Hey, sorry I didn't update faster

Hey, sorry I didn't update faster! I really meant to! I got such an incredible response, which makes me feel even more guilty, but still happy. I got a kitten and a puppy and taking care of them is chaotic. Hopefully I'll be able to write when my puppy is napping. By the way in the last chapter I forgot to give thanks to my beta, Sarah. So thanx! And also thanks for all the reviews and alerts!

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto .

On with the fic!

The next morning, Kakashi found himself standing in front of Iruka's door, debating if he should really go through with this. Last night had been a disaster. He barely got a wink of sleep because of this fiasco and he wasn't even sure if he could pull it off. Sure, he had managed to get the henge down perfectly on the first try, but then there was the problem of hiding his sharingan. At this point he was just hoping that Iruka didn't care that his "dog" only had one eye, the other being sewn shut.

It was now or never. The copy-nin took a deep breath before pulling his mask down, putting a card he had written earlier into his mouth, and ringing the doorbell. Within the few seconds it took Iruka to reach the door he had performed the jutsu and sat on the floor, his tail twitching nervously.

The door swung open, drawing the attention of the lone blue eye from the middle of the door to a bit further up. Iruka yawned before noticing the dog on the floor, and Kakashi couldn't help but think how cute his chunin looked. 'My chunin,' Kakashi thought happily, 'I like the sound of that.'

Long baggy pants hung low on Iruka's hips, and as he leaned down he struggled to keep them up. In his groggy state he also forgot to throw on a shirt and let out what seemed like a frustrated huff. A smile quickly won over as Kakashi tilted his head to the side, "Aww, your adorable!" The jounin did a happy dance in his head, Pakkun had said he looked like a street mutt, but that obviously wasn't the case.

It had taken a while to figure out exactly how he wanted to look. After arguing with Pakkun and taking a few aspirin he managed to go with a grey dog with white ears, tail, paws, and muzzle. After seeing the "patched up" eye in the mirror he also gave himself a poof of fur that fell down over that eye. Sure, he still kind of looked like himself, but he was too tired at the time to come up with anything else.

Iruka ran his fingers through Kakashi's fur, and the jounin couldn't have been happier when he remembered dogs didn't blush. Remembering his note, he released it in the other's hand and sat down obediently. He watched Iruka open it and began reciting what he had written in his head.

Iruka-sensei

I hope this dog will do. He doesn't have a name yet, so I'm leaving that up to you. I'll be on a mission for a while, but if you have any problems you can go see Pakkun at my apartment. Good luck, and I hope this will help you cope.

Kakashi

Now that Kakashi thought about it, it seemed a bit stiff and formal. Even so, there was nothing he could do about it. He watched the expression from Iruka's face go from shocked to embarrassed. The other hopped up and attempted to straighten his pants out before looking down the hall to see if there was any sign of the other man.

Kakashi's tail wagged happily at the thought of the chunin looking for him. Barking happily, he returned the attention back to him and dashed into the other's apartment. Sure, it wasn't polite, but who said dogs were anything close to that? Front legs low to the ground and tail wagging in the air he let out another bark before jumping up on Iruka. Really, he couldn't resist.

Iruka barely faltered when the weight was thrown at him. 'Impressive for a chunin,' Kakashi thought smugly. The man shut the door with his foot before placing the dog back on the floor. "You don't have a name, huh? Hmm," Iruka's head cocked to the side in thought. Once again Kakashi leapt onto the other, this time licking his face. He figured he was a dog, so he might as well act the part. That was the only reason he did that. Of course.

"You know," he made a face before wiping the dog slobber off his face. "Aside from your exuberance, you remind me of Kakashi."

The said man (or was it dog?) felt his heart stop. This was it, he had been found out not even five minutes into hi plan. He glanced side-to-side searching for an escape route should the other try to attack. He had heard from Naruto that the schoolteacher had quite a violent temper.

Much to his surprise a sun kissed hand pushed aside his poof, as he began to call it, and gave him a sad look once he saw the eye. "How 'bought I call you Kashi, we just won't tell him, mmkay?" A smile spread across Iruka's face and Kakashi found himself on the floor again with a tan body splayed next to him. "Why would he give me a dog that looks so much like himself? What do ya think, boy? Or are you just as lazy as him, because if that's why he chose you…"

Iruka didn't finish, but he really didn't need to. Kakashi made a mental note to not act lazy. He also realized, with a start, that he hadn't really thought about the future. He couldn't pull this off for very long, Konoha needed him. He wasn't quite sure how Iruka would react to any of this either. At this point he could just hope the other wouldn't completely slaughter him.

