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Truth	By : emethyst Category: Naruto > Yaoi - Male/Male > Kakashi/Iruka Views: 4096 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 1
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they reappeared just inside the entranceway of kakashi's apartment, they toed off their sandals and made their way to the living room. iruka diverted away from kakashi to find what was quickly becoming 'his spot' in the room. sitting in the chair he allowed himself to decompress for the first time since this morning. kakashi left the chunin alone instead choosing to go into the kitchen and prepare some tea for them. he figured the chunin could use a break.

it wasnt long before iruka heard kakashi come back into the room, he didnt bother to open his eyes until he heard something being set on the table next to him. opening an eye he reguarded the silver haired nin with suspicion. when all he got was a smile and nod towards the table he turned his head to the side only to smile at the sight of a hot cup of tea. taking the tea in hand he inhaled sharply to enjoy the smell of the relaxing brew before taking a tentitive sip. putting his cup back down on the table.

"your psychic"

he heard the nin laugh under his mask. kakashi had taken his seat and was enjoying his own cup of tea. it had been a while since he had company while enjoying the simple things in life.

"i've been accussed of that many times by naruto, but im afraid its not true"

this time it was iruka's turn to laugh.

"i can only guess at what you did to make him think that"

"mah, all i did was teach him a lesson, that im sure he wont soon forget"

the teacher snorted, while taking another sip of his tea.

"and what did he do to deserve such a lesson?"

"he tried to steal my icha icha for the 30th time in a single day, i had to teach him to leave other peoples property alone"

the teacher guffaed at the copy nin's explination of things.

"your porn? you decided to teach naruto a lesson because he was trying to steal your porn? why did you have it when around children anyways?"

kakashi shrugged before admitting.

"i always carry it with me"

rolling his eyes, iruka wasnt sure why he was asking but he needed to know.

"any particular reason?"

"i get bored"

"your supposed to be teaching"

kakashi waved his hand at the teacher, causing iruka's forehead to pinch together in annoyance.

" i taught them plenty-it was really a matter of if they were listening."

iruka smiled at that, he knew how naruto had a hard time paying attention if the subject wasnt to his facination. he wondered how he had managed with the blonde haired boy.

"im sure they were difficult in their own ways, do you ever wish the third hadnt made you take a team?"

kakashi wasnt prepared for that question but swallowed hard before answering.

"right after everything happened with sasuke-i did, but seeing how much sakura and naruto have grown makes me feel proud to have been their sensei even if it was only for a little while."

smiling iruka took a sip of tea, before revealing.

"he was always complaining how you were late and read that book infront of them."

kakashi nodded his head, he had mostly done that to agravate his students. those who knew from anbu knew he was always on time when it counted. of course he wasnt about to give that secret away, it would ruin his reputation.

"you should give it a try-its a very interesting series"

iruka blushed before shaking his head quite dramatically. the copy ninja seemed to think his embarresment was amusing because he was obvious laughing with his eye. iruka couldnt help but make a plea to the jounin.

"i just hope jyraiya doesnt corrupt him"

the copy nin laughed at the teacher's desperate announcement.

"mah i think naruto has a good sense of character in people. he's made quite a few friends over the years even with people who could be his compitition for his dream of being hokage, i doubt a little thing like jyraiya's book's would sway him."

"i hope your right"

setting his empty cup on the table he replied when the man asked if he wanted another cup, shaking his head he thanked the nin again for the cup of tea and relaxed back in his chair.

"do you think you'll take another team?"

"i doubt it, although im glad i did, i dont think i want to go through being in charge of another group of brats, besides i dont think anyone could top team seven"

iruka chuckled, he was used to hearing the jounin moan about their students. they were elite shinobi after all and didnt quite know how to handle the younger generation.

"how do you do it?"

"do what?"

"teach all those brats all the time?"

snorting he clarified for the jounin.

"they're not brats, their children. they just have a lot to learn. sure some missbehaive or lash out at people from time to time, but for the most part the children just want to learn"

"yeah, but how do you deal with what twenty of them at a time, i could barely handle three"

iruka laughed and responded in kind.

"try 25, and you havnt been doing it for years. when i first started as a teacher i was a wreck, i didnt know how to get them to listen to me, to do their homework, and treat their collegues with respect. you learn, just like with anything else it just takes time."

kakashi just shook his head before commenting.

"i bow before your wisdom"

iruka laughed at the jounin, he couldnt help but reply.

" ah yes, my infinate wisdom in how to rear children. im sure i could teach you a few things"

before he could stop himself he blurted out.

