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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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it was on the forth day that during the hokages normal visit she frowned. the anbu tensed, they could sense iruka's chakra levels and although they were dwindling they werent too low yet.

"hokage-sama?"

"the barrier to his kidneys is gone, the one around his lungs is failing"

the anbu just stared at her, they didnt know how to react to that.

"but his chakra-"

"i know, he still has enough to use, i just cant figure out why he's not using it."

sighing she put the ultra sound machine away for the day and told them to continue watching over the man and to keep talking to him reguardless of how the ultra sound machines results looked. they nodded their heads and did as they were told. raidou was in the middle of the story on how he met genma, much to his teammates amusement, even kakashi was smiling. genma was mortified though, he refused to look up from the floor.

"and then he just stood there, buck ass naked in front of a group of us, i dont know if he just didnt know what he should do or if he was enjoying the attention-"

"attention"

one word, crystal clear jolted them all, their eyes shot to the half mast eyes of iruka. they jumped up from their seats and rushed over to him.

"IRUKA!"

"hey"

he coughed a litte and winced as the movement caused his body to spasm. once he had relaxed again he smiled to them. the anbu had never been so happy in their lives.

"kurenai go get a doctor"

kakashi barked out the order before anyone else could speak, she ran as if she were guarding the hokage herself. iruka's eyes stayed only half open as they moved around the room falling on each of them. kakashi had ahold of irukas hand, squeezing gently but firmly. before he could say anything kurenai was back, dragging a doctor by his coat. upon seeing what had gotten him accosted by the anbu he straightened his coat and approached the chunin.

"well how are we today, decided to wake up now huh"

iruka watched him for a moment before saying.

"i feel like someone used me as a punching bag"

the doctor smiled before wheeling the ultra sound machine over, iruka reguarded it curiously but didnt ask what the man was doing until cold gel on his chest made him cringe.

"whats that for?"

"hmm, oh just checking your organs"

iruka just stared at the doctor, he had no clue what was going on, but already he was too damn tired to care. all he wanted to do was sleep. his eyes slipped shut of their own accord and he felt kakashi's hand tighten against his own forcing him to open his eyes tiredly to look at the man in question. the tenseness in the mans hand relaxed when his eyes opened. the doctor finished what he was doing before moving the cart out of the way and asking.

"iruka can you focus your chakra around your kidneys for me?"

looking to the doctor he asked in a rough voice why. the doctor smiled before explaining.

"your chakra has been protecting your organs from the poison, but yesterday we noticed that this protection began to wane, your kidneys, lungs, and spleen are unprotected right now and i wanted to see if you could activly re inforce that protection."

iruka frowned for a minute, trying to comprehend what the doctor was saying.

"please try iruka"

kakashi asked, looking to the wolf mask he nodded his head and focused his chakra to where the doctor wanted it. the man smiled, his hands glowing green as he used a more personal method of examining the patient before him. letting his chakra intermingle with irukas the doctor frowned.

"hmm, no thats not the same. alright iruka you can stop now. it doesnt seem to be working"

iruka nodded, glad that he didnt have to focus on anything anymore. he was exhausted, couldnt the doctor see that, cause he was sure he looked ten times worse than he felt.

"are his organs in danger"

kakashi asked the doctor, a hint of worry lacing his voice. the doctor took a moment to reanalyze iruka before answering the anbu infront of him.

"for one reason or another, it appears that the poison isnt attacking those organs, even though they're unprotected. i have no explination for it."

"i do"

iruka managed to speak out. they all turned their attention to him.

"you do?"

the doctor asked surprised.

"yeah, its a technique sensei taught me, i dont even have to think about it really to do it. it circulates your chakra around to protect your body from toxins and such. i started it when i first noticed the antidote wasnt working. i didnt think it was working though. it must have kept going even though i wasnt activly thinking about it."

"and the organs no longer being protected"

the doctor asked with concern.

"they're propably immune to the toxin now, thats what the technique does. circulates the toxin around your body until your body adapts to it while protecting everything vital."

the doctor smiled at iruka.

"you are full of surprises young man. i want to draw some blood just to make sure your kidney function isnt decreasing, but once thats done you are to rest."

iruka nodded his head as he watched the doctor stick a needle into the catheder in his arm. drawing out two tubes of blood before withdrawing the needle.

"alright, time for you to rest. no talking anymore alright"

iruka nodded, his eyes were already slipping closed. waiting a moment the doctor made sure his patient was actually asleep before turning to the anbu.

