Kiba opened one eye and looked at Naruto. He could tell something was wrong with him. He was thrashing and sweating in his sleep, something that Kiba had never seen Naruto do before. "I wonder what's going on?" Kiba asked himself. He heard Naruto mumble something in his sleep, it sounded like he was pleading with someone, but he wasn't sure.
Naruto and Kiba were sleeping soundly until the door flew open. He could hear screams coming from elsewhere in the pod as he watched two cloaked men take down himself and Kiba. The next thing Naruto could see was the white walls of a room around him. He looked to his side and saw Kabuto, silently crying. His hands were tied and so were his ankles. They were restrained with zip ties and he could distinctly smell something that reminded him of a hospital. Naruto tried to move his hands and found himself restrained the same way as Kabuto. In the far distance, he could hear a slight humming sound, the sound made his hairs stand on in. "What's wrong?" Naruto asked. "They found Shikamaru guilty." was all Kabuto said. This hit Naruto like a load of bricks. The last mission they went on was to alter evidence against the organization. He remembered that everything went good until the end when Shikamaru didn't come out of the building behind them. He could see a door and no one else. "Where's Kiba?" Naruto asked in a panicked tone. "They already got him, he isn't going to be with us for long." Kabuto said as the door opened. Naruto could see two people lifting Kiba and dropping him down the chute in the wall. Within a matter of seconds, the sound of breaking bones and ripping flesh filled the air as two masked people picked him up and carried him into the room. Naruto looked around and found that he was in room number 8. "Please, don't, I'll do anything!" Naruto screamed as he felt the band on his arms get cut. Without a chance to move them to defend himself, they were quickly strapped to the arm of the chair. He felt the bands on his ankles be replaced by straps like the ones on his arms. He started crying. "Come on, you knew this would happen. You always fail at everything." one of the people said as they slid the IV needle into a vein on the back of his hand. He watched in horror as the person connected a syringe filled with a greenish brown colored fluid. He felt it as it entered his hand, it had a cold but welcoming feeling. Just as he was beginning to relax, he felt his heart pick up. He couldn't breath anymore as the liquid did its job. He felt his heart racing and hurting, almost as if it was going to explode. The tightness in his lungs became tighter and tighter, making it almost impossible to breath. He felt a hot searing sensation fill his chest, radiating down his right arm. "Kiba, I'm sorry." Naruto said with his last breath before closing his eyes for the final time in his life.
"Fuck, Kiba!" Naruto screamed out in his sleep, not only waking Kiba and the other pod members, but also causing the pods around them to send out emergency calls. When Kabuto walked into the room, he found Kiba holding Naruto, massaging his shoulders. He also found Naruto crying harder then he thought anyone ever could. Kiba saw Kabuto in the doorway and shot him a glare. "Naruto lost his parents when he was little. They were killed by this very organization and I think the stress is going to make him snap." Kiba said with a growl. Kabuto looked at Naruto with new found realization and respect. This new information made want Kabuto to find out more about Narutos history. Naruto knew what it felt like to lose a close person and was now scared of losing Kiba. Naruto still had his eyes closed and was slowly opening them. When he spotted Kiba, the tears flowed freely again, this time they were of joy that it was only a horrible nightmare. "Kiba, I thought you were gone for good." Naruto cried into Kibas chest. "Naruto, it was only a dream, everyone is fine." Kiba said, running his hand through his hair.
"Master Kabuto, we got an emergency call from both pod 5-3 and 5-5, is everything ok in here?" Sai asked as he walked into the room. "Everything is fine, cancel the response, one of the new members just had a collapse, that's all." Kabuto said. "Who was it?" Sai asked. "It was Naruto." was all Kabuto said. Sai looked at Naruto and nodded his head. "I'll make an appointment for a stabilization session." Sai said. Kabuto looked at him and growled. "Do no such thing, I will handle this on my own. You are dismissed." he said, Sai turned and walked out of the room.
