A Time to Praise Famous Men

Hi guys, Final chapter and then I'm moving on to something VERY different. In fact, I really can't wait for you guys to see it. Anywho, this chapter is something we've all been waiting for. PLEASE READ MY NOTES AT THE END. THANKS.

As they stared at him, he remained staring at the clock.

"What do you believe in, kid? Because as a moral man, I don't believe in killing ANBU who protect you. I don't believe in stealing money from the people who donate it to you."

Kiba smirked, his eyes closed. "I believe in the clock. It's 7:50."

Tsunade shook her head. "What does this have to do with anything? You realize you fucked up right? You were the only one who got captured and the heist on the IMB leads to fourteen prior heists. You realize you fucked up right?"

Kiba shrugged. "I don't give a fuck what you think of me. I'm internally validated."

Asuma laughed harshly. "Thanks for the little tales. That was more than enough to convict. What did I say you'd take, huh? Four counts of armed robbery, burglary, kidnapping, murder, attempted murder, arson, and treason."

Kiba bit his lip and once again glanced at the clock. 7: 52. In this small moment, time was precious to him. Just three more minutes.

"Let's go, kid. It's over. It's time to rot in prison."

Kiba closed his eyes and shook his head. "Wait. I haven't told you about the final heist."

"What final heist? It's over, kid. That IMB stunt was your last." Asuma roared in absolute anger.

"Part two." The Inuzuka said drowsily.

"Part two of what?" Tsunade demanded, hitting the table with force. Kiba nearly laughed. How frustrated they seemed.

"The part where I get caught by the cops and hold off until the gold is melted in the factory."

As Sasuke and Shikamaru left the room, Naruto yelled at Kiba. "You think this is a fucking game? You think this is a fucking joke?"

Just as the door clicked shut, Naruto turned to the board and wiped it as Kiba stood near him. "Well played." The blond mused, proud that his friend actually followed through with not listening to the meeting.

"You too." His best friend muttered. "I think you actually gave them a scare, Sas and Shik."

Both men laughed. "They'll be fine. If they ask you what happened, we can't tell them alright? We'll jinx it."

Kiba nodded and sat upon the table. "Go over my plan again….just so I know."

"Alright...the gold's going inside my car and Shikamaru's car. All you have to do is request the car without it."

"Mhm."

"Now...we're all good at escaping the police in less than five minutes, but when you and I disperse, I need you to-"

"Go right past the ANBU force station. That's where they're heavy and there's no doubt that I'll get caught. I know that part."

"All you have to do is play the part, Kibs. Don't shoot at these guys. They won't put you in a holding cell. Once they find out the big one has been executed by the same men who raided the Konoha lab, robbed the Jewelry Store, and even raided the ANBU headquarters building, they're going to question you immediately."

"And I'll give them everything."

"Make sure your personality matches your stories. If you're solemn and confessing, they'll think something is wrong."

"So I'll play the psychotic funny guy." Kiba mused.

Naruto nodded with a smile. "Then they'll think that you believe it's over for you."

"And how long will it take for the gold to melt and for you all to put it on print?"

"Two days, Kibs. Two and that's it."

"And by the second day what happens?"

"What the hell do you mean 'what happens'? Brotherhood means I will always come for you...no matter what."

Kiba nodded. "You better hurry on that second day. That means that my patience is going to be running thin."

Naruto smiled. "How's 7:55 sound?"

"It's sounds alright."

The ANBU said nothing and Kiba looked at them bewildered. "I didn't tell you both? You know the parts where the ANBU police force gets raided?!"

Asuma opened his mouth the speak. "What the h-"

And then the alarms went off. A siren wailing electronically along the corridors, leaping out from the corners, echoing everywhere. Overhead, a light began to flash red.

The alarm was an ear-splitting wail. It rose to peak and then ebbed and rose to a peak again, undulating like a wave and all the while ringing Kiba's brain out like a sponge.

Tsunade's Intercom blared as an explosion went off. Gunfire could be heard. "We got two suspects in heavy armor and a tank coming to the holding cells. Station breached, I repeat! Station breached!"

Kiba began laughing, holding his stomach as if the world were such a big joke. He tried to catch his breath, but snorted. It was like ripples in a still pond after a stone had been thrown in. It radiated outwards through the gunshots and blaring of the still alarm.

Asuma cursed and pulled out his pistol, ready for anyone who barged into the room. Tsunade did the same.

"I'd advise you two to move back!" The Inuzuka stated between sharp laughs.

Instead of patronizing him, the ANBU did as told. Just as they stepped back, the wall was blown. Somehow, in some way, the alarms stopped. Kiba smiled at the two men standing on either side of the tank. Although they were fully dressed from face to toe, he knew the slithe bodies of both Sasuke and Shikamaru. Which meant, the man in the tank…..

The tank door opened as Shika and Sas kept their rifles on Asuma and Tsunade.

Naruto, wearing no armor, hopped out, standing right before his friends. He had no gun as he began walking right up to the armed ANBU.

It was only then when the blond reached them that Kiba realized that it was Naruto who had initiated the stillness. That made Asuma and Tsunade not pull the trigger.

It was in that moment of absolute stillness that God tipped the balance to him. The wind died, the leaves ceased to rustle, even the rumble of bullets was absent. In those frozen seconds, Kiba could hear the squeak of heavy boots above the wax floor.

"I need him." Naruto stated calmly. "I don't want to kill you two." He looked over Kiba's dirty form. "Especially after you've been treating him so well. Now drop your weapons because it'll hurt so bad. So bad because they're not as fast as the rifles I have behind me."