"i'll go run these tests, but if they come back how i think they will. your friend is on the road to recovery."

the anbu's smiles widened behiind their masks, unbeknowkst to the doctor who quickly excused himself. once they were alone in the room with iruka they removed their masks and grabbed each other, clinging to one another. iruka had made it, he had beaten the odds and although he still had a long way to go before he could even think of leaving the hospital, he had woken up. collecting themselves kurenai and asuma volunteered to inform the hokage and ibiki. kakashi smiled and thanked them. just like that they were gone, about to spread the word that the fiesty school teacher hadnt been beaten.

"i cant believe it"

genma smiled as he watched iruka sleep. raidou was shaking his head as well. they had gone from saying their goodbyes to listening to the chunin complain about how he felt. kakashi untangled his hand from iruka's letting the man get some much needed rest. smiling to his teammates he muttered.

"now the fun part begins"

they raised their brows at their captain.

"keeping him in the hospital and hooked up to the iv"

the anbu smiled before raidou commented.

"he's been around you too long if he's going to try and escape the hospital before its time"

"mah, he doesnt like iv's nothing i can do about that, but i might be able to pursuade him to keep it in. i have something he wants"

the two anbu glanced to one another before asking what it was.

"before the exam he asked to see my face once he was done with it. i think its fair for me to use it to my advantage right now."

genma snorted, figures kakashi would use their deal with one another to keep the man compliant in bed. he knew how curious iruka was, the man would do anything to sate his curiousity.

"you sir are an evil genius"

kakashi nodded his head before saying thank you. asuma and kurenai returned a couple minutes apart from one another. smiles lighting their faces when they saw iruka sleeping.

"well how'd it go"

genma asked impatiently.

"ibiki is thrilled, he said he cant wait to hold it over the jackass's heads that their little plan hadnt worked."

they smiled, figures that ibiki would find a silver lining in there somewhere to be able to inflict more pain on the bastards that had caused this mess.

"the hokage is quite pleased, i told her what iruka had said and she just started laughing, apparently she had forgotten about orochimaru's technique for poisons and was rather impressed that iruka knew how to do it. she said she'll come by later to look him over"

and just like that they fell back into a comfortable silence. watching iruka sleep, he was still running a high fever, but at least his breathing had calmed considerably. they turned as a solid force as the door came open, they relaxed when they saw the doctor who had treated iruka earlier coming in.

"good news, kidneys checked out great. seems his little technique is working just fine. just wanted to let you all know that you could leave whenever you wanted, he's out of considerable danger now and is going to spend the majority of the next week or so asleep."

"we stay"

was all kakashi said, the doctor shrugged at him before commenting.

"so long as you dont aggravate my patient or disturb his rest, you can do the friggin can can in here for all i care."

genma snorted at that, the doctor smiled at him before continueing.

"he's going to tire easy, just simply things like moving an arm or keeping his eyes open too long and he's going to crash. poison is a nasty thing that way. even with his techique he's looking at a substancial recovery time."

the anbu nodded, completeley understanding the position iruka was now in. however unlike the doctor they knew he had a place to return too when he was released from the hospital and a certain silver haired anbu to watch over him as he recovered. the doctor excused himself shortly after that. leaving the anbu to their own devices.

it was hours later when the hokage herself made an appearence, coming swiftly through the door like she owned the place. she paid them no mind and instead focused on iruka. her hands glowing green as she gently pressed against his chest to see the progress that had been made. she was almost done when a tired voice said.

"that feels funny"

she smiled at the half mast eyes of iruka but continued to do her job. once she was sure that all was well she pulled her own chakra back and stated.

"you realize you just cheated death right"

"doesnt feel like it"

she smiled before shaking her head, putting her hands on her hips like she was prone to do before continueing.

"well whether it feels like it or not you have. the poison they used is normally used for assasinations, im sure you can guess why-"

"not at the moment no"

snorting she continued.

"its hard to treat, namely you need to get the antidote within an hour to be able to fend it off and even then it has a high mortality rate. your little trick managed to keep all your vital organs from dying under the strain of the poison, without it we wouldnt be having this little chat."

iruka nodded his head though it seemed to be more effort for the chunin than was worth it because a moment later his eyes were slipping shut. turning to her anbu she moved the conversation to them.

"ibiki got the proctor to fold like a house of cards, it shouldnt be much longer before we get the name of who orchistrated this whole debacle"

the anbu smiled behind their masks. they knew ibiki was good at what he did and for once they were glad that his powers of persuassion were being put to good use.

