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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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kakashi's eyes widened when he saw movment, putting down his book he watched carefully as iruka's face scrunched up and the chunin rolled more onto his side before bringing a hand up to rub his head. sighing in relief kakashi stood and approached the still waking man. kneeling beside him he was careful to place his hand on the man's shoulder, he felt the man tense, but otherwise he didnt react to his presence. iruka's eyes remained closed.

"iruka?"

at first there was no sign that the man had heard him, but then the man inhaled deeply before allowing his eyes to squint open.

"hey there, how are you feeling"

iruka groaned, his hand rubbing his eyes to clear his vision. he didnt remember actually getting into the apartment, kakashi must have found him outside then. sighing he couldnt beleive his luck. his eyes slid shut as he chastized himself.

"you still with me?"

"yeah"

smiling kakashi was glad that the chunin was answering him.

"good, how do you feel?"

"sore, but i think thats from training"

the chunin allowed his eyes to open and he focused on kakashi again.

"you brought me in here?"

"sorta, you made it through the door, but im guessing you were already out cold by then"

iruka nodded his head, he hadnt realized he had managed to get the door open at all.

"what happened?"

he could see the concern in the mans eyes, he knew that kakashi deserved answers especially after he had worried the man, but he just couldnt bring himself to be honest with himself and with kakashi. he just couldnt say it.

'im an idiot, i thought they loved me'

instead he let his eyes trail to the ceiling, kakashi frowned when iruka refused to answer his question. letting his hand fall from the chunin's shoulder he waited, it wasnt more than a couple minutes before the chunin let his gaze fall back onto kakashi. the one open eye was watching him.

"iruka something had to have happened"

"yeah"

"what?"

"i dont want to talk about it"

he turned his head away from kakashi, willing himself not to cry again infront of the man. he couldnt show how weak he was, not again.

"iruka, i called ibiki after i found you"

that didnt matter, ibiki didnt know anything about what happened to him.

"he said he let you go early today"

all the truth, but it didnt let kakashi know anything.

"i told him how i found you and he made some calls"

he didnt like the sound of that, why couldnt ibiki stay out of his buissness?

"he found out you went to visit mizuki"

iruka couldnt help but flinch at that name. he was sure that kakashi had seen it. he wasnt wrong. frowning more kakashi asked.

"what happened between you two?"

"we talked"

finally he was getting somewhere.

"about what?"

"just things, wave invading, me missing for a couple weeks, the rumors he had heard."

"what did he say about wave invading?"

he was curious to know what the traitor could think of the recent attack on konoha.

"he said that you should have executed me for treason"

kakashi winced, that was harsh even for a rat like mizuki.

"he was mad that i had missed seeing him for so long, so he lashed out.nothing new really"

"and the rumors?"

he saw iruka bite his lip, a sure sign that chunin was deep in thought as to how to say what he was thinking.

"iruka?"

" i asked him why he cooroporated with ibiki, he said he wasnt about to get tortured on my behalf, i asked him about a fight he had gotten into, the guards had told me about it. he said he also heard from the guards that- that you and me were fucking each other and that i deserved to be with them"

he understood most of what the chunin had said, but the last part had him confused.

"be with them, who?"

"my teammates, i should have died when he attacked me and naruto. he asked why i couldnt just die"

kakashi couldnt believe what he was hearing, how could that sick fuck say such things to someone he claimed to have loved just a few years prior.

"iruka-"

"im so stupid"

kakashi shook his head trying to argue with the upset chunin on his couch.

"your not stupid, you just have a kind heart"

iruka laughed at that, bringing his hands up to wipe away the tears that had long since dissobeyed him and had flowed freely for the last several minutes.

"how was your day?"

kakashi frowned he wasnt about to let the chunin just avoid what had happened.

"iruka-"

"was mayonaka good for you?"

"iruka-"

"we got some useful information today about wave, might not say what we need to know bu-"

"IRUKA"

sighing the chunin turned his head to face kakashi, taking a deep breath kakashi spoke as levely as he could with as angry as he was.

