Permission To Seek

Chapter 61 Where they are

“Why have you come?” Haku did not turn away from the moonlight view; he sat on the small couch his knees drawn up to his chest deep in his own thoughts.

Sasuke climb in the second floor window, his red eyes sweeping the room cautiously. He managed to leave the Uchiha compound unnoticed, familiar with the many secret routes into the territory. His gaze rested on the young ninja. “Where did you get those clothing.”

Haku turned away from the window, staring at his lover, “Hyuga Neji, he said in the morning he would send more.”

Sasuke scowled, the white Yukata (robe) annoyed him. “I will bring you things to wear in the morning.” Haku titled his head in agreement, and then gazed back out the window, his dark hair spread luxuriously over his shoulders. Sasuke joined him, sitting slowly down on the sofa.

“There was a time when you shared something with the Hyuga?” His voice dropped.

Sasuke eyes that covertly stared at him, now gave the man his full attention. “Why would you ask?”

“….”

“To answer your question yes, we had a sexual relationship. It ended a long time ago.” His red eyes remained on Haku’s profile; the large eyes twinkled in the full moon.

“I am glad you admitted this, because I doubted his word.”

“What!” Sasuke stood quickly his hands clenching. “He told you about that! I’ll cut out his…”

Haku stood slowly. “You will do nothing to the Jonin.” He reached a forward placing a hand over Sasuke’s heart. “There is no reason to be angry Sasuke, I asked for the truth and he provided an answer.” He placed a gentle kiss on his lover’s face slowly inching back toward his ear.

The Raven trembled, blinking his eyes back to their normal color, Haku had a way of cooling his anger, he did not fully understand why it bothered and excited him. He griped his wrist firmly, removing the hand from his chest. “Stop this is not the time.”

A generous smile graced the angelic face his full lips pouting slightly, “Sasuke I enjoy you playing hard to get, but we both know how it will turn out in the end.” Haku’s free hand wrapped around Sasuke’s neck pulling him firmly in a lust filled kiss.

The black haired ninja felt the room shift, his mouth fighting to dominate their kiss instantly releasing Haku’s wrist wrapping his arms around his back and pushing him on the couch, conveniently landing on top, grinding his hips firmly against his lover’s erection.

Now on the bottom thrusting his hips forward and digging his fingers in the thick black hair pulling his mouth harder against him, Haku whined, lifting the wonderful mouth from him. “You are on top, but I…”

“Shh, just enjoy it.” Sasuke hushed him forcing another kiss and pulling to remove the robe.

Haku chuckled low removing Sasuke’s shirt over his head, and spreading his legs, so the Raven lay between them, one foot resting on the floor. “Show me how much you want it and maybe I will allow you to finish.” His hands raked over Sasuke’s toned back, pulling him tighter in an embrace.

Sasuke rose up on one elbow staring into the flushed face, the beautiful brown eyes glistening in the moon light. Slowly stroking the stray hairs off Haku’s forehead, he kissed him slowly keeping his dark eyes fixedly on this young man. A steady tremble shifted through both males, their hips rocking against each other. The Raven moving down Haku’s body painfully slow, nipping at his skin between kisses, with a deep exhale he sat up again staring.

The hands gripping Sasuke’s back eased forward one resting against his heart. “I can hear your heart.” Haku whispered.

“I know I could always here yours.” The dark eyes softened, and then he scowled his eye flashing red and shooting toward the door. “We got company.”

Haku raised one arm over his head eyes still on his lover. “Will they allow you to stay or I accompany you?”

“Them, well I don’t think I should risk being seen, I will come for you a little later, just be ready.” He sat up the lock clicking on the small apartment door.

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Later…

Haku sat up, gazing at the clock, he had fallen asleep waiting for Sasuke, and it was nearly morning. He stood stretching thinking if that ANBU ninja had not shown up Sasuke would not have left in a hurry. Now fully dressed in his travel clothes he gazed out the window. ‘Where are the guards?’ Also wondering why Sasuke had not returned, he turned retrieving his mask, lightly adorned with a red streak. ‘It has been a long time since I’ve needed this, I will go since he did not come.’

