A/N: I started this fic out for my friend who is currently working on her beloved Kakashi shrine…her favorite pairing happens to be KakaIru. So when I started having a friendly discussion with yet another friend, (penname: teckno) I discovered an awesome plot for a KakaIru fic..with some twists…wahahaha…anyways..hope you enjoy.

Ah…I will write this one from time to time, after I finish my three other fics..;;

Disclaimer: Naruto belongs to the one and only Kishimoto Masashi! (his brother…draws like him…scary…twins too? Wow I learn something new everyday)

Title: Stolen Kisses

Author: Kisu

Rating: PG..for now…

Pairings: KakaIru, KakaIta, GaiKaka, SasuNaru

Summary: Kakashi gets defensive when Iruka gets into his territory, especially the case with Naruto. The two of them end up hating each other, only to find a hidden attraction. Then, Itachi comes back bringing past history. But when Gai finds out about all of this…he can't help intervene between KakaIru. (In other words, Kakashi you ManWhore! coughs)

Chapter 1: Iruka Onii-chan?

"Kakashi." The young man with his face partially covered in a black mask looked over his shoulder.

"Itachi?" He blinked, as he gazed in hidden surprise at the young boy. Uchiha Itachi, the child prodigy of the Uchiha clan gazed up at him with solemn eyes. Kakashi was still well a foot taller than the 15 year old but Itachi was catching up quickly. In fact, the boy looked much older than his age.

"How did your team hold up?" Itachi asked, softly. Kakashi's visible eye curved up in a crescent moon.

"Good, and yours?" He asked.

"They live up to expectation." Itachi responded in his strange way. Kakashi blinked and watched as the boy walked past him without another word.

"Itachi?"

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"Iruka-sensei!"

Kakashi's visible eye snapped open as he broke out of his doze with a start. Since when did he start napping during missions? Even though these missions were only Class C and D, it wasn't like him to fall asleep on the job. He sighed and ran a hand through his wild silver hair.

"Konnichiwa Naruto." Came the familiar voice of a particular Chuunin.

He looked down to see his three students standing around a familiar person. With a sigh, he reached up to snap a twig off a branch and threw it at the number one loudest ninja, Uzumaki Naruto.

"Itai!" He heard the boy gasped as his object met its mark. "Kakashi-sensei! You did that on purpose!"

"Hai, hai." Kakashi repeated, feigning a yawn that wasn't that all feigned. "The faster you guys get done then the faster you guys can leave."

"And what are you doing?" Naruto yelled, pointedly.

"Naruto, finish quickly and I'll treat you to some ramen." Iruka broke in. Naruto turned around quickly with eyes shining in excitement.

"Honto ni?" He exclaimed.

"Yes. Now hurry up." Iruka smiled, fondly. The blonde Genin quickly returned to his task, picking up the trash faster than before.

"Baka." Sasuke muttered.

"Honestly, Iruka-sensei." Sakura sighed. "You can't keep treating him out to ramen. You'll spoil him."

"It's all right." Iruka replied with a small laugh. "He's a nice kid. Someone has to look after him." Kakashi felt a little insulted at his response and narrowed his eye. Sasuke and Sakura stood there, looking slightly a taken back.

"Feh." Sasuke scoffed as he turned back to his task. Sakura immediately followed his example.

When the children were distracted, Kakashi dropped down next to the Chuunin with brown hair tied back in a ponytail. "What did you mean by that comment earlier?" He asked, quietly.

"Kakashi-sensei?" Iruka turned around in confusion. "What comment?"

"The comment where you deliberately implied that someone has to take care of Naruto." Kakashi replied, casually. "I look after my comrades."

"Naruto doesn't need a comrade, Kakashi-sensei." Iruka told him, quietly. "He needs a role model."

"Yes, that's why he has you, doesn't he?" Kakashi said with a slightly bitter tone. "That doesn't mean that you have and disrupt our missions with your coddling. Sakura was right, you do spoil him."

"I do not come all the time." Iruka frowned.

"Yes, you do." Kakashi said, firmly.

"Kakashi, you're being childish." Iruka snapped.

"I just want you to understand that they are my soldiers." Kakashi shot back. "They aren't your students any more!"

"I understand." Iruka replied, his brown eyes blazing in anger. "I just don't understand why you insist on bringing that up every time within our conversations!" They stared each other down, both men challenging the other with threatening looks.

It was…scary.

"Iruka-sensei?" Naruto's voice broke through the tension uneasily. Kakashi slid his gaze from the Chuunin to look at him.

"Naruto, get back to your task." He ordered.

"Demo—I'm done, sensei." Naruto replied in confusion.

Kakashi realized that he was right. The area was spotless and Sasuke and Sakura were watching them in surprise. "Ah, you're right." Kakashi laughed. "Sorry about that, Naruto." He reached out and ruffled Naruto's hair with his hand. This caused the blonde's hitai-ate to slid down into his eyes and he whined in complaint as he pushed it back up.

"It's okay, sensei." Naruto grumbled. Then he broke up in a cheerful grin. "Everyone has their bad days!"

"Bad days, huh?" Kakashi repeated, absently. He was right; it wasn't normal of him to simply lose his cool from a single statement.