"your not stupid, he was lashing out because he's frustrated that your free and he isnt, you have a life to live and he's stuck in that cell."

iruka nodded his head, it was nice of kakashi to say things like this, but he really just couldnt process them.

"you shouldnt go back there anymore"

"but i have too"

frowning kakashi asked why

"because, if i dont he'll get angry, well more angry at me"

"screw him, he chose to go against the village and lost, he's rotting in that cell because he's a traitor to the village and to you"

"you dont understand, no one understands"

iruka grew frustrated and ground his curled fists into his closed eyes. he felt kakashi pulling his arms down so he wouldnt hurt himself.

"what dont i understand?"

"i should have saved him, i have to save him."

"i dont think you could have iruka, he's too far gone"

iruka continued to cry on the couch, upset by the fact that he could do nothing for his friend and lover who now hated him and wished him dead. iruka barely noticed when kakashi let go of his arms and instead started to just hold him. he let iruka sob into his shoulder and just cling to him as a child would. on any normal day iruka would have been embarressed by this, but with how today had gone, how he was feeling he just clung all the more tighter to the jounin.

kakashi waited for the chunin to start to settle down, keeping his hold on him he spoke softly to the chunin in his arms.

"no more going back there alright?"

at first he didnt get a response, about to ask again he smiled when he felt the subtle nod against his shoulder. he didnt know if he could trust iruka not to go back, but at the very least he could attempt to persuade him not to. they sat there for quite a while, kakashi just holding onto the chunin and letting iruka settle himself. when he figured that iruka had calmed enough he pulled back. iruka wiped at his face furiously, embaressed by everything that had happened. kakashi didnt pay any attention to the chunin's attempts to wipe away the evidence of his turmoil.

"what do you want for dinner?"

iruka shook his head, he didnt really care what he ate at the moment, he was still feeling detached. nodding his head kakashi stood up and started for the kitchen before thinking better of it. making a small bite in his finger, he summoned pakkun. the little pug appeared in a puff of smoke and was about to bark about what kakashi needed now, when his nose registered the turmoil around him. twisting around the pug's ears drooped at the sight of the cheerful man that had been staying with kakashi lay on the couch trying to stop himself from crying. turning back around he nodded to kakashi. smiling to his ninken, he made his way to the kitchen to make something to eat for the both of them.

trotting over to the chunin, the pug sat on the floor and reguarded the distraught man silently before turning to look at mayonaka. the dog gave a little whine, to which the pug let out a little bark. iruka looked through his blury vision to see that kakashi had summoned pakkun. smiling down at the dog he couldnt make the smile last. laying on his side he watched the two dogs.

"she doesnt like you sad"

looking to pakkun he smiled.

"she's a good girl"

pakkun nodded his head, he knew that the dog was a good fit for the man infront of him. he had known from the very beginning when he first pitched the idea to kakashi. they could hear kakashi moving around in the kitchen, but iruka didnt seem to care, he just continued to watch the two ninken infront of him.

" you smell funny"

looking to the pug he asked what he meant.

"you smell like another man"

"i was at work today, might be ibiki-"

the pug shook his head, he knew what ibiki smelled like.

"oh ok, umm we interrogated someone from wave"

the pug shook his head again, he remembered this smell from the past, it was someone who he'd come across in the village before. telling iruka that he saw the teachers eyes widen.

"mizuki"

the pug didnt know the name of the man, but could guess that the chunin was propably right by his change in demenor.

"he made you sad?"

iruka could only nod to the dog, he wasnt sure if pakkun could truly understand what had gone on between him and mizuki and wasnt about to tell him, but he might as well give the dog some insight to his current condition.

"he said some hurtful things"

"why?"

"he hates me"

"did you hurt him?"

"yeah, i chose the village over him-he's incarcerated right now"

ah that explained things. the man he was smelling was a bad man if he was being housed by konoha's prison facility.

