A/N: Hey, whaddya know? It's my third one of these thingies! The second story is a tad longer than usual, but I think it's worth it in the end. As you might have noticed I tend to carry things from two or more chapter back, into my new stories. So if you don't get some of this then GO BACK AND READ IT FROM THE BEGINNING. .

Please

Disclaimer: Still waiting on that EBay bid, but until then they aren't mine

claps I now present….(drumroll)…SECTION 3!!

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Iruka's Week in Review

Sunday: Iruka's desk has been abducted by essays. Kakashi went mysteriously missing. Naruto finally found his way home, and wandered off to find Sasuke, who was also missing. Sakura said she had a cold and stayed home. Anko caught Ibiki peeping from behind her curtains again.

Monday: Papers have taken over Iruka's room, mainly mission reports he can't read. Kakashi remained missing, so Iruka went to mope to Anko who was unable to open her door due to the amount of tape, insulation, traps, and chairs she'd put up. Naruto ate ramen all day, and then decided to take a bowl to Sakura, who still wasn't feeling well. Upon entering the house he discovered a much famished and completely naked Sasuke locked in a cage in Sakura's room. Naruto was locked in a cage in Sakura's house.

Tuesday: Iruka obtained a paper organizer for his papers and his room was fairly clean. Not even five ANBU teams were able to locate Kakashi, so Iruka sat outside Anko's door and worried with her. Sakura came home to find Sasuke and Naruto having sex in the cage, and beat them both. Ibiki and Jiraiya talked about how sexually deprived they were, and decided to go to an onsen the next day.

Wednesday: Iruka found the paper organizer outside his window, mangled and riddled with bite marks. The whole town went on the search for Kakashi. He remained absent. Sakura came home with a video camera and asked Naruto and Sasuke to start kissing again. Iruka refused to go anywhere and was depressed for the day. Anko kept her door locked tight. Ibiki and Jiraiya go thrown out of the onsen. The debt collectors came looking for Tsunade.

Thursday: Kakashi was finally discovered inside of Sakura's house, locked in a cage, and was released along with Naruto and Sasuke. Their clothes were never found. Iruka wouldn't let go of Kakashi and almost decided to put a leash on him. Kakashi had no recollection of the past few days except for someone shouting Naruto's name. Tsunade was on the run all day from the debt collectors. Sakura posted the video footage on Youtube. Naruto and Sasuke went home and locked themselves in a cage that night.

Friday: Iruka's papers got out of order again when Kakashi came to visit. Sasuke was mobbed by fan girls all day that had seen CherryBlossom07's video. Naruto came to the rescue and he and Sasuke escaped to Iruka's house, where they found Kakashi receiving some psychiatric help from Iruka. Sasuke decided he needed help too, and they asked Iruka if they could spend the night. Anko left her room and got a gym membership to lose the 59lbs. she gained while hiding for a week. Jiraiya began work on a new novel called Flaming Paradise.

How KakaIru became KakaIru

Again.

He was doing it again.

For as long as Iruka had known him, or anyone had known him, Kakashi had worn that mask no matter where he went. Rain, snow, or wind it never came off. All he could divulge from team seven was that there were infinite masks under that one. So the Jounin had all devised a plan. Splitting up into teams of two, they decided to tail Kakashi until one of them saw him take the mask off. Unfortunately they had an odd amount of people, so Iruka had to go alone. Up until now, he had never really thought much of Kakashi-sensei, other than him having horrid handwriting.

As the weeks wore on, he thought he rather enjoyed getting these private looks into his life. (he knew he was the only one really paying any attention because all of the other teams were couples, or had yet to announce they were a couple) Iruka started to grow quite fond of Kakashi-sensei as time moved along. Before long, he was sure he liked him more than a friendly colleague. He might even love him. Either way, his feelings grew the more he watched him.

One warm summer night he decided to go to the hot spring, seeing as it wasn't his turn to watch Kakashi. Sitting there he listened to the chirruping of the crickets and the splashes of the girls next door. Relaxing all alone was quite nice. Upon hearing the door slide open his mood soured; he wanted to remain by himself. One could only imagine the surprise and joy on his face when it was Kakashi who walked through the door, mask still on, but forehead protector off. Looking at his scarred eye, he wondered how that came to be. The pictures of when he was a child didn't have the scar in them at all. (They had scoured hundreds trying to find one of him without the mask.) Kakashi finally noticed him and smiled gently. Iruka's heart melted.

