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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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redoning, their masks, they were prepared to escort iruka as soon as the med nin had seen to him. sure enough a couple of minutes passed before a young girl in scrubs came in, she looked nervous being around all the anbu, but seemed rather shocked to see a man like iruka needing her aid. she didnt bother to speak to him, she knew that was against the rules. she simply mended his sliced chakra pathways as best she could, giving him back the ability to walk, it would be months before his pathways healed properly, but this was just a quick fix to get people in and out of interrogation and onto the next step in processing. she was rather shocked when iruka thanked her. nodding her head she darted around the anbu and made her way quickly to the next room.

iruka couldnt help but bite his lip,drawing blood as his pathways were reconnected, it was by no means an expert job, the connections were fragile at best and would only allow him the use of his legs for walking. any attempt on his part to use chakra could split the seams apart and land him on his ass. sliding his legs over the side of the table he tentivly set his first foot down on the floor, it hurt, boy did it hurt, but he refused to need to be carried. standing before him, he panted as he tried to get used to the sensation of his legs tremmoring at just holding him up. he nodded to the anbu in the room and was escorted out of the room that had been his torture chamber for the last couple days. he was lead down a long hallway to a staircase that made his knees weak and his muscles cry out in pain. by the time they got to the top he had to call to them to stop.

"i i need a break"

they nodded and allowed the chunin to catch his breath, sweat was pouring down the side of his face and he labored hard to not fall down, he knew he wouldnt be getting back up if he did. taking a deep breath he steadied himself and nodded to asuma to continue on, surrounded by an anbu on every side escape was impossible. it was a short journey to another bunker, this one however was above ground at least. iruka couldnt help but smile at the feeling of the sun on his face. making their way to the third cabin down the row, iruka entered the new space to find it large and not overly inviting. he didnt expect a welcome home sign, but it was rather bland. however, it had everything they could need for the next week. finding the couch he was quick to sit down, he let out a harsh breath as he was finally able to relax into the softness of the couch. with the door locked and closed, the masks came off again. they simply watched the chunin as he seemed to relish the simple comfort of sitting on something other than the wooden chair he had been chained too. they joined him in the living room, taking up places that were comfortable for them. asuma and kurenai took the love seat across from him, while genma and raido leaned against one of the walls. it was kakashi who fell in beside the chunin on the couch. it was the copy nin who stated rather suddenly.

"you can sleep now"

iruka nodded, but found himself wide awake, kami was the world against him. it was kurenai who suggested he go into the bedroom to rest where it would quiet and dark. iruka nodded and slowly made his way to one of the sleeping quarters, two of his anbu followed him, he wasnt all to surprised when genma and raido took the opposite bed to recline on.iruka was pretty much dead to the world as soon as his head hit the pillow.

a gentle shaking woke him. turning to face the person shaking him awake he mummbled.

"what did konohomaru do now"

a smile graced asuma's face as he chuckled at the chunins reply to him waking him.

"hopefully he's listening to his sensei's"

shaking off the last dredges of sleep iruka sat up and waited for asuma to say that food had been prepared. instantly he was reminded of the fact that he hadnt gotten to eat in the last couple days. smiling at the anbu he thanked him and slowly made his way back into the living room. the group was already situated and beginning to eat their meals. kurenai handed him a plate and told him to go sit down.

"did you sleep well"

she asked as she observed the still tired looking chunin. iruka nodded around a bite of food before chewing and swallowing.

"yes, i was dead to the world i think, you guys could have let naruto through and i dont think i would have woken up"

he smiled in mirth at them, they smiled back, but their smiles were forced. their train of thought brought back to what they were going to tell their teams. iruka didnt noticed their strained appearences he was too busy eating the amazing food before him. once he was done he leaned back and asked who had cooked.

