Naruto and Kiba pulled into the parking lot of the shopping center. They found a parking spot and took it. As they walked in, Kiba was surprised at not only the prices, but also the verity of clothing the store had. He smiled huge and got a shopping cart. "Let's shop." Kiba said as he went to the men's clothing section. Naruto followed him, eyeing some things for himself. Before long, Kiba had four outfits made up with some socks and boxers. He also got a winter coat and some new shoes. As they approached the register, Naruto pulled out his ID card and the pod debit card. Kiba looked at it and at the ID card. It clearly mentioned the pod but also said that Naruto was an authorized user for the card. They reached the check out counter and started taking the cloths out of the basket.

"That'll be $189.56 please." the clerk said. Naruto slid the card and entered the pin number. "Thanks for shopping at Clothing Warehouse and have a good day." she said as she handed Naruto the receipt. "Wow, that wasn't as much as I thought." Kiba said, Naruto nodded his head. "Ya, let's get back." Naruto said as they got to the car and pulled out of the parking spot. Naruto got into traffic and within minutes, they were back to the building. Naruto and Kiba trudged into the elevator under the bags of cloths that Kiba had bought. As the door opened, Naruto noticed one thing, the entire hallway was empty. "Wonder what happened." Naruto asked. They passed the controller desk and Sai mouthed "Go directly to your pod.". Naruto and Kiba went directly to their pod and found the others in the common room. "What happened?" Naruto asked. "Pod 5-5 was discovered to have a member who is part of a marriage defense group. Right now, they are under lockdown. Because of this, the entire floor is under lock down and they are debating on whether or not to process the entire pod or the one member." Kabuto said. Naruto got a sorry look on his face. "Will we hear anything at all?" Kiba asked. "No, we won't even know when they are processed if the pod is processed. The only way we will know is when the pod next to us comes up empty and they haul everything out and clean it." Kabuto said. "Who was the pod master?" Naruto asked. Gaara looked up at Naruto with tears in his eyes. "My brother, Kankuro." was all Gaara said before releasing a pain filled sob. A few minutes later, two processing agents came in and requested Gaara and Kabuto to the control desk.

"I wonder what's happening?" Kiba said. "Well, either we are getting an admission, or they want Gaara to say good bye to his brother." Shikamaru said from his place on the couch. "I hope nothing happens to Kankuro, he is like Gaaras father." Naruto said. Shikamaru nodded his head and Kiba looked at Naruto with a questioning look. "Gaaras parents were killed in an accident when he was 8, his sister and brother took care of him since then." Naruto said. Kiba and Shikamaru got a tear in their eye, only hoping that they would never have to go through the pain Gaara was going through now.

In room number 8, Kankuro was saying his final words to his brother. "Gaara, I want you to be strong and know I'll always be with you, no matter what happens. Please remember that I'll be with mom and dad, and we'll always be in your heart." Kankuro said as a tear slid down his face. "Kankuro, isn't there anything they can do? Or something you can do?" Gaara cried out. "I'm sorry, the papers were signed by the higher ups and we have to follow orders." Izumo said, noticing the pain in Gaaras eyes and the fear in Kankuros. Kotetsu opened a fridge and pulled out a single syringe filled with a greenish brown fluid. He reached above him and got an IV set out of the cabinet. "Kankuro, we were able to do your final wish, is there anything else you want to say before we do this?" Kotetsu said in a sad tone. This was his first time having to prep someone for termination with a family member next to them. Kotetsu wiped the area on the top of Kankuros hand with an alcohol wipe. "Kotetsu, we've know each other for how long? You know I'd accept my destiny without any fighting against it, please remove the straps." Kankuro said. Kotetsu nodded his head and removed the ones from his arm. Izumo removed the ones from his legs and Kankuro relaxed. He tensed up as he felt the needle enter his vein. Gaara reached out his hand, and Kankuro reached out his. They touched hands and interlaced their fingers. "I love you big brother, I always will." Gaara said, crying. "I love you too, little brother. Please remember me as I was before this time. Remember the good times. Remember the camping trip to Konoha we had with mom and dad." Kankuro said, a tear slowly tracing it's way down his face, falling off and splashing on the arm rest of the chair. "Kabuto, please escort Gaara out, this is something we don't want him to see unnecessarily." Kotetsu said after he finished taping the IV set on Kankuros hand. Kabuto lead Gaara out of the room and to the control desk. "Go back to the pod, I'll call Naruto when it's over." Kabuto said. Gaara turned and slowly walked back to the pod, sobbing.

