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Naruto was resting his head on Sasuke's lap. Sasuke was sitting on the couch, reading his book that he borrowed from Iruka-sensei since he had nothing better to do, and found it rather interesting. With his other hand, since one was holding the book, he played with Naruto's hair, twirling some strands of hair with his fingers, picturing Naruto's peaceful face in his head. Naruto had fallen asleep because of the strokes Sasuke had given him while playing with his hair, and the warm atmosphere.

Naruto's eyes suddenly snapped open. Sasuke, sensing something bothering his lover, moved the book to the side to look down at him.

"Something wrong?" Sasuke asked with a raised brow.

"Otousan. Something's wrong with him." Naruto stated calmly, sitting up. He closed his eyes and sighed. "I'll be right back, Sasu-chan."

Sasuke nodded. "If anything, bring him here."

Naruto nodded and disappeared, not bothering to perform handseals. He needed to see Iruka quickly.

Naruto stood in Iruka's apartment. He all but ran into Iruka's room. The bedroom was a bit dark because of the curtains, but he could clearly see the inside of Iruka's room. There, he saw Iruka sleeping, curled in a ball, holding a blanket–that smelled of Kakashi's scent–to him, having it completely wrapped around his body. Naruto frowned deeply. Iruka looked like a mess. His face showed that he had been crying, it looked exhausted, and his loose hair was spilled on the pillow. Naruto's eyes widened. Iruka was human again. Why wasn't he in his dog form? Why was he in Kakashi's blanket? Naruto's eyes narrowed and he cursed under his breath. What the hell happened?

Slowly, he walked to Iruka's bed. He sat on the edge of it, beside Iruka, and stared at Iruka's huddled and pained face form. Naruto's eyes soften. He lifted his hand and gently placed it on Iruka's arm, where he was sure it was. He gently shook Iruka.

"Hey, Otousan, Otousan, wake up." Naruto called in a low voice.

Iruka struggled, but slowly blinked his eyes opened. He turned his head to the side and looked at Naruto. Iruka's eyes widened in surprise.

Naruto smiled softly. "Father?" Naruto asked, his voice just as soft.

"Naruto..?" Iruka turned so that he was lying on his back.

Naruto nodded. "Are you okay?" he kept his voice soft, his eyelids slid down a bit. "What happened?"

Iruka said nothing, his eyes still wide, staring into Naruto's. Naruto shifted and let Iruka throw himself at him and hug him and cry on his chest. Naruto closed his arms around Iruka and waited patiently, rubbing Iruka's back soothingly and holding him tightly.

He waited a good while, and slowly, Iruka started to calm down, only silent tears falling down now. Naruto still held on to him, but he decided that he would start asking what had happened now.

"Father? What happened?"

Iruka sighed and swallowed, willing himself to relax enough to answer. Waiting only a minute, Iruka started, "I don't know what happened, I don't understand it, I–" he took a deep breath. "Kakashi took me to his home, talked to me for a little while, and then fell asleep. Not too long after, I fell asleep as well, and then, later, I heard someone calling my name. I open my eyes and it's Kakashi. He looked shocked, and when I looked down at my arms, I saw that I was human again...well, he asked me what I was doing there, and I-..I transported myself home..." he finished, sobbing a bit, then hugging Naruto tightly again.

Naruto pondered this for a while. None of it made sense, how could any of this lead to Iruka turning human unexpectedly?

'Kyuubi!' Naruto called.

'Hm? What is it kit?' Kyuubi asked, as if he was distracted by something.

'Something happened, Iruka turned human, but I don't know how.'

'Did he? Oh I see. Hmm...ask him if anything else happened during that time.'

Naruto nodded and did as Kyuubi asked. Iruka blinked and thought about it, tears still making his vision blurry. When he blushed, Naruto realized he most have remembered something, and then listened intently as Iruka spoke,

"I...I remember...when Kakashi had fallen asleep...I um...I kind of.." he murmured the last part.

Due to Naruto's heightened senses though, he caught it. "You kissed Kakashi in your dog form?" he chuckled. "That must've looked funny, right?" his voice didn't hide the mirth, and Iruka glared up at him for it. Naruto laughed and hugged Iruka closer. "I don't know if that's it, but I'll check it out. Do you want to put on a shirt before we go?" Iruka was only wearing some grey sweatpants.

