Author: CalciumFluoride a.k.a BakaHebi-kun
Pairings: As usual… Kakashi and Iruka and side pairing Sasu x Naru as Neko-chan requested
Summary: Rokudaime Hokage-sama is irritated by a ghost on the nearby mountains; will the dolphin priest exorcise or fell in love with him? Kaka x Iru
Warnings: Extreme fluff and YAOI
Disclaimer: Do you think I'll be writing this up if I own Naruto? Moreover, if I DID, there'll be a lot of YAOI and Shounen-ai in it.
The ideas were from Neko-chan who saw my (actually) doodle-drawing of unmasked Kakashi in ghost version and (oh-so-sexy) hair loose Iruka in priest version with Kakashi hugging him from the back. Blame me if the grammar sucks… and the plot's boring… English is not my first language.
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The Ghost and the Priest pt.1
In Konohagakure, near the mountains behind the Hokage Faces Statues, lives an unfortunate ghoul who was sealed after the death of the fifth Hokage. In fact, this spirit didn't kill the Hokage, but got killed by another person who killed his lover (AN: confusing enough??). This so-called lover of his was re-incarnated and stayed in a person form.
That's why this ghost nearly never rests and harasses people who stay nearby. Says that he searched everywhere for his lover who is nowhere to be found yet. The reason why he was not able to re-incarnate as a person anymore is his one and only lover, he needs him to be around.
This fact, however, was heard by many people… including… the very… very angry and irritated Rokudaime Hokage Naruto Uzumaki-sama.
Hokage-sama's office
"RAAAAAAAAARRRGGH!! DAMMIT!!" Naruto roared throughout his huge mission-giving room. Sasuke, the jounin, who is in there waiting for his next mission, jumped and was stunned and speechless from the Hokage's sudden reaction.
"Hokage-sama?" Sasuke called. Naruto angrily search for another mission scroll he had prepared for Sasuke while shouting: "We have to re-incarnate this ghost immediately! Sasuke!"
He threw the scroll up high towards his rival. Sasuke jumped gracefully and with much elegance landed on the floor to catch it then opened it to read it mindfully. "I want you to do this mission to find a professional priest that can exorcise this stupid ghost completely, Sasuke-san…" the Hokage said in half anger. With that, Sasuke's off.
Konohagakure praying temple
The raven-haired man arrived in front of the temple, carrying his mission scroll on one hand. 'This is the sign that I have been assigned to a mission, I have to carry this throughout the entire time and then give it to the chief priest' he thought and then made his way inside the temple.
As he walked towards the entrance, he saw a young priest sweeping the temple's garden, ignoring everything around him except the wind and the dried leaves that fell. Sasuke stared at the young monk intently 'he seems familiar for me, though… especially that hair color…' he thought and then shrugged it off, continuing his way inside the temple.
DONG! DONG! DONG!
The low-pitched bell of the temple echoed, followed by 'ohm's' from the young monks' chants. Sasuke shuddered… no offense, but that just sounds freaky… way beyond freaky he should say….
The grown-up avenger arrived in front of the temple's chief and bowed onto his knees, showing great respect. The chief, still having his back on Sasuke, asked the youngster.
"What brings you here, young lad?" the old man asked. Sasuke sat up as he saw the old man's hand waving up and down, signing that that is enough for bowing.
"I am here because of a mission" Sasuke answered calmly as he sat down lotus position. The old priest slowly turns his head towards Sasuke's direction and requested another answer "you were assigned to search for a priest to exorcise the ghost, were you?"
Sasuke was surprised that the chief could guess his mission. "Yes" he answered, trying to keep himself calm. The priest smiled "I know exactly who you should look for" and then he walked towards a 20 years old cleric, whispering something about 'a young priest who is interested in the ghost topic' (AN: Sasuke have sharp ears, y' know… :P)
Not more than 5 minutes, the younger priest brought in someone (in Sasuke's surprise) that was sweeping the garden. Sasuke observed the sweeper from head to toe; he looked exactly the same as his academy teacher, back when he was 12. Scarred nose, tan skin, brunette and polite… the only difference is that he has his hair loose.
"Lad, I brought you the new and specialized priest… Umino Iruka…"
Back in Rokudaime's office
The grown-up Kyuubi vessel groaned and roared in boredom. What took his rival, HIS mission-expert Sasuke so long? It's only a D-ranked mission and its easy… just go to the Konoha temple and—
The door creaked open with Sasuke pushing it with half his body. The blond looked back with a happy grin, knowing that it was Sasuke who came in "Sasuke-san!" Naruto ran up to Sasuke who is in the hall.
"Hokage-sama… I brought the priest you have been looking for" Naruto stopped and looked behind the raven man… to find… his… academy teacher??
"Yoroshiku…" the priest bowed in front of the Rokudaime, along with his stuff on his back. Naruto was confused, how could…
"Naruto-sama…" Sasuke whispered in Naruto's ear. "He's not our Iruka-sensei… he might look like him, but this priest is just a normal priest like usual priest (AN: oh boy…)… I guarantee it, I was also shocked at first, even freaked out when I saw him, and I dealt with it along the way while I talked with him…"
Naruto whispered –or hissed- back "Sasuke, look at him! I mean—!" Naruto was cut off by Sasuke putting his one finger onto Naruto's soft lips. "Deal with it…" Sasuke ended the conversation, with Hokage Naruto blushing.
The Rokudaime looked at the youngster in front of him. 'This boy really looked like Iruka-sensei… but, remembering what happened to my sensei, I just couldn't stand it…' he thought. Sasuke noticed Naruto's sad face and then went up to him once more, calming the blond down a bit. Sasuke pulled him back and have his own private talk, not letting the young monk to hear their conversation.
