Kakashi stood at the memorial stone, a stone dedicated to those ninja who died 'gloriously' or 'honourously'. To Kakashi, and other ninja may agree, but there is no way to die honorably or gloriously. There is simply dying, but if you are going to die, die doing something you believe in. His silver hair stuck to his face as the rain began to fall, mixing with the slow tears rolling down his face.

"Hatake-san?"

Kakashi didn't respond to the person calling his name as he couldn't even hear it. He was reliving memories that were stored in his memory thanks to his Sharingan.

"Kakashi-sensei?"

Kakashi didn't answer to his name calling, but he was snapped out of the daydream, or rather daymare if you will.

"Kaka~"

"It was raining that day too..."

Kakashi traced his fingers over the same name again and again, seeing the images form in his head once again. He turned his head to look at the other person, taking in the sight of Iruka-sensei, dripping wet and holding one white rose.

"What day Hatake-san?" Iruka took a step forwards, placing the rose on the stone before kneeling in front of it. His hair was out of it's usual hair tie so his saturated hair was framing his face perfectly.

Kakashi turned and stood with his back resting against the stone, his hands crossed over his chest. He looked down at the Chunin, who wasn't returning the gesture.

"The day my bastard of a father killed himself."

"Oh..." Iruka finally looked up to the jounin and found him looking back, his two eyes visible and as usual his mask was... down?!

"Yeah... This time twenty years ago I walked home to find him dead. You know what's worse? I was glad he did until I became a jounin."

The chunin didn't say anything for a few moments, too enchanted by the sight of the infamous Kakashi Hatake's face.

"I'm sorry Hatake-san..."

"Kakashi...." The jounin slid down the stone, sitting beside the chunin whose eyes had yet to leave him. "Call me Kakashi."

"Yes... Kakashi." Iruka smiled slightly as he looked down to the ground, a slight blush trying and succeeding to cover his tan face.

"Who are you here to see Iruka-sensei?"

"My parents. They died trying to stop the nine-tails fox."

"Oh.."

"Yeah..."

Iruka turned around so he was sitting against the stone like Kakashi, his head tilted back and his eyes closed as he let the cold drops of rain wash over him. Hearing shuffling beside him, he opened his eyes and saw Kakashi looking down into his knees, his hair hanging forward and his hands curled into fists.

"Kakashi?" The chunin moved over closer to the Jounin, lowering his head so he could look into the other's eyes without touching him. Seeing the tears mixed with raindrops, Iruka took a chance and put his hands on the jounin's cheeks, wiping away the tears.

"Don't cry Kakashi..."

"I killed him..."

"What?" Iruka looked into the jounin's distant eyes that were looking back, his hands still on the man's bare cheeks.

"I killed my father..."

"No you didn't! He~"

"You don't know!!! Don't talk about what you don't know!!!" snapped Kakashi pulling himself free from the chunin's hands and looking away from the man.

Iruka stood up to leave, not wanting to further anger the deadly killer beside him. A small gasp escaped his lips when a tight grip landed on his wrist, keeping him from walking away.

"Don't go... stay here... with me..." The pleading look in the silver haired jounin's eyes left Iruka unable to say no. He sat back down, fully aware of Kakashi's hard gaze and the slight blush he had gotten once again.

"I say I killed him because for as long as I remember that man treated me like shit. That's why I was such a good ninja. While everyone was playing with toy weapons, I was already trained with real ones. By the time most kids were learning how to use real ninja weapons or their first jutsu, I was ready for the chunin exams and already a genin but not on a team because I was so young. I was a jounin when most ninja were genin or chunin."

"You don't need to explain to me 'Kashi..."

"I know. But I am so sh~"

Iruka stared at the copy nin, his eyebrows raised at the smirk spread over the man's face.

"What?" Iruka's voice was slightly higher than normal, his confusion obvious in his voice.

"'Kashi?"

Iruka's eyes widened dramatically, suddenly realising he had given the other man a pet name and he was still alive. "Oh I uhh..."

