Hello again. Chapter 2!

Gibbs threw out the Chinese containers before he walked down to the basement to work on his boat. Tony followed him down the steps and looked around. "Wow. How do you get that thing out of here?" Tony asked and Gibbs growled lowly. "Okay, none of my business. Pretty cool though. Where are you tools?" Tony asked as he looked around and Gibbs picked up a sander.

"Hand tools. Everything's better by hand." Gibbs said and Tony nodded.

"Very old fashioned." Tony smiled. "So any wives? Kids?" Tony asked and Gibbs slammed the sander down on the bench. Tony jumped and looked at Gibbs. His eyes were bright red this time.

"Go upstairs in the guest room and sleep. Now." Gibbs ordered and Tony crossed his arms.

"Why should I?" Tony's eyes were now a deep red color as well, as the anger boiled up inside him. "I just asked a simple question you could've said no." Tony glared. Gibbs growled stood in front of Tony.

"You really want to know?" Gibbs asked menacingly. Tony swallowed the lump in his throat and nodded. Gibbs put his hand over Tony's face and whispered something Tony couldn't make out. All of a sudden Gibbs memories of a woman and a child flooded through Tony's mind. Gibbs groaned and pulled his hand back as soon as the memories were shown to Tony. Both men panted as they leaned against the railing of the stairs.

"That was your wife and kid?" Tony asked quietly and Gibbs nodded. Both men's eyes changed back to normal and Gibbs sat on a sawhorse. He poured himself a bourbon after he emptied out a mason jar filled with nails. He offered some to Tony but Tony shook his head and left to go upstairs. "Good night." Tony mumbled at the top of the stairs as he slowly left. Gibbs nodded and gulped down his bourbon as he continued on his boat.

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5 years later...

Tony whistled as he walked into the bullpen. He smiled at his coworkers Kate and McGee. "Good morning everyone." Tony smiled as he set down a coffee at McGee's desk and a hot chocolate on Kate's. He also set a blueberry gluten free muffin on Kate's desk and a chocolate chip one on McGee's. After he set down a dark coffee and banana nut muffin on Gibbs' desk, he turned to see both his colleagues with a look of confusion on their faces. "What?" Tony asked as he returned to his desk.

"Why are you being so nice?" Kate asked and Tony rolled his eyes.

"Did you do something really wrong and are trying to make it up to Gibbs?" McGee asked and Tony groaned.

"No, why do I have to do something in order to be nice? I'm a nice guy!" Tony defended and Kate and McGee chuckled. "I thought it would be nice to bring some breakfast in for you guys. I'm making changes to myself." Tony said proudly and McGee shrugged.

"Well, thank you, Tony for the coffee and muffin." McGee said and Kate nodded.

"Yes thank you, Tony." Kate smiled. Tony felt great about himself already. The elevator dinged which signaled that Gibbs was on his way back to the bullpen. Once Gibbs got to his desk he saw the muffin and coffee and looked up to Tony.

"Tony is this from you?" Gibbs asked as he took a sip of coffee. He hummed softly.

"Yeah boss. Thought it was time for a change in myself." Tony smiled as he signed into the computer. Gibbs took a bite of his muffin and nodded.

"Thanks." Gibbs said as he walked over to the stairs that lead up to the director's office. Once Gibbs was out of earshot, McGee spot first.

"He actually said thank you to you!" Tony chuckled and waved his hand to dismiss it.

"No really, Tony. He never does that to any of us. What have you done?" Kate asked and Tony sighed.

"Nothing Kate. He said thank you and that's all it was." Tony said. He needed to hear it for himself. After he worked only five years for the man, his desires got the best of him. He fell for him pretty quickly and he knew that Gibbs couldn't love him back. Not after what he saw that night five years ago. Tony sighed and got to work on the paperwork from their last case so they could possibly leave early tonight. He had a date with another man who, in fact, did look a lot like Gibbs. It'd probably end in a one time thing but if it helped keep his desire low, who cared?

"Let's go, we got a case." Gibbs said as he walked back into the bullpen with his coffee. Tony nodded and pulled out his phone quickly so he could call him as they packed up their things. The phone went straight to voice-mail and he sighed. He hung up the phone and slid it in his pocket.

"Tony I want you in the front, got a word with you." Gibbs said and Tony nodded. Once they reached the garage they hopped in with McGee and Kate in back. Tony buckled in the front and waited for Gibbs to start. He sighed once nothing happened.

"What boss?" Tony asked.

"Why haven't you showed them your demon side?" Gibbs asked and Tony shrugged.

"Not their business really. I like to keep certain things private." Tony said as Gibbs turned onto a street Tony knew. "Hey I know this street." Tony said as he looked around. He saw the cops at his date's house. "No.." Tony said as Gibbs parked the vehicle. Tony jumped out of it and Gibbs followed behind him.

"Dinozzo what the hell!" Gibbs shouted as he grabbed his arm and pulled him towards him. Tony growled at Gibbs. "Dinozzo, who's house is this?" Gibbs asked softly and Tony tried to pull his arm away as a tear slipped down his cheek.

"It's Aaron Jest's house. Aaron was my date for tonight..." Tony said weakly. Kate and McGee walked towards them from behind the truck.

"Everything okay Tony?" Kate asked and Tony nodded slightly.

"Go ahead you two, Tony will be there in a minute." Gibbs said and McGee and Kate nodded as they turned to walk towards the crime scene. "Tony look at me." Gibbs said and Tony looked up and looked at Gibbs. "Just relax. Maybe it's not Aaron." Gibbs reassured and Tony shook his head.

