Naruto and Kiba were sitting on their bed. "I wonder if we can get Kabuto to somehow let us at least take apart the other bed for storage or something?" Kiba asked. "Ya, me too. If we are going to be sharing a bed, why have two?" Naruto said. Naruto heard footsteps outside the door and opened it. He saw Kabuto about to walk into his room. "Kabuto, could you come here, Kiba and I need to discuss something with you." Naruto said. "Sure, I'll be right there." Kabuto said as he walked to Narutos room. "Kiba and I were wondering if there was any way to get rid of the other bed in here. We decided to share one." Naruto said. Kabuto got a blank look on his face before grunting. "You two are both under age, and I know Asuma already gave you supplies. Because you are too young under policy, we have to have two beds in the rooms. If you two were to push them together, then it would still be considered two beds." Kabuto said. "I never thought of that." Kiba said. Kabuto stood up and looked the two of them in the eye. "The rooms are partially sound proof, so if you go into that, please keep it down. Also, you'll be starting classes tomorrow so rest up, you'll need it." Kabuto said with a smirk "Come on, I know you'd want to listen in on it." Naruto said with a perverted smile.
"Kiba, Naruto, dinner time." Kabuto called out. Naruto and Kiba looked at the clock then at each other. "Wow, we spent that much time just talking?" Naruto said in disbelief that he and Kiba spent over two hours just chatting. "Ya, we did, come on, I'm hungry." Kiba said. "Ya, me too, wonder what it is." Naruto said as he walked out the door. "It's chili night." Kabuto said with a smile. "Yes, I love chili." Kiba said, pumping his fist in the air. "Ya, but it doesn't love you." Naruto said in disgust. "Come on, it's not that bad." Kiba said in his defense. "Ya, then explain how you ended up clearing the entire gym." Gaara said as he adjusted his robe. "Come on, it was an off day for me." Kiba protested "Ya, that by chance, happened followed having chili for dinner." Shikamaru said as he pulled his hood up. "It can't be any worse then Naruto after popcorn." Kabuto said. "If you say so." Naruto, Shikamaru and Gaara said at the same time. Kiba looked up at Kabuto with pleading eyes, almost as if asking him to make them stop. All Kabuto did was shrugged his shoulders.
They entered the cafeteria and got their food. "This is good, who made it?" Kiba said as he shoveled his food in. "Well, pod 3-9 provided the meat." Kabuto said as he took a slow bite. Kiba, Naruto, Gaara, and Shikamaru all dropped their spoons at the same time and got disgusted looks on their faces. "Come on, I was joking." Kabuto said. "You're an ass hole, you know that, right?" Kiba said as he looked at the chunks of meat in his chili. "To be honest, it's been more then a year since anyone was processed." Kabuto said. "Then what happened to my family?" Kiba asked, slightly raising his voice. "They didn't come through here and we only were able to take out one person, a older male, even then, he lit himself on fire." Kabuto said. "Good, he was an asshole and deserved it." Kiba said. "Is that any way to talk about your father?" Gaara asked. "Well, if you ever met him, you'd agree." Naruto said. The five finished eating and went back to the pod.
Shikamaru and Naruto decided to take a shower, and Kiba was starting to feel a little ill. "God, I don't want to do this to Naruto and Shikamaru, but if they don't hurry up, I may have to." Kiba said, shifting in his spot on the couch. "Do what?" Kabuto asked as Kibas stomach let out a loud gurgling sound. "Fuck!" Kiba screamed as he jumped up and ran for the bathroom. "Poor guys, they'll be lucky to survive." Gaara said as Kiba threw open the door.
"Sorry guys." Kiba called out into the room as he ran into a toilet stall and slammed the door. Naruto and Shikamaru were too busy with their tasks to even hear Kiba enter, until the stall door slammed shut. "Was that Kiba?" Shikamaru asked Naruto, who was in the stall next to his. "Ya, it was." Naruto said in a disgusted tone.
Kiba could be heard grunting on the toilet until he finally sighed. "Sorry so much guys." he called out as his colon let loose with a loud fart, followed by the splattering of shit in water. The odor was horrible, to say the least. Shikamaru started retching in his stall as Naruto was doing his best to cover the smell, failing and throwing up. "Damnit Kiba, couldn't you hold it in?" Shikamaru moaned out before throwing up on his feet. "I am so sorry for this guys." Kiba said as he finished.
Kiba walked out of the facilities room. A few minutes, Naruto and Shikamaru walked out. Kabuto walked in and retched. "What the fuck died in there?" he screamed as he ran to his room to get the deodorizer. "Kibas dinner." was Shikamarus response as he sat down on the couch. As he entered, he sprayed the deodorizer, which didn't work at all. "Damn Kiba, this is awful." Kabuto said as he made his way in the room. A few minutes later, Kabuto came out looking pale. "Someone, please, process me." he said. "What's wrong?" Naruto asked. "He forgot to flush." was all Kabuto said. "Oh, sorry." Kiba said. "That's the most disgusting thing I have ever seen. Hell, when the boilers at the processing plant boil over it isn't as bad as that." Kabuto said. Kiba got an insulted look on his face. "I thought we couldn't insult others here?" he asked. "We can, as long as it doesn't include their sexuality or any other part that is out of their control." Kabuto said. Kiba looked at Naruto with a smile.
