Naruto Fan Fiction ❯ I'll Cover You ❯ I Should tell You ( Chapter 14 )
[ Y - Young Adult: Not suitable for readers under 16 ]
By: tsukiraven 
Kakashi brings Iruka back to the hospital in a panic. At the hospital, Kakashi learns more about the poison that plagues his love.
Anime/Manga: Naruto Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Hentai | Type: Alternate Universe | Uploaded On: 07.06.2006 | Updated On: 07.06.2006 | Pages: 3 | Words: 2.1K | Visits: 430 | Status: Work In Progress
Kakashi brings Iruka back to the hospital in a panic. At the hospital, Kakashi learns more about the poison that plagues his love.
Anime/Manga: Naruto Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Hentai | Type: Alternate Universe | Uploaded On: 07.06.2006 | Updated On: 07.06.2006 | Pages: 3 | Words: 2.1K | Visits: 430 | Status: Work In Progress
tsukiraven: Oh yeah! On with the next chapter! Have anything to say about that, Sasuke?
--Sasuke is tied up in the corner with duck tape covering his mouth--
tsukiraven: I didn't think so!
Naruto: Tsuki-saaaaan! It's raining.
tsukiraven: Huh?
Naruto: It's raining! I want to go outside!
tsukiraven: Then go! A little rain won't kill you!
Naruto: --mumbling angrily as he stalks away--
tsukiraven: Ah, the mood is right, the music is blaring, so let's pick up where we left off, shall we!
Don't own it. --sob-- My therapist tells me that the only way to solve a problem is by admitting that you have one. My problem is not owning Naruto! now, how to solve it...
I'll Cover You, Chappie 14
You stupid man! The only way that I can live my life is if you're here!
If you die, Iruka, I'm going with you.
---
"What the hell...?"
Raven woke up groggily. It was a nice, sunny, wonderful morning. So why on Earth did it feel as if someone was pounding her head with a hammer?
She dragged herself to her feet and began to prepare herself breakfast. By way of microwave. When the thing beeped, she could swear that she heard more banging. Brushing it off, she went to enjoy the spoils of her breakfast.
One minute later, the banging was renewed. Raven figured it was her neighbors.
Two minutes later brought even more banging. Raven loudly noted that she was a ninja and did indeed need to hone her target skills on something. Preferably something moving.
Two and a half minutes and the banging ceased.
Two and three quarters of a minute brought a trashcan barreling through her front window with enough force to kill someone. That was where she drew the line.
A vein noticeably twitching in her temple, Raven strode to the door, ignoring the beaten up trashcan (her own, as it were) and the shards of glass as she wrenched open the door. What she saw gave her pause.
The Hatake man was standing on her doorstep, Iruka-san in one arm and a brick in the other. Raven blinked, then frowned. Iruka-san looked feverish.
"Please put the brick down, Kakashi-san," Raven stated. "You got my attention with the trashcan."
Kakashi nodded and dropped the brick, stepping forward into Raven's house.
Raven paused for a second, watching Kakashi breeze his way into her home. "Oh please, do come in."
Still muttering angrily to herself, she followed Kakashi in and slammed the door behind her.
"Something's wrong with Iruka." Kakashi stated, clearing off various debris and setting Iruka down on the couch.
"I can see that." Raven kneeled in front of Iruka, pulling open one of the closed eyelids and examining his pupils. "Why didn't you take him to the hospital?"
Kakashi blinked. "Here was closer," he stated as if it were extremely obvious.
"Has he shown any bad symptoms before today?"
"No, he's been fine."
"Taking his medicine like I prescribed?"
"Yes, every morning and night."
"Then what happened?"
Kakashi took a deep breath. "I took him to the onsen, and everything was fine that night. When I woke up the next morning, I left him for a bit to go get some coffee. When I came back, he was awake. He was acting strange too, very jumpy and nervous.
"He called me 'sensei', something he hasn't done in years. And he... He referred to Mizuki. A lot. Almost as if he thought they were still together. When he tried to stand, he collapsed and everything seemed to come back to him. He passed out on the way here."
Raven inhaled sharply before standing. "We're going to the hospital. Now. And then..."
"Then what?"