Naruto heard the door open and saw Gaara come in with tears running down his face. "Oh god, Gaara, please say they didn't." Naruto said. "I wish I could." Gaara said before pulling Naruto into a tight hug. "They had me leave just after inserting the IV." Gaara cried out into Narutos chest. Naruto slowly petted Gaaras hair as Kiba and Shikamaru looked at the two of them with a sad look on their face. Faintly, a slight humming sound could be heard through the entire building. "I hear it." was all Kiba said. "Ya, me too." Shikamaru said, Gaara only pushed himself further into Narutos chest. They were waiting for the cracking and ripping sounds that never came. Narutos phone rang. He picked it up and got a really excited look on his face. "Gaara get your robes on, we are going to the medical wing, he survived. They don't know how but he survived, even a double dose." Naruto said. Shikamaru and Kibas eyes got huge and Gaara started crying again. "What are they going to do." Gaara whined out. "Give him the reversal agent and black list him from termination. It appears his body doesn't respond to the solution." Naruto said as he pulled on his robe. Gaara got on his robe and walked out the door with Naruto. As they approached the elevator, Naruto could smell something like burning hair coming from behind the processing desk. "Come on, he's in room one." Naruto said as he got to the elevator. He swiped his ID card and pressed the 10 button on the elevator.

When they got to the top, Kabuto met them by a desk. "Now Gaara, I know they caused you pain, but he made it through, it seemed there was nothing that they could do to terminate your brother. I talked with Asuma and because he no longer has a pod he was reassigned to ours. Since the only open bed is in room one, he and you are going to share a room." Kabuto said to Gaara, who's face lit up. "Understand one thing, he may look like he is dead, but they are working on removing the nicotine-sulfate(1) from his blood and entering the antidote. There is going to be no lasting damage or anything like that. His heart rate didn't even elevate, not even after the second dose." Kabuto said as Naruto shook his head. The two walked into the treatment room and Gaara fell to the floor crying. Kankuros entire left arm was nothing but one massive bruise from the solution breaking his capillaries, he could see that Kankuro was taking real shallow breaths, and he also noticed the dialysis machine attached to his brother. Gaara managed to get a hold on his emotions and sat down next to his brother. He looked at Kankuros face. The pain was permanently etched in his face. This brought Gaara to a point of almost rage, he would have snapped if Naruto hadn't placed a hand on his shoulder. "Kabuto says he'll be out in a few days, until then we are suspended from classes." Naruto said, squeezing Gaaras shoulder. Gaara placed his hand on Kankuros chest. He could feel the beating of his brothers heart. The sight before him was one he didn't think he would see again in his life. When Gaara was asked to leave the room, he knew for sure that was the last time he was going to see his brother. He never thought that he would see Kankuro again. He picked up his right hand and remembered what Kankuro had said in room 8. "I love you Kankuro, please make it through this." Gaara silently cried. To his surprise, his brother tightened around his hand. Gaara looked up and noticed that Kankuro had his eyes open, looking directly at Gaara. "Don't worry, I will. Mom told me not to see her for another fifty years and Dad threatened to kick my ass if I come to visit too early again." Kankuro said in a soft tone through the pain. Gaara laughed and tightened around his brothers hand. "Sounds just like them." Gaara said with a tear.

