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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 smield faintly, his eyes drooping under the strain of staying awake. he didnt want to sleep though, he didnt even know what day it was or what had been going on. as if sensing his hesitation to give into the drugs, kakashi reached out to take his hand and say.

"go back to sleep iruka"

"dont wanna"

the anbu around him snorted at his childish reply. kakashi squeezed his hand, getting him to focus on only him.

"you need to rest"

iruka pouted a little before asking.

"where's my sake"

kakashi smiled as his teammates erupted behind him.

"im pretty sure they'd kick me out for allowing a patient to drink while on painkillers. now go to sleep"

iruka didnt have the strength to fight anymore, he'd already been awake almost ten minutes and he could feel his body giving in to the call of the drugs. sighing into the oxygen mask he let his eyes slide shut and the darkness take him. once he was sure that iruka was indeed asleep he released the man's hand and found his spot by the window.

"he's just like you, refusing to do as told"

asuma smiled, kakashi nodded his head before saying.

"he's stubborn, propably what made him such a good teacher for those little hellions at the academy"

his teammates smiled before kurenai replied.

"dont let him hear you call his students that, i've seen him go off on other chunin"

kakashi shrugged before pointing at the sleeping man.

"dead to the world right now"

she smiled at her captain, he was known to be just as stubborn if not more so. she didnt bother to say it though. the group continued to watch over the jounin laying on the bed. the steady rise and fall of his breathing making them relax. hours passed before the door opened again, this time a nurse came in followed closely by ibiki. he nodded to them but didnt say anything as the nurse went about her duties. once she had changed the man's morphin drip she left quietly.

"so whats up?"

genma chirped. the interrogations officer smiled at him.

"we got the name"

the anbu waited for him to continue and continue he did.

"the hokage is as we speak having him arrested with some of our collegues. he doesnt stand a chance to run and he's no match for the anbu we sent along with the hokage. hell she's propably liable to throw the man around a little while she's there. wouldnt put it past her."

"who was it?"

kakashi asked, an edge to his tone. ibiki smiled before replying.

"now if i go and tell you his name he's not going to suddenly dissapear off the face of the earth only for recovery nin's to find his rotting and oddly destroyed corpse are they?"

kakashi frowned at ibiki, the glare transfering through his mask. ibiki smiled before continuing.

"its handled he wont be getting away with this."

"i want to know"

"im sure you do, but the fact remains that you cant. i cant have you interfering with an active investigation. so just sit tight and continue to watch over him."

kakashi was about to step forward to threaten ibiki when raidou questioned.

"and if he finds some way out of all of this?"

ibiki turned to face the man talking to him.

"if he somehow weaseles his way out of this, dont be surprised if the hokage looks the other way while i drop him off to an unknown location that you just happen to have the maps for."

raidou nodded, it was good enough for him. kakashi seemed to relax at that as well. ibiki changed the subject asking how the man was doing. it was kurenai who told him about everything that had been going on. once she was finished they waited to hear from the man. he just shook his head before turning to leave silently. they let him go without a word. the time progressed like many days before it, dragging on as they had nothing to do but watch over the sleeping man. eventually they resorted to extreme measures.

"alright last place you did it"

they groaned, genma always asked the sex questions. finally asuma spoke up.

" training ground 8"

genma tilted his head to the side before saying kinky. you got extra points if your answer was creative and unexpected. having sex where someone could find you got you a bonus point as far as genma was concerned. moving onto kakashi the man shrugged before saying.

"my apartment"

he wasnt sure if his team would classify what he and iruka had done as sex, but he was counting it. genma seemed disapointed in the answer but let the next person take a turn asking a question. kurenai jumped at the chance and asked.

" most embarresing injury"

her teammates just shook their heads, she was creative they would give her that. asuma went first.

"broke my foot trying to climb down from a girlfriends window to escape her shinobi father. needless to say he caught me and left me to hang by my broken foot which had gotten tangled in the lattice going up the wall."

kurenai leaned back against him and smiled. it hadnt been her father, but she could imagine him doing that. raidou spoke up next.

