AN: Almost over with this fanfiction, I think I'll start fixing all my other fanfics after this one! Enjoy!

When he woke up in the morning, Kankuro looked at the clock; it was ten in the morning. He overslept, he had to go, but he'd have to wait until Kiba wakes up; there was no way he could even think about facing either Tsume or Hanna. He'd rather jump out the window and leave, but that'd just be rude. So he waited for Kiba to wake up. After what seemed to be like an hour, Kankuro thought he'd wake him up.

"Kiba... Kiba... Koi, wake up..." Kankuro said softly, shaking him a little.
"Hm... What?" Kiba asked as he woke up.
"I have to go soon... I just thought I'd let you know..." Kankuro said.
"... What time is it?"
"Almost noon... Are you walking me to the gate?" Kankuro asked before kissing his boyfriend's forehead.
"Don't you have to go get your things at your place first?" Kiba said as he sat up.

"ARFF ARRRF!"
"Yes I'm up Akamaru..."
"Arrf grr aarf!"
"Whatever, wait a sec I'm going down stairs..."

"What's he saying?" Kankuro asked getting up.
"He just said not to talk to my mother; she's kind of moody..."
"I kind of understand... What has got into you last night..." Kankuro asked looking around to find his cloth.
"I-... sorry... it's just I can't control anything on full moon nights... I'm lucky my mom didn't lock me in my room this time..." Kiba said.
"You know you kind of lock yourself up and save her the trouble..." Kankuro said as he putted his pants on.
"I guess... but she usually locks it from outside so I stay inside..." Kiba explained naturally.
"Are you kidding me? She locks you in your room?" Kankuro asked looking at him.
"Yeah, she used to lock Hanna in her room too when she was younger... Only on full moon nights though, this way she didn't have to run around the village in the morning looking for us... but it's ok, I understand, seeing how I've been on your case all day long yesterday..." Kiba said with a smile.
"Fine then next time I'll lock you up somewhere and wait 'till you go back to normal! Actually that was my first plan..." Kankuro confessed.
"What? You wanted to lock me up somewhere?" Kiba asked in shock.
"Yes, in my bedroom when you were asleep... Damn happy I didn't..." Kankuro said as he looked away with a light blush on his face.
"I would've broken out anyways... My mother know how to lock me up so I don't escape, you have no idea what an Inuzuka could do to escape a restrain area, especially on a full moon night. You'd have only succeeded in making me mad at you and it would have been worst..." Kiba said getting up as well.
"How worst could it had be, I mean I probably won't be able to sit down for the next 2 days... Anyways, I have to go to my place and get Karasu, maybe take a shower and change cloth too..." Kankuro said.
"I'm going with you, let me just get some clean cloths..." Kiba said throwing all his cloths to the other side of the room.

He putted on a pair of black pants, a long sleeved mesh shirt and his usual black jacket. They both walked down the stairs and noticed Tsume was at the kitchen table staring blankly at her coffee.

"Mom, I'm going to walk Kankuro to the gate, he's going back to Suna to see his brother and sister..." Kiba said. Tsume didn't answer; she just glared at them both. "Don't give me that look! How many nights weren't I able to sleep 'cause of you?"
"Ok... I'll let you two handle your problems-" Kankuro started, walking to the door.
"You stay here!" Tsume ordered, succeeding in stopping the Suna native before reaching the door. "I don't want any of this in my house anymore... What you guys are doing when you're alone, I couldn't care less, but if ever I hear any of you another time, I won't let Kankuro come here anymore. Is that clear Kiba?" Tsume growled, glaring at them some more.
"But mom it was-" Kiba tried to explain.
"I don't care! Damn it's disturbing enough to know my son is gay, I don't have to hear you fuck on top of that!" Tsume yelled as she slammed her hands on the table, getting up, before walking out of the kitchen.
"Fine! I don't care! But if ever I ear either you or sis having sex, even just once, I swear you'll get a lot worse than what you heard last night! If I'm not allowed to fuck here, than neither should you!" Kiba yelled back as he walked out the house holding Kankuro's hand, followed by Akamaru. His mom didn't have time to say anything, not that she had anything to say anyways.

