I do not own Naruto and I wish soooo much that I did, because I would
auction off the characters to their fans! * Pictures poor Iruka running
away from a mob of fan girls *
This is Chapter 5 woohoo! Sorry it took so long! Thank you for all your reviews, those who did, and thank you for reading my story all of you!
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Bishiehuggler: Yeah thanks about the beta-info but my twin saw this and got mad so I promoted her to my beta-reader lol...........not that much is going to change hehehe. Heidaki is one of my favorite Japanese names even though it isn't spelled the traditional version. I pretty much thought him up out of the blue. Yeah I feel bad for Iruka and Kakashi also but at least they have each other.
Morien Alexander: *takes the cookie* YAY!! Hehehehe Iruka might lose a lot more than his innocence *laughs evilly* just kidding! Thanks you!
Darkness: Yeah it was hard to choose a reason for Kakashi's facemask but I'm glad I came up with that. *does happy dance* The kiss will be more explained in later chapters but not too much later lol.
Silent Bob: I'm glad your enjoying it!!
sawdust monster: and there shall be even more!!!!!! *laughs*
TheTrueSilver: Iruka-baby is always cute lol THANKS
Iceheart19: Yeah I read the special and I loved it! You'll see why Iruka didn't blush! His thoughts on the kiss are???..Iruka what are your thoughts?
Iruka-kun "I want to know why he took my first kiss!!"
p-sama7 "And there you go!"
Muchacha: Well I know they might be a little young but then I got my first kiss when I was 7 so I was like well they are older than that so HAHAHA! But if I held off the kiss any longer the plot would have taken a few steps back.......... I wish I didn't have to write about the nine tails and poor Iruka-kun but cuddling is my way of making up for it lol!
Enjoy!
Chapter 5: Konoha's Darkest Day
"Hokage-sama, I am pleased to announce your wife will be having her child in a few weeks. She was moved into the hospital this morning and she can't wait to see you." Kakashi yawned as he told the Hokage the news.
"Thank you Kakashi. I have a special task for you." The Hokage handed Kakashi a scroll before he smirked signaling that the teen could leave.
Kakashi itched his forehead protector as if he was scratching his eye as he sat down in a tree. The scroll stated that Kakashi would be going to find four representatives from the dominant clans of the Hidden Leaf and escort them to the Fire countries yearly meeting.
Kakashi sighed as he thought of all the boring things the people would talk about at those meetings. The meetings were mainly to make sure no one was causing havoc in the fire country but Kakashi still thought they were pointless.
Kakashi looked down from the branch he was sitting on and watched small children play and run around in circles. He watched this with a small smile hidden under his mask for about 15 minutes before he decided to head off to his escorting job.
The first clan Kakashi would some to would be the one that respected and despised the jounin all at once. The Uchiha clan wasn't known for being to kind to those they considered weaker and felt superior over those who did not possess their bloodline that contained the Sharingan eye, so when Kakashi gained the power of the Sharingan eye; though he only had it in one eye; the clan could never make up its mind about the teen.
"I'm here for a representative of your clan. I'm sure the Hokage told you I would be here." Kakashi bowed to the Uchiha elder who waved for a boy to go over to Kakashi.
Kakashi stared down at the boy not knowing what to expect first but just stared down at the kid who was about 9 glaring up at him. So this was the heir to the Uchiha clan the infamous Itachi.
"He is our representative." The elder spoke leaving a dumbfounded Kakashi in the room with Itachi surrounded by a few bodyguards over the boy. Kakashi sighed and waved for the boy to follow him.
The next on the clan list would be the Hyuga clan. Kakashi always enjoyed watching the style techniques of this clan because they could make what appeared to be a simple hit be a vital assault against your body. Kakashi walked up to the gates with Itachi behind him to meet a man waiting.
"I presume you are our escort?" The man's milky glare was mesmerizing and yet creepy all the same. Kakashi nodded.
"I am Hiashi." The older man shook bowed, as did Kakashi and Itachi. His twin brother and bodyguard Hizashi accompanied Hiashi. They both seemed to be amused when they saw Itachi but quickly got on their way to the next clan.
"I am Akimichi Chomaru and I will be representing the Akimichi clan." All the present clans bowed as the big man got behind the Hyuga clan.
The Akimichi clan was noted for it's multi-sized no jitsu which would let the ninja become the size of a three story house if needed. Kakashi liked this clan for it's friendly attitude towards everyone that was friendly back. Kakashi also made a mental note about how it seemed everyone in the clan was bulky.
The next clan on Kakashi's trip was the Inuzuka clan, they were known for their heightened senses and canine counter parts. This clan trained many of the Anbu dogs.
"Hey Kakashi-san!" Another young man came up to Kakashi and gave him a short hug. "I get to be the representative for my clan today. Come Komaru!"
A huge dog approached the group and followed his master to the end of the line. Kakashi enjoyed the various people in the group and could see why all of them were chosen to represent whether if it was because they were the heirs to their clan or if it was because they were part of the main family.
The last clan was located in the forest region of the Hidden Leaf Village. They were known for being the host bodies for insects. The Aburame clan.
"And who do I get the honor of escorting from this clan?" Kakashi did a small bow to chow respect to the elders before a young woman came to him wearing sunglasses and a scarf that covered some of her face.
Kakashi made sure he had all the 5 dominate clans and lead the way to the council meeting. The meeting itself took about three hours and to Kakashi's surprise the only one from Konoha whom seemed interested in the whole ordeal was Itachi.
/ Weird kid. /
"Hey Kakashi! Where have you been?" Iruka sat down on the ground near the bottom of the tree.
"Well I babysat a few diplomats of various ages, then I got to escort a family of refugees across to the Hidden Cloud Village but we were attacked three times." Kakashi sat comfortably of the branch of the tree as he continued to write stuff down on his notebook.
"Sounds exciting. What are you writing?" Iruka leaned his head on the trunk of the tree so he could see Kakashi.
"I'm creating my very own attack, I think if I learn enough attacks I would be able to create my own with out flaws." Kakashi yawned as he closed his notebook and jumped off the branch so he could sit next to his friend. "Anymore questions?"
"Nope, I think I've had my fill for today." Iruka laughed as one of his bangs fell into his face.
Kakashi pulled the bang behind Iruka's ear causing the boy to blush. Iruka watched Kakashi with his brown eyes absorbing every move his friend made. Kakashi looked over at Iruka when he felt the boy staring at him.
"What?"
"Nothing." Iruka turned around as his face turned another shade of red.
"What are you thinking about? Tell me." Kakashi seemed to be amused as he smirked under his mask.
Iruka looked like he was about to say something then stopped. He stared at his friend before he placed his hand on Kakashi's forehead protector.
"Does it hurt?"
"Sometimes." Kakashi moved Iruka's hand off his protector and let his one eye glare at the boy. "What is on your mind? Normally I would just let this slide but you have to let me in the loop once in a while Iruka."
"W....w...why....." Iruka tried to say something but kept stuttering. Kakashi finally grew tired of the boy trying to say what was on his mind and pushed him against the ground.
"Spit it out Iruka!"
