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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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iruka lay face down on his bed, mayonaka was laying beside him. he couldnt believe his luck. he just couldnt seem to catch a break.sighing he turned his head to the side and looked into the dark eyes of his ninken. he smiled at her and reached out to stroke her head.

"i swear i'd kill that man if i knew i could get away with it."

the dog just tilted its head to the side like she was listening to everything he said. sitting up iruka took in the space of his room. it was a smaller room, but it would be able to accomodate some changes he wanted to make. he was obviously going to be staying for the near future so he might as well redecorate and with how angry he was with kakashi he didnt think the man would dare to argue with him. he was going to have to go buy some new supplies for training, then he was going to have to ask kakashi to actually train with him, not something he was looking forward too. looking back to his ninken he spoke to her again.

"i bet you think all of this is highly amusing dont you girl"

the dog scooted forward and put her head in his lap. smiling to her he did as was silently asked of him and scratched behind her ear. sighing he decided he had hid in his room long enough, he might as well get this all over with.

*******

kakashi was startled when he heard the voice of the chunin behind him.

"your getting your wish"

he watched carefully as the chunin went to his chair, the black dog following close on his heels.

"my wish?"

"im to take the jounin exam soon"

ah, so thats what she was making him do.

"that wont be too bad ne"

the scowl he got told him to shut up unless he wanted another bruised cheek.

"she's also informing the council of everything"

ok that wasnt a good thing. he was about to apologize when iruka continued.

"im to work three days a week and train when im not working. im also not allowed to hold back, im to use any and all of the skills i have to accomplish the goal of reaching higher ranks."

well he didnt think the chunin would have a problem passing at least, but he knew that wasnt the issue.

"im sorry"

"im also not allowed to keep anything a secret, i had to tell her everything"

kakashi winced, he really had screwed up. iruka stood up and prepared to goto bed, it was still early,but he was tired. as he went to leave he had to ask.

"are you happy now?"

when kakashi didnt respond, he continued down the hallway. kakashi put his face in his hands. things had been going so well between them and now, kami he had screwed up, he should have just kept his mouth shut. if he'd never gone to talk to the hokage none of this would have happened.

********

the following morning kakashi was surprised to find that iruka was long gone by the time he woke up. sighing he decided it would be a good idea to go and see his teammates. now that the secrets were out, they might as well know what was going on, maybe he could get them to help prepare iruka for the jounin exam.

********

iruka worked straight through lunch, muching as he transcribed things. occasionally throwing a scrap to his dog. he'd made alot of progress on the scrolls before him and hoped that he could continue at this pace so he could turn the translated version in by tonight. he was also hoping that if he was able to get off work a little early that he might be able to beat kakashi to the apartment and not have to speak with the ninja. he didnt know what kakashi had planned for the day but he knew the ninja didnt stay cooped up inside all day.

*********

he'd called them to meet him at the secret training grounds, once they got there he instructed them to sit so he could tell them everything that had been going on. when he was through updating them, he got to watch their shocked faces. it took a moment for them to collect themselves enough to start asking questions.

"so he can just dissapear into tree's and stuff?"

looking to genma he nodded.

"totally dissapears, my sharingan couldnt even see him ,until he walked out of the tree"

genma whistled around the senbon in his mouth and reclined against raidou.

"and the hokage's making him take the test? how does iruka feel about that, he didnt seem like he was all that interested in it."

kakashi smiled at kurenai, she was such a kind woman.

"he's not happy thats for sure, punched me in the face when i started asking too many questions. i have no doubts that with a little practice he could easily pull off whatever they decide to test him with, he's just a little rusty."

they nodded, before letting kakashi continue.

"one of the reasons i asked you all here was to find out if you'd help me get him ready."

"of course"

kurenai responded, she didnt even need to look around to know her teammates were in agreement. kakashi sighed, he was grateful to his team for understanding.

"does he know your asking us to help?"

"no, he left for work before i was even up. snuck out. im sure hes going to try and avoid me, but im sure i can get him to at least shout at me"

that made the other ninja laugh, leave it to kakashi to find a way to irritate the young man into responding to him. finally kakashi said in an amused tone.

