In an instant, Kakuzu had flipped their position, causing Hidan to blush more. "You're turn to do me, Hidan."

"Y-you want me to…?"

Kakuzu's face softened as he sat up, Hidan straddling his lover's lap, and gave a wicked grin. "Unless you're not up to the challenge…"

"Screw that! Prepare yourself love!"

Kakuzu laughed heartily as Hidan pinned him on the ground. "Just what I'd expect from you, Hidan. And that's why I love you."

"Love you too, Kuzu."

"Ughhhh…where in the fucking world could Hidan be, un?" Deidara wondered aloud as they walked away from the Capulet mansion; Reiko had once again told them Hidan wasn't at home. Itachi shrugged, looking up at the sky.

Tobi noted, "Hidan-Senpai has been gone a lot lately, hasn't he? Do you think something happened to him?"

"Hidan's not the kind to get in a fix. He may be rash, but he's pretty smart when you think about it," Itachi replied. "But yes, he has been gone a lot."

"Un, I wonder what it could be," Deidara thought aloud. The other two nodded, and all three were so distracted that they weren't paying attention to where they were going. So that's why Deidara bumped in someone when they turned the corner. Deidara and the other fell back, and the other snapped, "Watch where you're walking, brat!"

Deidara noticed the red head, who was a friend of the Montague boy that was now getting up, and the blonde raised an eyebrow, getting on his feet as well. "Hey! You bumped into me, so shut your face, you fucker."

"What did you just call me, brat?"

While tension grew between six people there, Kakuzu and Hidan were lowering their hats as they stepped off their train. They had to do this so no one could recognize the Montague and Capulet together. Over the last two months, the feud between the Capulet Montague banking companies had heated up. In fact, the tension was so intense that you could feel it when loyal customers and followers of each bank walked by or sat by each other. There were many that didn't care, but those who did made the feud be known. This made things even more difficult for the two lovers when they tried to be together at home, hence the reason for the trips.

Kakuzu glanced at Hidan as they were reaching their spot to part, where his heart always felt heaviest. Hidan caught the glance and smiled encouragingly. They were having a moment when familiar voices filled their ears. Both Kakuzu and Hidan ran the next corner to see their closest friends in each other's faces.

Hidan grabbed Deidara's shoulder. "Deidara, whatever it is, fucking drop it. Don't pick an unnecessary fight."

"Screw that! This is the guy that fucked me at your family's ball and he's insulting your name, un!"

"Wow Capulet, letting the transvestite fight your battles? That's cowardice," Sasori chuckled, but Kakuzu snapped, "Drop it Sasori. The feud is childish and has nothing to do with us."

"Nothing? It has everything to do with us, and we won't back down," Sasori argued, turning to glare at Kakuzu, who returned it. "Especially from a couple pussies."

"Who are you calling a pussy, un?" Deidara snapped, stepping up to the red head, who took the same action. Both Hidan and Kakuzu blocked their friends with an arm and coincidently demanded at the same time, "Fucking drop it already!"

Sasori glared at Kakuzu while Deidara glared at Hidan, but then the blonde noticed something on Hidan's neck. The blonde's rage flared up into a bonfire. He pointed an accusing figure at Kakuzu and snapped heatedly, "This motherfucker raped you, didn't he, un?"

"What?!" Kakuzu and Hidan yelped in a way as onlookers gasped and whispered furiously. The friends showed their shock too, Sasori gritting his teeth in fury. "Why the hell would Kakuzu fuck that Jashinist?!"

"Obviously to mess with his head and intimidate him, un!"

"Damn it, both of you! Fucking drop it already!"

"I don't take orders from you, asshole!"

"Sasori, he's right, drop it! If I don't give a shit about the feud, neither should you."

"You're submitting to the weak Capulet? What's all that shit about?"

"It's none of your fucking business!"

"You're my friend Kakuzu! Of course it does!"

