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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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they day of their departure, kakashi took a shower, dawned his gear and leaned over to kiss iruka before heading out the door. he met up with his team and they were off to perform their mission. leaving iruka to fend for himself for a few days.

iruka blinked a couple times when he realized who was standing infront of him at the doorway. his caregiver for the day was izumo of all people. sighing he motioned for the chunin to come in.

"this is hatake's place huh?"

the man looked around a bit which for some reason miffed iruka to no end. sighing he nodded his head before replying.

"yes its kakashi's place."

"why dont you have your own place already? almost all of the building have been renovated."

gritting his teeth to not yell at the nosy man he stated.

"i like it here, kakashi doesnt mind having me as a roommate so it works out for the both of us."

"seem's odd to me, two single guys just bunking together when their not on a mission"

iruka was praying for the day to end as the endless amounts of questions continued to poor out of izumo's mouth as he helped with various chores around the house. finally it was time for the chunin to go and iruka couldnt be more thrilled to have some alone time. it was as the nin was putting his sandals back on that he commented.

"you know some people are saying you are shacking up with hatake"

gritting his teeth for the hundreth time that day he smiled and said.

"people like to talk in a ninja village. look at all the things that come through the mission desk"

izumo nodded his head, it was true most of the juicy gossip started or ended in the mission room. having distracted the man he was able to get him out the door and shut and lock it before izumo could ask even one more question. sighing he leaned back in the wheelchair. gods that had been a horrible day.

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

they had already taken down the courier, though genma was complaining about a sore wrist from where the guy had fought back. they ignored him for the most part,mostly because they were used to genma and two because raidou had already examined it and found it to be fine.

"alright onto the dirty work, asuma your in charge of the scrolls until we get back to konoha so hang back with genma and be our backup when we enter the house"

the man nodded and made sure that the preciousis scrolls were tucked safely in one of his hidden pouches. they entered silently and efficiently, kurenai creating a lifelike illusion to trick the guards allowing them to walk right around them. once they had entered the first bedroom raidou slit the man's throat and they were moving onto the next. the same procedure was repeated, this time kakashi taking a knife to the man's jugular. moving to the last one they stilled instantly when they saw the man sitting upright, a small lamp in hand.

"i figured you'd come-i'll not go quietly"

the man yelled out and ninja began to pour into the room, cursing the three anbu fought against their assailants, watching as the third target darted out of the room while they were distracted. they overcame the number of guards and were darting around the house in search of the last man when they saw asuma sending a hand signal to them from down the hallway. running to meet him kakashi called out.

"what are you doing in here, you were supposed to stay put"

"we heard the noise, genma's trailing the last guy, come on we should catch up and get the hell out of here"

they nodded and although it took a little longer than they would have liked, they found genma, blood on his armor rounding a corner. raidou stepped up to make sure his lover was alright, but genma held up a hand.

"im fine, its not mine"

raidou relaxed, kakashi verified with genma that the third target had been silenced and they were darting back into the forest surrounding the place. headed for home.

*********

it had been five days and in that time iruka had been driven nuts, he was sure that he could now be certafied as insane. after all he was the one who had managed to booby trap the door to make his guardians turn around and leave him the hell alone after day two. all that had resulted from that stunt was a visit from an anbu stating that the hokage was not amused and that if he got hurt because of his little stunt he would have to explain it to kakashi. he nodded to the anbu and the man was gone. aaaah blissful silence. his body had grown stronger over the last week, he no longer had to use the wheelchair at all. his legs still grew tired, but they didnt collapse on him so it was good proof that he was healing.

he was in the middle of going through some scrolls that kakashi had collected over the years, sorting them by importance before placing them back in slots in the bookcase inside the library when he heard the noise of footsteps. turning towards the door he smiled when he saw the wolf mask staring at him.

"your home!"

iruka nearly knocked kakashi over as he ran to tackle the man against the wall.

"your walking"

pulling away a little he nodded.

"yeah, my body's pretty much back to normal now."

kakashi smiled beneath his mask before realizing that iruka couldnt see what he was doing because of the offending object. reaching up he unlatched the mask before allowing it to drop to the ground. once it was off he wrapped his arms around iruka pushing the younger man up against his battle worn armor. iruka didnt seem to mind at all, his head laying over the armor in a similar fashion of when he was sleeping.

"i missed you"

"i missed you too, gods you should have seen who the hokage sent to watch over me, oh that reminds me i need to un-trap the front door"

"un-trap?"

iruka nodded pulling away to drag the anbu along with him, sure enough kakashi could see a couple different wires attached around the door handle.

"and what does that do?"