Iruka shook his head. He just wanted to know what happened, that's all. That was all that was important right now. Naruto had nodded and lifted Iruka up bridal style. Iruka was too weak to care, too depressed to protest. He just let Naruto transport them to his home, and be welcomed by a surprised Sasuke.


Kakashi had not removed himself from the bed. He lay there, gazing at the ceiling.

'Was I imagining it? Or was that really Iruka? Due to my lack of covers I will assume that yes, somebody really was here, and I'm actually positive that it was him...I didn't sense any jutsu or anything, so...' he abruptly sat up.

'That means Iruka's back! But...why was here? On me, naked? Not that I minded...oh, damn! He was naked! I should've taken a quick glance!' he shook his head furiously. 'Okay, this is not the time to think of that. I'm glad Iruka is back but, why was he here?' Kakashi blushed at the thought of Iruka in his room.

'First things first, a cold shower, and then I'll go to his apartment and see what happened.' he blinked and looked around the room, noticing something was missing.

"Ru? Hey Ru, where are you?" he called.


Naruto read the scroll over a few extra times.

'Kyuubi...'

'Yes I see...you should tell Iruka...'

'Yeah...right...Kyuu, how did we miss this..?'

'It happens kit... don't stress about it. It's not your fault.'

Naruto sat on the couch with Iruka beside him, gratefully drinking tea. Sasuke sat on the other side of Iruka, a hand on his shoulder, trying his best to comfort Iruka. Iruka had tried to read over the scroll with Naruto, but he couldn't read some of the words. Actually, a lot of the words. He figured that because of Kyuubi, Naruto was able to translate them.

"Otousan, listen," Naruto started, immediately catching Irukas attention. "There are only three ways for you to have turned back human. One of them, is if I were to have done it myself using the scroll, that was what we had planned originally." seeing Iruka nod, he continued. Thank God Iruka had calmed down, thanks to the tea probably, and the fact that he and Sasuke were there.

"The second way, is if you had stolen the scroll and done it yourself, which was basically impossible." again, Iruka nodded. "The third way," he swallowed. "Well...the third way, is if the person that was turned into an animal, is kissed or kisses the person they love, and loves them back." Iruka's eyes widened. "See, this scroll, in a way, I suppose, was used for more then just a prank. I won't go into details, but," he looked straight into Iruka's eyes. "It makes sense. What happened, and all."

Iruka blushed and then bowed his head. "I guess if that's the case, it doesn't matter anymore." his eyes darkened. "Kakashi won't love me anymore. It won't take long until he realizes who his 'Ru' really was, and if not, he's going to go to me and ask me about it. I have to tell him the truth." he said depressingly staring down at his drink.

Naruto and Sasuke exchanged looks, and then Naruto nodded. He wrapped an arm around Iruka's shoulders and pulled him close. "Don't worry about it, Iruka. Tell Kakashi what happened, this is technically my fault." he grinned sheepishly.

Iruka rested his head against Naruto's warm chest, gazing down at his tea cup sadly, feeling the tears forming in his eyes again.

"That doesn't matter, Naruto. The point is that I went along with it, I'm equally responsible as you are, no... I'm ever more responsible then you are. You asked me, not too long ago, if I wanted you to turn me human again, and I said no, that I wanted to stay as Kakashi's dog a little longer. I can't lie to Kakashi about that, I have to tell him... it's only a matter of time before he finds out."

Sasuke sighed and pulled Iruka away from Naruto and then pulled Iruka to him. He bent his down a bit, his bangs covering his eyes and he spoke softly to Iruka,

"Iruka-san, did you hear what Naruto said? The only reason you turned human was because you kissed the one you love, and the one that loves you back. If Kakashi truly loves you, he won't hate you. I know he won't. Just tell him the truth, he'll understand you, trust me, people who are in love look past these things, but you have to talk to him about it. It'll work out, and if it doesn't...then Kakashi doesn't deserve you. Just trust us, Iruka." Sasuke finished, holding Iruka securely.

Naruto smiled at Sasuke, and noticed Iruka was slowly relaxing. Iruka looked up and smiled at Sasuke. "Thank you, both of you. It means a lot to me."