"I'm going to see the Hokage."
---
Kakashi arrived at the hospital slightly before Raven, with Iruka still asleep in his arms. He headed into the front lobby, where a nurse gave him a knowing look.
"Aquirii-san just called," she explained. "And we'll take him from here, Hatake-sama."
Kakashi was loathe to let the stranger take Iruka from him, however. "I'll carry him. Where to?"
The nurse looked like she was about to argue, but changed her mind when she saw the ferocity in the silver-haired man's visible eye. "Follow me, then."
Kakashi nodded and followed the woman to an unoccupied room where he gently set Iruka on the bed. H pulled up a chair beside his lover and gently stroked the side of his face. Pausing, he let a single finger stray across the pale lips.
He almost smiled as he remembered kissing those lips just a single night ago.
After what couldn't have been more than five minutes, Raven came bustling into the room, still in her pajamas. She shot Kakashi a glare.
"You're paying for my window."
Kakashi couldn't help it- he grinned. "If you can make my Iruka all better, I'll pay off whatever's left on you whole house."
Raven smirked. "Too late to take that back now."
She hurried over and tugged Iruka's right arm out of Kakashi's grasp. She pulled a small sanitary wipe off of the nightstand next to them and wiped he inside of Iruka's elbow. Kakashi raised and eyebrow, concerned.
"Standard procedure," Raven replied, pulling a syringe off of the table and inserting it into Iruka's arm. "It's something quite akin to the drug the good Doctor Koru gave him when he first came in. It'll help him wake up."
Kakashi sighed, relieved as Raven slid the needle out of Iruka. There was just one question on his mind. Which Iruka would greet him? His lover or the one who was still in love with Mizuki?
---
"U... uhn..." Iruka moaned as he woke up. He sat up gingerly, rubbing his head. After a quick look at his surroundings, he discovered that he was actually in the hospital next to his home. Huh. When did that one happen?
Iruka looked around the room again and, on second look, noticed a rather gaudy orange book lying on the bed side table. He flushed angrily. Trust Kakashi to leave that book there.
Iruka stood up, noticing the wobbly feel of his legs as he attempted to walk on them. He walked over to the door and leaned on the frame, almost casually as he peeked out of the room. There were a few nurses and doctors walking the halls, but no silver-haired man. No Kakashi. His lover wasn't there.
"Iruka-san!" Iruka whirled around to see Raven glaring daggers at him, biting the inside of her right cheek. "You should be in bed!"
"But Aquirii-san, I'm fine. Really!"
"Bed. Now!" Iruka wondered how the nurse could be so damn intimidating, seeing as how she was a whole eight inches shorter than him. Mumbling an apology, Iruka staggered back to bed. The second he was seated, He felt something shoved into his mouth. He coughed and attempted to spit it back out.
"You spit that out and you'll regret it Iruka-san!" Raven chided, readjusting the thermometer in Iruka's mouth. "Don't make me have Kakashi give it to you. Rectally."
Iruka swallowed and sat silently and perfectly still. He heard a small beeping noise and gasped with relief as Raven pulled the thermometer out of his mouth. She shook it to get the excess saliva off and examined it with a professional eye.
"You're running a fever," Raven stated. "101.2. Not exactly bad, but... given your condition, I'll keep you over night."
Iruka nodded. "Aquirii-san?"
"Yes?"
"Why are you wearing pajamas?"
Raven scowled. "That's your boyfriend's fault, dragging you to my house at damn near the crack of dawn and demanding that I treat you! He owes me a new window, you know."
Iruka laughed nervously. "Does he now? But... treat me for what?"
"You don't remember, Iruka-sensei?"
Iruka sighed at the changed suffix. 'Confusing little--' "No I don't."
Raven tutted loudly. "Will you be alright, Iruka-sensei? If you want to wait five minutes, I can bring you back some medicine and some food."
Iruka nodded. "Aquirii-sa--"
"Raven, please."
"Raven-san, where's Kakashi?"
Raven put a finger to her chin in thought. "He wanted to go see Tsunade-sama."
---
Kakashi banged his fist impatiently down on the table. "I don't want to hear that, Tsunade-sama! I want to hear why Iruka couldn't seem to remember me at all!"