"Naruto-sama… Iruka-sensei was indeed assassinated 7 years ago, back when we were 18. It is also said that Kakashi went out to avenge him but also got killed by an accident. There's no need to worry over it, actually…" Sasuke calmly and soothingly whispered on Naruto's ear, the blond blushed again. He knew that Sasuke was right… no need to worry over such things.
The Rokudaime sighed. "Come with me…" he ordered the certain brunette priest. "And uh… Sasuke-san…" Sasuke stopped, what order do the Hokage want him to do? "Stay outside, please… I need to have a private talk with this priest" Naruto said, looking away. Sasuke mentally pouted at the order.
Inside Rokudaime's office
Rokudaime made his way back to his chair and sat comfortably, ignoring the Iruka-priest for a second and then back to him. Naruto sat up with both his hand holding his face, sighing. The young priest gulped.
"Tell me your name…" Naruto ordered.
"Umino Iruka, Hokage-sama…" Iruka answered timidly. 'WTH?? Even the name's the same?!' Naruto mentally freaked out, he never expected that even the name's copied. Trying to keep himself calm, Rokudaime asks another question.
"How old are you? You look really young for your age as a priest… and even much taller than I am (AN: Naruto is 168cm Sasuke is 170cm Iruka is 171cm), even though it only differs by 3 cm's" Naruto demanded. The priest blushed, knowing that the Rokudaime's Kyuubi chakra's increasing a bit in a nervous manner.
"I'm actually only 5 years older than Sasuke-san, Hokage-sama" Iruka replied. Naruto was indeed mentally freaked out. Before he could faint of the 'freaked out chain reaction' Naruto think about another question to ask.
"Tell me about your past…" he requested, hopefully it would decreases his 'freaked out' reaction.
"Hai…" Iruka replied politely. "But promise me you won't freak out, Hokage-sama…"
He did, he just tried to hide it from the priest….
"Well, here goes… I don't really know when I was born… I just know that I have been here for 5 years" he explained. Still trying to keep himself down, Naruto keep listening on his explanation. "The chief priest told me that I was revived by a—"
"Wait… what?!" Naruto jumped.
"I was revived…" Iruka repeated his words again. Naruto silenced. That explains it.
"Continue…" the Hokage ordered.
"I was revived by a young monk who found me near the cliffs"
"Does he know you?"
"Uh… no…"
"Do you remember me, then?"
"… I don't remember anything about you, Hokage-sama… all I know is that you are the Hokage…" the blond lost his words. His sensei doesn't even remember what happened to himself that day, when he was assassinated by a shinobi from neighboring village. With that, Naruto tried his best to get his sensei recalled his memories back.
"I'm Uzumaki Naruto, remember?? Your most annoying, self-abusive, stubborn, spoiled, hungry-of-ramen student (and sometimes brat)??" Naruto said, trying to get his sensei's memories back. After a few seconds of thinking, Iruka shook his head "I never remembered that I have a student…" With disappointment and a little bit of 'stabbing' on the head, the Rokudaime looked down… he can't get his sensei's memories back.
Wait… the ghost on the mountains…
"Iruka-san…" Naruto called.
"Hai…"
"Tell me why are you interested in the ghost in the mountains!" the Rokudaime asked (almost shouting) enthusiastically. Iruka looked up with a blush; he knew the Hokage would ask a question about that.
"Hokage-sama… I… just feel… like…" Iruka couldn't make this sentence fast; he felt a hole on his stomach, afraid and taken aback.
"Iruka-san?" Iruka put in his best effort to make his sentence completed.
"I just feel like I have some connection with this so-called ghost in the mountains, Hokage-sama… I really do…" the young priest answered. Naruto, who is still slow, let his mind absorbed it a bit then came up with a decision.
"Why don't you go now, Iruka-san?" Naruto throw a mission scroll to him.
"Eh?" Iruka caught it and read it thoroughly.
"You said that you have connection to this so-called ghost, right?? So I want you to go now, finish the mission for me even though you are not a ninja or a shinobi, but you are a specialized priest…"
"I…" Iruka said, looking up.
"Just do the mission, I'll give you a reward for your temple afterwards" the Hokage said as he motioned Iruka out of his room calmly. Sasuke, who was outside the room, froze. As Iruka was motioned outside by Naruto, he closed the door (almost slamming) after the priest is gone.
"So, how did the conversation went?" Naruto yelped and looked back to see Sasuke cleaning his nails with a filing (AN: just to make it look good… an Uchiha have to keep their dignity), feet sweetly resting on top of the mission desk. Sasuke glanced at Naruto, who is blushing against the door.
"And… w-wha.. a-are… y-y-you d-doing h-here?" the blonde's voice trembling, he was too afraid and freaked out from firstly Iruka and then Sasuke who appears sitting on the Hokage's mission desk.
"Well? I was actually waiting for you…" Sasuke answered, walking towards his rival. Naruto stepped backward, he felt something uncomfortable within himself and the raven. Sasuke throw his arms out and then wrapped Naruto with it tightly (more like intimate embrace, in fact).
"Calm down, my dobe…" the blonde could feel his face burns, Sasuke rarely call him like that since they were separated from their times together by Orochimaru. Naruto, without second thought, hugged Sasuke back… even tighter….
"Sasuke-kun…" the Rokudaime sighed; he knew he wouldn't win against his little jounin (AN: actually, the rank doesn't matter that much when it came to them…). "By the way, Hokage-sama…"
"Hmm?" Naruto hummed in answer
"He's Iruka-sensei… isn't he?"
"I… guess so… Sasuke…"
"Then, he should really go to the ghost. They said that this spirit has a silver hair…" the blonde think about it twice before he replies.
"Did Kakashi-sensei and Iruka-sensei made love to each other?" was the stupidest question Naruto will ever ask.
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