I do not own NARUTO!! *breaks out into tears and starts blubbering* The
manga is so good!
Okay well I know it has been awhile so I would like to take this moment to beg for your forgiveness.
*p-sama7 gets on knees and presses forehead to index fingers* PLEASE FORGIVE ME! IF any of you need retribution then here *hands readers a dagger* Help me commit seppuku in which I will die with what authoress honor I have left but if I don't deserve any honor then hear *hands readers a gun* you may shoot my corpse until your anger is satisfied!
Well in case any of you were wondering where I have been then I must tell you I was taking the SAT and study classes since my quarter was ending at school. Sadly I only got an 1130 on the SAT and that isn't enough for the college I plan to go to so I have to retake it *sigh* but I'm on spring break right now so I should be able to give you guys another chapter soon at least next week!
I just saw the movie 'Millennium Actress' subtitled and I must say that you should all watch it. I hadn't ever heard of what the movie was about but I must say I really enjoyed and you guys should go to your nearest blockbuster or Hollywood video and rent it!
No More wasting your time!
Enjoy!
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Chapter 14: Icha Icha Nightmares!
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Iruka glared at the little bright book he saw Gai buy at the bookstore. Oh how he recognized that book, that piece of filth he was exposed to at a young age.
"Are you okay Iruka?" Gai looked amused at his shorter friend who just glared at his bag containing the newly purchased present for his rival.
"Why are you buying that for him?" Iruka had a small blush on his cheeks before he noticed very familiar silver hair.
"Because he is allowed to read it now!" Gai did a small pose before turned around to see Kakashi. "AHA! My rival, I see you have come to challenge me!"
"Hn? Oh hey Gai I didn't see you there. Were you saying something?" Kakashi grinned under his mask as Gai gave him a look of indignation before the green beast turned around so he was no longer facing Kakashi.
"I will let that one slide Kakashi because you are cool like that and that is what makes you my rival." Gai all but muttered to himself.
"Hey Kakashi! Are you on a break?" Iruka smiled as he stood beside Kakashi with a small blush on his cheeks.
"Actually I am here to retrieve you for Hokage-sama before I go on watch." Kakashi curved his visible eye as they left the bookstore.
"Really? I wonder what he wants?" Iruka looked questionably at Kakashi who just shrugged and then smiled as he waved bye to Gai and headed towards the Hokage's tower.
"Seesh you would think he would wait for me to go with him." Kakashi mumbled to Gai.
"You better catch up." Gai pushed his rival forward with a small grin as if to challenge the silver haired jounin to push back but then just turned around and walked off as if he just remembered something important.
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"Good morning Hokage-sama." Iruka did a polite bow as the old man smiled at the young chunin.
"Good morning Iruka. You seem to be in a good mood." The Hokage took a puff of his pipe before he turned around to that he could be facing the boy completely.
"Yes I have been having a good week." Iruka sat down in front of the Hokage.
"Well that is good to hear." The Hokage smiled as he watched Iruka wait for the reason to call this meeting.
There was a moment of silence as the Hokage tried not to laugh as Iruka continued to wait patiently. This young man was blessed with a great amount of patience that's for sure is what the Hokage thought as Iruka gave the Hokage a doubtful glance.
"Is there something you wanted Hokage-sama?" Iruka still had some things to buy for the party tomorrow.
"Now that you mention it there is something I would like to ask you."
"And?"
The Hokage gave a small laugh, maybe Iruka wasn't as patient as he had thought but then there were many things about the boy he was learning everyday.
"What do you plan on doing as a career in the near future?"
Iruka stopped to think about the question. He had never really though about it...............what did he plan on doing. Iruka didn't really plan on becoming a jounin, not that it wasn't an option more just the fact that Iruka found himself with enough work as a chunin.
Maybe he just planned on staying a chunin, nothing wrong with that idea.
"I take it by your silence you haven't really thought of the idea but don't worry you're only fifteen no rush."
