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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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"what are you thinking about?"

"what the therapist said today"

"ah"

iruka left it at that, he didnt need to be giving the jounin a heads up to what was going on in therapy. it was private anyways. there was frankly some things he wished to keep to himself. kakashi stood abruptly and fetched a blank scroll and a pen, quickly jotting something down he sealed the scroll and prepared to do the summons ritual. he watched as iruka sat up to watch him. smiling at the man, he cut his finger and made the appropriate hand signs to summon one of his nin dogs. in a puff of smoke they were no longer alone. pakkun sat on the floor looking very bored. having caught a scent that wasnt his master, the dog turned its head and reguarded the chunin cooly.

"pakkun can you go deliver this to the hokage?"

the dog huffed, but nodded his head, taking the offered scroll into his mouth he ran to the balcony door and was let out by kakashi. turning back around kakashi stretched, hearing some random pops as he did so.

"what was that about?"

looking to the chunin he told him truthfully.

"a note to the hokage that you'd like to speak to her whenever she had a free moment."

iruka nodded his head. he hadnt expected the nin to do it tonight, but was silently grateful that the skilled ninja wasnt trying to put it off either.

"come on, we should fix something for dinner"

nodding his head iruka followed the nin into the kitchen to help make dinner. it was when they were sitting down to eat that pakkun reappeared on the balcony. letting his ninken in he pulled the scroll from his mouth and tossed the ninken a piece of beef. opening the scroll he quickly read it before tossing it over his shoulder into the trash. iruka was watching him obviously confused by his dissmissal of the scroll.

"she'll see you after your therapy session tomarrow."

"oh ok."

walking over to take his seat he told pakkun he could go, but the dog just scratched his ear and laid down on the floor. iruka smiled, he wasnt used to seeing a summons disreguard its masters command. finally it was the dog who asked.

"so whats with the runt?"

raising a brow, iruka asked.

"does he mean me?"

"is there anyone else here?"

"pakkun be nice"

the dog snorted before reguarding the intruder in his masters home. iruka wasnt quite sure what he was supposed to do, so he introduced himself.

"im iruka, kakashi is helping me with some things"

the dog tilted its head curiously before approaching the teacher. watching the dog get closer he was perplexed when the ninken stopped right in front of him and asked.

"you bedding one another?"

confused he was about to ask what the dog meant when kakashi stood and marched towards the dog.

"alright thats enough!"

the ninken smiled at iruka before racing away from his irate master and hoping up on the couch. kakashi sighed, his ninken were just as stubborn as him and it wouldnt surprise him if the damn mutt decided to stay the rest of the night just to torture him. re-taking his seat he apologized to iruka.

"umm ok, so what did he mean anyways?"

kakashi scratched at his chin a moment trying to figure out a nice way of saying it without utterly embarressing himself and the school teacher in his house. it was of course pakkun who spoke up first.

"you humans are your weird rituals. i meant are you mating"

iruka immidietly turned bright red, his mout slightly agape in his shock at what the ninken had just said. he looked to kakashi to see the nin had his head in his hands and was shaking his head. smiling a little, he couldnt help but start laughing. kakashi's head bolted up and reguarded the ninja in confusion.

"sorry its just kinda funny, i've never seen you embarressed before"

kakashi frowned at the teachers obvious delight. that didnt seem to stop iruka from continuing to chuckle. finally iruka turned to face pakkun and once he had collected himself replied.

"no, we are not sleeping together, im just a house guest for a while."

the dog nodded, his head on his paws.

"how long have you been here?"

"just a couple days"

"how long are you going to be here?"

unsure how to answer that, he scratched at his scar, but was saved from answering by kakashi.

"pakkun leave him alone"

the dog barely turned its head to look at kakashi before continuing.

"are you a jounin too?"

iruka shook his head a smile on his face.

"chunin, i-well i taught at the school and worked at the missions desk"

"passed tense-you dont do that anymore?"

iruka shrugged his shoulders at the dog, he was surprised at how curious the animal seemed to be of him. kakashi was just shaking his head and trying to figure out how to get rid of the damn creature before it upset iruka. pakkun could be a handful.

