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Chapter Three: Forgiveness over a bowl of Ramen
It was late in the evening when Naruto came back from his self taught training and plopped down on his bed.
"I may not know what the mission is, but I'm ready for anything!" he said with a confident smile.
He jumped off the bed and checked his weapons for the umpteenth time. Naruto ticked off his mental checklist and made sure to stuff enough food into any free space he could. After all, who knew how long they'd be gone. A knock on the door made him look up with a questioning expression.
"Yeah what?" he called.
The door opened and Iruka stuck his head in, but Naruto just scowled and turned his back to him. He frowned and walked in, shutting the door.
"Naruto... I'm sorry about earlier, I didn't mean to--"
"Save it!" spat Naruto. "And don't let the door hit you on your way out!" Iruka's heart sank even lower, but smiled when he had an idea.
"How about I buy you a bowl of ramen and we can talk?" he offered knowing Naruto couldn't possibly refuse. As expected the blond boy turned back, his face all smile.
"You got it!" he practically threw at him with glee.
Iruka laughed and followed the running genin out the door.
* * *
Naruto happily stuffed his face with noodles as he listened to Iruka's apologie.
"Nightmares huh? What about?" he asked in-between.
Iruka stared at his half eaten bowl.
"I'd rather keep that information to myself," he said before resuming eating.
"Must be really bad to keep you up like that," said the blond after ordering his third bowl. "I have nightmares," he continued. "But obviously not as bad as yours. But when I wake up I forget it coz it's not real. Well... not all of it anyway."
Iruka smiled warmly. The boy had a nack for cheering him up as odd as that sounds. Of course that's not mentioning the trouble he can cause.
"Naruto?"
"Yeah?"
"...so how's training? I hear Hatake is very strict."
"Who, Master Kakashi? Oh he's fine once you spend some time training." Said Naruto in-between eating. "A lot of weird training methods though and he's always late... not to mention he's a pervert!"
Iruka choked on his soup and laughed.
"What? It's true! He's always reading this book and--"
Naruto sensed someone sit down next to him and saw Iruka turn away trying to stop laughing.
"Don't stop on my account," said the jonin on Naruto's other side. "You were about to say something about a book?"
Naruto sweat dropped and turned to his smiling Master.
"He he... good evening Master Kakashi... I ummm... well..."
Iruka burst out in more laughter and hit the table trying to control himself enough to breathe.
"Oh look at the time- big day tomorrow and all... thank you for the ramen Master Iruka, good night Master Kakashi."
Naruto literally fell off his chair and ran down the road tripping a few times. Iruka and Kakashi watched him run and both laughed.
"You always know how to put people on the spot, don't you Kakashi," said Iruka after calming down.
"I see you're feeling better," said Kakashi leaning against the counter.
Iruka's face turned somber again and he turned back to his unfinished bowl.
"Since when?" asked Kakashi referring to the dreams.
"A few days," he said heavily, aware that the silver haired man stuck his nose where it didn't belong. Then again he was sort of part of things. "I don't know why."
"Lord Hokage is sending Team 7 to the village hidden in the mist," said Kakashi. "We're leaving tomorrow morning. I thought you should know."
Iruka flinched.
"You can't go!" he said. "It's beyond Naruto and the others and it got you good way back when too!"
"We were children," said Kakashi simply. "I just wasn't on my guard, that's all."
Iruka smiled bitterly.
"You used to wear that mask to make you look mysterious and all that, too show off," he said. "But you and I both know that's changed. You now hide what it did to your face!"
Kakashi got up and said without turning, "We're going whether you like it or not... and I wear the mask because it makes me look cool, not to hide. My hitai-ate is a different story."
Kakashi strolled off into the night and left Iruka glaring after him.
Again, a thousand apologies my dear readers...I have to tell you it will take time between posts as I just don't have the time to do it regularly. Thank you for reviewing the last chapter and I hope this one wasn't too bad either. Any questions will be answered directly (if you leave me your e- address for any anonymous). I have a question for you guys...does anyone know all of the smaller villages (like sound) and their location? If you do I would send you the map and you could type in which is where.
