Hokay everyone!

Right off the bat, I wanna apologize.

The last chapter didn't turn out as good as I wanted it to. It seemed a bit lacking to me.

And at one part, I even said "The downtown part of town."

WELL NO DUH! What else is it going to be!? The Downtown part of cheese?!?!!

And you will also notice that I am using a LOT less '...'s in my writing. I am trying to keep myself out of using too many periods! I am getting better!

Thank you all for the reviews! I am having a lot of fun writing this story! For those of you who are new to my writing... yes. I do update fast. VERY fast. I try to get in a chappie once a day. Though I will be busy this year, so it might take 2 for some chapters. :D

You know... I don't need a disclaimer EVERY time, do I? You all know the drill! Blah blah.. dun own. all that jazz.

Iruka: Then what am I supposed to do!!! D:

... BE A SEXY POLICE MAN:3

Anyways... ONTO THE SHOW!

Dark. That was all Kakashi could think about, feel, see or anything at the moment. It surrounded him. Filling up his senses, taking over any thoughts or feelings he had. It would have been perfectly fine with him to be able to stay like this. Feeling nothing else, knowing nothing else. Reality was so much harder to face. So much darker than actual lack of color. Besides, what did the real world have to offer him besides a bad situation? Right when he was able to grasp the concept of the terrible situation though, he started to wake up, and become conscious of the real world.

'Right. I got knocked out by that cop. Officer Umino was it? That's the guy.' One with the scar. Sadly, he was considered an enemy at the moment. Kakashi had to admit, he was not a bad looking guy. He was quite cute, definitely sex material. Then again, he was a cop. Who had knocked out Kakashi. So he was a bit in the 'Off limits' zone.

Which brought up another thought. Where exactly was Kakashi at the moment? He didn't dare open his eyes though, keeping absolutely still. The one thing to do when you get a golden opportunity like this is fake sleep, until you can pick up something about where you are, or how to get out. He could feel that he was on a hard surface, with some excuse for a pillow tossed under his head, though it felt more like a rock. He was up against a wall, on some kind of bed. Maybe he was in prison? It was way too hard to be a hospital bed. Besides, he was only knocked out. Nothing serious. Suddenly, Kakashi heard noises. Voices actually, coming from another spot in the room. He started to listen in, making sure to still look like he was asleep.

"-ere for a while. It should be no problem for you though. You've had to deal with these kinds of things before. Neh, Iruka kun?" one voice said, with a bit of teasing in it.

"I told you, it is Officer Umino while on the job." said another voice. It was the same stern one as before. Though not as stern. More like the soft one he had gotten when being thanked for helping with the coffee machine. "And what makes you think I will be okay with it? Can't we transport the guy to another jail? How can ours be full up already? We have barley caught anyone for the past year!"

"I know. We got the place full up since other cities have been getting full, and send all their convicts over to us. Don't worry too much about it; it is only going to be until the guy's court date. Then you won't ever have to see him again." the unknown one said, as if he already knew the sentence was going to be 'death by "the chair"', even if he only tried to steal some money.

There was a pause now, like Iruka was trying to think over what he was going to do. Kakashi could not help but to make a mental note of that. Iruka. Nice name. He would have to use it from now on just to get him aggravated.

"Fine. We'll keep him here. I'm sure he won't be too much trouble. After all... it was just some convenience store he tried robbing. He is not some mastermind assassin." Iruka said, sounding a bit more upbeat now.

"Yup. Should be easy. Besides, you don't have to deal with him ALL the time. I will be here at nights to keep an eye on him." the unknown said.

So... where ever Kakashi was, he was going to be staying here. It certainly felt like a prison though. It had to have bars. They wouldn't be talking to one another where ever they had locked him up, so it couldn't be thick walls between them.

