The weeks flowed together and Naruto was released from the medical unit. When he returned, Gaara looked at him with a strange look. "Naruto, I have something to ask you, in private if possible." Gaara said, motioning to the door. Naruto looked up and nodded before getting out of the transport wheel chair they used to bring him down from the medical unit. "Thanks for your care Sakura." Naruto said before following Gaara. Kankuro watched the two of them walk into the room and thought nothing of it. He looked around and noticed the worried look on Kibas face. "What's up?" Kankuro asked Kiba. "Oh, nothing, I just hope Gaara doesn't tell Naruto about you two that one night. He's pretty protective over Gaara and would skin anyone alive for him." Kiba said. Kankuro made an audible gulp sound and sat back down on the couch, looking at the floor hoping that didn't come up.
Back in room 3, Gaara and Naruto were talking. "Naruto, what I wanted to ask you was, did it hurt? I mean your first time having another man in you." Gaara asked with a blush. At those words, Naruto's blood started to boil. "Were you raped?" Naruto said in a soft tone. "No, we both consented to it." Gaara said. "Good. For me it hurt a little, then again, Sai isn't known for being large." Naruto said with a laugh at the end. "Well, yeah, I've asked around and others were surprised that I was able to walk after Kankuro." Gaara said. Naruto let out a low growl sound before looking at Gaara. "You mean your first was your own brother?" Naruto said, saying the last word in a scream; his eyes turning red. Gaara looked at this and gulped, Naruto was pissed and when ever he got this pissed he took it out on the intended target. He looked back to where Naruto was sitting only to see him get up. "Kankuro, run!" Gaara screamed.
Kankuro heard Gaaras scream but didn't have a chance to react, Naruto was on him faster then anything anyone has ever seen. Roughly shoving Kankuro against the wall making his head bounce off of it, Naruto glared into Kankuro's eyes. "So, you're fucking your baby bro?" Naruto growled close to his face. Kankuro flinched at the sound of the growl Naruto let loose and the warm feeling of blood running down the back of his neck, but mostly at the look of uncontrollable blood lust in his eyes. In a panic, Kankuro hit the only button he could reach on his communicator box, the one for a code blue.
At the control desk, Sai noticed the code blue for pod 5-4. "Asuma, is pod 5-4 on any missions, I'm getting a code blue from them." Sai said. Asuma walked over and looked it over. "I don't know what could be going on, let's ring him up." Asuma said. "5-4-2, central, confirming code blue?" Asuma said, he released the call button and only heard screams in the background. "Repeat, pod 5-4-2, confirm code blue?" Asuma said, his finger poised over the emergency call button to dispatch a first response team to the pod. "I don't think they are outside of their pod." Sai said. Shortly after words, a loud scream could be heard down the hall. "Fuck this." Asuma said, pressing the lock down button and keying Kabuto's communicator. "Kabuto, report to your pod ASAP, code 1, I repeat, code 1." Asuma said.
Back in the pod, Naruto had pinned Kankuro against the wall next to the facilities room door. "Naruto, what the hell is your problem, he said he was fine with it." Kankuro said, almost begging for his life. Kiba had moved the others into room 1, knowing that in a fight Naruto was most likely to turn left instead of right, putting the two of the on the other end of the pod. Naruto let out one more growl before landing the first punch. The sound of cracking bones filled the air for a split second and Kankuro looked down at the floor. His vision was quickly blacking out and he remembered one move from his training. Bringing his hand up to Naruto's neck quickly, he hit Naruto's carotid artery, causing Naruto to loose consciousness and fall to the floor. Kankuro reached down and pressed the code orange button before passing out next to Naruto, leaving a bloody streak down the wall.
In room 1, the other three were huddled in the closet, they heard one thud then another and breathed a sigh of relief, it was over for now. "Did he kill him?" Gaara asked, wondering who survived. "I know Naruto, he could never bring himself to kill someone." Kiba said. "But Kankuro is trained to kill someone." Gaara said, bringing a worried look to Kiba's face. Sure enough, he just hit Kankuro enough to knock him out and get his message across, and the blow Kankuro hit Naruto with was a defensive hit, only making him pass out.
At the control desk, Asuma noticed the string of codes coming from the pod. They had received a code blue, three code yellows; which told Asuma that the others were now in hiding somewhere in the pod, then the final code that surprised them was a code orange. "Okay, that's it." Asuma said as he pressed the floor lock down button and grabbed the announcement microphone. "Floor 5, lockdown now in effect, all SRT members to pod 5-4, I repeat, full lockdown on floor 5 and all SRT members to pod 5-4." he finished before hearing the elevator open. "What's going on in my pod?" Kabuto asked. "We don't know, look at these codes and tell us what you think." Sai said as he turned the monitor. "Shit." Kabuto said as he ran off to his pod, closely followed by the special response team. He opened the door and found Kankuro and Naruto in the hallway. "We need medics, now!" Kabuto yelled out into the hallway.