He glance around the room, all his weapons were confiscated but for what he would do to the Raven for keeping him waiting, he would not need any weapons like that, covering his face, and exiting through the window silently in the still pre-dawn light. No one stirred there were not any guards posted near his location, nor over seeing the detention center, the guards still in that facility deeply entranced in Naruto’s sexy jutsu.

The shops vacant and still, the markets and other businesses quiet on this normal week day when everything would begin the buzz of business and reporting for new missions.

As if frozen in time….

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He could not feel anything while they rolled him down the dark hall. He did not want to feel he wanted to sleep. Although sleep would not give him the release he desired, he needed more than sleep to escape the pain and emptiness that remained. If only they would give him peace, he could join the one he loves and not suffer this life with out him. Squinting as a brighter light emerged from a large door his escort rolls him inside, he resisted the urge to ask where they are, deciding to hide in his own thoughts.

Shino push his eye to the microscope then quickly made notes on his tablet, the wheeled stool rolled to the left his fingers dancing over an unmarked key pad typing in the data. This day seemed unending but they made enormous progress, finally he could breathe a sigh of relief, and maybe get some rest before his other mission.

“Shino-sama! You have done it that was the variable we needed we are saved!” One of his assistance chanted followed immediately be the entire room erupting in cheers the mini-laboratory current staffing over a dozen medical personnel most from the Aburame Clan, working along side Konoha, specialist. Hitting an intercom system he repeated the same information to a virtual warehouse of medical and local citizens all working in a make shift medical out post. Prepared for the worst-case, half the facility a laboratory focused on developing new vaccines the other half prepared for casualties and shelters.

This is where Shino has his people working around the clock for weeks, with his return; the Fifth needed him out of the way to help with a special patient, bringing him in as a prisoner the only way. He stood he did not feel the exhaustion, despite not sleeping for several days. “Please do not credit me alone I could not have accomplished this without all of your input, together, I thank you all.”

“Shino, we have brought him, still no change I think he is getting worse.”

Staring at the young ninja, he moved over slowly pulling gloves out of a box and calling for a syringe. He kneeled in front of the pale complexion to clean a small area on his forearm. “I have checked him thoroughly there are no wounds from the wasp, this is a different ailment but I will test his blood.”

The sting in his arm opened his mind, the world coming into focus he stared at the man drawling blood from him; the person looks familiar although from the angle he could only see the top of his head. The needle handed carefully to a young woman in a white lab coat; he has seen many people like that around. Then the dark hair man is speaking but he could not hear the words because his brain focused on the tone. Coupled with the shape of his face this person could be none other than the one who did this to him. The chestnut brown eyes widened at Shino.

“Iruka-sensei, I want you know that everything is going to ….”

(SLAP!)

The hit turned Shino’s head to the side his face bruised; several medical personnel closed in, but Shino halted them with a raised hand. “Do not touch him.”

Iruka leaned forward in his chair, panting and baring his teeth. “You!” He growled swinging again, this time Shino grabbed his wrist quickly and then held both firmly. “You killed him, get off me!” He shouted, in a horse voice attempting to kick out. His target moved quickly to avoid a direct hit, standing and using his weight to overpower the smaller ninja. However, Iruka decided to stand as well attempting to wrench himself free while throwing several more kicks at the boy. “Get off me, I will kill you!” He hissed, his red-rimmed eyes erupting with new tears.

“Iruka!” A male voice stormed. The entire laboratory fell silent every eye now on the pale man, with half his face concealed behind medical mask, leaning heavily against a doorframe. “Do not attack that kid he saved my life!”

Iruka launched himself on Kakashi with such force the white haired Shinobi knees buckled and he sloped to the floor, embracing his bronze lover.

“Oh my God! You are alive! Kakashi-sama!” Covering his face with kisses, the Jonin could not say one word between winces of pain and holding the Chuunin as tightly as he could.

Shino gazed at the pair, while a few other medics swooped in to rescue the Elite ninja. Smiling he joined several others issuing instructions for them to complete, he needed to get some rest but there were several other things he wanted to complete first. Handing over a small notebook to a member of his clan, they eyed each other knowingly before it casually disappeared from sight, “Thank you all for your help, we will all rejoice when order is restored.” Nodding glancing over his shoulder, to see Iruka with Kakashi both now in wheel chairs rolled toward the intensive care unit he left, to handle his most important errand.