"you smell like pups"

"pups?"

"children"

looking down at his clothing he looked back at the dog.

"i wore this alot to school i guess, it must still smell like the kids"

the dog nodded its head before asking.

"wont your mate miss you if your here all the time?"

blushing iruka stuttered to say.

"i i dont have one"

"why not?"

"pakkun"

not even sparring a glance at his master he waited for the chunin to answer him.

"ano, i just havent had good luck with relationships"

the dog huffed at the answer before replying quite matter of factly.

"you should see his past bedmates"

laughing he couldnt help but enjoy the fact that kakashi looked like he wanted to kill his summons at the moment.

"oh really? the villagers think he's quite premiscuous"

the dog scratched at his ear again before nodding.

"yeah we've heard it all before."

smiling iruka leaned back in his chair and continued to talk with the dog while enjoying his meal. he didnt finish it all as his stomache was still not too happy with him from earlier. iruka asked if kakashi minded if pakkun had the rest of his meal, and the silver haired jounin shook his head. pakkun seemed to appreciate the offering cause he scarfed the food down.

"he acts like you never feed him"

kakashi snorted at that.

"he's stingy"

iruka smiled at the ninken who was not afraid to speak his mind. it was a nice change of pace for him, he was only used to seeing the snake and their temper at being bothered. as if he could read minds the ninken asked what his summons was.

"snakes"

the dog frowned a bit and iruka looked down away from the dog. kakashi watched the whole scene with some trepidation, he wasnt sure how iruka was going to respond, or what pakkun was going to say to him in return. he smiled though when the dog stated.

"they dont seem to fit you"

iruka smiled before returning his gaze to the dog.

"thanks, but they actually do."

the dog shook his head at that, before moving on.

"how'd you meet kakashi?"

"oh we shared some students, he took them as genin after they graduated the academy"

"ah those brats"

smiling iruka nodded to the dog. he had no delusions that the dog was propably not fond of the kids. after all he'd met them when they were relitivly new to the shinobi lifestyle.

"how long have you known kakashi?"

"since he was a pup"

smiling at the dogs termonology he asked.

"he was pretty young when he got your contract then wasnt he?"

"yes, but he knew how to handle us"

iruka nodded his head, he had no doubt that kakashi was able to handle the ninken well.

"how old were you when you got the contract for them?"

"twelve i believe"

"young to be in charge of such unpredictable creatures"

putting his head in his hand iruka thought a moment before replying.

"they already belonged to my sensei, so it wasnt hard for me to learn from him in reguards to how to handle them."

"who was your sensei?"

looking to kakashi he wasnt sure if he should tell the ninken, but when kakashi nodded his head he sighed and said.

"orochimaru"

the dog frowned at the chunin, he knew that name well enough.

"your lucky you escaped him and those snakes alive"

iruka smiled, he knew how his life could have turned out if just a couple things had gone differently. of course he wasnt about to share that information.

"he ran and i just continued on i guess. the snakes will listen if you give them the right insentive."

"their dangerous"

"very, but its not unlike any other summons, you yourself could do a lot of damage if you got your teeth around someone"

"true"

"so did you fight against wave when they invaded?"

he saw kakashi frowning again at his ninken and replied.

"only a little, i was mainly trying to get the children to a safe location. we did come across a few ninja on our way there, but were lucky enough to get by them with a few tricks"

before the ninken could ask the man another question iruka suddenly yawned. the dog tilted its head to the side as he watched the man try to hide it. it was kakashi who suggested that he go get ready for bed if he was tired. iruka nodded and excused himself. once the chunin was out of the room, kakashi sent a death glare to his ninken. pakkun didnt seem bothered by it though because he simply stated.

"this is interesting"

"leave him alone pakkun"

"so why you really having him here, you never have guests?"

sighing kakashi made sure he hadnt heard iruka come back down the hallway before stating.

