Kiba woke the next morning and called the school to say he was sick. They told him it was fine and after what happened last night, they didn't blame him for not coming to school. "Kiba, come out here, quick." Iruka called from the living room. Kiba ran into the room and gasped at the sight. It was an aerial view of the Inuzuka family compound on fire with one of the buildings completely missing. "It seems that the organization known as Akatsuki has struck again, this time, taking out the Family Defense Organization leader, Tsume Inuzuka, and most of her family. There are rumors of one survivor but at this time, it is unknown as to where they are or if these are in fact just rumors." a reporter said as they went to a street view of the burning buildings. Kiba collapsed to the floor with a loud scream of pain and anguish. He had always wished that his mom wasn't always fighting to "preserve" marriage, now it cost her and the rest of them their lives. It has been known that if Akatsuki can track down a strong person like Tsume, the entire family would be removed from existence. They wiped out the Uchiha and now the Inuzuka were next by what Kiba was seeing in the news. There was a knock on the door and both Iruka and Kiba froze. The door opened slowly and in stepped two figures with black cloaks decorated with red clouds on them. One of them had jet black hair and the other one was shorter with blond hair. Kiba started shaking in fear and Iruka passed out after pissing himself. He noticed the taller of the two make a few hand signs before everything around him went black.
"Inuzuka Kiba, Inuzuka Kiba?" he heard a voice call out as he opened on eye and noticed that he was in a small room with three of the cloaked figures. "You've been found guilty of supporting homophobic acts, now, we must end the Inuzuka clan for good." one of the cloaked figures said. Another one connected a syringe to the IV site that he didn't notice until this time. The contents of the syringe were green with a yellowish twinge to it. He closed his eyes, knowing that this is how they worked. They would put their victims to sleep like animals before doing anything else to them, and often times, the bodies were never recovered. He closed his eyes expecting for the solution to enter the vein that it was poised to inter, instead, he heard the click of the syringe being taken off of the mount. The cloaked figure stepped back as another one wearing a full face mask walked up to him and removed the IV from his hand. "Come." was all the figure said. Kiba recognized the voice. "Naru" was all Kiba had gotten out before the person turned around and looked him directly in the eyes. "I didn't say you could speak, now be silent and follow me to admissions." the person said again. Kiba was suddenly blinded by a blind fold that was placed over his eyes as he was lead to the admissions area. The blind fold was removed and he looked around, he felt a sting in his hand and looked down to find another needle in his hand, this time taking blood. "We need to know what all illnesses you have before you are permitted to enter a pod." the person said with no emotion in his voice as they removed the vial of blood. Kiba looked at it and wondered if this is what Naruto had to go through. He was handed a clip board with a questionnaire on it. As he was finishing up the questionnaire, he noticed two of the cloaked figures talking. One of the walked over to him, the hood of the cloak covering their face. This person was pretty tall and Kiba was unable to tell who it was. "Come with me, you are to be in pod 4, room 2." the person said before leading Kiba down a hallway going from a desk that had computers and other assorted things on it. The person opened a door that had 5-4 on it. Kiba looked out a window at the end of the short hallway and realized that he was on the 5th floor of a building. The walls were painted grey and the hallway had two rooms on the sides of it then made a "T" at the end. He noticed that one room had no door and he could see a TV with a couch and microwave on a table. He looked and noticed the other door had a sign that read "Facilities" on it. "This will be your home for the rest of your life, or until you get arrested. You won't be sent on missions until you are fully trained and you will be assigned a pod mate. You will be issued standard cloaks and you are to wear them when ever your are outside of your pod. You will have classes three days a week for twelve hours a day. Any questions?" the person asked in a menacing tone. "You were slated to be processed but we had a member come forward and say you were not a threat. They also asked that you be placed in their room and pod, this was granted since the pod is pretty much empty and he was in a room on his own." the person said before opening the door for room number two. "Welcome home." the cloaked figure said as he closed the door behind Kiba. It made a sharp metallic sound and reminded Kiba of jail.
