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Truth	By : emethyst Category: Naruto > Yaoi - Male/Male > Kakashi/Iruka Views: 4097 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 1
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. smiling to himself he turned around to examine the room. it was rather plain, but still had a few decorations to make it homey. approaching the bed,he allowed himself to fall onto its cozy top, bouncing slightly until the bed settled.

kakashi remained outside the door for a moment, listening to the chunin, hearing him climb into the bed he turned to enter his own room. he could only hope that he wasnt making a horrible mistake and that the chunin would be in one piece and alive in the morning.

blinking open his eyes iruka duly noticed that it was morning, he hadnt even remembered closing his eyes, but apparently he had drifted off to sleep rather fast. he hadnt even bothered to climb under the covers. sitting up, he looked out the window. even with all the destruction, the village was breathtaking. deciding he might as well start the day, he opened his door and froze, kakashi had left the door to his room wide open presumedly so he could hear the chunin if he decided to try and leave. shaking his head, he walked quietly down the hallway and entered the living room to get through to the kitchen. once their he rummaged around for a minute before finding the teapot and a stash of tea. setting the kettle to boil he leaned against the stove. something was missing- he prided himself on being observant, his eyes scowled. the knife block thats what was missing. turning back around he took the kettle off before it could whistle and disturb the still sleeping jounin. taking a cup down from the cupboards he mixed his tea in before tiptoeing down the hallway and entering the library.making sure to close the door behind him. it didnt take long to find another book that interested him, taking a seat next to the window he allowed the sunlight to kiss his skin as he read about new theories on chakra control.

kakashi couldnt help but sigh, he had slept pretty good. knowing he couldnt lay about in bed, he got up from bed and started to leave his room, only to freeze when he noticed the chunin's room door was open. racing into the room he didnt find a trace of the chunin. he quickly raced down the hallway, silently hoping that the chunin had just wandered into the living room. no luck, dashing into the kitchen showed no chunin, about to bolt for the front door he froze. things were out of place. the kettle was off the burner he normally placed it on and a small bowl that held his loose tea was on the counter. then it hit him 'the library'. turning back around he ran down the hallway and threw the door open.

iruka was sipping his tea when he heard heavy footfalls go racing down the hallway, smirking he couldnt hold back, after last night he didnt feel bad about making the jounin worry a little. serves him right. going back to his reading while holding his cup of tea he relaxed in the sunlight.

the door crashed open, banging against the wall and startling the chunin into jumping, iruka spilled his hot tea all over himself and the book he had been holding, hissing in pain he stood and tried to brush off the hot liquid from himself before sending a scathing glare to the now present jounin.

having burst into the room kakashi was immiedietly relieved to see the chunin still in his apartment, however the sound of the door slamming open must have startled the chunin terribly because the teacher jumped up in fright and proceeded to spill tea all over himself, hissing and jumping up he watched as the man tried to get the hot liquid off of himself. when that didnt work the chunin sent the darkest glare he'd seen the man give yet his direction.

"kuso that burns"

scratching the back of his head, kakashi laughed a little.

"ano sorry i didnt mean to startle you"

"what did you think would happen with you slamming doors?"

grin faltering a little he didnt know how to respond to the angry chunin, instead he moved out of the way as the man stormed past him and went down the hallway, following him he winced when the door slammed in his face. he kinda deserved that.

"iruka-"

there was no reply for a second,before the door was yanked open and the chunin growled out.

"i dont have a spare of clothes"

eyes widening he nodded and went to fetch an extra pair of clothes from his room for the angry man. iruka stood in the doorway, waiting rather impatiently, tea dripping on the floor from his clothing. kakashi was only gone a little while but when he came back with folded clothes he seemed embaressed.