"Y...yeah no rush." Iruka smiled as he put his hand behind his head. "Is that all you wanted Hokage-sama?"
"Well I just wanted you to think about the idea of doing something else for a while, maybe you could come help me out with mission assigning and organizing all the reports. Since you are a chunin now, the help would be appreciated." The Hokage smiled as Iruka gave him a confused look.
"What do you mean by something else? Hokage-sama if you wanted me to do that you could tell me so?"
"No that's no the point Iruka. The point is to see what kind of career you will hold out in village." The Hokage smiled again as Iruka seemed even more confused.
"But Hokage-sama I'm a shinobi..."
"We are all shinobi Iruka-kun." The Hokage smiled as Iruka grinned at the statement before he nodded.
"I think I know what you are talking about Hokage-sama." Iruka stood up. "I will see you this afternoon to help out with the mission assignments then, since I still have to run a few errands."
"I have to be returning to my paperwork now so...."
"Good bye Hokage-sama."
"Good bye."
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"Here you go Kurenai-sensei." Iruka had a very large grin on his face as he handed Kurenai a few scrolls for the school.
"What is with the grin Iruka-kun?" Kurenai drawled out the kun part as Iruka winced. "Aren't you happy about my new job at the school?"
"Yes I'm sure you will make a great teacher Kurenai-sensei." Iruka looked over at all the students in Kurenai's class. "I'm sure the kids love you."
"For some reason I don't think you are being very sincere right now Iruka- kun." Kurenai gave Iruka a doubting glance as he just smiled gingerly before she turned around and walked off with the scrolls. "See you around."
"See ya."
Iruka looked around the halls of the school one last time before he made his way out of the building. It had been awhile since he had been there and the school seemed to have a nice presence. Iruka made a mental note to visit more often until he heard Kurenai starting to give a lecture.
Poor kids.........He remembered being dragged everywhere with her when she was his babysitter. But then again babysitting and teaching were very different. Babysitting you became like a substitute parent for a short while but in teaching you become another adult figure that will effect the lives of the students. You don't become a substitute parent in a way you become another parent watching out for your kids.
"Welcome to earth Iruka." Iruka jumped as someone whispered in his ear and turned around to see Mizuki grinning at him.
"Oh, it's just you."
"Just me? Excuse you but I think you should so some respect because I could have killed you while you were zoning out there." Mizuki glared at his friend.
"Ah but you didn't" Iruka smiled.
"No I didn't." Mizuki repeated to see if Iruka had a point.
After a moment of silence Mizuki sighed and looked Iruka over.
"Do you have any plans for tonight?" Mizuki watched as Iruka gave him a strange look.
"Are you asking me out because...?"
"No I am not asking you out you freak! I was just wondering because me and some friends are going to hang out and I thought you might want to come, unless of course you would rather hang out with what's his name and company?" Mizuki added the last part a little disdainfully as Iruka looked amused at his friend.
"His name is Kakashi and I know you know it, and yeah that would be great." Iruka smiled as Mizuki just scoffed.
"Well go to my house around eight okay."
"Sure thing." Iruka watched Mizuki walked off before he headed towards the assignment room, now to help out Hokage-sama.
The assigning room was full of people as Iruka's eyebrow twitched at the smug smirk in front of him.
"And the scroll with C on it means that it is a C-class mission, did you catch that newbies? C-lass." The older chunin in front of Iruka grinned even wider as Iruka just waited for the right moment when he could hit the guy for being so rude.
"Fukui-san is just teasing you kid don't take it personally." A friendly voice called out from behind the aforementioned 'Fukui'.
"Thank you for this.........uh un-wasted lesson .......um Fukui-san is it?" Iruka made sure he added an emphasis on 'un-wasted' to get his point across as Fukui just grinned.
"Ah Iruka glad you could join us." Hokage-sama appeared beside Iruka and placed his pipe in his mouth as he headed towards his seat.