"Looks like the Montague are quick to betray after all," Itachi chuckled, Deidara grinning in response. Kisame narrowed his eyes and growled, "Shut up, weasel."

Itachi narrowed his eyes. "Not polite to call people names, fishy."

Kisame growled, stepping up along with Itachi, whom Hidan glowered at. "Itachi, Deidara, let's just go!"

"A collection of pussies after all, running away from a fight," Kisame snickered with a sharky grin, Sasori nodding in agreement. Kakuzu glared at Kisame, who paid it no mind. Before anyone could stop him, Deidara's fist collided with Kakuzu's face harshly and much stronger than expect. "That's for screwing my friend, you bastard, un!"

"Damn you, Deidara!" Hidan cursed, but Sasori stepped up to the blonde, gun in hand. "If you're gonna pick a fight, it's gonna be with me, blondie."

"Then let's get to it, un! Itachi, give Tobi sugar and caffeine!"

With the fires too hot to douse, the fight broke out in a split second. For the first couple of minutes, it was just the friends with the Capulet boy and Montague boy cursing them out, but then onlookers that were loyal to the companies charged in with household items as weapons. The street was covered with blood and sweat as the fight grew to battle for killing, and many people were getting serious injuries. For instance, Deidara lost his arms, Itachi's eyes were bleeding, Kisame had a major burn on his stomach, and Sasori lost one of his puppet forearms. Meanwhile, the heads of the Capulet's and Montague's watched the scene without emotion.

After he fell to the ground on his four limbs, Kakuzu looked around at the mayhem, thinking to himself, Damn, and this happened because of a stupid feud between banks?

What the miser failed to notice was the people with the sharpened weapons that threw them to Kakuzu, but there was one person who did notice. Hidan. The silver haired man's heart filled with fear, but adrenaline kicked in an instant and gave him the energy to make the dash. Everything slowed down before the lavender eyes, and all noises were blocked out from his ears. The only thing he could focus on was Kakuzu's life on the line. Hidan had to be quick. A second could mean life or death.

I have to save him, Hidan thought panicky, As stupid as it sounds, the end of him is the end of me. I love him that much! I have to save him! Jashin, help me!

. . .

Everyone gasped with wide eyes at the scene. All was quiet, no more clashing weapons or breaking bones. Just stunned silence. The Capulet parents and Montague parents strode forward cautiously with their horrified eyes. The friends of Kakuzu and Hidan walked closer to the scene.

And what was this scene everyone was so stunned by? It was Hidan hovering over Kakuzu, who eyes were wide with shock because of the multiple weapons lodged into Hidan's back. Blood ran from the wounds on to the other's body. Hidan sighed, relieved. "You okay, Kakuzu?"

"What? Yes…Hidan, you—"

"Can it. I'm an immortal Jashinist, remember? Be grateful to my god; he just helped save your ass."

Kakuzu returned the smirk the Jashinist had and couldn't resist pressing his lips to his savior's. The crowds gasped and startled, the friends' eye widening, and the parents' expression filling with horror. Mrs. Capulet shrieked, "Get your filthy hands off my son!"

Mrs. Montague shrilled, "How dare you speak to my son like that!"

In a swift movement, Hidan and Kakuzu got up and turned on their heels to face the mothers. "Fuck off!"

Both mothers flinched from the attack of words, but then the fathers stepped up. Mr. Montague snapped, "What are you doing, Kakuzu? Explain yourself."

"How dare you snap at you mother like that!" Mr. Capulet added, but the lovers just narrowed their eyes. This was the evitable.

"I don't have to explain myself to you. I'm eighteen. I'm moving out and leaving you two and this shithole. And I'm taking my lover of five months with me," Kakuzu firmly declared, grabbing Hidan's hand. Hidan nodded when his parents' eyes widened. The crowds were whispering about the scene before them while the parents held intense stares with their children. The parents glanced around at the crowds and whispered to the lovers, "Let's discuss this inside."