"a really nasty shock when someone tried to touch it"

kakashi smiled, wrapping his arms around iruka as the man finished pulling the last of the wires loose. once he was done he turned in kakashi's embrace and tugged on the black mask he was wearing before getting a real kiss from the man. it wasnt long before the kiss was getting more and more pationate, their tongues doing battle as they pulled one another closer to each other, their hands grasping at each others skulls to push their faces hard against one another for more access. kakashi pushed iruka up against the front door and used it as support for them as his hands started to wander the man infront of him. he could feel iruka tugging on his own clothing, the heavy armor inhibiting iruka from actually touching him. smiling into the kiss he broke them apart. iruka frowned.

"how do you get this damn thing off?"

kakashi laughed before stilling iruka's wandering hands. the jounin was no where near where the latches were actually hidden, pulling the fingers along the edge of the seam he showed iruka where the little hitch in the armor was. he helped the man unlatch the first one before letting iruka take it from there.

"i know its for your protection and everything, but damn is this stuff annoying"

"you have no idea"

kakashi replied as he pulled iruka's shirt over his head, momentarily stopping iruka from continueing to unlatch the armor plating. once he was bare chested he allowed iruka to do as he pleased. finally the last latch came loose and iruka was able to pull the armor plating away, splitting the seam and bringing both sides of the armor to land on the floor in a heavy thump. proud of himself he nodded before looking to the rest of the armor plates covering kakashi. he groaned.

"mah its not so bad, how about this, you work on your clothing and since im an expert on this stuff i'll get these medlesome pieces of armor off ne?"

iruka nodded, before grabbing kakashi's hand and dragging him down the hallway to the bedroom. leaving a trail of armor as kakashi used one hand to undo all the armor he could reach on himself without having to jump on one leg to follow the man infront of him. turning back around iruka raised a brow to see that kakashi's had managed to get some of the gear off while they had walked to down the hallway. snorting iruka started to undo his own pants, leaving kakashi to get the rest of his armor and clothing off in the mean time. once they were both in only their underwear they climbed into bed together, now free to touch one another they took the opportunity to carress each other, kissing gently as they explored one another's bodies. kakashi smiled and let out a little huff of a laugh when he found their positions suddenly reversed with iruka straddeling his hips.

"see i pay attention to what raidou shows me"

kakashi nodded his head, silently thinking about how he would have to thank the man for showing iruka that move. it was no secret between the two of them that they were both growing quite aroused with their display's of affection towards one another. the tenting in each other's underwear showing quite clearly to each other just how happy they were to see one another again. leaning down iruka kissed kakashi gently before pulling just a few inches away.

"im going to show you just how much i missed you while you were away"

curiousity piqueked he was about to ask who had taught iruka while they had been away, however that all changed when iruka slowly slide himself down kakashi's body until he was able to pull kakashi's boxers down with his teeth, allowing the man's hard erection to spring free from the confines of the dark cloth. kakashi put his arms behind his head, he was prepared to enjoy the show for as long as iruka was willing to put one on for him.

once the offending clothing was out of the way, iruka did something kakashi wasnt entirely prepared for. one minute iruka was stroking him gently and the next he found himself firmly surrounded by a warm wetness of iruka's mouth. iruka having taken his entire length into himself. kakashi couldnt hold back the cry of shock and pleasure as his member was sucked on. he tried not to buck his hips knowing that iruka wouldnt be prepared for that, but it was testing all of his limits not to do so. it felt just to damn good. he tried to bring fresh air to his body as he fought his instincts to thrust into the warmth surrounding him. he didnt know what iruka was planning to do, but he didnt want to scare him by his own reactions.

iruka took his time, he was new to this type of sexual exploits, sure he'd experienced it before with kakashi and he could idly remember mizuiki forcing him to do it to him a couple times, but this was different, he wouldnt allow his mind to go down that dark road, this was kakashi. he was careful in his ministrations, allowing enough room between his teeth and the sensitive organ as he sucked, drawing the hardness deeper into his throat. kakashi was obviously fighting the temptation to buck, iruka was silently grateful that the nin had that much control over himself. withdrawing some of the length from his mouth he focused on the tip of the organ, swirling his tongue around it while sucking. this got a distinct whine from kakashi that iruka hadnt been expecting, so far kakashi had been rather silent in all of their endevours. so to hear this type of keening was rather unusual. smiling around the organ, he dove down to retake the whole thing into his mouth and throat, kakashi couldnt hold back this time and let out a solid grunt as his hips thrust upwards, iruka adapted to the sudden movement, allowing his hands which were splayed on the mans thighs to caress the quivering muscles he found there. silently telling him to relax. it took a moment but kakashi sank back down into the soft bedding beneath them, once again allowing iruka to take control of the situation. though it didnt last long.

once he was sure that kakashi was again under control, he followed through with the rest of his plan he'd cooked up. sucking on the turgid organ he swirled his tongue around the underside and began to hum, the vibration had an instantaneous reaction. kakashi's hips bucked upwards, his hands clenched the sheets as kakashi groaned.

