CHAPTER 4

***A/N: Eath's thoughts will be quoted by //....//

Holding a bundle of red roses in his right hand, sweats became visible on Iruka's face. He was waiting for his date outside the Konoha Theatre.

What if she decided not to come, Iruka panicked. He was wearing a dark green sweatshirt, and a pair of blue jeans. He didn't remember when the last time he wore something other than the Chuunin uniform was.

Eath observed in distance. //From the information I've gathered so far, Iruka is the person Naruto trusts the most. So if I can transform into Iruka without a flaw, the rest will be easy.//

After a while, Kyomi finally arrived. "I'm sorry, Iruka. Have you been waiting long?" She was wearing a white sleeveless top and a long dark red shirt.

"No," Iruka blushed. "You look really good. Here, this is for you." And he handed her the roses.

"Thanks, they are beautiful. Let's go in. What are we seeing?" she then dragged him by the arm.

"I haven't bought tickets yet. I wasn't sure what you would like to see," he was a little embarrassed by his unpreparedness.

"Whatever you want you see is fine with me," she smiled. He then pick some educational film to watch. //No wonder he's so popular among students.//

//He doesn't like popcorn.

He likes Pepsi over Coke.

He blushes every twelve-point-six-five seconds on average.

He rubs the back of his head with his left hand when he's embarrassed.

He keeps a shuriken beside his waist on the right even when he's not wearing his uniform.// Eath took mental notes on all these observations silently.

"Did you enjoy the film?" Iruka asked as they walked out the theatre.

"It sucked!" Kyomi replied and looked at her date, who was frowning and silently blaming himself for choosing the boring film. She then laughed, "I was just kidding! It was an interesting film. I liked it."

Iruka grinned as if he had just been promoted to a Jounin. The Kyomi he knew years ago never joked. "You've changed a lot, Kyomi,"

She turned to look at him and smiled, "And you haven't changed a bit."

"Iruka-sensei~!!" A kid with a huge grin ran toward the two. //That's my target.//

"Ooh~ Iruka-sensei's on a date!" Naruto teased loudly, while his teacher's face turned red. "I'm go-ing to tell Ka-ka-shi sen-sei~" he sang.

"What does this have to do with him?" Iruka inquired. Naruto gave him a big mischievous grin in return. Kyomi couldn't help laughing at the well-known joke that only Iruka didn't know of.

"Hi, you must be Naruto," Kyomi greeted. "You are the trouble maker Iruka talked about?"

Naruto's grin faded instantly and glared at Iruka. "You've been bad-talking about me already?!" His teacher just laughed it off. Naruto mumbled something and went back to his cheerful self. "You owe me ramen now!"

"Hai Hai," Iruka laughed. //Naruto likes Ramen, especially when Iruka is paying.//

Iruka and Kymoi walked Naruto home after Iruka treated everyone Ramen. "Bye, Iruka-sensei! Bye, Kyomi-san!"

"Take care, Naruto!" Iruka waved as they watched him enter his house. "Stay out of trouble!"

"He's a good kid," Kyomi commented, gazing at the closed door Naruto had just entered. "Even though he killed our parents."

"Kyomi," he said seriously. "Naruto is not the demon fox itself."

She smiled, " I can see that you really care about Naruto," she paused. "Anyway, I had fun today."

"Me too," Iruka was relieved to hear that. "Umm..I'd like to do this again." He blushed.

"Of course," Kyomi gave Iruka a peck on the cheek. "Thanks for the wonderful time. See you on Monday!" And she left her date standing in the middle of the road with a shocked red face. After a minute or so, he finally realized what had just happened, and screamed, "YES~!!"

//Iruka sure liked Kyomi. I wonder if Kyomi like him too. It doesn't matter. Two more days. I'll study him and Naruto for two more days.//