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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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raido stared down at the curled up form of the teacher, it was breakfast time, but all of them werent sure if they should wake the teacher since he seemed to need the sleep. ultimatly he decided that iruka could always go back to bed after he had eaten something. gently shaking a bare shoulder, iruka's eyes cracked open blearily looking at him.

"its breakfast time"

iruka blinked at that, but didnt make a move to get up or reply to his announcement. sighing raido was about to ask the chunin to just come into the other room so they could keep an eye on him when iruka buried his head in his pillow again.

"come on iruka, you have to get up now"

"go away"

at least they appeared to be making progress, he was talking again at least.

" you know i cant do that, especially after last night"

iruka let ouf a deep sigh, he should have just summoned the damn pit viper and had it bite him a couple dozen times, that would have least put him into a coma for a while. not relaying his thoughts, he slid out of the bed much to raido's approval. ignoring the anbu he walked begrugingly into the main room of the house. never bothering to say goodmorning to anyone, he sank into the couch and curled his arms around his knees which were brought up to his chest which lay bare for all of them to see. the chunin didnt seem to mind having his body on display, so they didnt comment on it. they offered the chunin some breakfast, but it was ignored.they watched as iruka used his bandaged hand to scratch at his scar on his face before leaning back against the couch. the silence was too much for the anbu who had too many questions to ask. it was finally kakashi who asked the first question.

"you knew we'd get in so why do that?"

iruka shrugged, looking down to his bandaged arm, he thought back to the time his sensei had broken it in three places. he jolted back to reality when he heard his voice being called out.

looking up he saw a concerned kurenai looking down at him. he didnt bother to try and smile instead he just put his head on his knees.

"we have to report the incident to the hokage"

iruka didnt react to that, he just continued to stare off into nothing. it was genma and raido who decided to go and talk with the hokage about last nights events. they werent gone more than a half an hour, but in that amount of time iruka had managed to fall asleep on the couch.

"what did the hokage say."

genma glanced to the sleeping figure on the couch before responding.

"she said that it wasnt surprising given his past and the amount of stress he's under. she thinks that iruka will most likely try something again before his sentencing and that it will be a more drastic and irrational attempt on his life. were supposed to watch him carefully."

the other anbu nodded, tsunade wasnt the best med nin around for nothing, she understood the human body like no other and if she thought that iruka was going to lash out, then he most likely was going to. each taking their places around the room they got comfortable for the rest of the day spent in silence. iruka didnt stir until it was almost dinner time, groggily he reached out and tugged on the bandage on his hand. he pulled away suddenly when kakashi reached over to stop him.

"you need to leave it alone"

iruka didnt say anything, just let his head come to rest on his knees again as he stared at the wall opposite of him. he pushed the food around his plate for the hundreth time, not ever bringing some to his mouth, his guard watched as he appeared to be making a mini village in his food. once he was done with his masterpiece, he set the plate aside. asuma gathered up the dishes and began to clean up the house with the help of genma. it didnt take long and they returned to the living room to find nothing had changed. it was kakashi who tried to end the silence by speaking to iruka again.

" nothing is set in stone yet-we dont know what your sentence will be, only the hokage knows, but giving up now isnt going to help you"

iruka frowned a little at the nins speech, but otherwise didnt react. he knew what his fate was going to be, he wasnt scared of dying, he was more scared of being stuck living with his life torn apart. tilting his head down into his lap he mummbled out.

" im tired of waiting"

"just two more days iruka, just try and relax"

the chunin didnt respond to kurenai's attempts to plactate him. instead choosing to let them know he was going back to bed, genma followed behind him, iruka paid him no mind as he sat down on the bed he had been sleeping in. it seemed like all he was doing was sleeping, but he really had nothing better to do and even after all the sleep he'd managed to get he still looked like shit. leaning back onto the bed, iruka shut his eyes and he waited.

the next day was pretty much the same, they managed to get iruka out to the couch were he remained during the day, refusing to really eat much and then going to bed as soon as the sun had set. he didnt speak to them, instead choosing to contemplate his options. he was running out of time to have control over his own fate, he knew that. but he also knew there was no way that his anbu guard were going to leave him alone, he was even followed into the bathroom when he had to take a piss now. turning over in his bed he glanced at kakashi, the nin was sitting against the wall seemingly asleep, but iruka knew he was awake.

