A/n This is by far the saddest thing I've ever written! I cried as I wrote it! So sadddd D: Please enjoy and I really hope this chapter reaches you guys as it reached me :)
"Ready Haku?" A gruff voice asked, his voice laced with amusement and anticipation.
"Of course Zabuza." A more gentle voice replied in a loyal tone. Zabuza turned to the rest of the people standing behind him.
"Dosu, Kin?" He continued. The two nodded their heads and Zabuza smirked, turning his gaze to Hidan and Kakuzu. Kakuzu was taking notes for himself and Hidan while the latter rested his head on his shoulder and watched him with starry eyes.
"This is gonna be a good one." Kin, the only girl, noted with an evil glint in her eyes.
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Hidan walked out to the courtyard during his free period wishing Kakuzu was with him. But, as he was every day, Kakuzu was in math class. Hidan walked out the door and sat down on one of the wooden benches in the middle of the small garden. Pulling out his bible, Hidan began to silently pray, keeping his hand over the leather cover with his eyes closed.
"Hidan!" A high-pitched voice shrieked, pulling Hidan away from his prayers. The annoyed Jashinist opened his eyes and stood quickly, looking for the source of the scream, seeing that the owner of the familiar voice had mysteriously disappeared. Turning slowly with a dreadful feeling in the pit of his stomach Hidan suddenly found himself facing four of his classmates. Well, five classmates if you counted the frantic blonde being held captive by them.
"Deidara!" Hidan cried anxiously knowing that the blonde was the one who called his name earlier. "Let him go you fucking jerks! Blondie didn't do anything to you pricks!" Hidan shouted. The one holding Deidara had long black hair and a sad look in his eyes. But that didn't stop him from dropping the blonde onto the ground and delivering a swift kick to his ribs. Deidara cringed and brought his knees up to his chest, gasping for air as he lay on the ground.
"He ruined our surprise. Now don't speak." The boy commanded in a quiet voice. The tall and muscular boy standing next to him patted him on the head with a horrible grin on his face. Hidan's eyes flashed.
"What the FUCK!" He screamed. "What the hell do you think you're doing to him!" Hidan shouted, moving towards Deidara. A knife piercing the ground in front of him stopped his actions abruptly. With wide eyes Hidan slowly looked up at the group again and realized that these were no ordinary kids. He had heard rumors about them, the martial arts masters. Apparently they were also trained in the art of weaponry.
"Why are you… What's going on!" Hidan shouted frantically.
"I'd like to know what's going on as well." A stony voice demanded from behind Hidan. The zealot turned quickly, raising his fists afraid of another attack and nearly screamed in relief when he saw a familiar redhead standing behind him with murder written clearly on his face.
"Puppe- Er, Sasori!" Hidan said, correcting himself quickly. Sasori put a hand on Hidan's shoulder and turned him towards the door.
"You should go." He advised. Hidan frowned and pulled away from Sasori.
"I'm not leaving you and Blondie here alone!" Hidan retorted.
"It's you they want Hidan! Get away while you can!" Sasori snapped suddenly. Hidan froze and felt his blood run cold through his veins. Warily he eyed Deidara's broken body shakily trying to sit up, and then let his eyes rest on the knife in the ground.
"They want… me?" Hidan said taking an involuntary step backwards. Sasori nodded sadly and in turn stepped forward.
"Isn't that right Zabuza? You haven't gotten to Hidan and Kakuzu yet and I'll make sure you never do." Sasori promised. Hidan looked at the redhead in surprise. They wanted Kakuzu too?
The tall and muscular man laughed lowly. "That's exactly right Akatsuna. And if you and your brat don't wanna go through this again I suggest you leave Gisei to me." He said in a gruff voice. Sasori growled and in an instant was by Deidara's side. Hidan's jaw dropped at how quickly the redhead had made it to his boyfriend. Sasori wrapped an arm around Deidara's waist and moved to help him stand.
"Never let your guard down Akatsuna." The boy with bandages wrapped around his face said, suddenly appearing behind the couple and delivering a swift chop to the back of Sasori's head. The redhead's eyes rolled back and in an instant he was face down in the dirt.
"D-Danna!" Deidara gasped weakly, falling to his knees beside his boyfriend. Hidan was paralyzed in fear as he realized three things. First of all, these people were stronger than the average teenager and they meant business. Second of all, Sasori was out cold and Deidara wasn't far behind him due to the pain from the kick he received. He didn't seem to be in that bad of shape but he was obviously hurting and looked almost traumatized at the sight of Sasori hurt and the four ninja, and third of all; he was an open target and all four kids were staring at him with evil smirks.