Tsunade gazed, unimpressed, at Kakashi's fist. And the nice-sized dent it had left in her desk. "I'll tell you what I see fit to tell you, brat. Until then, however, sit down! And stop taking your temper out on the furniture."
Grudgingly, Kakashi obeyed. He sat himself in a rigid chair across from Tsunade's desk and waited for her to speak.
Tsunade sighed. "What I'm going to tell you won't be easy for you to bear, Hatake--"
"Please, just tell me, Tsunade-sama."
Tsunade ignored the interruption. "Iruka... The poison inside of Iruka, the Henshitsu toxin. It's working faster than we anticipated. Iruka's time is less than we had originally thought. By a sizeable margin."
Kakashi felt as if someone had pulled a large rug out from under him. "Less?"
"Two months," Tsunade stated grimly. "Two months and a week at most. It's been a month and a half already, Hatake. I don't have to spell it out for you." Kakashi remained silent. "Henshitsu poison is fatal, you already know that. The name itself means deterioration. Iruka's memories, his body... Everything will fade until there's nothing left.
"I'm sorry, Kakashi-kun. I'm very sorry."
Kakashi didn't heard another word of this, however. He left, running out of the Hokage's office and back to the hospital. Back to his lover.
---
Iruka immediately lightened up when Kakashi came into his room. He hurriedly set the orange book he'd been idly flipping thruogh aside and beckoned Kakashi to him.
Almost instantly, Iruka was enveloped in a tight, strong hug. "Kakashi?"
"You remember me?"
"Of course!" Iruka cried. "How could I ever forget you!"
Kakashi lifted Irukaand settled underneath him, setting the chuunin on his lap. Iruka snuggled up against him, letting his face rest against Kakashi's broad chest.
"Kakashi?"
"Yes, love?"
"You're shaking. What's wrong?"
"Nothing, Iruka."
-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-
tsukiraven: Dun dun DUN! Another stage in Iruka's condition is revealed! I bet you guys thought I forgot about that, didn't ya?
I didn't though! Ha!
Two updates in one day... I'm on a roll! I'm so proud of myself!
Kakashi: If you kill Iruka, so help me God, I'll-- --censored for violence--
tsukiraven: o.O
Sakura: So, Miss raven, I noticed you were in this chapter an awful lot.
tsukiraven: Uh huh. You see, as Iruka's condition worsens, The medical staff'll be in it more.
So, until next time guys! Wait-- where's Naruto? Is he still outside? It's pouring!
Oh well. Leave reviews and keep me alive!
Peace Out!
--Sasuke is tied up in the corner with duck tape covering his mouth--
tsukiraven: I didn't think so!
Naruto: Tsuki-saaaaan! It's raining.
tsukiraven: Huh?
Naruto: It's raining! I want to go outside!
tsukiraven: Then go! A little rain won't kill you!
Naruto: --mumbling angrily as he stalks away--
tsukiraven: Ah, the mood is right, the music is blaring, so let's pick up where we left off, shall we!
Don't own it. --sob-- My therapist tells me that the only way to solve a problem is by admitting that you have one. My problem is not owning Naruto! now, how to solve it...
I'll Cover You, Chappie 14
You stupid man! The only way that I can live my life is if you're here!
If you die, Iruka, I'm going with you.
---
"What the hell...?"
Raven woke up groggily. It was a nice, sunny, wonderful morning. So why on Earth did it feel as if someone was pounding her head with a hammer?
She dragged herself to her feet and began to prepare herself breakfast. By way of microwave. When the thing beeped, she could swear that she heard more banging. Brushing it off, she went to enjoy the spoils of her breakfast.
One minute later, the banging was renewed. Raven figured it was her neighbors.
Two minutes later brought even more banging. Raven loudly noted that she was a ninja and did indeed need to hone her target skills on something. Preferably something moving.
Two and a half minutes and the banging ceased.
Two and three quarters of a minute brought a trashcan barreling through her front window with enough force to kill someone. That was where she drew the line.
A vein noticeably twitching in her temple, Raven strode to the door, ignoring the beaten up trashcan (her own, as it were) and the shards of glass as she wrenched open the door. What she saw gave her pause.