"What is the difference between a teacher and a team leader, Kakashi-sensei?" Iruka asked, quietly. Kakashi turned his attention back to the younger man. "Tell me the difference and I'll never come to your disrupt your team again." Then, the man turned to Naruto and smiled warmly. "Let's go get that ramen, Naruto."

"Demo, Kakashi-sensei…" The Genin flickered a worried gaze at him and frowned slightly.

"It's all right, Naruto." Iruka smiled, gently. "You've done your mission for the day. I'm sure Kakashi-sensei, will let you go now." Kakashi nodded and Naruto broke into a wide smile, even though the worry was still in his eyes.

"Well then." Naruto beamed. "See you later, Kakashi-sensei! Bye Sakura-chan! Sasuke!" He bounded off with Iruka to their usual spot, the Ichiraku ramen stand.

"Ano…sensei." Sakura began.

"What was that about?" Sasuke asked, rather bluntly.

"Just a friendly disagreement." Kakashi said, cheerfully. "Well since you've completed your mission, you're free today! Well done, team! Same meeting place at the same time tomorrow!" With that, he vanished in a poof of smoke.

"I don't think Iruka-sensei and Kakashi-sensei get along too well." Sakura managed as the two of them continued to stare at the spot that Kakashi had vacated.

"Doesn't concern me." Sasuke said, walking away. Sakura blinked and gasped.

"Wait for me, Sasuke-kun!"

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"Ano ne, Iruka-sensei!" Naruto exclaimed as they waited patiently for their orders. "Don't mind Kakashi-sensei, he's not always like that. He probably left his perverted book at home. I didn't see him reading it today."

"Perverted book?" Iruka blinked as Naruto scratched the back of his head.

"The one he always carried around." Naruto told him. "It's called..Icha Icha Paradise…or something like that."

"Icha Icha Paradise?" Iruka repeated. That damn teacher. He already disliked him more and more. "Naruto, do you like Kakashi-sensei?"

"He seems all right." Naruto beamed as he broke his chopsticks apart. "Since I have that pervert sennin around, I don't mind that he trains Sasuke." He glanced down at the seafood ramen bowl that was placed in front of him and licked his lips. "Thanks for the food! Itadakimasu!"

Kakashi hadn't been getting enough sleep lately. Even though he usually slept very lightly due to his past ANBU training and the dangerous missions he was assigned to. But these days, his past have been repeatedly coming back to haunt him and he didn't like it one bit.

Worse yet, he had taken it out on Iruka just for one comment. He frowned and placed a hand over his face, tiredly.

What's the difference between a teacher and a team leader, Kakashi-sensei?

"Difference?" Kakashi repeated with a frown. A Chuunin like Iruka taught academy students. He taught Genins. But what did he mean to say?

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"Iruka-sensei, you don't have to treat me out all the time." Naruto spoke up as they neared his apartment. "You can always say no. If you don't—I might get spoiled!"

"You deserve to be spoiled, Naruto." Iruka replied warmly as he placed a hand on top of Naruto's head. Naruto blinked and his blue eyes lowered, then they shot back up when they stopped in front of the apartment complex that he lived in.

"Ah—Naruto." Iruka began as they walked to his door. It was halfway opened, and the apartment was trashed. "Naruto—."

"Don't worry, sensei." Naruto interrupted with a laugh. "This always happens. It doesn't look so messy because I always leave it like this."

"I'll help you clean up." Iruka offered.

"It's okay, sensei." Naruto smiled, brilliantly. "You've done so much already. "I'll take it from here." Iruka stared at the boy and sighed sorrowfully. It always pained him to see Naruto liked that. Sometimes the smiled were too bright and his personality too cheerful. It was on those days that he knew something bad had happened. Just like right now, Naruto had an impossibly big smile on his face.

A fake smile.

"Naruto, you don't have to put on a display for me." Iruka informed him, quietly. He placed a hand on the boy's shoulder and Naruto flinched.

"Sensei, I--."

"I've just decided!" Iruka declared suddenly. "I'm going to be getting a larger apartment soon. Why don't you move in with me?"

"Huh?" Naruto blinked, staring at him as if he suddenly sprouted another head.

"It'll be fun." Iruka continued, his smile getting bigger. "So Naruto, you don't have to call me "sensei", anymore. Just call me Onii-chan!"

"Onii-chan?" Naruto repeated, softly. "It's a bad idea, sensei. You're an academy teacher and they won't approve of you—housing a demon."

"You're not a demon, Naruto." Iruka responded, sharply. "Now let Onii-chan help you clean up!"

"Sensei, please understand!" Naruto whispered. He looked up and met his eyes with his own. With all the masks, stripped, Naruto looked older and wiser than his age. "Please understand my position."

"Naruto-." Iruka blinked in astonishment.

"Thank you for the ramen, sensei. Good night." With that, the blonde Genin entered into his apartment and gently closed the door behind him.

"Naruto!" Iruka called out as he tried once again to convince the boy. But all he received was a silent answer. With a heavy heart, he turned and walked away. He didn't care what other people thought, Naruto wasn't a demon and he'll never be.

He'll prove them wrong.

He'll prove all of them wrong.

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Once Naruto made sure Iruka was gone, he made his way through the mess and into his bedroom. There, he stripped out of his training clothes and put on a plain white t-shirt and black shorts. Then, peering cautiously out of his door, he exited his apartment and closed the door behind him.

Every night he went out for a jog.

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TBC! Well..it had some…IruNaru in it…