Kakashi cracked open one eye slowly, in order to be able to see around him. The first thing he saw was Iruka and a silver haired male talking. That had to be the one he didn't recognize the voice of. He had light hair that was long for a male's, traveling down to chin length roughly. He had a uniform on, which Iruka also had on now, which was blue and looked like any other police officer's uniform, save for the small odd swirl with a triangle coming off of it and a line located on the shirt locket on the chest, and the back right pocket of the pants. The unknown male had a bandana on, with a metal plate on it, right over the forehead. It had the same odd symbol on it that the uniform had. In fact, Iruka seemed to have the same one, but instead of a bandana his was a headband. Same metal plate. Same odd symbol.

'What is that supposed to be anyways? It looks like some kind of messed up children's attempt at drawing a snake or something.'

The room was indeed something like a prison. It had bars that surrounded him, giving him maybe a lot of walking space. There was no toilet or sink in there, only a small bed, so it was not a prison. It looked like a holding room where convicts might stay for a night or two until they got sent off to a real prison. He was lying on a mattress tossed onto the ground, which was thin and not really all that useful, facing the two men talking to one another. They were talking to one another in an area outside of the prison, which looked like a normal office. It had a desk there, along with a bulky computer and chair, with lots and lots of pictures on the desk. There had to be easily 50 large and small frames on there. On the desk was a lot of paperwork, all neatly organized in a pile, as well as various other knick knacks. Right behind the desk was a door, leading to maybe a bathroom? Kakashi hoped there was one in here. It was going to be a horrible stay if he was not allowed outside to go to the bathroom. Hopefully, there was a shower as well. He didn't want to have to stay for god knows how long without showering.

Kakashi decided that now, it was time to let them know he was awake.

He let out a groan, shifting a bit, like he was just waking up, and slowly lifted himself into a sitting position. It really wasn't a good idea though. His head started to spin the second he got up, and he felt like throwing up. He stayed up though, waiting for the sick feeling to pass.

Iruka stopped talking to his co-worker, looking over to Kakashi, smile melting off of his face. He didn't seem too happy that Kakashi was awake now. He looked back to his co-worker, the one with light hair, with a smile again. "I can handle this from here Officer Mizuki. I will see you at 9 when he trade shifts." he said, smile staying on his face up until Mizuki walked out the door of the small office. After this, he turned back to Kakashi, sour expression on his face again.

"Hatake, Kakashi. Resident of downtown Konoha. Convenience store robber. " Iruka said, going right up to the bars, looking down at Kakashi. Kakashi on the other hand, was able to get himself up, and walked over to the bars as well, leaning on the wall for support.

"Good job. Looks like you did your research." Kakashi said, smiling. "Lemme guess... Umino, Iruka. Resident of uptown Konoha. Police officer... and elementary school teacher?" he said, recalling what he had heard the girl jabber on about. No information was ever taken for granted with Kakashi. He had been an assassin. He got a lot of good tips from his line of work. And his little information gathering seemed to work. Iruka looked a bit awe struck, but shook it off, stern expression on his face again.

"If you know what is good for you, you will only say what is necessary, and answer my questions." Iruka said, trying to keep his cool.

"Or else what? I'm going to jail? I'm already going there. So then I guess that if I don't cooperate, you're going to have to chain me up and punish me for being a bad boy? Or do you do it teacher style and spank it out of me?" he said, smirking now.

Iruka definitely got a reaction out of that. His face turned a shade of bright red for a moment, eyes going wide like he had just seen a ghost or something, but then got a disgusted look on his face, looking angrier.

"It is not a good idea to joke around right now Hatake. Your life for the next good month or so is in my hands. It would be smart of you to cooperate, so we can just make this move faster." he growled out, trying to look menacing and stern.

"You know, that threat is a bit less effective when you're still blushing."

"Am not!" Iruka said, giving into his immature impulse for a moment, before clearing his throat and saying something more intelligent. "You are trying to evade the subject Hatake. It is not going to work though. I am one of the top graduates from the police academy, and have been trained enough to not fall for some convict's tricks. I am going to ask you one more time now. Will you answer my questions? Or are you going to continue to be difficult?"

