Peace -- Iruka
People thought that, between Naruto and teaching, Iruka didn't get a moment's peace. People like that, that try to guess things about others, are seldom right. And, as per usual, they were wrong.
But, maybe this time, they were wrong because there weren't many people that understood. See, everyone has a different perception of everything. Few people shared Iruka's idea of peace. Kakashi'd mentioned it once or twice. And he had overheard Sakura mention it to Hinata before. So there were at least two people in Konoha that agreed with Iruka on the matter.
'Cause there are times when there is a sense of peace amidst bickering, when there's fighting going on, in a seemingly endless stream of noise. Sakura may have managed to put it into words the most clearly though.
He'd heard her say it, and agreed wholeheartedly. She'd said, "I know it seems strange, but I worry more when Naruto and Sasuke don't fight, than when they do. Just 'cause, well, that way I know they're both okay."
Somehow that made sense, in a way. Iruka had remembered then how he'd always find something amiss with one or the other when Sasuke and Naruto were actually being civil to one another. Why worry when they fight? If they were both up to it, they were both feeling fine.
Iruka applied that to his classes now as well. If they were willingly quiet, and didn't have to be told, something probably wasn't right. So when his students were loud, or rambunctious, Iruka put up with it. It let him know there was no reason to worry about them. And peace of mind is generally better than peace and quiet.
Or at least Iruka thinks so.
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Miszy-Anne: Gaara ish such a cute vittle raccoon, ishn't he? And such fun to write.
Neji? I've tried, but I always seem to wind up putting him and Hinata into 'cousinly' situations. I can't ever seem to get him alone.
Don't worry about Orochimaru. I've only mentioned him in all of two in thirteen drabbles, and that was to either curse him, or say he was dead. That's all the more attention he gets.