Title: Far From Home
Summary: Iruka is teaching at Hogwarts with Kotetsu as his assistant. The Hogwarts student's new course: All you'll ever need to know about Ninja. Yaoi Pairings, KakaIru, Genma/Kotetsu, NaruSasuNaru, NejiShika, LeeGaaraLee RWHG. Harry Potter Naruto Crossover
Disclaimer: If I had something funny I would type it but alas… No, I do not own Naruto, the Harry Potter series or any of the characters.
Warning: Yaoi inside. If it's not your cup of tea then why did you click on it?
A/N: This is my first Naruto story ever! I'm sure I've made some mistakes but I don't have a beta yet. If you want to apply, please tell me in a review. Preferably someone who's actually read the Naruto series… I know that Kotetsu is a character in Naruto somewhere but seeing as I haven't re-read the series in a while and have no idea what's happening in the shippuden because, due to extenuating circumstances, I haven't read or watched them, I don't know who he is! For the purposes of my story, he's a chunnin who has taught as a substitute in the academy before, but doesn't know Iruka very well.
Timing: Voldemort has already been defeated. This will be several years after the end of the seventh book.
Iruka sighed. About a week ago, he had received a new mission from Tsunade. He was to leave the hidden continent and travel to a school in Scotland called "Hogwarts". That had sounded ok. Go there, do something, be back within the month. Then he had read the next paragraph. He was to stay and TEACH at said school for the next 8 months. Iruka had had his fair share of missions in the past, but this one was bar far the craziest. The brunette threw another shirt into his suitcase, his closet almost empty.
Of course he knew about the wizarding society, but the wizards had only figured out about the hidden continents a few years ago. Apparently, they wanted their youth to have a basic understanding of ninja culture. Hence, Iruka's mission. He was to go and teach at Hogwarts for one year. He would have one other teacher to accompany him, a ninja named Kotetsu that he had only ever met it passing. They would end up teaching every single student in the school for at least one semester. Teachers, parents, and guests would come and sit in on the class often. The last pair of pants was thrown unceremoniously into the already full suitcase.
Iruka didn't own many clothes that weren't shinobi uniform and he only had a few uniforms that he washed every few days. He was planning on packing all the clothing he owned. Well, except for that one outfit that Kakashi had gotten for him… Iruka blushed just thinking about it.
He had been married to the copy nin for just over eight months now, and every day still brought something new. Kakashi hadn't been too happy about his mission. When Iruka had told him that he was going on a long term B-rank mission, teaching in a foreign country for the next eight months, Kakashi had just stared at him uncomprehendingly. Iruka knew that Kakashi loved him more than anything, and he expressed his love by being excessively clingy. Not that Iruka minded sleeping with him at night, or cuddling with him as he graded papers, or having to walk around the kitchen with Kakashi hugging him, but when Kakashi had started to follow him to work in the mornings whenever he didn't have a mission, and sometimes when he did, Iruka drew the line.
Iruka walked over and sat on the suitcase, zipping it up and tossing it outside the bedroom door. Kakashi had actually disappeared a few hours ago, and had not yet re-appeared. The school teacher flicked his eyes around the room, making sure that he hadn't missed anything. Satisfied, he turned around to leave, only to walk smack into his husband. Kakashi's ability to go completely undetected was annoying sometimes.
Without preamble, Kakashi grabbed Iruka around the waist and threw him on the bed, climbing on after him and pulling Iruka gently towards him so that he could spoon the younger man.
"I tried to talk Tsunade into giving the mission to someone else-"
"Kakashi I-"
"But she told me that none of the other teachers would work."
"'Kashi I don't-"
"Then I tried to get her to let me go with you."
"But the village-"
"And she gave me a really weird look. So then I tried to black mail her-"
"Kakashi!"
"And she kicked me out of her office." Iruka gave up trying to talk and just lay there, listening.
"Why does it have to be you 'Ruka? Why not some other teacher?" Kakashi asked miserably.
"Tsunade said that Kotetsu and I were the only teachers qualified for a mission like this because we had diplomacy skills and the courage to deal with large numbers of children every day without committing seppuku with a ruler after a few months." the brunette explained patiently.
"But I'll only get to see you every two months!"
"Not that I mind but why will I be seeing you at all?"Iruka questioned.
"Tsunade is going to let Genma and I check up on you every two months or so. We'll stay for two days to a week before coming back to Konoha."