" cant you just make me numb or something until its time"

"i could, but im not going to"

was the reply he got from the 'sleeping' copy nin. iruka stared at him only a moment longer before turning back over to face the window. kakashi opened his eye and observed the still form of iruka. the man was getting desperate, and desperate men did rash things.

morning of the last day came, iruka trudged out to the couch, ignoring the people around him. today was the day, he had to do something so he wouldnt have to face the hokage, he couldnt stand to see another person look at him like he was a dissapointment. he'd seen it one too many times. letting his mind wander, iruka began to formulate his plan.

they knew he was most likely going to try something today, but they werent sure what. it was hard to tell what the chunin was thinking. he was good at hiding his emotions. it was only when the chunin stood abruptly and headed for the door that asuma cut him off.

"where-"

"i want a walk"

sighing asuma allowed the man to continue to the door, grabbing his mask quickly he trailed behind the chunin. they hadnt gotten very far when iruka turned to face him, eyeing the chunin carefully he asked.

"whats wrong?"

iruka didnt say anything at first, but finally broke his silence.

"i dont want to do this anymore"

sighing, asuma was about to try and encourage the man to just hold on and that maybe his punishment wasnt going to be so severe, but before he could he watched as the chunin tackled him down , he felt the chunin's hand grasp something from his waist before he got to his unstable feet and ran, cursing under his breath, he jumped to his feet and started after the running chunin. reaching to his side he cursed again when he felt one of his trench blades missing. he used his tattoo to let his teammates know there was something wrong, it was only a second later that they were giving chase along side him.

"what happened?"

"he tackled me and ran like a friggin deer and he's got one of my knives."

it didnt take them long to find the teacher, but they were at a standstill, they couldnt approach the chunin, he held a very sharp blade to his own throat. his eyes were looking up at the sky. kakashi, imidietly uncovered his sharigan, all he needed was a second of eye contact and he could end this entire situation, but iruka seemed to be a step ahead of him, because he simply stated.

"im not going to look at you kakashi-and you cant stop me, you know i can slice myself from ear to ear before you make half the distance"

the chunin was smart, he was backed up against a tree making it impossible for one of them to sneak up on him. he'd thought this through.

"iruka put down the knife"

"no"

"you dont want to do this iruka"

iruka didnt bother to hide the fact that he was crying. the tears came without his consent and he was left standing before these powerful shinobi with a knife to his throat as he broke down. they were edging forward as they were trained to do, taking each step with caution. they froze when they saw a drop of blood slide down the chunins throat, the blade biting into his delicate flesh.

"iruka dont"

they knew they were running out of time, it was obvious that the teacher was breaking in front of their very eyes. it was a rare occurance, but a ninja breaking was never something to be taken lightly. everyone goes through it at sometime in their lives, but it varies person to person how bad the breaking is. this was a bad break, a very bad break.kakashi took another step forward while talking to the distraut man.

"what about naruto"

iruka sobbed, he couldnt bring himself to reply at first but then with a choked back sob stated.

"he's going to be a great shinobi"

genma had taken up a flank position, raido on the opposite side, but no one could progress without the teacher threatning to cut his throat open. already blood was starting to flow beneath the cut he'd made into his neck. it wasnt life threatning, but it was the beginnings of a final blow. it wouldnt take much preassure to rip his throat open with the blade.

"iruka please listen to us"

he was out of time, he knew that, they were closing in on him and if he truly wanted to do this he would have to act soon or lose the opportunity all together. pressing himself back against the tree like a frightened animal he let the blade bite into his flesh a little more, increasing the pinching sensation on his neck, he could already feel the steady flow of blood as it ran down his chest. taking a deep breath iruka whispered out 'im sorry' preparing to take the final cut.

they watched as the chunin kept applying more pressure to his neck with the blade as they drew closer, none of them appeared to be in a postion to stop the distraut man, but they had made up some distance and could possibly transport themselves in time, but it was a risky move. iruka continued to look up, refusing to make eye contact with anyone of them, knowing that they would try to trap him in an illusion. kakashi could see the suttleties in the mans arm as it brought the knife against his neck, it told him everything he needed to know.

