Naruto Fan Fiction ❯ I'll Cover You ❯ Without You ( Chapter 15 )
[ Y - Young Adult: Not suitable for readers under 16 ]
By: tsukiraven 
The time for confrontation comes early as Iruka is snatched from the hospital.
Anime/Manga: Naruto Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Hentai | Type: Alternate Universe | Uploaded On: 07.06.2006 | Pages: 3 | Words: 2.0K | Visits: 385 | Status: Work In Progress
The time for confrontation comes early as Iruka is snatched from the hospital.
Anime/Manga: Naruto Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Hentai | Type: Alternate Universe | Uploaded On: 07.06.2006 | Pages: 3 | Words: 2.0K | Visits: 385 | Status: Work In Progress
tsukiraven: --enters locker room, followed by Sakura and Tsunade-- Ahh.. nothing beats a good game of softball like pounding Sasuke's face into the dirt while I tag him. Accidentaly! --To Sakura and Tsunade-- You can't prove anything!
Sakura and Tsunade: --deep sigh--
Sakura: Miss Raven, you're awfully jumpy for someone who beat Sasuke up accidentally...
tsukiraven: --working combination lock-- Damn right I'm jumpy. I'm always jumpy. Almost. Unless I'm not. Which is about half of the time, so I guess you could say that--
Naruto: --walks in-- Ahh! At least the rain stopped! --Notices the three women changing-- Holy shit!
tsukiraven: God dammit, Naruto!
Tsunade: Brat, I'll kill you!
Sakura: Naruto, what the hell?
Naruto: --looking at cieling-- Ehehe... so.... anyone heard any good jokes lately?
Tsunade: Yeah... How about the little brat that snuck into the girls locker room and got totally pulverized?
Naruto: I don't think that I've heard that one-- Ahhhhh!
--censored for extreme violence and language--
Jiraiya: (peeping through a hole in the wall) tsukiraven doesn't own it-- oohhh... that's the dreaded fangirl punch. I pity that boy... He'll be lucky to fornicate again, much less produce offspring!
I'll Cover You, Chappie 15
Be my lover Iruka... will you?
Iruka... I love you dammit!
Iruka smiled up at Kakashi in an attempt to cheer him up. The poor man had been awfully down for some reason.
"Kashi?"
Kakashi looked down at the cozy man in his arms. "Iruka-love?"
Iruka widely grinned. "I love it when you call me that. I was wondering...."
"Yeah?"
"You know... when I'm better I mean, that onsen trip you've been planning? We should go!"
Kakashi nearly laughed. Nearly. "What are you talking about, Iruka? We already went."
Iruka blinked. "We did?"
"Yes, we did! Are you telling me..."
"Kakashi I don't remember going!"
---
"I don't think I can really help you with your problem," Raven stated.
The hysterical woman continued to whimper. "But... my husband he... his leg is bent wrong and I--"
"Raven-san!"
Raven whilred around to see a masked Kakashi bounding towards her. "Raven-san, Iruka doesn't--"
"No. I am with a patient. Talk to someone else if you have to. I have things to do."
---
Iruka once again threw the book he was reading under the covers as his lover stormed into the room. "No luck?"
Kakashi huffed and sat on the chair next to the bed. "Raven wouldn't even talk to me."
Iruka shurgged. "I feel fine, anyway. Nothing hurts and I think that my fever's going down."
"Yeah, but still..." Kakashi cupped his hand to the side of Iruka's face. "I just want to see you happy. I love you, Ruka."
Iruka leaned contently into Kakashi's hand, letting his own hand stray to his lover's face in turn. "I love you too, Kakashi." He smiled at the look in his lover's eye. He knew what that meant.
"Get over here, Kakashi!" Kakashi grinned and flopped onto the bed over Iruka, careful not to crush the smaller man. He tugged Iruka against him, letting the dolphin fall flat against his chest as he stroked his hair.
Kakashi frowned distractedly. Iruka's hair was lank and the roots were damp from sweat. His face was thinned and there were bags under his eyes. Kakashi wrapped his arms around Iruka's waist. He was definetly a lot thinner. Tsunade was right.
