Chapter Nine
Dance
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Faint whispers of movement moved through the black forest night. Owls hooted in question at the blacker than black shape weaving through the forest floor. Night birds continued thier song, knowing deep in thier little minds that nothing would come to hunt them this night. Furhter back in the forest barking laughter echoed to the roosting birds. An owl took flight, spooked at the jarring sounds the human men made. He wondered why these humans, usually so quiet, were so loud. Hooting in annoyance, he lifted from his perch and flew to a quieter area of the forest, for the nights hunt was ruined.
Iruka noticed the owl lifting away and smiled. They weren't very far behind then, he nodded to himself. His dark skin blended with the shadows as well as the green and brown swim trunks he was wearing. He grimaced as his upswept hair pulled at his scalp. The last couple of hours it had been pulling painfully as it dried. Reaching up, he ripped the holder from his hair and let it tumble to the ground. He ruffled his hair to ease the lingering pain. Another clue for my would be hunters. Butterflies tickled his stomach as he thought about one hunter.
With the amount of alcohol that the others had consumed, he wasn't to worried about them. It was Kakashi he was worried about. He had drank his fill, but he didn't seem to be as affected as the others. Genma and Raidou would certainly find a place to cuddle up and stay out of the hunt, but there was still Gai, Asuma, Kotetsu, and Izumo. Gai was drunker than he had ever seen him and had still been able to walk a straight line. Great. The other two had been hobbling around and tumbling down. They weren't going to be hard to evade. And Asuma was a mess, though he could still track with his senses dulled. He would have to watch for the two Jounins.
His attention was jerked back to reality with a sound not animal off behind and not to far away. Grinning, he dipped into a swaying shadow and spun away to another. Iruka swept from one shadow to another, swaying with the wind to mimic the dancing shadows. Since they had been children, Iruka had been the best player in Shadow Dance. He was able to dance from shadow to shadow with hardly any break from the shadow he came from. He was an extension of that shadow. It was said that he could read the forest, what she would do next, and that she would wrap her arms around the boy, helping him hide from his pursuers. Later as he grew, it seemed that he formed an even tighter bond with the forest that surrounded his home.
Laughing silently at the curses and shouts floating from the forest, he guessed that his hair band had been found. They may be drunk, but they weren't dull. He could hear Gai's loud voice over the shrieks of Kotetsu and Izumo. They must be following him, he thought. Where is Asuma and Kakashi? He hadn't caught any sign that they were near him. He didn't feel any human eyes tracking him and decided to give the men a break and danced back toward the laughing men. Stopping a few meters away from a now arguing Gai, Izumo, and Kotetsu, Iruka whistled at them, waved and danced away.
With a bellow, Gai charged after the laughing brown sprite. He was determined to beat Kakashi in this game. Anyway, they were even now and he needed another win to pull ahead of his rival. He hiccuped and grinned foolishly. He decided that he really liked the whiskey that Kotetsu had produced from his bag. He would have to ask where he got it later. He was starting to find it hard to keep track of the dancing and weaving man in front of him. He had long ago lost the still arguing pair and was slightly lost himself. Damn the rules for keeping him on the ground. He lost sight of Iruka and stopped, listening for the slap of bare feet on the forest floor. Not hearing anything, he struck off to his left. He could feel something coming from that way.
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Asuma was hopelessly lost. He hadn't been in the forest for ten minutes and was lost. He was hopeless when he was snookered. He opened a fresh pack of cigarettes and lit one. He turned around and tried to find his way back. He could hear Kotetsu and Izumo arguing somewhere off to his right and he broke off the path and made his way back to them. A movement to his left caught his attention. He turned and blinked. Oh, God! Where's the bleach? His cigarette nearly fell out of his mouth as he blinked a few times. Genma and Raidou were writhing against a tree and other things. Asuma turned away before his night sight kicked back in. Blushing a little at the little grunts and moans behind him, he headed toward the arguing men. It didn't take long to find them. If there had been a Death Squad out here, then they would have targeted the two men with little effort. Sighing, he strolled through the trees and pulled them apart.
"Where is Gai?" he asked, tossing his cigarette butt onto the ground.
Kotetsu glared one last time at Izumo and blinked blearily at Asuma. "He saw something ahead and took of after it. I think it was Iruka, but I'm not sure." He blinked and burped in his tormentor's face.
Asuma snarled and stepped back from Kotetsu. He reached for Izumo but caught air. He looked down and saw him sprawled across the ground. He gave the sleeping Jounin a nudge with his toe and was rewarded with a snore. Damn these kids! He couldn't complain much. They were only a couple of years younger than himself and probably hadn't had this much to drink in a long while. He bent down, grabbing an arm and leg, and slung Izumo over his shoulder like a stole.