Kakashi laughed at the teacher who was now looking at the ground, his face a colour to rival the blood Kakashi sees everywhere, except for when this chunin is around him.

"It's alright... 'Ruka!"

Iruka's head snapped up at the sound of his own pet name, impossibly blushing harder so Kakashi could feel the heat radiating from him.

"So uhh... you were explaining?" Iruka tried to steer the conversation away from their new found names for each other.

"Oh yes of course..." Kakashi's happy face dropped, remembering what he had been explaining. "I stopped where I said I was a jounin?"

The nod of Iruka's head told Kakashi to continue, ignoring the rain which seemed as though it would never stop.

"I just realised I skipped something... My father killed himself shortly after my sixth birthday because I told him he was a failure not just as a ninja, but a father too. I lived my life strictly by the traditional ninja way 'The mission always comes first... it must be completed, even at the risk of your own life'. I was genin at five, chunin at six and jounin by thirteen. For my first mission as a jounin, I had to lead Rin and Obito and what did I do? I got one of them killed. 'Those who break the rules are scum. But those who abandon their friends are worse than scum'. This became my new Ninja way. The person who told me this, was my first friend. The person who told me this, was the person who helped me realise my father wasn't a traitor or a failure; he was a hero. The person who told me this, was the person I let die..."

Kakashi turned to look into the chocolate eyes that were fixed on him, a slight smile on his face as he remembered his teammate.

"Obito Uchiha... He saved me. He gave his life to make sure me and Rin got out okay. As a parting gift, he gave me the Sharingan. For Rin, an untold message I could never tell her. I didn't know how because we were only kids, and kids don't know what love is right? Wrong. He loved her with all his heart. And I loved him... Just not in the way he loved Rin. Uhhh... I'm rambling on now."

"No... I like listening to you."

Kakashi smiled again. "How did I never really notice you before?"

"Well Kakashi you must have noticed me some bit... after all you would hand your report into no one but me. Even if it was both late and after the mission office is closed!"

"Maa... Sensei you know I always hand things in done right, even if it's not on time."

"I suppose your right. If only there weren't doodles and quotes from those dam books you read."

Kakashi smiled yet again, his eyes forming an upside down U. He looked up to the sky, noticing it had finally stopped raining. He stood up slowly, stretching his muscles before offering a gloved hand to the man on the ground.

Iruka took the hand with a shy smile, pulling himself up from the ground. He blushed again when Kakashi wrapped his arms around the chunin's waist. They stayed like that for a few moments, looking into each other's eyes and feeling the warmth of their breaths mingling.

Kakashi bent his head low, touching his forehead off Iruka's, whispering softly. "Stop me when you want to..."

With the words spoken, Kakashi brought his hands to the Chunin's neck and slowly pressed his lips to the younger's smiling inwardly when he began to move, the chunin moved with him. When they pulled away gasping for air, they smiled at each other as if they had been in love for years.

"If you want to take this further sensei, we'll need to move." Kakashi practically purred into the brunette's ear, who simply shuddered in response, before whispering his answer into the other's ear.

"I don't want to leave yet..." Iruka took Kakashi's hand and was glad when he simply followed the chunin, but frowned when Iruka began to walk up one of the trees.

"Why are we going up a tree 'Ruka?"

"Because 'Kashi, this is where I come to think. Believe it or not, it has an amazing view and you won't want to leave."

No more words were spoken as they settled themselves on a strong branch, side by side as they let their feet dangle. Iruka shivered as the air was getting cold and Iruka was still very wet from the rain. The jounin saw Iruka shiver so he slid back on the branch and moved so his back was against the trunk before pulling the chunin against him.

They entwined their hands, smiling as the sun began to set and left the village in a wonderful orange glow. "What does this mean for us?"

Kakashi looked down at the chunin, confused at the question and allowing his confusion to show in his face. The chunin continued, seeing Kakashi's confusion.