"Remember C equals C-class." Fukui whispered before Iruka rolled his eyes at him and followed the Hokage.
"Kid has a sense of humor." The friendly voice laughed as Fukui sat near his friend.
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The silver blade stopped right by the neck of its prey as the wielder looked over the shinobi who had tried to enter Konoha. The shinobi had no headband, probably a rogue-nin thought Kakashi as the form by his blade trembled. Well he had orders to do and with that the figure fell limp on the ground before a group of Anbu appeared by the jounin.
"I see Kakashi-san has found him before us." One of the masked members laughed quietly before the smaller figure turned its gaze towards them making the whole Anbu team silent.
Kakashi watched in amusement as the smaller figure appeared to be the captain of this squad. The captain got one of his men to pick up the corpse before he looked at Kakashi.
"Hatake-san." Kakashi could see the Sharingan wheels spin through the thin slits in the Anbu mask.
"Itachi-san."
"Hokage-sama asked us to retrieve you. You are to report to him immediately." Itachi spoke in his cold young voice as Kakashi did a small bow out of respect for the very young Anbu captain.
"Yes, thank you." Kakashi disappeared and headed for the Hokage's office. Itachi was only 13 when he became an Anbu captain a few months ago, the kid was well..........shady in Kakashi's mind not that shady was an insult to a shinobi but there was something about Itachi that just didn't fit.
Kakashi made it to the Hokage's office and noticed to his surprise the area seemed to be deserted. Kakashi opened up the Hokage's doors to see the older man wave at him and smile with the pipe between his lips.
"Kakashi-san, how has your evening been?"
"It has been good Hokage-sama." After a brief moment of silence Kakashi gave the Hokage his lazy glare. "And to what do I owe this meeting?"
The Hokage nodded and pulled out a scroll where he appeared next to the jounin to hand it to the sliver haired ninja. Kakashi took it and did a small bow before he left.
The Hokage always assigned different missions in different ways. Kakashi had soon caught on that if the Hokage did certain things while he was assigning it was like a warning to the shinobi what kind of mission it was. Whenever the Hokage handed the mission in the public assigning area it was nothing too serious but if it was privately done then the mission had a good chance of being life threatening.
Kakashi took the scroll in his hand and set off. He better finish as soon as he could if he wanted to be in Konoha for his birthday.
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"I bet five bucks." Mizuki smirked as he held his cards and all his friends looked at him suspiciously.
"I'm in."
"Me too."
"I'm out."
"What about you Iruka-kun?" Mizuki looked at his friend who was sitting across from him.
"I guess I'm in." Iruka threw down some of the money he had saved and stared at his hand. Four of a kind was good, right?
There was a moment of silence about the young chunins in the room before a red haired boy smirked and threw down his cards.
"Ha! I have four queens."
"Darn it! Waya-kun beat me again." The smallest of the boys threw his cards down and looked hopefully over at his companions to see if the would avenge his lost money.
"Waya always beats you Kansu-aniki." The boy who had folded glared playfully at his friend who glared back.
"Shut-up Kazui! Hey Iruka what do you have?" Kansu stared at the scarred chunin before Iruka smiled happily.
"I have four kings! That means I win right?" Iruka smiled bigger until he heard laughter leave Mizuki's mouth.
"Sorry guys but my flush beats your four of a kind Iruka." Mizuki threw his cards down and took the pot while everyone else sighed in defeat.
"Mizuki stop picking on Iruka, you said so yourself he hasn't ever played poker before. Don't you think we should play a few practice rounds before we start betting?" Waya stated as Iruka blushed softly.
"Geez! Never played poker before? And you are what...........15 now?" Kazui teased Iruka as the chunin just sighed.
"Hey Mizuki, are you sure your parents don't mind us playing here while they are gone on a mission?" Kansu asked skeptically while Mizuki smiled.
"Once I told them Iruka was coming over they didn't bother asking who else was coming." Mizuki laughed as Iruka just glared at him.
