This is not a songfic although I did name it after the song. =)

Warnings: Mild swearing. Yaoi. Badass Iruka. Head over heels in love Kakashi (not yet confessed ;))

Pairings: Kakashi/Iruka, OMC/Iruka (although I don't know to what extend yet)

I don't think it'll be a problem but it's a second path from Emotions, Complicated's 6th chapter. But you can read it as a new story as well.

But I do recommend you read the 5th (and maybe 6th chapter of it, for the abduction itself.) Here:

.net/s/7268696/6/Emotions_Complicated

Summary: (I'll publish the actual summary in the 3rd chapter because if I write it now it would spoil everything!)

Iruka was taken right in front of Kakashi during a mission but Kakashi was helpless and watched his love being taken. Now, there's no trace of it even happening, let alone to find the abductors. And why did Hokage suddenly called the ANBU team on the search back and gave orders not to search anymore? What does the Hokage and a few know but not tell him?

-to not spoil, that's the best I can do right now.

5-9-11 edit

Special thanks to Maxine101 for betaing!

Chapter 1 (or for you who's read and continued from Emotions, Complicated, chapter 7)

The third Hokage almost jumped when he saw the pug on his table. "Pakkun, what's wrong?" he asked.

The pug tilted its head so that the old man could get a better look at its collar. Sandaime reached and took the paper. "Kakashi needs medics" Pakkun said before he disappeared in a puff of smoke.

Sandaime shook his head and mumbled, "Rude dog."

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"Let's go!" Izumo stopped when he realized no one was following him. "What?"

"Are you sure she said yes? For all of us?" a spiky haired man asked in suspicion.

"Well, yeah. I told her about Iruka and she let us go. So let us go!" Izumo said, waving his hand to usher the other man onward.

Kakashi sighed and cringed in pain because of his lungs' movement. He had forgotten about the damn broken ribs! "I've already informed Hokage-sama. He is probably assembling a rescue team already." Kakashi was suppressing his emotions, but the control he had over his heart was fading. His world was spinning, he felt his chest was empty, and he couldn't breathe. compared to that, the physical pain he had was nothing.

"But we have to go!" Izumo insisted.

"Go where?"

Kakashi probably wanted to go rescue Iruka more than this damn brat standing in front of him, but he had to keep his cool and direct the panicking team. Wait; did he just call the Chunin, who was only a few years younger than him, a brat?

"I-I don't know but we can't just stand here and do nothing!" Izumo insisted.

"Look kid, if we were strong enough by ourselves, we wouldn't have lost Iruka in the first place. I don't know if you noticed, but I'm not doing so well. I have fucking broken ribs! If you think you two Chunin can take six unknown enemies on your own, then go ahead!" Kakashi yelled at the man in front of him. He had never yelled before.

The two Chunin looked at him with widened eyes and Izumo spoke without looking at the angry Jounin. "But you don't understand: he's family! I can't just let him die! I can't…" His voice lowered as he spoke until it disappeared. He looked like he was about to cry, and Kakashi's pain was worse now. However, after years of suppressing his emotions along with ANBU training was paying. He could keep his face (which was covered with a mask) and voice emotionless.

"We are going to save him, but we can't do it the way as are right now, and I don't want to die before I can save him." His face and voice were emotionless, but his words gave him away. He realized his mistake as he made it, but didn't say anything about it.

The two Chunin were looking at him now, confused because of the disparity in his words and behavior. Izumo eventually said, "We don't even know how long he's been gone. Shit!"

Kotetsu looked at the Jounin with pleading with his eyes. "Can't you send some of your hounds after him before the scent can disappear?"

Why hadn't he thought of that? And he was supposed to be the genius! "U-Ugh yeah." He flashed three hand signs and used the blood still lingering on his thumb to slap on the ground and summoned three of his nin-ken. A dog with sunglasses, a white dog and the pug from before appeared before them. "Go find Iruka!" he barked at them.

"Yes boss." The three dogs replied before they scattered.

The Chunin were looking at Kakashi. They both realized that Kakashi hadn't used an honorific. Kotetsu asked, confused, "Don't they need his scent beforehand?"

Kakashi blushed. Both Chunin saw Hatake Kakashi, the Great Copy Nin, blush. The mask covered the most of it, but they could see his ears turn pink. Their brows rose in unison.