His love was wasting away. The proof was in his arms.
Iruka's indomitable spirit, his prescence of mind, his fire. And now, his body as well.
Kakashi would be damned if he'd allow another loved one to die.
Iruka grinned up at him, chocolate eyes full of love and warmth and a little something else.
Kakashi grinned back. Iruka was here now. Right in his arms. That was what mattered.
Iruka leaned up and planted a soft kiss on the jounin's mask. His agile tongue darted out and traced the delacate corners of his lover's mouth that he knew were there. He pulled back, still smiling.
"The cloth of your mask tastes awful, you know."
"Ruka, you know I just wear it so that no one will become jealous and steal me away from you."
Iruka chuckled, shaking his head. He tugged the mask down and latched his lips onto his lover's. Kakashi smirked into the kiss and happily complied. Until--
A hassled looking Doctor Koru burst into the room, looking about almost frantically.
"Tell me," he said without pause. "When was the last time either of you had seen Nurse Aquirii?"
"About fifiteen minutes ago," Kakashi supplied. "Why?"
"She was found in a downstairs supply closet, unconscious and barely breathing, twenty minutes ago."
---
"How the hell did this happen?" Raven cried mournfully. "I was being so cautious too! Now I'll be demoted! Waugh! I need this job!"
"Please, Raven-chan," Tsunade said, with the air of an impatient babysitter telling a two year old to go to sleep. "Tell me what happened. I promise no one will demote you."
"Well, that's a relief to hear. I was walking back from getting food for Iruka-sensei," Raven stated. "When someone called me over. I went over, it looked like... I dunno, maybe a younger intern? Anywho, he asked for a key to a file cabinet and I was happy to oblige. I tried to balance all of the food in one hand and that didn't work- I spilled hot coffee all down my front. I went to put everything down and wipe myself off when my necklace fell out.
"You know the one? The one with all of the keys I have on it?"
Raven sighed, rubbing her bandaged head absentmindedly. "Next thing I know, there's a half-dozen throwing stars poking out of my arm and a really bad pain in my head and neck. It goes blank after that."
Tsunade coughed. "And when you woke up, you were shoved in a closet and your necklace--"
"Was gone."
"Damn. It's a perfect disguise, really. Knock out the ninja when she's distracted and henge into her, walk around like you know the place and the people and what's going on, and then use her stolen necklace to get whatever you need--" Tsunade cut herself off, suddenly upset. "Raven, did that necklace have a master key?"
"Yes, it did...." Raven's eyes widened to an impossible size. "You honestly don't think--"
"If he started something, even if it wasn't what he meant to start, why not finish it?"
A single name escaped Raven's mouth before both kunoichi vanished.
"Iruka-sensei!"
---
Kakashi strolled down the hallway beside Doctor Koru. "Calm down, Doc. You yourself said that she woke up and was fine. And that she was meeting with Tsunade."
Koru grumbled angrily, running a hand through his thinning hair. "Damn ninja and all of their transformation shit."
Kakashi rolled his eyes. "You know that I'm a ninja, right?"
Koru grumbled even more. "That doesn't give me any special preference towards them. But why on Earth would someone want to look like Nurse Aquirii, for God's sake! She has to be the worst disguise I've ever heard of."
"Sometimes," Kakashi said wisely, "the best disguise is none at all." He smirked, although it was hidden by the mask that covered his handsome face. "Ninja 101, Doc."
Kakashi's keen eye caught it before the doctor did. A shadowed blur, almost to quick for his eye to comprehend. In seconds, it was gone. As it passed, Kakashi thought he felt a familiar spike of chakra. He stared after it and, on second thought, raised his headband to reveal a whirling sharingan eye.
"Hatake? Hatake, what are you doing?" Koru demanded.
"It's Raven-san," Kakashi stated solmnley, adjusting his headband. "She's running. Fast. I'm gonna go catch up." And with that, he was gone after the blur.
"Raven-san!" Kakashi yelled. "Slow it down!"