"I can see why you liked it here so much. At school you got a lot of shit and here you don't." Kiba said. Naruto looked at Kiba and smiled. "Not just that, but I get to spend my free time doing my favorite hobby." Naruto said. "What's that, chronic masturbation?" Kiba asked in a joking tone. "No, sand art." Naruto said as he pointed to a ocean side sunset scene that was done completely by pouring sand into a horizontal frame. "Wow, that's beautiful. I didn't know you did this." Kiba said. Shikamaru looked at him with a strange look. "He had them all over his bedroom. Didn't you ever notice?" he asked. "Ya, I noticed them, but I thought that he had bought them." Kiba said. "Nope, when I get down and depressed, I do these. The night I came here, I did this one. They let me stop by the store to get some supplies and other things before coming here." Naruto said as Kabuto nodded his head. "When I first found out that we had an admission, I was on the top floor talking with the leaders. When I came down here, I found Naruto already at work, humming what sounded like the saddest tune I have ever heard before. For a second, I thought he was putting together an ant farm, but once I noticed the different colored sand, I knew what he was up to." Kabuto said. "How did you know about sand art?" Kiba asked. "We have another person who is extremely well versed in this art. Although he doesn't do it much now, he often finds time for small projects like this." Kabuto said as he pulled out a river scene complete with trees and rocks. "Deidara, the floor commander on the 6th floor, came to us almost seven years ago, and showed this art to everyone. It has since been taught as a method of stress relief and connecting with ones inner soul." Kabuto said. "Who is our floor commander?" Kiba asked. "Uchiha Itachi, he came to us shortly after his clan disowned him and he destroyed his entire family, with the exception of one. There was a knock on the door frame, Kabuto looked up and fell to the floor on his knees.
"Oh, master Uchiha, what brings you to our pod?" Kabuto said as if he was talking to a god. "I am here to get Uzumaki Naruto for a personnel interview at the recommendation of Master Controller Saritobi." the person said. Kabuto looked at Naruto and motioned for him to get his hood up and to go with the man, Naruto takes the hint and gets his robes on. Within a few minutes, the two are out in the hallway.
"I wonder what that was all about?" Kiba asked. "I have never had one of my student pod members be asked for the interview." Kabuto said in disbelief. "What interview are you talking about?" Kiba asked. "Pod sub master." Kabuto said. Kiba looked at him then it hit him. "You mean that Naruto accepted to go into the controller program?" Shikamaru asked in a shocked tone. "Yes, he did, but he said he wanted to start slow, which meant being a pod sub master." Kabuto said. "I guess that's a good thing." Kiba said with a yawn. "Ya, I know, everyone is tired. Go on a head and go to bed, I'll wait up for Naruto." Kabuto said. Everyone nodded their heads and went to their respective sleeping rooms.
Kiba opened his door and stripped down to his boxers. He climbed into the bed and closed his eyes. Reaching out to where normally Naruto would be, he felt nothing but a cold bed. This brought a tear to his eye. "I shouldn't have let them take him. I know there are some who want him dead. Why didn't I ask to go wit him." Kiba said while tears slowly started to form in his eyes. "Please, come back." Kiba said with a sigh. Slowly, he cried himself to sleep, not knowing if Naruto would come back or not.
It was nearing one in the morning when Kabuto was awoken by the door opening. He had placed some bells on it to make some noise if someone entered. He looked up as Naruto staggered into the hallway. "I am so fucking tired right now." Naruto moaned before passing out. "Well, I can see they reached his limit." Kabuto said as he walked over and took Naruto into a fireman's drag. He opened the door to room number 2 with his foot, in the process, waking Kiba. "Shit, what happened?" Kiba asked in a panicked tone. "He came in and passed out. The interview is not only a verbal one but also a physical examination." Kabuto said. Kiba helped get Naruto onto the bed, they removed his robes and cloths, leaving him in his boxers. "He should be fine, he just needs a little sleep, that's all." Kabuto said. Kiba crawled over Narutos sleeping figure and was amazed when the blond didn't wake from this treatment. He laid down and draped his arm over Naruto. Without warning, Naruto turned over in his sleep and pulled Kiba tightly into his chest. Kiba noticed that Naruto was frowning in his sleep. "You're back in the pod, relax." Kiba said in a soothing tone, soon, Narutos face took on the look of sleep. Kiba yawned and was greeted by sleep as well.