"my current mission is to keep him alive, he was interrogated by my team under ibiki and found to be a danger to himself and others if left in the state he's in right now. so he's staying with me until he gets better"

the ninken watched its master for a while before letting its opinion be known.

"are you sure he will get better?"

kakashi shrugged before telling the ninken that all he could do was try. pakkun nodded his understanding. they both heard as iruka came down the hallway. peeking around the corner he said.

"i think i'll just head to bed now, it was nice meeting you pakkun. i'll see you in the morning kakashi"

the ninja nodded his head and they waited until the man had closed his bedroom door before speaking to one another again.

"you let him close the door?"

"i've already sealed away anything he could use to harm himself"

"you do realise he's a ninja and couse use just about anything to harm himself"

kakashi scowled at him before answering.

"so far he's only shown an interest in knives."

the dog nodded its head before suddenly perking up as an idea struck him.

"you should get one of the others to watch him at night"

raising a brow kakashi asked just how he was supposed to go about that.

"just summon one and introduce him, when he's not around just tell the ninken the truth about whats going on and let them just shove their way into his room, im sure he wont fight it. and you'll have a way to deny any action, we do think for ourselves you know"

kakashi smiled at the normally annoyed ninken, it wasnt a bad idea. he'd have to try it tomorrow, deciding to bait the little dog he asked.

"so are you volunteering?"

the dog dissapeared in a puff of smoke much to his amusement.

**********

iruka had a hard time sleeping that night, he woke up numerous times from nightmares and just couldnt relax himself enough to fall back to sleep. everytime he closed his eyes he saw his eyes staring at him, his voice trying to talk to him. so he laid in bed staring at the ceiling.

getting out of bed, kakashi was a little surprised to see iruka's door still closed, but figured the man was just tired from his previous day of being sick. he'd let the man rest a bit longer. he went about his morning like he normally would. making tea and looking through the cupboards to find something to make for breakfast. he was rummaging through the fridge when he heard movement behind him, he smiled as the chunin poured himself some tea before ever speaking to him.

once iruka managed to make it to the kitchen he ignored kakashi in favor of getting a cup of tea. once he had taken the first sip of the hot beverage he muttered a good morning to the ninja. kakashi said good morning and turned around to ask iruka what he would like for breakfast but his eye widened at the state the man was in. he had dark bags under his eyes and his eyes werent even open as he drank from his cup.

"didnt sleep well?"

iruka shook his head, slowly making his way out into the living room. kakashi sighed, he knew it was always the possibility that the ninja could have problems sleeping or eating once they started his therapy but had hoped it wouldnt be until a little later. he did his best to make a nice breakfast, keeping it on the light side just in case the teachers stomache was still upset. iruka thanked him politley but stuck to mostly tea, getting up to refill his cup a second time before reclaiming his chair. kakashi left him be.

they walked in silence to the hospital that morning, it wasnt until they got to the entrance way that iruka asked.

"where are you going today?"

"mah i got a scroll this morning before you woke up, so i'll be attending to that"

iruka nodded and said goodbye, slowly making his way to his dreaded therapy.

**********

kakashi appeared infront of the man he wanted to see. ibiki was in his office and didnt pay him any attention until he was done signing something. looking up he glarred a little at the intrusion.

"can i help you?"

"sure, i was wondering if i could get a copy of iruka's entire file"

the torture expert reguarded the ninja before him carefully before asking why.

"it might help me to understand him"

"i doubt that-you already heard most of what's in there, he's kept everything under lock and key it seems. is he giving you trouble?"

shaking his head kakashi explained how the chunin had gotten violently ill because of a specific memory and had remained quite depressed for most of the day because of it.

"you above all else should understand the effects memories have on people. if he doesnt want to face it, we cant make him."

"any suggestions?"

leaning back in his chair a moment ibiki thought about what 'he' would do in this situation and told kakashi quite plainly.

"tie him to a chair and torture him"

the silver haired nin did not seem amused by his response. ibiki shrugged his shoulders before continueing.

"i know all about how to break people kakashi-fixing them is an entirely different matter."

nodding his head, kakashi was about to leave when ibiki called out to him.