"iru-iruka aaaah, dont-im im gonna -"

iruka smiled, but refused to allow kakashi to stop him from his task at hand. he knew that he wasnt really sure of himself when it came to this forward behaiviour in bed, but he was willing to give anything a try so long as it was kakashi who was going to be there beside him. allowing kakashi to thrust his hips up again, he made one last solid effort to throw the man over the edge, he deepened the vibrations from his humming and slid a hand down the man's thighs to gently caress the very base of the mans organ, kakashi's grunt changed into the keening sound again. a couple more solid thrusts onto the organ and kakashi couldnt hold back any longer. with a keening shout he came. iruka did his best to swallow all that the man gave up, but he was rather inexperienced in this and found he couldnt quite keep up with the man's thrusting hips and jerking motions that moved the organ about. with a solid popping sound iruka released the still ejaculating organ, two more expressions of cum were released, while iruka laid his head on the man's stomache, he could feel the warmth on his chest, but paid it no mind. his attention was soley on kakashi.

the silver haired nin was panting, his muscles quivering in exersion from the long drawn out session. his eye's closed as his mouth was open just the slightest to allow him to bring in new air. iruka smiled, he was rather proud of himself for some reason, it might be because he had actually mananged to pull off his plan of pleasuring the man, or the fact that kakashi had allowed him too. either way he was content to just stare at the man he was laying on top of. it took a couple more minutes before kakashi came around, his breathing slowing down as his brain finally registered that his orgasm was over and that his blood could now circulate to other area's of his body. inhaling deeply his mind clicked on in a sudden snap. iruka. he wasnt sure how iruka was, opening both eyes, he blinked and looked down where he could feel the added wait of the man, sure enough the tan skinned man was just smiling at him. smiling back he couldnt hold back reaching down and pulling iruka up towards him more, iruka climbed the length of his body to come and stradle his hips once more and leaned down to kiss him. kakashi wrapped his arms around the jounin and delved deeply into the mans awaiting mouth. iruka groaned as he felt the man's affection for him, the hands on the back of his head that were delving into his hair, gently pulling him down to keep him against their owner. smiling they broke apart. iruka blushed a bit before saying.

"i might have missed your company-just a bit"

kakashi laughed, wrapping his arms around the nin's back he nodded.

"of course, just a bit"

iruka smiled down at him before finally bringing up the courage to ask something he wouldnt normally have the guts to ask.

"did you en-mph"

iruka didnt get to finish his sentance before, he was being kissed quite passionatly and rolled over, this time leaving kakakshi on top of the smaller man. kakashi held his chest off of the man with his weight resting on his elbows as he kissed iruka with ferver. with their positions reversed he intended to pay the man back for his display of affection. breaking apart iruka sighed, a smile gracing his face.

"im guessing everyone's ok?"

"no one got hurt"

"good"

nodding his head he leaned down for a peck of a kiss before pulling away again.

"so what did you do while i was away?"

"booby trapped your apartment to keep out unwanted guests, the hokage sent another anbu to let me know she wasnt amused and that if i got myself hurt i had to explain it to you"

kakakshi snorted before leaning down to let his face lie between the man's neck and shoulders. inhaling deeply the musky scent of iruka that he had missed while he was away on his mission. iruka's arms came to wrap around his back.

"do you get some time off now?"

"propably not, but i'll see about it"

he could feel iruka nod, they both understood the risks of their jobs, especially with kakashi being an anbu captain. but that didnt mean that they woudlnt take all the time they had to be with each other. pulling back kakashi kissed him slowly before asking.

"i didnt ask, but was that hard for you- i mean-uh"

iruka smiled at him before shaking his head.

"no, im fine. its different when im with you, there's no pain."

kakashi smiled and nodded, leaning down to kiss him again before saying.

" i cant promise there wont be pain in the future, but i'll be damned if i dont try and prevent it"

iruka laughed leaning up to kiss kakashi's nose.

"my valiant knight in horribly placed armor"

kakashi laughed before commenting.

"its not so bad, i'd like to see you try it on someday though."

iruka blushed before shaking his head.

"are you nuts, your like a foot taller than me, not to mention i have no clue how to actually clasp the damn things shut."

"mah it would just be the two of us, and i could help you if you get stumped. i bet you could figure it out though and i think it would be sexy"

iruka had a full on blush now and nuzzled his head into kakashi's neck before muttering.

