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R: Hey everyone, sorry it's been a while. XP I've been soooooooo busy and plus, I'm not allowed online at my house so I have to wait a bit… Sorry!

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It had been weeks since the incident with Itachi, and yet, Kakashi still continued to think about it. Oddly enough, Iruka had never asked about his little stroll, which confused Kakashi. In fact, he wanted to ask Iruka what he was thinking, when he had returned to Konoha, but thought better of it. After all, if he asked, that would only arouse suspicion, and if this was the way it was going to be, Kakashi didn't mind it.

It was a Friday, around noon. Kakashi and Iruka were sitting down to eat lunch, which had been set up to be during Iruka's lunch schedule, mainly because Kakashi's was much more flexible than his. It was a peaceful afternoon, birds were singing, the wind was blowing softly, and there were no clouds in the sky. However, the atmosphere between the two men was almost tangible, and Kakashi knew it was his fault. He'd spent so much time worrying about what to say if Iruka had asked that he'd almost completely avoided him for some time. Poor Iruka didn't know what to think, and his mind was clouded with terrible thoughts, that he was the cause of Kakashi's strange behavior that had occurred.

The meal was simple, nothing too grand for a mere thirty minute lunch period. After all, Iruka's lunchtime length was the exact same as the students he taught at the academy. The meal consisted of a nice hot bowl of ramen, some rice, and, of course, tea.

Iruka lifted his head once he was finished eating and broke the silence that had lingered over the two as they ate.

"Kakashi… There's something I… Something I want to talk to you about."

"Hm? What is it?" He looked up at the younger man.

"Well, I was wondering… Where did you go? That day, a couple weeks ago…"

"I figured you were going to ask me about it sooner or later."

"You did? Was I that obvious?"

"No. I was just thinking about it. To be honest, I wasn't supposed to tell you where I went, or was going at the time. It was Lady Tsunade's orders."

"Really? Can you talk about it now? Or… Are you still not allowed to say?"

"I can tell you. Don't worry. It's all done with now."

"Ok. So where did you go, and what did you do?"

"I was going on a very high ranked mission, one that only I could handle, thanks to my Sharingan. Without it, I surely would've failed. I was ordered to get a scroll back that had been stolen overnight. Lady Tsunade didn't want too many people to find out, so she had me go after the thieves, who, at the time, were believed to be from the Akatsuki." He stopped, and looked up at Iruka, taking a drink of his tea.

"The Akatsuki? Stealing a scroll from here? Why would they need the scroll?"

Kakashi sighted. This was going to be a lot harder than he thought. "The scroll had the written names of all nine of the ones who were possessed by the spirits of the n-tailed animals. For instance, Naruto, with the nine tailed kitsune, would have been on that list. Gaara would've also been on it, and then all the others. Do you see, now why that scroll was so important?"

"Yes. But why does such a scroll even exist?"

"Well, suppose one or more of the people who have the tailed beasts trapped within them disappeared, and the Akatsuki had them. We wouldn't know unless a list was kept over who all had these. After all, there are 9 of them, and they are scattered widely throughout this land."

"Oh, I see. So if someone goes missing, and they're on that list, the importance of them being found would increase exponentially."

"Right."

"So, you got the scroll back right?"

"Yeah. Turns out, it wasn't the Akatsuki that had it. It was just a few pranksters from another village. They will be charged heavily for it though. I don't think they realized exactly what they had stolen."

Iruka laughed. "Well, at least the Akatsuki didn't get a hold of hit, eh?"

He nodded. "Yep."

Kakashi didn't like to lie to Iruka, but what else could he do? How would Iruka react if he learned that he'd been with Itachi? Not only, was he afraid of Iruka's reaction, but he was afraid of what would happen to their relationship if he found out.

He was knocked out of his thoughts when he noticed that Iruka was standing up, handing the bowl and cup to the shop owner. "Thanks for the meal." He turned to Kakashi. "Hey."

"Yeah?"

"Meet me over at my house. I'll make supper for you."

"You? Make supper for me?"

"Don't push your luck or I won't do it again."

"No, it's not that, I'm just afraid you'll poison me."

"If that's the case, I'll just end up poisoning mys-"

"I'll go." Kakashi interrupted.

"That's good. I'll see you then, eh?"

"Yeah. See you."

Kakashi watched as Iruka left, he certainly didn't like how he felt. He felt so many things. Guilty, for lying to Iruka, and yet relieved to be out of the situation. The only problem would be if Iruka asked Lady Tsunade about all of this.

'Yes, but then I could simply tell Iruka that Tsunade didn't want anyone to know about it, and that it had been against the rules that I told him.' Kakashi thought. 'Besides… What am I getting all worked up about? It was only a one-time thing. It surely won't happen again.'

But what if it did happen again? The Jounin was unable to answer that question. What if it did happen again? Just what would he do? What could he do?

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Ok… I really hoped you liked it. I'll try and update a little sooner, okay? Please forgive me for not being able to do anything while I'm at home. My father doesn't like me getting online because ……. Well…. I don't know why… o.o

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