"mah thats classified"

iruka laughed at genma's joke. sighing into the couch he just relaxed, it was kinda nice to be surrounded by people. granted they were there to make sure he didnt try to run or do something stupid, but it was still nice to have someone to talk too. he didnt even realize he was drifting to sleep until another person shook him a little and told him to go back to bed. he followed the leading anbu back into the room and was out like a light.

he could hear birds chirping and iruka smiled in his comfortable position in the bed, he loved sleeping in on sundays. his eyes snapped open as his mind reminded him that this wasnt a pleasant dream, this was fact. sighing he twisted around to stare out the window, he could see a tree, but that was about it. he would have to get up out of bed to be able to see more of the village. throwing the covers away, he walked over to the window and peered out at the village he loved so very much. it was still in ruin, but he had no doubts that they would rebuild the village back to its former glory.

"your not thinking of bailing are you?"

turning around iruka shook his head at raido

"was just enjoying the view"

the man nodded, allowing the chunin to go back to watching the outdoors for a while. it was genma who came in to get them for breakfast. iruka followed, limping most of the way. his body was so sore, it felt like back in his genin days with training with...he couldnt let his mind go down that path again. sighing, he gained the attention of his guards, he waved them off before walking passed them gingerly to find a spot on the couch, which currently had kakashi spread out on it. the nin pulled his legs back to allow the chunin to sit for which he thanked the copy nin.

breakfast was a slow affair, not much was said and once they were done eating iruka asked if he could help with the dishes, kurenai looked at him for a moment before nodding her head. smiling he was more than happy to help with the chores around the place, it would at least give him something to do. he was rather dispondent once they had cleaned up the kitchen and put everything away, taking his place back on the couch he stared at the ceiling for a moment before asking.

"what are we supposed to do now?"

"wait"

iruka stuck out his tongue much to the amusement of his guards. turning to kakashi, he had to ask.

"did you ever tell your team that you had been anbu. in the past i mean"

"no"

"oh, i thought they would have liked to have learned about you a little more"

"they ask a lot of questions, doesnt mean i'll answer them."

iruka frowned at the anbu, which got him a raised eyebrow from the nin.

"do you answer all the questions your asked?"

iruka knew it was baiting him, but he couldnt help but retort.

"when people arnt assholes yes, and i've always answered my students questions."

rather surprised at the chunins choice of words it was asuma who asked.

"what if they asked about your genin days."

iruka shrugged before responding.

"i told them i had teammates just like they would, i had a sensei that i trained under until i was strong enough to try for the chunin exam."

"they never pressed further?"

"no, kids dont really care that much to delve deeper, they just want to know the cool stuff like can you blow something up with your mind if you practice enough."

the anbu laughed at the chunin's example.

"do your students really believe some of those things."

iruka smiled and nodded

" oh yes, you'd be surprised what the children believe, whether its knowledge that has be misconstrewed through the grapevine of kids or if their older siblings tell them lies to get them off their backs, one way or another i was constantly correcting them"

"can you blow things up with your mind?"

glarring at kakashi he shook his head.

"no, but i do know how to throw a fireball jutsu and have that explode"

that caught the anbu's attention.

"who taught you that?"

iruka smiled before looking away. they understood the implications. it was him.

"it doesnt really matter, i never used it, i just have a bunch of random knowledge is all"

" you could have gone far in the ranks"

iruka shrugged, he didnt really want to talk about that, it always lead back to him. so instead he moved onto other topics.

"are all the children getting along?"

knowing that the chunin was done talking about it, they didnt press, he'd revealed enough about himself over the past couple days.

"for the most part, they have their squabbles like all teammembers do, but they seem to be getting on pretty good."

iruka smiled, he was glad to hear that his students were doing so well. looking up to the ceiling again, iruka couldnt help but think back to when he assigned the children to their teammates. how some showed their disdain right away and how others seemed to like who they were paired up with. he'd tried to pair people up that would make a difference in each others lives, to make them better people.

"your a great influence to the children, their always saying how you taught them so well"

iruka smiled at the compliment, but couldnt bring himself to make any remark on the subject. he was growing rather tired and so excused himself to go lay down. the anbu werent fooled of course, but they left him be, one of them coming to sit in the room with him.with his back to his guard iruka allowed the silent tears to fall. he'd never get to see those children again.

after the chunin had left, raido following after him the group couldnt help but comment.