"Well... we're both ninja. But you're a jounin and I'm sure you're ANBU! But no one's certain of anything to do with ANBU anymore. But anyway, you go on A and S ranked missions when you don't go with your team. My students, regardless if they're on your team now or not. Every jounin has some kind of break down when they come back from a hard mission and I don't know how you handle it. What if you don't come back? If we get in a relationship, I will always have to deal with worrying about you when you go! I have a hard enough time worrying about that idiot Naruto!!"

Kakashi smiled down at Iruka and placed a chaste kiss on his lips. "I rarely go on missions ranked higher than the occasional B. I will always come home from them. And I will always make sure to protect my team mates with my life, so you don't need to worry your pretty little head about that knuckle head! As for the worry, I can't stop that. But I can match it with the amount of worry I'll feel for you. I have to think that maybe you will go on a mission, or maybe the village will be attacked or hell you could be killed one of your students during Kunai training!"

"A student? Really Kakashi you think one of my academy students could kill me?"

"Well... you're a chunin who teaches-"

"I'll have you know Hatake I have done more than you know!"

"And that means?"

"That means I have gone on S and A ranked missions. I have gotten the blood of friends and innocents on my hands. I know the emptiness you feel after a mission that went wrong, or a mission that went right but involved a lot of death. The reason I am a teacher is because on the last S ranked mission I went on, we came across a village that was being attacked. It was a tiny village, but most were ninja. No one under the age of sixteen could fight properly because there weren't enough people to teach kids how to defend themselves because they believed it was wrong. I was put in charge of protecting the children but I had to watch over sixty children by myself. I was knocked unconscious and all the kids were slaughtered. I was brought back on the shoulders of another ANBU and the Hokage offered me a job as a teacher because I had a breakdown after all the deaths. I just can't handle all of that... I can't handle being ANBU anymore!!"

Kakashi looked at the chunin for a minute, shock showing in both his eyes. He whispered the same words again and again to himself, not sure if the man in his arms could hear him. "You were ANBU? You were Dolphin?"

Iruka looked away from Kakashi's face to bury his face in the jounin's wet chest. Kakashi stood up and picked the chunin with him, deciding it was late enough and both men were getting cold. He carried the chunin through the village and back to his apartment, glad he had pulled his mask back up once again. He ignored the questioning looks and avoided any of Iruka's students, especially Naruto.

"Where are we going?" Iruka spoke into the man's chest still, trying to control the shivers that were running throughout his body.

"My place... do you mind?"

"No."

The rest of the short walk was completed in silence. Once at the door, Kakashi put Iruka down, disabled the traps and finally opened the door. He walked through the door and waited for Iruka to enter before taking off his shoes. He walked towards his bedroom, taking off his vest and shirt while walking. In his bedroom, he called out to Iruka.

Iruka heard his name being called and something after that but he couldn't hear what. He walked towards where he guessed the bedroom was after watching Kakashi walk through here, picking up the lost clothes on the way. He walked into the room without thinking, stumbling back out when he saw Kakashi butt-naked and bending over to pick up the towel he must have dropped.

"Uhh... 'Ruka?" Kakashi opened the door, a towel wrapped around his waist and one on his head, laughing when he saw the scarlet covering the chunin's face.

"Sorry Kakashi I should have knocked or something... uhm.. Here!" Iruka held out the clothes to Kakashi who took them and threw them into the room. When Iruka started to walk away, Kakashi called to him again.

"Don't you want those clothes and that shower?"

"What?"

"Isn't that why you came in? I asked did you want a shower and dry clothes..."

"Oh.. I didn't hear what you had said, which is why I came down here to find out what you had said... But a shower does sound good!"

"You can use the one in here... its better than the one in the actual bathroom." Kakashi pulled the door wide open before stepping out.

"There's towels and clothes in the bathroom. I'll go make food when I'm done with my shower so take your time if you want."

Kakashi brought his hand up to rub the back of his neck, his eye curving into an upside down U. He really didn't know what to say to the teacher who had seen ALL of him not moments before.

