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This is the second Fic I am uploading here since I finally found out how X3
I do not own kakashi nor any of the other Naruto charakters
I do however claim the idea to this story since its totally thought up by me.
This fic does contain manxman pairings but there will be no sex

Summary: When Kakashi comes home from a mission, it turns out he and his teammates have been poisoned. Time is running out and the only antidote they got turns out to be another sort of poison. Not to mention the enemy's are far too eager to steal it back...
Rated: M due to violence and language.
Pairings: KakashixIruka


It was the falling of water that woke Iruka from his light sleep. In his first reaction he reached for the alarm clock besides his bed, 2:23 in the morning.

He yawned and turned to his other side, he had at least another four and a half hours to go before he was expected at the academy.

Then all of a sudden... it hit him, Kakashi was home.

Sleep completely forgotten he jumped out of bed and made his way over towards the bathroom, if Kakashi was taking a shower, even though he was well over due with his mission, his injuries couldnt be that bad could they?

"Kakashi-kun?" He called as he walked in, the shadow behind the shower curtain halted for a moment.

"Ah... Gomen Ru-kun." A small cough and a sharp intake of breath. "Did I wake you?" The voice wasnt strong but it wasnt weak either maybe somewhat short of breath.

Iruka shook his head and eyed the clothes that lay hazzardly spread around bathroom from the corners of his eyes. "No, I couldn't sleep."

He half lied as he picked up a piece of clothing, it was dirtied with blood and mud, leaves but it didnt look torn or cut. "How was your mission?" He asked.

"Dreadful..." Kakashi sighed and then cursed under his breath.

Iruka glared at the curtains worriedly and just dumped the pieces of clothing into a corner before he walked over to the tub. "You're hurt?" It wasn't really a question, more a statement. Without much sound the curtains where shoved sideways and Iruka stepped into the tub.

Kakashi grinned at the teacher, his eyes forming his typical 'n' shape. "It's ok, I didn't take the worst of it." He tried to assure the other who looked at him sternly. An ugly purple and green bruise was already forming in a great area on his left side and his usual pale skin only served to accentuate it, making it stand out even harder.

"That needs a wrap, what happened?" "And turn the heat on this water is freezing." Iruka snapped moving closer into the jounin and reaching for the thermostat only to have his wrist be caught in an iron grip.

"Its warm... I'm warm..." The silver haired jounin protested, pulling Iruka up against his chest.

"No you're not, you're freezing damnit!" The teacher cursed while trying to pull his hand free to once again make an attempt to turn on the heat. "You're going to catch an pneumonia and die." He went on muttering more to himself then to Kakashi. However the mans heartbeat made him stop his attempts for a moment, it was going fast, way too fast. Panic hit him, had Kakashi been running? was it adrenaline? was he poisoned? "What the hell happened?" Iruka asked again.

"It was a trap..." Was Kakashi his answer before he pulled away and turned down the water, making an attempt to climb out of the bathtub only be stopped by a hand on his arm, pulling him back.

"Where do you think you're going?" The question had a sharp icy undertone one, one would do best not to defy.

"I need to get the mission report in, its important." Was the answer this time as the jounin once again tried to leave.

"More important then your life?" "You're not going anywhere in this condition, baka!" Iruka snapped, again pulling the Jounin back.

"Let me go Iruka-sensei, I dont want to hurt you." It was rare for the silver haired man to call Iruka by his full name including the sensei add when they wernt in public places and his voice held a note of warning.

"You're not going anywhere." Iruka hissed again, this time angry and dangerous, stubbornly holding his place and grip.

"Let me go."

Another pull but still the teacher held on, thus a short struggle followed. Kakashi groaned and closed his eyes as Iruka managed to get a hold of both his wrists and pinned them, including the owner against the wall. The teacher was firmly pressed up against him, preventing most movement and his rapid heartbeat including lack of air and the pain of his broken ribs made him lightheaded and dizzy.

The weak struggle only seemed to worry Iruka even more normally Kakashi shouldnt have had any trouble handeling a chuunin, even when injured. "Please Kashi-kun, please tell me whats wrong..." Iruka pleaded, his mouth softly pressed in the hollow between the other mans neck and shoulder.

Kakashi let his head fall back against the tiles once more trying to pull away from the teacher but this one wouldnt budge and with the adrenaline gone and the other mans heat driving away the cold numbness in his limbs his strenth was sapping away rapidly and it simply hurt.

Iruka gasped as Kakashi started to slid downwards along the wall, legs obviously giving away out from underneath the man.

"Kakashi?" The teacher sounded scared, at loss...

Damn how he hated being vulnerable, how he hated scaring his lover like this. Gods, he was going to black out, it was as if someone continiously hit his head with a heavy blunt object. He felt weak completely exhausted and there didnt seem to be anything he could do about it...

"Ruka." He breathed, the antidote... He had to about tell the antidote, damn why hadnt he gone to the hospital? Dizzy he felt so extremely dizzy, nothing seemed to react upon his commands normally anymore his speach slurred and his vision began to swarm. "Pants..." He swallowed, trying to keep some control over his failing body, did they improve the poison? Why did it react so damn fast upon him and had it reacted so damn slow upon the others? "Le-f po... pocket... vial."

There wasnt much left of the antidote he had managed to steal and some of it had to go to Tsunade. Cursed he was going to lose it, the headache became more intense a continiously sting of pain threatning to blind him. "One... nega-ai." (Onegai - means please) He begged, he needed relieve, something, anything to ease the pain that seemed to be eager to make his head either explode or split.

Iruka had to really concentrate ond the words in order to make sense of them, Kakashi's voice was soft and it was pretty clear it was taking the Jounin quite a lot of effort either forming the words in his mouth or thinking them up.

A vial... medicine? It had to be. Pants... Clothes, Iruka looked around the bathroom paniced and in a hurry. Where did he leave the clothes? A corner, a friggin corner, there was more then one corner damnit!!

He hushed the silver haired man as this one tried to form more words but failling misserably. "Shh... Shh... Kashi, I'll get it." He said as he lowered the jounin into the tub with trembling hands making sure this one couldnt hurt himself by falling.

Hastly he grabbed Kakashi's clothes from the ground as his eyes and paniced mind finally settled on the right corner. Now trying to get the vial out of the pants proved to be a nerve wreaking job as his hands where shaking too hard to be of much use.

'Calm down Iruka, calm down, breathe, he needs you.' He told himself as he took a few shallow breaths, he knew the risk of falling in love with someone like Kakashi, he knew there was a chance some day the man wouldnt come home from a mission and he had always thought he would be able to accept it.

But now... He didnt want to lose Kakashi, he really didnt and specially not like this. Even though it wasnt said Iruka knew the situation was life threatning, he just felt it like a nagging thought in the back of his mind. It seemed like an eternity for both men till Iruka finally got the vial out and fumbled with the lid.

He placed it against Kakashi's mouth urging the other man to drink. Kakashi did but refused more then one sip, the antidote was strong and there wouldnt be enough left for more then that, there was konoha to think of, they had to get the antidote to Tsunade in order to make more before it was too late.

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I Am sorry for the crappy language, its a few years old and I have yet to edit it.