"Kiba... I won't go back to your place anymore..." Kankuro said, he felt really uncomfortable because of what had happen and he didn't want to be causing any trouble to his lover.
"Don't pay attention to what she says." Kiba said, trying to make him feel better.
"It's just embarrassing... you can come see me at my place whenever you want." Kankuro said.
"We're always at your place anyways." Kiba said with a smile.

They walked to Kankuro's place silently, holding hands. Once they walked inside Kankuro went to his bedroom to get everything he needed for his journey to Suna.

"I'll give you a key to my place so you can sleep here if you argue with you mother again..." Kankuro said as he took a copy of his key out of his pocket.
"It's ok, we've always been arguing like that." Kiba said, trying to reassure his lover that he was used to his mother's bad temper.
"Still, take it! I know you'll be sleeping here a lot anyways." Kankuro said, handing him the small key.
"Guess you're right." Kiba said as he took the key from his lover's hands.

Once he got everything he needed, Kankuro decided he'd take a shower before leaving and Kiba joined him as usual.

"You shouldn't leave today... it's late already... what about you leave tomorrow morning?" Kiba asked.
"Kiba, the sooner I'm leaving the sooner I'll be back..." Kankuro explained.
"I know, but a couple of hours more won't make a huge difference!" Kiba tried to convince him.
"*sigh* Kiba, I really have to go." The older teen said.
"Fine then..." Kiba said pouting slightly.

Once they were both clean, Kankuro walked to his bedroom to get some cloths. He went back to the washroom and applied his face paint.

"You haven't eaten anything yet; we should stop somewhere before you leave!" the younger teen offered as his lover walked in the living room.
"Yeah, I guess that's a good idea." Kankuro said, suddenly realising he was hungry.

Once Kankuro was ready, they left. They stopped at a little restaurant to eat something and then they left. Once they were at the gate, Kankuro Kissed Kiba softly.

"I'll miss you Pupp..." Kankuro said looking at his boyfriend.
"And so will I... when am you coming back?" Kiba asked, wishing he could go with him.
"I don't know; I might stay there for a bit... I'll be back in less than a month that's for sure." Kankuro said.
"Alright... Take care of yourself and stay out of trouble." The leaf ninja said, holding on to his boyfriend's hips.
"I'll try! See you soon..." Kankuro said before he kissed Kiba again. He broke the kiss and walked away. Kiba just stayed there and watch him walk away.
"So Akamaru! What about some training?"
"Arrf!"

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While Kankuro was away, Kiba decided he'd be training twice as much. He thought if he had been able to take Kankuro once, he'd make all he could to get him again when he'd come back. So he went on random mission and trained every day.

One day, when he came back home from training with Shino, Tsume handed him a small scroll.

"What is it?" Kiba asked curious.
"Mail for you... Smells like your boyfriend..." Tsume answered coldly.
"Thanks..." Kiba said as he walked up the stairs and opened the scroll.

'Hey Kiba! I hope you're doing fine! Here it's a little crazy, but I didn't get that much death glare or what so ever when I came back, I guess people understood why I killed that fucker... Anyways, I just wanted to let you know I really miss you. I'll be coming back to Konoha soon enough, I think I'll go crazy if I stay here for too long... I've been hanging out with Gaara and Temari lately; we've been going out and stuff. I saw my brother drunk for the first time of my life and weirdly, he's not scary or violent when he's drunk. Anyways, he was way too drunk to walk back home, and so was I, so he slept at my place... Damn, I guess I can explain it to you when I get back... I really need to see you soon. Oh and I almost forgot; I just finished one of my own puppet, I'm so excited to try it out! I hope you're ready to get your ass kicked because you know I'll be testing it on you first! See you soon!
Love you!
-Kankuro'

"Great..." Kiba said with sarcasm. "Akamaru, we'll have to train even more tomorrow... He's got a new puppet and wants to test it on us first, so I'm counting on you!"
"Arrf arr Arff?"
"Yeah I know, I'm exhausted too..." Kiba said as he laid down on his bed.

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Kankuro had been locked in his apartment in Suna for 2 days and decided it'd be a good time to leave this place; he was sick of Suna already and missed Kiba. He went for a shower, got dressed and walked to the Kazekage's mention to tell his brother he was leaving. He'd go see Temari after and then, So long Suna!

