Summary: Iruka is starting the second semester of his freshman year at college. He takes a Biology Principals One class and gets in over his head. Kakashi is the labs instructor and is a wiz at Biology, but is very intimidating. Can Iruka calm his nerves around the man long enough for Kakashi to help him?

-Sorry for any errors, just a quick update before I go to work, I got too much homework to do tonight and won't be able to write anymore and didn't have time to read it over! So thanks for reading! Please review! 3 you all!!!

Biology Principals One

Chapter Eleven: The Gym

Even though I was up past midnight last night and now up early enough to go to Biology Lecture if it were today, my body didn't feel tired. I laid on my bed for awhile, staring out my window at the already risen sun. By the way my room felt and the sunlight shining through my window, I knew it was going to be a beautiful day outside. My mind drifted to my dream I had dreamt just hours before. A dream about Kakashi.

I rolled onto my side, pulling the covers over my head to hide my blush from no one. Yes, my dream. Kakashi and I were back in the Biology lab and we were looking at pictures of babies… but real babies-like we were going to adopt one. You know how dreams are always weird right! You can't make sense of them… right? Well, we were arguing over what child we wanted- the one I wanted to adopt looked like a younger version of Naruto while Kakashi's looked like that freak baby girl we ended up creating. I got mad and flung all the papers on the ground for some reason and Kakashi tried to restrain me. We ended up fighting kind of like we did in real life but… we both fell. I fell on top of him and a cliché scene unfolded… a scene in most romance dramas were a couple is arguing and one falls on top of the other and they kiss and make up. Well, that is pretty much what happened.

I took my pillow and put it over my head, pressing my face into my sheets. I know you shouldn't think much of dreams because they are just distorted memories of pervious events but… I didn't kiss any one yesterday! I flung my pillow aside and moved myself to the edge of my bed. I look to my nightstand to locate my cell phone to check the exact time. It wasn't there. I began to look around the stand for it and between it and my bed -sometimes it fell down there. I blushed when I remembered I feel asleep with it.

I slowly began to look through my bed sheets. It was under my other pillow. My heart started to race when I saw I had one unread text message from Kakashi. I slowly opened it.

Lol no problem. Remember, whenever you need help you can count on me (even if you wake me up)! Sweet Dreams, Iruka.

S-s-s-sweeeet Dreams!? (AN: I love how he stutters in his own thoughts xD) I buried my face in my sheets once more. Had I woke him up? I looked again at the text; time received was 2:57AM. Had he stayed up that late?

I tried to clear my mind and made my bed. I plugged in my phone (I did last night since it was dead but then unplugged it to send him that text and then… forgot to plug it back in) and went to the bathroom. After my morning business I washed my face, brushed my teeth, and then went towards the kitchen. I was surprised to see Naruto sprawled out across the loveseat. I smiled at him, that boy was a goofy one. I ruffled his hair roughly as I passed him and belly flopped onto the matching couch.

"Nnnnn."

The boy rolled over best he could and curled into a fetal position. I grabbed a couch pillow and made myself comfortable, that's when I realized where I was laying. My stomach turned as Kakashi's scent filled my nostrils- I was laying where Kakashi had sat just last night! I stayed still for a moment as my heart began to race, my mind flooding with all kinds of thoughts. I was amazed at what my next actions were. I quickly glanced at Naruto to see if he was still asleep- he was. I then cautiously, as if it possibly could be a deadly poison, leaned my face closer to the pillow and inhaled deeply.

Naruto made another grunting noise and I rocketed myself off the couch. My face was on fire from embarrassment. Naruto was still asleep, good he didn't catch what I was doing. I quickly walked past the loveseat and decided to take a morning shower before I passed out from excitement.

Unfortunately for me, while in the shower my dream came to mind again. That got me thinking about what really happened in lab yesterday. This, in turn, got me thinking about Kakashi's stomach. He must be physically well built. As I washed my body I examined myself. I wasn't overweight or anything but I wasn't in shape either. My muscles could use to be a little more defined. I decided right then and there that I would be making more use of the campus gym.