"Why did you kiss me?" Iruka blurted out as he tried to wiggle free from being under his friend.
Kakashi blushed slightly at this and got off his friend. He wasn't expecting such a straightforward question from Iruka. He stared in front of him and tried to think.
*Kakashi's thought*
Why? Why did I kiss him?
Because you like him! NO DUH!!!
Since when?
............
That's what I thought; oh crap he's staring at me again!
That's why. Look at him, you like everything about him, you might even say you lov.......
*End*
"Kakashi? It's a simple question. I would hope you would have an answer and a real one." Iruka let Kakashi look into his eyes and didn't waver.
"I kissed you Iruka....because I think....no I am....... you see........ I wanted....." Kakashi sighed. "I blame it all on hormones!"
Kakashi smiled as Iruka glared at him.
"Hormones? I lost my first kiss due to hormones!" Iruka looked at the sky as if he had lost hope.
"You'll understand when your older Iruka-kun." Kakashi patted his friends back the watched the clouds.
It wasn't long before Kakashi got a glint in his eye with an idea. He smiled evilly under his mask as he scooted closer to Iruka. Iruka noticed this and backed away from his friend trying to see what he was up to.
"That happened a long time ago Iruka. What brought up the courage to ask me now?"
Iruka thought about it and crinkled his face to show he didn't like the answers his head was giving him. Kakashi scooted to where Iruka was trapped against the tree and placed his hands beside the genin so escape would have been futile.
"Do you want another?" Kakashi purred against the genin.
Iruka gasped at the thought and tried to escape. His face going on the edge of permanently red when Kakashi placed a cloth covered kiss on his lips. Iruka was about to die. He pushed Kakashi off him finally able to move and he squirmed away so there would be a good distance between them.
"See hormones!" Kakashi grinned as Iruka just stared at him in disbelief.
"K...Kak...Kakashi! I can't believe you just did that!" Iruka picked up his stuff and backed away from his friend.
Kakashi just smiled as he saw Iruka walk away as if he was about to have a heart attack. Kakashi slowly stood up from where he was and looked over the horizon. The sky was a bloody red color that Kakashi had only seen in his nightmares. It gave him chills as if something bad was about to happen.
"Mom! Dad! Where are you?"
Iruka ran down a dark tunnel that never seemed to end. Iruka looked around his surroundings and felt chills go down his spine.
"Someone?"
Iruka whispered as his voice cracked. He hugged his arms to warm his body from the breeze that blew down the tunnel. Iruka saw a glint of red and ran towards it. He kept running until he came to a lake of bright red blood and saw his parents standing over it.
Iruka tried to get over to them but there was no way around the lake. He stared at his parents who seemed to be smiling and waving at him to come join them. Iruka started to get in the lake to he could swim over when a huge beast emerged from the water. Iruka looked up at the beast and trembled, and then he looked over at his parents who just stood there and kept waving for him to join them.
"Run! Hurry!"
Iruka yelled but they seemed to not be able to hear him. The beast turned to where his parents were and smiled down at them. Then it smashed its fist in the area where they were standing causing their blood to join the lake.
Iruka stared in horror as he saw his parents die. He looked up at the beast as it made it's way towards him. Iruka's feet were in the lake as he tried to retreat but it seemed that the lake started to grow. Iruka watched the beast come near him as the water made it above his head.
He was surround by darkness.
Nothing.
Pain.
Death.
Iruka jumped up causing him to fall off his bed. He grabbed his shirt and could feel his body sweating. He looked around the room to see nothing had been disturbed.
"It was just a dream." Iruka sighed to himself in relief.
He got out of his sweat soaked bed and made his way to the bathroom across the hall. When he opened the door he could hear noise in his living room and saw the light was on. He slowly crept so he could see what was going on. Iruka saw his parents grabbing their weapons and preparing for what looked like a war.
"Mom? Dad?" Iruka walked out of the hallway so they could see him.
His parents smiled at him and his mom ran up to give him a hug. She seemed worried but then went back to her weapons.
"Iruka...we need you to stay here and be a good young man okay." Iruka's Mom's voice seemed to get serious.
"Where are you going?" Iruka started to worry when he remembered his dream.
"Our Village is under attack Iruka and we are going to defend it. Now go back to bed and we will see you in the morning." Iruka's Dad finished what he was doing and hugged his son.
Iruka didn't really register what was going on but he knew he didn't like it because of the way his stomach cramped up when he saw his parents leave. They would be okay; they had been in many battles so they would be okay.right?
Iruka ran to his room and put on his cloths and grabbed his weapons he got when he graduated to a genin. He would make sure his parents would be okay and with that he ran out the door in the direction he saw the red glow coming from.
Iruka was passed by many ninjas as he tried to go unnoticed so no one would make him go home. He grabbed his kunai when he passed by dead and mutilated bodies. The red glow from the forest seemed to light up Iruka's path as he ran to the battleground.
Iruka's eyes widened as he saw a huge beast growl and swing its tails at the coming shinobi. The beast gnarled bodies in his mouth and slammed his head at groups he considered a threat. His eyes pierced through Iruka's brown eyes, as they seemed to stare at each other.
Iruka quickly composed himself together and stared at the crowd of ninjas who were shouting out orders. Iruka covered the crowd several times and couldn't spot anyone familiar. His stomach sank as he scanned the crowd a third time. It wasn't until he heard his father shouting that he looked at the crowd located beside the fox.
His eyes lit up in relief as he watched his father battle the demon. It wasn't long before Iruka saw his mom charging at the beast. Iruka saw the beast turn around to where his parents were fighting and let out a huge howl piercing the boy's ears. Iruka ran to his parents near the fox and lunged towards the fox as it howled and kicked the boy.
Iruka opened his eyes and sat up as the fox lunged it head at Iruka's parents who braced for the attack. He stood up and ran to them hoping that maybe he could protect them when the mouth opened and took his parents away.
Iruka stared at the fox and watched his parents disappear into the darkness. Tears started to run down his face as he tried to go to the fox again. The fox growled and moved around causing all the attackers to fall back. Iruka felt several piercing object fly pass him and could feel blood run down his face.
Iruka started to run towards the fox again when he felt someone's arm wrap around him and pull him away in retreat. Iruka tried to fight but the shinobi grabbed him and continued to go away from the fox despite the boy's shouts.
Kakashi was on duty when he heard it coming. He saw the red glow approach the village and sent two scouts to see what it was as he ran to find the Hokage. Kakashi found the Hokage awake and studying in his office.
"Something is coming!" Kakashi yelled out as he waited for the scouts to return with their info.
Only one scout came back with many cuts as he told the Hokage what happened. It wasn't long before the whole village was on alert and ninjas came to hold the beast back waiting for the Hokage to come up with a plan.
Kakashi tried many of the attacks he knew but nothing seemed to affect the beast that much. His Sharingan was revealed as he tried to come up with a way to defeat the fox or at least save more lives. Kakashi saw Gai in the distance fighting the fox and pulling away his fellow shinobi before they got killed.
The battle seemed to be endless. Nothing was being accomplished except for they had finally stopped the fox from continuing to the village. Kakashi stopped when he saw a familiar form running to the battle.