In room 1, Kiba and the others heard the announcement, then a muffled scream that almost sounded like Kabuto. "Room 2 cleared, now entering room 3." they heard a voice say. Just as soon as they heard that voice, they heard the door open for the room they were in. "Room 1 cleared, checking closet." the voice said. Kiba pushed the others back as the door opened slowly. He looked up and found a person dressed completely in black with a face mask. He looked the person over and noticed the smoked over lens. They were searching until a light on his helmet came on, blinding the others. "Control, 3 found, room 1." the person said before stepping back. Kiba looked and saw Kabuto come into the door. Kiba took a shaky breath, knowing the special response team would only be called out if it was bad. "Are they okay?" Kiba asked as Kabuto got closer. "They will be fine, they're on their way to the medical wing for overnight observation. Asuma is going to investigate the whole thing to see what happened." Kabuto said. "I have something to confess, I told Naruto about that night and he went off because of that." Gaara said from somewhere behind Kiba. "Gaara, Kiba, Shikamaru, come on out, it's okay." Asuma said as he walked into the room. "Naruto and Kankuro came to and instantly went after each other in the medical unit, they were sedated." Asuma said. "I know Kankuro was unstable but so is Naruto, who knows, perhaps the placement was a bad idea." Kabuto said. "No, give them some time, they'll get used to each other." Shikamaru said as he took a step back into the light of the room. Gaara was the last one out of the closet before they stepped into the hallway and noticed someone already cleaning up the mess from the fight. "I want to see how Naruto is doing." Kiba said. "Sure, he's in the medical unit." Kabuto said. Kiba nodded his head and walked out the door. "How bad was it?" Sai asked Kiba as he got closer to the control desk. "I wouldn't know, we went and hid in a closet before it got really bad." Kiba said as he pressed the elevator button.
He got in and pressed the 10 button. As the elevator went up, he began to wonder what Naruto was going to look like or what it was going to be like when he got there. Finally, the door opened and he looked into the hallway. He could hear people screaming and could see Ayume run into the room with a needle full of something. As he walked closer, he noticed that Naruto and Kankuro came through again and were at the verge of going at it again, stepping into the door, he put a hand on Ayume's shoulder. "Let me handle this." Kiba said as he pushed past the guards.
Everyone looked at Kiba waiting to see what he was going to do. His actions surprised them all. Kiba reached out and slapped Naruto hard which made Naruto stop and then he turned to Kankuro and did the same thing. The two looked at him and at each other before laughing at the same time. "What was all that about?" Ayume asked Kiba. "For Naruto, it was a reset button kind of thing, for Kankuro, it was for different reasons but he knew what they were." Kiba said. Slowly everyone left the room except for Kiba.
Naruto looked over at Kiba with a hurt look. "Why did you hit me?" Naruto said in a slight whimper. "Because you made Shikamaru, Gaara, and myself so scared we took shelter in a fucking closet. Next time, take the news and be happy. Gaara and Kankuro are in a relationship now and there isn't much you can do, I know you protected Gaara like a father but now accept that he has found someone he loves, even if it's his brother." Kiba said in a lecturing tone. Naruto looked down at the blankets and nodded his head. Kankuro was smirking while Kiba chewed Naruto a new asshole and Kiba saw this. "And don't think you're getting away without any lecture either Kankuro. Next time, don't let Naruto treat you like that and confront him about something like that directly so he doesn't go off and scare everyone again. You two could have easily killed each other, I mean hell; you've both got the training to do it, and one of you have the experience to do it." Kiba ended, looking at Kankuro. Kankuro hung his head and also looked at the blanket.
Kabuto and Ayume were secretly listening from the doorway as Kiba chastised both Naruto and Kankuro. Smiling, Kabuto walked into the room and rested a hand on Kiba's shoulder. "You'll make a damn fine pod leader one of these days." he said before taking a seat between the two of them. Naruto looked at Kabuto with a hurt look. "What about me?" Naruto said. Kankuro couldn't believe Naruto even asked that question. "If and when you get your temper under control, we'll talk about it." Kabuto said, avoiding a possibly dangerous situation. Kiba looked at Kabuto and had to ask the question that was on everyone's mind. "How long have you been with the organization?" Kiba asked. Kankuro knew the answer but kept silent. Kabuto looked up at them and smiled "This coming Monday will be my 10 year anniversary with Akatsuki." Kiba and Naruto looked at him with wide eyes. "You mean you came here when you were 14!?" Naruto asked. "I came here after my uncle was inducted. Since then I finished my education here and have been an active member and first wave agent commander for the past 5 years." Kabuto said. Naruto's eyes got wide, his understanding was that most first wave agents were arrested. "If you've been in Akatsuki for 10 years, how did you avoid getting processed?" Naruto said. Kankuro and Kabuto flinched. "I avoided it by not being a first wave agent the entire time. I became a first wave agent only a few months ago and have been a rogue agent without a pod of their own for a while, until you guys started showing up." Kabuto said. Naruto looked at him with a new view. Kabuto escaped death through not having a pod and he decided that he would stop himself from becoming the death of anyone, even if it meant taking himself.
