Author: weeeeeeeeeeeeeee I'm back people did you miss me? –Awkward moment of silence- ahem well I anyways I still haven't finished my other story It's All Illusion but that's ok right? I can't think of an ending that would be proper, I have tried so many times to make up something that isn't too stupid but I can't seem to settle...sigh. Oh well if you didn't read the summary then you don't know this is a KAKAIRU fic which you would know from reading my previous stories authors notes that I didn't like. Keyword is didn't...now I think they are such a cute couple, I have no clue what happened that made me change my mind but ya... anyways I will continue to rant later I hope you like my new story
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Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto XP
Chapter 1
Iruka sat down the cloth rag and brushed the chalk off his hands. It was finally Friday and the bell has just rung, he looked around his class room and sighed. The students had left paper and trash in the floor and now he had to stay after and clean it up.
Cleaning wasn't something he was looking forward to because he had planned to find his former student Naruto and treat him to ramen. Naruto and the rest of cell seven had just returned from a week long mission where they had been escorting various diplomats around the leaf country.
He walked up each row of seats and slowly progressed across the rows picking up bits of paper. He even bothered to open a few that looked like notes. Iruka chuckled when he read one of them. 'I saw Susuke-kun yesterday he's so great and he just got back from a mission!' Reading about Naruto's teammate only made Iruka crumple up the paper and continue cleaning so he could get out of there sooner.
Suddenly the window blew open and Iruka turned around, the curtains fluttered in the wind but there was no one there. Feeling to lazy to go to the window he turned and continued to clean up his room, he figured the fresh air wasn't bad.
Finally he reached the last row and he looked over the class room congratulating himself that he had finally finished. Now he could go and find Naruto and they could have a bite to eat at Ichiraka's. Iruka rubbed the scar that ran across his nose absentmindedly and started humming a happy tune to himself. He grabbed a stack of papers to grade over the weekend and locked and closed his classroom.
The school was almost empty, the teachers being as eager as the students to start their weekends. Iruka waved and smiled at the few remaining staff as he exited the academy.
The second he stepped outside the door he was glomped by a very hungry, and overexcited Naruto. "Hi Iruka-sensei!" Naurto's voice was muffled by Iruka's vest which he had his face pressed against. Iruka feeling both extremely happy and embarrassed pried Naruto off him.
"Hi Naruto, I was just about to start looking for you, how about some ramen while we catch up?" Iruka looked down at the beaming Naruto and ruffled his hair.
"Wohoo! See Kakashi-sensei I told you he would take me out to get ramen!" Naruto glomped Iruka again and started to drag him away.
Iruka was blushing when he realized that Kakashi was indeed standing behind them looking amused. Or maybe he wasn't but with that mask Iruka couldn't tell for certain. The pleasant breeze that had refreshed him before had become cooler and it rustled the trees.
Iruka stopped and looked back at the school that was when he remembered he had left his window open. "Wait a second Naruto I have to go close the window in my classroom."
Naruto pouted but he let go of his former sensei. Iruka was going to head back when Kakashi stood in his way. "I'll close it for you, I have business here anyways, go ahead and take Naruto to eat, he's so annoying when he is hungry." Kakashi then made a hand symbol and disappeared in a poof of smoke.
What about that key? Thought Iruka, but he then figured that Kakashi didn't need a key. Giving the school one more look he let himself be dragged off once more in the direction of Ichiraku's.
It was dark by the time Naruto stopped eating and they had caught up from the last week and had been reminiscing on past memories. When Naruto started to fall asleep where he sat Iruka thought it was time to call it a night. Iruka carried Naruto through the empty streets of the Hidden Leaf Village to Naruto's apartment. He then had to dig around in his vest pockets for the key he had to Naruto's house.
Iruka made sure Naruto was in bed and then he left feeling exhausted and worn out, but before he went home he found his feet taking him elsewhere. He soon found himself at the memorial of his parents and the others that had died the day the fox demon had attacked the village.