"Iruka!?!" Kakashi yelled trying to confirm his fear.
He saw the fox was moving in Iruka's direction and ran as fast as he could to save the boy. He grabbed Iruka's chest and pulled him away before the fox took the boy away. Kakashi couldn't hear anything the boy was yelling as he carried him out of the battle.
While Kakashi was going as fast as he could to go take the boy to a shelter and go back to the fight he heard a noise. Kakashi tried to distinguish it from the fight since it didn't seem to fit and he swore it was a baby.
Kakashi turned around as he saw a golden glow consume the red. Kakashi held his breath at the beautiful sight not realizing Iruka had fallen unconscious in his arms. The baby cried out as the demon became quiet and the glow disappeared. The forest became silent as Kakashi felt Iruka's breath.
He quickly turned back to take the boy to the shelter. He felt a chill go down his spine as he passed the Hokage's office.
"Yondaime..." Kakashi whispered hoping that the Hokage would be okay.
It wasn't long before Konoha discovered their Hokage had died sealing away the demon fox into a newborn baby. Many lives had been lost leaving parents mourning over their children, widowed men and women trying to raise their children, and children without parents.
"Iruka?"
"Hn?" A small figure on a bed turned over.
"Where...that scar...were you at the battle?" The small girl leaned over the bed so the boy could see her face.
"Suzume? Hey. I hope I didn't worry anyone. Where am I?" Iruka looked around the white room he was in. "How long have I been here?"
The girl looked down at the ground before she looked up Iruka trying to hold back tears in her eyes. Iruka decided she wouldn't be the person to ask and tried to get out of his bed when something registered.
"What scar Suzume?"
"The one..." The girl grabbed Iruka's hand and walked him over to the mirror located in the room.
Iruka put his hand across his nose tracing the scar that lay there. He didn't remember getting cut that deep. Iruka's eyes slowly began to cloud as he tried to remember the battle and his parents but he came back to reality when Suzume grabbed his arm.
He looked over at his friend and gave her a small hug before he sat back down on his bed. The girl smiled and sat next to him. She tried to explain what all she knew but it wasn't helping Iruka that much.
"I found out you were put in the hospital two days ago. Me and Mizuki usually come together but Mizuki had to attend his cousins memorial today." The girl trailed off as another figure entered the room.
"Good to see you're finally awake Iruka." An older man wearing the Hokage uniform smiled and asked the girl to leave so he could talk to Iruka alone. "Iruka I would like to take you to the memorial now."
"I...my parents...they...the battle...what....why?" Iruka tired to say something to the Hokage. "You are now Hokage.... again."
The Hokage smiled and nodded. He took Iruka to the memorial so Iruka could see his parent's names. Iruka tried not to cry but he couldn't help it. Iruka didn't remember everything about the battle nor did he know who got him out of there.
Iruka got permission from the Hokage to keep his parent's house as long as he could maintain the rent. Several months passed before Konoha was able to return to it's normal schedule. Or at least as normal as it ever would be.
A year and a few months passed since the incident as a certain ex- Anbu walked down the streets. Kakashi sighed as he walked down the busy streets. He heard laughter and people yelling, it seemed like not much changed around Konoha. His eye searched the street when he recognized the area he had made it to, and there in the middle of the street was his friend.
"Mizuki, can you come over?" Iruka had a hopeful glint in his eye as his friend stared at the ground.
"Sorry Iruka. My dad is taking me on a training mission with him since the Hokage said I could go." Mizuki apologized to his friend before his dad signaled to him it was time for them to go.
Iruka looked disappointed as he watched his friend run off. He sighed and started to head down to his house a couple blocks away. He felt someone's chakra near him and turned around pulling a kunai from its holster glaring around to see who was trying to come up on him.
Iruka quickly stiffened when he felt an object on his throat. He closed his eyes and grinned trying to think of a way out of the situation before the object left and he was pulled so he could face his attacker.
"Well we need to work on your escape but at least you've gotten better on sensing people." Kakashi's eye curved.
"Hey Kakashi." Iruka smirked before he continued to walk to his house with his friend walking beside him.
"So what was that thing with Mizuki?" Kakashi noted that Iruka looked depressed before he had 'attacked' the genin.
"He was going to come over this weekend to train with me but he has to go train with his dad." Iruka turned the corner to walk up the steps of his house.
He opened the door and walked in opening his mouth as if he was fixing to say something but he looked around and realized no one was there. Kakashi watched this and had an urge to comfort the boy but he knew Iruka would just brush it off. Kakashi also took note in how could the house was as if the heater hadn't been turned on all winter.
"Why is it so cold in here?" Kakashi gave Iruka a bored glare before he looked around the apartment to see the rest hadn't been touch. It looked exactly the way Iruka's parents had left it.
"Oh yeah. I haven't been able to pay for heat but the fireplace works and I have water. I'm just trying to keep the house so I have to pay the mortgage before anything else." Iruka smiled as he went over to the fireplace and started a fire.
"It must be hard since your still a genin." Kakashi sat on the ground in front of the fireplace.
"Yeah but I'm going to be in the chunin exam next year so I will be able to get better paid missions or even a job." Iruka smiled as the fire slowly grew and he took a seat in front of his friend.
They stared at each other for a while letting the warmth of the fire move around the room. The silence was peaceful as Iruka's face started to look around his house, his face slowly losing it's shine and his brown eyes growing clouded as he remembered his family in every inch of the room.
"Iruka." Kakashi had a worried tone as he snapped his friend back to reality. Iruka jumped when he heard his name and his eyes returned to normal.
/ Why did his eyes change like that all of the sudden? /
"Sorry about that Kakashi. Were you saying something?" Iruka tried to smile but Kakashi knew it was fake.
"I was just thinking that maybe you could rent out your spare room. That would probably help out with rent if you had two people paying for it."
"Yeah that would help out. Do you know anyone who is looking for a place to stay?" Iruka seemed to lighten up at the chance he wouldn't be alone anymore.
Kakashi thought about it for a little while and turned to look out the window realizing it had started to snow. He smiled under his mask and looked at Iruka.
"I was thinking about moving over here. It would be easier to get to my post and I come over here so much it would just save me the time." Iruka seemed doubtful then thought about it.
/ It would be nice to have a friend stay here with me. /
Iruka gave Kakashi a quick glare before he nodded. Kakashi seemed happy with that and leaned back so that his feet would be by the fire and he would be nearly lying down. Iruka did the same and smiled as he closed his eyes so he could sleep.
"I'll move in today." Kakashi laughed as he realized Iruka was out cold.
He got up and found a blanket to put over Iruka. He quickly left so he could go tell people about his change of address after he told the Hokage his decision.
"Are you sure Kakashi?" The old man smoked his pipe.
"Yes Hokage-sama. I figured it would be best for both of us not to be living alone." Kakashi waited for the Hokage to say something.
The Hokage stared at him for a second before he smiled. "Alright but I've been hearing complaints about you showing up late to all your meetings. I would suggest that you fix that problem before it becomes a habit."
