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Kakuzu [Part 03]
This was the first and only time that his father paid attention to him. From there, every time he got himself into trouble, there would be a throw around of power to get him out of it, money tossed into the equation to make his problems go away. Many times over the upcoming years had he paid to keep him out of jail, doing things that would have ended him in juvi, mainly assault charges but Kakuzu was unimpressed. This was not some rich kid attempt to grab parental attention (okay, maybe it was a little) but if the punishment fit, then why not serve the time? Why would you want to waste all that money without real just cause?

High school hit and so did the rebellious teenage years in full swing, quickly labeled as the cool, bad boy type by his peers for not being one of those guys who smokes around the back of the campus in a wannabe cool fashion. No. Kakuzu just did it straight in front of the teachers. He had utter disrespect for all the rules that got him expelled three times in one year, two of the biggest causes were from fighting and shaking kids down for money. Don't get him wrong, he wasn't a bully in the sense that he would just beat the shit out of them and take the cash like those group of 8th Graders did. He had himself a well set up operation where it was more a protection front from those who would pick on the weak and nerdy. They paid him, anyone gave them a hard time and he would sort them out. He was a god send to them but teacher never saw it that way. There was nothing personal about it at all, it was just business.

Extortion began to play a large part of Kakuzu's life in so many ways, starting to take shape when he was fifteen. The time of puberty, you start that thing where you grew hair in funny places, your voice broke into a deeper, luring call for the opposite sex and you woke up with a boner in the morning after a wet dream. It was also the stage when dirty old men would love to watch the beautiful experience of moving to adulthood. Although they think they are higher than any other human being and at times, place themselves on the pedestal as high as God, the government held a lot of scandalous individuals, including one state senator that had taken a particular interest in Kakuzu introducing himself at a collective gathering of high and mighty people. The guy didn't even bother to take his time to lure him into his trap, making a move on him as soon as they met, leading him to his first sexual encounter. This did not stop there at all, continuing on for a couple of months. Kakuzu willingly went along with some of the most fucked up shit that this guy was into not because he was pressured into, but because he had a plan for dear old senator.

When would they ever learn that when you commit a crime, you could never get away with it? Everyone knows that a picture is worth a thousand words. Video footage too. If Bill Clinton was not going to get away with it then neither was this guy. Blackmail was absolutely delicious. People were willing to throw over shitloads of money just to make the problem stay silent, this one exactly the same after Kakuzu revealed his master plan of leaking the photos onto the Internet, send hard copies to the cops, FBI, every law enforcement official possible. He could do it too. He had access to all of their contact details. Needless to say, monthly incoming payments into a offshore bank account he set up was better than any pissy small high school chump change.

But sadly, all good things must come to an end. Not only did the good old senator get caught out by the authorities by someone else reporting him but it looked like corruption was kept within the family. Kakuzu was seventeen when his father was accused of taking bribes from companies in exchange for insider information. Never had he seen so many cops in a place at one time, going through all of their personal belongings in their attempt to cease evidence against his father to make the case. This was going to go downhill really quickly and while he should have stayed around to be supportive, well, the old man did nothing really standing out to keep him around so Kakuzu took off with the money that he had squandered over the years.