" are you sure he wants to be fixed?"

kakashi didnt respond, instead choosing to dissapear in a flash of smoke. kakashi lounged in a tree outside the hospital the rest of the time, quietly reading his book. once time was up he entered the hospital and went down the now well known path to iruka's therapists office. he waited outside until they were finished. the door was yanked open and iruka stormed past him, sighing he silently followed the man. he knew that iruka was going to see the hokage and could only hope that the man would calm himself some before he spoke to rashly to the hokage herself.

entering the hokage tower, iruka stopped at the sign in desk. oddly enough genma and raido were the one's manning it presently. seeing the fumming chunin, they both raised eyebrows. but seeing kakashi shake his head behind the nin, let it go.

"sign here"

genma stated around his usual senbon. iruka did as told and was about to go past the two ninja before raido called out.

"you might want to cool off before you go in there-ok"

iruka continued walking but managed to flip the ninja off as he went. kakashi only paused for a minute to mutter 'bad session' before following his charge. they made their way up to the top and were held outside by a anbu with a lizard mask. while they waited kakashi couldnt help but wonder if iruka could identify the man beneath the mask if given enough time. the anbu seemed bored and reguarded the fuming man in front of him skeptically, turning to kakashi he stated rather bluntlly.

"he better not try to attack the hokage"

kakashi shrugged his shoulder, he knew there were anbu hidden just oustide the windows of the hokages tower, he had often been one of them. he also knew they would have no objections to restraining a threat to the hokage. finally the door opened and shizune allowed them to enter. she greeted them respectfully and was a little taken aback when the normally very formal iruka didnt say anything back but stormed past her. shizune glanced at kakashi and said good morning before racing around the angered chunin to stand by her boss. kakashi lounged against a window, waiting to see how this interaction would go.

"did you really think i wouldnt figure it out?"

the hokage continued to sort through the papers on her desk, before replying.

"figure what out iruka?"

"dont play dumb its an insult to both of us, there's no way she could have any of that information unless you ordered for it to be found"

she poured herself a cup of sake, a headache was starting to form.

"i am the hokage iruka, i need to be kept up about things that go in the village"

"it was years ago, how does that pertain to the village now!"

"its effecting a current resident of my village, so i would say it pertains to now very much"

that only seemed to piss off the teacher more. his fists were clenched at his sides and there was a mild tremmor to his form.

"how did you get the information"

"the same way we got so much information about you"

"so you tortured him?"

putting her face in the palm of her hand she asked.

"does it really bother you that much what happens to him?"

" you had no right"

"i had every right iruka, im the hokage. he had information i needed so i sent ibiki to get it- for what its worth he didnt resist in giving the information over, in fact he was quite proud of himself when devulging all the information"

he didnt know what to say to that, he knew that the man was angry with him, but to willingly give that information over to the hokage just to hurt him. it hurt, it hurt alot. gathering himself up he stated matter of factly.

"i wont go back"

she raised a brow to this before calmly retorting.

"in case you forgot i am your hokage and i have people like him-"

she pointed to kakashi.

"and others who will escort you and hold you in your place if nessessarcy for the duration of those sessions do i make myself clear."

the glare he sent to the hokage was ten times worse than what kakashi had previously seen the man capable of. he was rather shocked when iruka tore off his hitae and threw it onto the hokages desk.

"now im a civilian, even as the hokage you cannot request a civilian to seek treatment for something they have not officially been diagnosed with. on top of that all their shinobi files will automatically be sealed henceforth to protect any information they may know from getting out."

with that he twisted around and started to storm out of the room, but a simple nod had kakashi blocking the way.

"move"

"cant"

he pointed to the hokage and iruka spun around to face the woman who was now standing. his hitae in hand.

"a shinobi of this village cannot retire from active service without undergoing a complete psych evaluation."

iruka was fuming, but decided to play her game. he knew how to work around their questions.

"fine, call for a psych eval-i'll wait"

rubbing her forehead she was beginning to think she would have to order the man taken away from her office. reaching over she called the hospital and arranged a psych eval for the chunin who was still glarring daggers at her. hanging up the phone she reguarded the angry teacher pacifly.