"im not going to bother lying to you all, there could still be a threat to his life, whoever did this wanted iruka gone for one reason or another. however since he seems to be rather important to you all i highly doubt any threat would make it five steps into this room. im leaving it up to your descretion to hash out who watches him when, but he's not to be left alone until this is all taken care of."

turning back to the chunin she glanced to kakashi before stating.

"you also might want to let him know when hes awake next that he's a jounin"

kakashi nodded his head. just like that the hokage swept back out of the room as if she had never been there. sighing kurenai approached iruka's bed and much like any mother pulled his blankets higher around him.

"how much do you know about that poison genma?"

the man scratched at his hand plate before answering.

"not much, no one's fought it this long and lived to tell you the truth. normally you either beat it early or you die. i cant say for certain what the long term effects will be though"

she nodded before moving a strand of hair out of iruka's face. moving back to asuma's side, grasping his hand in her own.

"somehow though i dont think iruka's going to be bothered by the side effects, after all it keeps him away from ibiki for a little longer."

his teammates snorted at that before kakashi spoke up.

"i think he'd rather deal with ibiki than be like this"

"mah he's sleeping, he doesnt have a care in the world right now"

kakashi smirked, his teammate had a point about that. iruka was oblivious to everything around him right now. it was both a good thing and a bad thing. good because it got him the rest he needed and bad because it left him open to attack. not that his team was about to leave him for a second, but it still warranted some concern.

day and night drifted together, the group taking turns to relieve themselves for showers and food, a little sleep here and there before returning to take over for their teammates. throughout it all though kakashi stayed. he trusted his teammates with his life, but he wasnt going to leave iruka alone, not until they'd had a chance to talk.

it was late in the afternoon when all of the anbu were eating some bento kurenai made for them, when iruka woke up again. he groaned which caught their attention immidietly.

"iruka you ok?"

raidou asked as he approached the bed. the man scrunched his brow before opening his eyes to stare back at the larger man.

"sorry"

"dont be sorry, i think you've earned cursing like a wave nin for a while"

iruka smiled at that before muttering.

"dont know how to curse like that"

the anbu laughed before asking again if he was ok.

"im alive so i really cant complain, everything hurts though"

kurenai frowned before speaking.

"your on morphine iruka, you shouldnt be feeling anything"

the man's eyes were already beginning to droop again as he told them.

"jutsu works on more than just poison. cant sepperate the two"

iruka closed his eyes as he finished talking, the anbu sighed. it was a double edged sword than, it was saving him from the poison, but also getting rid of the pain medication meant to keep him comfortable.

"how much longer do you think he needs to flush out the rest of the poison?"

asuma asked, genma was about to retort that he had no friggin clue when a tired voice replied for him.

"another day i think"

iruka kept his eyes closed, but was apparently still with them. smiling asuma responded to the tired nin.

"go back to sleep iruka"

the ninja didnt say anything and for a while they stayed quiet to hopefully help him fall back to sleep. it was genma who spoke up next.

"makes you wonder what else he knows"

his teammates nodded, iruka had a lot of knowledge because of his time with orochimaru and for once they were greatful for it. the snake sanin may have abused the man for years, but he'd also managed to train him enough to keep himself alive. it was raidou who asked kakashi.

"so when are you going to show him your face?"

kakashi shrugged his shoulders at first before replying stoicly.

"i'll propably wait until he can stay awake for more than five minutes at a time and has a better chance of remembering that i showed him"

his teammates chuckled, theyd all seen his face one time or another, it came with the territory of saving each others asses all the time.

"can we watch his reaction?"

genma asked eagerly. kakashi snorted before replying.

"no"

the senbon sucking nin pouted against his lover much to raidous and the teams amusement. raidou rubbed genmas shoulders in an attempt to make him feel better, it seemed to work because soon he was practically holding the other man up. kakashi noticed and suggested.

"you should go home for a bit"

raidou nodded and prodded the half asleep man into moving with him out of the room. once they were gone kurenai asked if kakashi would need anything that they could get for him.

"no im fine."

she nodded her head and replied that they would return in a couple hours themselves. kakashi waved them off and only halfheartidly watched them leave. finally he was able to take a deeper breath and relax into his chair. iruka was alive. he spoke it like a mantra in his head. over and over again. he continued this until he was able to calm himself enough to go back to watching the sleeping figure on the bed.

hours passed with nothing much happening, it was silent in the room and other than watching iruka and peering out the window to watch the progress of the village he had nothing exciting to do. sighing he turned back around to watch iruka a moment longer before finding a new way to entertain himself.

genma and raidou bumped into kurenai and asuma on their way back to the room. having a chance to talk they were glad to have the opportunity.