From the doorway, Naruto and Kabuto were watching the sight in front of them. Kabuto was smiling and Naruto had a tear in his eye. "I thought for sure that I would have to be there for Gaara through another loss." Naruto said, wiping the tear from his eye. "What do you mean by that?" Kabuto asked. Naruto filled Kabuto in on Gaaras past. Kabuto walked into the room and rested his hand on Gaaras shoulder. "I am going to talk to Asuma to see if you two and Naruto be black listed from termination. Naruto told me about your past and I am sure that this was a horrible time for you two." Kabuto said. Gaara looked up at him. "Horrible would be putting it lightly." he said. "Well, come on, let's tell Kiba and Shikamaru about the news." Kabuto said to Naruto. "Gaara, call down to the pod when you are ready to come back down. If you want to spend the night up here, I'd understand." he finished before walking to the elevator.

Back at the pod, Kiba and Shikamaru were getting worried about Naruto and Gaara being gone for so long. "I wonder where they went?" Shikamaru asked. "Naruto said something about the medical wing." Kiba said. The two were sitting in the common room when they heard the door open. Naruto and Kabuto walked in. "How is he?" Kiba asked. "They are extracting the nicotine-sulfate from his blood and they are going to discharge him in a few days. From there, he will be placed with us." Kabuto said. "Where is Gaara?" Shikamaru asked. "He's in the medical unit with his brother." Naruto said. "Gaara is lucky to have a friend like Naruto. You guys are lucky too. Remember your priority when you are on missions is with your pod mates, and in this case, your friends." Kabuto said before walking into room number one and making the bed.

The evening continued on and Kabuto came into the room. "Naruto, could you go to the front entrance, our dinner is waiting. I ordered some pizzas for us and we're going to go up and join Gaara at Kankuros bedside." Kabuto said. "Sure." Naruto said as he walked out of the room. Naruto entered the hallway not wearing his robe and was stopped by someone resting a hand on his shoulder. "Remember my warning? This is an offense that can be punished with termination." Izumo said. Naruto took a hard swallow, balled up his fist and brought it up. Kabuto heard a loud crack sound from behind the door. He opened it and found Naruto with his fist still doubled and Izumo on the ground holding his jaw. He opened his mouth to say something and blood started dripping out. "Naruto, what the hell?" Kabuto screamed. "He was directly interfering with an order given by my pod master." was all Naruto said before continuing on his way. When Naruto reached the elevator, two medics stepped out and rushed past him. Naruto only smiled and pushed the ground level button. When he got there, the pizza delivery car was just pulling up. He got the pizzas and went back up to their pod. When he opened the door, he found Asuma and Kotetsu waiting for him in the common room. "What now?" he moaned out after placing the boxes on the table.

Kotetsu was staring daggers at Naruto and Asuma cleared his throat. "I understand you are under some pressure, but you need to learn to control your anger. You broke Izumos jaw in two places." Asuma said ending with a sigh. "And he wants you to be processed because of this, but I tried to tell him to let it be." Kotetsu finished. "Although any action is permitted to continue a mission safely, that is only for outside of the organization. I am going to recommend that you are assigned as a first wave agent after your training." Asuma said before standing up and walking out. Kotetsu shortly followed Asuma. Kabuto walked into the room and shook his head. "I guess you could say you are sorry to him when we get to the medical wing." he said as he opened one of the boxes. "Dinner's here." Kabuto called out. Kiba and Shikamaru came out of their rooms and noticed that Naruto didn't look normal. "What's wrong?" Kiba asked. "Asuma said something about a first wave agent, what exactly does that mean?" Naruto asked. "Well, a first wave agent is someone they sent into a situation that may result in their arrest. Most first wave agents are placed in a pod with other agents. The unit that was sent to the Inuzuka compound was made up of first wave agents, the person who picked you up at school was also one. They are trained in hand to hand combat and other skills that make them a vital part of any operation." Kabuto said. Naruto smiled, he would have a place after all.