hearing the teacher whisper an apology they dove forward to try and stop him, it was a combined effort of skills that ultimatley did not prevent more blood from being spilled. the chunin was agile in his movements, bringing the blade tighter against his own neck, he was beginning to press down on it harder, when he was suddenly jerked backwards. his arms immobalized by a chain that wrapped him around a tree. genma and raido's chains working in tandem to bind the man against the tree and prevent any movement, it was kurenai, who grasped his wrist, preventing him for cutting any deeper and asuma who tore the blade out of his hand. knowing he had failed, iruka looked to the ground, there was no point in trying anymore, he couldnt escape even if he used all of his chakra. it was a gentle hand on his shoulder that prompted him to look up, he met the mismatched eyes of kakashi and promptly fainted. the simple command from the sharingan forcing him to sleep.

they all sighed, it was over. they'd managed to stop him from killing himself. unwinding the chain around the chunin, asuma caught the nin's body and hoisted him up over his shoulder. stashing his blade in his weapons pouch and they returned to the interrogation compound. asuma laid the unconsiousis man on the couch, and went to get the first aid kit, they would need to clean his cuts. the others gathered around the couch, watching him silently. kurenai grabbed a blanket from an ajoining closet and draped it over the chunin. looking to kakashi she had to ask.

"what'd you do?"

"he's sleeping- will be for a while i imagine."

nodding her head she glanced back to her lover who had returned with the first aid kit, they set about cleaning the cuts and taped a small bandage over them to allow them to breath, but prevent infection.

they stayed like that for the rest of the morning, never drifting from his side even though he slept peacefully thanks to kakashi's sharingan. it wasnt until late afternoon that the teacher showed any signs of waking. he moved restlessly in his sleep for a minute or too before hazel eyes cracked open. they reguarded him cooly, prepared to put him back to sleep if he wanted to fight them, but all he did was lay there. his throat hurt and dully he noted that he should have been smart enough to have poisoned the blade before he cut himself. but it was too late now. he thought bitterly. looking to the first face he saw, he didnt see anything but concern. he hated that look, that pitying look. he didnt want their pity, he just wanted to die.

"iruka, do you want anything?"

the chunin shook his head dully, he felt he should at least answer them after the day he caused them. closing his eyes iruka tried to will himself back to sleep, but it didnt work. opening his eyes again, he slowly sat up on the couch, allowing the blanket to fall down and pool around his waist. the academy teacher didnt move a muscle for a moment before sliding his legs off of the couch to stand in the middle of a ring of anbu. he knew they had to be angry with him for the stunt he pulled, but he couldnt bring himself to apologize for something he didnt regret trying. instead he walked over to the nearest window just gazed outside, the anbu didnt stop him, but they watched him carefully. he stayed like that until the sun began to set. never tearing himself away from the view until he could no longer see outside. walking back towards the main group he wasnt sure what to say, what to do. so instead he simply made his way down the hallway to the bedroom, never minding the sound of numerous footfalls behind him. he laid down on the bed and stared at the ceiling for a couple of hours before finally speaking to the anbu surrounding him.

"how much longer"

his voice was raspy as talking pulled on the wound on his throat.

" we go in the morning"

iruka sighed, turning onto his side he got as comfortable as possible. the anbu finally began to relax now that the man seemed to have settled for the night. they each took turns throughout the night guarding the man from himself. iruka woke only once in the night to goto the bathroom before returning and going back to sleep without a word trasfering between him and the awake anbu.

they prepared themselves for a fight if necessary, they werent sure how the chunin was going to react this morning. making sure they had all their gear and their masks were in place genma gently shook the teacher to awarness. iruka didnt say anything, just stood and followed them. they dissapeared in a cloud of smoke only to appear before the hokage in her office. the anbu spread out around the large room leaving iruka to stand alone in the center. there was a horrible silence in the room before the hokage finally broke it.