He started sobbing as he heard the door open again. A short figure walked in and Kiba only looked away. He felt something brush his neck and turned around. It was a blanket that was being placed over his shoulders, the cloaked figure was massaging his shoulders, humming a relaxed tune. Kiba began to relax and accepted that this was his place in life. Although he was sure he had been taken hostage, he was happy that he could somehow manage to get revenge on those who made his life hell, and take out his sorrow of loosing his family on those who brought on the need for organizations like this one. He turned to thank the person for relaxing him and was met by blond hair and blue eyes. "I saw them carry you in and started shaking in fear. I know what they would have done and I just couldn't let you die." Naruto said as he wrapped his arms around Kiba. Kiba started sobbing into Narutos chest. It all made sense. The short cloaked person entering the room, the one at Irukas place, Naruto was there the whole time. "I though the person who brought me in here said there would be no missions until I was trained. If you got here yesterday then why were you able to go." Kiba asked. "I got word of what was going to happen told them what was going on. The pod leader agreed with me and said I could come along, only to make sure you weren't there. After we got to your house and noticed you weren't there, I left to find you. After I found you at Irukas, we took you here, but there was a mix up and they thought you were going to processing instead of admissions. Kabuto, the pod leader, luckily was able to stop them before the mistake was made." Naruto said. "Kiba, I had your back through out all this." he finished. Kiba started crying even harder and there was a knock on the door. A person entered with glasses and a cloak on. Kiba recognized who the person was. "Master Kabuto, everything is fine here. Student Inuzuka was just learning the details of his admissions mistake and took them a little harder then I thought." Naruto said before bowing. "Very well, I just got Student Inuzukas test results back, he is clean. I am going to permit full contact, if you would like that Student Uzumaki." Kabuto said. "That will be appreciated, Master Kabuto." Naruto said ending with a bow. The other person left the room and shut the door softly. Kiba looked at Naruto with a strange look. That's Kabuto, the pod leader. When we are assigned missions, he will be the leader for our group." Naruto said, Kiba nodded his head in understanding. "Come on, I'll give you a tour of the pod." Naruto said, standing up. "The pod is like a family, three rooms, two people per room, six people total per pod. Each pod is assigned missions once the five "student" pod members have been through their training. If they do well on their missions, they will be assigned a pod of their own. The building is a total of ten floors, each floor having it's own dining area, control desk and class rooms. We are taught the same things as normal students two days a week then taught their operations one day a week. The final goal is that if you are not able to become a pod leader you are to be reintroduced into society. They call this place the Ookami Technical Training Organization." Naruto said. "Otto." Kiba repeated. "That is correct. I left you clues to where I went because I didn't want you to worry and I wanted you to eventually find me." Naruto said as they entered the room with the TV that Kiba saw on his way in. "This is the commons room. It's a place to relax and to get to know the other pod members. The reasoning behind this is that the pods are not only assigned on missions on their own, but if one get's arrested because of someone's mistake, the rest get processed." Naruto said with a grim tone. "Very true, Uzumaki, I am glad to see what I told you sank in." a voice said from the door. "Master Kabuto, I am humbled by your appreciation." Naruto said. "Come on, it's not necessary to call me that all the time." Kabuto said with a smile as he flopped on the couch. "Giving Kiba the tour?" Kabuto asked. "Yes." Naruto said. "Remember, if you leave the pod, he'll have to have a cloak on. I just dropped it off." Kabuto said.