"He said he lived alone. Didn't have many friends. We met at a bar and clicked instantly." Tony said and Gibbs sighed. "Let's go." Tony said as he wiped his eyes and walked towards the crime scene. Gibbs stayed back, slightly taken back. He never knew Tony was gay. He never dropped any hints at work. Gibbs walked towards the crime scene and found that Tony's date was in fact the man that was dead on the floor with a bullet between his eyes. Tony swallowed hard and kept a straight face while he worked on take sketches and pictures. McGee and Kate looked around the house as they gathered evidence. Gibbs watched as his team worked but left to go question the witness. She stood by the police cars silently.

"Ma'am?" Gibbs called out and she turned and walked towards him. "Special agent Gibbs, NCIS. I'd like to ask you a few questions." He said softly and she nodded as she wiped her eyes from the tears.

"I'm Francine Jest. I was Aaron's wife." Francine said and Gibbs nodded. "I came by to pick up something I forgot in the house and I found lying dead in the living room." She said sadly, then she started to cry. Gibbs sighed softly.

"Ma'am, what time did you find Mr. Jest this morning?"

"Around eight this morning."

"Was there anyone else around the house?"

"Well, there was a black van that was down the street. Unmarked." She said and Gibbs nodded.

"Did you happen to get a license plate number?"

"I got the first three which were DT 4. Unfortunately that's all I got, I couldn't see the others. They looked like eights, fives, sixes, threes and nines. All the looped numbers." She said softly.

"Is there a number I can reach you by in case we need to come in contact?" Gibbs asked and she nodded as she wrote her number down on the pad of paper Gibbs had. "Thank you Mrs. Jest. We'll do our best to find who did this." She nodded and Gibbs walked off towards the crime scene. He watched as Tony and Palmer lifted Jest on the stretcher in the body bag and rolled him away towards the M.E van. Ducky came over to Gibbs.

"Time of death places us about one hour ago Jethro at about 7:30 this morning." Ducky confirmed and Gibbs nodded.

"He wasn't dead for long. McGee!" Gibbs shouted and McGee ran over to Gibbs.

"Yes boss?"

"Go to the development's office, ask for the security footage of this street. Jest's wife said she saw a black van this morning and I want the license plate number. Take Kate with you." Gibbs said and McGee nodded as he left to get Kate and go to the office. Tony came back in with Palmer a moment later.

"Ah, Mr. Palmer is Mr. Jest all settled in the van?" Ducky asked.

"Yes indeed Dr. Mallard. We're ready to roll." Palmer smiled and Ducky nodded.

"Jethro, Anthony, we shall meet you at NCIS." Ducky said as both him and Palmer left to go to the van. Tony looked around the house solemnly.

"I can't believe Aaron's dead." Tony said softly and Gibbs nodded.

"The witness was his wife." Gibbs stated and Tony turned towards Gibbs in disbelief.

"He never mentioned he had a wife." Tony said as he walked towards their truck. Gibbs caught up to him.

"Think they were going through divorce. The wife came back to the house this morning because she forgot something." Gibbs added and Tony sighed.

"Yeah, forgot to kill her husband." Tony mumbled and Gibbs tapped him on the back of the head. Tony growled softly.

"Rule ten, never get personally involved with a case Dinozzo." Gibbs said as they stopped at the van. Tony turned towards him.

"I'm not sitting this case out." Tony said and Gibbs shook his head.

"Stand down Dinozzo." Gibbs ordered as his eyes changed to their reddish black.

"I'm not standing down Gibbs." Tony said sternly as his eyes changed red as well. "I will be fine getting involved in this case. I haven't fallen submissive under your order, and I'm not starting now." Tony growled. At this time Kate and McGee had turned to face Gibbs.

"Boss we have the tapes. Are... are you two fighting?" McGee asked and Gibbs shook his head. His eyes changed to normal.

"Dinozzo, stand down." Gibbs ordered and Tony growled again, this time attacking Gibbs. He pushed him to the ground and pinned him down. Kate and McGee tried to get Tony off of Gibbs but Gibbs beat them to it as he changed to his full demon form. His eyes changed colors to complete red along with his skin, his canines lengthened a little and two inch horns protruded from his forehead as well as a five foot black tail that was like a whip and a forked tongue. "I said stand down now Dinozzo, or you're fired." Gibbs voice was deeper and slightly scary. Tony got off of Gibbs and crossed his arms. Tony started to change into his full demon form too. His skin turned red with two three inched horns that protruded from his forehead, with a longer forked tongue and red eyes. His tail was only four feet long but still whip-like and his canines didn't lengthen. McGee and Kate quickly hopped into the truck and hid in the back.

"Why is this such a big deal for you Gibbs. I can handle this." Tony warned, his voice also deeper but not as scary. Gibbs grabbed Tony's arm and pushed him off so he could get up. Tony grabbed Gibbs and threw him against a tree as he pinned him down. Gibbs growled as he leaned back and bit Tony's shoulder. Tony hissed and backed off.

"Stand down. Now." Gibbs warned. Him and Tony stood face to face and ready to attack each other. "I was personally involved in a case, back when I first started. It ended extremely badly and I don't want the same fate for you." Gibbs explained and Tony glared.

"I can take care of myself." Tony said as a final word. He got in the NCIS truck on the driver's side and waited for Gibbs to get in. Gibbs glared at Tony as he got in the passenger side. Both men relaxed as much as they could to rid of their full demon form as Tony started the truck and drove off to NCIS.

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