"genma would say thats kinky and for once i think he's right"

he could feel the chuckle from the other man above him and took the time to relish in it. snuggled up to the man he was quickly finding himself falling in love with, iruka enjoyed the quiet moment together. it wasnt long before kakashi interuppted the silence.

" you know i have yet to show you how much i missed you..."

looking up into the missmatched eyes, iruka blushed before saying.

"arnet you hungry?"

kakashi smiled before trailing himself down the jounin's body.

" i mean it, those ration bars are oh OH"

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

" how did my socks end up over here?"

"i have good aim?"

"pft, you werent aiming for anything"

"true but i still have good aim"

iruka chuckled as he helped kakashi clean up all the errant clothing from before their little rondevue in bed. now that they were at least partially dressed in lounge pants, they were moving around the apartment to clean up the place before making some long overdue food. once they had managed to find all the errant pieces of clothing and armor in kakashi's case, they headed for the kitchen. only stopping long enough for kakashi to laugh as iruka disabled another trap on the balcony door.

"you and your traps"

"hey they sent izumo to look after me"

kakashi winced, he knew how disjointed iruka had felt with his fellow chunin, and now that he was their senior, he could only imagine.

"you could have always ordered him away?"

"i didnt tell him i was jounin now"

"why not?"

iruka shrugged before idly commenting.

" i think mostly because it hasnt sunk in yet, i still feel like me"

"are you supposed to feel different?"

"i dont know, i thought so-dont you feel different being anbu and all?"

kakashi thought about it a moment before shaking his head. iruka frowned.

"hmm well then i have no clue, other than maybe i instinctivly knew there would be way too many damn questions if i told him."

kakashi concedded to that point. he knew how nosy that particular chunin could be, he couldnt help but feel some simpothy for his...iruka?

"iruka?"

"hmm"

"what are we?"

turning around to face the anbu, he tilted his head at kakashi.

"what are we? what do you mean"

"i mean, what are we-to each other. are we dating?"

a smile blossomed onto iruka's face which made kakashi relax at having asked a subject that could have sent iruka running to the hills. instead the jounin in questions walked over and wrapped his arms around the silver haired man, kakashi did the same to him.

"you and me are us"

kakashi smiled.

"us, i like that."

iruka laid his head on kakashi's chest before saying.

"if you want to be something else, just let me know."

"i was just curious, i dont want to pressure you into anything"

"your not, i wouldnt be here if i didnt think i could handle it and that i wasnt safe. im safe with you and i can handle this"

kakashi laid his head down on top of iruka's.

"im glad"

the rest of the day went by rather smoothly, they made a feast to celibrate their reuninion and spent the majority of the day talking and lounging around the apartment. it wasnt until around five o clock that they were rather suddenly interuppted by a knock on the door. iruka snorted about leaving booby traps up. kakashi waved him off as he got up from his chair and reached the door. opening it found a typical courier for the hokage.

"ano, umino iruka?"

kakashi nodded.

"iruka its for you"

nodding to the courier he spun around and headed back to his own spot while iruka dealt with the man at the door. he could hear a little conversation before iruka thanked the man and the door was shut. coming back into the room, iruka held an envelope and a scroll.

"whats all that about?"

"i have no idea, lets find out ne"

opening the envelope found a typical message from the mission appointment office, a signature at the bottom of the hokage showing that it was official and that she had sanctioned the mission. looking to the blue scroll in his hand he sighed before saying.

"i have a mission apparently?"

kakashi put his book down, now more alert. he nodded to iruka and watched as the man undid the wax seal and began to read. he waited.

iruka broke the wax seal on the scroll and unraveled it to where the writing began stating the mission details.

   mission objective: retrieval, assasination

   mission opperatives: umino iruka, ginto karahsi, jui naero
   mission details: your team is to target a small outpost west of the cliffs of manes mountain peak. there you will find a small village where it is believed that a small group of missing nin are hiding out. they have taken a precious book of the fire daimyo daughter, she would like it returned undamaged. you are to erradicate all traces of these missing nin who have begun to take up residence in this small village inside the boundries of fire country.

   mission timeline: one week

iruka took a deep breath, his first mission as a jounin and he was doing an assasination of more than one person? the retrieval he could handle, but he was actually going to have to fight these missing nin and they werent allowed to get away.

by now kakashi was getting nervous and wondering what the hell the damn scroll said to make iruka freeze the way he was.

"iruka?"

jumping when he felt the hand on his wrist he came back to reality, smiling to kakashi he sighed and rerolled the scroll.

"i have my first mission"

kakashi nodded his head and waited for more information.