"apparently he was able to make the hokage laugh quite hard when he very bluntly told her that he was gay when she asked for more information. she hadnt been expecting that."

genma started laughing, raidou had a smile plastered on his face while kurenai was faintly blushing. asuma was just shaking his head, the smoke in his mouth tilting at the movement.

"he just said it like that?"

"apparently, me and her guard could hear her all the way from outside"

they all laughed at that. as embarrising it must have been for the chunin to admit such a personal thing. they had to give him credit for just blurting it out at the hokage.

"bet she'll be more careful in how she asks him questions from now on"

kakashi nodded his head. looking at the sun he figured he should get back to the apartment to make sure that the chunin didnt get a chance to avoid him. his teammates wished him luck.

walking down the road, he watched the different traders and merchants walk about the village offering their goods. maybe he could convince iruka to leave the apartment for a walk tonight. it wasnt cold and the movement might help the nin to work off some of his frustration. nodding his head with a plan in hand he headed back to his apartment. opening the door he was surprised to see the other pair of sandals already there. iruka must have finished early today, smiling he looked down the hallway and saw the door wide open. so he wasnt in his room. just about to step into the living room he heard a startled yell followed by cursing. he quickened his pace into the kitched to see iruka blowing on his hand. a pot boiling over on the stove. shaking his head he reached around the jumping chunin and lowered the temperature on the stove before grabbing the mans hand and shoving it under the sink. the cold water made him wince, but iruka also sighed as the burning sensation stopped. taking his hand back, he thanked kakashi.

"no problem. were you trying to burn water?"

"no, i was trying to make some ramen"

smirking at the man, he watched as the man put the noodles into the boiling water. standing in the kitchen they didnt have much of a choice but to look at one another. finally clearing his throat kakashi spoke.

"i talked with my team, they've agreed to help get you ready for your exam"

"oh, that was nice of them"

kakashi smiled, iruka didnt seem to be as mad today and he wasnt going to take it for granted.

"how was work?"

stirring the noodles iruka shrugged to kakashi making the ninja frown. he had thought they were getting somewhere, but he quickly smiled when iruka continued with.

"the scroll im desiphering now is i swear a grocery list"

kakashi laughed

"ah so their going to invade to take our groceries"

"pft thats what the scroll looks like, maybe someone spilled something on it and changed the kanji but all it is talking about is fruit"

kakashi waited for the man to be finished preparing his ramen before joining him in the living room. with both of them sitting in their favorite chairs kakashi decided to tempt fate.

"so what put you in such a good mood-earlier you were lets say not"

smiling iruka responded as if it was the most casual thing in the world.

"well i thought about it and although i dont have a choice in the matter at the very least i can make your life a living hell for the next little bit"

"gee thanks"

"you earned it"

kakashi frowned at the man, so iruka as planning on doing something to him.

"do i get a heads up when your wrath is coming?"

"nope"

sighing he took it in stride at least the man was talking to him. besides he was pretty sure he could deal with whatever the nin had up his sleeve. he had no idea just how wrong he was. iruka finished his ramen before commenting.

"i have tomorrow off so im guessing were going to go train?"

kakashi nodded his head, he was planning on giving the chunin a full workout just to see what limits the man had. when he told the chunin this iruka sighed.

"great, do i still get the no genjitsu rule?"

"no"

"damn"

smiling at the man acrossed from him he advised that iruka get a full nights sleep cause they were going to be training all day. the man sighed before telling kakashi goodnight and excusing himself for the evening.

*******

iruka woke up to a knock on his door, groaning he looked to the clock, it was early alright.

"im up"

"get dressed we leave in ten"

sighing he turned his head over to look at mayonaka.

"this is going to be worse than working for ibiki i just know it"

the dog just wagged her tail at him. rolling out of bed he got himself ready and found kakashi in the living room. he managed to catch the object thrown at him, looking down he saw a brand new weapons pouch. looking up to kakashi he simply stated.

"im gonna need this arnt i"

"every last one"

nodding his head he turned to mayonaka and told her to be good while they were gone, it was really the first time he was leaving her behind but he didnt want to chance a stray weapon hurting the dog. she whinned a little bit before laying down. turning to kakashi he told him he was ready.

they reappered in what he assumed to be a training grounds, but it was alot bigger than the typical ones he was used to, he couldnt even see the barrier flags. looking to kakashi he was about to ask him how big the place was when he suddenly had to dodge a kunai aimed at his head. giving a yelp he jumped out of the way.