Iruka looked at the flower he had managed to acquire on the way over and he twirled the stem between his fingers before he kneeled and placed it by the other tokens around the marker.
Iruka stayed there for a while just looking at the marker thinking about that horrible day. He was jerked out of his thoughts by a hand on his shoulder. Iruka jumped and then looked up into the face of the person who had disturbed him.
Kakashi started down at Iruka who had been kneeling in front of the village memorial. Kakashi was surprised that he had been able to walk up so close to Iruka without being noticed. Kakashi removed his hand from Iruka's shoulder and then pulled something from his pocket which he then dangled in front of Iruka's face.
"Your keys." He said finally holding them still so Iruka could focus on them. Iruka reached out a hand and slowly took his keys and continued staring at Kakashi. "You dropped them when you were being attacked by Naruto, so I picked them up." Kakashi shrugged.
"Uh...thanks?" Iruka tried to stand but his legs had fallen asleep from the time he had been kneeling. He felt himself tipping and falling so he reached out wildly. Kakashi finally grabbed hold of his arm and helped him stand. Kakashi kept a tight hold on Iruka's arm until he saw that Iruka could stand on his own.
"Thanks a lot Kakashi you have doing me favors all day." Iruka was blushing and he looked embarrassed that he just almost fallen flat on his face in front of Kakashi. "First it was Naruto, then my window and now this, would you like dinner in return? It's the least I could do, and I'll even make it for you." Iruka blushed even more and he didn't know why. "I mean if you have nothing better to do...I already ate but I could make something light."
Kakashi looked at him with his head slightly tilted to the side for a moment and then his eye curved into a happy arc. "I will actually take your offer, I'm pretty hungry and really bored, the next volume of Icha Icha paradise doesn't come out for days!"
Iruka looked shocked for a moment which seemed to make Kakashi even more amused and then he nodded before turning to limp towards his house with the copy-nin following after him. When they got to Iruka's house Iruka reached into his pockets to grab his keys again but found then missing. He turned around to say something to Kakashi but found that Kakashi wasn't there.
Getting frustrated Iruka turned back to the door, only to find it open, and Kakashi looking around his house. Kakashi turned and stared at him a moment and blinked.
"I found your keys." Kakashi said holding out the keys. "I decided to let myself in so I didn't have to wait for you to open the door." Kakashi seemed oblivious to the expression of shock on Iruka's face. "I'm kind of hungry so if you would stop gawking and enter your house that would be good, you could catch a cold or some bug could fly into your mouth if u keeping standing out there."
Iruka blushed and stepped into his house removing his sandals and placing them next to where Kakashi's already sat. He than closed the door and walked into his small house. Kakashi was examining his pictures and he had stopped to look at a particularly embarrassing picture that Naruto had put up.
Naruto had been looking through some of Iruka's old things when he had found a picture of a young Iruka. In the picture Iruka was wearing a dark blue and black kimono. He looked extremely feminine and cute with his hair down and framing his innocent face. Naruto had taken one look at the picture and asked Iruka if the girl in the picture was his sister or some other female relative. To this Iruka had blushed a swatted Naruto on the head telling him in a hurt voice that he didn't look like a girl.
Kakashi was chuckling and when he sensed Iruka he turned around his eye curved happily. "You looked really cute in that picture!" Kakashi choose then to turn around an continue to examine the pictures as Iruka stood there his face bright red
Iruka quickly left the living room and entered the small kitchen. "Make yourself at home!" he yelled back to Kakashi. Iruka decided to make curry for Kakashi since he could make really good curry and it was easy to make.
When Iruka finished the curry and put it in two bowels over rice he carried then into the living room where he found Kakashi sitting on a chair that faced the picture wall. Iruka handed him the bowl and then walked around to a couch across the room.
"You know this is really good curry." Commented Kakashi as he took a bite. This made Iruka look up from his curry to see the back of Kakashi's head. "I'll have to do favors for you more often." Iruka once again blushed.