Naruto woke up while I was taking a shower and startled me when he walked into the bathroom mumbling a 'sorry, can't hold it'. He asked if I was going to cook breakfast. I told him to check and see if we had anything to cook. I commented on how the weather would be nice today but he was already out the door- which he left open.

"Naruto!"

No answer. I shivered under the water.

"NARUTO!"

"Whaaaat?"

"Come Shut The Door Please! You left it open."

I liked my showers hot, really hot, and the slightest breeze gave me shivers. I heard his weight clunking through the apartment and felt the strong breeze created by the quickly slammed bathroom door. I turned the water warmer until my goose bumps went away. I sighed.

"Thanks…"

After my shower Naruto decided to take one while I made us breakfast- eggs, bacon, and toast. It was nearing 10AM and Naruto began his texting Sakura (he did this religiously Sunday mornings).

"You know Naruto, she is never up this early." I was a slow eater and still finishing my toast off.

"Yeah, well I was texting Sasuke anyway."

My eyes widened at what the boy said. Sasuke? Were they becoming friends? Well, close friends?

Naruto sighed and filled his empty glass with more orange juice before he sat next to me at the breakfast bar.

"But it's not like he texts me back either."

I let out a soft chuckle.

"Don't worry about it; he just seems like that type ya'know?"

Naruto turned to me, his care for the other boy was evident in his eyes.

"Sasuke's been through a lot Iruka. He's had a… worse childhood than mine."

I wasn't going to ask about such a sensitive subject but, if Naruto wanted to talk to me about it I was more than glad to be there for him and listen. I nodded, giving him my full attention.

"I mean, you know, you and me were orphans and all but… Sasuke was one too. All his foster homes and attempted adoptive families sent him back to the orphanage… You know… I always hated him for that… we went to the same orphanage… I would yell at him and we would even get in fist fights because I couldn't understand why he would be chosen and never me… and how he was chosen so many times and couldn't make them love him; couldn't be what they wanted so he could stay and have a home… unlike the rest of us. He was lucky to have gotten a chance to have a family but then, never wanted one… "

I watched Naruto's face closely as he told me this story. I didn't know all of this about Sasuke.

"His brother…" Naruto began.

Brother?

"Well, it's not for certain but this is what Sasuke thinks… he thinks that his brother had something to do with his parents' murder."

My hand went out to comfort Naruto, resting on his shoulder.

"His parents' murder?"

Naruto nodded and looked away.

"I mean, I know that's what Sasuke thinks and all but… his own brother? His older brother? You don't think someone would do that to his own family right?"

His blue eyes met mine, searching for an answer.

I pulled the boy into a hug, not being able to hold our gazes… not when the topic of a brother came up. I too had an older brother… that betrayed me.

After he cried for a little while (I had to try so hard not to cry myself) he made me swore I would never tell Sasuke that he cried over him. After I teased him for awhile that I would, I than promised I wouldn't. Naruto was so easy to rattle up. He decided to go pound on Sakura's and then Sasuke's doors until they woke. We would be playing tennis soon.

As Naruto was gone it left me vulnerable to my memories and I made sure to make myself busy- my brother was not something I liked thinking about. I washed dishes, straightened up the living room (without smelling anything else), and doused the seating with fabreeze. I got the bathroom cleaned and my room straightened up before Naruto was back to get me. It was almost noon now and we made our way to the tennis courts were Sakura and Sasuke were waiting.

We played tennis four-square and then a full game- The teams were always me and Naruto against Sakura and Sasuke. Sakura wasn't a good player but Sasuke made up for her lack of skill. My team lost. Exhausted we all walked to a gas station that was close to the campus and bought slushies. We sat on the curb while we slurped down our drinks. Everyone talked about how his or her classes were going and how we all had second exams coming up. How could I forget? Mine wasn't this Tuesday but next week's Tuesday.

Naruto got out his frog coin purse (don't ever make fun of him for it, you'll regret it!) and began to count his change.

"I'm gonna go get a refill!"

"Naruto, you're gonna make yourself sick." I tried warning him.

"Noo~ I won't!"

He was already inside the station. Within a minute he was back outside, drink in hand.

"Stupid, you're gonna throw up." Sasuke didn't bother to look at Naruto as he spoke.

"Shut up emo boy! No I won't!"