"Naruto, I don't know what happened in this dream, so please tell me. Releasing it is often times the easiest way to speed recovery." Kabuto said as he looked Naruto directly in the eyes. Naruto filled in Kabuto with the details of his dream. The sounds from the room, the cold feeling of the substance entering his arm, the way Kibas lifeless body didn't make a sound as it was dropped into the chute. "Naruto, I am really worried about you. Please promise me one thing, no matter what happens, you will follow protocol and you will not allow yourself to enter trial." Kabuto said. Naruto nodded his head, accepting the demands. "You will know exactly what I mean by protocol when you start your classes and I will have a pod meeting tomorrow to tell everyone else the same thing." Kabuto said before he left the room.
Naruto looked over at Kiba and pulled him into a tight hug. "Thank you for being there for me." Naruto said as he looked Kiba in the eyes. Kiba leaned forward and applied his lips to Narutos. Naruto was shocked by the action but soon accepted the kiss and brought his hand around Kibas neck, pulling him closer to deepen the kiss. Naruto felt Kibas tongue extend and lick around his bottom lip, he opened his mouth slightly to permit access. Kiba moaned into the kiss as he felt his tongue enter Narutos warm mouth. Naruto slowly slid his own tongue into Kibas mouth, moaning at not only the sensations but also the taste. He had wanted to do this for so long, he didn't know what it would be like. Breaking the kiss for a breath of air, Kiba looked Naruto directly in the eyes. "I'd do anything for the one I love." Kiba said. "Kiba, I love you too." Naruto said with a tear in his eye. "Come on, it's late and we need to get back to sleep, we are getting our community duty assignments tomorrow." Kiba said. "Ya, that's true, plus we never know when someone new will be assigned to our pod and we need to be ready for them." Naruto said before laying his head down on the pillow. Kiba followed shortly after Naruto and looked to his side. "You know, we really should talk to Kabuto about getting that other bed removed." Kiba said, making Naruto blush. "Oh, now, after that kiss, you blush." Kiba said in a mocking tone. "Go fuck yourself." Naruto said in a playful tone before closing his eyes and letting sleep embrace him. Kiba draped his arm over Narutos side and slowly let the warm embrace of sleep take him over.
"I will not let you do that to Naruto!" Kiba heard someone scream. He closed his eyes and remembered the dream. "Fuck!" he screamed and jumped out of the bed without putting on any cloths, wearing only his boxers. He threw the door open, making it slam against the wall behind it and stormed into the commons area. As he walked in, he could see Kabuto and Asuma with some papers in front of him. "What the fuck are you going to do to Naruto?" Kiba growled looking at Kabuto with a deadly look. "First off, Kiba, go get some damn cloths on, secondly, it doesn't involve processing or anything like his dream last night." Kabuto said, pinching his nose. Kiba got a really embarrassed look on his face. "I'll explain after you get dressed." Kabuto finished. Kiba walked into his room, put some pants and a shirt on and walked back out. "OK, mind explaining what you were talking about?" Kiba asked when he walked back into the common room.
"Master Controller Asuma was talking about starting Naruto on the controller program along with his regular classes. I told him about the dream last night and thought it would only compound the stress so I wanted him to take it easy on him at first. Asuma, wanted to put him in the program today instead of assigning a community duty." Kabuto said. Kiba looked at Asuma and back at Kabuto. "You know, I am not sure if he'll be able to take the stress, to be honest. He never was real good at handling stress, even back at regular school. He would reach a point where something snapped and he would react violently." Kiba said. Kabuto looked at Kiba then back at Narutos file. "I also found that he dropped the last name of Namikaze after his mother and father were terminated. His father was a detective that was close to discovering the real purpose behind the facility across the street and how victims of the Akatsuki were hardly found. He was moved in with his uncle by his mother. Shortly afterwards, Kushina was found and terminated. Iruka, Narutos uncle, took Naruto on as his own child and gave the story that he was married to a blond woman who died a few months after Naruto was born. The story checked out and it wasn't until I did some research and found that Naruto Uzumaki is really Naruto Namikaze." Kabuto said, pinching the bridge of his nose. "This is the first time that something like this has happened and we aren't sure how to deal with it. For now, Naruto is in internal hiding. I don't even know where he is or when he will be returning. Already one pod master reported him to the processing squad and Asuma is working on getting that reversed." Kabuto said as two men in cloaks walked into the room. "We are here for Naruto Namikaze." one of them said in a deep tone. "I fucking think not." Kiba bellowed before taking a swing at one of them. Before he knew what happened, he was on the floor face down. He looked up and found an IV set already in his hand with a syringe filled with brownish green fluid attached.