" lets see, oh i know dislocated my shoulder while trying to prove to my sensei that i could totally handle a stealth mission on my own. trying to not scream when the socket dislocated at the odd angle and then having him knowingly push down on my shoulder made me scream, never been more embarressed in front of my sensei"

genma just snorted at him before saying.

"managed to slip on some mossy rocks, crack my skull open and need rescueing by another shinobi while buck ass naked"

they laughed before raidou commented.

"how do you always end up naked in your stories?"

the senbon user shrugged before pointing to kakashi to continue.

"hmm ah, it was just before naruto was born and the nine tails attack. sensei was making me help with the nursery and came back to find me hanging sharp impliments from the ceiling as a mobile. took forever for him to stop laughing at me and explain that it wasnt a good idea to leave a baby alone with kunai"

"that wasnt a wound"

genma pointed out.

"trust me, my pride was quite hurt"

kurenai chuckled and let it pass. next it was asuma's turn to ask the question.

"fondest memory"

they all paused for a moment, good memories were hard to come by in the shinobi world. they were preciousis and heavily guarded. raidou spoke up.

"getting to see genma beat the shit out of that asshat of a proctor"

they laughed knowing it wasnt raidou's true precious memory, but it was a good choice all the same. genma piped up shortly after.

"i pick that one as well."

asuma frowned at them before telling genma he had to pick something else. the man complained before finally speaking.

"alright how about the day i finally convinced raidou here to go out on a date with me"

they all snorted at that, they knew raidou had been the one to ask him not the other way around. asuma shook his head but let it pass. kurenai was up next.

"getting to see my kids work together for the first time as a real team"

that was a good one and they handed it to her for giving it up. kakashi had been thinking long and hard about it, he had a lot of dark memories, but good ones were rare. finally deciding on one he spoke.

"watching iruka bash that examiners brain in when he impersonated me."

they nodded, they had all feared in that instant that the confused man would fall for the trap. seeing him swiftly retaliate had nearly made them cry out in joy. kakashi got to choose the next question.

"name one thing you wish you could change"

"it could be anything?"

kakashi nodded, he wasnt going to give them parameters, he wanted to see what they came up with.

"my skills assesment in the anbu exam"

they all knew that kurenai wished she hadnt been selected just for her ability to control genjitsu the way she did. she hated having to see what others were feeling and to use it against them. but the fact remained that they all had a part to play on the team and hers happened to be genjitsu.

"raidou's accident"

they never spoke of how the man had gotten his scars, it was too painful for any of them to know how close they had been to losing him. raidou wrapped his arms around genma and pulled him back against his chest.

"my score against shikamaru in go"

they laughed, they knew how much he was practicing trying desperatly to outmanuever his student in the game. raidou was about to give his answer when iruka's tired voice said.

"what the hell are you guys doing?"

they turned their attention to the groggy man and smiled at him.

"were playing a game"

genma chirped happily, watching as iruka had to blink several times to clear his vision.

"a game?"

"yeah, we pose different questions or scenario's to each other and find out how we would each answer. kakashi got to choose the last question he wanted to know what we would change if we could alter one thing."

iruka paused for a minute before smiling a little beneath the oxygen mask.

"i'd kick sensei in the balls when i had the chance too"

the anbu laughed, before genma asked how he had managed to have the opportunity to almost do that.

"we were training, caught him off guard and had the option of doing that or going for his chest. managed to break two ribs."

they smiled as iruka had to stop talking, instead focusing on bringing more air into his tired body. once he had calmed raidou gave his answer.

"mines not as good as that, i'd change when i first joined anbu"

they all knew that of them all kakashi and raidou had the longest careers. raidou only wished to have started when genma did so that he could have met him sooner.