"Come on, Kotetsu. Let's find our way back to camp." Asuma lit another cigarette.
"Aren't we going to find Iruka?" he asked, stumbling beside the larger man.
"I'll leave that to Gai and Kakashi. Besides, Gai will get lost if he went after Iruka on his own," he answered with a chuckle.
"Huh?" Kotetsu gave him a wondering look.
Asuma blew out a smoke ring. "Iruka knows these forests better than most. He can Dance for hours and no one will be able to catch him. It takes a team of three or more to track his brown ass in the shadows. Makes me wish that we had Shikamaru or Shikaku." He grunted as he nearly missed his footing over a tree root. He glared at it as he passed over it. "I swear, since we were kids, Iruka could Shadow Dance better than any of us. I don't think we had short games with him as the Dancer." He smiled at his memories.
Kotetsu shook his head and followed the older Jounin back to camp. After a while though he wondered if they were lost. They seemed to be going in circles. Shrugging, he continued to follow Asuma. If they were, they would be found eventually.
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Kakashi sniffed at the air again. He could smell Asuma's cigarette smoke drifting back to camp, as well as Kotetsu's scent and a sleeping Izumo. He smiled a little behind his mask. Lightweight. Moving quickly and silently, he drifted through the shadows. If he wasn't mistaken, Gai should be a few hundred meters ahead just a little to his left. It didn't take long to find the drunk man glaring around the shadows. Wiping the grin from his face, Kakshi stepped from the shadows.
"Yo," he greeted.
"That Iruka is sneeky and has the devil's own luck," Gai muttered, not fazed at Kakashi's appearence. "Spotted him a little over ten minutes ago, but he's faded into the shadows again. I get close and he disappears, only to show up a dozen or so meters ahead." Gai ground to a halt and peered into the shadows again. "He knows this forest and I think it's hiding him. I've heard that it's always a long game when Iruka gets the Dance."
Kakashi let Gai rant on, hoping to gain some useful knowledge into this game. He didn't play games. Well, unless you counted his mind games with his kids and with unsuspecting Jounin. This was something he hadn't heard about the Chunin and could possibly help in him getting what he wanted. If he was half as good at dancing through the shadows as it was turning out he could, then what other talents was the shy teacher hiding from his friends? Kakashi focused on Gai again as he started to talk again.
Gai burped loudly and turned his slightly blurred gaze toward Kakashi. "You know, Kakashi, Iruka is really strong. I've been training him the last couple of weeks. If he wanted he could be Jounin, if not ANBU." He laughed at little at the perplexed look his rival gave him. "It's true. He's very fast and getting faster. Have to be fast to deal with those kids. His Chakra control is a little wobbly, but he can control it almost as good as Tsunade-sama. It's not as powerful as hers, or Sakura's for that matter, but it's up there. I've always wondered why he never went higher."
"Hnn," was all Kakashi said.
Gai grinned foolishly and stumbled slightly. "Stupid root!" He kicked at the non-existent root, missed, and fell over. "Oops." He grinned again and slumped over. Two seconds later a huge snore rumbled from his throat.
"Wonderful," Kakashi muttered. He debated whether it would be a good idea to cart the big man back to camp. He'd rather not. Besides, the camp wasn't far off and he would eventually find his way back, if not sleep it off here. He smiled to himself. That means the little Dolphin is mine to play with. He sniffed again at the air before walking away. He knew where Iruka was and he couldn't hide for very long.
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Iruka glanced behind him. He had thought he had seen something out of the corner of his eye, but whatever it was hadn't appeared. He shrugged and danced to a new shadow. He figured that the others had either given up or was otherwise occupied. He laughed as he envisioned Genma and Raidou piled up under the nearest tree. He knew what those two were up to by now. Gai was hopelessly lost and of Kotetsu and Izumo there was no sign. Asuma was probably back at camp getting hopelessly drunk. He knew what it was like to track him through the shadows. That left only Kakashi. He shivered in anticipation. That one he wanted to play with.
Not focusing on the path ahead, he swayed slightly, bending his, now, flexible upper body to fit into a shadow. He stopped to catch his breath and to look behind him. He blinked. Was that a white leg? He blinked again and it was gone. He was still drunk from earlier and his eyes weren't as focused as he would like, but that was half the fun of running around the forest. He giggled in spite of the almost silent forest. Forgetting the game for a moment, he stepped into a patch of moonlight and raised his smoothly muscled arms to the sky and spun. Faster and faster he spun until he was so dizzy he fell to his hands and knees. He laughed like a child over some newly discovered secret. Still smiling, he looked up and gasped.