"their waiting for you, but if you fail-"

iruka didnt bother to let her finish instead he turned back around and glared at the silver haired nin, the hokage must have nodded again cause kakashi stepped out of the chunins way. iruka slammed the door on his way out, not caring if kakashi was following him or not.

kakashi remained in the office for only a moment to ask.

"what was all of that about?"

"his relationship with mizuki, ibiki interrogated the man to find out just how bad the abuse had been-the rat actually enjoyed the experience which only goes to show how messed up he is."

nodding his head he said he should catch up with iruka. the hokage nodded before stating.

"if he fails the psych eval, the council can request he be placed in a mental hospital for the rest of his life-it he passes it somehow, i'll have very little power over him and his actions since he will no longer be a shinobi of this village"

nodding his head kakashi dissapeared in a flash of smoke to catch up with the irate school teacher. he found him easily enough and appeared beside the man. iruka didnt even flinch at his arrival, just kept storming his way to the hospital. kakashi didnt bother to try talking to the man, he knew he wouldnt get anywhere. they arrived at the hospital and after terrifying the girl at the information desk, iruka was going up two flights of stairs to find the man waiting for him.

"ah you must be iruka, come in and we'll get started"

taking notice of kakashi he asked if iruka would like him present through the exam, confused iruka asked why.

"some people find it easier if their not alone while being asked such personal questions, its up to you though"

he waved his hand and kakashi took a spot leaning against the wall. it was obvious that iruka just wanted to get this over with.

"alright iruka, the hokage said you needed an evaluation to be relinquished from active duty, can i ask why your making the change?"

"i'm no longer needed"

"you feel no longer needed?"

"no-there are others who will take my place, therefore i can leave active duty and focus on other things"

"like what iruka, what do you enjoy?"

"reading"

"thats all?"

he knew the man was trying to push him, but iruka wasnt about to fall into any traps, he'd studied under orochimaru for kami sake.

"gardening and cooking are also somethings i'd like to have more time with."

nodding his head the man continued on.

"and what would you do for income?"

" i have a couple idea's that would make me an asset to the civilian lifestyle."

"dont care to share those?"

"not with you no"

smiling the man nodded his head and asked.

"you were in an abusive relationship is that correct?"

"yes"

"why did you stay with the man?"

"because i was foolish enough to believe he loved me and that i loved him."

"but that wasnt the case?"

"no, he was abusive and i should have left as soon as he showed signs of hurting me. i dont love him"

the man continued to jot down notes as they went back and forth.

"alright iruka, i know that you teach at the academy for young shinobi, is there any reason why you dont wish to continue this line of work?"

"i've taught many classes by now, i've seen them start to grow and become fine shinobi, i have also seen the darker side of things where they dont come home to their families. i do not wish to participate with sending any more children to an early grave"

"ah i see, alright, what about your connection with your previous sensei?

"what about him?"

"were you close?"

"yes"

"and when he ran, how did that make you feel?"

"betrayed"

nodding his head the man continued this line of questioning.

"and did you wish to follow him?"

"no, my place is within the village"

"good, alright and what about your recent attempts on your own life?"

"they were brief moments of depression from the stress of the shinobi lifestyle i have no doubts that i will do better under less stress as a civilian."

kakashi was astounded, iruka was answering everything perfectly never stuttering or pausing to think about his answer. he knew what to say and when to say it. he wasnt acting like himself though, it was all fake and kakashi could see that.

"good good. now the hokage seems to think that your only doing this to get out of your therapy sessions, is that true?"

"i dont need therapy, so there is no need for me to go back. i have done nothing to put another at risk"

"yes, she said as much. you've only harmed yourself in the past. so it wasnt because something from your past upset you?"

"it was more an invasion of privacy than the actual information"

"ah, alright. i've come to understand that you were interrrogated by ibiki-san because of your parents connection to wave"

"yes"

"and do you feel betrayed by this?"

iruka shook his head before calmly stating.