"such a romantic"

genma called before wrapping his arms around raidous that were around his waist. iruka smiled, he was only mildly aware of everything going on around him, it took way too much energy to focus on what they were saying, but he refused to go back to sleep just yet. so instead he lay quietly on the bed just watching them interact with one another. kakashi had been about to speak to iruka when the door opened revealing a nurse, she smiled at them all and greeted iruka when she saw he was awake. she was about to hang another packet of morphine when iruka protested.

"i dont need that"

"ignore him"

kakashi stated, the nurse just smiled before continueing what she was doing.

"im serious, i dont want to be drugged up anymore"

the nurse turned to look at him, he was already losing the battle to stay conciousis.

"if you could tell me that while being fully aware i might grant your wish, but seeing as your about to go lights out, it stays. it will help you sleep and make sure you dont feel any of the wounds you have"

"but i dont have any-"

the nurse scowled at him before crossing her arms over her chest.

"your whole body is going to be hurting for a while because of the poison and the antidote. trust me when i say your going to want this"

iruka was once again about to argue, when kakashi thanked the nurse before he could get a word in edge wise. she nodded and took her leave. once she was gone iruka frowned at him.

"i wasnt done talking to her"

"yes you were"

iruka's frown deepened at the anbu. but before he could get into an arguement with the man, kurenai stepped forward and asked how he was feeling. he knew what they were doing, trying to distract him from being irate at kakashi, but he answered her all the same.

"like im on drugs, im tired, but i dont want to sleep anymore"

she smiled to him before responding.

"if your tired its propably because your body needs the rest, its only been a couple of days, give yourself some time to recoup."

iruka was about to try and say something when kakashi leaned over him so only he could hear him.

"you get some rest and i might be able to convince them to let you have some real food instead of vitamins and protein sludge"

iruka turned his head to the side so their faces touched. he sighed but did as told. relaxing into the bed he let his eyes slide shut, before the anbu could ask what kakashi had said to make iruka compliant, the man spoke out one last time.

"fine, but you better bring me ramen"

kakashi smiled, he knew that although the vitamin and sludge mix they had going into the jounin would keep him alive, it didnt do anything for ones hunger. his team caught on and shook their heads at iruka's request. it was kurenai who stated quite seriously.

"you better get approval before you do that, last thing we need is him getting sick."

"mah, i was going too, i need to go speak to the hokage anyways, figured i could bring something back for him when i returned."

that was news to them, what did kakashi need to speak to the hokage about? before they could ask, the man in question poofed out of existance leaving them alone with a sleeping iruka.

"so that was weird right?"

the others nodded to genma. he was glad it wasnt just him who had noticed.

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kakashi didnt bother to knock, he just walked right in passed the anbu guard who tried to stop him. the hokage waved the man off and soon it was just the two of them.

"problem?"

"oh no, things are going good, he's been fighting to stay awake though. getting him to actually sleep is going to be interesting once they ween him off of the morphine."

she smiled, she of course could have fired back about how kakashi was much the same when he was in the hospital, but instead chose to move the conversation forward.

"what do i owe the visit for then"

"well first off, i'd love to have the opportunity to help ibiki with the man responsible for all of this, but besides that i wanted to know when you think iruka is going to be strong enough to come back to my place. oh and can he have ramen?"

she blinked at him for a minute before shaking her head.

"ok one thing at a time. no you may not help ibiki with the interrogations, you and your team have your job for right now. two i think by the end of the week providing he continues to improve. and finally why the hell are you asking if he can have ramen?"

"he wouldnt fall asleep so i told him if he did that i might be able to convince the staff to let him have some real food. i just wanted to ask though before promising anything."

she smiled, kakashi was in deep, that was for sure.

"he can have the ramen, but only the broth. no noodles or vegetables. i want to start him off slow in case his stomache isnt inclined to be ready for such a shock after having been encased in chakra and empty for so long"

kakashi nodded before turning to leave. he paused though before turning back around.

"yes?"