"iruka, i see you tried to hurt yourself again"

the man in question shrugged his shoulders, not bothering to make eye contact with the intimidating woman. taking a drink of her sake she reguarded the figure before her. she'd gotten ibiki's report and had taken it into careful consideration when thinking about what was best for the village and for the man in front of her. ultimatly she had to do what was best for the village over the individual.

"i spoke with ibiki about your case"

there was no recognition at all on the chunin's face.

" do you want to know what he suggested?"

iruka shook his head, he really didnt care what that man thought about him.

"alright, well reguardless i have come to the decision that you are a threat to not only yourself but the village as it stands now, you know deadly techniques for which there are little equals too. you could be an unstoppable force if you unleashed all of what you have been taught"

iruka turned to look out the window at the beautiful skyline of his home, he waited for the final verdit to be decided.

"as such, i have decided that you cannot be entrusted with the protection of konoha. your recent attempts on your own life suggest that you are mentally unfit for duty. "

iruka nodded at the hokages assesment of himself. it was all true.

"therefore, you shall be reprimended to the care of a specialist for treatment in rehabilitation. you shall be under their care for no less than three months and then be reavauluated to see if you are mentally stable enough to start taking care of yourself again. until that point you will have a legal guardian who will be in charge of your well being."

iruka was numb, he was being stripped of everything that mattered to him, he was going to be coddled like an infant until they thought he was suitible to take care of himself. frowning he continued to look outside never voiceing his opinion on the matter.seeing the chunin frown she asked what was wrong. she wasnt surprised when he didnt reply.

"you will be watched at all times to make sure that you are not a threat to yourself of anyone else, now moving on, we have the issue of you knowing the identity of your current anbu detail. as you know the typical solution to this is having your memory erased, but ibiki agreed with me that tampering with an unstable mind would be asking for more trouble, so you are forbidden from speaking about anything you heard or saw while in their care. you are to treat them as normal citazens when you come across them and to reguard them with the utmost respect when they are in their anbu attire, do i make myself clear?"

iruka nodded, he had no intentions of telling the nins secret to anyone. he had noone to tell it too.

"good, do you have any questions so far?"

iruka thought a moment, he had a hundred questions, but he knew that none of them would really be what the hokage wanted to hear at the moment since most of them pertained to why she couldnt just kill him. so instead he shook his head no. the hokage wasnt fooled by his demenor, she knew he more than likely was just in a dark place right now and couldnt be brought out of it. sighing she took another swig of sake. before writing on a piece of paper. and handing it over to kakashi.

"alright, last piece of buisness and then you can go. i thought long and hard about who to place you with, i needed someone who could keep a close eye on you, but still be able to defend themselves if it came down it it. as such it was no surprise that i chose someone of a higher rank than yourself. i expect you to behaive yourself while in their company. they will be reporting back to me weekly on your progress, this will determine when you can start to have more freedom around the village. do you understand?"

iruka nodded, never taking his eyes off of the sun that was cresting through the mountains and hiding behind some white fluffy clouds. normally she would be irritated by someone seeming to ignore her, but she understood the current circumstances. she had read his file, the reports from ibiki and the thirds own assesment on the man infront of her. it had been a long time coming for him to need some help. it was just a shame he hadnt asked for it himself before having to go through this all.

" you'll be staying with kakashi while you go through rehabilitation, he is in charge, his word is law do i make myself clear?"

iruka finally turned to look at her, his eyes were dull and didnt show the normal spark she was used to seeing in the man.

"hai hokage-sama"

she hated to hear him say her title that way, like some kind of robot just spouting out what he thought she wanted to hear. waving her hand she motioned them all the leave.

following the anbu they left the hokage tower, coming to stand infront of it the anbu asked if kakashi needed anything to help with the transition. he shook his head and put his hand on irukas shoulder.

"we wont have any problems. were just gonna take it easy right sensei?"

looking to the man who could only be described as smiling with his eyes, iruka nodded his head before returning his gaze to the ground. the other anbu nodded and in a couple puffs of smoke were gone. leaving kakashi with his new ward.