"they might be a little big on you"

taking the clothes, he slammed the door in the jounins face again so that he could change in peace. once he had changed out of the wet clothes into the dry ones he couldnt help but look down at himself. it looked like he was a child trying on his parents clothes. they hung from him in droves. kakashi was at least a head length taller than him and it clearly showed in the clothing.sighing he opened the door to find kakashi standing there waiting for him. before he could bark at the jounin kakashi spoke up.

"we should go to your place and pick up some things"

"you think"

raising his arms, he displayed the longer sleeves hanging over his hands. kakashi smiled at him and shrugged. shaking his head iruka commented.

"why do i have to be surrounded by tall people?"

figuring that it was a rhetorical question kakashi didnt bother to respond to the irate teacher. looking to the clock that hung at the end of the hallway, they had time to goto irukas and drop off the clothing if they left now. he would have to get the chunin to his first day of therapy soon after.

"we have time, we should go get that done."

iruka nodded, following kakashi to the front of the appartment and slipping on his sandals. they walked at a leisurly pace, passing buildings that had been demolished in the attack and ones that were still standing but would obviously need to be torn down and replaced. coming to the large building of apartments, iruka started climbing the many rows of stairs. almost to his apartment on the sixth floor kakashi asked.

"how long have you lived here?"

glancing to the silver haired nin, he replied sharply.

"for a while"

realizing that the man apparently didnt want to talk at the moment let it drop. reaching the door iruka leaned down and fished out the spare key he hid in a crack in the wall. kakashi raised a brow.

"isnt that a little obvious?"

"we live in a ninja village do you really think a deadbolt would keep someone out who wanted in?"

"touche"

iruka smiled as he unlocked the door. entering the disaster area that had once been his orderly apartment he sighed.

"sorry about the mess-i think someones earth jutsu hit the south wall"

nodding his head kakashi waved him off. about to take his sandals off iruka shook his head to kakashi.

"dont bother, theres propably broken glass and weapons strewn about"

nodding his head he released his foot and followed the chunin through the hallway, they passed a small alcove where iruka threw the keys into a bowl before coming to stand in a large open room, that was attached to an open kitchen area. iruka's place was much smaller than kakashi's but with a school teachers salary that wasnt overly surprising. stepping over a broken picture frame holding a scroll iruka sighed. his place was a disaster. leaning over he started to pick things up when kakashi intervened.

"ano we dont have alot of time, we can come back later if you like to straighten up."

nodding his head he let the scroll fall to the ground and moved past the living room into what kakashi assumed was the chunin's room. it was only a couple seconds later that the chunin called out to him.

"hey kakashi?"

walking to the doorway he answered.

"yeah"

"do you mind if i bring a couple things?"

watching the chunin stuff some neatly folded clothes into a bag he asked.

"like what?"

"i have a couple scrolls i was tinkering with, mostly just teaching aids,but i'd like to finish them, one of other teachers could use them for the kids. i have some files i really should give to kotetsu or izumo-oh and then there's-"

"iruka your supposed to be resting, not working"

looking to the jounin, iruka admitted.

"i dont think i know how not to work"

smiling kakashi asked.

"didnt you take leave occasionally?"

iruka laughed at the jounin before sighing.

"no, i propably have a years worth of time i could take"

shaking his head he walked forward and pulled the scroll out of the chunin's hand.

"we can deliver the files to kotetsu and izumo and the teaching aids when your done, but thats it."

nodding his head he continued to pack his bag going over to a drawer he pulled out a small book, running back over to the bag he stuffed it in before turning around and looking around. kakashi watched amused as the chunin raced around picking up items only to set them back down and continue the process over and over again. shaking his head he looked out the window, by the sun's angle they needed to get going. although he relished being late, he knew how important the therapy would be to the chunin's recovery.

"we need to get going, we can come back after your therapy"

turning around iruka asked.

"how long do i have to be there?"

kakashi shrugged, the hokage hadnt told him how long the sessions were. nodding his head iruka zipped up the bag and came to stand infront of the jounin.