"You mean I'm only here so your parents feel okay?"
"No you are here because you're my friend and it'll make my parents feel okay." Mizuki grinned showing his teeth.
"And because your bad at poker and let's face it Mizuki will always find the easiest way to get what he wants whether it be to have friends over at his house or to gain extra cash over the weekend." Kansu added bitterly.
"Hey guys why don't we stop chatting like girls at a slumber party and help me pay for some new weapons I wanted." Mizuki threw out some cards from the deck and smiled.
"Only a few more rounds okay." Iruka sighed.
"Why? Aren't you staying here tonight?" Kansu asked.
"It's not that Kansu-aniki." Kazui grinned. "Iruka is afraid to lose all his money to us."
"I am not!" Iruka shouted indignantly.
"Are too." Kazui grinned even wider.
"I am not."
"Are too."
"Am not!"
"Are too!"
"Am no............."
"What are you two? Little kids from the Academy? I swear my little sisters aren't this bad and they are only five." Waya interrupted his friends.
"So Iruka are you in then?" Mizuki smiled at his friend who seemed to consider it.
After a moment of hesitation Iruka nodded and the game began.
Iruka looked at his wallet as everyone added money into the pot. He had about thirty bucks and then he had two hundred and twenty-three dollars in the change part. The thirty bucks was for spending cash on anything he wanted while the two hundred was for the present he was planning on getting Kakashi.
// If I only spend my thirty here then I can get his present in the morning before he gets back from his mission.........//
"I raise the pot ten dollars." Waya grinned proudly as everyone gave him a skeptical glance before adding in their cash.
Iruka smiled at his cards as he thought of Kakashi's present. He was going to buy the jounin a katana he had gotten the Hokage to order for him from one of the snow villages. Iruka had seen it in a shop when he was on an escort mission and the blade was beautiful. It had a long blade with designs of clouds decorating the middle and the handle had a good grip. It would be the perfect gift for a Kakashi since the jounin always found a way to complain about his current sword around his birthday.
"Hey Iruka, where is Kakashi-san? When you came over you said something about him being gone so you could stay the night." Mizuki put down three cards and three new ones from the deck.
"Ah, yeah he went on a mission before I left." Iruka tried to hold down the blush he knew would come on his cheeks as he thought about Kakashi's goodbye.
"So you two seem to be good friends..........." Kansu yawned as he traded some of his cards. "That must be cool living with the 'copy ninja Kakashi'."
"Yeah, you could say we are good friends." Iruka laughed lightly as he held onto his three aces.
"Oh!" Kazui jumped up all of the sudden causing everyone in the room to jump up as well.
"What?" Kansu asked his little brother worry written on his face.
"Oh sorry I just remembered something I wanted to ask Iruka the other day." Kazui laughed as everyone settled down and glared at him.
"What do ya want to know Kazui?" Iruka asked.
"Have you ever seen his face?" Kazui asked with much excitement while everyone looked at Iruka very interested.
"Whose face?" Iruka asked innocently.
"Copy Cat Ninja Kakashi's!"
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Kakashi hid in between the abandoned buildings as he searched for the target.
The mission seemed simple enough when Kakashi first looked at it. He was supposed to assassinate a man responsible for the murder of some diplomats to the commercial villages in the Fire country. But Kakashi soon found that this guy was nearly impossible to find.
Then again the key word is nearly.
Kakashi heard a faint noise of a few people talking as he finally found a glimpse of light that looked like a fire not too far off. He used his stealth to find himself directly over the fire in the shadows provided by and giant oak tree.
Down on the ground was the target sleeping next to the fire while their appeared to be a woman sowing up holes in clothing. Kakashi narrowed his eyes to see some old shuriken fairly hidden by the woman as she continued to sow, oblivious to her watcher.
So she is a shinobi guard, probably hired.........thought Kakashi as he jumped out of the shadows and directly in front of the woman.