"im sure you could"

iruka blushed again, much to the jounins amusement. it seemed that it was pretty easy to make the younger man blush, and he enjoyed making the man uncomfortable by mentioning crued things. he was about to continue harrasing the man when there was a knock on his door. twisting his head around to look at the door he raised a brow, he wasnt expecting anyone. looking to iruka found the man shrugging his shoulders. sighing he got up and approached the door, getting to it before the person on the other side had a chance to knock again. his one visible eye widened when he saw kotetsu and izumo.

"hello?"

the two chunin looked a little confused to see him, but asked anyways.

"is iruka here?"

kakashi nodded, but didnt say anything more. finally kotetsu sighed and asked.

"can we talk to him?"

kakashi shrugged and called over his shoulder.

"iruka someone's here to see you"

he heard the chunin approach behind him and opened the door wide enough for the teacher to be able to see their guests. iruka raised a brow when he saw his fellow chunin.

"umm hi?"

the two nin's in question looked to one another like they couldnt believe that the nin was actually there. it was izumo who broke out of his thoughts first.

"the hokage said you had the files we needed and suggested we get them from you-she said we'd find you here-why are you here?"

kotetsu rubbed his bandaged face before coughing into his hand.

"not your buissness"

izumo glanced to his partner a glare on his face. iruka couldnt help but smile at the older chunin. izumo was the more open one of the two and was not afraid to butt into peoples buissness.

"i have the files, i'll be right back."

running off to retrieve the files he had put in his bag earlier in the morning he left the chunin's in kakashi's care. there was a long silence before izumo asked.

"so whatcha been up too kakashi-san?"

raising a brow at the nosy man, he was about to reply rather curtly to the chunin that it wasnt his buissness, when iruka came running back a folder in his arms.

"ok here it is, i labeled all the parts that need signatures and highlighted what needs to be changed. make sure the hokage knows that the revisions she asked for are on the last page and that i made sure-"

the chunins waved him off, they were used to the chunin's fanatisism with his work. iruka frowned before kotetsu explained.

"we know you finished it- your always on top of your assignments and the hokage wouldnt have sent us if you didnt have the files ready, she said she spoke with kakashi earlier today and he mentioned the files, thats how she knew to send us."

"oh"

iruka was a little taken aback. he didnt know that kakashi had spoken with the hokage today, he figured the man had found a tree and read porn while he was in therapy. glancing to the man he saw kakashi smiling. frowning at the jounin he handed the folder over to the two chunin and waited for them to leave, when they didnt immidietly turn around he asked.

"was there something else?"

"hmm oh no, just why are you working over here and not at your place?"

he knew he wouldnt be able to avoid their curiousity forever so iruka prepared to tell them he was living with the jounin temporarily, if only to get them to go away when kakashi responded with a hesitation.

"his apartment got trashed in the attack so he's staying with me until it gets repaired."

the two chunin looked to one another before looking back at the two men in the doorway. finally it was kotetsu who grabbed his partners arm and said they needed to go return the file to the hokage and that they would see the chunin later. once the door was closed, iruka sighed, he really hated having to lie to people even though he was really good at it by now. he was grateful the jounin had been the one to tell them instead of himself, he was afraid he would say something he wasnt supposed to.

seeing the chunin instantly relax once the door was shut, kakashi reflected on what the hokage had said to him earlier in the day. iruka needed to start making connection to tie him to the village again, to give him something to focus on besides all the bad memories that plagued him.

"thank you"

hearing the teacher thank him, he nodded his head and followed the chunin back into the living room. retaking their seats they sat in silence for a moment before kakashi spoke to the chunin.

"you know you didnt have to answer any of their questions right?"

iruka shrugged, to his it didnt seem like an option.

"their just curious i guess-im on call at the missions desk alot so their used to coming to my place with files for me to overview them."

"do you ever take a day off?"

smiling iruka shook his head.

"i guess not- i like being busy"

"dont you work yourself too hard though?"

"maybe, but it helps the village"

shaking his head at the man, he tried a different approach.

"if you work yourself too hard though, how will you be able to help when your out of comission because of stress or injury."

iruka looked at the man for a moment before dryly responding.

"your one to talk, naruto has told me all about your trips to the hospital from chakra exhaustion"

"ah, he told you that huh?"

nodding his head he waited for the jounin to try and argue with him now.

"he's told me alot of things"

laughing he scratched the back of his head uncertainly. the chunin smiled at him before waving him off.

"dont worry i wont go around telling people your trade secrets. but i should warn you naruto was telling me about his latest plans to de-mask you"

shaking his head kakashi replied.

"he never gives up, he's determined to see my face."