"alright i think im ready"

nodding his head kakashi put his hand on iruka's shoulder and transported them in a flash of smoke back to his apartment. reappearing in his living room he steadied the chunin as he wobbled from the transportation jutsu. once he got his feet, iruka quickly ran the bag back to his temporary room at kakashi's before coming back to the jounin and nodding. they were gone in another flash of smoke.

reapearing outside the konoha hospital he let go of the teachers shoulder and started forward. when he noticed iruka wasnt following him, he turned. the chunin was looking up at the sign of the hospital

"iruka"

nodding his head the chunin caught up with him, they entered and kakashi pulled out a slip of paper to give to the attending nurse at the desk. she glanced at the paper and nodded before instructing the jounin on where to go. coming back to stand beside iruka he pointed down the hall. walking down the white hallways iruka began to glance around as if he expected a hidden enemy to jump out at any moment. kakashi simply watched the man, prepared to stop him from running if thats what the man decided to do. coming to the right door he opened the door and waited for iruka to go in. the teacher froze for a moment before lowering his head and walking through. following behind the chunin they were greeted by a kind elderly woman who told iruka to sit whereever he felt comfortable. glancing to kakashi, he waited until the man nodded before doing what the woman had initially asked. finding a seat in one of the cushy chairs in the room he glanced around. the woman smiled to iruka before glancing to kakashi and stating rather bluntly.

"all sessions are classified and personal, therefore only the patient is allowed in the room during that time. you can return to collect him in a hour"

kakashi nodded, putting his hand on iruka's shoulder, he felt the tense muscles beneath his gloved hand. giving what he hoped was encouragement he squeezed the chunins shoulder before heading for the door.

"i'll return in an hour then"

he waved as he left the room, closing the door on the way out. staring into the eyes of a stranger iruka couldnt help but hug himself. he knew this wasnt going to be pleasant, he didnt want to be here in the first place.

"so iruka how do you feel today"

sighing he looked to the ceiling, there werent any conveniant cracks for him to count.

********

in a flash of smoke kakashi appeared before the hokage, smiling behind his mask he greeted her.

"yo"

"kakashi, im guessing that iruka is in his first session or you wouldnt be here"

"just dropped him off, escorted him in and made sure he was all comfy"

"i highly doubt he's comfortable right now, but thank you for escorting him in. how have things been with him living with you?"

he watched amused as the hokage took a drink of sake while throwing a couple papers to the floor.

"as well as can be expected. there is no doubt in my mind that given an opportunity he will harm himself,but we have settled into an uneasy truce at my place."

nodding her head as she multitasked, the hokage warned the man in front of her.

"he most likely is not going to be in a good mood after therapy today, especially because he doesnt wish to be there."

"mah i've hid all the dangerous stuff in my apartment with seals, unless he plans to give himself a million papercuts we should be safe."

looking up she smiled. leave it to kakashi to find some way to make the situation lighter. she was sure that the chunin would be able to be rehabilitated given enough time and the right people around him.

"so far he's been behaiving himself pretty well, weve had a few arguements, but the really the only thing that has me concerned is that he doesnt seem to be able not to work. we went to his apartment to pick up some supplies and he started going on about dropping off reports to some chunin, and delivering some teaching aids to the school."

shaking her head she put her chin in her hand.

"im afraid your going to have to get used to that, irukas always been something of a workaholic, the third wrote at length that iruka once showed up to work with a high fever delussional out of his mind and refused to leave until they gave the kids their test for the day."

laughing under his breath he couldnt believe the length the chunin would go to for his students. having to ask kakashi broached a hard subject.

"will he ever be allowed to teach again?"

the hokage sighed.

