The Hunt

Haha, I found you. My pretty boy prey. You won‘t get away this time.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Iruka felt himself nearly fall on his ass when he was quickly and roughly pushed behind Kakashi. He could feel how tense his lovers arm was and shuddered a bit. He would never want to be facing off against Kakashi when he was tense like that. He watched as the silver haired jounin changed in front of him. He was no longer the lazy copy-nin that every one knew but was now changed into the ruthless ANBU killer that very few ever saw. Well…and survived to tell the tale. Iruka was startled when his lover seemed to actually growl before approaching the man in his window. He had never seen Kakashi so mad and…confused at the same time. What he was confused about Iruka did not know.

Iruka took the chance to check their ANBU guards when Kakashi slowly progressed past them. He saw the amount of blood and shuddered. If they were not dead they would be in a very small amount of time. What kind of man could take down two elite ANBU without breaking a sweat? Then Iruka panicked. If this man had taken down these two guards so easily what would he do to Kakashi? Iruka stumbled to his feet and screamed.

“Kakashi!” Iruka was running but suddenly felt him stop and freeze. He let out a quiet whimper when he saw who the man was in his window. His whole body shook and he collapsed to his knees. “Tolo…” Iruka let out another whimper as the man seemed to disappear before reappearing right in front of him. He couldn’t move or react when he saw the sword on Tolo’s waist was drawn and flashed in the moonlight.

“I am going to kill you, Umino Iruka, before you have the chance to kill me. You‘re the only one left that can and I won‘t let that happen!” Iruka felt his mouth drop open at these words. Only one left who can? What the hell? Iruka glanced up at his once captor with the question on the tip of his tongue before he froze again. Tolo had the sword raised and pointed directly at his heart. He felt the tip dig into the fresh scar on his chest but still couldn’t make himself move. Everything seemed to be moving in slow motion and he couldn’t understand why.

Iruka watched as the blade at his chest withdrew. He looked up to see what had caused this and saw Tolo with his eyes widening in shock. He watched as the tip of a kunai pierced through to skin on Tolo’s throat and felt the blade of the sword scratch down his chest as the man fell. He looked down at the lifeless eyes of his once captor and his body shuddered suddenly moving again. Iruka saw where Kakashi had stabbed the kunai through the back of Tolo’s neck effectively cutting his spine, destroying his voice box and filling his throat and lungs with blood. Iruka couldn’t stop himself from shaking as his body curled up on itself. He felt the warm blood from the scratch on his chest and broke out in tears. He had almost died again. He couldn’t do anything to stop it again…

“Shhh, Iruka, it’s gonna be ok, I’m here, he’s dead, we’re all right, the ANBU will be all right, just calm down.” Iruka felt his body shake and his hands clutch at Kakashi as he was wrapped in his strong arms. He shook as his hands gripped at Kakashi’s bare back and felt himself sob harder when he was wrapped more securely in Kakashi’s warm body. Then he was being lifted and carried. He was carried out of the room with the three injured or dead men and into his bedroom. He let Kakashi lay him on the bed and felt as hands carded softly through his hair and warm lips were pressed against his forehead. He started to relax as his body was comforted by Kakashi’s. He felt the lithe ninja pull him close and kiss him lightly before whispering nonsensical comforting words to him.

Iruka found himself almost fully relaxed before he felt other ninja enter his apartment. He couldn’t stop his whole body from tensing and his nails digging into Kakashi’s shoulders where he was holding him. He curled himself up against Kakashi and held the stronger, warmer body close as fear took him over. He felt Kakashi’s arms hold him closer to the warm chest and once again whisper words of comfort to him.

“Shhh, it’s all right Iruka, they’re our ninja. They are just here for the ANBU, they’re medical-nin, they’re going to save the ANBU. Shhh, he’s gone, were all right. Let me help you Iruka, just hold onto me.” Iruka felt his body slowly start to relax once again while Kakashi petted him. He felt Kakashi’s warm hands on his bare arms, rubbing up and down to warm him. He felt Kakashi kiss his face lightly. He felt a light kiss on his forehead, across his temple and down to cheek. Kakashi was soothing him in one of the most effective manners he knew.

Iruka felt Kakashi’s warm mouth press down against his own and let out a sigh. He needed this. His life had been so frantic for such a long time. He just needed some normalcy. Iruka lifted his hands and slid them along Kakashi’s back. He really thought the suggestion of holding onto his lover and letting him take away the pain was a good one. Iruka felt his mouth fall open to Kakashi’s insistent tongue as the warm hands of his lover pulled him back to himself. He let the fear still in his mind fall away as Kakashi licked inside his mouth. He reveled in the feeling of his lover until he felt said lover jerk back and look down at him worriedly. He watched Kakashi’s gaze drifted down to his chest and the long scratch that was caused by the sword falling. He felt warm fingers trace the wound before Kakashi began speaking.