"he's depressed about the kids"

"it cant be helped, he isnt allowed out of here"

kurenai nodded, she knew the rules, but it didnt change the fact that iruka was still suffering. she could still remember his question about her use of genjitsu.

"at least i could see the kids again, even if it was a lie"

sighing, she leaned against asuma and stared out the window, it was going to be a long week.

iruka ended up sleeping most of the second day away, never bothering to leave the room even when food was prepared, simply stating that he wasnt hungry. raido did ask him to come into the other room though so they could keep an eye on him while they ate, not wanting to make things any more difficult for his guards iruka complied without a word. curling up on the couch, he pressed his face into the cushion of the couch. that way he wouldnt have to face their gaze. dinner was a silent affair.

staring at the ceiling, iruka couldnt help but analyze how many cracks there were in the ceiling, it was alot like counting sheep he guessed, but it didnt seem to make him sleepy. he'd awoken in the middle of the night to find himself back in bed, one of the anbu having moved him while he slept. so he stayed there, not moving an inch. he knew anbu were sensitive to even the slightest of disturbances and didnt want to wake any of them standing guard. he watched as darkness gave way to light, the sun coming through the window. iruka closed his eyes when he heard movement from the other bed. he knew that they werent fooled by his atempt to pretend he was sleeping but thankfully they didnt say anything either. silence rained in the room until his guard simply asked him to come into the other room. iruka didnt argue.

he picked at his breakfast, not really having an appetite. his mood continued to go downwards as the day progressed. he was frustrated, he wanted this to all be over to not have to wait until the hokage had time to deal out his punishment. sighing he opened his eyes to see kakashi staring at him over his perverted novel. he looked away first.

"ne iruka, you never said-what happens to you if you have other forms of alcohol"

looking over to genma he gave the nin a faint smile, he knew they were trying, but he just didnt have anything left to give.

"i get sick"

he left it at that and closed his eyes, reclining into the soft couch he could feel their stares. the anbu werent sure what they could do for their ward, it didnt seem like anything they did made a difference in his mood. they couldnt blame him for feeling the way he did, with the type of situation he was in it wasnt surprising that he would start to wall himself off.

they left the nin alone, letting him stew in his own thought throughout the day and not bothering to question how he wasnt eating very much, they couldnt very well argue with the nin who was certainly faces execution. it was on the fourth day that iruka asked quietly.

"are we allowed to go outside?"

"you cant leave the grounds"

asuma said with some remorse.

"no i know that, but just outside. i know you'd have to wear your masks and all and im sure thats uncomfortable, but i'd like to feel the sun"

surprisingly it was kakashi who spoke up.

"i'll take him"

standing up he gathered his mask and slipped into the mask with ease. following the now masked kakashi iruka smiled as soon as the sun hit his face. taking a deep breath of the fresh air he just stood there, right outside the door to his jailcell. they ended up walking around the perimeter of the rows of quarters, iruka knew he wasnt the only one being housed here. but he did wonder if any of them were truly traitors. coming back to stand before the entrance way to his cage, iruka sighed before thanking kakashi and entering the small enclosure. rejoining the group he simply nodded when they asked if he had a nice walk. although he was still visibly limping, his legs were beginning to heal, it was a slow process for sure, but at least now they didnt scream agony as they had before. rather out of the blue iruka looked to genma and raido and smiled to them, they piqued an eyebrow at the chunin who then stated.

"when are you guys gonna get married?"

the anbu nearly died of laughter at the expense of their friends, it was raido who was able to speak first.

"that-is a very personal question"

iruka smiled at the anbu before hotly replying.

"after what i've told you guys i think im allowed"

that sobbered up the anbu, but iruka didnt seem to be in bad spirits about, he had excepted that the anbu now knew too much about his past. there was nothing he could do about that. noticing that he had made them uncomfortable iruka apologized, genma waved him off though.