"Hmmm. Tricky choice there. Which one gets me use of the shower and bathroom?" Kakashi asked, trying to look like he was thinking over the decision.

"That would be if you cooperate and answer what I ask you and stop being difficult." Iruka answered, looking a bit hopeful, that maybe he was going to be able to get answers out of Kakashi.

"With you?"

"Don't push your luck." Iruka snapped, looking sour again.

"Well then, I guess I have no choice. If I want you to keep feeding me and actually let me use the shower, I must cooperate then." Kakashi said, shrugging now.

"Really?!" Iruka said, beaming for a moment. From the looks of it, Convicts did not willingly participate with him a lot. He noticed that he looked unprofessional at the moment though, so quickly toned it down to a small smile and said "I knew you would come around Hatake." and went over to his desk, getting a clip board with paper and pen, and pulling his chair on wheels over next to the bars, sitting down and looking at him.

"Well then, let's get started..."

A bit later...

"For the last time Hatake. I highly doubt that you are a secret agent from Europe or traveling with a group of renegade clowns and trying to track down the ring leader of their illegal elephant-drug-storage plan to take over the world." Iruka said, vein throbbing in the side of his head by now.

They had been at it for hours. By now, Iruka's headband was draped on the arm of the chair, clipboard already having been chucked across the room in anger from lack of cooperation, and there was a whole lot of empty coffee cups lying around as well. Iruka had unbuttoned his first two shirt buttons, since the aggravation was making him completely uncomfortable in the still collar of the uniform, and he looked like he had been staying up for 3 days straight.

"Hey, you said I had to answer them truthfully, and I am. How do you know I'm not some kind of secret agent?"

"You were robbing a convenience store, Hatake. Can you try to take this a bit more seriously?!"

"I told you already, I was faking the robbery so I could gain the trust of the ring leader and be able to get my hands on his top secret plan." Kakashi responded. He was sitting happily on the floor, showing no sign of frustration or angry, quite unlike Iruka. In fact, he looked quite cheerful.

For the past couple of hours, he had been making up stories to tell Iruka about his past and why he had been trying to rob the store. While he told these stories though... he had actually been examining the room. This was definitely an old cell. The office with Iruka's desk was relatively new, but the cells had to be very old. With the right use of angles and pressure, the bars would be able to easily bend. There was also a large vent in the room, and the lock on the door was very simple. Kakashi wouldn't be surprised if it only took one second to be able to unlock it with a pin. Obviously, this cell was made for idiots. Thankfully, Kakashi was not as idiotic as he let on. The door in the office did not actually lead to a bathroom, but rather a room with a lot of equipment and computers. Kakashi knew because he had been able to get that answer out of Iruka when he was mad and Kakashi started asking him over and over. The bathroom was actually right next to Kakashi's cell, and you got there through a door unable to be seen from inside the cell, unless you stuck your head out. One could easily stick their entire arm out between the cell bars, and half a leg. This would come in handy.

"You know what? I give up! You are not going to tell me anything!" Iruka said, slumping in his chair, furtively rubbing his tired eyes with his hands. "It's hopeless. You are only going to make up story after story." he mumbled, obviously done with trying to get a real answer out of Kakashi.

At that moment, there was a light knock on the door, before it opened... to reveal Officer Mizuki, coming in to start his shift. He smiled at first, and then took one look at Iruka, raising an eyebrow.

"Oh... what happened here?"

"Mizuki! Thank god!" Iruka said, standing up now, looking relived. "I have been trying to get an answer out of him for an hour and he hasn't said a single word about it!" he added in, as Mizuki walked over.

"You know Iruka, it should not be that hard. If he is going to communicate with you, it doesn't take a lot to get an answer out of a prisoner." Mizuki said, with a smile, looking down to Kakashi. "Excuse me, sir? Would you mind telling us why you were robbing that store?"