Sakura and I exchanged glances, rolling our eyes at the two.

"Let's play another game than, stupid."

"I am not stupid! Fine, you're on! Com'on Iruka, let's go!"

"Ah, why'd you drag me into this!?" I was already exhausted to be honest. "Sakura, do you want to play another game?"

She shook her head no. "We can be ball getters."

"Fine! I don't need Iruka to beat Sasuke!"

We all were walking towards the courts again, Naruto leading the way. Why'd it always have to come down to this? Those two having a match of some sorts?

"Hey stupid, you have to drink all of that too before we start."

"Shut up emo boy! I will!"

Naruto fell to his knees, hands gripping the sides of his head.

"Ahhh! It hurts!"

Sakura and Sasuke pasted him, "Stupid."

I stopped by Naruto and soothed his back.

"Brain freeze? You should drink it more slowly, Naruto."

"N-no, I w-won't lose to him a-again."

Naruto chugged down the rest of his slushie, and then screamed.

"Why does it hurt so much! Ahhh!"

"Well, I'm sure Sasuke knows why since he is such a science wiz…" Naruto shot me a death glare. "Heh, well my guess is it has something to do with your body needing to stay a certain temperature and while drinking the slushie the coldness of it gets so close to your brainstem and your body doesn't like that."

"Whatever."

Naruto struggled to his feet and ran after the others, leaving his trash behind him.

I sighed at the boy; I was always doing that, and picked up his trash and walked after them.

The games were intense and near the end of the match, Naruto vomited up a pile of blue bile. That ended the match; Sasuke was a game ahead, therefore winning. So, in the end Naruto lost because of his vomiting -they had one game left to go. I helped carry Naruto back to the apartment because his stomach was giving out on him but I wasn't going to say 'I told you so'.

"Too… much… sugar…" Naruto managed through his groans.

"Yep."

I rubbed the boy's back, trying to comfort him. We made it back to the apartment and Naruto laid himself down on the couch. I got him a bucket incase he would need it and placed it near him.

"T-thanks, I-iruka."

"Of course, Naruto." I patted the young boy's head as I left to located my laptop.

I brought it into the living room and sat on the loveseat. Naruto had popped in an anime rental Darker Than Black (AN: fooking awesome guys! Go to Hulu(dot)com and look it up!) and I pulled up the campus website –I was going to double check the syllabus for my Biology exam. I was happy all the classes at this campus were online because I was always losing my class syllabuses.

I didn't pay much attention to the animes Naruto watched, mainly because he watched them with subtitles. He said America always ruined animations with bad voice acting. I had to admit the boy did have a point. I tried watching some animes before with him but the voice acting was terrible and childish so I was put off by it. I went to check my student e-mail.

I had been applying to many of the campus work-study jobs. I didn't have a work history at all so many of the positions I applied for where filled with students who had had previous work experience. I went through my endless e-mails (the school even e-mailed you the daily cafeteria choices!) and found a reply to one of my applications.

"Naruto!"

My outburst had startled the boy, he fell off the couch.

"I-iruka! What is it?"

"I got an interview Tuesday to work at the Testing Center here on campus!"

"Oh, well good for you, about time you got an interview. What time Tuesday is it?"

My heart sank as I read the rest of the e-mail. I mumbled, "8:30 in the morning…"

"Don't you have that Biology lecture in the mornings?"

I sighed and nodded, staring at the e-mail. What was I going to do? Our next exam was coming up and I certainly didn't need to miss a lecture.

"Well, you said you got a test coming up. You're choice." Naruto was focused on his anime again.

"Yea I know… but… I've applied since I got here… and this will be my first interview…"

"Well, it's not like you need the money. Right, Iruka? Your adoptive parents still send you money don't they?"

I sighed again, watching my cursor blink 'I', awaiting my commands. "Yea, I don't need the money, but I just… want a job you know? My own earned money… and it will look good on my resume when I become a teacher to have worked at a Testing Center in college…"

"I'm sure that Kakashi 'fella will understand, just tell him about it. He's your teacher now right?"