Kakashi was pulled out of his musing when Iruka rose from the floor and began to walk to a room that Kakashi assumed was the kitchen. Lifting himself off the floor he bounded after him, hoping he would be able to get food other than dog food.

The brunette scurried about the kitchen finding bowls he could give Kashi water and food in. "This will have to do for now. You won't mind leftover tuna, right?" he turned to Kakashi as if he would answer.

The canine licked his chops before wagging his tail. He tried to think of the last time he had eaten a homemade meal and felt a whimper rise when he realized it was around four months ago. He really needed to learn to cook. Right now that didn't matter. He had a cook now. Hunger took over and he lunged his face into the food the moment Iruka sat it down. 'God, I really am acting like a dog now."

He heard Iruka laugh quietly before putting a water bowl down too. Kakashi surprised himself when he finished the fish quickly and began lapping down water. Content and slightly embarrassed that the jutsu had altered his behavior a bit, he looked up at Iruka wondering, what next.

"Can I trust you to not tear up my house while I shower?" Iruka bent down and ruffled Kakashi's hair before heading off towards his room and the attached bathroom.

All Kakashi had to hear was shower and he was following the chunin. Sure, maybe when he was caught it might get him in bigger trouble, but right now all he could think about was the young schoolteacher in the shower. His tail began to wag at the mental image of the other's face flushed because of the heat, and how much more he would blush if he joined him.

The jounin snapped out of it just in time to see the bathroom door shut. In a panic he ran towards it and began scratching at the door. 'No! Open open open!' Sighing in defeat, he flopped down next to the door. Now not only had he missed out on seeing a naked Iruka, but he also had nothing to do. No Icha Icha, no genin to annoy, and no chunin to 'observe'.

A sudden knocking on the window caused him to spin around, fangs bared. He eased back down to the floor when he saw it was just Pakkun. The small pug managed to push his way through the window and make his way to his currently furry master.

"Tsunade almost had a heart attack because of you. She needed you for a mission but don't worry, I told her what you were up to." A smirk instantly appeared on the small dog's face.

Kakashi growled softly to not alert Iruka, "What?! I told you to stay home and keep quiet! This is supposed to be secret, baka."

"Someone's quite out of character," Pakkun jumped up on Iruka's bed and made himself comfortable, much to Kakashi's distaste. "Don't worry, she thought it was cute and said she'd contact you through me if its necessary. But honestly, do you really think Iruka will buy this for very long? Kakashi the copy-nin goes missing the exact same time he gets a dog that look exactly like him. You're an idiot if you think you can pull this off."

The bigger dogs eye grew distant for a moment. "I just want him to know that I care. He's been so depressed since Naruto left and I'll do whatever it takes to help him. I just, I didn't want to—"

Pakkun let out a sigh; humans were so overly emotional and strange in their courting methods. Kakashi definitely had to be the strangest. "Don't get all emotional on me, I was just saying that you can't trick him like this. You'll be caught then you can explain all that to him. Just," the pug paused for a moment to find the right words. This type of stuff really wasn't his thing. "Don't be stupid. I'll check back on you later."

Pakkun hopped off the bed and to the window before disappearing out of site. Kakashi whined, he had really screwed up this time. He leaned himself on the bathroom door, still whimpering he really shouldn't go through with this. It wasn't fair to Iruka.

The door swung open and Kakashi fell backwards onto the feet of the now fully clothed (and slightly damp) Iruka. "Hey you!" Iruka's laugh filled his ears once again as the man dropped to his knees to pet him. "I think you're really going to like it here. Remind me to thank Kakashi later, mmkay?"

Kakashi tilted his head in question, why was he so set on thanking him. It wasn't that big of a deal. That and he was ending this now. Or at least that's what he had planned until:

"I need to tell him that this is the nicest thing anyone has ever done for me. I know it sounds lame, but since my parents died I've had no one who really cared enough to actually help me with something like this. That and giving up one of his dogs to a person, let alone a chunin, is rather generous." Iruka smiled brightly as a pink twinge painted his cheeks.

Kakashi mentally groaned and rubbed his head against Iruka. He knew he really should tell Iruka, but….after that, he really couldn't. Iruka would think it was a joke if he told him now. At this point there was only one thing he could do: wait and see what happens.

Ta-Da! I made it longer than I had originally planned because I felt bad about taking so long. By the way thanks to scamy for pointing out that I wrote the fourth in chapter one. I meant the third and anicol001 for reminding me I had to do something with his eye. :P

As for Kakashi's dogs I'll get to that. Tis not yet.

I'll update as soon as I can. I'll start writing chapter three the next nap my dog takes, but I can't promise it'll be finished. Ja ne!