"there are a lot of contributing factors to that, he needs to be free from suicidal actions for close to year before the council will allow him to teach children with sharp objects. their just afraid he might break while infront of the children. to return to active duty he is going to have to start with low level missions to begin with which im sure will not be well accepted by him. the council is pressing to use his abilities for the better of the village,but i fear that might push him over the edge.his need to help people instead of hurt them could put himself and his comrades in danger if he's promoted. i'm holding them off for now, they want him to finish therapy, but once thats done there's no way to gauge if he is truly rehabilitated without giving him a chance to prove himself.to be blunt were between a rock and a hard place with him right now"

kakashi nodded his head, he knew it wasnt going to be an easy path for the chunin, but hearing that the council wanted to use the chunin as a weapon made him shudder. iruka was too kind for the realities of battle. he was sure of that, it would be better if they just allowed him to continue teaching his students. glancing to the clock on the wall, it was almost time to go and pick up the chunin from his therapy.

"you should keep our conversation to just us, i dont think iruka would take things well if he knew what the council wanted of him."

nodding his head kakashi wasnt about to broach that subject with the chunin until he was sure it wouldnt result in a suicide attempt.

"good, you should try and get him to socialize with others-he needs to create some new bonds, i dont care who with, but he needs more connections than just his students."

scraching his mask covered face, kakashi thought about how he was going to go about that.

"that could be a little tricky-with his history and all"

"no one besides your group of anbu know about his connection to orochimaru"

waving his hand he explained.

"not that-though that might be one of the reasons he distances himself from people. i dont exactly have a in with many chunin's and im not sure how he would feel hanging out with the same people who watched his interrogation."

taking a sip of her sake the hokage thought about it for a second before speaking.

"that might be so, but he at least has a connection with all of you through his previous students. you can gain his trust over time im sure."

bowing to the hokage he excused himself to go and get iruka from his first session.the woman waved him off and in a flash of smoke the jounin was gone.

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arriving back at the hospital entrance he quickly made his way back to the doorway that he had walked iruka through an hour prior. leaning against the wall he could vaguely hear muffled voices on the inside before the door was opened and the elderly woman escorted iruka out into the hall. upon seeing the waiting jounin she nodded her head and returned to her office. he waited for the door to shut before turning to the chunin and asking.

"how was-"

"lets go"

the tone of voice the chunin used didnt leave much room for arguement and had to jog a little to catch up with the chunin who was quickly making his way out of the hospital. iruka paused once he was outside, letting the sun hit his face. taking a deep breath he let it out. he knew kakashi was standing beside him,but he was thankful that he wasnt asking any questions, at least not yet.

"can we go back to my place for a few things?"

"sure"

he felt the nin place his hand on his shoulder and they dissapeared only to reappear inside the nin's apartment. taking a look around iruka sighed. it was gonna take forever to clean up the mess the battles had caused. he wasnt even sure if his building was salvagable to be truthful. part of the western side of the building had collapsed. he figured he might as well start somewhere and turned to kakashi, the nin was glancing around the chunin's apartment.

"make yourself at home, im gonna try and clean up some of this mess"

"i can help"

turning back around he reguarded the silver haired nin carefully. he wasnt sure if he was volunteering because he was bored, because he cared, or because he wanted to make sure iruka didnt find something to harm himself with. frowning a little he motioned to a pile of scrolls and books that had fallen off of his small bookcase. kakashi nodded his head and kneeled to start gathering the spilled items. turning around, he started to pick up some pens and pencils off of the floor to place back on his small desk against the wall. he was almost done and turned to tell kakashi he was going to go into his bedroom when he saw the nin looking at something. approaching he peered around the larger mans form to see what had caught his attention. it was his original teams photo from when he was a genin. it showed him when he was a kid with his two teammates and their sensei orochimaru. kakashi glanced up to him and started to hand him the photo, iruka gently took the broken frame in hand making sure not to damage the photo inside. he'd have to find a replacement frame.

"thanks"

kakashi nodded and watched as iruka carried the photo over to his desk and put the picture inside a book so it wouldnt get wrinkled.

"were you close with your teammates at any time?"

iruka continued to stare at the wall infront of him, his back to the jounin.