Kakashi smiled under his mask was he did a small bow and left the office heading to his apartment. It didn't take him long to pack because he really didn't have much more that the essentials. He paid his landlady all the rent he owed her and gave her his new address in case anyone came by looking for him.
When Kakashi made it back to Iruka's house a few hours later, he found Iruka cleaning out the spare room. Kakashi peered in on the boy hiding his chakra so Iruka hopefully wouldn't able to sense him. Iruka had a huge sweater on and let his hair drop in his face. He looked small for a 12 year old but that was mainly because he hadn't hit his growth spur.
Kakashi stood above his friend now that he was 15 and being both tall and lean. It didn't take Iruka that long before he noticed Kakashi staring at him. He glared over at the door that caused Kakashi to smile since the boy's self-training had obviously paid off.
"Want any help?" Kakashi smiled under his mask as Iruka told him which box went where.
It didn't take long to move things around so that Kakashi could move in. Kakashi felt better when he saw how open Iruka was to moving the furniture around for a new look. Maybe he only needed a small push before he would be able to move on from the fact that his parents wouldn't be returning home.
Iruka stared at the ceiling and looked around the room that used to belong to his parents. It was his room now. A cold chill made Iruka curl up in the several heavy blankets he had over him. He sighed as he remembered when he slept in here as a kid, his eyes slowly shutting allowing the boy to slip into a dream.
*dream*
Iruka looked around the room he was in. Surrounded by darkness he couldn't see anything.
Nothing.
Void.
Iruka walked around before he sensed something familiar.
Chakra.
Warmth.
He turned around to see two figures walking to him. The figures were his parents who held their hands closely together.
"Mom? Dad?" Iruka slowly walked over to them as they smiled at him.
"No we are too young to be your parents, but we will be soon. My wife is pregnant!" Iruka's dad beamed with joy as he kissed his blushing wife.
"Who are you? Maybe we can help you." Iruka's mom smiled gently at him.
"I'm Iruka."
Both parents smiled at his name.
"If we have a son I want to name him Iruka." The father smiled.
Iruka looked at them confused. He was their son. Had they forgotten?
Iruka went to them trying to get closer when the disappeared and the dark void turned red. Iruka started to cry.
So lonely.
"I need someone."
"Help."
Iruka saw a figure running to him yelling at him. He stared at the figure and couldn't make out what it was until he saw the gray hair. The figure came closer and closer till it grabbed Iruka and embraced the boy.
"Kakashi?"
The figures mouth kept moving but Iruka couldn't hear anything he was saying. Iruka pushed Kakashi away from him and looked at his hands. He was covered in blood....Kakashi's blood.
Iruka started to tremble as Kakashi slowly disappeared into the background, still yelling words Iruka couldn't hear. Iruka's eyes went wide as he saw a liquid start pouring into the room.
Red.
Blood.
Iruka tried to back away but then felt something hold him still. He saw his parents again yelling at him. Their lips seemed to be telling him to get away and run.
Iruka couldn't move. He looked around to see if he could find something to help pull him out when Kakashi appeared before him reaching out his hand. Iruka tried to grab Kakashi's hand as the jounin continued to yell words Iruka couldn't hear.
The blood started to rise and Iruka started to panic reaching for Kakashi's hand. He couldn't reach. He felt the warm liquid clime up his body and make it to his neck. His vision began to fail as the liquid covered his eyes.
He couldn't see Kakashi anymore and could fill himself drowning in the substance. He was cold again, and alone.
*not dream*
Kakashi sat down in the kitchen as he tried to memorize where everything went. He wasn't much of a sleeper but got what he needed. He walked into the living room throwing a few more logs on the fire so the house wouldn't get cold. After the fire had been rekindled he decided he should probably go to his room and finish rearranging all the stuff in there.
He looked in the mirror and realized he still had his uniform on. He was probably still subconscious about taking his mask off with someone else so close but then again Iruka had already seen his face. Kakashi saw a sweater on the couch and replaced his shirt and facemask with the big turtleneck. He laughed when he saw it still covered his face but decided it would have to due and headed towards his room.
While he passed Iruka's room he heard sobbing and stopped. Kakashi slowly opened the door to see the boy tossing in his sleep and crying. Kakashi ran up to him and started to shake the boy awake. Tears streaming down Iruka's face as he muttered stuff that sounded like names but Kakashi couldn't make it out.
"Iruka wake up!"
Iruka's eyes opened abruptly as the brown eyes stared at Kakashi full of confusion and still glazed from the tears. He saw Kakashi and wrapped his hands around the older boys chest praying this wasn't another dream.
"Kakashi!" Iruka looked at his hands to see there was no blood and his body started shivering in relief.
It was just a nightmare. Iruka started beating himself up for being such a little kid in front of Kakashi. He was going to be in the chunin exam next year and he was still having nightmares. Iruka glanced up at Kakashi who seemed relieved that nothing was really wrong. Iruka tried to talk but Kakashi placed a finger over his mouth.
"Shhhhh. It's okay, I'm right here." Kakashi whispered as he pushed Iruka back down so the boy could sleep.
Iruka laid down as he saw how late or early in the morning it was. Kakashi sighed as he stood up, he was happy Iruka just had a nightmare but the way the boy was crying made Kakashi worry. He was about to leave the bed when Iruka realized he would be alone again and sat up to look at Kakashi.
"Do you need something Iruka-kun?" Kakashi smiled under the turtleneck trying to sound normal but it came out more worried than he had hoped.
"I w.....was wondering if it would be okay.....if you stayed in here with me?" Iruka tried not to sound pathetic in his head but when it came out he wanted to take it back. He was 12! He doesn't need anyone to sleep with him cause he had a nightmare!
"Only if you promise to go back to sleep." Iruka looked up at Kakashi trying to register that the jounin had just said yes.
Iruka smiled with relief on his face. He would just have to grow up tomorrow; he thought to himself as he scooted over so Kakashi could get in. Kakashi had ran to his room first so he could put some other pants on besides his uniform pants and came back with lucky charms pajama pants.
Kakashi climbed into the bed beside the boy and made himself comfortable as Iruka curled up into a ball and closed his eyes. Kakashi watched Iruka for a few minutes till Iruka's breath evened out revealing that the boy had finally fallen asleep.
Kakashi stared at the walls for a moment before he realized that Iruka had started to shiver in his sleep. The house had gotten colder now that no one was moving about so Kakashi without thinking pulled Iruka over next to him and let the boy curl up against him.
Iruka was amazingly a deep sleeper Kakashi laughed to himself. He closed his eyes as Iruka slept soundly but opened them when Iruka hugged him. Kakashi began to blush as he felt Iruka's warm breath against his skin and was glad that the turtleneck had come to use. He looked down to see Iruka had put his face in Kakashi's chest and Kakashi watched him sleeping.
/ Iruka promise me you will never die. /
Kakashi traced the scar on Iruka's face gently so he didn't wake the boy up and sighed. He kissed Iruka's forehead as if that had given him the answers to his questions and slowly shut his eyes as he fell into a deep sleep like the boy next to him.