"i wont be going alone though, two men i've never met will be tagging along"

kakashi again nodded, but continued to wait, something wasnt right here he was sure of it.

"iruka-whats the mission?"

the jounin looked up to him before tilting his head.

"am i allowed to tell you about it? i i mean it doesnt say if its classified or not"

kakashi smiled at him and shook his head at iruka.

"if it was classified it would have a stamp on it"

"oh,ok. um we have to go to a small town and retrieve a book that was stolen by missing nin's its apparently very valuable as it belongs to the fire daimyo's daughter. we-the missing nin's are not allowed to escape"

kakashi listened intently to what iruka had to say, he understood. assasination.

"iruka-"

"its ok, i wont be alone, the other two are propably seasoned jounin by now and will take the lead, i can steal the book back easily enough"

he smiled with a little bit of confidence.kakashi smiled too.

"they wont see it coming"

iruka smiled and shook his head. kakashi wrapped his arms around iruka and held him.

"you dont have to do the assasination, you cant tell-"

"no, if it comes down to it i'll make sure the mission is a success."

he felt kakashi nod against his head and smiled. he was bound and determined not to fail this time, he'd bring both his teammates home alive and well, the book intact and leave the missing nin's dead. pulling away iruka spoke up.

"when i get back we need to go have drinks to celibrate"

kakashi smiled.

"im sure that can be arranged, i still owe you for your exam."

iruka nodded and poked kakashi in the chest.

"and dont you forget it"

kakashi held up his hands in surrender.

"i promise, i wont forget"

iruka chuckled and came forward to embrace kakashi again. wrapped up in each others arms it was kakashi who spoke the needed question.

"when do you leave and how long"

"a day, and a week"

kakashi sighed,it wasnt much time for their reunion, but time waits on no man. he should be relieved that they werent sending iruka's team out towards wave. he wouldnt have been able to handle that. this was a good starting mission it would let iruka know if he wanted to be on active mission duty or continue in interrigations. smiling to himself he nodded his head and said.

"what do you want to do tomorrow then, since its your last day before you get a taste of mission life again?"

iruka pondered for a second before asking.

"can i watch you guys train again?"

"you sure you want to waist your last day off for a week watching some old fogeys fight each other"

iruka chuckled mumbling 'your not old'

"yes i think i would"

"alright then, your wish is my command. i'll call em up and tell them the plan. they'll want to know about your mission anyhow."

the rest of the night they spend curled up on the couch together, kakashi with his arm around iruka's shoulders as they both enjoyed the closeness as they read from different books.

***********

coming through the barrier, iruka inhaled deeply, the smell of the grass, of the forest making him feel right at home. taking kakashi's now free hand, they walked over to the group who were smiling at them. sitting down kakashi nodded to iruka.

"i got a mission"

the group broke out in celibration making iruka laugh. finally once they had all calmed themselves down enough kurenai asked for details.

"im going with two others, havent met them yet. we have to go to a small village past the mountains, theres some missing nin's who stole a rare book, gotta steal the book and kill the nins before coming back"

the group were still smiling but even iruka knew they had doubts about the mission just as he and kakashi had had.

"its ok guys, i can do the stealing part easily enough, i just hope that the other two are better at the assasination side of things."

kurenai nodded a sorrowful smile on her face, asuma wrapped his arm around her and asked.

"when do you go?"

"tomorrow, so no beating on me today, i just came to watch."

asuma chuckled at the jounin and nodded.

"and my deal still stands, i will pay you to knock raidou on his ass"

raidou shook his head before stating.

"next time we train, your mine"

iruka snickered before saying

"kakashi will protect me"

raidou guffaued at that before kakashi nodded his head making raidou speechless.

"i owe him sake, until i pay up im kinda backed into a corner"

genma burst out laughing before taunting

"you own him right now"

kakashi frowned at his teammate, while iruka wrapped his arm around one of kakashi's.

"mah he knows not to push his luck, he does live with me and i know many ways to make him surrendour."

iruka sighed but nodded all the same, kurenai smiled at the two of them, things seemed to be working out for them. clapping her hands she drew out the jar with the name tags in it.

"alright lets draw"

once they had all drawn tags again, its was asuma's turn to draw doubles. having his extra tag they revealed them.

           kakashi vs genma

           asuma vs raidou

           kurenai vs genma

           asuma vs kakashi

once they were revealed iruka cheered at seeing the match ups. raidou was muttering about getting iruka back later on. while genma promised him something nice at home to make him feel better. that seemed to perk him up and iruka started shaking his head.

"alright who's going first?"

iruka called out in excitment. the others smiled, happy to see a more carefree side of the newly made jounin.