"Hello, forest sprite," Kakashi said, his mask around his neck. "It seems that I've caught the Shadow Dancer."
Gathering his strength, Iruka sprang to his feet and ran, still laughing. "It's not that easy, Kakashi! Catch me and you can have your boon." He flitted into a shadow and into another. He could hear the wraith white man close behind. Shuffling his feet carefully, Iruka swung into a dive and came up, Kakashi's arm just passing over his head. He laughed. He flew into another shadow.
Kakashi laughed with Iruka. He was actually having fun, despite the almost painful need pulsing through his veins. Iruka's dark body was moving through intricate manuevers to counteract his lunges and grabs. He studied the pattern of his movements as they weaved in and out of moonlight and trees. They were a fair distance from the camp by his estimate. He smiled to himself and followed the giggling Iruka. Sweat glistened on Iruka's body and it made it easier to track him, as well as the musky sweet scent that floated from his body. He calculated the next move and pounced on the now panting man.
"Gotcha, sprite!" Kakashi whispered before swooping his mouth down onto Iruka's.
Iruka moaned deeply in need and pleasure. He had been anticipating this moment since Kakashi had crashed into the water. His white body was crushing him to the ground, hands digging through his hair, as his nimble tongue delved into his mouth to wrestle with his own. His own hands were holding Kakashi's head as he kissed him back with equal force. Wanting to feel more of the warm flesh holding him down, Iruka ran a hand down the other's back, drawing patterns between the multitude of old scars. He smiled to himself as Kakashi moaned into his mouth. Feeling bold, Iruka let his hand wander. First a finger and then others joined as he played with the waistband of Kakashi's swim trunks. Getting a growl for his efforts, he plunged his hand under the trunks and grabbed a handfull of white ass.
Kakashi almost screamed with pleasure at the pressure kneading the pale cheeks. He could feel the evidence of Iruka's desire against his hip through the thin swim trunks. His body was on fire with the need to take the younger man and Iruka was practically begging with his little mewls of need. Freeing a hand from the nearly alive wild mop of Iruka's hair, he trailed it down that slender brown column and to a nipple. He felt Iruka draw in his breath. Nibbling around his mouth, Kakashi pinched and rolled the hard brown nub between his thumb and forefinger. He was rewarded with a gasp and a buck.
His eye going black with desire, Kakashi lifted up a little and looked down into Iruka's face. Flushed, his face was beautific. Kakashi drew in a shuddering breath at the want he saw reflected in those soft chocolate eyes. Not able to face such naked need, he bent down and traced the honeyed skin of Iruka's collar. Making his way further down that supple body, he found the other hard nipple and took it into his mouth, sucking and raking his teeth over the sensitive flesh. He continued his minstrations with his free hand.
Iruka let a soft gasp escape his throat. Every place that Kakashi was touching was making him burn. He had never felt this way with anyone. Since his grip was lost on the firm cheeks, he traced his hands back up the jagged lines of Kakashi's back. As he felt that hot tongue lap at his nipple, he arched his back nearly screaming in extacy. Freeing up a hand, he panted in excitement as he ran it over a white shoulder and down an even firmer chest. He traced the collar bone and felt Kakashi left slightly to allow him access to explore. Soft moans issuing from his throat as another pass of that tongue followed by a raking of teeth, Iruka teased a pale rose nipple into hardness. Kakashi reared his head back on a hiss of indrawn breath.
Smiling through his own discovery, Iruka whispered, "I found something sweet." Before he let Kakashi reply, he pulled him down for a hard kiss.
Abandoning his play, Kakashi shifted to the left of Iruka, sliding a hand down his stomach. He encountered the new muscles and ran his fingers around the small belly button. He felt the little hairs as they trailed under his trunks. He followed his hand with his eye, it going darker as he spotted the evidence of Iruka's desire straining against the soft material. With teasing fingers, he slipped them under the waistband. With a simple light touch there, just above the hip, Iruka would arch into him. With a quick stroke just above the end of the trail of soft hair, Iruka would suck in his breath.
Tiring of his game, Kakashi leaned down, kissing and licking his way down that tightly wound, brown stomach. Stopping, he dipped his hot tongue into Iruka's navel. Rewared with a gasp and a moan, Kakashi nuzzled just above the waistband. Carefully taking his hand, he ran it up Iruka's calf and into the leg openings of his left thigh. He continued to kiss and bite playfully at his lover's navel as he played his fingers on the inside of that tight thigh.