Phew! That was the hardest chapter to write so far and in fact I had written several different versions. I tried to make this one go slower but at the same time I wanted to keep the story going. Don't worry about the moving in together all those who can't see where this is going! I have a plan!!
R&R! Please!
This is Chapter 5 woohoo! Sorry it took so long! Thank you for all your reviews, those who did, and thank you for reading my story all of you!
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Bishiehuggler: Yeah thanks about the beta-info but my twin saw this and got mad so I promoted her to my beta-reader lol...........not that much is going to change hehehe. Heidaki is one of my favorite Japanese names even though it isn't spelled the traditional version. I pretty much thought him up out of the blue. Yeah I feel bad for Iruka and Kakashi also but at least they have each other.
Morien Alexander: *takes the cookie* YAY!! Hehehehe Iruka might lose a lot more than his innocence *laughs evilly* just kidding! Thanks you!
Darkness: Yeah it was hard to choose a reason for Kakashi's facemask but I'm glad I came up with that. *does happy dance* The kiss will be more explained in later chapters but not too much later lol.
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Iceheart19: Yeah I read the special and I loved it! You'll see why Iruka didn't blush! His thoughts on the kiss are???..Iruka what are your thoughts?
Iruka-kun "I want to know why he took my first kiss!!"
p-sama7 "And there you go!"
Muchacha: Well I know they might be a little young but then I got my first kiss when I was 7 so I was like well they are older than that so HAHAHA! But if I held off the kiss any longer the plot would have taken a few steps back.......... I wish I didn't have to write about the nine tails and poor Iruka-kun but cuddling is my way of making up for it lol!
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Chapter 5: Konoha's Darkest Day
"Hokage-sama, I am pleased to announce your wife will be having her child in a few weeks. She was moved into the hospital this morning and she can't wait to see you." Kakashi yawned as he told the Hokage the news.
"Thank you Kakashi. I have a special task for you." The Hokage handed Kakashi a scroll before he smirked signaling that the teen could leave.
Kakashi itched his forehead protector as if he was scratching his eye as he sat down in a tree. The scroll stated that Kakashi would be going to find four representatives from the dominant clans of the Hidden Leaf and escort them to the Fire countries yearly meeting.
Kakashi sighed as he thought of all the boring things the people would talk about at those meetings. The meetings were mainly to make sure no one was causing havoc in the fire country but Kakashi still thought they were pointless.
Kakashi looked down from the branch he was sitting on and watched small children play and run around in circles. He watched this with a small smile hidden under his mask for about 15 minutes before he decided to head off to his escorting job.
The first clan Kakashi would some to would be the one that respected and despised the jounin all at once. The Uchiha clan wasn't known for being to kind to those they considered weaker and felt superior over those who did not possess their bloodline that contained the Sharingan eye, so when Kakashi gained the power of the Sharingan eye; though he only had it in one eye; the clan could never make up its mind about the teen.
"I'm here for a representative of your clan. I'm sure the Hokage told you I would be here." Kakashi bowed to the Uchiha elder who waved for a boy to go over to Kakashi.
Kakashi stared down at the boy not knowing what to expect first but just stared down at the kid who was about 9 glaring up at him. So this was the heir to the Uchiha clan the infamous Itachi.
"He is our representative." The elder spoke leaving a dumbfounded Kakashi in the room with Itachi surrounded by a few bodyguards over the boy. Kakashi sighed and waved for the boy to follow him.
The next on the clan list would be the Hyuga clan. Kakashi always enjoyed watching the style techniques of this clan because they could make what appeared to be a simple hit be a vital assault against your body. Kakashi walked up to the gates with Itachi behind him to meet a man waiting.
"I presume you are our escort?" The man's milky glare was mesmerizing and yet creepy all the same. Kakashi nodded.
"I am Hiashi." The older man shook bowed, as did Kakashi and Itachi. His twin brother and bodyguard Hizashi accompanied Hiashi. They both seemed to be amused when they saw Itachi but quickly got on their way to the next clan.
"I am Akimichi Chomaru and I will be representing the Akimichi clan." All the present clans bowed as the big man got behind the Hyuga clan.
The Akimichi clan was noted for it's multi-sized no jitsu which would let the ninja become the size of a three story house if needed. Kakashi liked this clan for it's friendly attitude towards everyone that was friendly back. Kakashi also made a mental note about how it seemed everyone in the clan was bulky.
The next clan on Kakashi's trip was the Inuzuka clan, they were known for their heightened senses and canine counter parts. This clan trained many of the Anbu dogs.
"Hey Kakashi-san!" Another young man came up to Kakashi and gave him a short hug. "I get to be the representative for my clan today. Come Komaru!"
A huge dog approached the group and followed his master to the end of the line. Kakashi enjoyed the various people in the group and could see why all of them were chosen to represent whether if it was because they were the heirs to their clan or if it was because they were part of the main family.
The last clan was located in the forest region of the Hidden Leaf Village. They were known for being the host bodies for insects. The Aburame clan.
"And who do I get the honor of escorting from this clan?" Kakashi did a small bow to chow respect to the elders before a young woman came to him wearing sunglasses and a scarf that covered some of her face.
Kakashi made sure he had all the 5 dominate clans and lead the way to the council meeting. The meeting itself took about three hours and to Kakashi's surprise the only one from Konoha whom seemed interested in the whole ordeal was Itachi.
/ Weird kid. /
"Hey Kakashi! Where have you been?" Iruka sat down on the ground near the bottom of the tree.
"Well I babysat a few diplomats of various ages, then I got to escort a family of refugees across to the Hidden Cloud Village but we were attacked three times." Kakashi sat comfortably of the branch of the tree as he continued to write stuff down on his notebook.
"Sounds exciting. What are you writing?" Iruka leaned his head on the trunk of the tree so he could see Kakashi.
"I'm creating my very own attack, I think if I learn enough attacks I would be able to create my own with out flaws." Kakashi yawned as he closed his notebook and jumped off the branch so he could sit next to his friend. "Anymore questions?"
"Nope, I think I've had my fill for today." Iruka laughed as one of his bangs fell into his face.
Kakashi pulled the bang behind Iruka's ear causing the boy to blush. Iruka watched Kakashi with his brown eyes absorbing every move his friend made. Kakashi looked over at Iruka when he felt the boy staring at him.
"What?"
"Nothing." Iruka turned around as his face turned another shade of red.
"What are you thinking about? Tell me." Kakashi seemed to be amused as he smirked under his mask.
Iruka looked like he was about to say something then stopped. He stared at his friend before he placed his hand on Kakashi's forehead protector.
"Does it hurt?"
"Sometimes." Kakashi moved Iruka's hand off his protector and let his one eye glare at the boy. "What is on your mind? Normally I would just let this slide but you have to let me in the loop once in a while Iruka."
"W....w...why....." Iruka tried to say something but kept stuttering. Kakashi finally grew tired of the boy trying to say what was on his mind and pushed him against the ground.
"Spit it out Iruka!"
"Why did you kiss me?" Iruka blurted out as he tried to wiggle free from being under his friend.
Kakashi blushed slightly at this and got off his friend. He wasn't expecting such a straightforward question from Iruka. He stared in front of him and tried to think.