Naruto walked through the door and saw this. His eyes went red and before Kabuto, Asuma, or the two processing agents knew it, one was at the end of the hallway unconscious and the other was in the facilities room with a bloody nose. Naruto looked down and noticed the IV set in Kibas hand. "You did this, didn't you? Answer me you filthy piece of shit." Naruto growled as he approached the man at the end of the hallway, blood dripping from where he was biting his lip. Naruto felt himself be picked up and felt a stinging in his neck. "Behavior like that deserves punishment." the man said who had lifted Naruto off the ground by his throat, pressing him against a wall. "Izumo, release him. He has been granted clearance." Asuma called out. "Very well." Izumo said before just dropping Naruto. Lowering his hood, Izumo looked directly into Narutos eyes. "If you ever do that again, I will see to it that you are terminated." Izumo said, making Naruto shake. He walked over to Kiba and removed the IV set from his hand, then to the other guy at the end of the hallway. Removing a small vial like object he snapped it and waved in in front of the other persons nose. They came to and asked Izumo what had happened. "A student laid your ass out Kotetsu." Kabuto said. "Really, which one." Kotetsu asked, shaking his head. "Naruto Uzumaki." Yamato said. "Wow, so this is the one Kabuto has been talking about. I think you'll do good." Kotetsu said before looking at Kiba. "Remember, attacking a processing agent isn't a good idea." Kotetsu said, looking directly at Kiba. "Like I give a damn?" Kiba growled out, advancing again. "Kiba, stop, please." Naruto said in a pleading voice, Kiba turned to Naruto and noticed the concern in his eyes. Turning back to Kotetsu, Kiba bowed down. "I am deeply sorry for my unprovoked attack, please forgive me for my lapse in judgment." Kiba said before raising from the bow. "Kiba, I can see you are at least learning basic manors for here from Naruto." Kabuto said before smiling and patting him on the back. "Kiba, flush the IV tube down the toilet and pray to what ever maker you have that this is the last time you have one of those in your hand." Kabuto ordered. "Understood." Kiba said as he picked up the device and walked into the facilities room. "Master Kabuto, I am going to place your pod on lock down. It seems that this isn't Narutos first run in with processing agents today." Asuma said, closing his phone. "Naruto, anything you want to let me know?" Kabuto said, his right eye twitching. "Ya, they found me in the processing plant where I was hiding, then once again in the dining area." Naruto said. "How many did you take out?" Kabuto asked, his eye still twitching. "I think nine." Naruto said after thinking. "Master Controller Asuma, please, release the pod from lock down." Kabuto said, bowing. "Very well, I will release pod 5-4 from lock down, as long as there are no more problems, also robes on, you've got an admission." Asuma said before walking out.
"I wonder who it is?" Naruto asked. "Probably some flake." Shikamaru laughed, only to get punched in the arm by Kabuto. "Shut up. Everyone comes here for one reason or another. And if I aren't mistaken, you came in crying. At least Naruto came in not acting like a little bitch" Kabuto growled out before the door opened. Asuma walked in with a person completely covered by a black cloak. "This is pod 5-4, your new family." Asuma said before turning and leaving. Naruto looked over the persons frame and recognized who it was. "Gaara, why are you here?" Naruto asked in an almost silent tone. "You know him?" Shikamaru asked. "Of course I do, he and I founded the gay-straight alliance back at school." Naruto said, sadness evident in his voice. He slowly walked up to the trembling figure. "It's OK, I know this is scary for you, but we are all here for the same reason." Naruto said into Gaaras ear. "Uzumaki, I am pleased you are here. I thought when you disappeared, you had killed yourself." Gaara said, ending the last part in a heavy sigh. Naruto pulled Gaara into a soft hug, and Gaara started sobbing. "Kabuto, where is he?" Naruto asked. Kabuto looked at the papers that Asuma had left behind. "He's in room three." Kabuto said.