Without skipping a beat, Kakashi said "I needed the money badly and decided to rob it from the store."

Iruka twitched slightly, jaw slack and looking quite shocked. After the moment of shock, he turned red with fury.

"Are you friggin kidding me?! I have been talking to you for HOURS ON END and you friggin tell him the answer when all he did was ask ONCE?!" Iruka yelled, obviously frustrated and incredibly temperamental.

"He asked politely though." Kakashi said, same smile on his face.

Iruka let out a growl of frustration, picking up his headband and storming over to the door, death grip on the handle.

"That's it. I am done here, my shift is over. You take care of him." he snapped, exiting the room, slamming the door shut.

A smile had stayed on Mizuki's face, until the door had slammed shut. It stayed on for a second, but then, surprisingly melted into a completely different expression. His entire body language changed. His eyes grew a bit colder, his face a bit less soft and more hard. He slowly turned his head to Kakashi, looking more at the moment like a criminal in a police uniform then an officer. He stared at Kakashi for a moment, before walking past the bars of the cage, heading over to the door that led to the room Kakashi had been told had a lot of equipment in. Along the way, he took a look at Iruka's desk, stopped for a moment, and then knocked off one of the frames violently. The frame crashed on the floor, spraying glass everywhere, and he smiled. Mizuki then continued, going to the room, and closing the door behind him.

'That was... oddly violent.' thought Kakashi, slightly confused. Wasn't that the even tempered man Iruka seemed to be friends with? Kakashi reached inside his boot now, digging around some, until he pulled out a bobby-pin. He stood up and walked to the lock, reaching around through the bars and starting to pick the lock with the pin. It took a good 5 seconds, just like he guessed, and he swung the door open. He walked out of the cell, over to the frame, kneeling down next to the broken glass and lifted up the frame, that had been face down on the ground.

Inside the frame, was a picture of Iruka with a happy grin on his face. He was kneeling down next to a smiling child, one arm around the small boy's shoulders. The small kid had golden blond hair, grinning just as widely as Iruka was, eyes shut though so Kakashi couldn't see his eye color. He seemed to have a love for orange, since he was wearing a large and loose orange shirt, with a black swirl on it. The boy also had odd markings on his face, like cat whiskers. 'Dang. He has a son? If it is, obviously it looks more like his mom.' he thought, looking at it more. The kid in this picture was about 5 or 6. Kakashi looked to the desk now, surprised to see even more pictures of the kid. The one he spotted where the kid looked oldest was probably the most recent, where the kid looked twelve. Iruka was definitely not old enough to have a kid that old. Maybe he was his brother? He certainly had an obsession with him like a father would for a son. There were pictures everywhere on the desk. Why did Mizuki seem to hate the kid though?

Kakashi decided not to think further on the subject, but instead got all the glass off of the picture and frame, gently setting it down on the desk, and beginning to pick up the glass. He could at least tidy the place up a bit, after causing Iruka so much grief. He had been able to scoop up most of the glass and get it into a waste bin, and had even found a dust pan and brush to get the rest in. After this, he started on the coffee cans, getting all of those in. Kakashi looked back to Iruka's desk now... eyeing the picture that had broken out of the frame Mizuki took a swipe at. He picked up the photo, folding it once, than tucking it inside one of his pockets. He couldn't help himself... it was a cute picture. And something to hold over Iruka should he need to.

After this, Kakashi went back to the bars of his cell, walking back inside the prison, and closing the door once more, it locking behind him. He could have used that opportunity to escape... but for some odd reason, something inside of him told him to stay. Maybe it was that he wanted to see Iruka more? It certainly wouldn't get boring. Whatever the reason, Kakashi intended to stay at the prison that could easily be broken out of until he felt it necessary to escape.

He walked back over to his horribly uncomfortable mattress, sitting down on it, and closing his eyes, letting himself relax and let his mind wander until he felt the need to sleep.

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