Told you something new was coming ;D I've always loved this pairing as well as KakaNaru and KibaIru. It's been ages since I've written anything but GrimmIchi so it's time for a little change. :3 Though having said that three updates are on the way so keep an eye out! Having said all that I hope you enjoy this chapter, I'm really excited about this story! :D

Disclaimer: I don't own anything just this idea

Iruka wandered through the forest completely and totally lost, he was looking for the Mikage shrine. It was a little known shrine tucked away in the depths of the Konoha forest. Rumour had it that it was a beautiful shrine visited by all the villagers, and the god who lived there was kind and listened to their prayers, doing what he could to make the people feel reassured and at peace.

Iruka had been wandering for hours and now it was nearly dark and little light was filtering through the tops of the trees, Iruka was a hairs breath away from giving up but the only problem with that was that he didn't know the way back home either so his only choice was to carry on walking, the crunching of brittle twigs and dry leaves his only company.

Iruka was beginning to give up hope, his life was falling apart and now he couldn't even find a shrine in a forest! What kind of man was he? Anko was right, he was useless no wonder she'd left, he didn't blame her. He probably would have done the same if he were her.

The young man sat down on the nearest flat surface and stared off into the distance briefly wondering how he was going to get home. Or if he would have to wait until somebody found him. Iruka had no idea how long he spent sat there contemplating about how shit his life was and generally moping around, before he decided to get up and start walking once again (mainly because his ass was numb. )

The gods must have decided to smile on him though because in the next clearing the brunette found the stairs that lead up to the shrine. Elation built in the young man's chest as he started up the staircase to the shrine. Iruka's smile got wider and wider as he got closer to the top, only to have it freeze on his face once he reached the top. The shrine was in ruins, the paint work was peeling, weeds grew across the courtyard and rubbish littered the area. Iruka's heart sank, surely this was a mistake! Pictures he'd seen of the shrine were completely different people everywhere making offerings and praying to the enshrined god... What had happened here?

Iruka walked wearily to the building in front of him, surely someone was still here that could answer his questions? The sliding doors were stiff to the touch and Iruka had difficulty sliding them open but with a little extra effort he managed to wrench them open and step inside. The air inside the shrine was stale and humid.

"Hello?" Iruka called out in the hopes that someone still lived here but got no answer. Only a slight shuffling noise at the back of the room came to greet him.

"Hello, is anybody there?"

The shuffling noise got closer and closer and as Iruka reflexively took a step back and into the light stepped a boy about sixteen with blonde hair. He was wearing a red kimono with a loosely tied obi. The boy rubbed his eyes sleepily as he moved closer Iruka noticed fox ears on top of his head and a fox tail swish sleepily behind him as he moved. What the hell? When did people have those?! Was he some kind of demon? Was Iruka about to die? Iruka's frightened questioning stopped when the boy yawned cutely and continued towards the brunette.

"...Sasuke...?"

Sasuke? Who was that?

The boy tiptoed when he reached Iruka and pressed his lips against the frightened man, only to pull away a few seconds later his sky blue eyes focussing on the other man.

"You're not Sasuke. Who are you and what are you doing here?"

Iruka was lost for words.

The boy frowned but made no attempt to widen the gap between them, instead preferring to search Iruka's eyes with his own as if that would tell the boy all of the older man's secrets. After a minute or so he spoke again.

"Who are you and what are you doing here in Sasuke's shrine?"

Sasuke again. Was Sasuke this shrines god?

"I-Iruka... My names Iruka... I came to visit this shrine to make an offering to the god of marriage... In the hopes of fixing my own..."

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