"Hey Gaara! I just came here to let you know I'm going back to Konoha, I'll come back in 2 months..."
"I see... Before you go; I have some info here about a rogue ninja in the fire country, I'll contact you soon about for more details, but I'd like if you could get your hand on him before any leaf ninja does..." Gaara said looking up at his brother.
"May I ask what's the problem in letting Konoha ninja handle it?" Kankuro asked curiously.
"Well, knowing Tsunade-Sama, I fear she won't choose the right ninjas to handle him, and I know you're capable for taking care of this ninja by yourself." The red head explained. Gaara had high confidence in his brother's abilities and he knew Kankuro wanted some actions.
"Thanks bro! I'll take care of him, just give the word! Anyways, I'll be on my way! Take care of yourself!" The puppeteer said, waving at his brother.
"I will..."

Kankuro left to go see his sister before leaving. He knocked on her front door and waited for her to answer. It took quite a bit before she finally opened the door.

"What is it?" Temari said in an annoyed tone as she opened the door, her hair completely messed up.
"... I have the feeling I'm interrupting..." Kankuro said smiling at her.
"Nice deduction Mr. Genius..." She said angrily.
"I'm going back to Konoha, thought I'd let you know since I won't be here for a couple of months..." Kankuro told his sister. "Let's say we're even for the other day Shikamaru!" he said a little louder for the leaf ninja to hear him.
"Whatever..." was heard from inside the house. Temari looked at him confused.
"Never mind... Have fun you two!" Kankuro said as he walked away. Temari closed the door and went back to her occupation.

Kankuro walked out of Suna with all he needed for his journey. He had sealed his new puppet in a scroll like he had done for Karasu, Kuroari and Sanshouo before Sasori had destroyed them so it would be easier to carry around.

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A couple of days later, Kankuro could finally see the gate of Konoha; never in his life he would've think of Konoha as his home, but now he felt more at home then back in Suna. He walked through the village to his apartment. He thought he'd see Kiba in his bed sleeping like he usually did when he was away, but it was not the case. It wasn't really late so he decided he'd go pay a little unexpected visit to his boyfriend, thinking the boy might be at his place, having dinner with his family or something. So he walked to Kiba's place and knocked on the door, Hanna opened the door.

"Hey, is Kiba there by any chance?" Kankuro asked still feeling a little uncomfortable around the lady in front of him.
"Kiba... No, he's at the hospital... Room 521..." Hanna said looking sadly at the floor.
"What? What happened?" Kankuro asked.
"We still don't know, he was chancing a rogue ninja with his team mates, they all went on different sides to corner him, Akamaru too, and after a bit, the rogue ninja didn't show up and they didn't see Kiba either so Akamaru went with Hinata to look for him. When they found him he was barely breathing. He's been unconscious since then." Hanna explained.
"When was that?"
"2 days ago..."
"Ok... Thanks!" Kankuro said as he walked away from the Inuzuka's house. He was in shock; he ran to the hospital as fast as he could, almost tripping on the few steps leading to the hospital.

"Sorry- I'm here to see Inuzuka, Kiba..." Kankuro said quickly as he ran to the front desk.
"Yes, he's still in room 521, visits ends in half an hour though." The girl at the reception said.
"Thanks..." Kankuro said, almost running toward the stair case.

Waiting for the elevator was a waste of time so Kankuro ran up the stairs, skipping some steps. He walked as fast as he could in the corridor of the hospital, looking at all the room numbers one after another until he reached his destination; 521.

"Kiba..." Kankuro said softly as he opened the door carefully.

He looked in the poorly lighten room only to see a pale figure with dark marks on his cheeks. He walked to his boyfriend, reached a hand to stroke his hair.

"Kiba... I'm back... Sorry it took me so long..." Kankuro said as he kneeled down next to the bed to take a closer look at his boyfriend.

Kiba looked so peaceful; he didn't have any bruises or scares. Kankuro kissed his forehead and pulled the visitor chair a little closer to the bed and set down. He held Kiba's hand, applying a little pressure to it to see if Kiba was responding to his touch, but nothing happened. Some tears ran down Kankuro's cheeks as he noticed he was really unconscious.