"we dont mind guarding him, im sure you know how much me and my team care for him, but it would be nice for us to not have to wear our anbu masks 24/7."

"i'll give the staff a list of jounin who are allowed to stay, that should solve any problems you might have."

he nodded and thanked her before leaving in a flash. he had a promise to fulfill.

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it had almost been two hours since kakashi left and they were beginning to wonder where he was at, when he suddenly appeared in a puff of smoke, a small bag in hand and not in his anbu gear.

"umm kakashi i think you forgot something"

looking down to the bag he looked back up to asuma and shook his head.

"your gear?"

it dawned on him, smiling he shook his head again before replying.

"got the hokages clearence, we can ditch the gear and just stay as regular concerned citazens who are friends of the patient. she sent over our names to allow us access to him 24/7 so you can go change and come back"

the team sighed, they were going to finally be able to not only talk to the man in person, but without the cumbersome masks that hid everything about them. the team nodded and dissapeared. leaving kakashi alone with iruka. smiling he walked over to the bed and brought the side table around to come infront of iruka as he lay in bed. he gently took the man's hand and gave it a squeeze, he was hoping it would be enough to get the man to wake. it took a couple tries but iruka finally opened his eyes. he smiled when he could actually see kakashi and not the wolf mask he'd been forced to interact with since waking.

"your back"

kakashi chuckled before nodding and holding up the paper sack. iruka moved his gaze to the object and smiled.

"that my ramen?"

"yes, but the hokage said you could only have the broth right now, so sorry there's no noodles or vegetables."

"thats ok, i doubt i'll be able to eat much anyways"

kakashi nodded and pulled the styrofoam container out of the bag before fishing out the spoon, he was taking off the lid, when he saw iruka reach up unsteadily to try and move the oxygen mask away. he reached over to help and wasnt surprised when the mans arm dropped back down to the bed shaking.

"damn thats exhausting."

"your gonna be a little under the weather for a while. thats ok though, you have me"

pulling the mask over iruka's head he set it beside the man. reaching back to the spoon he brought some broth up to iruka's mouth and spoon fed the man. iruka sighed.

"this is embaressing"

"mah, i've had the same thing done to me, and i didnt have someone as good looking"

iruka laughed before taking another spoonfull of broth.

"how's it taste?"

"like heaven"

kakashi smiled and they continued this process for a couple minutes until iruka told him he was full. kakashi put the rest of the broth away and said he'd make sure to take it home so it wouldnt go bad. they were relaxing in comfortable silence, when the door opened and genma and raidou walked in.

"hey your awake"

iruka smiled as that didnt take as much effort as nodding would have.

"did you get your ramen?"

"got broth, but its still better than the sludge their giving me"

the two jounin laughed, they knew all about the sludge, anyone who was a shinobi knew about it. iruka finally spoke again, though they could tell he was getting tired.

"can you stay like this?"

genma nodded to the man.

"kakashi got permission from the hokage, the med nin's know to leave us be"

"good"

he sighed, his eyes starting to droop. they opened again when the door opened revealing asuma and kurenai who was carrying a basket. iruka smiled to her before saying.

"i better get some when i can have solids again"

she nodded.

"of course, i'll even deliver to kakashi's place"

iruka smiled and watched as the team dived into their meals. the conversation was limited as they ate and it seemed to do the trick because when they glanced back to iruka he was asleep again.

"he's staying awake longer"

genma said hopefully. kakashi snorted before replying.

"i think he might be using that jutsu to counteract the morphine, he was wincing earlier and thought i didnt notice."

genma sighed looking back to iruka. he couldnt blame the man for not wanting to be drugged to the hilt, but you had to know when to choose your battles.

"we could always ask for a hyuuga to block his chakra"

"that would do more harm than good"

the group thought about it for a while before raidou asked.