"if he's in there, he deserves it"

iruka shook his head at the pug before saying.

"its my fault he's there"

"how so?"

"i didnt try hard enough to save him"

"some dont want to be saved"

iruka nodded his head. that much was true of many people. but he had always thought that if he had only done something differently he could have changed mizuki's fate. pakkun was about to ask something else when kakashi entered with a plate in each of his hands. iruka sat up and took one of the plates before thanking him. kakashi smiled to the ninja but took his normal seat in his chair. they ate in silence. in the end he wasnt surprised when iruka didnt eat much, just moved his food around his plate. he ended up splitting it between pakkun and mayonaka much to the latters approval. smiling down at the happy dogs, he glanced back up to kakashi before saying.

"i think im going to head to bed, i have work in the morning"

"you could call in"

iruka smiled but shook his head. he didnt want any special treatment especially from someone like ibiki.

"no, they need my help. were not doing any interrogations so she can come to work with me tomorrow"

that made kakashi feel a little better about the chunin going to work. he watched as iruka got up and started for the hallway before calling out a thank you and a good night. kakashi wasnt surprised when mayonaka scarfed down the rest of her food and trailed after the ninja. sighing he put his head in his hand as he sat in his chair.

"so what happened?"

"he visited an old friend, an old lover today. he was abusive to iruka in more than one way. he decided to let iruka know how he truly felt about him today"

pakkun nodded, he understood perfectly how desperate men could say things to hurt someone.

"is he a threat?"

"not for a while longer, so long as i can keep iruka from visiting him again."

"do you think he would go back after today?"

"he let the man abuse him for over two years"

"ah"

"all i can do is do my best though, we were making so much progress though"

pakkun trotted up to kakashi before standing on his back two legs and leaning aginst kakashi's knees.

"at least he has you and mayonaka"

smiling he ruffled the dogs ears.

"thanks"

"no problem boss"

***********

kakashi ended up checking on the chunin before going to bed like every night the only difference being that pakkun was with him. a small yip from mayonaka and a nod from pakkun allowed kakashi to climb into his own bed. the tiny pug joining him.

"she says he was out like a light"

"from stress most likely"

"most likely"

sighing kakashi reached out and scrached one of the ninken's ears before letting his hand drop.

"wake me if he gets up"

"will do boss"

**********

iruka may have woken up numerous times throughout the night due to nightmares of his time with mizuki, but he never even sat up in bed,he just laid there quietly. not wanted to disturb kakashi or the dog next to him.

seeing the sun come through the window, he got up to go take a shower before heading to work. he wasnt overly surprised when mayonaka didnt stay in the room to wait for him, but he still didnt allow her into the bathroom. pakkun was awake as soon as the man had moved out of bed, but he just silently watched the man and closed his eyes again when the water from the shower turned on. his eyes opened again when mayonaka jumped onto kakashi's bed and curled up. kakashi woke up from the movement and reached down to pet her.

"he in the shower i take it"

"yep"

letting out a breath of air, kakashi listened to the sounds of the water running. it wasnt long before the water turned off and mayonaka left him to stand infront of the bathroom door to await irukas return. looking down to pakkun he asked.

"anything during the night"

"not that i could see, but i'll ask her"

he watched as pakkun jumped down and went around the corner to talk with mayonaka. he was only gone a couple minutes before scampering back into the kakashi's bedroom and hoping back onto the bed.

"she says he woke up numerous times last night but never bothered to get up"

sighing kakashi didnt know whether to be relieved that iruka had just stayed in bed, or worried that iruka hadnt slept. he heard the door open and iruka return to his bedroom to put on his gear. it wasnt long before the front door opened and closed signalling the chunin's departure for work. looking down to the ninken at his side he asked.

"how would you like to bite someone today?"

the pug smiled, barring his teeth.

"are we visiting a certain someone"

"we just might be in the area today"

the pug nodded and lounged on the bed as his boss got ready. he had no problem tearing a couple holes into the asshole who had abused the kind man he had only met a handful of times. it was plain to see by the ninken that the man was a kind person and didnt even begin to deserve whatever treament the bastard had seen fit to put on the chunin.