"at one time, we were like brothers-thats propably the only reason why i actually fulfilled kairu's request"

"that must have been difficult for you"

he watched iruka shrug his shoulders and frowned, either the chunin just didnt want to talk about it anymore or he didnt want to reveal how he had truly felt about the subject. whether it was good or bad he wasnt sure. though it did leave a lingering doubt as to whether the teacher had enjoyed killing his teammate. just how dangerous was this man?

"where do you want to clean up next?"

iruka turned and moved to go down the hallway and into his bedroom, kakashi trailing behind him. entering his bedroom, iruka took a look around, it was just as he had left it two weeks ago, the bed a mess as he had been running late to get to his post only to be stopped by the group of anbu in his living room. heading over to his dresser where a variety of objects had fallen over he began to straighten up. putting dirty clothes in his hamper, closed his closet and drawers as he went around the room. never paying any mind to the ninja leaning against the doorway. kakashi watched the chunin race around cleaning his room. occasionally he'd tilt his head as iruka would pick something up shake his head and throw it into a pile on his bed. kakashi tensed when iruka came upon a weapons pouch which had been kicked under his bed. he was ready to intervene if he had too, but wanted to see what the teacher would do.

iruka was pulling the items he had kicked under the bed during the last week he had been in his apartment. his fingers coming in contact with what he knew to be a weapons pouch. snagging up the item, he fished it out from under his bed and looked at it. he could tell there were kunai in the pouch and knowing him they were undeniably sharp. he always kept his equipment in good repair. glancing to the weapons pouch in his hand he thought a moment about what to do with it. he knew he wouldnt be allowed to keep it, it was too much of a risk. there were plenty more weapons he would need to put away before they could leave and he wasnt sure how his guardian was going to respond to that. leaning back onto his heels he threw the pouch onto his bed and leaned back down to get the rest of the stuff stashed there. once he was done cleaning out from underneath his bed he straightened up and cracked his back. looking to the piles of stuff he had on his bed he glanced to his guardian before reaching for the weapons pouch again. he saw out of the corner of his eye that kakashi had flinched and subtley taken a step away from the door. he paid him no more attention as he opened the pouch glanced to see what was in it before taking it over to one of the drawers in his dresser, moving some clothes around he stuffed it under a pile of shirts before shutting the drawer and returning to the pile of items on his bed. he gathered up a pile of things that were obviously broken and threw them in the trash by his bed.

kakashi watched the chunin pick the weapon pouch back up off his bed and tensed up, he wasnt sure what the chunin was up too, but when iruka only put the bag away in a dresser he relaxed against the wall. he observed iruka going about his job of straightening up his room, once the man seemed pleased with himself he nodded before going to walk past him. iruka only paused long enough to say under his breath.

" you look tense kakashi-san"

frowning after the chunin, he followed the man back into the main room of the mans apartment. iruka looked a little lost as to what he was supposed to do now. most of the mess was now contained and the rest would be dependant on whether he would be allowed to return to live here again. everything seemed to be up in the air right now, he wasnt sure how to feel especially after his first visit with his therapist.

"almost done?"

looking to the jounin he nodded his head.

"not much more i can do-we still dont know which buildings are gonna have to be torn down"

"true, but the damage didnt appear to be that bad on this side"

"yeah but if the internal structure was damaged they'll order it torn down anyways. i really would hate to have to move"

raising an eyebrow he was curious as to why this would bother the chunin so much.

"why?"

"i hate moving, been forced to move all over the village numerous times-this place was starting to feel like home"

"why did you have to move?"

"lots of reasons, damage to buildings, mizuki, sensei, the third wanting me closer, wanting to be closer to the school.-"

iruka trailed off, he knew he was propably just rambling at kakashi, he didnt realize that the man was keeping track of all he had said so far. shrugging to himself he approached kakashi and told him he was ready to go. they dissapeared in a puff of smoke.
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