The Hatake man was standing on her doorstep, Iruka-san in one arm and a brick in the other. Raven blinked, then frowned. Iruka-san looked feverish.
"Please put the brick down, Kakashi-san," Raven stated. "You got my attention with the trashcan."
Kakashi nodded and dropped the brick, stepping forward into Raven's house.
Raven paused for a second, watching Kakashi breeze his way into her home. "Oh please, do come in."
Still muttering angrily to herself, she followed Kakashi in and slammed the door behind her.
"Something's wrong with Iruka." Kakashi stated, clearing off various debris and setting Iruka down on the couch.
"I can see that." Raven kneeled in front of Iruka, pulling open one of the closed eyelids and examining his pupils. "Why didn't you take him to the hospital?"
Kakashi blinked. "Here was closer," he stated as if it were extremely obvious.
"Has he shown any bad symptoms before today?"
"No, he's been fine."
"Taking his medicine like I prescribed?"
"Yes, every morning and night."
"Then what happened?"
Kakashi took a deep breath. "I took him to the onsen, and everything was fine that night. When I woke up the next morning, I left him for a bit to go get some coffee. When I came back, he was awake. He was acting strange too, very jumpy and nervous.
"He called me 'sensei', something he hasn't done in years. And he... He referred to Mizuki. A lot. Almost as if he thought they were still together. When he tried to stand, he collapsed and everything seemed to come back to him. He passed out on the way here."
Raven inhaled sharply before standing. "We're going to the hospital. Now. And then..."
"Then what?"
"I'm going to see the Hokage."
---
Kakashi arrived at the hospital slightly before Raven, with Iruka still asleep in his arms. He headed into the front lobby, where a nurse gave him a knowing look.
"Aquirii-san just called," she explained. "And we'll take him from here, Hatake-sama."
Kakashi was loathe to let the stranger take Iruka from him, however. "I'll carry him. Where to?"
The nurse looked like she was about to argue, but changed her mind when she saw the ferocity in the silver-haired man's visible eye. "Follow me, then."
Kakashi nodded and followed the woman to an unoccupied room where he gently set Iruka on the bed. H pulled up a chair beside his lover and gently stroked the side of his face. Pausing, he let a single finger stray across the pale lips.
He almost smiled as he remembered kissing those lips just a single night ago.
After what couldn't have been more than five minutes, Raven came bustling into the room, still in her pajamas. She shot Kakashi a glare.
"You're paying for my window."
Kakashi couldn't help it- he grinned. "If you can make my Iruka all better, I'll pay off whatever's left on you whole house."
Raven smirked. "Too late to take that back now."
She hurried over and tugged Iruka's right arm out of Kakashi's grasp. She pulled a small sanitary wipe off of the nightstand next to them and wiped he inside of Iruka's elbow. Kakashi raised and eyebrow, concerned.
"Standard procedure," Raven replied, pulling a syringe off of the table and inserting it into Iruka's arm. "It's something quite akin to the drug the good Doctor Koru gave him when he first came in. It'll help him wake up."
Kakashi sighed, relieved as Raven slid the needle out of Iruka. There was just one question on his mind. Which Iruka would greet him? His lover or the one who was still in love with Mizuki?
---
"U... uhn..." Iruka moaned as he woke up. He sat up gingerly, rubbing his head. After a quick look at his surroundings, he discovered that he was actually in the hospital next to his home. Huh. When did that one happen?
Iruka looked around the room again and, on second look, noticed a rather gaudy orange book lying on the bed side table. He flushed angrily. Trust Kakashi to leave that book there.
Iruka stood up, noticing the wobbly feel of his legs as he attempted to walk on them. He walked over to the door and leaned on the frame, almost casually as he peeked out of the room. There were a few nurses and doctors walking the halls, but no silver-haired man. No Kakashi. His lover wasn't there.
"Iruka-san!" Iruka whirled around to see Raven glaring daggers at him, biting the inside of her right cheek. "You should be in bed!"
"But Aquirii-san, I'm fine. Really!"