For some reason my palms began to get sweaty. That's right, I'm sure Kakashi would understand… but if I missed lecture… well I'm sure I could get notes from Sakura easily… not that I would understand them but…

My stomach turned as I debated what to do. I closed out the application and shut my laptop and began watching Naruto's anime. I didn't know what was going on. There was a talking cat and a masked man swinging around on what I assumed was a thin metal wire. The action scenes were nice. I was soon really into the anime. Both Naruto and I whined when the disk ran out of episodes.

"Man, I can't wait! I'll have to get the next volume tomorrow! Did you like it Iruka?"

"Yes, I'll have to watch it from the beginning though."

Naruto then decided to fill me in on everything I had missed in the first volume. Granted I would of rather watched them then have him tell me but he seemed very happy to talk about it. He realized he had some homework that needed to be done and had saved it because he needed my help with it.

I loved helping Naruto with his homework; it made me feel like I was already a teacher. Naruto was stubborn with how he received information though and was sometime hard to teach. He wouldn't understand one way of explaining something and was sure it was wrong, and so you would have to approach him with a different tactic. He was good training in my future profession. If I had enough patience to help Naruto, I could deal with anyone.

We both worked on homework with rock music softly playing in the background. Naruto said his stomach was empty now and he was getting hungry. I decided just to make us both some ramen, not wanting to upset the boy's still tender stomach. After cleaning the dishes, I noticed the day had been spent and the sun was now setting. I looked to the microwave for the time. It was nearing seven o'clock.

Naruto thanked me for the meal and left –saying he was going to go bug Sakura. I smiled at the boy. As odd as it may seem, it felt as though he were a son to me or a younger brother, a mixture of the two. I cleaned up the homework mess we had made on the living room floor; organizing Naruto's things into his backpack.

I went into my room and changed into a thin tee-shirt, shorts, and sneakers. I grabbed my older 2G iPod from my nightstand drawer and I tied my hair in a higher up ponytail, and then left for the gym. The night breeze was cool against my skin and I was sure it would feel even better once I was through with my work out. I arrived at the gym (which was only a building away) around 7:30.

When you first walk into the gym, you can smell the strong scent of the chlorine from the swimming pool. The first floor of the building consisted of a basket ball court with many goals, smaller racket ball rooms, and the indoor swimming pool. I went to the desk and the girl greeted me and took my student ID –this is how you checked in. I signed out a towel and headed up the stairs to the fitness equipment area.

There was row after row of treadmills and biking like equipment. They all faced TV's (you could plug in your headphones to the machine to listen to whatever TV set you choose). The center of the second floor didn't exist, well; it was like a balcony to over look the basketball court. A walking track surrounded the opening and next to the railing was the weightlifting equipment. I awkwardly smiled at the intense looks from other students I got as I made my way to a treadmill closest to the water fountain (which was just enough distance away from everyone). I stood on the machine and put in my headphones then put it on shuffle. I input my age and weight into the machine and started my walk with a slight incline.

I soon realized that the equipment near the water fountain was not one you wanted to be using. I soon took notice to the signs posted on the walls saying no outside food or drink –meaning you had no other choice but to use the water fountain. Well that sucked, not even a water bottle? I guess I can understand their reasoning behind that though -trash everywhere and broken machines, not good. I feel insecure as a almost consistent line was formed at the water fountain next to me, making me increase my speed.

Having walked for about 30 minutes I was surprised when I couldn't even jog for 4. I quickly turned the speed back down to low as I walked off my work out on the treadmill (which was certainly coming to an end soon!). I was embarrassed as I panted, that water fountain looking very appealing to my now dry mouth. I continued at a very slow walk as I waited for the line to clear. Having my chance, I turned off the treadmill and stepped off the machine towards the fountain.

As my foot made contact with the ground and I put my weight on that leg, I reached for the machine for support. My legs felt like wet noodles! Hoping no one would see me I wobbled the few steps to the water fountain and gulped down as much water as the contraption would let me. With my eyes closed I drank until I felt the presence of another person behind me. I opened my eyes and almost drowned myself when I focused on a pair of navy blue chucks.

-Okay sorry it took long for an update and I wanted more to happen in this chapter but I guess it will be continued in the next chapter! Oh yes, be prepared for a shower scene! ;p you all deserve it! Thanks for reading please review!