*Kakashi's thought*
Why? Why did I kiss him?
Because you like him! NO DUH!!!
Since when?
............
That's what I thought; oh crap he's staring at me again!
That's why. Look at him, you like everything about him, you might even say you lov.......
*End*
"Kakashi? It's a simple question. I would hope you would have an answer and a real one." Iruka let Kakashi look into his eyes and didn't waver.
"I kissed you Iruka....because I think....no I am....... you see........ I wanted....." Kakashi sighed. "I blame it all on hormones!"
Kakashi smiled as Iruka glared at him.
"Hormones? I lost my first kiss due to hormones!" Iruka looked at the sky as if he had lost hope.
"You'll understand when your older Iruka-kun." Kakashi patted his friends back the watched the clouds.
It wasn't long before Kakashi got a glint in his eye with an idea. He smiled evilly under his mask as he scooted closer to Iruka. Iruka noticed this and backed away from his friend trying to see what he was up to.
"That happened a long time ago Iruka. What brought up the courage to ask me now?"
Iruka thought about it and crinkled his face to show he didn't like the answers his head was giving him. Kakashi scooted to where Iruka was trapped against the tree and placed his hands beside the genin so escape would have been futile.
"Do you want another?" Kakashi purred against the genin.
Iruka gasped at the thought and tried to escape. His face going on the edge of permanently red when Kakashi placed a cloth covered kiss on his lips. Iruka was about to die. He pushed Kakashi off him finally able to move and he squirmed away so there would be a good distance between them.
"See hormones!" Kakashi grinned as Iruka just stared at him in disbelief.
"K...Kak...Kakashi! I can't believe you just did that!" Iruka picked up his stuff and backed away from his friend.
Kakashi just smiled as he saw Iruka walk away as if he was about to have a heart attack. Kakashi slowly stood up from where he was and looked over the horizon. The sky was a bloody red color that Kakashi had only seen in his nightmares. It gave him chills as if something bad was about to happen.
"Mom! Dad! Where are you?"
Iruka ran down a dark tunnel that never seemed to end. Iruka looked around his surroundings and felt chills go down his spine.
"Someone?"
Iruka whispered as his voice cracked. He hugged his arms to warm his body from the breeze that blew down the tunnel. Iruka saw a glint of red and ran towards it. He kept running until he came to a lake of bright red blood and saw his parents standing over it.
Iruka tried to get over to them but there was no way around the lake. He stared at his parents who seemed to be smiling and waving at him to come join them. Iruka started to get in the lake to he could swim over when a huge beast emerged from the water. Iruka looked up at the beast and trembled, and then he looked over at his parents who just stood there and kept waving for him to join them.
"Run! Hurry!"
Iruka yelled but they seemed to not be able to hear him. The beast turned to where his parents were and smiled down at them. Then it smashed its fist in the area where they were standing causing their blood to join the lake.
Iruka stared in horror as he saw his parents die. He looked up at the beast as it made it's way towards him. Iruka's feet were in the lake as he tried to retreat but it seemed that the lake started to grow. Iruka watched the beast come near him as the water made it above his head.
He was surround by darkness.
Nothing.
Pain.
Death.
Iruka jumped up causing him to fall off his bed. He grabbed his shirt and could feel his body sweating. He looked around the room to see nothing had been disturbed.
"It was just a dream." Iruka sighed to himself in relief.
He got out of his sweat soaked bed and made his way to the bathroom across the hall. When he opened the door he could hear noise in his living room and saw the light was on. He slowly crept so he could see what was going on. Iruka saw his parents grabbing their weapons and preparing for what looked like a war.
"Mom? Dad?" Iruka walked out of the hallway so they could see him.
His parents smiled at him and his mom ran up to give him a hug. She seemed worried but then went back to her weapons.
"Iruka...we need you to stay here and be a good young man okay." Iruka's Mom's voice seemed to get serious.
"Where are you going?" Iruka started to worry when he remembered his dream.
"Our Village is under attack Iruka and we are going to defend it. Now go back to bed and we will see you in the morning." Iruka's Dad finished what he was doing and hugged his son.
Iruka didn't really register what was going on but he knew he didn't like it because of the way his stomach cramped up when he saw his parents leave. They would be okay; they had been in many battles so they would be okay.right?
Iruka ran to his room and put on his cloths and grabbed his weapons he got when he graduated to a genin. He would make sure his parents would be okay and with that he ran out the door in the direction he saw the red glow coming from.
Iruka was passed by many ninjas as he tried to go unnoticed so no one would make him go home. He grabbed his kunai when he passed by dead and mutilated bodies. The red glow from the forest seemed to light up Iruka's path as he ran to the battleground.
Iruka's eyes widened as he saw a huge beast growl and swing its tails at the coming shinobi. The beast gnarled bodies in his mouth and slammed his head at groups he considered a threat. His eyes pierced through Iruka's brown eyes, as they seemed to stare at each other.
Iruka quickly composed himself together and stared at the crowd of ninjas who were shouting out orders. Iruka covered the crowd several times and couldn't spot anyone familiar. His stomach sank as he scanned the crowd a third time. It wasn't until he heard his father shouting that he looked at the crowd located beside the fox.
His eyes lit up in relief as he watched his father battle the demon. It wasn't long before Iruka saw his mom charging at the beast. Iruka saw the beast turn around to where his parents were fighting and let out a huge howl piercing the boy's ears. Iruka ran to his parents near the fox and lunged towards the fox as it howled and kicked the boy.
Iruka opened his eyes and sat up as the fox lunged it head at Iruka's parents who braced for the attack. He stood up and ran to them hoping that maybe he could protect them when the mouth opened and took his parents away.
Iruka stared at the fox and watched his parents disappear into the darkness. Tears started to run down his face as he tried to go to the fox again. The fox growled and moved around causing all the attackers to fall back. Iruka felt several piercing object fly pass him and could feel blood run down his face.
Iruka started to run towards the fox again when he felt someone's arm wrap around him and pull him away in retreat. Iruka tried to fight but the shinobi grabbed him and continued to go away from the fox despite the boy's shouts.
Kakashi was on duty when he heard it coming. He saw the red glow approach the village and sent two scouts to see what it was as he ran to find the Hokage. Kakashi found the Hokage awake and studying in his office.
"Something is coming!" Kakashi yelled out as he waited for the scouts to return with their info.
Only one scout came back with many cuts as he told the Hokage what happened. It wasn't long before the whole village was on alert and ninjas came to hold the beast back waiting for the Hokage to come up with a plan.
Kakashi tried many of the attacks he knew but nothing seemed to affect the beast that much. His Sharingan was revealed as he tried to come up with a way to defeat the fox or at least save more lives. Kakashi saw Gai in the distance fighting the fox and pulling away his fellow shinobi before they got killed.
The battle seemed to be endless. Nothing was being accomplished except for they had finally stopped the fox from continuing to the village. Kakashi stopped when he saw a familiar form running to the battle.
"Iruka!?!" Kakashi yelled trying to confirm his fear.
