The Hunt

Naga, Tolo is located in North West Konoha, Briar road, house two

You found him. ‘Ruka! You fucking found him
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For the umpteenth time in the last week Iruka and Kakashi found themselves getting dressed in a ridiculously short amount of time and automatically flying out after an enemy that they had no clue whether they could kill or not. The chuunin and jounin went out after the immortal ninja without informing anyone, not the Hokage, the torture and interrogation specialist, or their fellow ninja.

Iruka had had to convince Kakashi to go along with his plan. The jounin did not want to go alone, he thought that they should have ANBU, the Hokage and Ibiki. He thought that the more fighters that they had, the better chance they had to defeat Tolo. It took Iruka just as much time to convince Kakashi that he was the ONLY one who would be able to fight Tolo and defeat him as it did for them to get ready. Iruka knew that his lover was over protective but he never knew to what extent until that fight happened. Kakashi had fought him tooth and nail about him fighting. Apparently his jounin lover did not think that he could…well more like, should fight. Kakashi was really overprotective.

Like a mother.

A fucking mother hen.

“Kakashi, you are NOT listening to me, you cannot do this.” Iruka felt like pulling his hair out as he got another, trying to look stern, look from the copy-nin.

“No, ‘Ruka, you can’t do this. I am the jounin, I am the fighter, and I will be the one taking him on, is that understood?” Iruka almost felt like laughing when the infamous Copy-nin stepped up to him, wagging his finger in his face, seeming just like the flamboyantly gay man that he was.

Kakashi noticed the brunettes clear amusement and was not happy about it. Not at all. This was a serious matter and all Iruka could do was keep telling him that he would be the one fighting and laughing at him! This wasn’t right! He was a jounin and couldn’t even think of a good way to tell his chuunin lover that he was the better fighter. Granted, he had never seen Iruka’s kekkei genkai in action but he still had to be the better fighter. No chuunin was going to strong arm him!

That was exactly what happened, however. Iruka somehow got Kakashi to agree to everything once he sat the man down and explained all of it relatively slowly. He told Kakashi how he was the only who could fight Tolo because he was the only one that had the jutsu needed to find his weakness. He also had to explain that he could not just tell Kakashi the weakness because the decisive blow had to be perfectly aligned with the weakness. If it wasn’t Tolo would just regenerate and all of this would start over again. They didn’t need other people because they would only get in the way and they definitely did not need to tell the Hokage because he would just freak out. Then he got up, grabbed Kakashi’s arm and dragged him from the room towards their enemy without another word.

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Kakashi and Iruka found Tolo exactly where the Nancisor had located him less then half an hour earlier. The immortal man had booby trapped and rigged every entrance into the small house effectively make covert entrance nearly impossible. Nearly was the operative word, nothing was impossible for Kakashi, the great copy nin of Konoha. It wasn’t seconds after they had gained entrance into the house that they were being forcefully thrown out of the house. By forcefully, it meant they were blasted out by an exploding jutsu.

Tolo was moving after them then, a katana pulled out of the sheathe on his back with a shing as he ran strait for Iruka. The sword cut into the chuunins shoulder before Iruka was jumping back, his eyes bleeding black as he watched the other man. He didn’t seem frightened at all, he wasn’t really. He just wanted this over, he was tired of being hunted…of being followed. He just wanted to be left alone to be with his lover.

“Kakashi!” The name was screamed when Iruka saw Kakashi lunge at Tolo, blood lust clear in his steel blue eye and spinning sharingan. “Kakashi! You still can’t see it, get out of the way!” Iruka was too late, however. Kakashi was already on the immortal, his shuriken flying as he attacked him with his kunai, getting much too close to him. That proved to be the silver haired mans downfall, Tolo hit him hard on the chest, sending him flying backwards with a jutsu the jounin had never seen. Kakashi hit the ground hard, leaving blood in his wake as his body bounced, hitting with the ominous sounds of bone crunching before he rolled to the stop, still as a stone.

Iruka lost it at that, an almost animalistic scream coming from his throat as he moved for Tolo. He moved deceptively slow, the terrain around them seeming to darken the closer he got. The moon was soon blacked out, inky darkness surrounding them as Iruka literally crackled with power.