"a little warning next time would be nice"

kakashi just stalked towards him, iruka didnt need to be told twice, he turned and ran.

they'd been trading blows for over four hours a mix between hide and seek and full out punching and kicking when they got too close to one another. it was a steady rhythm that kept iruka on his toes. he had yet to use any of the many jutsu's he'd learned from his sensei, and although he was holding back, he was holding his own against the jounin who was stalking him through the woods. leaning against a tree he tried to catch his breath as he heard one of his many traps go off.

kakashi wasnt fooled by the traps, he set a couple off deliberatly with clones to confuse the chunin to his exact location. he had a good idea of where the chunin was hiding and although he was glad the chunin was playing to his strengths he was getting a little mad that the chunin seemed to be holding back, unwilling to show any real intent to hurt him. setting his own trap, he prepared to herd the chunin towards it and win the round.

iruka heard some limbs snap and wasnt fooled by it, he knew that kakashi was most likely in the tree's not on the ground. so he hunkered down and waited for the man to show himself. sure enough a couple senbon came flying his way only to embed themselves in the tree trunk where he had previously been. the chase was on. iruka made sure that he threw some of his own weapons to keep the jounin at bay, but as he turned to throw some more, he suddenly found himself being thrown to the ground far below. twisting and turning did nothing to help him escape the rope binding him, he crashed through the tree branches wincing at each blow as the branches gave way from his weight. he finally crashed to the ground with a loud thud, knocking the wind out of the chunin who lay gasping.

feet landed a few inches from his face. he couldnt turn his head to look but he knew who they belonged too. he felt the cold steel of a kunai being put to his throat.

"your dead"

sighing iruka yielded to the jounin. feeling the knife taken away he waited for kakashi to let him out of the rope, but the man just sat down in front of him.

"um kakashi arnt you going to let me out?"

"wasnt planning on it, figure out how to escape, sometimes you'll have limited tools to have to escape from an enemy so be inventive."

iruka tried moving his arms around, but they just couldnt budge, moving his ankles he found he could wiggle them a bit but not enough to help do anything. with a frustrated sigh he gave up wiggling as he was sure he was only making a fool of himself.

"is there actually a way out of this or is this some kind of test with no answer?"

kakashi just smiled to him, grinding his teeth iruka went back to feeling his surroundings. there had to be an end to the rope somewhere and if he found that he could untie it. searching the bindings around him resulted in nothing. he couldnt find the blasted end to the rope. thats when he noticed the trails of wire leading up into the tree's. eyes widening he turned to kakashi and shouted.

"you anchored it all the way up there!"

"mah so i did, would you look at that"

"how the hell am i supposed to get back up there"

"carefully would be my suggestion"

gaping at the jounin he couldnt believe the man in front of him. but before he could shout at the jounin, kakashi was standing and walking away.

"i'll be back in a little bit to check on you"

"you cant leave me here"

"you'll be fine, there's no animals around to eat you"

he couldnt believe it, he watched as the silver haired nin just walked away, leaving him tied up with no chance of escape unless he could get to the ends which were somehwere in the tree branches above him.

********

kakashi smiled to himself. he knew his little trap had frustrated the chunin, but it was a good exercise to see how his mind could work around hard problem solving. he was about to congradulate himself when a huge explosion pushed him forward. looking back he could see smoke coming from where he had just left iruka. running back he didnt know what he'd find.

*********

iruka had managed to get free, but at a cost. coughing he tried not to move his burned arm. it hurt quite a bit, but it was worth it to escape kakashi's stupid trap. he heard the ninja come running back and put a rather proud smile on his face.

kakashi couldnt believe what he saw. iruka was just standing there admist utter chaos, the tree had been blown to bits and the teacher just stood there. his left arm burned and bleeding. and a smile on his face.

"what did you do?"

"i escaped"

coming over to the chunin he took in the appearence of the mans burned arm, he would need a med nin to take a look at it. shaking his head he didnt bother to try and touch it, he knew that iruka would just instinctivly pull away.