"I…uhm…we know each other a-and…uh…" Kakashi tried to explain. He couldn't tell them he had his scent because years ago Iruka went on a mission and was late returning so he broke in to his house and had his hounds sniff around! He scratched the back of his head. "It's a funny story actually." After a pause he added, "for another time."

The two Chunin looked at each other and made a mental note to ask about it later.

"So let's go!" Izumo said in a voice that was slightly too loud. He stopped and looked at his friend. They both sighed and put their fists in front of them. They did rock paper scissors and Izumo lost. He growled for a second as Kotetsu grinned and turned around.

"You coming?" Kotetsu demanded. Izumo growled again and Kotetsu jumped on a tree branch and set forth.

Izumo turned around and offered his hand to help the injured Jonin. As Kakashi took it, Izumo put the Jounin's arm around his neck and jumped while supporting the older man.

Then they were on their way to Konoha.

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"I knew it! It shouldn't have come to this! Damn it! Why did you send him on a mission away from Konoha, Hokage-sama!" The voice of the Kunoichi started out as angry, but she was almost crying by the time she finished speaking.

"Anko…"

"Shut up Genma! You know as much as I do what might happen to him!" she snapped.

"I do," Genma agreed, "and I'm itching to go out to save him and kill the bastards who took him! I'm not trying to stop you, but if you want to save him, YOU JUST HAVE TO SHUT UP AND LET THE HOKAGE SPEAK! HE HAS A PLAN AND YOU'RE WASTING TIME!" he shouted.

Anko looked at him with unshed tears in her widened eyes and with a quiet voice said, "You're right."

Genma turned to face the Hokage. "What are we going to do Hokage-sama?"

"Do you know if it was them?" Sandaime asked softly.

"We don't have any information since we are not…"

Anko cut Genma off and finished the sentence herself. "We aren't all high and mighty enough to know about secret clan families and nobles and other crap the Council sees fit to keep to themselves!"

Genma glared at her as finished what he'd been saying before Anko's interruption. "We are not pure bloods by any means, and therefore we are not aware of clan matters."

"But I really doubt it was them. His parents were exiled from the clan damn it! Why the hell would they want them-him, back?" Anko fumed.

"Even though they don't accept the…-him, as one of them, I doubt they'd send assassins or capture him," Genma continued.

"So it must be one of the enemies, right?" Anko asked.

"But again, he does not belong in the clan! Why would anyone want him?" Genma argued

"A long time grudge maybe?" Anko suggested. "Or they haven't heard?"

"They haven't heard in twenty four years?" Genma asked with disbelief. "I doubt it, especially now. I think they discovered his identity and tracked him down."

"Everything happened before he was born, so they wouldn't know he exists at all, and he probably doesn't have a personal file or anything – I don't know how they keep track of their members, though. His mother left the clan before he was born, so he is technically not from the clan."

"But he's blood, Anko. He's family. Clans aren't about membership," Genma argued.

"But-But…" Anko faltered.

"So do we send a rescue team after him Hokage-sama?" Genma asked, turning sharply back toward his leader. "It might not be them. Even if it were, the agreement doesn't include him. Iruka is a Konoha shinobi who was captured during an official mission."

"Yes, Genma, I plan on sending an ANBU team after him," the Hokage replied. "But, if it is them, you know they'll come back empty handed."

"But, if it is them, they'll let you know, right?" Genma asked.

"Yes."

"Can we join the ANBU team, Hokage-sama?" Anko asked. She was talking politely now that she was requesting something from her superior.

"No. You will go as a secondary team," the Sandaime announced. "Take the shinobi returning from their mission with him and learn what they know. You can track him together."

The two Jounin nodded.

"Kotetsu Hagane, Izumo Kamizuki and Hatake Kakashi were the shinobi with Iruka Umino when he was taken. Kakashi's summons will come in handy I suppose," the Hokage mused.

"Hai!" They both answered in sync.

"And be careful not to mention this conversation around them," the Hokage warned. "They are not cleared to know about Iruka-san's family line."

"Hai!" And they were gone.

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A.N. Please review! ^_^

And thanks to Calliecat22 for beta'ing this chapter!