"Thank you... 'Kashi." Iruka walked into the bedroom and closed the door behind himself, walking to the door of the en suite bathroom. He turned on the hot water and shed his wet clothes, a shiver of relief running through him as the heat from the water spread around the room and the chill began to leave him. Stepping under the water, a sigh escaped him and he almost groaned in satisfaction as the water warmed him up.

Once he was cleaned up and his hair was washed, he turned off the water and stepped out. He grabbed two towels, drying himself with one while he wrapped the other around his hair. When he was fully dry he slipped into the clothes Kakashi left for him, laughing at the size. The sweatpants were well too long for him, gathering under him feet in layers and they rested dangerously low on his hips when he let them go. Looking into the mirror, he ran his fingers along the scars on his chest, screams echoing through his mind.

"Stop.. stop.. I tried to save you.. I tried... Forgive me... I let you die! But I tried my best!" The chunin fell to his knees, suddenly gasping for air as the tears threatened to fall.

He stayed that way for a few minutes, waiting for his breathing to regulate again. Once it had, he sat with his back against the wall, thinking things through.

Me and Kakashi Hatake, the infamous copy ninja... a couple? It's not right. He'll pull rank over me all the time and he'll dump me and throw me on my ass! Besides today's the first time we talked alone, excluding a short exchange of words in the mission office.

Iruka's thoughts were interrupted by the smell of food wafting through the door. He stood up and pulled the shirt Kakashi had left for him over his head. He smiled when he saw himself in the mirror. The sleeveless shirt was tight enough that Iruka's muscles and scars could be felt and seen through the black fabric. He couldn't help but laugh he tugged at the extra material pooling around his neck. He pulled the material up, wanting to see what it looked like. Liking the way it looked, he followed the scent of food, his stomach growling at the delicious aroma. He stood leaning against the doorframe in the doorway of the kitchen to watch as Kakashi moved about the kitchen both skilfully and knowingly.

"Either come or stay out. I do not want you standing in my doorway!"

Iruka smirked at the man's back, half wondering how he knew he was there. He moved over to the table in the large kitchen and sat down, watching the man move about. When the food was ready Kakashi placed it on the table and Iruka's stomach growled again. Kakashi stared at the chunin in the mask, his mouth hanging up and his heart sped up and the slightest hint of lust entered the jounin's eyes.

Looking up at the jounin sheepishly, the silver haired nin raised his eyebrows and laughed when Iruka blushed again.

"You know..." Kakashi started, "You're really cute when you blush! And dam near irresistible in that mask."

Iruka's eyes widened at the compliment and he quickly stared at his food before eating, his mind beginning to whirl.

"UHhh.... thank you.."

They ate the rest of the meal in a comfortable silence, both knowing they didn't need to fill it. When they had finished eating and both were full, they both cleaned the dishes, working in silence as they cleaned. Whenever their fingers touched or their arm brushed off the other's, they'd pause in what they were doing to look into each other's eyes.

When the dishes were done, Iruka followed Kakashi, but stopped when he realised the man was heading for his bedroom. Iruka sighed as he followed the jounin, he didn't want sex right now and he was sure if the jounin didn't get it if he asked, the young chunin would be thrown on his ass.

"Come on sensei! You run after brats all day, how long does it take you to get here?" Kakashi smiled as he saw the chunin standing in his doorway.

"Well why are you in here?" Iruka walked to the foot of the bed, tilting his head at the man lying in front of him.

"Because it's the only place I feel comfortable in my house..."

Iruka followed the other's gaze which was not looking at him, but past him. The wall was decorated with about a hundred pictures and a few phrases written onto the wall. It could be described as what a teenager would have on their wall. There were pictures of Pakkun and the other nin dogs, Kakashi as a genin, chunin and jounin, Rin, Obito and Minato as their team leader. Beside his old team photo, was his new team photo, and if the picture was anything to go by, the jounin's team relationship was quite like that between his team now.

"I thought you had a hard life 'Kashi, but all I see is smiles."

"Smiles are deceptive."

"So are you but that doesn't mean all of you is bad."

"Whoever said deceptive was bad?"