"we go in order of draw, kakashi, genma your up"

the two men nodded and made their way out into the field. while they were walking, genma asked.

"you wanna show off for iruka?"

the silver haired man snorted before saying.

"i can beat you without having to show off thank you very much"

"pft yeah right old man"

smiling to one another they turned to face one another and the battle began. senbon were soon decorating the ground in neat lines as he tried to target kakashi without falling under the man's eyes power. it was a tricky skill, but one that all of them had come to understand on some level. launching another round of senbon kept kakashi at bay while he prepared to do his dust cloud jutsu, blankening the area in a thick cloud of dark dust, nothing could be seen through it.

coughing iruka pulled his shirt over his mouth before saying.

"damn, how are you supposed to see anything"

"your not, thats the point"

raidou called out, looking to where he knew the man to be he couldnt see anything. sighing he waited with the others for the battle to either end, or the dust to clear. whichever came first.

a sudden gust of wind carried the dust away revealing what had taken place in the eery silence between the two battlers. genma was on the ground, kakashi was still standing, though he had a couple cuts from weapons having been thrown his way.

"you alright love"

raidou cried out acrossed the field. the man raised a thumbs up and raidou nodded. iruka watched as kakashi stalked over to genma and peered down at him before the two talked a moment before kakashi held out a hand to help the man up. once that was done and they were both on equal footing they headed back towards the meeting place. genma plopped down next to raidou and rotated his shoulder as if it had been hit hard. looking to kakashi who was taking his seat he had to ask.

"ok we missed something didnt we?"

genma nodded before saying.

"i thought i put up the dust up in time, but he was faster. caught me good in the side and shoulder, i was able to drive him back though before i fell."

iruka smiled at the energentic nin and turned to kakashi who was wiping a trail of blood away from the top of his hand. iruka took his hand and squeezed.

" well even though we couldnt see it, seems like a good match"

the others chuckled at iruka, while asuma and raidou got up to start their own match. turning to watch, iruka turned swiftly back around when someone touched his hand. smiling at kurenai he waited to see what she wanted.

"pay close attention, you'll see how to get past both of their defences"

smiling he nodded and turned around just in time to see raidou use his own body as a battering ram and colide with asuma, forcing the man's arms up and away from slicing him with his blades and knocking him forcfully to the ground. iruka winced. that had to hurt. he'd been on the recieving end of raidous' kicks and punches, but never a full body slam like that. just as he though the match was over, asuma flipped himself back to his feet and nodded. and then they were at it again. turning to kakashi he asked.

"raidou ever do that to you?"

"once or twice, he knows better now, but when we first teamed up he got lucky a couple times."

"that had to hurt"

kakashi grinned and nodded before turning back towards the fight taking place. raidou was dodging the trench blades that asuma had fully charged with his chakra. the blue glow telling everyone to stay clear of them lest they wanted to have a deep gouge taken out of them. this time it was asuma's blow who landed, but right before the blue would have landed, asuma let the chakra go and use the base of the weapon to knock raidou back instead of the actual blade. raidou slid back a couple paces and rubbed his side, a small ache compared to a deadly wound that would have been. and just like that the match was settled, asuma won. the two didnt seem upset at each other for the traded blows though, they were laughing and smiling to each other the entire way back. waiting for them to return iruka asked.

"how'd you know to remove your chakra in time?"

"practice, we've had plenty of accidents on and off the field"

iruka nodded at the statement before smiling and turning to say.

"you didnt land on your ass, but it was still nice to see you actually be human instead of a brick wall"

raidou chuckled at him and nodded.

"im not a brick wall, i just know how to hold myself when attacking and defending, you'll figure it out"

iruka nodded before waiting for the next match to begin. genma groaned while getting to his feet while kurenai rubbed her hands together. iruka smiled and asked what that was about. kakashi filled him in as the two made their way out to the field.

"when genma first joined the group he said that genjitsu wasnt a real art and that anyone could do it, now he has to pay the price for his earlier statements. she is going to trounce his ass and he's never going to get to make a move on her. happens every time. he's yet to figure out how to get around her defences"

iruka whistled low and watched as indeed what kakashi said was true, as soon as the signal was given, genma got a step, and three senbon sailing towards her before kurenai was gone one instant and reapearing the next to genjitsu him. genma's body froze and kurenai was left smiling as she undoubtibly tortured him with something.

"whats she showing him?"

having been on the other side of her endevours, he wanted to know what genma was afraid of. raidou smiled before saying.

"could be his past sensei, his first girlfriend, who knows, either way she likes to make it fun"

iruka shook his head just as genma was released from the illusion, he was whinning to kurenai about how unfair it was, but she just kept laughing the entire way back to the group. once she rejoined them she took her place beside asuma and snorted as genma tried one last time to convince her.