"Kankuro... the visits ends soon..." he heard coming from the door way. He turned his gaze to the door way, Ino was standing there.
"Just pretend you didn't see me, I'll stay here..." Kankuro said as he looked back at Kiba.
"If someone asks you, I'm not the one who allowed you to stay, just say it was Sakura." Ino said with a smile, feeling her friend's distress in his voice.
"You know who did that?" Kankuro asked before Ino had time to leave.
"No one knows, he's gonna be fine physically, but no one knows what kind of genjutsu they used... we'll just have to wait and see..."
"Thanks..."
"Ok, so you stay here and you should be fine... Good night Kankuro..."
"Yeah..."

"I love you Kiba..." Kankuro whispered. Kankuro just stared at his boyfriend for a couple of minutes, and then he went to the door, locked it and walked back to Kiba's bed.
"I haven't slept in a bed for 3 days straight, I hope you don't mind if I sleep next to you tonight..." The man said lifting the sheets looking at his unconscious lover. "Thought so..." He said laying down next to his boyfriend, putting his arm over his waist, holding him tight and fell asleep not long after.

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*Kiba's POV*

'Why is it so calm all of a sudden...? I know way to well where I am, and I hate it... I've been lying here, by myself for almost a day now... Wait! Someone's in here, I just heard the door! ... I might just be hearing things too...'

"Kiba..."

'Kankuro!'

"I'm back... sorry it took me so long..."

'It's ok, really.'

'Kankuro, kiss me again, I feel lonely...'

'I'd squeeze your hand back if only I had the strength, please don't cry, I'll be alright!'

"Kankuro... the visits ends soon..."

'No Ino, let him stay!'

"Just pretend you didn't see me, I'll stay here..."
"If someone asks you, I'm not the one who allowed you to stay, just say it was Sakura!"
"You know who did that?"

'If only I knew...'

"No one knows, he's gonna be fine physically, but no one knows what kind of genjutsu they used... we'll just have to wait and see..."

'I'll be ok!'

"Thanks..."
"Ok, so you stay here and you should be fine... Good night Kankuro..."

'Thanks Ino'

"Yeah..."

"Kiba... I love you..."

'I love you too Kankuro-Koi!'

"..."

'Please talk to me again!'

'No, don't go!'

'What's that noise? Kankuro?'

"I haven't slept in a bed for 3 days straight, I hope you don't mind if I sleep next to you tonight..."

'of course not!'

"Thought so..."

'I know you can't hear me, but thanks Kankuro...'

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It's been 2 days since Kankuro came back to Konoha and Kiba was still unconscious. He had spent most of his time at the hospital holding Kiba's hands, but Kiba wouldn't wake up. He was losing hope to see his boyfriend ever 'live' again.

"Here Kankuro, I brought you some dumplings, I thought you'd be hungry by now..." Tsume said as she walked in the room with a small container.
"Thanks..." Kankuro said not leaving Kiba's side.
"Cheer up! I know my son, he's strong; he'll be ok in no time!" The woman said handing him the dumplings putting a hand on his shoulder.
"I'd like to think that too..." The sand ninja said, putting the containers on the table next to him.

Kankuro just stayed there for a couple of hours, holding his lover's hand. He moved his hand to lace his fingers with his boyfriends and as he did so, Kiba's hand twitched and tightens, holding on to Kankuro's hand. Kiba was still unconscious, but seeing him respond to his touch made Kankuro hopeful again.

"Thanks Kiba..." Kankuro said softly smiling. "Tsume, he just squeezed my hand!" Kankuro said a little louder for the women to hear him, but not loud enough to disturb the peaceful silence of the hospital.
"See, I told you he'd make it!" Tsume said as she walked to the bed.

A couple of hours later, visits were almost over but Kankuro wanted to be there when Kiba would wake up so when Ino came to tell him to leave he asked her if he could stay again.