They sat there talking until Kabuto looked up at someone with a blue cloak walk into the room. Instantly his eyes went wide and he went into a bow. Kiba looked at him with strange look then took the hint. Naruto and Kankuro nodded their heads and Shikamaru and Gaara also went into bows. Ayume walked in past the other person and looked behind her before bowing. "Forgive me Master Madara, I have vital tasks to attend to." Ayume said still in the bow. "Proceed with your duties." the person said before lowering the hood of their cloak. "Raise." the person said to the others in the room. Kabuto and the others raised their heads and looked at the person. Naruto smiled before opening his mouth. "I wanted to thank you for getting me from school that day." he said. Kiba looked between Naruto, Kabuto, and the person. "I thought you said the person who picked up Naruto was a first wave agent?" Kiba finally asked. "I am. You see, because of how vital organization security is, any admissions we pick-up from a public location have two people go in to get them. These people could be from any part of the organization but still have to be front line certified. I came to see how you were doing, not just Naruto but also you Kankuro. It's rare we have fights break out between first wave agents and both survive." Madara said. Kiba looked at Naruto, then at Kankuro. He stood up out of his chair and walked over to Naruto. Just as he was about to slap Naruto again for being an idiot, he felt a hand grab his own. He looked back to find that Madara had moved across the room and grabbed his hand. "He's been through enough abuse, both physical and verbal." the man said behind Kiba. Kiba relaxed his hand and pulled it back, showing that he wasn't going to strike Naruto again.
Naruto looked up at Madara and asked the question that was poised to be asked. "Back, at the school, you said your name was Tobi, why did you say that if it wasn't true?" Naruto asked in a slightly hurt tone, mostly because he felt he had been lied to from the start. "Because, as I've said, security is vital to the organization. I can't even leave without a face covering of some sort, you see, I've been connected to over 3000 deaths." Madara said, almost knocking Naruto on the ground in surprise. "Most higher members of Akatsuki have a body count to them. For example, how innocent do you think Kankuro is?" Kabuto asked Naruto. "I know he's far from innocent for reasons other then killing people." Naruto said, sarcasm dripping from his tone. "About 120, at last count." Kankuro said, addressing the questioning look on Kiba's face. "You've got to be shitting me." Naruto said. "And if he hadn't any self control you would have been number 121. But at the same time if Naruto had hit Kankuro a little lower and towards the center of his chest, Naruto could say he got his first one. What I'm saying is keep things like this verbal only, if even then. If I get word of one more fight between pod members, who ever started it will be punished, severely." Madara said before standing up and leaving.
"Naruto, Kankuro, I swear, if I hear of either of you fighting again, I will let him decide the punishment, and the last one who was punished was transferred to a different branch and captured. Understand?" Kabuto said. Kiba looked between Naruto and Kabuto before adding his own part in. "Naruto, you need to choose between your attitude and your love, that's all I have to say to you for now." Kiba said before standing up and walking out the door. Naruto looked at him then back to Shikamaru. Shikamaru saw this look and shrugged it off. "So, did he really just say what I thought he said?" Naruto asked Kankuro. "If you think he said that you need to straighten up your shit before getting split up, then yes, he did." Kankuro said before rolling over to try to get some sleep. Naruto went to roll over but had no luck because of the restraints on him. He pressed his call light and Sakura came in. "Can you loosen these a little, please?" Naruto asked in a sweet tone. "I think not, I remember what happened last time." Sakura said in a lecturing tone. "I won't do that again, I promise." Naruto said. She walked out the door without saying another word. "Fucking bitch." Naruto mumbled. "She has a point, last time you asked them to loosen them they had to call a SRT member to come pin you down. Misbehavior will only equal worse treatment, now deal with it and try to get some sleep, we'll be out tomorrow morning." Kankuro said before rolling over in his bed, as if to show off that he was completely unrestrained.
Kankuro rolled over and heard a loud snap followed by the sound of metal hitting the floor. He rolled back over to find Naruto sitting up in bed. Shaking in fear he looked at how his eyes were red. "Don't worry, I'm over what happened, I just didn't want to damage any property unnecessarily" Naruto said before laying back down and kicking his feet out of the ones over his legs.
After a few minutes, Ayume walked into the room. "Naruto, Sakura told me what you said and I agree it's time to" Ayume said as she looked at the floor to find the heavy inch wide and half inch thick nylon strap broken in half and laying on the floor. She looked over his chest to find a healing bruise and smirked, "That'll be coming out of his pay." she said as she walked out of the room with the pieces. She walked back to the nurses station with the pieces of strap. "Please charge these to Naruto Uzumaki." she said as she set the strap down in front of a stunned Ino and Sakura. "It takes 1200 pounds to break these, how did he do it?" Ino asked. "It looked like he did it with a sit-up." Ayume said as she made a note of this in Naruto's record. Sakura and Ino looked at each other before looking at the strap. "Damn." they both exclaimed at the same time.
Naruto heard this in the room and smiled, Kankuro rolled over and looked at Naruto. "You know, that'll probably come out of your pay." Kankuro said only to be met by soft snores coming from Naruto. "Oh well, I guess he's finally sleeping, might as well." Kankuro said as he pushed the button to turn off the light over his bed.