The two glanced at each and nodded, following the parents into the Capulet mansion, all filing in quickly as possible. The crowds noted this and disperse, walking away to their homes or wherever they were going. The friends of Kakuzu and Hidan still stood in the street but then moved to Capulet front lawn. They sat in silence.

Konan and Pein walked up to them, fury burning around them. Konan went straight up to Deidara and smacked him across the face, Pein doing the same to Sasori. Konan and Pein scolded, "You morons! Look at what you caused! It was because of your stupid argument that this fight broke out! You ought to be ashamed of yourselves."

Sasori glanced the armless Deidara. "I, ah…apologize for cutting your arms off. You know, Kakuzu is good at stitching limbs back on people."

Deidara stared at the red head and nodded. "It's okay, un. Uh, sorry for burning that forearm of yours…and ripping out one of your blades."

Sasori shrugged it off, and soon, all of them had apologized for something. So things were good there, but inside the Capulet house, in Conference Room 2, things were far from resolved.

"Hidan, what about you finishing high school? You can't afford that, a job, and an apartment!"

"And what about you, Kakuzu? You have to go to college! Do you have any idea how much that costs?"

"You're talking about this? What about the fact that they're both men?"

"For once, I agree with you! It's unnatural! Think about our images!"

"Mother, fuck you! Do you really think I give a shit about your image? I hate this family! I'm leaving it for Kakuzu!"

"Don't talk to me like that!"

"I've been fucking talking this way for so many fucking years! Why do you care now?"

"Because you're with that disgusting creature! Just look at him!"

"You bitch! That's my son! He was in a horrible accident when he was a boy, that's why he has scars!"

"I don't care! He looks like he should be a Halloween decoration!"

"GO TO HELL, MOTHER! I hope you fucking bur n down there! Kakuzu is perfect the way he is. You aren't to judge him!"

"Hidan, calm down," Kakuzu ordered, and the silver haired reluctantly obeyed. The latter looked to the parents. "I think we've discussed enough as a group. Now leave the two of us to discuss matters."

The parents obeyed, shutting the sound proof doors. Hidan raised an eyebrow at Kakuzu. "What's there to discuss between us? I'm leaving this shithole to be with you. End of discussion."

"Hidan…our parents might have some points…"

"Screw them, whatever they are!"

"Hidan, it'd be great at first, but then we'd run into our financial problems and things would go bad. Finances are one the big reason people get divorces. And I want to be able to support you without struggles."

"Damn it Kakuzu! I don't care about that crap! I'd never leave because I love you."

"Hidan, be realistic, just for a moment please. Think about it."

Hidan obeyed, and after he was done, he realized Kakuzu was right. But he wasn't going to give up without a fight. "Kuzu, please, I don't wanna be here anymore. I just want to be with you forever… And if you fucking say how cheesy or corny that was, you're a bitch."

Kakuzu smiled amusingly and squeezed Hidan's hand. "Hidan, I know you know I'm right. So you'll do what I say. Finish high school, move on to college, and wait for me. I love you." Kakuzu pressed his lips on Hidan's. "Goodbye."

The silver haired was frozen in his spot, feeling numbness and hollowness creep up, but he shook his head, willing them away so he had the spirit to run after his lover. "Kakuzu!"

The miser kept walking, right on out the doors.

"Kakuzu!"

The miser kept walking to the front lawn, nearing to the friends that now turned to see the two.

Hidan used every ounce to catch up to Kakuzu just as he was about to pass their friends.

The miser looked down at the Jashinist, who croaked out softly, "Don't leave me Kuzu…"

The green orbs softened, and Kakuzu kissed his lover's forehead and whispered comfortingly, "Don't worry. I'll come back for you as soon as I can. But you have to let me go now."

The lavender eyes glistened with threatening tears as the man reached up and crashed their lips together in one last kiss. The miser regretfully pried the arms off and took a step back to see the now tearful lavender eyed man. Then he turned away and disappeared into the parting crowds.

And then the world went black.