"I was wondering when you were going to show yourself." A sweet and yet bitter voice came out of the woman's lips, as she didn't even bother looking at Kakashi.
"Ah." Kakashi nodded realizing she did sense him and he grinned under his mask. "Beautiful weather we're having isn't it?"
The woman tensed and stared at Kakashi with wide eyes.
"W...wait..........." The woman paused and jumped to her feet weapons in hands. "You Copy Cat ninja Kakashi!"
"Oh?" Kakashi was interested and how she came to that conclusion just by him asking her a simple question, not that the conclusion was wrong.
"But.........why are you here?" The woman asked as if she was very confused.
Kakashi didn't say anything and just looked over at the sleeping man causing the woman to follow his eyes. This was getting tiring maybe he should have just knocked her out cold and taken care of the job so he could go home.
"Well if that's the reason then I'm afraid we have to fight........." The woman sighed as she got in a lazy fighting stance.
"Very well." Kakashi nodded as he prepared to get through her in no time.
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Iruka hit his head on the table. How did this happen? Since when was gambling so cruel! Iruka stared at his empty wallet. It was just a simple game so then how could it get addicting? Before Iruka knew it he had lost all of his money................including the money he was supposed to pay the Hokage tomorrow for the katana.
"Iruka are you ok?" Waya asked as he sat next to Iruka. "I lost all my money too."
"But I have to get it back." Iruka muffled into the table before he looked at Waya. "I have to get back three hundred and twenty three dollars or I am in big trouble tomorrow."
"Why?"
"I owe the Hokage that money........." Iruka muffled off again before Waya looked at him in all seriousness.
"You bet money you owed the Hokage? The leader of our village, the man who is in charge of everything.........you bet his money?" Iruka just nodded in desperation.
"Well then you better go win it back!" Waya pulled Iruka up and took him into the room with Mizuki, Kansu, and Kazui.
"I thought you guys lost all of your money?" Mizuki laughed.
"We did but we have to win it back or more so Iruka has to win his money back because technically it wasn't his!" Waya shouted as everyone stared at him.
"Huh?"
"The majority of the money Iruka lost was actually the Hokage's!"
"And what do you want me to do? Give it back to him even though I won it?" Mizuki glared at them.
"No Mizuki not give it back, but let him win me win it back." Iruka sat pleadingly by Mizuki.
"But how can you win it back if you don't have any money?" Mizuki watched with sustained pleasure, as Iruka seemed to be lost.
"I dunno............"
There was a moment of silence before Kansu coughed getting everyone's attention.
"How about Iruka has to do something to earn it or something...........maybe you could make him do something tonight that would benefit you and he would just have to pay you back the money later." Kansu nodded at his own idea.
"As in it is like I am paying Iruka to do something, anything I want............and he will just have to pay me back later............" Mizuki smirked and nodded.
"And you know I always pay people back if I owe them anything! I even gave you back the nickel you let me barrow in the ninja academy!" Iruka added in hope to sway Mizuki.
"Well Iruka, since you are my friend then I guess this is okay. But remember you still have to pay me back since I did win it." Mizuki nodded and handed Iruka back the money he needed.
"If you were his friend why not just give it back and not make him repay you." Kazui mumbled and sighed as no one heard him.
"So what do I have to do?" Iruka waited for Mizuki to tell him to clean the house or something.
"You have to jump into Laden Lake." Mizuki grinned as Iruka looked at him confused.
"But the lake is below freezing! It's November!!" Iruka shouted but Mizuki just shook his head.
"Your right Iruka..." Mizuki put his forefinger on his chin as if he was thinking.
"So I don't have to do it?" Iruka asked hopefully.
"No, you still have to jump in but in order for my to gain something from this you have to jump in without any cloths."
"WHAT?" All the guys in the room yelled as Mizuki laughed.
"Yep, that's what I want now lets go guys!" And with that Mizuki left being followed by his friends as Iruka tried to think of some way out of this but he had already agreed.