The blur stopped, revealing the young nurse. Her right arm was covered in bandages, as was her head. She still wore her pajamas. Kakashi realized that that was something the copycat had forgotten to manipulate. He stored the info away- it could come in useful.
"Kakashi-san," Raven nodded. "I was going to see Iruka-sensei."
"You're pretty banged up."
"Don't I know it." Raven turned, beginning to run again. "Come with me Kakashi-san. I wanna make sure that my hunch is wrong."
Raven and Kakashi ran to Iruka's room in silence, Raven with supressed dread and Kakashi with anxiousness. He could feel Raven's nervous and edgy chakra rolling off of the girl in waves and it sickened him. Was something wrong with Iruka?
When they reached Iruka's door, Raven halted and silently removed a kunai from the inside of her shirt. She coughed, rubbing her nose. Kakashi recognized the symbols- Just in case. He nodded, taking out his own shuraiken.
"Iruka-sensei!" Raven called. "Iruka-sensei, are you there?" She jiggled the door knob. It was locked. "Iruka-sensei?" Raven swore. "If I had Tsunade-sama's strength, I'd bee in there in two seconds. Iruka-sensei, are you okay?" Still no answer. Raven closed her eyes and listened hard. When she opened her eyes, they were worried.
"Kakashi-san, please kick the door down."
Kakashi complied easily, his foot wrenching the solid wood off of it's hinges with a louch crunch. The door flew to the opposite end off the room. Both ninja ran in eagerly, weapons out.
The room was perfect and orderly, only missing one thing. Iruka. The open window curtains fluttered a steady window as Kakashi felt his stomach drop.
It couldn't have been anyone but him. Mizuki.
-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-
tsukiraven: --standing over beaten up Naruto-- That'll learn ya, won't it punk? Teach you to go around spying on innocent, helpless females when they're (notices readers) Oh hi!
It seems that our story now takes a turn for the worst, ne? What will happen? Iruka's condition is rapidly deteriorating... will Kakashi reach him in time?
Jiraiya: --muttering-- Beats me...
tsukiraven: Who said that? --turns around, sees hole in wall-- Well, well... what do we have here?
Jiraiya: Oh, shit!
Tsunade: Damn pervert!
Sakura: Well, it looks like from here on in, our favorite lovers are doomed to horrible tests of faith, love and hope. Also, horrible omakes.
Till next time! Bye bye!
tsukiraven: Wait! Wait! I might not be able to update as soon as normal next time- my computor's a liiiittle wonky right now. It's old. It's not as spry as it used to be.
So review to keep my spirits up! Peace out!
Sakura and Tsunade: --deep sigh--
Sakura: Miss Raven, you're awfully jumpy for someone who beat Sasuke up accidentally...
tsukiraven: --working combination lock-- Damn right I'm jumpy. I'm always jumpy. Almost. Unless I'm not. Which is about half of the time, so I guess you could say that--
Naruto: --walks in-- Ahh! At least the rain stopped! --Notices the three women changing-- Holy shit!
tsukiraven: God dammit, Naruto!
Tsunade: Brat, I'll kill you!
Sakura: Naruto, what the hell?
Naruto: --looking at cieling-- Ehehe... so.... anyone heard any good jokes lately?
Tsunade: Yeah... How about the little brat that snuck into the girls locker room and got totally pulverized?
Naruto: I don't think that I've heard that one-- Ahhhhh!
--censored for extreme violence and language--
Jiraiya: (peeping through a hole in the wall) tsukiraven doesn't own it-- oohhh... that's the dreaded fangirl punch. I pity that boy... He'll be lucky to fornicate again, much less produce offspring!
I'll Cover You, Chappie 15
Be my lover Iruka... will you?
Iruka... I love you dammit!
Iruka smiled up at Kakashi in an attempt to cheer him up. The poor man had been awfully down for some reason.
"Kashi?"
Kakashi looked down at the cozy man in his arms. "Iruka-love?"
Iruka widely grinned. "I love it when you call me that. I was wondering...."
"Yeah?"
"You know... when I'm better I mean, that onsen trip you've been planning? We should go!"
