A/n Not my longest chapter, but I had to get this out for u guys! Enjoy and make sure to read the A/n at the end!

WITH KAKUZU

After sharing the bittersweet moment with Hidan, Kakuzu was determined to find Itachi and Kisame. He reached the landing of the stairs and turned automatically to walk down the hallway he knew to lead to Itachi's room. He figured that was his best chance, unless the evil and coldhearted Zabuza was playing foosball in the game room…

"Hey 'Kuzu! Watch this one!" A tape recording called to him from Itachi's room.

"Bingo…" Kakuzu muttered to himself, reaching tentatively for the doorknob. Then it hit him. Paralyzed with fear, Kakuzu let his hand drop to his side.

That recording was from when he and Hidan were 8 years old. Years before they had met Zabuza or Haku.

"I hate boys…" Eleven years old. They were only 11 when Hidan told him he hated boys. Kakuzu had to physically stop himself from running down the stairs to find Hidan and collect the Jashinist in his arms.

"I'd go through 100 of your crazy dads to see you."

"No!" Kakuzu cried, stumbling away from the door. That recording was taken in his own home! Hidan had spoken those words to him when they were only teenagers in high school! This wasn't happening…

"Ready to go?"

"Anywhere with you."

Hidan would go anywhere with him to this day. The room seemed to spin as familiar voices spoke to him from every direction. His eyes began to water as more and more memories were thrown at him at breakneck speeds and he fell to his knees sobbing as his heart swelled and broke all at once.

"The two of you need to watch your backs." Sasori… He could picture the moment his best friend said this to him perfectly. More flashbacks of him and the redhead from over the years began playing in his mind and he sat numbly.

"You haven't gotten to Hidan and Kakuzu yet and I'll make sure you never do." Kakuzu was now almost in literal pain as his heart cried out and his head pounded. Sasori was his best friend now and forever, how could he have put him in such danger all this years?

"Rough morning, un?" Now it was Deidara's warm smile and friendly laugh that invaded his senses. Almost every memory he had of the blonde was him with a grin or a giggle. The memories were of him and Sasori, always side by side. Always willing to take on the world together.

"I hope you all fucking realize what you're doing."

"Hidan…" Kakuzu whispered. There was no way that any of his friends was enduring torture worse than his own. The torture of finding yourself…

"You stupid heathen bitch! Jashin-sama will save me!" 'Hidan how could I ever let you in harm's way?' Kakuzu felt every nerve in his body breaking as he leaned against Itachi's door, his eyes shut tightly.

"Stop…" He whispered to the voices. But relentless as ever, it continued.

"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, why?" Kakuzu finally asked. "Why do you love me?" Kakuzu broke down as his whole life became a blur and only one face stood out. Just one silver haired, violet eyed, pale skinned beautiful face. Not even he mattered in his own life, only Hidan. It was always Hidan….

Kakuzu continued sitting on the floor, his heart breaking when he heard someone call his name. And it wasn't a voice recording.

"Kakuzu? Kakuzu is that you out there?" Kakuzu looked up slowly and rubbed his eyes, trying to process what had just happened. For a moment there was silence; no recordings and no memories.

"Kakuzu please! Help us!" Finally it sunk in.

"Itachi! Kisame!" Kakuzu exclaimed, jumping up and throwing the door open. There, in the dimly lit room, they were. Two desk chairs were back to back and in each was one of the boys. They were tied tightly together with rope but Kakuzu grabbed scissors off Itachi's old desk and began sawing away.

Struggling to hide his tears Kakuzu looked at the two with a smile but the older males weren't smiling. The grin slipped off Kakuzu's face and fell into a frown.

"What's wrong?" He asked, stopping his sawing. "Aren't you glad to see me?"

"Kakuzu, where are the others?" Itachi asked in a strained voice. Kakuzu's face blanked and when he opened his mouth to answer there was an ear-piercing shriek.

"DANNA!"

"Deidara!" All three yelled at once. Then, as suddenly as the scream came the house was alive with sounds. Crashes and thuds like bricks falling to the ground came from down the stairs. Not bricks… books! And then there was the distinct sound of flesh ripping as a guttural scream came from Sasori in the kitchen. Kakuzu looked around wildly then back at the boys.

"What the hell is going on?" Kakuzu asked.

"It's not safe. You need to go find them and break them out of it!" Kisame urged Kakuzu, nodding to the door. Kakuzu was confused at the blue-man's words but then Itachi clarified.

"It's some kind of mind game. An almost hypnotic trick that they're playing on your friends. They almost got you, too." Itachi said and Kakuzu remembered his complete loss of control.

"They?" He asked. Itachi just shook his head.

"I say they because I have no idea who did this to us." Itachi explained with a distraught face.

"But the recordings-" Kakuzu began to protest.

"I don't know Kakuzu!" Itachi yelled. Kakuzu took a step back as the Uchiha's pride took over then slowly dissipated. "I'm sorry Kakuzu but I really have no idea."

"You need to get them now! We'll be fine up here but the boys think they're dying!" Kisame said, again nodding towards the door. Kakuzu was torn and quickly cut one of Itachi's arms free then handed him the scissors.

"I'm not just gonna leave you guys up here." He said, pleased with his ability to help then he ran down the stairs.

A/n The next chapter is already in progress so don't worry ppls! This is gonna be epic!

But first, a rly important question for all my readers! Should I jump back to their high school years after this, or continue with them at 23? I originally made them 23 for a Halloween special but it ended up really long and intricate and I can't stop these raging plot bunnies! SOOO I'll either continue from here or end it somewhere then jump back later.

I know it's confusing… just let me know!

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