Rejection: Chap. 2

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Iruka came back and paid. He left quickly. He had to get up early tomorrow, well any day really.

He sat at his desk again while a frown found itself on his face. He didn't understand Naruto sometimes. He shook his head clear of the bad emotions as he heard, rather than sensed, Naruto nearby. "Iruka-sensei, we should have some fun today!"

Iruka didn't like the way the boy had a strange smirk on his face.

"C'mon, sensei!" He felt Naruto's hands try to pull him through the door. He removed the young boy's grip.

"Naruto, I have paperwork." Naruto pouted.

"Please?" Iruka hesitated. He wanted Naruto to be happy, but he didn't want to find out what the boy had planned.

"Maybe later."

They both whipped their heads to the sound of water splashing onto the ground. They saw Kakashi standing by the door, soaked from a obvious bucket tied to the top of the door. "You were supposed to wait!" Naruto whined. Kakashi blinked.

"Oops." He sounded amused to Iruka. Iruka sighed.

He wanted silence, not these two. He went back to sitting in his desk and scribbled away. His dark eyes kept flickering up to Naruto, who constantly tried to get him outside. Naruto kept up his whining until a grin split his face.

"Fine, I'll make you come out!"

He took off after snatching something from Iruka's desk.

Kakashi stood outside the Academy. He was almost dried by the time he heard a yell come from inside the building. He was starting to think this was a bad idea. He didn't know why he insisted Naruto to pull pranks on his old teacher.

It seemed Iruka was smarter than the average person that Naruto tried to prank. Kakashi rubbed his temples in irritation. He was not looking forward to Naruto's complaining.

"NARUTO!" The yell was closer now. Kakashi turned to see Naruto sprinting out the door with Iruka right behind him.

Naruto laughed. "HAH! I got you outside, sensei." Iruka glared.

"Naruto Uzumaki, you give that back, right now." Naruto stuck out his tongue.

"Nah-uh!" Iruka rushed after the boy.

Naruto just kept laughing until Iruka got too close for his liking. He did a few hand signs, and three clones appeared. The clones jumped over each other and ran around. They were trying to confuse Iruka.

It wasn't really working, though, it was making the chunin even more, well, angrier. Kakashi chuckled lightly. He noticed too late that Naruto and his clones were headed his way until it was too late.

Iruka nearly grabbed hold of Naruto, but he didn't. He couldn't because Naruto suddenly went left. Iruka's head followed the boy for a second. He decided to look where he was going to crash into Kakashi.

Kakashi held both of them on their feet. A smirk was behind his mask as Iruka's face heated up. "Easy now."

Naruto giggled from next to them. Iruka instantly whirled on him. "Naruto." He growled as he snatched the paper away.

Kakashi blinked. He would never admit that the chunin actually scared him in that moment.

"You don't do that." Naruto's grin faltered.

"I-I'm-I'm-" Iruka's anger went away some at the boy's look.

"Listen, Naruto, you don't steal-" Kakashi countered.

"A ninja should know how to, uh..." His statement dropped at Iruka's look. Iruka turned to Naruto with a soft smile.

"I was a bit too mean."

You could say that. Naruto thought. He decided to hang his head instead. "Am I really that bad?"

Iruka softened, while Kakashi had to hide a smirk. He knew Naruto was pretending a bit. Iruka went to speak, but Naruto started up again. He pouted.

"You probably don't wanna go eat ramen with me tonight." Iruka surprisingly laughed once.

"Nice try, but I'm not falling for that." He left the two others there. He seemed to be in a pretty bad mood still, so no one followed.

Naruto frowned into his meal. He didn't feel like eating ramen without his other sensei with him.

"I can't believe I did that. He looked, so, so, angry." Kakashi placed a hand on his head.

"It's alright-" Naruto bit his lip.

"No. It's not. I-I got to make it up to him!"

Naruto stood up, blue eyes shinning.

"Let's go get him, Kakashi sensei!"

Kakashi's visible eye blinked when Naruto nearly threw him out of the chair.

Iruka had got groceries to try to calm himself. It seemed to work. He was in a much better mood as he put his key into his door. He went in and set the bags on the table. He went to shut the door, but froze when he saw he had visitors.

"Yo."

"Hey, sensei!"

Iruka's eye twitched. The anger was slight, but it was coming back. "What do you two want?"

Naruto's eyes drifted to the ground for a second until reaching Iruka's eyes. "We're here to make it up for you." He beamed.

Iruka glanced between the two in confusion. He wasn't the only one either. Kakashi had his head tilted to the side.

Iruka ignored him. He sighed. "That's not nece-"

Naruto yanked him through the door, and the door slammed shut. Iruka stared dumbly at his door. His keys were inside, too.