Asuma grit his teeth as Tsunade lowered her pistol. With her being the commanding partner, it was an order to do the same. The Sarutobi took orders, not gave them.

"Kiba, go with them."

With a simple nod, Kiba stood and walked swiftly to his friends, bear hugging both Sasuke and Shikamaru at once. "I missed you guys."

Shikamaru laughed. "You smell like shit."

Sasuke nodded. "Don't hug an armed man." He chided.

"How the fuck are we getting out of here before more ANBU arrive? And how are they late?"

Sasuke looked over. "Shika killed the feed. Naruto come on, babe! The Chopper is ready!"

Naruto nodded at Asuma. "I can tell you don't like me. That's alright. We don't have to like one another. But I swear to the God's you pray to, you'll regret shooting me."

With that, he turned and ceased motion. "You forget a thousand things everyday, but never forget this."

When Naruto reached the others, he bit his lip. "Let's move to the chopper before these fuckers leave shock."

Kiba glanced over, his face cast as deadpan as he could manage, yet he failed. There at the corner of his would-be somber lips was a crease of amusement. That little rise in the corner of his mouth he was oblivious to, combined with the cool detachment in his eyes sealed his fate. Not only had he been taken, it was giving him inner delight. He was savoring the moment.

"Did I play the part well?" They said nothing, but still the man put a hand on his chest and steadied himself while bowing.

"Then applaud me as I exit."

Kiba rested his head against the seat of the chopper as they lifted off. "Make sure those motherfuckers don't shoot us down!"

Naruto shook his head. "They won't! We'll be out of sight and off the grid in five hours!"

"Five hours? Fuck, where are we going?!"

"There's an island about three hundred miles off the coast of Uzushiogakure! Although it's secluded and hard to get to, there's a city full of great people! I know most of them because of Shizune and Mifune! Other than that, we're done!"

Kiba smiled and closed his eyes, attempting to rest.

"Hey!" Shikamaru screamed. "You're not done yet! Here!"

A suitcase was shoved into the Inuzuka's hands. He stared at them until the Nara nodded. Opening the latch, his eyes watered. "My cut." He mumbled.

Naruto swerved the helicopter. "Yup. 30 million yen!"

"I thought you said we were getting 28 million!"

"Not you! What you did was brave and daring!"

"What about the other 36 million?!"

Sasuke smirked himself. "Let's just say, we could have broken the economy of Konoha. Let's just say the lower class no longer exists!"

Kiba began to laugh haphazardly. "I don't know about you guys, but once I wash, eat, and sleep, I'm ready for this relaxed life!"

Naruto nodded to his best friend. "After my wedding, I am too Kibs!"

"Who ya marrying?"

"That pretty thing right there!"

Sasuke giggled and hid his blush with his hand. "I'm not marrying you."

"Yeah you are." Naruto stated as a matter of fact.

The chopper landed so peacefully upon the island of West Uzushiogakure. Kiba smiled at the image he saw. Shizune sat on a towel, Akamaru resting before her.

In the back, the man could see Osamu running around with a few other children his age. The blond stood out, being tall for his age.

As if smelling him, Akamaru stood on his hind legs and began running toward the now grounder chopper.

The Inuzuka laughed as he was pounced upon. "Haha. I missed you too buddy." Akamaru sniffed him and whimpered in a joking manner. "I know, bud. I know."

Grabbing his suitcase, the man jumped on the sand. "Uncwo Kiba!"

Before he even had time to look up, he was pounced again by the body of his nephew. "Hey, ruler."

Osamu smiled and then put his fingers in the air ferally. "Rararaaara."

Kiba roared back as the boy began wrestling him into the sand. He laughed as Naruto picked the boy up by his shirt. "Alright, King. I know you're an animal, but Kiba's smell should not be transferred."

"Papa" Osamu growled, attempting to yank away from the large man.

Eventually, Naruto sat him upon the ground. "Papa nothing. Go on, back to your friends until your uncle is clean."

Osamu smiled and ran away again.

"I never thought I'd see you idiots again." A female voice spoke in malice. All four heistmen looked toward Shizune as she crossed her arms and glared at them hard.

Eventually, the woman cheered, her hands raised in the air. "You did it!" They all began to cheer, Akamaru running in circles around the small family.

Kiba smiled in content as Naruto punched his shoulder. It was over. It was all good.

There was a kind of tired that needed a good night's sleep, and another that needed so much more. For Kiba, one became the other, starting out as the "one night kind" until one day it was ever present- like it once was a heavy jacket but became heavy bones.

It wasn't until two days ago that he knew that being tired could be a wearing of the emotions too, that it could come together with a tired body, and become an ingrained part of a life that wasn't lived, but survived, endured.

He wasn't born for that and neither were his friends. They didn't come to be on a planet of such beauty and abundance to live the way they did, so drained, stressed, too thin to cope with life's storms and help others with theirs.

When was the time for dancing, for play, laughter and long evenings of happy chatter? A question Kiba asked himself as he stared at the soaking happiness around him. As Akamaru tackled Osamu; As Naruto lifted Sasuke into the air; As Shikamaru and Shizune discussed next plans.

Because that was the medicine they all needed: fun, friendship, good times. Perhaps most people were too tired to think of how to change the busy lives they lead, but Kiba, he couldn't think of anything he'd rather spend his last ounces of energy on. In fact, hell, he was willing to go into the red.

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