Summary: Kakashi, having finished his mission early, decides to have a few drinks to drag out his mission's completion time. He unexpectedly runs into Iruka, who had also just got through completing a mission that was to be kept secret. Kakashi gets Iruka to sit with him and get to know the young teacher better, but Iruka shouldn't linger too long in the village due to his recently carried out mission; danger could be following him and he needed to get back to the village, but somehow couldn't say no to the jounin. As they sit and chat both open up to each other and see that they both had wrong impressions of the other. Eventually Kakashi/Iruka shonen-ai/yaoi.

Author: Hello, I'm Squid and this is my first Fanfic! Please, even if you do no read the entire chapter please review! REVIEW REVIEW! This will later become rated M for subject matter and shonen-ai/yaoi-ness. I have got an idea for this story out-lined and am just wanting/needing some support from fellow Kakashi/Iruka fans! This will be eventually Kakashi/Iruka shonen-ai/yaoi Fanfic! :9

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Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto or any part, fragment, or microscopic section, of Naruto's characters ;~;

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Chapter One: Unpredictable Encounter

Kakashi's POV

"Arigatou," Kakashi thanked the waitress as she brought him another bottle of sake. Kakashi knew the female was eyeing him the whole time she was waiting on him and Kakashi too was eyeing her, of course without her knowing it. Kakashi had recently completed a mission, early like always, and was dragging out the rest of the time he had left for it. He was having a few drinks at a bar in a small village a day's travel from Konoha.

Kakashi decided it was time to get some rest and would head back to the village in the morning. He thanked the waitress as he moved to leave the bar, paying for the sake but not tipping the waitress. He could have sworn he heard the young woman curse at him as he left. Kakashi pulled out his Icha Icha Paradise and began to read as he walked through the small village in search of an inn, taking note to the sun setting. Kakashi took a deep breath, he loved sunsets and early mornings; the air would cool and the smell of dew would make itself known. "Ahh… my body is slightly warm from my sake; I'm ready for a good peaceful sleep. None of the brats are around." Kakashi's visible eye never left the direction of his book's pages, continuing in a slow stroll as he searched for an inn.

"Thank you sir, have a good night too," a man replied to the restaurant owner as he made his way out of the Ramen hut.

Kakashi's eye slowly drifted from his precious book as he heard a vaguely familiar voice. He couldn't make out whom it belonged to but realized he shouldn't considering his location at the time "Why would there be another shinobi here?" His eyes found a man dressed in Hidden Leaf shinobi attire. "Hurm, who could this be? It sounded like a male's voice…" Kakashi watched the man, hiding behind his book as the other shinobi walked down the street, obviously heading back to Konoha given the direction he was walking. "Brown hair worn in a pony tail…" Kakashi unconsciously was quickening his pace to get a better view of the shinobi and didn't realize he was right behind the man now. "Why wouldn't this shinobi just rest of the night and head back to the village in the morning?"

Kakashi came to a quick halt as the shinobi turned around to face Kakashi. Kakashi had stopped so suddenly that his nose smashed against the pages of his favorite book. He squinted his eyes as the sting from his nose rose to his eyes. He blinked away the uncontrollable watering his visible eye was producing. As his vision cleared, he saw a tanned man, slightly shorter than himself, stand in front of him in a lazy stance. He had a thin scar across the bridge of his nose that continued to grace the tops of his cheeks slightly. Kakashi found the man's dark coloured eyes and found he was being looked at with an unpleasant, rather annoyed-looking, gaze.

"Hello, Kakashi-sensei," the man spoke calmly.

Iruka's POV

Iruka had just finished a rather challenging mission and was resting in a nearby village. The teacher was viewed as a chuunin but not many knew he was already offered a jounin title. Iruka had politely turned it down because he was very content with being a village teacher. He enjoyed himself and loved his students and feared becoming a jounin would take time away from that aspect of his life. He loved Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura, as well as all his other former students, and was proud of all of them for coming as far as the young genin had. Iruka even loved Konohamaru and all the other young children he was currently teaching despite their behavior resemblance to Naruto's.