"you nearly blew yourself up"

iruka shook his head.

"i had it contained, i knew exactly where and how far it would detonate. it was a jutsu not a tag"

that was news to kakashi, he had automatically assumed that the man had managed to reach his weapons pouch or had the tags stored somewhere on his body.

"a jutsu?"

"yep"

sighing he motioned for iruka to start walking.

"come on, we better get that looked at"

iruka did so with a smile on his face, kakashi couldnt help but say.

"you were supposed to escap quietly and without hurting yourself"

"you said be inventive, so i was inventive and i achieved the goal of the test, i escaped"

kakashi had to give the teacher that, but he still would have prefered that the man didnt injure himself just to prove a point. he escorted the chunin to the hospital where a med nin took one look at the man and tsked at them before leading them to an exam room. it wasnt much longer and an older man came in. he raised an eyebrow at the pair before examining iruka's arm.

"pretty nasty burn you got there. how'd you get it?"

"training"

the man just nodded his head, he was used to that being the answer after all they were in a ninja village. as gently as he could he cleaned the wound and started the healing process with his own chakra. once he had helped the process along he wrapped the mans arm and told him to change the dressing when needed and to be more careful with his training.

leaving the hospital iruka still had a smile plastered on his face, kakashi just shook his head. he couldnt believe the chunin. he would have to warn his teammates about the fact that iruka had no qualms about hurting himself to escape a situation. walking down the street iruka suddenly tensed a little, just enough to make it noticable to kakashi. looking to where the man was staring he sighed. it was those two again.

kotetsu and izumo's eyes widened when they saw kakashi and iruka together again. and then headed their way when they saw the arms length bandage on the chunin.

"what happened?"

smiling at them iruka answered truthfully

"i was training with kakashi and he tasked me with escaping a wire trap, so i exploded it"

the two men just gaped at him like he was crazy.

"you blew yourself up?"

"no i blew the tree up, my arm just got caught in the blast a little"

the two chunin glanced to one another before looking to kakashi.

"you just let him blow himself up?"

"i wasnt actually there when it happened"

"what do you mean you werent there?"

"i kinda left him tied to the tree, i knew it would take a while for him to get loose so i just figured i'd go for a walk and come back...then i saw the explosion"

they looked back to a smug looking chunin and couldnt believe what they were hearing. they had always suspected that iruka was a little off, the man always seemed to avoid people whenever possible and just focused on his work more than everything. it was kotetsu who muttered.

"ano you should be more careful next time"

iruka nodded his head at the request, but otherwise didnt comment. the pair wished them well and headed off on their own obviously still confused as to what they had just heard. kakashi was busy shaking his head as iruka was laughing at the two chunin's responses. twirling around to walk backwards he asked kakashi.

"so whats next?"

shaking his head kakashi replied that he thought one trip to the hospital was enough for the day, iruka just smiled at him before saying that they could do something else like taijitsu.

"why dont we work on you genjitsu, that way you'll be stationary and cant actually get hurt"

iruka pouted, he hated genjitsu. kakashi smiled as he pulled the man along, they could do that at the apartment. iruka sighed but allowed the man to pull him along.

entering the apartment they were greeted by a very happy to see them mayonaka, she whined when she saw iruka's arm and sniffed at the bandages.

"its alright girl, im fine"

he petted her head and continued on into the living room. kakashi followed close behind. he instructed iruka to sit on the couch and he kneeled infront of the chunin.

"alright we'll start with something light, see if you cant break the genjitsu and work our way up from there ok?"

iruka nodded, taking a deep breath he prepared for whatever kakashi had in mind. he watch in fascination as the man moved his hitae revealing the sharingan. in an instant he was trapped in an illusion.

*******

he was in some kind of forest, he could hear the birds singing and the wind rustling through the trees. smiling he enjoyed it for a second before calling out.

"too easy"

******

iruka smiled as kakashi blinked as they found themselves back in the living room.

"alright good, now lets try something a little harder ne"

iruka nodded and didnt fight the pull of the sharingan as he was lost into another world.