"that was too close"

genma stated, the others nodded, they all knew about each others pasts, knowing about kakashi's fear of losing more people like he had his original team they couldnt help but asuade their fears that iruka was going to get better. maybe slowly, but he was getting better. it wasnt until they entered the room that they realized the change in the feeling of the room. the tense atmosphere had reduced quite a bit and instead it was being replaced by calm. fully entering the room they smiled as they saw kakashi reading from his porn novel. things were getting back to normal it seemed.

"ohayo"

kurenai called, kakashi waved without tearing his eye off the page he was reading. his teammates smiled, things were really getting back to normal.

"have a good rest?"

he asked, finally putting his book down. they all nodded before asuma decided to try his luck.

"you realize we can watch him while you go clean yourself up. im sure iruka would rather you not smell and actually get some sleep"

kakashi frowned behind his mask, he knew it was only a matter of time before they ganged up on him again, he had just hoped it would be further down the road.

"i am fully aware of your capabilities asuma"

"then go rest"

kurenai pleaded. sighing kakashi glanced to iruka, he didnt want to leave him.

"he's not going anywhere, hell he propably wont even wake up while your gone."

nodding his head he reluctantly stood up and let them know his plan.

"alright i'll go grab a shower and try to rest, but if i cant im coming right back here"

they nodded eagerly it was more than what they had hoped for. shaking his head and muttering under his breath about annoying teammates he left them to care for iruka. once he was gone they had a mini celebration. they had been prepared to have to threaten to see the hokage on his behalf, but it hadnt come to that.

"ten dollars says he crashes like a rock"

genma called out gleefully. raidou was shaking his head at his lover. kurenai elbowed asuma harshly when he called out.

"your on, bet hes back within the hour"

"honestly you two"

kurenai pursed her lips in dissaproval. they ignored her and began to watch the clock. four hours passed before kakashi came back. he had done as promised, he'd taken a shower and gotten some sleep. it was fitful, but sleep none the less. he was confused for a second when asuma cursed at him while handing some money over to genma. sighing he asked.

"alright what was the bet"

"that you'd crash like a rock"

nodding his head he retook his seat before asking if iruka had woken while he was gone, raidou replied.

"been sleeping like a baby, hasnt moved an inch"

smiling kakashi watched the sleeping figure for a while before pulling out his book to continue reading. it was early morning when iruka woke up again, groaning as before to signal he did not like what he was feeling. kurenai stepped forward and took his hand.

"just relax iruka"

the man opened his eyes and blinked a couple times before asking.

"can you get a nurse?"

the team was on high alert the second those words were uttered. kakashi stepping forward to ask.

"why, whats wrong?"

smiling at the suddenly tense anbu iruka replied softly.

"i think the poison's gone, but i'd like them to check before i let my guard down"

relaxing asuma nodded and went to find someone who could look over the man. he wasnt gone more than five minutes before the doctor came in with asuma in tow.

"i see were awake this morning, how do you feel"

"hawk gave me permission to curse like a wave nin if that tells you anything"

the doctor smiled before coming over to place his hands on the man's chest, glowing green the doctors hands moved over his body to check each of the organs still under guard by the jutsu. finding no barriers he nodded.

"well you appear to be in order, the barriers are gone"

reaching out to feel irukas forhead he nodded.

"and your fevers gone down. i would say that your doing quite well all things considered"

"so i can stop the jutsu"

the doctor nodded, iruka sighed as he willed his chakra to stop trying to find more poison in his blood to attack. almost instantly he started to feel the effects of the morphine. sighing he let his eyes slip closed. turning from the ninja who was falling back to sleep the doctor let them know.

"so long as his fever doesnt come back up, there's nothing else to do but let him rest and recover"

the anbu nodded and watched the doctor leave. once he was gone they started to converse with one another again.

"well with the jutsu gone, he should start to feel the morphine"

kurenai told them, her teammates were relieved to know that iruka wouldnt be uncomfortable anymore. they were quite surprised when iruka's tired voice piped in.

"thank god for morphine"

the anbu laughed as iruka's eyes came open again, this time a little hazy from the effects of the powerful painkiller.

"feels good huh?"

raidou asked.

"right now yes, yes it does"

the anbu chuckled at the newly made jounin. it was genma who piped in.

"so does this mean we can ask you embaressing questions and you'll answer us?"

the jounin frowned a minute like he was processing what genma had asked him, raidou was trying to wrangle his boyfriend in, but didnt have to it seemed because iruka called out.

"i think i remember someone saying you were buck ass naked"

genma blushed behind his mask, the anbu roaring at their teammates expense. genma muttered.

"go to sleep"
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