Iruka had been assigned a mission to go in aid of an allied village, to assonate a well known crime lord. Iruka had completed his mission, entering the village unnoticed; however, as he carried out his mission he found himself only killing those who got in the way of completing the mission. Iruka couldn't bring himself to aimlessly kill people and was well aware of, despite his swiftness, the fact that a member of the crime lord's gang could have seen Iruka. Whether it had been in detail or his village hitai-ate, Iruka knew he should take no chances and return to Konoha as soon as possible. He knew of the high possibility of devoted gang members looking for whomever assonated their boss.

Iruka was hungry so he decided to stop at a little ramen hut to quickly eat a meal then be on his way. "The sun will be setting soon" He took a seat and ordered a bowl of ramen, no flavor in particular, and took a deep, calming breath. He hadn't taken a break since before he left for his mission. Iruka smiled as Naruto came to his mind. "Naruto would like this little ramen hut, it reminds me of Ichiraku's" Iruka put out his hands to wrap his worn fingers around the steaming bowl of ramen being placed in front of him. Iruka thanked the man and proceeded to break apart his chop sticks, "Itadaki-masu," he mumbled as he took his first bite.

"I wonder how Naruto is doing with his training with Jiraiya-sensei. It's been months since I've seen him. Sakura's training has been improving… and Sasuke" Iruka took another deep breath, chewing in silence as he reminisced about his former students. Finishing the bowl of ramen quicker than expected Iruka sighed in defeat as he ordered another bowl. He was becoming depressed thinking of all the hardships his former students had been enduring as of late and knew the ramen would help fill and calm him. As he waited for his next bowl, Iruka was in his thoughts again, "I can't imagine how hard it must be for them two knowing Sasuke left the village. They both loved him so much. Sakura's love more known then Naruto's; but, Naruto never got the chance to tell Sasuke his feelings… how much he had meant to him. Poor kids."

Iruka bowed his head in thanks as he dug into his next bowl of ramen. More aware of the time now, noticing the sun was setting, Iruka hurried to finish, bringing the bowl to his lips drinking the left over broth. Iruka put money to cover the tab on the counter and stood.

"Thank you young man, please come again!" The store owner said to Iruka as he started to clean up Iruka's empty ramen bowls while giving him a pleased smile, "and have a good night now."

Iruka smiled at the man, bowing his head as he left, "Thank you sir, have a good night too." Iruka exited the ramen hut and began his walk back to Konoha. "Such a nice man, I am certain Naruto would of liked this little ramen hut, it's a shame I couldn't spend more time here but I must be on my way. It will be night soon and I must continue back to the village." Iruka heard someone behind him and continue to hear the soft footsteps as Iruka continued through the village. Iruka got the feeling the person may be following him. "If it were a gang member why would they not be trying to conceal their presence from me? They don't seem to be even trying to make themselves hidden."

Iruka didn't waver in his pace but focused on the figure behind him. Iruka felt his eyes uncontrollably roll upwards as he realized the jounin's all too familiar chakra. "Kakashi Hatake" Iruka tried to figure out what the odds where that the lazy jounin would be in the same village Iruka was passing through and even more coincidently, running into each other at the same time. "He hasn't been following me for long has he?!" Iruka let the jounin follow him for a ways, feeling the jounin close in on him. "What is he doing?" Iruka, thinking Kakashi was plotting some kind of prank, with the speed of a well trained shinobi, turned to face the jounin.

Iruka couldn't help but chuckle on the inside at the sight of that outrageous book whack the lazy jounin in the nose as he stopped suddenly out of surprise. Seeing that it actually caused a bit of discomfort for the jounin as Iruka noticed Kakashi's visible eye start to water, Iruka found it even harder to keep in the laugh that was just begging to be let out. Iruka managed to keep his voice smooth and calm as he spoke, "Hello, Kakashi-sensei."

Author: Okay sorry getting tired I have more to write but think this is a good part to stop for chapter one! Please let me know what you think! Was the chapter long enough or too short? Please REVIEW thank you so much for reading! I'm eager to hear from all! ^^ (edit: this was supposed to be uploaded last night but for some reason wouldn't upload so here it is now! Please review! Thanks again for reading!)