**********

he glanced around, he appeared to be in konoha, but there was nobody around. then he heard it. the horrible sound from all those years ago. turning around he saw the fury on the nine tails face as its tails swirled through the air. he shivered, how he hated that sound. pulling against the illusion that he knew himself to be trapped in, it took a couple tries before he was able to break the illusions hold.

***********

iruka jolted a little as he was thrown back into the present from their connection ending. kakashi didnt seem to be any worse for the wear.

"i hate that sound"

kakashi gave him a sympathizing smile before asking if he was ready to continue. when the chunin nodded he threw the man into another scenario.

*************

he was standing in the middle of a shadowed part of the forest, he froze, he knew he wasnt alone. turning around he took a step back. his sensei smiled at him, that smile that always made him wonder if the man was going to hurt him again. he knew this couldnt be real, but at the same time his fears of the man coming back for him rose from within.

"iruka, how i've missed you"

reaching out, iruka flinched as the mans hand cupped his cheek. it was just like before, it never changed. pulling back he saw the smile replaced with anger. he saw the man raise his hand a knife in hand and watched in horror as it came slashing down towards his chest.

*******

bolting forward neither of them was prepared for the sudden change and their heads collided with quite a bit of force. they went crashing to the floor. iruka on top of kakashi's chest. they both groaned and reached for their foreheads.

kakashi knew he should have made sure he wasnt too close to the chunin in case he reacted to the illusions. but he thought it would be alright and that he would respond in time. he was apparently wrong. rubbing his head he looked down to see iruka curled up on his chest wincing and holding his forehead.

"you ok?"

iruka nodded as he willed the pain of both the illusion and the headbutt away.

"sorry to use that against you but-"

"its effective"

"yeah"

sitting up iruka righted himself so he wasnt splayed over kakashi. the two sat on the floor for a little while neither of them talking.

"you had a harder time with that one, was it because of the subject matter or the level of genjitsu?"

"subject matter, i knew in my head it wasnt real"

"alright, we'll need to practice some more to get you desensitized in case someone uses those type of illusions against you"

iruka nodded, he knew that would be the smart thing to do, it could very well end up saving his life. it didnt make him look forward to it though. looking into the mismatched eyes of kakashi he couldnt help but wonder what it was like to see through anothers eye. kakashi noticed him starring and figured the man was just curious about his sharingan.

"curious?"

iruka blushed before apologizing. kakashi laughed a little.

"its alright, im used to it"

"still i shouldnt have starred."

pulling the chunin's chin around to make the man face him he stated.

"it doesnt bother me"

iruka was still blushing which kakashi found rather cute on the chunin.

"whats it like? seeing through anothers eye?"

smiling he answered as much as he could.

"at first it was too weird to even describe, i couldnt control the sharingan at all and it drained all my chakra, thats when i figured out to keep it covered all the time unless i was using it. for the most part its just like anything else its an extension of my body. i use it just like i use my hands and feet."

iruka nodded, he could understand that.

"though i do have to say not having complete control over the eye can be embarressing"

frowning iruka asked what he meant.

"obito was a bit of a cry baby, sometimes his eye will just start to cry even if im ok with a situation"

smiling iruka couldnt help but say.

"it must be nice to still have a connection to him though"

"it is"

reaching up to cover his eye again, he saw iruka watch him and smiled. once the hitae was back in place he clapped his hands and said that they were done for the day.

"you did pretty well, though i would fail you on the escape test just because you allowed injury to yourself"

iruka pouted at that mummbling that he had still technically escaped. ignoring the chunin he continued.

"but you did pretty well with the illusions. you'll get more practive with kurenai than with me, she's a master at them, makes them almost seamless"

"i cant wait"

laughing kakashi patted the mans back as he stood up.

"mah its not so bad, i'd worry more about training with asuma and his trench blades."

standing up iruka popped his neck before asking why.

"well he can extend their reach with his chakra, so the cut doesnt just start at the length of the blade it can start a couple inches before the actual steel"

"well that just sounds awesome"

kakashi smiled at the man, they both relaxed in their respective spots. talking about this and that until it was time for them to goto bed. it had been a long day and iruka had no problem going to bed besides the ache in his arm, which he wasnt about to admit too. he knew he would just catch more flak from kakashi.
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