Doom Dancing Chapter 9
Kakashi watch Lady Tsunade leave Iruka room looking more scared then upset and Kakashi almost vomited.
"Lady Tsunade," Kakashi called. "What's happening how is everything?"
Lady Tsunade didn't answer.
Kakashi snarled, "I have the rights to know, your brother has the rights to know. His father figure could be dying and he would never know."
Lady Tsunade gritted her teeth and pulled Kakashi into a nearby office.
"Did you know that Iruka was branded with the curse mark?" Kakashi gapped.
"Apparently, it wasn't reported because nobody knew it was there until his clothes were removed and it didn't work on him. Well at least it wasn't causing him much pain or causing him to loose his mind. It's just strange though it just didn't work on him. Anyways when they did find out they all including Iruka kept it a secret."
"The curse mark is fading, but apparently he wasn't bluffing about that antidote of his may not be working. Well, I did what I could do, but it's up to him to pull through. You can tell my brother that." And she walked away.
Kakashi walked in and saw the pitiful state that Iruka was in. His body looked really thin. He was in a mask. It was awful.
"Hey Iruka-sensei," Kakashi said awkwardly. "I know I wasn't the one you probably wanted to hear from, but I couldn't let Naruto or Sasuke see you like this. Did you know that Sasuke was crying? That's a first. Naruto was having a hard time keeping it together, so you have to hurry up and get well." Kakashi smiles sadly. "You know you can't just die after riding the world of a tyrant like Orochimaru." Kakashi turn serious. "I heard about the curse mark on you. Just who are you for the curse mark not to work. You're a curious person Iruka. I would like to get to know you better." Kakashi turn to leave and got the shock of his lifetime when he felt somebody grabbed him from behind.
"Who told you about my curse mark?" Iruka looked downright scary but that wasn't the scary part about it. He was livid. "Nobody was supposes to know except the Hokage, Ibiki, and a few medical ninjas. Who told you?"
Iruka heart was going off the chart and Kakashi was trying to calm him down.
"Now Iruka, you need calm down--."
"Who told you?"
"Lady Tsunade," Iruka heart started to slow down,
"Oh that bitch, she can't keep anything to herself." Iruka anger spiked a bit, but he kept cool.
Kakashi just stare at Iruka not comprehending what was wrong. Then remembering what been happening around here. He could only guess that Iruka and Lady Tsunade aren't on friendly terms.
"Iruka, I have no idea what problems you have with Lady Tsunade, but you cannot let it affect your health."
"I suppose," Iruka cough and got under the covers. "I'm tired."
And he went to sleep.
"I wish you would talk to someone."
Naruto was pacing back and forth leaving only Sasuke dwindling mind to Kakashi Nin dogs.
"Naruto." It was Pakkun. "I know you're worried, but pacing back and forth and worrying yourself isn't going to make things easier or faster for you. You should sit and rest a bit."
Naruto sigh, "Yes I know, but I can't help but worry. Sensei been hiding a lot lately. And I'm just worry that it's going to end up badly. I don't want anyone to get hurt in the end, but it'll happen if we all just be honest with each other."
The pack and Sasuke looked at Naruto stunned at how perceptive he was.
"I'm just saying that we're all losing a lot and not getting enough back in return. Is all."
Lady Tsunade and the third stared out the window tired. Goodness.
"This isn't as dramatic as one would put it, but it hold at lot of tension though."
The old man exhale his tobacco, "It doesn't matter whether something is dramatic or not. There's still a problem that needs to be fixed. Iruka is a strong person and so are Kakashi, Naruto, and Sasuke. They're all trying to cross and old bridge that have been out of commission for a long time. They're all trying to carry their burdens all by themselves and they're weighing down the bridge. It'll only be a matter of time before somebody falls through the bridge. I just hope that's it'll never come to that."
"Wow, what did I get myself into? Look, I'll back off of him. I guess everybody was right I can be a little pushy and say things without the regards of others feelings. And I should've guessed I was over stepping my bounds a little bit, but I had to, because we have to know what happen to the man that tried to destroy our village."
The old man took one last drag of his tobacco and asked, "Do we have to know do we really have to know?"
A young doctor, who easy on the told Iruka that she was going to replace Lady Tsunade. No questions were ask, just an acceptation and they all moved on with the annual check. The young doctor introduced herself as Shizune and she seem to be taken by Iruka.
Sakura sat at a café called Angel Plae and thought about what was she going to do with her self. All she been throughout her whole life was a shadow to everybody else. Hell Ino got somewhere to be. She was tired of being invisible and she was tired of pretending she wanted to be a ninja. She hated the ninja way of life and she knew she wasn't cut out to be. She only went because her dad was an ANBU and wanted to be just like him and make her mom proud, but all she succeeded in was making her mother cry.
Sakura looked at the resignation paper and she signs her name. Yep this was it for her. She was about to do her own thing.
She's got up and before she left, "Excuse me," a young middle age woman looked at her. "Are you the manager?"
"Yes I am how may I help you?"
"I want to apply for a full time job here."
"Oh lucky you we have just one more spot. Hold on just a second." At that moment, for the first time in her fourteen years of life, she finally made the right decision.
The Hokage felt that he was getting to old to adapt to all these sudden changes. He just hopes that everybody will find something or someone for themselves and hope to make the right decision.
He getting old and he can feel his time nearing.
There you have it. It was a hard one.
