This WAS supposed to be simply a short story.

No second chapter or anything.

But thanks to a review from Iceheart19, (which sparked ideas) we get to see Iruka's thoughts about Kakashi's...infatuation.

So here it is, the sequel to Kakashi's Obession, Iruka's Thoughts.

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto nor it's characters, Masashi Kishimoto does, so there.

~~*Kakashi's Obsession: Chapter 2: Iruka's Thoughts*~~

Iruka had always thought it was a bit odd how Kakashi seemed to...have some kind of liking for him.

And despite the bizarreness of Kakashi's actions, like discovering the silver-haired man following him around more than often with a camera in hand, Iruka never gave it a second thought. He merely believed, it was nothing.

That was, until he was approached one morning by his former students.

Iruka was all alone that day, relaxing at the base of a behemoth, ancient looking willow tree, pondering where Kakashi had been recently. When, out of no where, sprung an ecstatic Naruto, followed by Sakura and Sasuke, who clearly seemed not as happy.

"Naruto! Sasuke! Sakura! What a surprise to see you all!", Iruka remarked, smiling gleefully at the trio.

He noted the apparent contrasted facial expressions amongst the fox boy and his fellow genin.

Sasuke looked both bored and annoyed at once, Sakura looked cheerier than Sasuke, but still bitter in a scary way, and Naruto looked so damn happy Iruka wouldn't have been at all amazed if he pissed his pants right then and there.

"HEY! HEY! Iruka-sensei!! Guess what happened?!!!" Naruto asked, grinning wildly.

"What is it Naruto?" Iruka laughed, beaming at him.

"Did you learn a new jutsu?"

"NOPE!" Naruto shook his head. "It's about..." The boy paused, snickering.

"It's about Kakashi-sensei." Sakura said plainly.

Iruka looked confused.

"Kakashi-sensei's in a nuthouse!" Naruto giggled.

Iruka's heart dropped into his stomach.

"Naruto! It's not a "nuthouse"! It's a MENTAL HOSPITAL!" Sakura barked angrily. Sasuke blew a tuft of hair out of his face cooly, and sighed. Sakura continued to explain about how it wasn't proper to call it a nuthouse, while her inner self yelled about wanting to beat Naruto senseless for calling Kakashi-sensei crazy.

Iruka looked pale. Thoughts and memories buzzed through his mind. All he could think about was Kakashi, and if he was okay, and what had happened to him.

Naruto's voice knocked Iruka back to his senses.

The blonde-haired boy was explaining about Kakashi to Sakura, and all Iruka caught was the end his name being spoken.

"Naruto. What happened to Kakashi." Iruka demanded sternly.

Naruto looked confused at Iruka's seriousness, he thought Kakashi being a nutcase was hilarious, and continued on in that manner.

"Uh, Kakashi-sensei, he had this clay little action figure in his pocket that looked like you..." Naruto started.

'...well, it didn't really look like you though. I think he made it himself! And he kept petting it and kissing it, and kissing it.." Naruto said trying to keep a straight face, "then he just started laughing and laughing and yelling about how one day he would have the real you instead of that dumb little action figure you. Isn't that soo funny!?" Naruto snorted.

Iruka looked almost like he would start crying, but he didn't.

Naruto kept getting images of Kakashi petting the Iruka figure and started laughing.

Iruka looked over to Sasuke and Sakura.

"Where is he?" he asked them.

Sakura and Sasuke told Iruka where Kakashi was exactly and Iruka left running.

Sasuke had a thoughtful look on his face; he glanced down at the ground.

Sakura stared at Naruto who was rolling on the floor laughing, with utter disgust, then bopped him on the head.

Iruka was sprinting like mad.

His heart beat in his chest violently, and it was not from him running.

The hospital was getting closer.

Iruka could think of nothing except Kakashi.

All the things he had shrugged off before, now seemed special to him.

His memories of Kakashi were beautiful.

Everytime he Kakashi smiled...

All the times Iruka felt something weird whenever he saw Kakashi, and pushed it aside.

Iruka felt so relieved.

Butterflies swarmed in his stomach.

He grinned just like Naruto had before, and set foot on the rural street of the hospital.

**** Gahhh, I'm too tired to write more. If you guys like it enough, I'll continue the last chapter. But if not, we'll leave it as the magical "it's over but you know what's gonna happen next" kinda ending. Ja. ****