#Forbidden Jutsu#

AFTERMATH.

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Kakashi half-limped half-crawled through the door and headed to the living-room.

"I'm back!" he declared.

Iruka jumped from the couch and stared at him, his eyes wide.

"Kakashi, why are you here? You should be in the Tower, or better yet, in the hospital!" he shouted, running to catch the silver-haired man before he fell to the floor, "You are covered in blood, your chakra is depleted, and I presume the information you brought is vital! But instead of being a good shinobi and going straight to Hokage, you come here and soil my recently cleaned living-room!"

Iruka held Kakashi's tensed body and felt that nothing really mattered, since that man was in his arms, alive and, roughly speaking, in one piece.

"I missed you so much!" Kakashi hugged the chuunin with all the strength left in him and relaxed in Iruka's arms, letting him to lower his body to the floor.

"You desired to hear me shouting at you, didn't you?" muttered Iruka, "I was worrying about you, you know, I wanted to see you so much!"

"Your wish is my command," Kakashi hummed, "And I wanted to hear you shouting at me; that's true. Good to know something in this world works accordingly. Our jutsu works…"

"I hate this damn jutsu!" Iruka cried, fussing around Kakashi and looking for injuries to see if his skills would be enough to treat them. Very soon he realized his skills were definitely not enough.

Kakashi raised his hand and caressed the chuunin's cheek.

"Don't hate it, it makes me enormously happy," he whispered. Iruka tugged his mask down and saw that the jounin was smiling. He planted an affectionate kiss on Kakashi's smiling lips.

"I wonder how it would make you feel if it disappears!" he said sarcastically.

Kakashi shook his head.

"I don't want to find it out, I'll probably lose the last thread of sanity still left in me."

"Don't worry, silly. It can't disappear, it's forever," Iruka whispered into Kakashi's ear, kissed him one more time, and tugged the mask back to his face.

"How can you be so sure?" Kakashi asked, his tongue betraying him because of complete exhaustion.

Iruka shrugged and stood up with Kakashi's body in his arms, ready to teleport to the hospital.

"It's because I love you for what you are regardless of any jutsu."

"It's the jutsu; it makes you say these words!" Kakashi snorted and entwined his hands around the chuunin's neck, pressing his masked cheek to Iruka's.

Iruka hesitated.

"What if I dropped you now? Would you be persuaded I am my own master?"

Kakashi laughed.

"You won't drop me, because I love you. You'll take care of me and…"

"Oh, shut up please!" Iruka muttered and then noticed that Kakashi's head fell to his shoulder, since he lost consciousness. He sighed and accomplished the teleportation, "But remember, I'll be near when you wake up."

(: end :)