Later days, Imako the Demon Wolf
Chapter Three: Forgiveness over a bowl of Ramen
It was late in the evening when Naruto came back from his self taught training and plopped down on his bed.
"I may not know what the mission is, but I'm ready for anything!" he said with a confident smile.
He jumped off the bed and checked his weapons for the umpteenth time. Naruto ticked off his mental checklist and made sure to stuff enough food into any free space he could. After all, who knew how long they'd be gone. A knock on the door made him look up with a questioning expression.
"Yeah what?" he called.
The door opened and Iruka stuck his head in, but Naruto just scowled and turned his back to him. He frowned and walked in, shutting the door.
"Naruto... I'm sorry about earlier, I didn't mean to--"
"Save it!" spat Naruto. "And don't let the door hit you on your way out!" Iruka's heart sank even lower, but smiled when he had an idea.
"How about I buy you a bowl of ramen and we can talk?" he offered knowing Naruto couldn't possibly refuse. As expected the blond boy turned back, his face all smile.
"You got it!" he practically threw at him with glee.
Iruka laughed and followed the running genin out the door.
* * *
Naruto happily stuffed his face with noodles as he listened to Iruka's apologie.
"Nightmares huh? What about?" he asked in-between.
Iruka stared at his half eaten bowl.
"I'd rather keep that information to myself," he said before resuming eating.
"Must be really bad to keep you up like that," said the blond after ordering his third bowl. "I have nightmares," he continued. "But obviously not as bad as yours. But when I wake up I forget it coz it's not real. Well... not all of it anyway."
Iruka smiled warmly. The boy had a nack for cheering him up as odd as that sounds. Of course that's not mentioning the trouble he can cause.
"Naruto?"
"Yeah?"
"...so how's training? I hear Hatake is very strict."
"Who, Master Kakashi? Oh he's fine once you spend some time training." Said Naruto in-between eating. "A lot of weird training methods though and he's always late... not to mention he's a pervert!"
Iruka choked on his soup and laughed.
"What? It's true! He's always reading this book and--"
Naruto sensed someone sit down next to him and saw Iruka turn away trying to stop laughing.
"Don't stop on my account," said the jonin on Naruto's other side. "You were about to say something about a book?"
Naruto sweat dropped and turned to his smiling Master.
"He he... good evening Master Kakashi... I ummm... well..."
Iruka burst out in more laughter and hit the table trying to control himself enough to breathe.
"Oh look at the time- big day tomorrow and all... thank you for the ramen Master Iruka, good night Master Kakashi."
Naruto literally fell off his chair and ran down the road tripping a few times. Iruka and Kakashi watched him run and both laughed.
"You always know how to put people on the spot, don't you Kakashi," said Iruka after calming down.
"I see you're feeling better," said Kakashi leaning against the counter.
Iruka's face turned somber again and he turned back to his unfinished bowl.
"Since when?" asked Kakashi referring to the dreams.
"A few days," he said heavily, aware that the silver haired man stuck his nose where it didn't belong. Then again he was sort of part of things. "I don't know why."
"Lord Hokage is sending Team 7 to the village hidden in the mist," said Kakashi. "We're leaving tomorrow morning. I thought you should know."
Iruka flinched.
"You can't go!" he said. "It's beyond Naruto and the others and it got you good way back when too!"
"We were children," said Kakashi simply. "I just wasn't on my guard, that's all."
Iruka smiled bitterly.
"You used to wear that mask to make you look mysterious and all that, too show off," he said. "But you and I both know that's changed. You now hide what it did to your face!"
Kakashi got up and said without turning, "We're going whether you like it or not... and I wear the mask because it makes me look cool, not to hide. My hitai-ate is a different story."
Kakashi strolled off into the night and left Iruka glaring after him.
Again, a thousand apologies my dear readers...I have to tell you it will take time between posts as I just don't have the time to do it regularly. Thank you for reviewing the last chapter and I hope this one wasn't too bad either. Any questions will be answered directly (if you leave me your e- address for any anonymous). I have a question for you guys...does anyone know all of the smaller villages (like sound) and their location? If you do I would send you the map and you could type in which is where.
Later days, Imako the Demon Wolf