"What's going on?" Hidan asked finally, his voice rising in fear. The one that had knocked Sasori out laughed.
"The four of us like to make sure every gay couple receives a… warm welcome into the community of the shunned." He chucked maliciously. Zabuza laughed with the boy.
"Well put Dosu." He noted before turning back to Hidan. "We like to make sure that each and every one of you knows how unwelcome you are. However," he said looking down at Deidara cradling Sasori's limp body with disgust, "Sometimes there's a couple that defies us and fails to heed our warnings. Couples like that rarely survive. Your friends are one of the lucky few." He explained, throwing another disgusted look the couple's way. Deidara met his gaze with a glare of his own, surprising Hidan. Deidara was the friendliest guy Hidan had ever met and seeing a look of utter hatred on the blonde's face was a rare sight.
Then it hit Hidan (finally…); Deidara and Sasori had undergone some kind of beating and had tried to save Hidan from his own, only to be beaten down again. The Jashinist's heart clenched as he realized what great friends he really had. The two had tried to protect him even if it meant facing their biggest threat.
"You… You… You FUCKERS!" Hidan shouted with the utmost anger. The four kids looked surprised at Hidan's outburst but Zabuza turned to the only girl, who had her hair pulled back like a kid named Neji that Hidan knew.
"Kin, let's welcome Hidan, shall we?" He said with a grin. The girl in turn looked to the boy with the black hair.
"Naturally. C'mon Haku, can't let the kid wait forever." Kin said. Haku nodded and the two reached into bags around their waists. The girl pulled out a few knifes and the boy produced a slew of needles. Hidan's face paled as he realized just how morbid of a situation he was in. Putting on a brave face he stood up straight meeting each hate filled glare dead on.
"I hope you all fucking realize what you're doing." He said before he was pierced with multiple needles in his right thigh. Cursing he fell to his knees and looked up to see Kin standing above him with Haku a few steps behind her. With a smirk Kin plunged one of her knives deep into Hidan's shoulder. The boy screamed in pain, dropping his chin to his chest with a silent sob.
"He won't be going anywhere for a while." Kin said with a grin, walking away from Hidan and standing next to Dosu. The four looked down at Hidan's crumpled figure for a few moments, soaking in the sight with relish.
"Now we end him. His death will probably lead to that of his partner's as well." Zabuza said the last part offhandedly, making tears spring to Hidan's eyes.
'I never got to say goodbye… to Kakuzu.' He realized as he stopped supporting his upper body with his arms and let himself fall completely to the ground, overcome with the grief of never seeing Kakuzu again. The four kids grinned at Hidan's surrender and all proceeded to pull knifes from their bags, Haku also drawing out more needles.
And then all at once, they threw their weapons.
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Hidan lay frozen for a few moments, waiting for the sting of the weapons. Figuring that Jashin-sama had decided to take his life before he had to feel the pain of being killed Hidan raised his weary head expecting to see his God before him. And what he saw instead was his hero.
"No…" Hidan whispered, the tears that he spent years hiding from the world falling freely down his face. "No, no, no…" He repeated crawling a few inches before he collapsed to the ground, his face only inches away… from Kakuzu's. His boyfriend gave him a forced smile and Hidan let a sob wrack his body.
"'Kuzu… Please tell me you didn't…" He said in a strained voice. Kakuzu chuckled.
"I was a bit late again…" He whispered in a hoarse voice eyeing Hidan's shoulder. Hidan's eyes widened and more tears fell. For a moment the boy before him was a child again. A boy of only 11 years saving Hidan from schoolyard bullies. There wasn't a scar on the boy's face or a pained look in his eyes. Only devotion and loyalty could be found in the boy's gaze. Hidan blinked and saw instead, reality.
Now he could clearly see Kakuzu for who he was at this moment. Now he saw that his childhood love was no longer a safe embrace for him to run to. He was now a hero whose life was slowly slipping away. Hidan saw the cuts running rigid and deep all across Kakuzu's body. His clothes were torn to shreds and blood was seeping slowly out from under him and soaking into Hidan's body. Kakuzu's face no longer held the bored expression with the hidden humor that only Hidan could see. His face was now a red mess with eyes that held a dulling light and a fear.
"Jashin… tell me this isn't really happening…" Hidan prayed, slowly dragging himself to his knees and kneeling over Kakuzu.
"Next time Gisei… Next time we'll get you." Zabuza promised and he, Dosu, and Kin quickly disappeared. Haku stood, frozen, watching the two with sad eyes.