He saw the fox was moving in Iruka's direction and ran as fast as he could to save the boy. He grabbed Iruka's chest and pulled him away before the fox took the boy away. Kakashi couldn't hear anything the boy was yelling as he carried him out of the battle.
While Kakashi was going as fast as he could to go take the boy to a shelter and go back to the fight he heard a noise. Kakashi tried to distinguish it from the fight since it didn't seem to fit and he swore it was a baby.
Kakashi turned around as he saw a golden glow consume the red. Kakashi held his breath at the beautiful sight not realizing Iruka had fallen unconscious in his arms. The baby cried out as the demon became quiet and the glow disappeared. The forest became silent as Kakashi felt Iruka's breath.
He quickly turned back to take the boy to the shelter. He felt a chill go down his spine as he passed the Hokage's office.
"Yondaime..." Kakashi whispered hoping that the Hokage would be okay.
It wasn't long before Konoha discovered their Hokage had died sealing away the demon fox into a newborn baby. Many lives had been lost leaving parents mourning over their children, widowed men and women trying to raise their children, and children without parents.
"Iruka?"
"Hn?" A small figure on a bed turned over.
"Where...that scar...were you at the battle?" The small girl leaned over the bed so the boy could see her face.
"Suzume? Hey. I hope I didn't worry anyone. Where am I?" Iruka looked around the white room he was in. "How long have I been here?"
The girl looked down at the ground before she looked up Iruka trying to hold back tears in her eyes. Iruka decided she wouldn't be the person to ask and tried to get out of his bed when something registered.
"What scar Suzume?"
"The one..." The girl grabbed Iruka's hand and walked him over to the mirror located in the room.
Iruka put his hand across his nose tracing the scar that lay there. He didn't remember getting cut that deep. Iruka's eyes slowly began to cloud as he tried to remember the battle and his parents but he came back to reality when Suzume grabbed his arm.
He looked over at his friend and gave her a small hug before he sat back down on his bed. The girl smiled and sat next to him. She tried to explain what all she knew but it wasn't helping Iruka that much.
"I found out you were put in the hospital two days ago. Me and Mizuki usually come together but Mizuki had to attend his cousins memorial today." The girl trailed off as another figure entered the room.
"Good to see you're finally awake Iruka." An older man wearing the Hokage uniform smiled and asked the girl to leave so he could talk to Iruka alone. "Iruka I would like to take you to the memorial now."
"I...my parents...they...the battle...what....why?" Iruka tired to say something to the Hokage. "You are now Hokage.... again."
The Hokage smiled and nodded. He took Iruka to the memorial so Iruka could see his parent's names. Iruka tried not to cry but he couldn't help it. Iruka didn't remember everything about the battle nor did he know who got him out of there.
Iruka got permission from the Hokage to keep his parent's house as long as he could maintain the rent. Several months passed before Konoha was able to return to it's normal schedule. Or at least as normal as it ever would be.
A year and a few months passed since the incident as a certain ex- Anbu walked down the streets. Kakashi sighed as he walked down the busy streets. He heard laughter and people yelling, it seemed like not much changed around Konoha. His eye searched the street when he recognized the area he had made it to, and there in the middle of the street was his friend.
"Mizuki, can you come over?" Iruka had a hopeful glint in his eye as his friend stared at the ground.
"Sorry Iruka. My dad is taking me on a training mission with him since the Hokage said I could go." Mizuki apologized to his friend before his dad signaled to him it was time for them to go.
Iruka looked disappointed as he watched his friend run off. He sighed and started to head down to his house a couple blocks away. He felt someone's chakra near him and turned around pulling a kunai from its holster glaring around to see who was trying to come up on him.
Iruka quickly stiffened when he felt an object on his throat. He closed his eyes and grinned trying to think of a way out of the situation before the object left and he was pulled so he could face his attacker.
"Well we need to work on your escape but at least you've gotten better on sensing people." Kakashi's eye curved.
"Hey Kakashi." Iruka smirked before he continued to walk to his house with his friend walking beside him.
"So what was that thing with Mizuki?" Kakashi noted that Iruka looked depressed before he had 'attacked' the genin.
"He was going to come over this weekend to train with me but he has to go train with his dad." Iruka turned the corner to walk up the steps of his house.
He opened the door and walked in opening his mouth as if he was fixing to say something but he looked around and realized no one was there. Kakashi watched this and had an urge to comfort the boy but he knew Iruka would just brush it off. Kakashi also took note in how could the house was as if the heater hadn't been turned on all winter.
"Why is it so cold in here?" Kakashi gave Iruka a bored glare before he looked around the apartment to see the rest hadn't been touch. It looked exactly the way Iruka's parents had left it.
"Oh yeah. I haven't been able to pay for heat but the fireplace works and I have water. I'm just trying to keep the house so I have to pay the mortgage before anything else." Iruka smiled as he went over to the fireplace and started a fire.
"It must be hard since your still a genin." Kakashi sat on the ground in front of the fireplace.
"Yeah but I'm going to be in the chunin exam next year so I will be able to get better paid missions or even a job." Iruka smiled as the fire slowly grew and he took a seat in front of his friend.
They stared at each other for a while letting the warmth of the fire move around the room. The silence was peaceful as Iruka's face started to look around his house, his face slowly losing it's shine and his brown eyes growing clouded as he remembered his family in every inch of the room.
"Iruka." Kakashi had a worried tone as he snapped his friend back to reality. Iruka jumped when he heard his name and his eyes returned to normal.
/ Why did his eyes change like that all of the sudden? /
"Sorry about that Kakashi. Were you saying something?" Iruka tried to smile but Kakashi knew it was fake.
"I was just thinking that maybe you could rent out your spare room. That would probably help out with rent if you had two people paying for it."
"Yeah that would help out. Do you know anyone who is looking for a place to stay?" Iruka seemed to lighten up at the chance he wouldn't be alone anymore.
Kakashi thought about it for a little while and turned to look out the window realizing it had started to snow. He smiled under his mask and looked at Iruka.
"I was thinking about moving over here. It would be easier to get to my post and I come over here so much it would just save me the time." Iruka seemed doubtful then thought about it.
/ It would be nice to have a friend stay here with me. /
Iruka gave Kakashi a quick glare before he nodded. Kakashi seemed happy with that and leaned back so that his feet would be by the fire and he would be nearly lying down. Iruka did the same and smiled as he closed his eyes so he could sleep.
"I'll move in today." Kakashi laughed as he realized Iruka was out cold.
He got up and found a blanket to put over Iruka. He quickly left so he could go tell people about his change of address after he told the Hokage his decision.
"Are you sure Kakashi?" The old man smoked his pipe.
"Yes Hokage-sama. I figured it would be best for both of us not to be living alone." Kakashi waited for the Hokage to say something.
The Hokage stared at him for a second before he smiled. "Alright but I've been hearing complaints about you showing up late to all your meetings. I would suggest that you fix that problem before it becomes a habit."
Kakashi smiled under his mask was he did a small bow and left the office heading to his apartment. It didn't take him long to pack because he really didn't have much more that the essentials. He paid his landlady all the rent he owed her and gave her his new address in case anyone came by looking for him.