"he doesnt like a mystery, he wants to know everything he can. you should be used to people wanting to know what you look like by now ne?"

nodding his head kakashi continued.

"oh yes, but its always fun to foil their attempts, its no different with naruto."

smiling iruka had to ask.

"have you ever taken it off for someone?"

"only a few times"

"they must have been pretty special people"

"they were"

tilting his head to the side iruka laughed and asked.

"if the hokage ordered you to take it off would you have to do it since your anbu?"

"that would be a cheap shot on her part"

laughing iruka kicked his feet a little like a kid would do.

"ha you would have to wouldnt you"

sighing kakashi nodded his head.

"oh man thats great"

"you are far too amused by that"

"i cant help it, i've always wanted to know what it was like"

waving his hand about he knew he would propably regret what he was about to say.

"go ahead-ask away"

iruka's eyes widened, he couldnt believe the freedom kakashi was giving him.

"really?"

"sure why not, you already know the most important part, might as well let you know how everything works- i cant tell you about my missions so dont ask. however, i can tell you how some of it works"

iruka nodded to kakashi before thinking a moment on what he wanted to know the most.

"well i can guess that you've been an anbu for a while, but how long have you been one?"

"i joined anbu after my teammates died and worked under the fourth until his passing. i worked for the third for some time before he decided i needed to take team seven- i think i know what his intentions were and he was correct. it wasnt until after the loss of sasuke and the fights with orochimaru and sand that the hokage asked me to return to my anbu duties."

iruka listened intently, he was just happy that he was getting to learn anything about the mysterious man, but to find out about the anbu at the same time, it was truly a special occasion.

" was it hard-being so much younger than everyone else?"

"the way i was back then, i didnt really notice. i eventually earned everyone's respect"

iruka nodded his head, he could remember being isolated because of being an orphan and then being under orochimaru's care and being feared by the other kids his age. he could relate to the man sitting acrossed from him.

" did you always want to be anbu?"

kakashi nodded his head.

"seemed like the only option for me really, i wanted to be the best and didnt want anyone getting in my way."

"you propably didnt take being paired up with the fourths team too well then did you?"

"no not my finest moment. its the only time i lashed out at the third, i didnt want to be held back by some kids-he quickly put me back in my place and didnt leave room for any arguement. i met my team the next day"

iruka smiled at kakashi.

"you spoke back to the hokage huh?"

scratching the back of his head he nodded.

"yeah, he just smiled at me and trounced me to the ground to prove a point"

iruka laughed, the third was known to be pretty pacifictic, but if you threatened something he loved or were blatantly cocky he wouldnt hesitate to knock you down a peg or two. iruka had experienced the same thing with the third when he was being watched over by the man.

" i can imagine he did, he didnt hesitate to do the same to me either."

kakashi smiled at the chunin. it seemed they had more in common than he thought was possible.

" have you always had the same anbu mask?"

"yep, you only get assigned one."

"what do they do when someone dies?"

"they either retire the mask if the anbu was well known or replace it with another animal"

nodding his head iruka thought a moment before asking.

"what about teammembers, is it like a genin team where you set in stone?"

"somewhat, you normally stay with the same people just because they pair you with people who fit your fighting style, but if its a special mission they might change it up to enssure that the mission goes of without a hitch"

"so your normally with asuma, kurenai, genma and raido"

"yep"

iruka smiled he still couldnt fathom how all of this had happened. he understood their taking him for the interview, but him discovering who the anbu were and them not killing him for it and here he was having a light conversation about things that no one was supposed to talk about.

"ano wont you get in trouble for telling me all of this."

kakashi smiled at the teacher.

"nah, they put your name on the list"

"list?"

"of people who know people's identities, there are a few positions within the village that are allowed to know the identities of anbu. the hokage deemed that you werent a threat to revealing us so she let it slide."

nodding his head he couldnt believe it. he was now on some secret list to let him talk to anbu.

"do you ever talk with the others about your work?"

"about our missions, not really, unless something interesting happens its all pretty standard stuff for us now. we do talk about the kids and what we do in our free time though."

standing up he motioned the chunin to follow him. iruka did with a little surprise, he wasnt sure what the ninja was up too but if it pertained to their current conversation he was game. sure enough they entered kakashi's room and came to a dark wooden dresser, kakashi unsealed the drawers and opened the top to show his displayed anbu gear. iruka peered in fascination.

"go ahead"

reaching in he picked up the wolf mask carefully, it was made from a very tough material as it had to stand up to a lot of abuse. it was so smooth, like porclein, but he knew it wasnt that fragile. placing back in the box he was rather surprised when kakashi pulled open the second drawer to reveal a anbu grade katanna.

