Title: Straight
Author: milkychaitea
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto. Sue me and the only thing you will get is a massive headache.
Warnings: Gender-bended characters, mentioned slash, abuse of parentheses and tea. Expect ooc-ness since this is a fanfiction. May cause brain fart. Tread carefully.
Pairing/s: KakaFem!Iru, mentioned GenRai
Note: Any confusion in personal pronouns is intentional. If you are still confused, well- damn you. Just pm me!
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Chapter 2
It had been a long day. The little devil-children at the Academy had been their regular little naughty selves. Though Iruka had been thankful that the King and Queen of Mischief and Trouble (Konohamaru and Naruto respectively) had already graduated or else he might not have had enough energy to last until the end of his shift at the Mission Room.
Ah, yes. The Mission Room. Iruka shook his head the memories that flew by. His recent meeting with Kakashi-sensei had been interesting, to say the least. His first memory of he one-eyed man was when the Sandaime had asked for Kakashi's file when Naruto had been assigned to Kakashi's genin squad. Their most memorable meeting however, was during that infamous Chuunin exam.
Iruka's cheeks flushed red, still embarrassed about his 'little' outburst back then. No doubt his co-workers had released that story into the gossip-vine and by now it would have been legendary. Iruka could see it now, "In Honor of Iruka's First Mission Room Defeat". Complete with honorary plaque and all. Oh, if only Iruka knew.
Iruka was in the kitchen preparing for his nightly Ceylon tea (with two sugars!) when he felt a slight chakra flare just outside his house. A quick scan revealed it was friendly Konoha-nin, though Iruka could not pinpoint the exact identity. Oh well, it was probably just Pakkun again, obviously sent by Kakashi to 'gather information' as Pakkun had so eloquently put it.
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**Approximately one week ago**
"Pakkun!" The sensei exclaimed, grabbing him by the collar to prevent the ninken from escaping, "What are you doing spying around my house?"
The poor ninken cowered under the sensei's strict 'Teacher Glare' , usually reserved for wayward pre-genin hellbent on world domination, Sort of.. Pakkun resisted the urge to bolt, and figuring that their gig was up, simply opted to come clean.
"Iruka-sensei, if you could just put me down, I'll-uh, explain." Cue choking noises. "Please?" He added weakly.
The sensei's eyes widened comically, before gently setting down the startled ninken. Apologizing profusely, Iruka set a bowl of hot Ceylon tea (with two sugars!) before Pakkun, grabbing a cupful for himself. He waited for the ninken's forthcoming explanation of his and his master Kakashi's stalker-ish (perverted!) behavior.
Pakkun took a deep breath after taking a few licks of his Ceylon tea (with two sugars!), trying to find a way to tell the sensei in the nicest possible way, of how his master had simply been alarmed over his attraction to the rather pleasant chuunin sensei.
When Pakkun had simply told Kakashi that even if he swung the other way with Iruka-sensei, all his ninken would still serve him, but Kakashi simply shook his head, indicating that it wasn't the case or the problem. Kakashi had gone off and done his own investigation (coughstalkingcough) of the sensei and had found some rather peculiar things.
Like how the sensei seemed too motherly for a real man, or how the sensei always turned down offers for dates, (Kakashi was amazed at the sheer amount, he would have to act faster.) or how the sensei had always blushed whenever he was around males under any sort of undress. (On a side note, Kakashi grimly noted that Iruka would not even blink if he was surrounded by nubile ladies. Omo.)
Now, normally, when one is faced with such startling facts, one would normally come into the conclusion that Iruka was, in fact, gay. But something smelled off tho Kakashi, literally.
For after following the sensei for nearly a week, Kakashi found something out (little genius that he is) that Iruka smelled off, like a female. His nose could not smell the tell-tale sign of a male, testosterone, and had summoned Pakkun for a second opinion.
After trying to convince Pakkun that the safety of the village was in jeopardy, (Iruka could be a cross-dressing spy for all we know!) and said ninken grudgingly agreed to gather more information about the aforementioned chuunin sensei.
Thus, Pakkun found himself caught. And yes, Pakkun blamed Kakashi's sanity and lack of faith in his own masculinity.
(Though in the sensei's defense, Pakkun thought that while Kakashi had valid reason to doubt the sensei's actual gender, the Sandaime would not place his trust on some unknown foreign spy. So Iruka, in Pakkun's book, was just secretive and not dangerous. AT ALL.)
Pakkun cursed Kakashi's eccentric and anti-social behavior (he could just ask!) and not really seeing a way to sugar coat said pervert's irrational concerns, simply decided to say it outright. Sans fancy wordings.
"Sensei, Kakashi had sent me here because he has concerns about your gender. Frankly, you smell like a girl." Ouch, that had to hurt.
Pakkun waited for the inevitable outburst from Iruka, having heard legends about Iruka's infamous temper. Instead, he was faced with an eerily oppressive silence. Pakkun, not trusting himself to speak, waited for Iruka instead.
"He's right."
What?
"Kakashi-sensei... he's right, Pakkun-san. I- I'm female."
Pakkun had been surprised, not due to the fact that Iruka was female (the nose knows!) but due to the fact that Iruka had so readily admitted. Seeing Iruka's rather downcast demeanor, Pakkun decided not to pry on Iruka's reasons and assured him that he would not be spreading such information around. Iruka thankfully accepted the ninken's offer, and after extending an invitation to Pakkun for another cup of Ceylon tea (with two sugars!) some other time, the ninken left, making a popping noise and disappearing with the smoke.
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Thank you for reading and I hope you enjoyed it!
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Luv lots,
milkychaitea
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