When Kakashi made it back to Iruka's house a few hours later, he found Iruka cleaning out the spare room. Kakashi peered in on the boy hiding his chakra so Iruka hopefully wouldn't able to sense him. Iruka had a huge sweater on and let his hair drop in his face. He looked small for a 12 year old but that was mainly because he hadn't hit his growth spur.
Kakashi stood above his friend now that he was 15 and being both tall and lean. It didn't take Iruka that long before he noticed Kakashi staring at him. He glared over at the door that caused Kakashi to smile since the boy's self-training had obviously paid off.
"Want any help?" Kakashi smiled under his mask as Iruka told him which box went where.
It didn't take long to move things around so that Kakashi could move in. Kakashi felt better when he saw how open Iruka was to moving the furniture around for a new look. Maybe he only needed a small push before he would be able to move on from the fact that his parents wouldn't be returning home.
Iruka stared at the ceiling and looked around the room that used to belong to his parents. It was his room now. A cold chill made Iruka curl up in the several heavy blankets he had over him. He sighed as he remembered when he slept in here as a kid, his eyes slowly shutting allowing the boy to slip into a dream.
*dream*
Iruka looked around the room he was in. Surrounded by darkness he couldn't see anything.
Nothing.
Void.
Iruka walked around before he sensed something familiar.
Chakra.
Warmth.
He turned around to see two figures walking to him. The figures were his parents who held their hands closely together.
"Mom? Dad?" Iruka slowly walked over to them as they smiled at him.
"No we are too young to be your parents, but we will be soon. My wife is pregnant!" Iruka's dad beamed with joy as he kissed his blushing wife.
"Who are you? Maybe we can help you." Iruka's mom smiled gently at him.
"I'm Iruka."
Both parents smiled at his name.
"If we have a son I want to name him Iruka." The father smiled.
Iruka looked at them confused. He was their son. Had they forgotten?
Iruka went to them trying to get closer when the disappeared and the dark void turned red. Iruka started to cry.
So lonely.
"I need someone."
"Help."
Iruka saw a figure running to him yelling at him. He stared at the figure and couldn't make out what it was until he saw the gray hair. The figure came closer and closer till it grabbed Iruka and embraced the boy.
"Kakashi?"
The figures mouth kept moving but Iruka couldn't hear anything he was saying. Iruka pushed Kakashi away from him and looked at his hands. He was covered in blood....Kakashi's blood.
Iruka started to tremble as Kakashi slowly disappeared into the background, still yelling words Iruka couldn't hear. Iruka's eyes went wide as he saw a liquid start pouring into the room.
Red.
Blood.
Iruka tried to back away but then felt something hold him still. He saw his parents again yelling at him. Their lips seemed to be telling him to get away and run.
Iruka couldn't move. He looked around to see if he could find something to help pull him out when Kakashi appeared before him reaching out his hand. Iruka tried to grab Kakashi's hand as the jounin continued to yell words Iruka couldn't hear.
The blood started to rise and Iruka started to panic reaching for Kakashi's hand. He couldn't reach. He felt the warm liquid clime up his body and make it to his neck. His vision began to fail as the liquid covered his eyes.
He couldn't see Kakashi anymore and could fill himself drowning in the substance. He was cold again, and alone.
*not dream*
Kakashi sat down in the kitchen as he tried to memorize where everything went. He wasn't much of a sleeper but got what he needed. He walked into the living room throwing a few more logs on the fire so the house wouldn't get cold. After the fire had been rekindled he decided he should probably go to his room and finish rearranging all the stuff in there.
He looked in the mirror and realized he still had his uniform on. He was probably still subconscious about taking his mask off with someone else so close but then again Iruka had already seen his face. Kakashi saw a sweater on the couch and replaced his shirt and facemask with the big turtleneck. He laughed when he saw it still covered his face but decided it would have to due and headed towards his room.
While he passed Iruka's room he heard sobbing and stopped. Kakashi slowly opened the door to see the boy tossing in his sleep and crying. Kakashi ran up to him and started to shake the boy awake. Tears streaming down Iruka's face as he muttered stuff that sounded like names but Kakashi couldn't make it out.
"Iruka wake up!"
Iruka's eyes opened abruptly as the brown eyes stared at Kakashi full of confusion and still glazed from the tears. He saw Kakashi and wrapped his hands around the older boys chest praying this wasn't another dream.
"Kakashi!" Iruka looked at his hands to see there was no blood and his body started shivering in relief.
It was just a nightmare. Iruka started beating himself up for being such a little kid in front of Kakashi. He was going to be in the chunin exam next year and he was still having nightmares. Iruka glanced up at Kakashi who seemed relieved that nothing was really wrong. Iruka tried to talk but Kakashi placed a finger over his mouth.
"Shhhhh. It's okay, I'm right here." Kakashi whispered as he pushed Iruka back down so the boy could sleep.
Iruka laid down as he saw how late or early in the morning it was. Kakashi sighed as he stood up, he was happy Iruka just had a nightmare but the way the boy was crying made Kakashi worry. He was about to leave the bed when Iruka realized he would be alone again and sat up to look at Kakashi.
"Do you need something Iruka-kun?" Kakashi smiled under the turtleneck trying to sound normal but it came out more worried than he had hoped.
"I w.....was wondering if it would be okay.....if you stayed in here with me?" Iruka tried not to sound pathetic in his head but when it came out he wanted to take it back. He was 12! He doesn't need anyone to sleep with him cause he had a nightmare!
"Only if you promise to go back to sleep." Iruka looked up at Kakashi trying to register that the jounin had just said yes.
Iruka smiled with relief on his face. He would just have to grow up tomorrow; he thought to himself as he scooted over so Kakashi could get in. Kakashi had ran to his room first so he could put some other pants on besides his uniform pants and came back with lucky charms pajama pants.
Kakashi climbed into the bed beside the boy and made himself comfortable as Iruka curled up into a ball and closed his eyes. Kakashi watched Iruka for a few minutes till Iruka's breath evened out revealing that the boy had finally fallen asleep.
Kakashi stared at the walls for a moment before he realized that Iruka had started to shiver in his sleep. The house had gotten colder now that no one was moving about so Kakashi without thinking pulled Iruka over next to him and let the boy curl up against him.
Iruka was amazingly a deep sleeper Kakashi laughed to himself. He closed his eyes as Iruka slept soundly but opened them when Iruka hugged him. Kakashi began to blush as he felt Iruka's warm breath against his skin and was glad that the turtleneck had come to use. He looked down to see Iruka had put his face in Kakashi's chest and Kakashi watched him sleeping.
/ Iruka promise me you will never die. /
Kakashi traced the scar on Iruka's face gently so he didn't wake the boy up and sighed. He kissed Iruka's forehead as if that had given him the answers to his questions and slowly shut his eyes as he fell into a deep sleep like the boy next to him.
Phew! That was the hardest chapter to write so far and in fact I had written several different versions. I tried to make this one go slower but at the same time I wanted to keep the story going. Don't worry about the moving in together all those who can't see where this is going! I have a plan!!
R&R! Please!
