I hope you're liking this! I'm very proud of this story, and I cant wait to see how it evolves!

I do not own Naruto; that's Kishimoto, and I PRAY TO HIM FOR GIVING US SUCH A WONDEROUS GIFT!!!!!!!!

cough...Im done...

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"A-arrested!?!" The Inuzuka was shocked. "I mean...sure he has a bad temper...but...he's not that stupid!" Kiba was shaking now, paranoia slowly seeping into his mind. Shikamaru shook his head.

"You haven't heard? He wasn't arrested for anything recent." Kiba looked up from his tea, now cold and forgotten. His heart beat frantic with worry, and his hands shook. What's Kankuro been hiding from me...? "Kurenai told me... He was arrested for the attack on Konoha when Orochimaru killed Sarutobi Sandime." Kiba's jaw dropped, and he felt heat rise to his face.

"What?!? How could he be arrested for something like that! Those are the grounds the Konoha-Suna treaty is based on!" He growled and banged his hand on the table. "This is unfair!"

Shikamaru closed his eyes and nodded.

"Yeah...it is... Hey, you and Kankuro-kun we're in a relationship, right?" He lazily opened one eye too look at the dog-nin. Now nose-to-nose in his face growling at the Mara.

"Still in a relationship. We plan to get married." Kiba blushed, but his glare didn't falter. Shikamaru just smiled, and leaned his chair back onto its rear legs. He put a hand on Kiba's shoulder, and nodded his approval. "I'm going to see him." Shikamru stood up.

"You can't. They won't let you trough." The dog-nin flashed an infamous smirk.

"I'm a Tokubetsu Jonin! I'll be fine!" He walked from the room, riding down the streets on the back of his even-larger Akamaru.

Damnit Kankuro... If you're hurt...I'll tear the Hokage tower down brick by brick!

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Kankuro paced around in his cell. The bars were a pale iron, and he hadn't even tried any form of jutsu. Just get every ANBU in this place on my tail...

He sighed and ran his fingers through his hair, wishing he at least had his cat-hat, or maybe Karasu. He wouldn't even attack! But there was this one joint that was loose... And with a wrench and some files I could fix it...

Kankuro was dragged from his thoughts by the grinding of the heavy metal door opening, and looked grim as Ibiki Morino. Kankuro swallowed hard. Ibiki was very well-known, even in Suna, for his interrogation techniques. The puppeteer paled, and Ibiki obviously noticed this. He nodded respectfully to Kankruo and spoke in his deep voice.

"Kankuro, you need not worry." He coughed. "Naruto-sama has informed me that neither me or any of the other interrogators are allowed to...extract information from you."

Kankuro released a breath he hadn't realized that he'd been holding, and bowed to Ibiki.

"Send my eternal thanks and gratitude to the Hokage." Ibiki sat down, and looked at his hands.

"Most of the ANBU, including myself, have a large amount of respect for your family. You have proven yourself countless times in joint-missions." He sighed loudly. Kankuro thought it sounded like a bear snoring in the forest*.

Kankuro rested against the bars. Running fingers through his brown hair, he closed his eyes. They hurt from him being constantly alert. His whole body ached, and his senses were tired. He looked up when the larger man shifted. "Here, Kankuro-sama." He pushed a blanket and pillow through the bars. And gave a small smile. "Naruto-sama wishes you to be comfortable." Kankuro smiled at the large man.

"Your girl is lucky." He said. Ibiki stopped and looked at his hand. He smirked.

"Anko is the scariest woman I've ever met." Kankuro smirked. Ibiki continued. "We were dating for three years, and she got so fed-up with me not proposing, that she went and proposed to me." He shook his head and looked at Kankuro, muttering before he left. "Threat to the village my ass."

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Ha! Sorry it's so short, but I'm laazy.... oh well! It's good, right?

* and the 'bear snoring in the forest' is a play on Morino Ibiki's name, which means 'A bear snoring in the forest'.

Thank you Narutopedia for your magical info!

-see you sooon!