Naruto grinned and wrapped an arm around Iruka's shoulders. "Don't worry, Otousan! You know we're always going to look after you!"

Iruka grinned and ruffled Naruto's hair. "Shouldn't it be the other way around?"

Naruto shrugged. "We never were ones to follow the way things really are supposed to go anyway."

Sasuke huffed and slumped against the couch. "Tell me about it." he muttered, looking at his stomach.

Iruka laughed and stood up, now feeling better then before. "Well, I'm going to go to my apartment, thank you boys." He looked at them gratefully.

Sasuke and Naruto nodded, then said simultaneously, "No problem, Otousan."

Iruka smiled and performed a jutsu, then transported himself home.

Naruto stared at Sasuke with a stupid grin on his face. Sasuke narrowed his eyes in annoyance when he caught it.

"What, dobe?" his voice didn't hide his annoyance either, if Naruto didn't understand the look thrown at him.

"You know, Sasu-chan," here it comes. Something Sasuke was sure he was going to kill Naruto for, one of his stupid little comments. "The way you were comforting Otousan, it just made me think," he smiled. "that you'll be a wonderful Kaa-san."

Sasuke blushed brightly and looked down. "Yeah...well, whatever." he mumbled, and then his head snapped up. "KAA-SAN?!??!" He looked furiously at Naruto.

Naruto grinned. "Took you long enough." Naruto had ducked and covered his head with his arms for protection, waiting for Sasuke to bash him on the head, but then a puff of smoke appeared at the same spot where Iruka had disappeared.

Naruto lowered his arms and looked up. "Something up Oto–…Kakashi?"

Kakashi stood in front of them with his arms crossed. At first, he didn't say anything. He just silently stared at Naruto and Sasuke. Sasuke and Naruto stared back at him, a bit nervously. "Ah, Otousan, eh?" he had a blank expression. "So he was here."

Naruto and Sasuke nodded. Naruto stood up so that he was face to face with Kakashi. "Is there a problem?" he asked with a raised brow.

Kakashi stared into Naruto's eyes. Again, he was silent for a moment. Then finally, he answered, "In a sense, yes. My dog seems to be missing."

Naruto just stared at Kakashi, not revealing any emotions.

Kakashi continued, "Do know where, perhaps, I could find him?" he asked, raising a brow.

Naruto sighed. "Is there anything you want to ask me? I don't really want to play games right now." Naruto said in a dominating tone, his voice suggesting that he really, really was not in the mood for playing 'Guess what I'm hinting'.

Kakashi's gaze didn't shift. "That 'dog' you gave me...was it really a dog, Naruto?" Kakashi asked carefully.

"Do you think it was anything but?" Naruto's voice was steady, his eyes narrowed as he spoke to Kakashi.

"I have reasons to believe it was a certain chuunin, who supposedly just came back from a 'mission'?"

Naruto sighed. "He's back in his apartment. Go talk to him."

Kakashi nodded, and then suddenly found himself pinned to the wall. Naruto stared deeply in Kakashi's eyes, and brought his face close to Kakashi's own. Kakashi tried not to show he was startled by this, and remained calmed.

"If you hurt him, break his heart, do anything stupid... I won't tolerate it, Kakashi." Naruto said it calmly, but Kakashi knew Naruto wasn't kidding around. His voice held no threat, but Kakashi knew it was there.

Kakashi nodded in understanding. "I know you won't. I won't tolerate it either." and with that, he was gone.

Naruto remained in his position for a few more seconds, and then finally walked back to Sasuke, who remained on the couch, reading his book again. Naruto smirked and went back to the position he was in earlier. Sasuke returned to petting his head and toying with his hair.

"Too bad he didn't let me finish. I don't want anything to happen to him, either."

Sasuke nodded in understanding.


AN: I know it's short, but the suspense is good :D hm, well, how bout this. Depending on how many are eager, I'll update within two days grins So review! Lol. Kinda mean, neh? But I'm having fun :D and I'm glad you all enjoy my fic w …And I was just kidding. I'll update asap XD but reviews are nice!!!

Wow..I had SUCH a crappy day..I just wanted to post this…you know, get a review or two…I'm just…so sad that I'm really looking forward to these reviews…but even if you don't, I hope you still enjoyed.