"How are you Iruka-sensei?"

Iruka smiled back and flushed slightly.

"Surviving. Yourself?" Kakashi-sensei chuckled.

"Surviving." Kakashi-sensei sat himself next to Iruka. Was he closer than could be?

"We haven't talked in a while. How has Naruto been?" Kakashi-sensei chuckled again and spread his arms out on the rock behind them, which was also behind Iruka's shoulders.

"He's doing well, energetically well." said Kakashi-sensei with a grimace. Iruka laughed, then twisted his hands in his lap and looked the other way. I can't look at him. The conversation dropped for a while. Iruka sneaked a peak at Kakashi-sensei. He was laying back, face turned up to the stars, enjoying the peace and quiet. Iruka smiled and leaned back to enjoy it too. It might have been an accident that his shoulder brushed Kakashi-sensei's arm. They remained there for a while.

Then Iruka felt something brushing on his thigh. It was warm and smooth, and felt good on his leg. A little too good. It began to work its way up his thigh, and Iruka felt things he never thought would happen with him. Yet, the thing came closer and closer, making him all the more excited. He finally opened his eyes and looked down to see a green thing resting on his hip bone.

"EEEEYAAAAAAAAA!! A SNAKE!!!!!! IT'S A SNAKE IT'S A SNAKE!!!" Iruka flung his legs into the air slapping his thigh, and scootching away form the spot towards Kakashi until his back came to a stop against Kakashi's chest. Kakashi circled one arm around Iruka, the other held a kunai (where did he hide that?! XD) to defend them against whatever monster had assailed Iruka.

The green frog hopped away from them croaking in a laughing voice. Iruka breathed heavily as Kakashi-sensei lowered the knife and looked down at him, one eyebrow cocked. Iruka smiled nervously, "eheheheh….", then flushed and looked down out of shame. Where he looked happened to be right between Kakashi-sensei's legs, making him remember where he was. He scrambled out of his hold and placed himself a few feet away mumbling a sorry as he went. His back to Kakashi-sensei, Iruka decided to have a little sit down with himself.

You idiot! A frog?!?! What could be worse?

You forgot where you were?! Please you've been watching him for months now, how could you forget?

That was your chance!! You should have made your move then! The whole set up was perfect!!

Apologize! He might avoid you afterward if you don't!

He's right you know!

Iruka stood up and turned around to make his formal apology, only to find Kakashi-sensei gone, vanished like smoke.

IDIOT!

He hung his head. How would he ever tell Kakashi his feelings now? He resisted the urge to cry. Shinobi do not cry. Then something was resting on his hip bone, and it wasn't green. Another something came around him and anchored on his chest. Iruka turned slightly to see the spot of silvery hair on his shoulder.

"Kakashi-sens-" The hand on his chest jumped up to cover his lips.

"Just Kakashi"

"Kakashi..." Iruka turned around in his arms and nuzzled against his chest, those good feeling spilling all over again.

"You knew?"

"After seeing you tail me for over five months it was easy"

"And you…..you feel…"

"I love you. I have for quite some time now"

"I…love you too."

"Show me." Iruka unwrapped himself from Kakashi and reached up for his mask.

"I want what's under this mask."

Needless to say, the water boiled hotter than ever that night

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However, both Iruka and Kakashi had completely forgotten that others were still following Kakashi that night. They happened to be Jiraiya and Gai-sensei. Jiraiya was happy to have found some new material for his upcoming book, and Gai now understood why Kakashi never had time anymore for their rivalry battles.

The next morning, Iruka was cornered.

"Nice job Chunnie!"

"We never thought to try a sexual approach!"

"Why didn't I think of that?!"

But the main question was,

"What was under the mask?!"

Iruka smiled and said, "Something more wonderful than you could ever know."

He walked away.

A last A/N: This was inspired by episode 102 where team seven tries to discover what is under the mask. What is truly there?? The world may never know!