Not long after he left, his clansmen step over to a lone computer after checking his surroundings he carefully opened the book scanning the first two pages then stifled a sob, closing the book slowly.

Meanwhile back in the intensive care unit Iruka after much insistence assumed a position next to Kakashi’s bed, gripping the Jonin’s hand firmly. Kakashi’s body weakened by the comatose state Tsunade placed him in, after extracting venom from his body. However, none of her medical books or training provided an effective vaccine to cure the wasp venom. The toxic level could only relate to that of a creature summoned through a ninja technique. In that case, she knew that finding a cure for Kakashi is crucial, and only one person could possibility possess the skill required to heal the Jonin.

The facts of his attack were blatant enough, that she did not trust anyone within the Aburame Clan, especially since she believed at the time leading Kuni-te to think that both his targets are dead would be a safe gamble. The result, Kakashi received an antidote, concocted by Shino, only he refused to provide the Fifth with details on how he developed the serum. Although he assured her a sample would be readily available should the need arise.

Now Kakashi, staring into his lovers brown eyes his calculating mind once again pondering the events of his attack, the memory causes a tremor within. It is not surprising considering how close he had come to death. After leaving Iruka, for the bathroom he discovered a horde of Aburame insects waiting for him. By the time he reacted with an ice jutsu, a deadly wasp hiding among the bugs swooped down injecting him with its toxic venom instantly slowing his reactions.

That is the precise moment he heard Iruka’s terrified voice call his name. Kakashi, poisoned body could not defend against the combined attack of the chakra absorbing bugs and venomous wasp despite his attempts to get back to his lover. The Jonin collapsed unable to move the wasp immediately closed in stinging him repeatedly, Iruka’s voice echoing through the door. The one belief he held on to is Iruka, his beautiful rabbit, is fighting. Kakashi refused to leave this world without explaining to his lover, Iruka how much he deeply loves him.

Iruka’s face streaked with tears, while he continued to hold the Jonin’s hand, gazing deeply in the mix-matched eyes. “Kakashi-sama I am so glad you are alive, I have been such a fool, these last couple days.” His voice caught in his throat, but he did not turn his emotional face away, he could not take his eyes off his lover. The Jonin’s complexion pale, however, all the signs of his injury healed. Standing once again, holding the side of the bed for balance, Iruka leaned over placing a gentle kiss on his forehead, the tears leaking from his eyes dripping on Kakashi’s cheek.

Kakashi reached up one large hand, cupping the side of Iruka’s face. “I love you and I am alive because of you.” He took a deep breath, watching the Chuunin shake his head in disagreement.

“I couldn’t do anything, if Gaara and Neji had not…”

“That is not true Iruka-kun.” Kakashi cut across the teacher. “I am forever indebted to Neji and Gaara; their assistance saved both our lives.” He smiled warmly at his younger lover, “Iruka you are the person who, kept this old heart beating, and you are the man I fought death to be with. The only thought in my weakened state is that I need to tell my most precious person he is everything, and my only thing in this earth. I don’t know what I would do without you Iruka, thank you for saving my life.”

The Chuunin stood up straight staring at his lover in wonder, ‘is this all he wanted to say, how much he loves me?’ “Kakashi-sama I have always known you hold me over all things in this world I hold you in the same regard.” The light reflected off a glimmer at the corner of the Jonin’s eye, Iruka kissed it away then eased his limber body next to the man he loves, gazing in the red and dark blue eyes adoringly. “Since you are so agreeable, will you marry me Kakashi-sama?” He grinned shakily at the older man, waiting for an answer, which Kakashi never actually voiced.

The Jonin pulled Iruka into a rib-cracking embrace astounding him with a soul-stealing kiss, and then buried his teary eyes in the Chuunin’s shoulder shaking his head and kissing Iruka’s face. Kakashi feeling overjoyed that his happy place is here with him, and will remain in his grasp for the rest of his life.

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