The sight terrified Tolo, making him step back farther into the ink black darkness, his katana held in his hand. “What the hell are you?” He asked, his entire body tense as he held out the sword, aiming it for Iruka…just as the brown haired chuunin disappeared into the blanketing darkness.

“I know what your power is, I know what your weakness is.”

Tolo jumped at the words, looking around with wide eyes as he waved the katana carelessly, striking out into the darkness blindly. “What the fuck?!” He couldn’t even form words coherently, his body tensing in his fear.

“It’s like a seal, an artifact.” Iruka’s words were floating to Tolo through the darkness, sounding very much like a malicious ghost. “Your power is your weakness.” Iruka said, the words loud and echoing as he suddenly reached forward, grasping the katana with his bare hand. “You shouldn’t of fucked with my lover.” He growled out before snapping the katana in half, the weapon glowing brightly before disappearing in a bright flash of light. Iruka watched as Tolo stumbled backwards at that, a frightened no coming from his throat. He was defenselessness now. The fight was disappointingly short after that. Now that Tolo had lost what had made him immortal, he was just as fragile as any other person, his life extinguished just as simply as a child’s.

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Iruka had carried Kakashi home, Tolo’s blood still wet on his hands, his eyes still pure black as he watched his lover. He had to make sure he was still alive, that he wasn’t going to die on him and this was the easiest way he knew possible. The chuunin had finally calmed down once he got Kakashi back to the hospital, his eyes fading back to brown as the cut on his shoulder was cleaned and dressed. He was pulled into the Hokage’s office after that, receiving stern looks from the third and Ibiki before being asked to give his report.

His report had been swift and to the point, his mind more focused on getting bck to his lover then relaying what he had done. He told the Hokage and the torture and interrogation specialists how Nancisor had released itself, how they had found Tolo and the subsequent fight. He informed them that Kakashi had been injured from an attack and he had taken out Tolo after that. It had taken a bit more to explain how the power from the katana had kept the immortal alive but he eventually got his point across.

Iruka headed back to Kakashi after that, sitting by his bed, his hand holding the jounins as he tried not to worry too much. Kakashi had been hurt bad, four ribs hand been broken, a lung punctured and his stomach almost crushed. If not for the medics amazing healing a abilities the copy nin would have died from his injuries. Even now he was still bad off.

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It took Kakashi almost three days to wake up. The amount of time it took him to wake almost scaring his lover out of his mind. The jounin made a groaning sound when he woke up, pulling Iruka’s attention to him.

Iruka was awake automatically, standing to run his hands along Kakashi’s bare face, whispering to him softly. “Kashi love, are you awake?” He asked, leaning down to kiss the silver haired man softly when he made another soft noise. “God, please, Kakashi. I’m here, come back to me.”

Kakashi force his eyes open at that, smiling a bit as he coughed. “Maaa, is that pleading I hear in your voice, Ruka?” His voice was scratchy but he was alright other then that. A small laugh came from his throat at the glaring look he got from his lover because of the teasing. He really loved that look.

“Don’t tease me, not now.” Iruka grumbled, thumping his hand against Kakashi’s chest before leaning down to kiss him again. This kiss was full of passion, all of his love and worry bleeding into the passionate embrace. Their tongues tangled together, their bodies pressing against his each others for as long as they could before they needed to breathe. Iruka was panting when they parted, his eyes slightly bleary as he looked down. “Please don’t scare me like that again Kashi, please.”

Kakashi nodded at that, pulling Iruka into another gentle kiss before responding verbally. “Don’t worry Iruka, I’ll do everything I can to not worry you again.” He said, hugging his lover gently. “But we did it Iruka.” He laughed at the, hugging Iruka even tighter. “The hunts over, it’s all over.”

Iruka smiled, leaning his head against Kakashi’s as he nodded. “Yes, the hunt is over.”

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AN: Guuhhh!!! The end is CRAP! Ok…I just wanted to get this done for everyone because I don’t like working on more then two multichaps at once.

The fight scene is crap too, I’m about as good at them as I am sex scenes >.<

I have a smut block so I worked on this!

Well, I don’t have much else to say other then that. Just…I hope you guys like it! Remember favs and comments are loved, they make me happy!