Laden Lake was located in the forest near the border of Konoha. Iruka and his friends used to play here every winter before they became chunin. There was a small wooden dock in the middle of the lake the kids would jump off of during the summer when the cool water was appreciated.
One of the mysteries surrounding the Lake was that the water was always cold and yet it was located by a hot spring. Not that that was going to help Iruka right now since he would have to jump into a below freezing Lake.
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Kakashi slowly strolled back into Konoha as he looked up at the clear night sky. His right arm hurt a little from being cut by the woman's shuriken but he was able to knock her out before he had to kill her and completed his mission.
Judging by the moon it was already the next day and Kakashi was officially 18 years old. A smirked played across the jounin's face even though it was hidden behind his mask. He was 18!
"Well if it isn't Kakashi! The Copy Cat ninja of Konoha who is my rival! Have you come to challenge me to prove to yourself once again that I am the strongest ninja?" Kakashi rolled his eyes as he kept walking ignoring the tall lanky man in his way as if he couldn't see him.
"Oh Kakashi! You might think your cool in that way to ignore your eternal rival but I am beautiful green beast of Konoha and I still have to give you your present." Gai spoke loudly to himself as he saw Kakashi stop and turn around.
"Present? For what?"
"For your birthday! Ha how your youthful energies have started to fail your mind I see!" Kakashi just nodded and walked over to his friend.
"Why are you giving it to me now? It can't be any earlier than one in the morning?" Kakashi sighed as Gai smiled.
"But I have great stamina my rival and I am not as lazy no good bum like yourself! I embrace life at all times and that even means the wee early hours in the morning." Gai did a pose as his teeth sparkled making Kakashi cringe a bit. "Oh and I am leaving on a mission now so I decided to give you your present before I left."
"You didn't have to Gai." Kakashi sighed. "I don't think I can take this because the last time I gave you anything for your birthday was when we were at the academy."
"Well you suck and I'm better than you so take it." Gai spoke quickly as he handed a bright colored book in Kakashi's hands but before the silver haired jounin could react to Gai's statement the green beast was gone.
"What the crap? Did he just say I sucked?" Kakashi laughed to himself as he looked at the object in his hands before his eye went wide.
It was................it.................it was ICHA ICHA PARADISE!!
Kakashi suddenly developed several respects for his rival he didn't think was possible as he opened the book and started reading. Wow! The author got to the point didn't he Kakashi thought to himself smugly.
"Mizuki! I can't believe you did that!" Kakashi glanced up to see four shadows running away from the direction he knew Laden Lake to be located.
"Don't worry he's a ninja I'm sure he will be fine!" Mizuki laughed as him and his friends started to disappear from Kakashi's hearing range. The last think the jounin heard contained the words 'stole', 'cloths' and 'Iruka's revenge.'
After making out the word Iruka Kakashi gained interest in what could have happened by the lake...........and with that the jounin turned to the next page as he continued his walk to Laden Lake.
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Iruka glared at the darkness as his body shivered. How could they do this to him? He was cold, freezing actually and they had taken his cloths. The only thing that was left was the three hundred and twenty three dollars Mizuki had promised his friend.
Oh Iruka could take a joke the brown haired chunin thought bitterly, now he only hoped his friend's wouldn't mind a very slow and pain full death.
As Iruka's legs started to go numb the chunin jumped out of the freezing lake before he got hypothermia when it dawned on him again. He didn't have any cloths!! The chunin ran behind a tree even though he knew no body was around at this time of night.
Now what to do? Iruka thought as he looked around.
"I can't go back into Konoha because I will definitely be caught by someone and then I would have to explain this and then the Hokage would find out and........." Iruka stopped when none of the consequences seemed to be good for him and sighed. "Brrrrrr"
"Just need to find some place warm then I can think of something." Iruka glanced around his surroundings one more time before he realized. He had forgotten about the hot springs about half a mile east of here! With that the chunin took off as quick as he could.
