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Chapter 4
Sitting in their bar the day after the incident, the three friends were talking about what had happened. "I knew that guy would get someone angry at him enough that they would want him dead." said Kakashi
"Kakashi, I understand that you don't like that guy, but there's more to it than that." replied Genma
"Why in the world are you defending that guy. All he cares about is himself." said Kakashi
"No, I don't think he does. There's more to it than that." replied Genma
"Your kidding me, right?" said Kakashi
"No, yesterday he told us to leave him alone before the ambulance got there. You were there. He was afraid that guy would think of us as his friends." replied Genma
"I don't understand. Why would the guy that attacked him think that? Why would it matter?" asked Raidou
"I'm not sure. He's hiding something. But he did say that if the guy thought we were his friends, that he could kill us." replied Genma "I think that's why he acts so cold to everyone. It's not because he doesn't want to make friends, it's that he's to afraid to.
"Well that's just crazy." replied Kakashi
"I know, why don't we go pay him a visit in the hospital." said Genma
"Why?" asked Kakashi
"I want to know more about what's going on. Besides I want to see how he's doing." replied Genma
"Ugh…..I can't believe this." said Kakashi
"Kakashi, I know that you don't like him, but give him a chance to explain himself." replied Genma
"Fine, we'll go see how he's doing." sighed Kakashi, rubbing his hand over his face.
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Iruka sat in the hospital bed looking out the window, deep in thought "I can't believe he's out of jail. He wasn't suppose to be out of jail for 15 more years. I wonder what he meant by friends on the outside. And how did they get him out."
"Iruka?….Iruka?" asked Sandaime
Iruka still thinking didn't here him calling for him. "I'm definitely not going to be able to make friends now. I wonder what I am going to do. I can't let anyone else get hurt because of me."
"IRUKA?" yelled Sandaime, finally get the brown haired man's attention.
Hearing his name, Iruka turned his head to where the voice was coming from and replied "I'm sorry, Sandaime what was it you were asking?"
"Iruka are you sure you're ok?" asked Sandaime
"NO, I'M NOT OK. I JUST GOT STABBED BY A PSYCHO THAT WANTS ME DEAD. A PERSON THAT I THOUGHT WAS ONCE MY BEST FRIEND." yelled Iruka
"Iruka, listen……" started Sandaime
"NO YOU LISTEN, YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND. YOU'RE DEMANDING ME TO MAKE FRIENDS IN ORDER FOR ME TO STAY THE PRESIDENT, BUT I CAN'T DO THAT ESPECIALLY NOW. IF HE EVER FOUND OUT THAT I HAVE ANY FRIENDS HE WOULD KILL THEM TO JUST GET TO ME." yelled Iruka, slowly losing the fight within him continued "I just…I can't put someone else through the pain that I've been through. So if that means that you have to fire me then so be it." tears running down cheeks.
Walking over to the dark haired man, Sandaime sat on the edge of the bed beside Iruka and said "Iruka, look at me." Iruka lifting his head to look at Sandaime. "You deserve happiness too. Everyone does. And I know your parents wouldn't want to see you this way. We'll catch this guy before he can hurt you again. Don't worry about what I said the other day. We'll worry about that later. The only reason I said that was because I want to see you happy again. I haven't seen you smile in a long time. But please at least act a little nicer to all your sponsors. We can't afford to have them go somewhere else."
"Yeah, I'll try my best." replied Iruka, looking down at the bed and twisting his fingers in the sheets.
Looking at the tan man Sandaime thought to himself "I hope he doesn't go into withdrawal like he did the last time. He wouldn't even talk to anyone after the last time. Please Toshiro, tell me what to do. I can't stand to see your son go through this again." "Iruka please don't hide again. If you need someone to talk to, come see me ok?" said Sadaime
Iruka still looking down at the bed whispered "ok…..thank you."
Sighing, Sandaime stood up and looked down at the young man and said "You've lost so much in your short life. You deserve some happiness in your life. Once this is over, I hope that you can find that happiness. I want to see you smile again."
Looking up at the older man, whose been like a father to him since his parents were killed, replied "Thank you Sandaime. But I doubt that will happen." tears running down his cheeks.
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Standing outside the door, Kakashi, Genma and Raidou stood in shock at what they just heard. They couldn't believe it. "That guy that attacked him was his best friend." asked Genma
"Wow, I can't believe it. That's really crazy." replied Raidou. Kakashi just stood there not saying a word, thinking to himself "I can't believe this. Why would someone's best friend want them dead. I know that he doesn't have the best personality, but something tells me it's because of this. That guy in there said he used to be happy, and that he's lost a lot in his life. I wonder what he means by that."