"Well at least I'll get to see you. I remember that time you went on that mission… You were supposed to be gone for a week but you came back four weeks late and had to spend another week in the hospital recovering. I thought you'd never come home." They lay together, quietly enjoying the other's company. After a few minutes, Kakashi shifted, turning Iruka around so that they were facing each other. He leaned in and kissed Iruka hungrily, tugging him close and mapping out the sensei's mouth insistently. "What are you doing?" Iruka asked, panting.
"Giving you something to remember me by." Neither of them left the room until the next morning.
Chicka chicka chicka chicka chicka chicka chicka. The train clattered along the tracks. Iruka shifted in his seat unobtrusively. Kakashi had kept him up all night. Iruka had lost track of how many times Kakashi had taken him, letting himself be swept along by whispered adorations and strong calloused hands. He had woken up late and almost missed the portkey that Headmaster Dumbledore had sent to take him to platform 9 ¾ . He was now sitting next to his new partner, Kotetsu, and sketching our lesson plans for the next few months.
"Since the kids don't know a thing about the hidden continent or ninja, I was thinking that we could start with geography and history before moving into chakra systems and how our anatomy differs from wizards and civilians."
Kotetsu had turned out to be surprisingly friendly. The man was smart, strong, and didn't appear to have any annoying quirks. Iruka was sure that they would grow to be good friends. "Yes, that sounds alright. We should probably leave bloodline traits for later in the year. Maybe we could do some basic jutsu and explain chakra types first."
"Then we can cover rank. Explain how things work in the academy and how genin move up." Iruka smiled, Kotetsu's teaching style was so similar to his own that their lesson plans were being formed almost faster than they would write them down.
"We should also figure out a punishment system. From what I understand, the sensei there use detentions, which I really don't think efficient. The kids don't really care. Any ideas on what we can use to make them pay attention?"
Kotetsu's grin became positively evil. "The headmaster said to use whatever punishments we were used to handing out, within reason. I think two laps around the Quidditch pitch every time they disobey is reasonable."
"The only exercise they get is walking between classes. The Quidditch pitch is almost a mile around." Iruka pointed out dryly.
"All the more reason we should help them get it shape." Kotetsu pointed out, crazy grin still on his face. Iruka responded with one of his own. Oh yes, he was going to enjoy this mission…
Three hours later, a stack of completed lesson plans, and a budding friendship later, Iruka and Kotetsu stepped off the train at the station in Hogsmead. They had had a compartment of their own on the trip but now they were seeing a few other teachers that had also taken the train. Most of them were climbing in to black carriages drawn by creepy, black winged horses, but two of the more friendly teachers had asked to walk with Iruka and Kotetsu up to the castle when they had politely declined to join them in the carriages. Their names were Harry Potter and Remus Lupin. Both of them were very polite and already knew to address Iruka and Kotetsu as sensei. They were busy giving the foreign teachers an explanation of what would happen for the first two weeks before school started.
"The headmaster lives here year round, and Professor McGonagall, she's the deputy headmistress, comes here two weeks before term starts. The rest of us come a week before the first day so that we can get set up." Harry explained. "You'll probably get the rooms on the second floor, they're right next to the rooms that were set aside for your lessons, and they have lots of room. A main room, two bedrooms, two bathrooms, a nice place."
"What is our schedule like?" Kotetsu wanted to know. "At home we go home every night and just have one class through the day."
Remus laughed, "We don't get that luxury here. We take four classes every day. The student schedule is two classes before lunch and three after. The teachers all get one period a day to plan and get things done. The first class starts at nine in the morning and the last class ends at 4:30. Classes are an hour and a half long with an hour for lunch. You'll only have a group of students two or three times a week, they're on a rotating schedule. Classes on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays are different from classes on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Some days are shorter than others, on short days, the classes are only an hour long."
"It's a smart schedule." commented Iruka.
"Yes, I like it. Oh, by the way Iruka-sensei, would you mind if I came and listened in on some of your classes, I'm interested in the hidden continent, but seeing as we only found out about you a few years ago, there aren't very many books out." Harry said.
"Not at all!" laughed Iruka, "Dumbledore-san said that we should expect visitors to our classes. Apparently, we're also going to be asked to speak in other classes as well, so that ninja jutsu can be compared to spells."
"Yes, I have plans for you. Mwahahaha!" Harry gave an evil laugh. Remus hit him on the back of the head.