It started as an ordinary day for Iruka, he woke up early to gather his necessary papers for the
academy students, had a shower, some breakfast, then left to walk to the ninja academy. It was a
peaceful morning in Konhoa. The weather was warm, there was a trace of dew left on the grass. All
in all, it had the concept of turning into a wonderful day. Iruka passed by Ichiraku ramen stand to
see his old student Naruto, whom may as well have been a son or a younger brother to him eating
away his daily morning ramen. Iruka shook his head, it seemed like Naruto's eating habits would
never change, Naruto has recently graduated from the academy, gaining Kakashi Hatake the famous
copy nin as a ninja instructor. Iruka didn't mind the man, he just sometimes wondered if he actually
knew what he was doing when it came to looking after teenagers, sure they were genin ninja,
training hard to become respectable shinobi of the village hidden in the leaves someday, in Naruto's
case it was his dream to become hokage. Iruka knew the path of the shinobi was a tough one to
follow, but he wished that Kakashi would remember that they are still KIDS after all. So staining
their hands with an enemy's blood, was the cruel harsh truth that they would have to face, but for
now, he should be lingering a bit more on their innocence rather than strength. At least that was
Iruka's beliefs, Naruto's team mates were Sasuke Uchiha sole survivor of his clan, and Sakura
Haruno a gentle kunoichi, Naruto himself was one that was different all by himself, he was the
container of the nine tailed fox Kyuubi, the fox that had attacked the hidden leaf village 12 years
ago, killing many shinobi, including Iruka's parents. However, Iruka would never blame Naruto, he
wasn't the fox, he was just the boy containing it, who should be regarded as a hero instead of being
feared and hated. Iruka was stopped in his musings by none other than said blonde himself. "Hey
Iruka-sensei! Come get some ramen!", Iruka smiled and waved back, "Ah sorry Naruto I can't, I
gotta get to the academy. Maybe later, OK?". Naruto nodded, "Alright bye Iruka-sensei." Iruka
carried on towards the academy were all the young shinobi would one day hopefully fulfil their
dreams in becoming strong ninja, as their parents did before them. It was on his path the ninja
academy that Iruka was attacked, a female shinobi from the village hidden in the mist struck, Iruka
didn't have time to react as a mysterious purple fluid was injected into his blood stream. All Iruka
managed to say before passing out was "Who are you?" his vision was failing fast, before losing
consciousness she said "My name is Satsuriya." with that statement Iruka passed out completely.
Kakashi was walking towards the memorial stone as usual, not a care in the world, as he walked he
noticed a bundle of clothes moving on the path. It was the remains of a chunin vest, a ninja
headband, some pants and sandals. But inside something was moving and crying inside the shirt,
Kakashi gingerly pulled the cloth away to see a brown haired baby with a scar across it's nose,
Kakashi cocked his head to one side "Hm?" the baby squeaked "Eh? The little thing stretched it's
arms towards Kakashi begging to be hugged. Kakashi looked around the street was deserted, he had
a gut feeling that this 'baby' was actually chunin academy teacher Iruka Umino. He scooped up
Iruka and made his way to the hokage tower, Iruka ooed at the wind blowing his short tuft of hair.
Kakashi sighed, and this was going to be such a nice day as well. Kakashi arrived unannounced in
Sarutobi's office holding securely a lively little bundle in his arms, Sarutobi could only sigh.
"Kakashi what brings you here?" Kakashi held Iruka out to him, "Lord Hokage I think this is Iruka
Umino." Sarutobi exhaled, "I see. I shall call some medic nin immediately." Kakashi nodded
handed Iruka to Sarutobi and began walking away, Iruka whimpered before howling really loudly.
Kakashi looked back at him, he had his little arms stretched in Kakashi's direction trying to get
away from Sarutobi whilst screaming his lungs off. Sarutobi was shocked Iruka hadn't cried when
held him as a baby the first time around, that was back when Iruka's parents were still... oh.
"Kakashi could you hold him again please." As soon as Iruka was secure in Kakashi's arms he
stopped crying, whimpered a bit and snuggled into Kakashi's arms drifting off to sleep. Sarutobi
sighed again "I was afraid this would happen." Kakashi looked at him, "Afraid of what?" Sarutobi
stood up "Afraid that Iruka's sort of imprinted on you as a parent." Kakashi blinked once, twice, and
one more blink before his eye widening in terror "WHAT!" Sarutobi made his way to the door "The
fact is Kakashi, you are right that IS Iruka Umino. How he is a baby I'm not sure, follow me and
we'll have medics examine his condition. My guess is they won't know what caused this for a while,
and most likely someone will need to look after Iruka. Trust me from personal experience he doesn't
like being separated from his parents, and in this case, you." Kakashi followed him down to the
hospital in a daze, completely lost in his thoughts, he wanted to protest and claim that someone else
could babysit the brat. If he did that though he would be going against he third Hokage's orders, and
that was a ninja No No. As soon as Sarutobi walked into the hospital a bunch of medics surrounded
him, "Lord Hokage are you feeling well?" "Lord Hokage is there something wrong with you!" "Do
you need a medicine prescription Lord Hokage?" Sarutobi chuckled "Of course not, I'm as fit as a
fiddle. However I would like you to take a look at Iruka Umino for me please." A female medic
nodded, "Certainly Lord Hokage. Where is he?" Sarutobi indicated the sleeping baby in Kakashi's
arms, the medic gasped but complied. As soon as she tried to pry Iruka out of the still dazed
Kakashi's arms he began crying again, Kakashi snapped out of it and on instinct sat Iruka on his
shoulder and began to soothe him. Sarutobi smiled "See Kakashi your a great a father figure." The
medics decided to check Iruka over in Kakashi's arms instead to save time, and to keep the peace.
Sarutobi waited patiently for the medics analysis, "Lord Hokage from the tests we've conducted
nothing stands out of the ordinary with his results he seems completely normal, except he's a baby."
Sarutobi nodded "Thank you for your time." the medic bowed and moved off into some other part
of the hospital. Sarutobi turned his gaze to Kakashi who was balancing the gurgling baby on his lap,
"So I was right in assumption, the enemy ninja probably used a undetectable formula , odourless,
colourless, and damn well tricky in the chemical make up. For now I'll post some ANBU black ops
around the village but at the present moment I'll gather all the intelligence possible." Sarutobi
smiled warmly and approached Kakashi and Iruka, "Well you two seem to be getting along."
Kakashi snapped his head up, "Well? What did they say?" "They said Kakashi that there's nothing
wrong with him." Kakashi stood up and held Iruka out to Sarutobi "Nothing wrong! Nothing! Look
at him He's. A. Baby!" Sarutobi started leaving the hospital "I can see that Kakashi, I will supply
you with some extra funds to support Iruka, temporarily you''ll be on leave off missions. Until Iruka
is older you won't be able to leave him with a babysitter." Kakashi looked panicked "How long is he
going to be like this?" Sarutobi looked back at him "I'm not sure, but Kakashi I have a good piece
of advice for you." "What's that?" "You might want to by a mother care book today. Don't worry
about your students I'll have someone take over for you for today, and I'll send someone over in a
few minutes with the funds and basic baby necessities. Meanwhile take care of him." Sarutobi left
the hospital leaving a stunned Kakashi with Iruka looking up at him with an innocent face, Kakashi
looked at him "What are you looking at?" Iruka smiled than began clapping his little hands.