"come on you have to admit, that was cruel and unusual torture."

"what did she show you?"

iruka asked somewhat eagerly. genma frowned at him before turning back to kurenai who was just smiling at him. huffing he leaned against raidou and bemoaned the cruelty of his own teammates. his teammates just shook their heads and continued on with the matches. the last match of the day was between asuma and kakashi. the two hadnt stood up to take their places when iruka asked what was going on.

"their calculating how likely it is that they will win against one another. its like a chess game with these two"

iruka nodded and waited patiently before kakashi nodded and asuma sighed.

"thats it?"

"no reason for them to get cut up when they already know the outcome, they'll train of course for the sake of training, but when its just for fun theres no reason for them to bother."

turning to kakashi he asked.

"who won?"

"me"

iruka smiled before shrugging his shoulders and asking what was gonna happen now. the group smiled before suggesting that they go out to eat before heading their sepperate ways. once they had gathered up all the strewn weapons and gear they headed back into town and made their way to a nice sushi place. sitting together they waited for the waitress to take their drink orders before talking.

"so are you nervous?"

genma asked. iruka nodded before explaining.

"its been a long time since i've been outside the walls here, let alone fighting missing nin's"

"you'll be fine, just remember that they arent going to let you go, you have to go in for the kill if thats what it takes to bring you home"

asuma told him with confidence. iruka smiled at the stronger man and asked if they had any other advice for him.

"whos the team leader?"

"didnt say"

"well make sure your all in agreeance on who is in charge before you leave the walls of konoha, you dont want to be in the middle of a battle argueing over whose right and whose wrong"

nodding his head iruka took a mental note to make sure he did that. kurenai put a hand on his arm before speaking.

"just come home in one piece and everything will be ok"

"thats my plan"

she smiled at him before glancing back to her menu, once they had ordered and their drinks had been brought to them, they continued their conversation.

"what rank is the mission did it say?"

"no, but it wasnt classified, just came in the regular blue scrolls we see all the time"

nodding his head raidou thought a moment before asking.

"and you've never met your teammates?"

shaking his head, iruka wasnt sure where this was going.

"you should try and find them after were through here to make sure that your all on the same page. you dont want any slip ups before you even leave the village"

"that would suck"

the others nodded their heads and started to eat as soon as their food arrived, iruka chewed thoughtfully, he wasnt sure if he should ask this or not, but decided why the hell not.

"umm quesiton"

"shoot"

"should i use my summons?"

kakashi had dreaded this, he wasnt sure if he should speak his peace on the subject right now or wait for iruka to get back from the mission. it was kurenai who broached the subject with quite a bit of grace.

"can you control them?"

"i believe so"

"if you cant say that you have 100% control over them, dont."

raidou suggested quite firmly. nodding his head iruka took another bite of food and thought some more about his summons, he trusted them, but in an unlikely way. he knew that they would backstab him if it suited them, but he also knew they had a sense of pride about them and he could appeal to that. moving on from that topic he decided to announce their plans for when he got back.

"were going to celibrate when i get back and go for sake"

"were in"

genma replied chipperly. the others laughed and nodded that they too were in for the celibration. iruka smiled, he never thought he would have this many friends, let alone these amazing people who were surrounding him. smiling around his bite of food he leaned against kakashi's shoulder and relaxed. this was nice, this feeling of closeness to other people.

"you be careful while you out there"

kurenai reinterated as they finished up their meal. iruka smiled to her and promised to be careful. as they left the restaraunt they were about to go their own ways when the red eyed woman hugged him. asuma was smiling at him from behind kurenai. iruka smiled at him until they broke away.

"i'll be back in a week, i'll see you guys then alright"

"for sake"

genma cheered, iruka nodded at the energentic man before heading down the road with kakashi.

" you can go back to the apartment while i find these guys. i wont be long"

"you sure?"

"yeah, all im gonna do is say hi and ask where they want to meet tomorrow morning"

nodding his head kakashi squeezed his hand once before letting go and dissapearing in a flash of smoke. leaving iruka standing alone in the middle of the empty street. sighing at the feeling of being alone for the first time in the last twenty four hours, he headed to the main mission office to see where he could track down his new teammates.

**********

kakashi was in the middle of an arguement, a very heated arguement, it was poor timing he knew, but it couldnt be helped.

"im telling you no, i dont care what you think, its not happening"

"your being unreasonable"

kakashi shook his head once again.

"im not risking it"

"its not your decision"

"i have a say"

"somewhat, but thats besides the point, you cant just say no to something like that, you have to think about it for a little while at least"

huffing out a breath kakashi refused to look him in the eye, instead he stared out the balcony door.