"do you use it?"

"yeah, its come in handy plenty of times"

running his fingers down the engraved sheath that was wrapped in the traditional design of their village he looked up to the jounin and smiled.

" you hide it in plain sight?"

"its the best place isnt it? no one will suspect something so out in the open. besides its sealed, no one can open it but me or another anbu."

shaking his head, iruka told the jounin quite bluntly.

"if naruto ever finds out you better keep him away from that- he'll take that seal as a challenge"

laughing kakashi closed the drawers securing it once again before making his way out of his bedroom. iruka took one last look at the box and followed.

"we should make dinner its getting rather late"

iruka nodded and followed the jounin into the kitchen for them to figure out what they wanted to try and make. it wasnt very long and they were seated once more in the living room. thinking for a moment iruka suddenly looked at kakashi and just watched him for a moment. kakashi was reading while eating so as to keep his face covered at the same time. senseing that he was being watched he lowered the book after fixing his mask back in place.

"problem?"

iruka shook his head before answering, finally telling kakashi what he had been thinking.

"alright im giving you a pass"

raising an eyebrow to the chunin he asked.

"pass?"

"yep, go ahead and ask anything you want, you answered my questions its only fair i do the same"

ah, so thats what the chunin meant.

"one condition though"

"alright"

"it stays between us, i have no doubt that you'll be reporting to the hokage about everything i do or dont do, but this information is off the record"

nodding his head he understood.

"of course-so anything huh?"

the chunin nodded his head. he knew that the jounin could most likely come up with plenty of things he didnt want to talk about, but after the jounin had shared so much with him, he just couldnt not give him some answers back.

"alright-lets see, why was your team comprised of all boys? that never happens."

"that school year there were fewer girls so they were forced to pair us together."

nodding his head he decided to test the water. he didnt truly believe that the chunin meant anything.

"whats the first thing orochimaru taught you"

when the chunin didnt say anything for a minute he was about to apologize when the chunin spoke first.

"umm lets see-he taught us the normal replacement jutsu of course, but there was also a varriation to it that allows the user to replace themselves with an exploding tag"

eyes widening, kakashi was amazed. that truly showed just how messed up orochimaru was, teaching brand new genin how to blow people up when they didnt even know how to walk up tree's or stay afloat on water.

"did the hokage know about that?"

"oh hell no, you think orochimaru was going to go around town saying how he was teaching jounin level techniques to ten year olds? he was not a stupid man"
"no i suppose not, i know you were young, but did you ever suspect something was wrong?"

shaking his head, iruka thought about it a moment before responding.

"it wasnt until he nearly was caught that i started really seeing things that didnt match up. of course when my first teammate died in the mission there were some things that bothered me, but he was able to explain most of it away in some crazy logic of his. i was just really naive, i believed in my sensei, i thought he could do no wrong."

"like what?"

iruka knew that to anyone outside of the situation, it would seem obvious what had been going on, but he was just so young and he didnt know what to do.

"after the enemy nin attacked us, i was covered in blood, practically blind because of it and could only make out blurs as the ninja surrounded us. my teammate-he was always a cocky person, thought he could take on the world and no one could touch him. he tried to take on ninja that were ages above us and he paid dearly for it. the kunai that hit him, must have punctured a lung because he started coughing up blood and making this horrible wheezing sound when he breathed. i tried to help stop the blood flow, but i knew better than to remove the kunai.

he was scared and just wanted the damn thing out and i couldnt stop him in time. sensei arrived just a few minutes later, he easily took care of the other ninja and came to aid us. our third teammate was with him when we had gotten sepperated, so he was safe. sensei tried to tend to me first most likely because he knew that my teammate was dying, but i forced him to take a look at him anyways. sensei was angry with me for a long time after that. he of course was right and there was nothing we could do for him, but watch him suffocate on his own blood, sensei on some level knew that more ninja would come and that we needed to retreat so he just reached out-he broke his neck so fast we didnt realize what he had done at first.

he just picked up the body and told us to run, and thats what we did. we just ran the whole way back. he explained what had happened to the hokage so i never knew that he lied about breaking his neck and no one asked at that point thinking that he was a loyal member of the village. when he met with us, he just explained the circle of a ninjas life and how it was our duty to protect the secrets of konoha, of course we didnt think about that fact that a ten year old wouldnt know any secrets, but we just thought our sensei had been heroic and stopped his pain. we never talked about it after that."

kakashi had sat and listened intently to what the chunin had to say, he was amazed at what the man had witnessed at such a young age. he was amazed that iruka had turned out the way he was with such a sick bastard as his sensei.

"did you ever tell anyone the truth about what happened?"