"we never really talked about it."

iruka gave a faint smile before becoming more interested in his nails. standing abruptly he said he was going to take a shower, no one bothered to follow him, they only requested that he leave the door unlocked. he agreed and went to soak his weary body in the hotest water he could handle.

standing under the scorching heat of the water, he wasnt surprised when his skin began to turn red from the excessive heat. but it made him feel better. he'd always relished in the ability to reground himself by some harsh form of self punishment. he needed it now the most. there was a sudden knock on the door.

"yeah?"

"you ok in there?"

"im fine"

"ok"

he heard the soft footfalls dissapear again and smiled a little to himself. deciding that he had been in the water long enough and that he was turning too pruny for his tastes, he shut off the water and wrapped a towel around himself. coming to stand before the mirror iruka didnt like what he saw.

the bruises from ibiki were changing color, slowly starting to heal, the bags under his eyes had retreated, but were still there. besides that he looked unusually pale to himself. even with his skin a bright red from the hot shower, he didnt look healthy by any means. drying off he wrapped a towel around his head to try and catch some of the dampness from his hair. sitting on the edge of the tub, he contemplated what he was to do now. he knew he had to wait until his skin turned back to normal or he'd face a barage of questions from his guards most likely. they wouldnt understand his need to self regulate. lost in thought he didnt hear the first knock on the door. he heard the second though and wrapping the towel around his lower half called out.

"im almost done"

"alright, but hurry up dinner's almost ready"

sighing, he put his head in his hands, he didnt know what to do. should he just try and end it now before having to face the hokage and see that look of dissapointment again or should he wait and just grin and bear whatever they had in mind for him. standing up on autopilot, he clicked the lock into place without even noticing what he was doing. looking once more in the mirror he couldnt hold back the rage anymore, he was so angry with himself with the village with everything. he smashed the mirror into a thousand pieces, his hand going right through it, he immidietly heard racing footsteps, but didnt bother to answer when they called out to him. it was only a moment longer before a puff of smoke appeared and he was no longer alone. his arm was bleeding from several gashes caused by the falling mirror shards. but he didnt try to remove his hand from the demolished mirror, he just continued to stare straight ahead. a gentle hand came to land on his shoulder.

"iruka, what happened?"

the anbu had taken noticed at the man's bright red skin, it looked like a bad sunburn, but it was obvious as to how it had happened. likewise it wasnt hard to deduce what the chunin had done to his arm. but he needed to know why.

"iruka"

the teacher shook his head, pulling his arm out of the debri of the mirror, he didnt argue when the anbu took his arm into his hands to look at the damage he had caused himself. he heard the anbu sigh, before he saw the body move past him to unlock the door and allow his teammates to open the door. the whole time iruka just stood there. gentle hands guided him out of the bathroom, and into the living room, still only wrapped in a towel the chunin normally would have been embaressed by this situation, but now he felt only numb. he could vaguely hear the anbu talking around him, but couldnt make out what they were saying, they werent talking to him so it really didnt matter. he was pushed onto the couch, where an anbu knelt in front of him and started the task of cleaning up his arm. luckily it was his good arm and not the hand that had already incurred damage. tiny pieces of mirror were removed from the chunins arm, as the anbu tended to the wounds. none would require stitches, but they would need to be bandaged.

the chunin continued to stare straight ahead into nothingness. not once complaining about the treatment of his arm or the fact that he was basically naked infront of all of them. wrapping the injured arm didnt take long and then they lead him to the bedroom where a pair of loose fitting pants were given to the chunin to put on. he did as told, completely on autopilot. once he was no longer naked, they started to pull the chunin towards the door to go back into the living room when he pulled away. they watched as he crawled into his bed and turned away from them. it was obvious that their job just got a little harder. they had no more trouble with iruka, he fell asleep shortly after climbing into the bed and remained like that until morning much to the relief of his guardians.
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