"Kankuro, I can't let you stay here every night!" She tried to explain.
"I know, but he's gonna wake up soon." Kankuro said.
"I-" She tried to say again.
"Please?" Kankuro almost begged.
"*Sigh* I'm gonna be in trouble again."
"Not if I say Sakura told me I could stay."
"That didn't work the first time, what makes you think it can work this time you idiot! Anyways, it's the last time! Understood?" She said, hopping she wouldn't be in trouble.
"Thanks Ino!"
"I hope you're right, it's sad to see you like that..." She said walking in the room, putting her hand on Kankuro's shoulder.
"I don't need your pity thanks..."
"That's not pity, you love him, and it's sad when you think you lost someone you love... seeing you like that makes me sad, it's just normal to feel sad for a friend..." The blond girl explained.
"Thanks..."
"Anyways, I better get going! You stay quiet and don't let anyone know you're here again!"
"Don't worry!"

Ino walked out of the room, leaving Kankuro alone with Kiba. Kankuro did as he usually did on the nights he'd be able to stay there; he went to lock the door and lay down next to his boyfriend. He rested his head on the boy's chest, listening to his heart beat, slowly drifting to sleep.

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"Kankuro... Kankuro, you're hurting me!"
"Hm?... K-Kiba?" Kankuro said as he woke up a couple of hours later and noticed his boyfriend was finally awake. He hugged him tightly; he was so happy he could cry.
"Ow! Ok, I'm awake! Please don't hold me so tight!" Kiba said squirming under Kankuro who was holding him in his arms.
"Sorry... I was worried about you." Kankuro said before he kissed Kiba.
"I know, I could hear you... Thanks for staying at my side."
"It's the least I could do... are you hungry? I'll go get something for you if you want; whatever you want, I'll get it for you." Kankuro said happily.
"I am but you'll only get us in trouble, you're not supposed to be here..." Kiba said.
"That's if they see me. I'll be back in a sec Koi..." Kankuro said as he got up and walked out the room.

Kiba lay back down on the bed waiting for his boyfriend to come back. After what seemed to be 10 minutes, the door opened; Kankuro walked in with some cookies, chocolate bars, and 2 bottle of juice.

"There, that's all I could find. There were some soft drinks, but it's kind of gross when you just woke up and those machines don't serve breakfast..." Kankuro said handing Kiba all he got.
"Thanks, I guess that'll be just fine..." Kiba answered as he opened one of the bottles of juice. He needed it so badly, he could feel that he hadn't got anything to drink in the last week; his mouth was a dried up as the desert around Suna.
"So... What happened on that mission?" Kankuro asked, not touching anything he had brought back, making sure Kiba would have everything he needed.
"I don't know... We were sent to kill the guy, but our plan became our weakness... He caught me off guard and used genjutsu to somehow get into my mind... it was weird; it was like that dude could see all of my past... he just took control of me and as he did so, he explained to me what was happening. I wasn't suppose to wake up... He said something about cutting the bridge to my body, so my soul would still be in my body but not controlling it, then he just left me... At first it wasn't scary or anything, I could hardly realise what was going on, I only felt in peace with myself... then I heard Shino and it brought me back, but I still couldn't move or open my eyes... I was just there... But oh well I guess he messed up, I'm still here!" Kiba said with a smile.
"Did anyone get him?" Kankuro asked, concerned.
"No..." The young brunet said.
"I see... I'm not 100% sure, but I think that's the guy Gaara wanted me to take care of..." Kankuro said.
"You're not going after him by yourself are you?" Kiba asked, he didn't want his boyfriend to face the man by himself.
"I don't have any choice..."
"No no no! We're gonna talk to Tsunade-Sama and have some ninja sent with you!" Kiba said loudly.
"I don't know; people only get in my way..." Kankuro almost whispered to make his boyfriend understand that he shouldn't be that loud.
"Shut up, you're not going by yourself!" The leaf ninja whispered loudly.
"We'll see about that tomorrow Koi... I'm exhausted; it's hard to stay at your side for days..."
"Yeah right... I hope they'll let me out tomorrow morning..."
"Yeah I don't want to stay here another day, I hate hospitals."
"Same here; it smells like old people."
"What about we freak 'em out a bit and leave right now?" Kankuro asked with a grin on his face showing he was up to no good.
"I'm totally up for it!" Kiba answered, jumping off the bed.

Kiba found some cloths his mother brought in hospital for when he'd wake up, got dressed and opened the window. They both jumped out the window to fall down on the roof of a small building nest to the hospital two floors lower and jumped down the three other floors; Kiba landed on all four but Kankuro didn't get that lucky; he missed his landing but he got back up quickly and they both ran away.