"the third suspected something by the way we must have acted around him, but didnt have any proof of course and he was still believing that his student was doing a good job being our sensei. nothing ever came of it, so we let it go."

"so you didnt tell anyone"

"well i just told you, does that count?"

kakashi was astounded at the chunin, he figured that iruka would have told the third after everything that happened.

"i guess it does, what about your other teammate, the one that-"

"that i killed?"

"yeah"

"its pretty simple, we were on a mission and halfway there he revealed to me that he was dying and that he'd been in incredible pain for months now. he said there was nothing they could do for him and that he didnt want to die laying in a hospital. he told me how he had planned to die on the mission so the village wouldnt know anything, but when he got paired with me, he realized that it woudnt work. so he begged me, he said the mission was easy and that i would have no problem carrying it out myself, i was so stupid-he of course had been lying, but i think its because of how desperate he was. either way he asked for my help and i gave it to him. i hid his body and went to finish the mission- i barely made it out alive, so i just returned to his body and waited. i couldnt just leave him there so i waited until they sent someone after us."

"why didnt you lie?"

iruka shrugged.

"i figured they would have found out the truth and i wanted to make sure that everyone understood that i was only taking care of a friend. of course no one saw it that way. those that were involved were sworn to secrecy and they handed down my sentence and carried the whole thing out quietly. sensei took me out to the forest a week later and demanded to know what had happened.

i told him everything of course and he just stood there looking at me with this weird look on his face. i couldnt tell if he was mad or dissapointed in me or just sad that he had lost another student. it wasnt until he started to tell me how they had been holding me back from who i was truly meant to be that i realized he wasnt angry with me and almost seemed proud of me. i wasnt sure what to do so i just accepted his praise and moved on. of course the third was confused as to why i didnt seem to mourn the death of my teammate after speaking with sensei, but figured he had just given me the typical talk about how death was inevetable for all shinobi."

kakashi watched as the man frowned his head as he relayed the story, he watched as different emotions played across the mans face.

"thats when i started to be more ruthless i guess, it only took a little while for the third to notice the change in me, but by that time he had started having more problems with my sensei and the fact that people were going missing. he didnt have time to counsil a messed up kid."

"so you were just left alone?"

"for a while yeah, right after they discovered what sensei had been doing the whole village was in disorder, people were questioning the thirds abilities as a leader. he didnt have time to make sure i was ok-he asked of course, but i never burdened him with anything"

kakashi frowned, surely there should have been someone that the chunin could have go to for help. as if reading the silver haired mans mind iruka spoke up.

"the thing is, i dont think i wanted help-i was angry at myself and at sensei, for a while i was even angry at the third for choosing him to be my sensei. i dont think anyone would have been able to reach me at that point."

"so what changed?"

"on one of my adventures around town where i disrupted a whole bunch of buissness owners got me in trouble. they sent me straight to the third, everyone was afraid that i was turning out just like him-so the third gave me an option, i either clean up the mess i made and do community service for a while or i get locked up for the correct amount of time for what i'd done. i was furious of course, i still blamed him for a lot of things, in the end he ended up choosing for me because i refused to answer him. i ended up doing d rank missions around town for three months, it was during one of those missions that i found out that i was actually really good with kids"

smiling iruka couldnt help but reminince about his past, the third had put up with a lot of shit from him that was for sure.

"and then you became a teacher at the academy?"

iruka shook his head.

"oh hell no, the council didnt trust me, the third couldnt vouch for me because of my recent actions. so he just came up with a new assignment for me, i was to help the teachers already working at the academy to build up a good repore with the council and once that happened i was able to take the exams to be a teacher"

kakashi was surprised with all the chunin had shared with him, always one to test his limits he had to ask the chunin why.

"why'd you really decide to share all this with me?"

"saw through that huh?"

"like naruto's clones"

laughing iruka nodded his head before explaining himself.

" the therapist actually said i should tell someone-anyone really about what i've experienced, she said everybody needs their story heard and that by doing so i might find some kind of inner peace or whatever"

"you havent found inner peace?"

snorting iruka shook his head at the jounin.

"no, i just figured since we were sharing things, why not try out her idea. besides you already know some things about me that others dont, so i figured why not you."

"glad to be of service"

the jounin stated joyfully. iruka yawned suddenly and apologized for it, kakashi didnt pay him any mind and suggested that they goto bed, iruka nodded and made for his room, coming to the fork in the hallway, iruka paused for a moment before saying.

"thank you"

he didnt wait to hear kakashi's response, simply shut the door to his room and went to bed. the silver haired jounin smiled before making his way to his own bed for the night.
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