Kakashi nearly laughed. Nearly. "What are you talking about, Iruka? We already went."
Iruka blinked. "We did?"
"Yes, we did! Are you telling me..."
"Kakashi I don't remember going!"
---
"I don't think I can really help you with your problem," Raven stated.
The hysterical woman continued to whimper. "But... my husband he... his leg is bent wrong and I--"
"Raven-san!"
Raven whilred around to see a masked Kakashi bounding towards her. "Raven-san, Iruka doesn't--"
"No. I am with a patient. Talk to someone else if you have to. I have things to do."
---
Iruka once again threw the book he was reading under the covers as his lover stormed into the room. "No luck?"
Kakashi huffed and sat on the chair next to the bed. "Raven wouldn't even talk to me."
Iruka shurgged. "I feel fine, anyway. Nothing hurts and I think that my fever's going down."
"Yeah, but still..." Kakashi cupped his hand to the side of Iruka's face. "I just want to see you happy. I love you, Ruka."
Iruka leaned contently into Kakashi's hand, letting his own hand stray to his lover's face in turn. "I love you too, Kakashi." He smiled at the look in his lover's eye. He knew what that meant.
"Get over here, Kakashi!" Kakashi grinned and flopped onto the bed over Iruka, careful not to crush the smaller man. He tugged Iruka against him, letting the dolphin fall flat against his chest as he stroked his hair.
Kakashi frowned distractedly. Iruka's hair was lank and the roots were damp from sweat. His face was thinned and there were bags under his eyes. Kakashi wrapped his arms around Iruka's waist. He was definetly a lot thinner. Tsunade was right.
His love was wasting away. The proof was in his arms.
Iruka's indomitable spirit, his prescence of mind, his fire. And now, his body as well.
Kakashi would be damned if he'd allow another loved one to die.
Iruka grinned up at him, chocolate eyes full of love and warmth and a little something else.
Kakashi grinned back. Iruka was here now. Right in his arms. That was what mattered.
Iruka leaned up and planted a soft kiss on the jounin's mask. His agile tongue darted out and traced the delacate corners of his lover's mouth that he knew were there. He pulled back, still smiling.
"The cloth of your mask tastes awful, you know."
"Ruka, you know I just wear it so that no one will become jealous and steal me away from you."
Iruka chuckled, shaking his head. He tugged the mask down and latched his lips onto his lover's. Kakashi smirked into the kiss and happily complied. Until--
A hassled looking Doctor Koru burst into the room, looking about almost frantically.
"Tell me," he said without pause. "When was the last time either of you had seen Nurse Aquirii?"
"About fifiteen minutes ago," Kakashi supplied. "Why?"
"She was found in a downstairs supply closet, unconscious and barely breathing, twenty minutes ago."
---
"How the hell did this happen?" Raven cried mournfully. "I was being so cautious too! Now I'll be demoted! Waugh! I need this job!"
"Please, Raven-chan," Tsunade said, with the air of an impatient babysitter telling a two year old to go to sleep. "Tell me what happened. I promise no one will demote you."
"Well, that's a relief to hear. I was walking back from getting food for Iruka-sensei," Raven stated. "When someone called me over. I went over, it looked like... I dunno, maybe a younger intern? Anywho, he asked for a key to a file cabinet and I was happy to oblige. I tried to balance all of the food in one hand and that didn't work- I spilled hot coffee all down my front. I went to put everything down and wipe myself off when my necklace fell out.
"You know the one? The one with all of the keys I have on it?"
Raven sighed, rubbing her bandaged head absentmindedly. "Next thing I know, there's a half-dozen throwing stars poking out of my arm and a really bad pain in my head and neck. It goes blank after that."
Tsunade coughed. "And when you woke up, you were shoved in a closet and your necklace--"
"Was gone."
"Damn. It's a perfect disguise, really. Knock out the ninja when she's distracted and henge into her, walk around like you know the place and the people and what's going on, and then use her stolen necklace to get whatever you need--" Tsunade cut herself off, suddenly upset. "Raven, did that necklace have a master key?"