"Bed. Now!" Iruka wondered how the nurse could be so damn intimidating, seeing as how she was a whole eight inches shorter than him. Mumbling an apology, Iruka staggered back to bed. The second he was seated, He felt something shoved into his mouth. He coughed and attempted to spit it back out.
"You spit that out and you'll regret it Iruka-san!" Raven chided, readjusting the thermometer in Iruka's mouth. "Don't make me have Kakashi give it to you. Rectally."
Iruka swallowed and sat silently and perfectly still. He heard a small beeping noise and gasped with relief as Raven pulled the thermometer out of his mouth. She shook it to get the excess saliva off and examined it with a professional eye.
"You're running a fever," Raven stated. "101.2. Not exactly bad, but... given your condition, I'll keep you over night."
Iruka nodded. "Aquirii-san?"
"Yes?"
"Why are you wearing pajamas?"
Raven scowled. "That's your boyfriend's fault, dragging you to my house at damn near the crack of dawn and demanding that I treat you! He owes me a new window, you know."
Iruka laughed nervously. "Does he now? But... treat me for what?"
"You don't remember, Iruka-sensei?"
Iruka sighed at the changed suffix. 'Confusing little--' "No I don't."
Raven tutted loudly. "Will you be alright, Iruka-sensei? If you want to wait five minutes, I can bring you back some medicine and some food."
Iruka nodded. "Aquirii-sa--"
"Raven, please."
"Raven-san, where's Kakashi?"
Raven put a finger to her chin in thought. "He wanted to go see Tsunade-sama."
---
Kakashi banged his fist impatiently down on the table. "I don't want to hear that, Tsunade-sama! I want to hear why Iruka couldn't seem to remember me at all!"
Tsunade gazed, unimpressed, at Kakashi's fist. And the nice-sized dent it had left in her desk. "I'll tell you what I see fit to tell you, brat. Until then, however, sit down! And stop taking your temper out on the furniture."
Grudgingly, Kakashi obeyed. He sat himself in a rigid chair across from Tsunade's desk and waited for her to speak.
Tsunade sighed. "What I'm going to tell you won't be easy for you to bear, Hatake--"
"Please, just tell me, Tsunade-sama."
Tsunade ignored the interruption. "Iruka... The poison inside of Iruka, the Henshitsu toxin. It's working faster than we anticipated. Iruka's time is less than we had originally thought. By a sizeable margin."
Kakashi felt as if someone had pulled a large rug out from under him. "Less?"
"Two months," Tsunade stated grimly. "Two months and a week at most. It's been a month and a half already, Hatake. I don't have to spell it out for you." Kakashi remained silent. "Henshitsu poison is fatal, you already know that. The name itself means deterioration. Iruka's memories, his body... Everything will fade until there's nothing left.
"I'm sorry, Kakashi-kun. I'm very sorry."
Kakashi didn't heard another word of this, however. He left, running out of the Hokage's office and back to the hospital. Back to his lover.
---
Iruka immediately lightened up when Kakashi came into his room. He hurriedly set the orange book he'd been idly flipping thruogh aside and beckoned Kakashi to him.
Almost instantly, Iruka was enveloped in a tight, strong hug. "Kakashi?"
"You remember me?"
"Of course!" Iruka cried. "How could I ever forget you!"
Kakashi lifted Irukaand settled underneath him, setting the chuunin on his lap. Iruka snuggled up against him, letting his face rest against Kakashi's broad chest.
"Kakashi?"
"Yes, love?"
"You're shaking. What's wrong?"
"Nothing, Iruka."
-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-
tsukiraven: Dun dun DUN! Another stage in Iruka's condition is revealed! I bet you guys thought I forgot about that, didn't ya?
I didn't though! Ha!
Two updates in one day... I'm on a roll! I'm so proud of myself!
Kakashi: If you kill Iruka, so help me God, I'll-- --censored for violence--
tsukiraven: o.O
Sakura: So, Miss raven, I noticed you were in this chapter an awful lot.
tsukiraven: Uh huh. You see, as Iruka's condition worsens, The medical staff'll be in it more.
So, until next time guys! Wait-- where's Naruto? Is he still outside? It's pouring!
Oh well. Leave reviews and keep me alive!
Peace Out!