After a while, Naruto looked at Shikamaru and smiled. "I am sure you heard what I did tonight?" Naruto said. Shikamaru looked at him and sighed. "Knocking someone out is not something to really be proud of." Shikamaru said "He's got a point there, you were almost terminated. Kotetsu told Asuma that if that happened he would leave. Those two are the best processing agents we have." Kabuto said. After finishing with their meal, Naruto took the boxes to the trash chute in the hallway. He had remembered his cloak this time. Kotetsu walked past him and punched him in the shoulder. Just as Naruto was raising his fist, he felt someone catch it. "Naruto, don't." was all the person said. Naruto turned around to give the person a piece of his mind. He looked at the figure and found Kiba behind him with another bag of trash. "OK, I won't." Naruto sighed. "Good" Kiba said as he put the bag in the chute and closed the door. Naruto and Kiba walked to the elevator and were met by Shikamaru and Kabuto. "I will warn you guys, he has gotten paler since we last saw him, so don't be surprised." Kabuto said in a caring tone.

When they got to the medical wing, they were met by Gaara, who was looking better since the last time Naruto saw him. "How is he?" Naruto asked. "He's able to talk more and he's eating right now." Gaara said. "Wait, if it didn't work on him then why was he asleep when we got here the first time?" Naruto asked. "If the termination solution fails after two doses, the person is sedated and sent up here for care. This has only happened once before and they didn't think it would happen after they increased the strength of the solution." Kabuto said. "Really, who was the first one it failed on?" Kiba asked. Kabuto took off the glove on his right hand, revealing a scar. "When they terminated my last pod, I survived a total of four doses. It actually ate away the skin where they did the injection. Since then is when they updated the policy. If I had not survived after the third dose and if the processing agent hadn't called an end to it, I am sure that Kankuro would have been worse off." Kabuto said as he looked into the room and saw Kankuro looking at them. The call light over the door came on and a woman with pink hair walked by. They could hear some talking coming from the room and she walked out with his trey. "You can see him now." the girl said. Naruto looked at the name badge, it read 'Sakura'. "Thanks Sakura." Naruto said. "You're welcome." she said before sitting down and opening a book.

"Asuma came and saw me. He told me that I was assigned to pod 5-4." Kankuro said in a weak tone. "That's right, we'll be in the same pod." Gaara said as Kankuro slowly closed his eyes, falling back into his sedative induced sleep.

"Come on, it's late and we'll have a busy day tomorrow, you guys are starting classes." Kabuto said as they walked out of the room. As Gaara walked out of the door, he looked back at his brother and smiled, he thought that Kankuro would not be alive tonight and he was glad to see that he survived. They filed into the pod and went into their rooms. Naruto and Kiba went into room 2 and Shikamaru followed Kabuto into their room. Kiba sat down on the bed and looked Naruto in the eyes. They were filled with concern and something that Kiba couldn't understand. "Is everything OK?" Kiba asked. Naruto hung his head before walking slowly to Kiba. "Kiba, I've never told you this, but I want to see all of you." Naruto said in a husky voice. Kiba's breath started to hitch as Naruto lifted his shirt off of him. "This isn't fair." Kiba said as he reached out and slipped Naruto's shirt off of him. "Now we're even." Kiba said before attaching himself to Narutos neck. "Mmm, Kiba." Naruto moaned as Kiba lightly bit and sucked on Narutos neck. Kiba released himself and looked into Narutos eyes. They had something in them, it was obvious lust. "Kiba, should we continue? I know this is against policy but is it worth it?" Naruto said. Kiba unbuckled his belt and let his pants fall to the floor. Naruto quickly did the same for his pants and Kiba gasped at what he saw. The bulge was larger then he thought, and honestly thought Naruto had stuffed himself with something. "Before you ask, it's real." Naruto said as he licked his lips at the sight of the Inuzuka almost completely nude in front of him. "Shall we continue?" Kiba asked in a heavy voice. Naruto flicked the light switch beside him. Kiba reached into the top drawer and opened the box. He felt around and pulled out two condoms.