***********

it was a rather slow day at work, until ibiki paid him a visit just after lunchtime, at first he didnt notice the man who was leaning againt the doorframe. but a small growl from mayonaka caught his attention. looking up to his boss he couldnt hold back the wince. he knew this wasnt going to be a pleasant conversation.

"iruka"

"ibiki"

the man kicked off of the doorframe and came to stand on the opposite side of irukas desk.

"so you visited him"

"yes"

"you shouldnt have done that"

"so i've been told"

frowning at the chunin, ibiki took his time to say.

"you wont do that again understood"

"visit him?"

"yes"

"and why should i take orders from you? your not the hokage, your only my boss and my personal life is not your concern"

he didnt know where he got the balls to speak back to the man infront of him like that, he was practically shaking before the man, but his usual temper had flarred and he found himself talking back to the intimidating man.

"i may not be the hokage, but i do hold sway in this village. i would have no problem recommending you to a nice institution with a lovely view of the mountain"

iruka knew what ibiki was talking about, the mental institution.

"i hear the view is spectacular"

ibiki frowned at the chunin's sharp retort.

"you've caused enough trouble, your stirring enough dust up into the air and im tired of being in the middle of it. so listen up, you will not go and see that ingrate again, cause if i hear about it i will find a way to make your life a living hell and being as im your boss that would be pretty damn easy"

iruka just stared at the man for a moment, before turning his head away so as to not have to look at the man. his fists were clenched at his sides and mayonaka was still growling at the man who had upset her master.

"do i make myself clear?"

iruka didnt respond right away, instead he chose to count to ten and take a deep breath.

"with all due respect ibiki-"

iruka turned to start at the man frowning at him

"you can bite me"

retaking his seat, iruka began to read the next line of inscription he needed to translate. he vaguely heard the footsteps of the man as he headed towards the door. smiling to himself iruka was quite proud of himself.

"this is your only warning, see him again and i will take action"

and his smile melted off of his face. he heard ibiki shut the door behind him and laid his head into his arms. why couldnt that man just leave him alone?

*********

kakashi hummed to himself a rather happy tune, sure he'd been banned from entering the facility without another person to stand guard against him, but it was worth it. pakkun trotted happily beside him.

"that was fun boss"

"yes it was"

the two continued down the street only to stop when an anbu appeared infront of him.

"anbu-san"

"hatake-hokage wishes to see you, she is not amused"

smiling he bowed to his comrade before dissapearing in a puff of smoke. standing before the hokage he allowed her to rant and rave about how it was not alright for him to just watlz into a secure facility with weapons on him and threaten and then maim an inmate of the prison. when she was taking a breather kakashi simply stated.

"iruka visited him"

about to go on another tyraid, she stopped.

"he visited him"

kakashi nodded. he watched as the hokage sighed and poured herself another cup of sake.

"and the result"

"he collapsed, had a breakdown at my aparment"

she sighed, thats better than she had anticipated.

"i believe i got through to him, i told him not to go back again"

"thats good, i wish i had happy news to share with you as well, but at least your here already and i didnt have to call you in later for it"

raising a brow he waited.

"the council decided to move up iruka's test, he's got two weeks"

eyes widening he couldnt believe it.

"thats not enough time for him to be ready"

"i know"

"then-"

"their doing it on purpose kakashi, they want him to fail"

glarring rather coldly, she knew it wasnt directed at her, but rather the invisible council.

"do you know what their going to test him with, whose going to be his examiners, i'd volunteer-"

"they already know of his connection to you and your team, none of you will be allowed to be involved with his test. i have no idea what they will test him with"

kakashi sighed, he figured he wouldnt be allowed, but to know his entire team had been blacklisted from helping watch over the chunin. he wondered idly if he could get away with letting pakkun bite them.

"can we at least be present during his testing?"

"you want to watch?"