"Gaara, come with me." Naruto said. Gaara followed Naruto into the room. Naruto reached out and shut the door. Turning back around, Naruto looked into Gaaras eyes. "So, what exactly happened?" Naruto asked. "The principal ruled that the alliance wasn't protected by school code. After the first meeting after you left, everyone was met outside by a mob of people. Many people were assaulted and the school did nothing to stop them. It was then that my parents found out my secret. My dad tried to kill me by poisoning my food at dinner, but when I refused to eat, he got mad and kicked me out. I remember Shikamaru and Kiba disappearing and went to find clues as to where they went, which lead me to your uncle. He told me exactly where to go." Gaara said. Naruto stood up and walked to the door. "Master Kabuto, I need to make a request." Naruto said after he opened the door. "What is that?" Kabuto asked, raising an eye brow. "That Iruka Umino is placed on the protected list. Both Shikamaru and Gaara were led here by his advice." Naruto said. Kabuto looked at Naruto then looked at the others. "Shikamaru, is this true?" Kabuto asked. "Yes, it is." Shikamaru said. "Since we already know how Kiba got here, I will talk with Asuma about putting your uncle on the safe list." Kabuto said before walking out the door.
Naruto went into the common room and sat down on the couch. Gaara closely followed and sat down next to him. "Have you started the training program yet?" Gaara asked. Naruto raised an eye brow. "No, I haven't. Besides, how do you know about the training program?" Naruto asked until it hit him. "Why you little." Naruto growled out before reaching inside of Gaaras cloak. To his horror, he pulled out a small box with wires attached to it. "Fucking hell Gaara, what's up with this?" Naruto said after ripping the wires out of the device. Gaara started trembling. "Answer me before Kabuto get's back and discovers this. Kiba, make sure there is no evidence of this left." Naruto said. Kiba turned around and found himself looking directly at Asuma. "Oh, fuck." Kiba muttered. "'Oh fuck' is right. Kabuto is on his way back and I should be calling some processing agents to get you four, but this made it past me, so it's my mistake." Asuma said as he picked the device out of Kibas hand. "I'll send this to the investigation unit to see if we are protected from the frequency, until then, pod 5-4 is now under lock down with possible termination." Asuma said as he turned and walked past Kabuto, out the door. Kabuto fell to his knees in shock. "This is exactly how easy it is to have an entire pod terminated." he said before looking at the others. "I really hope the dream doesn't come true." Shikamaru muttered with a scared tone.
A few hours later, two cloaked figures entered the room. One was Sai, the other was Izumo. Naruto recognized the figure of Izumo and started shaking in fear. "Master Controller Asuma wanted me to tell you guys you will all be starting special classes tomorrow. Also, pod 5-4 is off lock down." Izumo said. Sai walked up to Kabuto with some papers. Kabuto went over them, sighed, and signed the front page. "What was that?" Naruto asked. "It was the terms of release for the pod. It was also the approval for your uncle to be on the protected list." Kabuto said as he adjusted his glasses. "Thank you for this. I will thank Asuma in person when I get the chance." Naruto said.
Naruto went to go into the common room, but someone knocked on the door. He walked up to it and opened it. On the other side was a person in the standard red cloak. "Uzumaki Naruto, please get Kabuto for me." the person said. Naruto led them to the common room and got Kabuto. "How may I help you, Yamato." Kabuto said as he entered the room. "Asuma asked me to start special lessons on your pod tomorrow. They will be held in the common area and will not contain anything that is in the normal classes." Yamato said. "Understood." Kabuto said as he stood up and showed Yamato out of the pod.