Naruto woke during the night and looked in front of him. He could see Kibas messy hair, he could hear the soft snores coming from Kiba. Naruto closed his eyes and took a deep breath through his nose. His scent mingled with Kibas, accented by the crisp May air that was coming in through the window. He looked at the computer in the room. The screen saver was a clock with the date. May 7, exactly 2 month's until Kibas birthday. He smiled even wider knowing that they were getting closer to the date where they could take their relationship further without worrying about breaking any policy, then he kicked himself in the ass for being born in October. "Naruto, go back to sleep, you're moving around too much." Kiba moaned with one eye open. Naruto didn't notice that he had rolled around to look at the computer monitor. He rolled back to facing Kiba and was met by a brilliant pair of white eyes, no color around the slits of his pupils, the very eyes that he fell in love with two years ago. "Sure." Naruto said in a tired tone as he turned back around and fell asleep again. Kiba took a deep breath through his nose and noticed the smell of relaxation coming from Naruto, soon he was sleeping as well.
Naruto woke the next morning and took a deep sniff. He recoiled at the smell and looked out the window. There was no steam coming from the plants stacks, so that left one thing. "God Kiba, you reek!" Naruto said as he backed away from Kiba. "What do you expect, I haven't had a chance for a shower in two days." he said in his defense. "I know, you can use some of my stuff, then I'll see if we can get a shopping pass so you can get some body wash and other things." Naruto said. "Thanks." Kiba said as he got up and stretched. It then hit him, he had no cloths or anything else. All his cloths were lost in the compound and he came in with only what he was wearing. "Naruto, I don't have anything to change into." Kiba said. "I'll get to work on that shopping pass." Naruto said as he lead Kiba into the facilities room. Kiba quickly stripped himself of his boxers and could see Naruto walking somewhere with a pile of cloths. He then realized that the door was wide open. Closing the door, he stepped into a shower stall and turned on the water.
After a few minutes of letting the hot water cover himself, he finished with his shower and dried off. He stepped out and found his cloths to be missing, replaced with a plane black unmarked cloak. "Damnit." Kiba swore as he got dressed with the limited cloths he had. He stepped out of the facilities room and noticed Naruto sitting on the couch.
"Where the hell are my cloths?" Kiba asked. "I am washing them for you." Naruto said as he looked back at the TV. "I didn't know there was a laundry area." Kiba said. "Ya, it's across from room 1, the closet there has two stack units in it." Naruto said. "Cool." Kiba said as he sat down next to Naruto. "How did the shopping permit thing go?" Kiba asked. Naruto only smiled and held up a slip. "It went good, we can go as soon as your cloths are done. He even gave us the pod card with the pin number for it. Plus I managed to get a rental car." Naruto said. "Cool, any limit?" Kiba asked. "He said just to keep it under $200 and we should be fine. He called Asuma and explained the situation and Asuma agreed that you needed more then just what you came in here with." Naruto said as the washer buzzed. "Ah, time to dry now." Naruto said as he got up and walked to the closet. He opened it and took the cloths out of the top unit and put them in the bottom. The dryer started automatically and the two went back to the commons room. Kiba slumped back in the couch and didn't realize that the robe came open in the front. Shikamaru walked in, looked at Kiba and smirked. "That's looks like it could hurt." he said, looking at Kiba. "Na, it feels good." Kiba said. "If you say so." Shikamaru said in a slight giggle. It was only then that Kiba realized that everything was hanging in the open. "Damnit." he cursed, making Naruto and Shikamaru laugh. Although Naruto was laughing, he was secretly counting down the days until he could have Kiba in his entirety.
The dryer finally finished and Kiba got up. Naruto followed him and noticed that Kiba was completely nude in the hallway, digging around for his cloths that were mixed among Narutos. "Kiba, why is it that you are always nude this time of the day?" Kabuto asked, almost laughing. "This time it's because I don't have anything to wear and Naruto was washing my cloths." Kiba said as he pulled his boxers on. "OK, remember, classes start tomorrow, be back before 9, and don't EVEN mention us, got it?" Kabuto said with a warning. "Understood." Naruto and Kiba said at the same time as they exited the pod. The two walked to the controller desk and showed Sai the pass. Sai came out of a back room with a set of keys and a piece of paper. "This only states that you'll have your pay deducted for any and all damages done to the car while you are out, understood?" Sai said. Naruto read it over and stopped at one part. "Why is there a processing warning on here?" he asked. "It only says that you are to not follow protocol and call here, we will bail you out and you'll be placed on processing receiving duty." Sai said as he pointed this out on the paper. "OK, just wanted to make sure we weren't signing our lives away." Naruto said with a laugh. "No, that form is green." Sai said, making Kiba and Naruto turn pale. "I was just joking, there is no form to sign your life away." Sai said as he took the bottom copy and handed it to them. "Here you go and enjoy." Sai said. Naruto looked at the piece of paper and saw the spot number.
When they got to the garage, he spotted the car. It was a dark blue, almost black Chevy Corsica. "Cool, you'll drive." Kiba said. "No shit, I am the only one here with a drivers license." Naruto said in a smart tone. "Come on, let's go." Kiba said as he got in the car. They pulled out of the spot and got to the top level of the parking garage. Slowly, Naruto merged into traffic, heading towards the shopping center that was down the road from the Akatsuki building.