"We'll use these, just to be safe." Kiba said. Naruto pulled one of the condoms out of Kibas hand and looked at it. "OK." was all Naruto said before slipping his boxers off. In the dim light, Kiba gasped at the size of what Naruto had. Gaining confidence, Kiba pulled off his pants and noticed that he and Naruto were about the same size. Naruto pushed Kiba into the bed, kissing him and rubbing his growing erection against Kibas. Kiba moaned loudly at this. "Keep it down, Kabuto is just a room over from us and if we caught, who knows what'll happen." Naruto said through the kiss. "Sorry, but it's just so good." Kiba said while panting.

Kabuto heard Kibas loud moan and smiled. It seems that they were willing to take their relationship further behind his back without any concern for punishment, they truly loved each other. He just sat back and smiled, hoping that they would follow protocol if it became more serious.

Naruto reached down and slowly pulled Kibas boxers down, his erection springing to attention between them. "God, Kiba, that looks nice." Naruto moaned. Kiba heard the tearing sound of a wrapper and didn't expect for it to go on him. He shivered as Naruto slid the condom down, Kiba looked and realized that Naruto had used his mouth to place it on him. "I want it, now." Naruto said as he hovered over Kibas eight inch rod. Against all concern or warning, he sat down, the large thick rod sliding into his hole. Kiba started panting hard as Naruto moaned in pleasure and pain as he felt himself be filled. After a few minutes of adjusting, he raised back up and slammed himself down on Kiba. Kibas cock grazed his prostrate and Naruto moaned out his name. the two didn't care if anyone heard them. The pods, for the most part, were sound proof so the other people outside the pod wouldn't hear them.

Shikamaru heard Narutos moan and smirked. He knew exactly what was going on, as did Kabuto who was also smirking. "How much longer should I let this go on?" Kabuto asked Shikamaru. "Let them have a little fun, besides, I am sure this will be a stress reliever for Naruto by the sounds of it." Shikamaru said as he looked back down at his book. "We could turn this into a contest." Kabuto said blankly. "You're how old?" Shikamaru said as he slowly closed his book. "24, why?" Kabuto said with a curious tone. "I'm only 17, so it could be considered child rape." Shikamaru said in a bored tone. "That's true." Kabuto said.

"Oh, god, Kiba, take me." Naruto moaned out. Kiba flipped Naruto off of him and put him on his hands and knees. Thrusting in, Kiba hit Narutos prostrate directly, earning a loud scream of his name. At this point, neither of them cared if anyone else heard them. Kiba could tell Naruto was getting close to release so he grabbed the blonds weeping member and started pumping it in tune with his thrusts. "Oh!" Naruto moaned out as he felt Kiba start to pump his member. Feeling an increasing tightness around him, Kiba was brought the edge. "Naruto!" he screamed as he released. Naruto felt the tip of the condom fill as he also felt his nut sack tighten. "Ugh, Kiba!" Naruto moaned loudly as he spilled his seed on the bed below them. Panting, Kiba pulled out and looked at the condom. He shook his head and took it off, placing it in the trash can after tying the end of it so it wouldn't leak. He looked back at Naruto who was already starting to let his eyes close.

Slowly, Kiba crawls next to Naruto and pulls him close. "You know, we'd probably be terminated for this, was it worth it?" Kiba asked. "It was more then worth it." was all Naruto said before yawning and falling asleep. Kiba laid down next to Naruto, he felt Narutos arm move and fall on his side, pulling him closely. "I love you." Naruto said with a single eye open. "I know, I love you too." Kiba said before his eyes closed and he drifted off to sleep.

1- Nicotine-Sulfate is found in many euthanasia agents. As a stimulant, it sends the body into shock, inducing a heart attack. It also breaks down in the rendering process and doesn't have any lasting effects if you survive the administration of it. It was widely used in the Vietnam war to control dogs that had rabies. The troops would shoot the dogs with poison tipped darts rather then with guns so the villagers wouldn't be scared of the gun fire.

A/N: All ages are plus 1 year from the Shippuuden part of the series.