"Kakashi, are you ok?" asked Genma
"Hm, uh…yeah I'm fine. Maybe we should come back." said Kakashi
"No, we're here so we should at least say hello before leaving." replied Genma
"I think the other guy is leaving, so why don't we go ahead and knock." said Raidou
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"Iruka, we will get this figured out. I have to go back now, but I'll stop by after I've finished. Alright?" asked Sandaime "We can talk some more about this? I'm also going to have a bodyguard sent over to stay here with you while your in the hospital."
"That's fine. It's not like I'm going anywhere anyway, but do I have to have a bodyguard?" replied Iruka
Getting ready to reply at the last comment, Sandaime started "I…" before they heard a knock on the door. Looking over at the brown haired man, Sandaime asked "Are you expecting anyone?"
"What do you think?" said Iruka, wiping the tears from his face.
"Right, well let's see who it is." said Sandaime, walking over to the door to open it up.
Opening the door, Sandaime saw the three men and asked "Is there something I can help you with?"
"Oh…Um we wanted to see Iruka. To make sure he was doing alright." said Genma, not sure what to think of the man in front of him. "He's got this intimidating aurora about him." thought Genma
"I'm sorry, how do you know Iruka?" asked Sandaime
"We were the ones that helped him last night." replied Raidou. Kakashi standing in the back still not saying anything. Iruka turning around when he heard the last comment.
"What are you guys doing here?" said Iruka, sighing and putting two fingers on his temple continued "I'm sorry, that was rude of me. Please come in."
Sandaime moved to the side to let the men through and said "I guess you are the ones I need to thank. Thank you for saving Iruka last night. I'm not sure what would have happened if you didn't show up when you did. If there is anything I can do for you please let me know."
"It's no problem really. We were just glad that we were there to help. We just stopped by to see how he was doing. We don't want to interrupt anything."
"Actually, I was just leaving myself. I was wondering, would you be willing to stay with Iruka for an hour or so until I can get someone sent over to stay with him. I don't want to leave him alone right now, but I have to get back to work." asked Sandaime
Sighing, Iruka looked over at Sandaime and said "I'll be fine. Don't worry about me." said Iruka
"Iruka, even though this is a hospital, I don't like the idea of leaving you here alone. That guy is very clever."
"Um…that's not a problem with us. As long as it's ok with Iruka." replied Genma
Looking back down at the bed, knowing that he was losing this argument, sighed and replied "Fine, whatever you want to do."
"Iruka, I just want to make sure your safe." said Sandaime
Looking over at Sandaime with a sad smile replied "I know and you're probably right. It's for the best."
"I know that you don't want this, but please bare with it for just a little longer, ok?" asked Sandaime
"I will and don't worry about it, I'll be fine." replied Iruka
"OK, I'll be back later." said Sandaime, looking over at the other three in the room "And thank you for staying here with him. It shouldn't be to long." he continued as he walked over to the door to leave.
"It's no problem really." replied Genma
Looking back over at the brown haired man, Sandaime said "If you need anything Iruka call me." Iruka nodding his answer as Sandaime closed the door behind him.
"So how are you feeling today?" asked Genma
"Alright, I guess." replied Iruka, looking over at Genma "You know you guys didn't have to stay if you didn't want to."
"It's alright. We wanted to come see how you were doing." said Genma
"You really shouldn't be here." replied Iruka
Losing his temper at the tanned man's words, Kakashi stepped up and said "Aren't you the least bit grateful that we came. We didn't have to come."
"I REALLY WISH THAT YOU DIDN'T" yelled Iruka, making the three men's eyes go wide from shock. Sighing he looked back down at the bed and continued "I'm sorry. It's just I don't want anything to happen to you guys."
"Iruka, what exactly is going on?" asked Genma
Looking back up at Genma, Iruka replied "I guess you guys deserve an explanation after helping me last night. Which by the way thank you."
"Did you just thank us?" asked Kakashi, not able to believe what he heard.