"What exactly is being 'processed' mean?" Kiba asked. Naruto looked over at Kabuto and Kabuto looked at Kiba with a sad look. "If a member of the pod is arrested and tried because of the neglance of another pod member, the pod is placed on lock down. If the person is found guilty, the other pod members, including the pod leader, are dealt with like the enemy. They are terminated and processed into a product that can be sold to make the organization money." Kabuto said, Kiba got a disgusted look on his face before saying one word. "Rendering." is all Kiba said before Kabuto nodded his head. Kiba and Naruto both looked at the floor. They knew their future now and were determined to not screw up. "Who else is here." Kiba asked. "So far, it's just myself, you and Naruto. The previous Pod 5-4 failed in a mission and were terminated." Kabuto said. Kiba looked scared shitless and Naruto was actually shaking. "It's ok, the failure wasn't because someone was arrested, they managed to blow themselves up." Kabuto said. "So, that failed attack on the Catholic Church in Suna was the work of here?" Naruto asked. "It was, sadly. I lost a good friend in that one." Kabuto said as he took a sip of his drink. "Well, nice talking to you guys, I need to see Master Orochimaro about the lesson plans for this pod." Kabuto said before standing up and walking out of the room after pulling up his hood. "Come on, I'll show you the facilities." Naruto said. They walked across the hall and walked into the room. There three showers and toilets. There were also three sinks. The room had six lockers and Kiba could see that there were two lockers with things in them already. "The lockers are for our individual showering supplies, although it is not required to lock them, it may be necessary of we get someone who takes other's belongings." Naruto said. "So, we all share this one bathroom?" Kiba asked. "That is correct. Like I said, we are all like a family. The showers have doors on them for privacy, as do the toilets." Naruto said. "Come on, I'll show you around." Naruto said as he went back to the room and got Kibas cloak. Kiba put on the cloak and pulled the hood up. The two walked out into the main hallway. "Remember, stay to the right." Naruto said as they entered the traffic of the hallway. The classes were letting out for one group. This hallway leads to the classrooms." Naruto said as they got to the control desk. "Good afternoon Controller Sai." Naruto said to a person behind the desk. "Oh, good afternoon Student Uzumaki, Student Inuzuka." Sai said from behind his terminal. "Sai is the controller for the ten pods on this floor." "The hallway on the right goes to the class rooms and the one on the left goes to the dining area." Naruto said as he indicated the directions with his hands. "Can we go outside?" Kiba asked. "Sure, there is a courtyard that is off of the first floor dining area." Naruto said. Naruto led them to the elevator and pressed the down button.
They entered and it went down to the ground level. The walls were done in a light red color with deep red carpets. This isn't really a occupation level, more or less a lobby for visitors. They run as a college but some are really here to learn what they call the heterophobic arts. Some parents send their kids here to learn those. Although they teach that here, they also teach actual job skills so we can enter society without any problems or complications and live real lives with real jobs until the time is needed that we are called upon for a mission." Naruto said almost like he was talking about a real university. They let us take off the cloaks when we are in public for shopping and things like that to reduce our chance of arrest. The cops have been arresting everyone associated with Akatsuki, even if you haven't been given a mission yet." Naruto said as they entered the court yard. He pulled off his hood and sat down at a table. Kiba also sat down at a table after removing his hood. "So, is this really what you expected." Kiba asked. "Better then I expected, to be honest. Here we are not a minority but a majority, we aren't discriminated for anything and if you do discriminate a fellow student, you are punished severely. It seems the mere fear of punishment is enough to keep people from making fun of others. I am happy here. They let you call and visit the people you know on the outside after your first week of classes. I guess they explain the rules in the first week then go on to real classes after that." Naruto said. "That's good, have you told Iruka where you are?" Kiba asked. "I had them send him a letter saying that I was enrolled if that's what you mean." Naruto said. Kiba nodded his head. Kiba looked up to the skies and Narutos phone rang on him. "Ya, ok, we'll be there shortly." Naruto said. "Come on Kiba, Shikamaru just arrived and was placed with us." Naruto said. Kiba looked at Naruto with an odd look then down at the phone. "You'll get one too." Naruto said as he put on his hood. Kiba also put on his hood and walked to the elevator.
The two got to their floor and went into their pod. Shortly after, Kabuto came in with a very scared looking Shikamaru. "I didn't have anywhere else to turn." he said as Kabuto massaged Shikamarus shoulders. "It's ok, you made the right choice. I know you know the other two pod members, since you are all from the same school." Kabuto said. Shikamaru noticed Naruto and Kiba and ran up to them. "I didn't think they would kick me out like this Naruto." Shikamaru cried into Narutos chest. "It's ok, you're with friends now." Naruto said. "He's in room 1 with me." Kabuto said. Naruto nodded in acknowledgement and guided Shikamaru to the common room. "Shikamaru, calm down, I take it you told your parents?" Naruto asked. Shikamaru nodded his head and started crying even harder. "How did you get here?" Kiba asked. "I talked to Iruka and he said he got a letter from Naruto here. I thought I would see if I could get in and after I found out what really went on here, I was glad." Shikamaru said. "What exactly happened?" Kiba asked. "My dad physically pitched me out of a window, followed by a suit case full of my cloths and said I wasn't his son. My mom came out and slapped me before spitting in my face then walking back in." Shikamaru said before he started crying again. "That's it, let it all out. You're were you're welcome now." Naruto said. Secretly, Kabuto was watching, thinking of where Naruto could go if he kept this up.