Iruka was trembling. Mostly in excitement and the sheer need he felt for Kakashi, but he was also a little afraid. As he felt the older man trailing that hot mouth down his stomach, he had nearly fainted from the pleasure. But it had been when he had started that maddening climb to teasing fingers up his leg that had nearly undone him. He was painfully aroused and the once loose trunks were hurting him. And if Kakashi didn't stop playing around, he was going to have to do something about it.
After a few more minutes, Iruka was completely sensitized. He couldn't stand it anymore. Growling fiercely, he surprised Kakashi as he bucked his hips up and shimmied from those brown and green trunks. Smiling ferally, he tossed the trunks above his head and slitted those deep brown eyes at him. Reaching up with a slightly trembling hand, he lifted the patch from Kakashi's eye and looked into both.
"If you don't take care of this soon, I won't be held responsible for what will happen next," he rasped out.
Taking the hint, Kakashi lay a gentle hand over the center of all his play had been for. He lightly stroked to earn a shuddering moan from Iruka. Leaning down, he ran his tongue up and down, feeling the shivers racking Iruka. Taking the length into his mouth, he gently pulled then go slack. Iruka let out a small scream. For a few minutes he ran his tongue up, down, and around. It didn't take long for him to feel that salty sweet stickiness enter his mouth. It even tasted of honey. Iruka was surely made out of it.
Panting, Iruka lay spent. He pulled Kakashi up to him and kissed him hard, tasting himself on the other's lips. It was salty, but also held a hint of sweetness. Was that was he tasted like? As Kakashi rose above him, he could feel the hard evidence of his need. Lifting a heavy hand, Iruka lay it on the waistband. He looked up into Kakashi's eyes and was rewarded with a dizzying look of raging desire, making the Sharigan lay still, as if enraptured by the emotion. Gently, he peeled the trunks from the other's body and lay them with his own. Pulling him down again, Iruka kissed him gently.
"You still have need," he whispered as thier lips parted.
"Are you ready?" Kakashi whispered back.
Iruka chuckled weakly. "I'll never be more ready."
Smiling, Kakashi leaned back down and took those honeyed lips again in a devouring kiss. He settled over Iruka and prodded his lega apart with his own. With a swift move, he swung his knees under him and swung Iruka up into his arms, not breaking the kiss. Gently he lowered the younger man down and felt slight pressure. Iruka grunted in discomfort for a moment, but as he relaxed he sank down further. Kakashi nearly howled his pleasure. It was a tight fit, but that only made it more pleasurable. He rocked forward and settled back. Again and again he did this, until Iruka took up the rythem. Together, they moved to the sound of the forest and the whispering winds. He could feel the hardness of a new friend poking into his stomach. His knees becoming weak, Kakashi lowered himself backward, keeping Iruka in place and moving.
Iruka, feeling the shift, leaned forward enough to ease the transition and then leaned back so he was straddling the moonlight bathed man under him. He felt the pressure building in him as he took the rythem up again. It wound in tight coils through his middle and into his groin. Panting hard now, both men grunted, moaned, and growled thier raging needs to one another. Kakashi took Iruka into his hands as he felt himself start to come. He wanted the brown man to share his pleasure.
Iruka threw his head back and screamed as the world exploded. He could faintly hear a twin scream from somewhere far away. Exhausted, he fell forward onto something soft and sticky, as a warm liquid ran down his leg. Panting, he carefully extracted himself and rolled over to curl around the warm body beside him. Feeling an arm come around him, Iruka smiled and drifted into an exhausted sleep.
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Sorry for the hiatus, but things needed to be cleared up before this fic could continue. As things have been cleared and you are still reading this, then you know that the accusations were unfounded. As to the lateness of this update...well I've been doing Spring Cleaning and working on several vehicles. The last one I've been working on is still giving me problems with the brakes. And yes, the last one is mine.
Hopefully this will keep you until I can add back all the juicy parts and post a link up to my site so you can read the whole thing uncensored. Also this is as much I would allow myself to post up. I bloody well had to stop halfway through the writing and take a breather and a smoke. lol
Thanks to all of you that have supported the fic. You have my eternal gratitude. And thanks to loads of sugar, my WinAmp, and several stations on SHOUTcast for helping with the making of this chapter. If it wasn't for sugar, I don't think I would have gotten half my ideas out of my head. XD
Until next chapter...ja ne!