“Let me clean this for you, Iruka, then I’ll hold you again, I promise.” Iruka nodded but automatically felt his body begin to shake again when the warmth of his lover disappeared. He curled up into himself and tried to breathe as he heard all the different sounds in his apartment. He heard Kakashi in his bathroom, looking for medical supplies. He heard ninja in the other room treating the ANBU and taking away the bodies. He even heard the pitter-patter of rain outside as it came through his broken window. He tried to focus on these sounds, focus on something other then his heart still lodged in his throat.

Iruka knew that these noises should be comforting and familiar. He knew this but still found himself tensing at each scuffle or bang. He closed his eyes tight and concentrated on his breathing, his heartbeat. Iruka felt himself flinch slightly when Kakashi’s hand landed on his shoulder. He felt himself pushed to his back and a warm cloth pulled down his chest to clean the blood. The cloth was replaced by a cleaning gauze and Iruka felt the sting that came with disinfection. Iruka watched his lover perform seals, slowly, so that he could see exactly what they were. Kakashi didn’t want to freak him out any more then he already was. He then felt himself grimace at the pain of the blood vessels and tissue being forcibly sewn back together by the healing jutsu.

“There you go, Iruka, it’s all better now.” Iruka watched as Kakashi set the cleaning supplies aside then turn back to him. “Are you all right Iruka, do you need a medical-nin?” Iruka just shook his head no and reached up for Kakashi. Apparently Kakashi got the point and immediately lowered himself and took his lover into his arms. This was all that Iruka needed. Just this support from Kakashi. He just needed to know that he was there and that he was alive. That they both were alive.

Iruka felt Kakashi shift over him and settle at his side. Kakashi pulled him back against his chest and nuzzled the back of his neck. He was trying to comfort again, Iruka knew that and he appreciated it. He understood that he should not act like this. He was a ninja, damnit, he should be braver, stronger. He should be-

“Stop thinking so much, Iruka, the constant grinding of the cogs in your brain are annoying me.” Ahhh, and goodbye went the comforting. This was more normal then the comforting. The teasing and the ribbing and…the wandering hands. Iruka felt himself chuckle and fully relax as Kakashi pulled him closer. He watched Kakashi’s hand move slowly, and what the copy-nin thought was stealthily, down his stomach towards the waistband of his pants. He tried to wiggle away but only felt himself pulled closer to the lean body behind him as Kakashi finally succeeded in sliding his hand under his waistband.

Iruka gasped as Kakashi palmed his cock, bringing it to hardness under his careful ministrations. He tried to stop him, he really did. He pushed at his hand and tried to speak, to voice his displeasure as the situation. He really tried but gave up mere seconds later when he figured out he wasn’t fooling either of them in any way. Kakashi had just killed a man for him with these hands but was still willing to comfort him in the best way he knew possible. Hell, this was better then comforting.

Iruka felt himself pushed onto his back before he saw Kakashi looming over him. Iruka watched as Kakashi leaned down to kiss him. He didn’t try to stop him in any way. He thought on the look he had seen in Kakashi’s eyes as his warm mouth sealed against his lovers. That wasn’t just worry and anger. That look had that “ANBU look” on the edges of it. There was no way to describe that look but cold, dead, uncontrolled rage and calculation. Iruka wanted to burn that look out of Kakashi’s eyes and he figured that this was the easiest and most gratifying way for both of them to do this. Iruka let Kakashi worm his way into his mouth as he traced the scars on the paler mans back. He felt Kakashi grinding down against him and almost got lost in the feeling.

This was until he heard a scream.

Then a bone crunching slam.

Kakashi was up in a second, the look Iruka had been trying to eradicate totally overtaking his eyes. The jounin had a mask on his face and was out of the door of the bedroom before Iruka could blink. Iruka did the same, minus the mask, and stared in shock at the scene he walked into. There was a severely wounded medical-nin laying against his fireplace. The two ANBU were gone, presumably taken away by medical-nin. Iruka could see one medical-nin trying to speak to Kakashi, he seemed scared out of his mind.

“I’m sorry, I’m so sorry. We checked, we checked so closely, he was DEAD, I swear! He was dead.” Iruka’s eyes widened as he looked around.

Tolo was gone…

“We were just removing the Kunai, He was dead! But…as soon as the Kunai was removed…he…he…disappeared.”

The medical-nin hadn’t taken him…

“He was so fast…He threw Hisako …Then he…said…he would never give up. It all happened so fast, we couldn’t stop him. How did he heal after that? How did he live?” Iruka felt his heart stop for a second time in one night.

Tolo was alive and he still wanted to kill him.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
AN:Hehe, i think i'm getting better at cliffy's how about you?

Anyway, i'm sry this chappy gook so long, i had a lot of shit going on in my life and it all added up to just destroy my writing time.

I hope you like this chappy. I guess it's kinda filler...kinda plot progression.

The way i want you to think of Tolo's regeneration is like that girl on Heroes regeneration. Remember how all they had to do was remove the wood from her brain and she came back to life? Yeah. something like that.

Anyway...ohhh...i used a real Japanese name in here.

Hisako means long-lived child.

Yes, it is meant to be saracastic. The char lasted for all of like two seconds in the story.

unnooo, thats all!

Thanks for reading!