"You don't have to sound so surprised about it. I never use to be this way you know." replied Iruka
"What changed?" asked Raidou
"Everything." replied Iruka
"I'm not sure if we all understand." replied Kakashi
"Well since you're going to be here for awhile, why don't you sit down, and I can try and explain everything to you." said Iruka, everyone finding a place to sit. "It started six years ago. My father's supposedly close friend decided that he was being shorthanded. That he should be the president, and his son was apparently the same way. His son and I hung around a lot together, but that all soon changed. One night when my family was all home eating dinner, Renji my fathers friend and his son, Kazuma, the guy you met last night, came to our house. My father had just opened the door and was shot by Renji. My mother told me to get out of the house, but before she could say anything else Renji also turned the gun on her. I ran to the back of the house, but Kazuma ran after me. I got to the back door and just opened it, but he had shot me before I could get out. But before he could do anything else, the police pulled up to the house and baracated them in the house. Realizing that they were not going to get out of the house alive, they gave up. To this day, I'm not sure who called the police. But someone had to call them before they arrived at our house, but they didn't get here quick enough. I lost both my parents that day, my best friend, my home, and my childhood all because of greed.
When they were taking them out, and the ambulance was taking care of me, I heard Kazuma yell "You will pay for this Iruka. I will find a way out of this and I'll take care of you and anyone else that is close to you. Do you here me?" Sandaime, the guy in here just now, took me in and raised me. If it wasn't for him, I'm not sure what would have happened. But that day changed me forever. I lost all contact with the outside world. I was to afraid to make any friends for fear that he would kill them. I was forced to take over the company at 16. I never really realized how cold I had gotten until I ran into you Kakashi."
Looking over at the tan man, Kakashi replied "Me? What did I do?"
"That day we ran into each other, made me realize how cold I have been acting towards others. I was there last night, because I wanted to apologize to you, but I couldn't get the nerve up to go over there. I do really apologize for how I treated you that day."
Still shocked from the confession, Kakashi replied "Don't worry about it. I haven't acted the best either. Maybe we could start over."
Looking back down at the bed, a tear running down his cheek, Iruka replied "I…I would really like that. But right now isn't a very good time to be near me. Kazuma wants me dead, and he would kill you to if you were to get close to me. He is blaming his fathers death in prison on me also, so if he were to find out that I have any friends it wouldn't be good."
"You can't be alone for the rest of your life." replied Kakashi
"Yes, I know. At least I hope that I don't have to be. But I don't know what I would do if he were to hurt any of you. You guys are the closest things that I have had to friends in the last six years. I couldn't handle it if something were to happen to you because of me." replied Iruka, looking back up at Kakashi, tears running down his face.
Feeling a pain in his chest from the seeing the tanned man cry, "What was that?" thought Kakashi. Kakashi walked over to him and sat down beside him and replied "Don't push us away because of some psycho. We'll watch out for each other. That's what friends are for."
"Thank you. That's the first time someone said that to me in a long time." replied Iruka
"How about this. We'll lay low for awhile until you can get things sorted out. Once you get things figured out, call us. Alright?" said Genma
"I would like that." replied Iruka
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"So Iruka does have some friends. And it seems to be those three from last night. I'll make him feel the pain that I am feeling. I lost it all because of him." chuckled Kazuma, standing outside the door of Iruka's room. Hearing someone coming down the hall, he looked around noticing a man dressed in black. "Hm, looks like that old man got a bodyguard for him too. I better get out of here for now." taking off the opposite way.
Tenchi noticing someone standing by the door of Iruka's room, started to pick up his pace "I wonder who that is? He's acting awfully suspicious." but before he could reach him, the guy took off the other way. "I'll have to ask the boss when I get in his room." Knocking on the door, he waited for a reply.
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"Who do you think that is?" asked Kakashi
"That's probably the bodyguard. Could you let him in for me." replied Iruka
Going over to the door, Genma opened the door to see a tall, black haired man in a black suit looking straight back at him. "You must be the bodyguard?" asked Genma
"Yes, I am Tenchi." replied the bodyguard.
"Ah Tenchi, it's good to see you. Please come in." said Iruka
"Thank you, sir. Um sir, were you expecting anyone else?" asked Tenchi
"No, why?" asked Iruka.
"There was a sandy blonde haired guy standing, probably about the same height as your friend over there (pointing towards Genma) outside the door when I was coming up the hallway." replied Tenchi
His eyes going wide and turning pale from the description, Iruka just simply said "No."
"Iruka, what is it?" asked Kakashi, noticing the fear setting in the tanned man's eyes. "Iruka?"
"That was him, that was Kazuma." replied Iruka
