It is my job to be torturous. Mwuahahaha!

Chapter 3: Extra Incrimination

Iruka reached down, picking up the clipboard to read through the names of students, checking every now and then when a student passed him as a general tally on who was there and who wasn't. After having located the few trouble makers who insisted on running from him when he found them hiding, he was content in knowing they'd never try and hide again. Though his knees were scuffed and his back was probably covered in dirt, he'd gotten all three of them in one jump as they'd tried to make it over the fence. He smiled proudly at this, waving with a smirk as the three passed him at a jog, far dirtier than he.

BAPTH!

Iruka looked beside him, eyebrow arching. "If I hadn't been out here just supervising, what would you have done? Appeared in the middle of my classroom?" He accused his forlorn shinobi with a playful smirk.

"I can't find it." the sulking man grunted, arms crossing. "There was more in that book than just the dirty book itself, Iruka. Something more incriminating for you than for me."

Iruka's head snapped over so quickly that his neck spasmed painfully. "Aye!" he grabbed the protesting muscle, eyes shooting daggers to his boyfriend. "What is in that book, Kakashi." he hissed, the remains of calm composure still grasping his breath thankfully.

The Copy-nin looked away, shivering in partial fear and apprehension. "Something. Something you don't want anyone to find."

o0O0o

Ronna looked around behind her, paranoia coating her body suddenly. Not being able to pull her eyes away, she looked back down to the page to continue. Kami! She'd never seen or heard of anything like this. It was porn in words! Like fanfictions on the internet except bound, printed, and sold all over the world!

"Ronna-chan!"

She slammed the book shut, sitting up straight and shoving it into a pant leg pocket quickly. "Ah-! Chiro-kun!" she looked around hesitantly, as if expecting teachers to suddenly appear and begin lecturing her about porn.

"Are you alright?" he asked, leaning over and panting gently from his long run.

The suspicious look she passed over her shoulders went unnoticed to the panting senpai. "Hai, why?"

"You're bleeding. Your forehead." he pointed to the cut. "Fall down the hill?" he grinned proudly. "I did last time, too!"

She blushed, reaching up to her forehead and touching the oozing liquid. "Oh... I didn't realize I'd gotten hurt. I sat down to rest... so I could try again." she rubbed at the cut with an irritated look to the ground.

"Don't do that!" Chiro pulled her arm down, grimacing. "Ew. It took a chunk of skin off. Let's go back this way and get Iruka-sensei." he suggested, motioning the way they'd come. "I'll run with you in case you collapse!" he grinned happily, as if hoping he would get a chance to carry her back to the teacher to endure due praise.

"Ah... um... thanks." she muttered, reaching down to fasten the pocket now containing the dirty book.

o0O0o

Iruka didn't have time to prod Kakashi further, as his maternal-teacher sensing abilities suddenly kicked in. "Who's hurt?" he grunted, looking down the track a little ways where two of the students were walking up, one being lead by the arm with a disgruntled look on her face.

"Ah, Ronna-chan! Are you alright?" the caring teacher went forward, taking her face to tilt it into the sunlight for a better look. "You took a good spill didn't you? Are you alright other than this wound?" he asked, taking her hands and looking over the scratched and bruised palms.

She shrugged, ignoring the feeling of being scrutinized, coupled with the fear that he would see in her pocket somehow. "I'm alright." she murmured, eyes cast down hesitantly, avoiding his concerned gaze.

"Sit down and we'll bandage this right up." he assured, kneeling down where he stood and helping her to sit.

"Sensei!" Chiro was still beaming. "I brought her back from the hill! The far away one!" he explained proudly.

Iruka looked up and smiled awkwardly, "Okay. That was very nice of you, Chiro-kun. You can continue running now." He turned from the child, reaching into his vest and pulling out the first aid kit. He found that if the boy was more of ignored than praised, he tended to give up.

"But..." Chiro looked disappointed. "But I brought her back and made sure she was safe."

Kakashi leaned on one foot idly, arms crossing. "Well you should have been prepared enough to bandage her right then and there, and you wouldn't have needed to bring her back."

Chiro's eyes went wide for a moment before his better judgement forced his feet into a light jog. "I'm gonna... keep going." he mumbled, waving meekly to the group of three.

Iruka chuckled after he'd left. "He likes praise." he murmured to Ronna. "Trust Kakashi-sensei to reprimand him for doing something nice." he winked, then cleaned the wound cautiously, pulling out the larger chunks of rock and dirt carefully so as not to pain the young girl. "Are you sure there were no other injuries? I should have warned you all, there was a slide recently when a few of the Elite jounin," he glanced over his shoulder flatly, "Got a little rowdy up there and caused a dirt slide. Now it's all very loose. I should have said something." he huffed to himself, going back to the first aid kit to retrieve a prep pad and gauze tape.

"I think someone else has fallen there before, too." she mused.

"Oh? Could see the tracks, hm?" he smiled proudly. "You're getting better!"

She didn't want to ruin his compliment suddenly, so she nodded. "Yeah... there were some slide marks and shoe prints..." she mumbled, looking down to her pant leg, feeling the presence of the naughty book suddenly ampliphied.

"Ah, good girl! Here, clean your hand cuts and whatever else got scratched." he handed her an alcohol soaked disinfectant pad. "You may walk the rest of the way, and if you get light headed sit down for a while. Then you can come back out and sit with me." he promised, standing up and leaving her an extra cleansing pad.

She thanked him respectfully, taking the clothe and running it over her hands. She watched quietly as he walked back to Kakashi, looking generally frustrated with the white haired Shinobi. Ronna only shrugged it off. Wasn't her business anyway.

"Thank you, Iruka-sensei." she waved as she walked past, returning to the jogging path.

"Sure, Ronna-chan! Be careful! Remember, if you feel light headed sit down, alright?" he called after her, feeling the need to restate this as he did not need to go on a search for the girl if she passed out some where.

"Yes, sensei!" she confirmed, turning back to the trail and thinking to herself. She had to finish that book. She would have to wait though, till after school when she got home to the privacy of her room.

Iruka's fierce gaze whipped around as soon as the girl was gone, his mouth pulling open to command of his boyfriend just what he was going on about. Alas, poor Iruka was standing alone looking infuriated at nothing. He growled, promising silently that the jounin would be punished later depending on the level of severity this problem caused.

It's a shorty, ne? But then again all chapters I write are short. I'm gonna sneak away before I get more threats demanding the book content. (slips away unnotices)

-Aia (still hiding)