"we may not be able to interfere, but at least we can see what he does well in and what he still need work in, just in case he's forced to retake it"

she nodded her head before stating.

"i can swing that. but you understand your team cannot interact with him at all during the test."

kakashi nodded, he understood perfectly well, if he or his team said one word to iruka while he was undergoing the test the man would fail.

"alright then, i suggest you prepare him as much as you can"

bowing to the hokage he thanked her and left to go take out his frustration on some training dummies.

********

finally coming home, all he wanted was a nice cup of hot tea, especially after the last two days he had. his personal chat with ibiki was still fresh in his mind, his talk with mizuki still cut deeply. sighing he opened the door and entered the apartment.

"im home"

taking off his sandals he was surprised to find that kakashi must not be home yet, that was rather odd. shrugging his shoulders, he got his ninken her dinner before making himself a nice hot cup of tea. relaxing in his chair he hadnt been home more than twenty minutes when kakashi unlocked the front door and came in.

"iruka?"

"in here"

coming into the living room kakashi smiled at the chunin who appeared to be enjoying his cup of tea very much.

"how was work"

"have i mentioned how much i really dont like ibiki"

kakashi smiled, but asked what the man had done to gain irukas wrath. deciding to keep their arguement to himself, he complained about the number of scolls left on his desk by the scarred man. kakashi just smiled through iruka's tail of woe.

"what did you do today?"

kakashi scratched the back of his head, he wasnt sure if he should tell the chunin everything he had done today, but he figured if he kept it a secret and the hokage let it slip to the chunin what he had done...

"i may have visited mizuki"

iruka's eyes widened.

"you didnt"

"i wasnt alone though, pakkun went with me"

"you did, i cant believe you, why did you go there?"

" i wanted to talk to him"

shaking his head, iruka couldnt fathom what the two would talk about, he knew mizuki wouldnt be friendly to anyone least of all the person mizuki thought was fucking him.

"we had a nice talk"

looking up the the man he frowned.

"what did you do"

"i didnt do anything"

realization dawned on him

"pakkun"

"he may have bitten him"

kakashi wasnt prepared for the chunin's reaction, instead of getting angrier like he had expected the man too, iruka burst out laughing.

"you let him bite mizuki?"

"he thinks for himself you know"

"yeah but he takes orders from you, so did you order him to bite mizuki?"

"no but i may have let slip that he wasnt nice to you and that was why you were so upset last night"

irukas eyes widened. kakashi had confided in his ninken about what had upset him and the dog had decided to get revenge for him.

"i cant belive you"

shaking his head, he let his head fall back against the chair.

"your not mad are you?"

"im furious"

kakashi winced, he had hoped that he could do something to pacify the chunin, to make things right between them before telling him what had happened today.

"if its any consolation, i've been banned from the facility without an escort and the hokage lectured me for an hour"

iruka snorted in his chair.

"do you feel better now having saved the damsel in distress"

irukas icy tone made kakashi frown, he didnt think of iruka as some woman needed her honor restored or being defended from the big bad villian. he knew iruka could take care of himself, he'd see that in training with him.

"i was sticking up for friend"

irukas eyes opened, he hadnt expected that. looking to kakashi, he saw how the man was genuinly concerned for him. now he just felt like an ass.

"thank you, but i wish you hadnt done that"

"mah pakkun didnt do much damage, bull would have, but i couldnt sneak him past security"

iruka snorted at the mans sense of humor.

"im guessing mizuki didnt take that too well"

"no not too well, might have been the combination of getting bit by a very pissed of ninken, and then being tackled by guards when they thought he was trying to attack me. overall i would say he had a very shitty day"

iruka smiled at him.

"i cant belive you did that"

kakashi shrugged at the chunin, he'd do it again in a heartbeat.

"there's also one more thing"

with iruka looking a little irritated at that news, he quickly moved on.

"the council has decided to move up your testing date"

"oh, when is it now?"

"two weeks"

iruka just blinked at him, he waited for some kind of reaction, but iruka just kept blinking.

