KakaIru- Why Me?
Part 1
A/N: Woot! KakIru finally! One of my favourite pairings but I hadn't written anything for them- not even formulated a storyline for them :O!
To clear up any misunderstanding: The first scene is set just before the chuunin exams, but the rest will be set during the timeskip- just after Naruto's departure.
This will be a two-shot, so please review and tell me what you think, maybe give me some ideas for the next chapter!
Disclaimer: THEY ALL BELONG TO M…-ringring- -ringring-
Hello? Errr Kishimoto! Err no, no I wasn't going to say 'me', of course not, no. I was going to say Masashi honest! Yes, sir… no sir…. Of course not sir… No no I don't think lawyers are necess…I understand sir… at once sir….sayonara…. clunk
Phew, that was close! Erm right- yeah, all characters belong to Kishimoto
(Why it's not worth trying to outsmart Masashi)
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Iruka yanked off his shoes and stomped up into his house and marched towards the bedroom.
'That jerk!' he thought, "that pompous, cocky, uncaring jerk! Kami-sama, does he want to get them all killed! They're twelve, and not a year out of the academy and he want's to put them in the chuunin exam! The chunnin exam! He's in-bloody-sane!' Continuing his internal rant Iruka pulled off his jacket and threw it in the washing hamper besides his wardrobe before storming off towards the kitchen to make dinner.
"That unbelievable… idiotic, perverted, arrogant and self-satisfied… and tardy! Selfish, heartless…" before Iruka could continue to list all the things that Kakashi was the doorbell was rung. Looking away from the boiling kettle (he really wasn't in the mood for cooking so cup ramen was on the menu tonight) the teacher sighed in annoyance before stamping down the hallway to answer the door.
Iruka had imagined many things, from Naruto coming to drag him down to Ichiraku's for dinner to the Hokage himself coming to chide the chuunin for his earlier behaviour. But the last thing Iruka had expected to see upon opening his door was a silver-haired man standing casually on his front door step, his nose buried within a brightly coloured book.
'What the hell is he doing here? Wait, how does he know where I live?' Iruka thought in confusion as he stared at the jounin in front of him.
"Yo," Kakashi said, raising a hand leisurely in the air
"What?" Iruka asked, unable to hide his confusion
"Do you not think they can handle the chuunin exam?"
'He came all the way down here just to say that?' Iruka thought angrily, "I wouldn't know, after all they're no longer my students," Iruka answered bitterly
"Then why don't you test them?"
"What?"
"If you beat them I will withdraw them from the exam," Kakashi replied solemnly, finally looking up from his book
"Err, but… um…"
"You might want to turn the kettle off first though," Kakashi commented, before going back to his book. Iruka glanced back into his house and saw steam billowing out of his kitchen. His eyes widened and he sprinted back to the kitchen to turn off the stove.
Staring down at the still steaming kettle he contemplated Kakashi's offer, it seemed a win-win situation. If he won then they wouldn't compete in the exam, if he didn't at least he'd know they could handle it. Biting his lip he made his way back to the door.
"Ok, I'll do it," Kakashi's only visible eye curled up happily.
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"Iruka-sensei," a deep voice greeted the chuunin so Iruka looked up from a report he'd been pretending to read to smile at the jounin. It had been three months since Kakashi had approached him before the chuunin exams and it could be safe to say that Iruka had become a little more…aware of the man than he had been before. Of course he blamed it on the fact that the last time he'd had any 'adult companionship' had been about five years ago.
"Kakashi-sensei," Iruka replied with a smile," you're late again," he commented
"Still another five minutes until the Mission Room closes," Kakashi informed him as he looked away from his book, his eye curled up cheekily.
Iruka chuckled, "true," the silver-haired ninja reached inside a pocket to pull out a scroll which Iruka took with a quiet "thanks" before placing it aside. The seal holding it closed clearly marked it as an S-ranked mission; a chuunin such as him wouldn't be allowed to read its contents.
Once, before, Kakashi would have mentioned the exploits of his team, particularly those of Naruto, but Sasuke's betrayal was still a sore spot amongst those who had tried to stop him. The memories were a little too fresh to start talking about the before, and it was something Iruka missed, especially now that Naruto had left too.
A slight curve under his mask told the brunet that the other was smiling… or perhaps grimacing if he was thinking along the same lines Iruka was. Damn that mask, like Kakashi wasn't intriguing enough he had to go and wear such an infuriating accessory.
Iruka was sure he only wore to draw in poor unsuspecting chuunins.
"See you," Iruka blinked in surprise at the suddenness of the ninja's goodbye but Kakashi didn't seem to notice as he just gave a partial wave and strolled towards the door.
"Bye," Iruka's eyes lingered on the taller longingly before he turned back to a genin mission report with a sigh.
"Got ourselves a bit of crush, eh Iruka-kun?" the teacher jumped in surprise, spinning round to face a senbon-chewing jounin.
"No, of course not!" Iruka replied, glaring at him, "and don't sneak up on me."
Genma ignored the last comment and continued to tease, "Sure you haven't," Genma drawled unbelievingly before raising his voice to the person closest to them, "what do you think Raidou?"
"What?" the scarred jounin looked up from his desk in surprise.
"Don't you think Iruka-sensei ha…"
"Say one more word and I'll tell him about the headband you sleep with under your pillow," a dark voice murmured into Genma's ear.
The older shinobi paled before chuckling nervously and replying, "err… has wonderful teaching skills?" he finished weakly.
"Well, yes," Raidou frowned in confusion, "so?"
"Nothing," Genma replied with a bright, false smile; Raidou's frown deepened as he eyed the pair but turned back to his work all the same. Iruka surmised that he was probably debating the sanity of his colleagues.
Once the other ninja was re-occupied with his reports, Genma hissed into Iruka's ear (much to the chuunin's amusement) "how do you know about that!"
"I saw you sneak it out of his room the last time he was in hospital," Iruka informed him smugly, "and you hold it when you sleep; don't you remember the time I dragged you home from the sake stall?" Genma gazed at his old friend with new eyes, "I'm a teacher Genma, we don't miss much," Iruka added with a smile.
Genma pouted childishly for a few seconds, before a light dawned in his eyes, and Iruka suddenly got a very bad feeling. "Especially not a fine opportunity to study Kakashi's backside," Genma answered smugly. As Iruka suspected was expected, he turned bright pink and stuttered a denial- which was duly ignored. "Oh come on Iruka-san, it's obvious, I'm just saying what everyone's saying," Genma continued gleefully, a lecherous smile on his face.
Iruka's eyes widened, "what!" He exclaimed in surprise, garnering the attention of the rest of the late-night shift; Iruka flushed again. "Ah, sorry," he apologised before turning back to his companion with a distressed expression, "everyone?"
"Yep," Genma replied cheerfully, Iruka moaned unhappily and buried his face in his hands
"Why me?" Genma snickered beside him, "do you think he knows?" Iruka didn't bother to remove his hands from his face, just waited several seconds for the jounin to decipher his meaning.
"I don't know," Iruka groaned a little louder, "…but I could find out!" Iruka resisted the urge to beat his friend senseless for his bright tone.
"Don't you dare," Iruka growled threateningly before gathering up all his reports and stalking away to hand them in to the hokage.
End Part 1
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I know, I know- it's tiny! But it's my first attempt at a two-shot, and the next chapter will be in Kakashi's point of view- and hopefully longer D
Please review and tell me what you think- they make me write faster