Iruka crawled onto the bed, settling his head on the jounin's chest and resting his hand beside it.

"It's implied... To deceive someone, you break them. I have been deceived, I have been fooled and dam near killed. I'm broken. It's kind of funny that the Hokage gave a broken man the job of training all the future protectors of this village, don't you think?"

"'Ruka you're not broken, you were hurt. Traumatised even! To be broken you need to live an empty life. You need to care about nothing, destroy everything. You need to cry yourself to sleep and hide your truth from the world. Does that sound like you?"

"No..."

"..."

"It sounds like you though."

Their eyes met and Kakashi's heart suddenly leapt, seeing the emotion in the other's eyes. "I don't want to be broken..."

"Then let me fix you." Iruka was facing the man fully now, each wrapping their arm around the other's waist, both whispering.

"Can you fix me?"

"Can I?"

"I hope so..."

Kakashi pulled himself closer to the chunin, kissing his neck softly before resting his head on the other's shoulder still whispering 'fix me' to the younger. He tensed suddenly, pushing himself up a bit and leaning on his forearms which were resting on either side of Iruka's head.

"What is it? What's wrong 'Kashi?" Iruka's eyes filled with worry and he wrapped his arms around the other's neck, pulling himself up. His eyes widened when Kakashi pulled up his mask and stared at the door.

"Kakashi-sensei Kakashi-sensei!!!!!!!!!!!!" Naruto burst through the bedroom door, stopping suddenly at the sight of his two teachers a little too intimate.

"Hey why'd Naruto suddenly go~" Sakura and Sasuke followed the blonde ninja into the bedroom, both seeing the two teachers who had still yet to move.

Naruto suddenly launched himself at Kakashi, missing and hitting the wall when Kakashi dropped himself onto Iruka fully.

"Iruka senseeeee..." Naruto crawled onto his knees beside the bed, whining to his former teacher while his current one stood up.

"What is it Naruto? Why are you three here?" Iruka's voice was calm as he sat up on the bed, trying to banish his blush.

"We were only here to tell Kakashi-sensei we have a mission." Naruto crossed his arms over his chest and pouted slightly before continuing. "But what are you doing here sensei?"

Sasuke laughed at the question, noting idly how Kakashi was sneaking up behind Naruto and Sakura seemed to have finally disappeared.

"Well Naruto... Kakashi-sensei and I were... talking..."

Naruto's eyes narrowed, not believing his father figure. "About what?"

"About who'd be bottom!" Sasuke threw out his answer, laughing at the groan that left Iruka's lips before leaving.

"Bottom of what?"

"'Ruka and I were going to play. But it's a game for two people so you can't join... Well actually three people is better... Four better still..." Seeing the deadly glare in Iruka's eyes, Kakashi stopped with that train of thought. "But you can't play yet because you're not old enough. So tell me about the mission and then leave."

"Fine! It's a B ranked delivery message. We have to bring some important scroll to the Sand village. There's a high chance we'll be ambushed and attacked head on during our travels both there and back. We leave first thing in the morning and the scroll has to be delivered within three days, the sooner the better. Four ANBU will leave before us and clear the path as much as they can and four will travel after us, just to be safe."

Naruto stormed out of the room when he finished, finally realising what playing his teachers wanted to do.

"The Hokage gave a B ranked mission to a genin team??!!! What's she thinking?! They're not ready! That mission belongs to Chunin or bored Jounin! And you leave in the morning? That's not fair! We've only had a few hours together!!!"

"'Ruka relax. I'll bring my team home, don't worry. And be glad we have til morning! Let's make the most of our time shall we?"

Iruka's wide smirk gave Kakashi all the answer he needed and he crawled onto the bed. Suddenly, as Iruka saw the predatory look in Kakashi's eyes and the slight growl escaping his throat, Iruka felt very in the mood.

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Just a random fic I said I'd throw up xD I have mixed feelings about it, so reviews would be awesome ^-^

The conversatoins and actions may seem a bit off, but remember! They are 'Broken!"