"umm iruka?"

"two weeks, from today?"

"yes"

the chunin bowed his head, looking to his feet. he couldnt believe it. they hated him that much.

"i tried to volunteer to be one of your examiners, but the council knows you've been staying with me and wouldnt hear of it. they blacklisted my team from helping as well."

figures they wouldnt even give him an opportunity to know the people who would be kicking his ass.

"the hokage is letting us tag along though, we can watch everything we just cant interfere"

iruka looked up at that.

"so you'll still be there, i just wont see you"

"yes"

"thats better than nothing i suppose"

kakashi smiled, glad to hear that it made the man a little more relaxed about the situation.

"did you get any dirt on who i'd be facing?"

kakashi shook his head before stating that he had tried. iruka shrugged his shoulders and thanked him for trying to help.

"weve got two weeks to train you, its not much, but we'll do our best"

"yeah, i'll see if i cant take the time off from work, or maybe work nights instead of days until the test...that could work"

kakashi frowned at him.

"what?"

"you cant do both, you'll be exhausted by the time the test comes around, you cant go in on fumes or you'll never make it"

he had to give kakashi a point there. sighing he knew ibiki was not going to like this. as if sensing the problem kakashi asked if he was scared of ibiki's reaction to him wanting time off.

"we kinda had an arguement today-a pretty bad one. i really dont think hes going to open to me taking time off"

"what about?"

"he knew about the whole mizuki thing of course, he was less than pleased to find out i had gone to see him. he let me know in no uncertain terms that he'd make my life a living hell if i ever did something that stupid again"

kakashi frowned. ibiki sure had a way with people.

"dont worry about him. we can go talk to tsunade-sama and get her approval, go over his head as it were"

iruka smiled at the devilish plan to supercede ibiki's power.

"i'll just dread going back after the test is done"

"if you pass you might not have to go back"

"they'd still need my help with the scrolls kakashi, i wouldnt just abandon that, it could put the whole village at risk"

"true, but you might be able to work directly under the hokage instead of ibiki"

"that would be nice, i'd rather deal with her temper and drunkeness than ibiki anyday"

kakashi smiled at the man, at least he knew his priorities. deciding to move onto happier things kakashi asked how the fruit translations were going.

"oh their fabulous, you should have seen the look on ibiki's face when i gave him the translation. he looked at me like i was on pain killers or had just suffered a head injury. it took me a while to convince the man that i wasnt messing around with him."

"im sure, any idea why wave is using a grocery list to hide their activities?"

iruka shrugged before going on to say that the two nin's kakashi's team brought in must have been high up enough in rank to cause a stir in wave and warrant the extra coding. kakashi thought about it a moment and asked if iruka could read out loud to him what one of the scrolls said.

"sure, though i dont think you'll find it very interesting"

"mah im thinking more on how they might be scrambling their words. i like a good puzzle"

iruka smiled before commenting that he'd make sure to get kakashi a copy of one of the translated scrolls for him to play around with while he was battling it out in the forest of death.

"i think i'll be more focused on whats going on with you then some scroll of fruit."

iruka blushed, but tried to cover it by coughing into his hand.

"yeah well, its propably going to be boring for you guys to watch me during the test too. i know it would drive me nuts to not be able to help someone when i was able too."

"it will be hard for us not to interfere, but we wouldnt want to see you failed because we meddled. i just hope we can get enough training in to prepare you for whoever is going to be hunting you"

iruka shrugged his shoulders, he knew that he more than likely wouldnt pass the exam, the council werent going to go easy on him. he didnt know if they were going to play dirty, but he wouldnt be surprised if they did. at least he would know that he wasnt entirely alone, even if he couldnt see, hear, or speak to them.

"you should get to bed, we have training in the morning and with the new deadline, were going to have to push you alot harder than the other day."

sighing he nodded his head and stood up, taking his cup of tea to the kitchen before coming back into the living room and bidding the copy nin goodnight.
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