"ibiki and the anbu were doing their jobs, i had a legitimate connection to wave that they needed to investigate to make sure i wasnt a threat to the village."

"alright, and you've been staying with hatake san"

"yes"

"how have you two been getting along?"

"fine, we had a few spats about personal space, but that was mostly because we werent used to living with another"

"alright-but you feel like your ready to return to your own place"

"yes"

the man wrote some more notes down before standing and saying that was all he needed from them. iruka nodded his thanks and headed for the door.

"the hokage will be expecting you, i'll call over and give her my results"

iruka again thanked the man and left the room with all the curtisey that he had shown since they arrived. following behind the chunin he waited until they were outside and walking back to the hokage tower before saying.

"you know your supposed to tell the truth during one of those?"

"not my fault if he cant do his job"

sighing kakashi continued to follow the ninja back to the hokages office. re entering the tower genma and raido spoke up upon seeing them again.

"you guys were just here? what are you doing back"

"i had a psych eval, now im going to talk to the hokage"

"a psych eval, isnt it a little early for that?"

iruka shook his head as he once again filled out he paperwork. it was genma who asked.

"where's your hitae?"

"i gave it to the hokage"

"umm ok"

they glanced between the two of them before looking to their teammate in confusion. kakashi didnt know what to say. so he just followed after the chunin as he made his way back up the twisting cooridoor of the hokage tower. iruka was calm and collected as he waited outside the door, waiting for shizune to allow them to enter, he was sure that the hokage was busy talking to the doctor. he was rather pleased with himself when he heard the woman shout loudly. the anbu on their side of the door jumped a little before reguarding the chunin skeptically.

"what did you do?"

iruka turned to face the anbu and smiled not bothering to explain. the anbu turned to look at kakashi but the ninja just smiled and scratched the back of his head. finally the door was opened and a visibly shaken shizun told them to enter. this time iruka greeted the lady politley and went to stand infront of a fuming hokage. kakashi sighed as he took his place against the wall. he could tell this wasnt going to be pretty.

"hokage-sama"

iruka bowed, tsunade was scowling at the ninja before her and let her ire show in her voice.

"cut the crap"

"i dont know what your talking about hokage"

iruka straightened himself out and smiled at the angry woman before him.

"so did i pass?"

shaking her head she downed the entire cup of sake on her desk before pouring another cup.

"i'll give you credit, that was good-but your not fooling anyone"

"i fooled him though didnt i"

"yes yes you did, thank you for making it evident that i need to retrain my psych people"

"glad to be of service"

rummaging through her desk, she pulled some papers from her desk before reguarding the chunin cooly.

"you should really reconsider all of this iruka"

the chunin didnt respond, just stared at her. sighing she started to sign some papers.

"i'll sign your release papers and all the required paperwork for you to become a civilian as you technically passed the exam, but i will keeping a close eye on you."

"understood"

nodding her head she signed the last of the papers before turning her undivided attention to iruka. this time she had a smile on her face. iruka frowned, he knew he wasnt going to like what was about to happen.

"your apartment building has been condemned as a saftey hazzard. you should collect any valuables as soon as possible before they demolish the building."

well shit. now he had no where to go. scowling at her he waited, he knew she wasnt done.

"but i have a solution"

"great"

smiling the hokage coudnt hold back her glee.

"im sure kakashi wouldnt mind you staying at his place for a while longer until a new apartment can be found. granted as a civilian it may be a little while before an availabilty comes available."

iruka frowned at the hokage, figures she would find a way for him to be watched. kakashi stepped away from the wall before placing his hand on iruka's shoulder.

"mah he's been no trouble at all. i'd be happy to have him stay with me for a while."

iruka sent a glare over his shoulder to the ninja, but didnt bother to retort to it. the hokage clapped her hands together.

"great, then get out of my office"

before iruka could try and argue with the hokage, he was pulled by his elbow by kakashi out of the womans office. once the door was shut behind them iruka scowled all the more when he heard the hokage laughing. glancing to kakashi he muttered.

"i dont like you right now"
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