"come on, my apartment is only a few blocks over, we can enjoy the fresh air."

iruka followed him like a lost puppy, never straying from his eyesight, always right on his heel. kakashi kept a watchful gaze on the chunin as they approached his apartment building. climbing up the steps to the third floor seemed to tire the still recovering chunin and silently kakashi hoped the man would get some rest while he took care of a few things around the house. unlocking the door he motioned iruka to go in. upon entering the foreign place iruka saw a nicely decorated apartment, traditional scrolls hung from the walls, while framed pictures adorned a few tables. he was rather surprised not to see any weapons laying about or hung on the walls which was traditional for a shinobi's home, but then he figured that kakashi must have locked all of that away to keep him from harming himself.

"make yourself at home"

iruka nodded slowly looking around the apartment, going from one item to another to inspect what made kakashi's place so warm. he wasnt expecting that of the normally aloof man, but his place felt genuinly comforting. he picked up a picture that showed kakashi as a child, under the tuteledge of the fourth hokage, he smiled faintly. it was obviously a treasured memory and he doubted there was another copy left in the village. carefully placing it down he went to pick up another photo when he sensed that he was being watched. turning slightly he saw kakashi smiling through his one open eye.

"sensei was always one for photos"

iruka smiled, looking down to the photograph once more. he never knew the fourth personally, but he had heard how great of a man he was. reaching for another photograph iruka took a deep breath, it was team seven's photo. the team was now divided split into three parts of its members. iruka couldnt help but feel sorry for how things had gone, that maybe if he had done more for his sensei the man might not have defected. sensing the man's mood, kakashi came to look over the shorter mans shoulder to see what he was looking at. seeing team sevens photograph he figured the man was thinking about naruto, who had left with jyraiya only a couple months ago.

"naruto should be back to the village in a couple months after he learns some from jyraiya"

"what about sakura?"

"she's thinking she wants to become a med nin, and hokage-sama is considering taking her a student"

the chunin let out a shallow chuckle, looking over his shoulder he couldnt help but mutter.

"so their all learning from a sanin it seems"

kakashi frowned, he normally didnt talk about sasuke, since it tended to upset his other students, it was obvious that the same could be said for the chunin. deciding to change the subject he asked.

"you hungry?"

the chunin shrugged while placing the photo back down on the end table. turning around to face the jounin/anbu he frowned for a moment before asking.

"what should i call you?"

"mmm my name would be appreciated"

the man spoke while rummaging through his fridge, he was fortunate enough that his apartment building was near the hokage tower and hadnt taken any damage in the attack.

"thats rather forward dont you think"

"mah were all friends here"

shaking his head at the jounin, he made his way over to the sliding door that led to the small balcony. he knew the other members of kakashi's anbu team lived around here as well, as he often delivered things for the hokage-used to deliver things. sighing he leaned against the glass just gazing outside.

kakashi found some leftovers from the last time he had been home and quickly heated it for himself, he wasnt going to the force the chunin to eat-yet. coming to stand just outside the kitchen with his meal he observed the chunin looking out the window. idly he wondered what the chunin was thinking, but knew better than to try asking. instead he took the opportunity to eat while the chunins back was turned. placing the take out container in the trash he went back into the living room to see that the chunin was now seated on his couch, just staring at the ceiling. it appeared ceilings were really popular with iruka.

"so what now?"

the chunin mummbled. kakashi shrugged before taking a seat in the chair acrossed from the chunin, fetching his favorite novel from his vest he began to read. he didnt pay any attention to the glare that was sent his way. instead choosing to turn the page of his book. hearing the chunin sigh he glanced up as iruka lay against the back of the couch. it wasnt until he caught the chunin's eye that iruka chose to speak.

"i would think there would be better things for you to be doing then babysitting me. couldnt they use your help trying to move debri or something?"

"hmm not really my forte"

snorting the chunin faced the jounin before him.

"you could still help"

"afraid not, already got my mission"

"me?"

"yep"

he looked up from his book and smiled at the chunin. iruka just continued to frown at him.

"thats not much of a mission"

kakashi shrugged before idly commenting.

"you gave asuma a run for his money-how did you get his blade off of him?"

"classified"

iruka smiled coyly at the jounin causing the silver haired nin to raise an eyebrow. now he was intrigued.
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