"Love…" He whispered. Hidan looked up quickly. "Love is what you have." Haku said again. "Just like… just like they have." He continued, pointing to Sasori, who was slowly awakening with a horrified look on his face, and Deidara who was sobbing uncontrollably.
"I… I am so dreadfully sorry." Haku whispered, his voice cracking with emotion, before he too, ran off. Hidan looked back down at Kakuzu and let his tears fall onto the boy's face.
"Hidan… A-are you… crying?" Kakuzu choked out. Hidan froze for a moment before letting his head fall onto Kakuzu's chest with resounding sobs.
"Yes… YES! Of course I'm crying Kakuzu! I always do, even when you don't catch me I cry! So, so much…" Hidan cried, letting his face get covered in the blood from the various wounds on Kakuzu's chest. Deidara stood on shaky legs, helping Sasori to his feet as the two walked over to Hidan and Kakuzu. Deidara put a hand on Hidan's back and sobbed quietly for his friends. Sasori was also crying quietly as he sat next to Kakuzu's head. Multicolored eyes looked back up at him with a sadness.
"Don't… Don't let them get Hidan…" Kakuzu begged. Sasori was taken aback as more tears fell down his face.
"O-of course Kakuzu…" Sasori promised, taking his friend's hand. Hidan sat up suddenly after hearing the exchange.
"As if 'Kuzu!" He exclaimed suddenly. "I'm getting you to a hospital now!" The Jashinist said in a determined voice, slipping an arm under Kakuzu's body and sitting him up.
"Hidan… Please just-"
"No! If you don't live I'll kill myself!" Hidan promised. His powerful words were met with silence and more sobs from Deidara.
"Hidan… please don't say stuff like that." Kakuzu begged in a broken voice. Hidan shook his head furiously and pulled up to look Kakuzu straight in the eye.
"You know I'll do it." Hidan said in a stony voice. Kakuzu bit his lip.
"Hidan, even I don't know if I can-"
"No Kakuzu!" Hidan shouted, cutting the boy off. "Don't say shit like that! You have to live." Hidan cried desperately. Sasori looked at Hidan with pity and put an arm around Deidara.
"None of us deserve this…" The redhead whispered. Hidan was still and Deidara fell silent. Kakuzu looked up at his friend and smiled weakly.
"Well put." He complimented. Sasori laughed dryly before Deidara and Hidan broke into tears again, crumbling their partner's hearts.
"None of us fucking deserve this!" Hidan repeated angrily, looking down at Kakuzu with defiance. "Which is exactly why you have to live! I won't let you die by the hands of jerks like that! I won't let you give up when you have so much left to live for!" Hidan shouted turning to Deidara.
"Give me your cell Blondie." He said quietly, flashbacks of Deidara calling his name, the knife, and the kick flooding his mind. Deidara nodded quickly and pulled his cell out of his pocket with shaky hands. Hidan flipped it open and dialed '911'.
"Not so fast 'Kuzu…" He murmured, placing a hand on his lover's cheek listening to the dial-tone. Kakuzu gave Hidan one last smile before closing his eyes and letting the pain override his body.
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"His name's Kakuzu Ishi! Please, you have to get him treated immediately!" Hidan shouted, bursting through the doors of the hospital following behind the stretcher that Kakuzu's body lay on. The nurse hurrying alongside of him nodded, writing the name down.
"Don't worry son. We'll take care of your friend." A doctor with brown hair and an eye patch said warmly. Hidan nodded sullenly before walking over to Kakuzu's stretcher.
"Don't do anything stupid Hidan." Kakuzu rasped. Hidan felt a fresh batch of tears spring into his eyes and he quickly wiped them away.
"No promises." He whispered, leaning down slowly and planting a kiss on Kakuzu's lips. Hidan pulled back, licking the blood from his lips and shuddering at the coppery taste. It was then that he noticed the entire room full of hospital staff was frozen.
"S-Sir?" The nurse said nervously. Hidan turned to her with a glare. "What?" he snapped, hating the looks that the room was giving him.
"Y-you and this boy a-are… partners?" She squeaked. Hidan's face blanked as he realized why the room was frozen and silent. They were all anxious because he and Kakuzu were gay.
"Yes! Is there a problem with that!" Hidan shouted in the girl's face. She stepped away with wide eyes and the brunette doctor stepped forward.
"Sir… We don't treat homosexuals in this hospital."
A/n Oh. My. Jashin. I have nothing else to say. Our heros are doomed. The whole world is plotting against them it seems and it's a morbidly fatal race against time.
Hmmmmm that was dark... I have the next part planned out, I just gotta type it up so it'll probably be up soon^^ I hope I made you all cry! Okay... like not in that way... you know what I mean!