"Yes, it did...." Raven's eyes widened to an impossible size. "You honestly don't think--"
"If he started something, even if it wasn't what he meant to start, why not finish it?"
A single name escaped Raven's mouth before both kunoichi vanished.
"Iruka-sensei!"
---
Kakashi strolled down the hallway beside Doctor Koru. "Calm down, Doc. You yourself said that she woke up and was fine. And that she was meeting with Tsunade."
Koru grumbled angrily, running a hand through his thinning hair. "Damn ninja and all of their transformation shit."
Kakashi rolled his eyes. "You know that I'm a ninja, right?"
Koru grumbled even more. "That doesn't give me any special preference towards them. But why on Earth would someone want to look like Nurse Aquirii, for God's sake! She has to be the worst disguise I've ever heard of."
"Sometimes," Kakashi said wisely, "the best disguise is none at all." He smirked, although it was hidden by the mask that covered his handsome face. "Ninja 101, Doc."
Kakashi's keen eye caught it before the doctor did. A shadowed blur, almost to quick for his eye to comprehend. In seconds, it was gone. As it passed, Kakashi thought he felt a familiar spike of chakra. He stared after it and, on second thought, raised his headband to reveal a whirling sharingan eye.
"Hatake? Hatake, what are you doing?" Koru demanded.
"It's Raven-san," Kakashi stated solmnley, adjusting his headband. "She's running. Fast. I'm gonna go catch up." And with that, he was gone after the blur.
"Raven-san!" Kakashi yelled. "Slow it down!"
The blur stopped, revealing the young nurse. Her right arm was covered in bandages, as was her head. She still wore her pajamas. Kakashi realized that that was something the copycat had forgotten to manipulate. He stored the info away- it could come in useful.
"Kakashi-san," Raven nodded. "I was going to see Iruka-sensei."
"You're pretty banged up."
"Don't I know it." Raven turned, beginning to run again. "Come with me Kakashi-san. I wanna make sure that my hunch is wrong."
Raven and Kakashi ran to Iruka's room in silence, Raven with supressed dread and Kakashi with anxiousness. He could feel Raven's nervous and edgy chakra rolling off of the girl in waves and it sickened him. Was something wrong with Iruka?
When they reached Iruka's door, Raven halted and silently removed a kunai from the inside of her shirt. She coughed, rubbing her nose. Kakashi recognized the symbols- Just in case. He nodded, taking out his own shuraiken.
"Iruka-sensei!" Raven called. "Iruka-sensei, are you there?" She jiggled the door knob. It was locked. "Iruka-sensei?" Raven swore. "If I had Tsunade-sama's strength, I'd bee in there in two seconds. Iruka-sensei, are you okay?" Still no answer. Raven closed her eyes and listened hard. When she opened her eyes, they were worried.
"Kakashi-san, please kick the door down."
Kakashi complied easily, his foot wrenching the solid wood off of it's hinges with a louch crunch. The door flew to the opposite end off the room. Both ninja ran in eagerly, weapons out.
The room was perfect and orderly, only missing one thing. Iruka. The open window curtains fluttered a steady window as Kakashi felt his stomach drop.
It couldn't have been anyone but him. Mizuki.
-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-
tsukiraven: --standing over beaten up Naruto-- That'll learn ya, won't it punk? Teach you to go around spying on innocent, helpless females when they're (notices readers) Oh hi!
It seems that our story now takes a turn for the worst, ne? What will happen? Iruka's condition is rapidly deteriorating... will Kakashi reach him in time?
Jiraiya: --muttering-- Beats me...
tsukiraven: Who said that? --turns around, sees hole in wall-- Well, well... what do we have here?
Jiraiya: Oh, shit!
Tsunade: Damn pervert!
Sakura: Well, it looks like from here on in, our favorite lovers are doomed to horrible tests of faith, love and hope. Also, horrible omakes.
Till next time! Bye bye!
tsukiraven: Wait! Wait! I might not be able to update as soon as normal next time- my computor's a liiiittle wonky right now. It's old. It's not as spry as it used to be.
So review to keep my spirits up! Peace out!