"kakashi"

"i know i know, still doesnt change the fact that i hate this situation"

"you knew it would happen eventually"

"eventually doesnt have to be tomorrow"

he heard the snort in his direction and sighed.

"you really think it wouldnt work"

"i know it wouldnt"

collapsing into his chair he sighed.

"i just wanted to help"

"i know"

"then what am i supposed to do"

"wait, thats all you can do, its only a week"

"thats going to feel like an eternity"

"your being dramatic, take some day missions to keep yourself busy"

nodding his head, kakashi let his head fall back against the chairs backing and stair at the cieling. he was about to say something when the door unlocked and he heard the sounds of iruka slipping off his sandals as he came in the door. turning to his guest he reinterated.

"not one word"

"understood"

iruka came into the room smiling and it broadened when he saw who was with kakashi.

"hello again pakkun"

"runt"

iruka smiled and laughed a little at the nickname given to him by the ninken. coming over to this own chair he asked what the two of them had been up too.

"not much, just talking, boss is gonna take some day missions while your gone so he doesnt go stir crazy waiting for your return."

"pakkun!"

iruka smiled before stating.

"im sure he'll be just fine without me for a couple days. its only a week after all."

"thats what i said"

smiling to the dog he looked up to kakashi and asked

"and what did you have to say on the matter?"

"nothing"

iruka raised a brow at that before stating. bullshit. sighing kakashi spoke up.

"ok im a little nervous about your first mission, i have full faith that you'll do it with no problems, i just want to make sure your prepared for what the mission is asking of you"

"im going to have to kill someone"

"yes"

iruka took a deep breath and nodded.

"im nervous about that too, but theres nothing i can do about it. i cant hide away and refuse to go on missions. i became a shinobi kakakshi certainly that means doing unpleasant things from time to time."

the silver haired nin nodded his head.

"i know, i just wish you didnt have to do so on your first mission out of the gate."

smiling iruka got up from his chair and came to kneel between kakashi's knees. wrapping himself around the man's chest.

"me too"

pakkun watched on in silence as the two embraced one another. he had no doubt that they had grown closer over the last little bit, but to actually see his boss show physical affection made him rethink kakashi's plan. to bad it wouldnt work though. curling up on the couch he left them to their own devices, he knew this was their last night together before iruka had to leave for his mission and wasnt about to intrude on that. in the end he didnt have to worry, all they ended up doing was snuggle in bed and read some. when it started getting later, kakashi practically demanded that iruka fall asleep. the jounin chuckled but went along with it.

"aye aye captain"

snorting he smiled when he felt iruka settle down beside him. stashing his book away he turned to face the man and cuddle a little more before falling to sleep.

"iruka"

"hmm"

"wake me up before you go"

"you'll wake up the moment i try and get out of bed"

"ok"

with that the pair fell asleep in each others arms. there were no nightmares, no bad dreams or errant thoughts to plague them. just them, together.

morning came too soon for iruka's taste, but he knew better than to dautle. smiling at the pleasant face of kakashi who was still presently asleep next to him.

"kashi"

"hmm"

"time to get up"

mismatched eyes opened, awake in an instant upon command. iruka smiled at him and he smiled back.

"go take a shower and i'll fix you some breakfast."

nodding his head iruka leaned forward and kissed him before heading off for the shower. ten minutes later he was walking into the living room and greeting a rather cranky pakkun who was complaining about the time of day.

"sorry pakkun, its all my fault, he wanted to get up with me to see me off"

the dog grummbled at bit before nodding and curling back up into a ball and falling back to sleep.

"ignore him, he's always a grouch in the morning"

iruka smiled as he took the offered cup of tea that was waiting for him in the kitchen. leaning against the cabinents he watched as kakashi expertly cooked up a healthy breakfast.

"i should go on more missions if i get to eat like this"

kakakshi snorted at him before saying.

"your going to be running all day, you'll need the energy"

"you had to spoil it"

kakashi grinned at him before joining him in eating breakfast. they ate in silence before putting the dishes in the sink for kakakshi to clean later. returning to the bedroom kakashi watched as iruka put on his jounin attire and checked his weapons pouches to make sure they were securely on and filled with everything he might need.

"you set?"

turning around he nodded to kakashi. the silver haired nin nodded back. walking forward he kissed kakashi one last time before pulling away.

"its just a week"

"just a week"

smiling iruka turned to go get his sandals on, kakashi followed behind him. once he was officially prepared he turned and said goodbye.

"i'll see you in a week"

"be on time"

smilling iruka nodded before heading out the door. the door clicked shut and kakashi sighed. only a week.
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