"what about a tag, its not like he has the strength to even try and remove it, it would leave his base chakra alone, but not allow him to cast anything."

they nodded that could work. kurenai helped genma make the tag and then they had a whole nother arguement on where to place it on iruka. ultimatly it was decided to use a leg since the med nin's werent moving him around yet. once they had put the tag in place they felt iruka's chakra be cut off.

"bet he sleeps all the way through the night"

no one took the bet, it was a sure thing. it was a couple hours later when the nightly nurse came in and found them that she was confused.

"umm the anbu?"

"had a mission, were replacing them"

she nodded and went about her buissness, detaching the oxygen mask.

"so long as he doesnt have any trouble breathing we can leave it off. but i'll attach a cranula just in case he needs it."

"thank you"

the nurse nodded before scurrying out of the room. they werent surprised when iruka didnt wake until morning. his eyes still closed iruka mummbled out.

"you suck"

smiled spread across their faces, so kakashi had been right. said jounin replied hotly.

"your supposed to be resting, not using that little trick to avoid medication"

iruka didnt have the energy to do much so he stuck out his tongue which got him quite a few laughs. opening his eyes iruka looked at them all before asking.

"where is it?"

"mah were not about to tell you that"

he scowled at raidou before sighing, they had caught him in the act and now there was no way for him to avoid the drugs they were introducing into his system.

"dont suppose i could pay one of you to take the iv out"

they snorted at him. he hadnt thought it would work but it had been worth a try. it was genma who asked.

"how much are they giving you if you thought that was actually an option"

again iruka stuck out his tongue. genma barked out a laugh before stating.

"you know most people like being on morphine"

"most people are crazy"

"true"

looking at the ceiling as he was prone to doing, he took a minute to collect his thoughts, which were getting fuzzier as time went on. damn the drugs.

"is there anything you'd like to eat"

"no, not really"

kurenai nodded, they werent surprised to find that his appetite was waning, with the drugs now in full effect again he wasnt liable to want to eat.

this pattern continued for a couple more days, iruka would wake every couple hours talking for about ten to fifteen minutes and then crash again. the jounin talked amongst themselves now that they didnt have to be careful to make sure someone overheard their names.

it was thursday night when the hokage paid them another visit. smiling to them as she approached iruka who was out cold.

"i take it he's no longer fighting the drugs?"

they hadnt bothered to fill her in yet about iruka's little stunt since they had found a way around it. kakashi stepped over to move the blanket off of the man's leg revealing the paper tag. the hokage shook her head. channeling her chakra she gently pressed down on his stomace to make sure everything was going alright. iruka woke a couple seconds later.

"hokage-sama"

she smiled at him before saying.

"i hear your attempts at trickery were foiled by my anbu"

he pouted a minute before getting enough stength to nod.

"your lucky i wasnt present when that little tid bit came to light, i would have knocked you upside the head and then you'd be staying here longer"

"sorry"

she nodded pulling away she clapped her hands together and asked in a cheerful voice.

"how would you feel about going home tomorrow"

iruka brightened immidietly.

"really!"

the hokage nodded.

"there's no reason to keep you here so long as you promise to rest and take the medications im sending home with you."

"he will"

kakashi promised. iruka was just beaming at the hokage, he could finally get out of this place.

"good, your still on liquids for a few more days, you can have yogurt and other soft solids so long as you eat slowly. i'll send for someone to get your file all ready so that all you'll need is them to remove the iv tomorrow and sign the last paperwork releasing you into kakashi's care"

"thank you hokage-sama"

she nodded and left them to their nightly routine. iruka sighed relaxing into the bed.

"i finally get out of here"

the others chuckled, they'd known just how bad he'd wanted out after the last three days had comprised of him offering to pay them for helping with the escape.

"you still have to listen to the hokage's orders though, you need to take whatever they prescribe to you"

kurenai told him seriously. iruka nodded, he was growing tired already, but was estatic to know he wouldnt be hooked up to the damn iv for much longer. he slept like a baby that night, both the morphine and the fact that he would be allowed to leave tomorrow helping him to rest.
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