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"Oh my gawd! This feels really good!" Iruka halfed but choked out as his shivering body was overcome by the hot water.
Iruka felt his cheeks warm as he grinned. Well now to think of a plan...........he looked around to see if anyone had left any of their cloths lying around. No luck.
Iruka was about to sigh when he saw someone approaching him at a slow speed. His heart jumped into his throat as the figure was defiantly walking straight towards the springs.
"How am I going to explain this?" Iruka tried to find where he could hide but there was no place unless he jumped out of the water but then the figure would defiantly see him.
"Iruka?" Iruka nearly jumped out of his skin when he realized the figure was directly in front of him.
"Are you okay?" Kakashi grinned form ear to ear when Iruka finally realized who he was.
"K.... KAKASHI!" Iruka's face turned beat red. Well it could have been worse but now how was he going to explain this?
Kakashi raised an eyebrow at Iruka..............since when did the chunin go out in such lack of clothing? He smiled to himself as he glanced at his book; this situation is a lot like chapter 3 when the villain seduced the beautiful maiden in her bath.
Kakashi's cheeks must have visibly reddened in the areas that his facemask didn't cover because Iruka suddenly blushed deeper and started mumbling explanations to why he was the way he was.
"And then Mizuki........." Iruka muffled off as he noticed the book Kakashi was holding. "HEY!"
Kakashi visibly jumped out of Iruka's reach and laughed as Iruka glared at him.
"BUT...........wait GAI WAS and then..............." Iruka paused and then looked at Kakashi. "HAPPY BIRTHDAY!"
"Iruka I never knew you were so creative." Kakashi chirped as he took his sandals off and sat down on the ground with his feet in the water.
"Huh?" Was all Iruka could think of before Kakashi pulled down his mask.
"Yeah I mean meeting me out here wearing that! And then Gai giving me this beautiful book of inspiration why........ This is very kinky even for you." Kakashi curved both his eyes, as Iruka blushed even more.
"NO! That's not it..............I was.........and then Mizuki.............cloths gone.........." Iruka couldn't get his brain to work properly when he suddenly felt two arms wrap around him making what Kakashi just said dawn on him. "PERVERT!"
"Shhh. Not so loud my love they might find us." Kakashi said in a deep husky voice causing Iruka to shiver as he tried to get out of the jounin's grasp.
"Kakashi! I need your help not..........not this!" Iruka whispered at the jounin.
"You don't have to play hard to get Iruka I know what you really want." Kakashi spoke softly on Iruka's skin causing the chunin to try and break away even more frantically.
"Stop! AH...........hehehe.........wait no!" Iruka tried to leave Kakashi's grasp as the jounin moved his hands around the figure's sides.
"But I'm trying to seduce you Iruka and that wont work if I let you go." Kakashi complained with a playful hint in his voice.
"What?" Was all Iruka could say before he felt Kakashi's lips on his own.
Kakashi broke apart the kiss and smiled as Iruka stared at him. "See now?"
"Why are you so good at that?" Iruka suddenly asked as he made it out of Kakashi's arms.
"Well you seen on page 56 in my new book the villain........."
"YOU'RE TRYING TO ACT OUT THAT NASTY BOOK? ON ME?" Iruka cried indignantly as Kakashi just blushed.
"Would you rather I try it out on someone else?"
"NO! I mean no that's not what I meant.........." Iruka sighed. "Do you have any spare cloths?"
Kakashi grinned as he walked up to Iruka. "Yes I do but you have to earn them...........since now my cloths are wet because I came in the spring with you."
Iruka blushed even deeper mumbling something along the lines of 'that's your fault' and 'pervert'. Iruka wrapped his arms cautiously around Kakashi before he leaned forward and kissed the jounin. There was a small cough from the side causing both the people in the spring to jump up and look at an ANBU who seemed to have just walked up on them.
"Itachi?" Kakashi raised an eyebrow not letting go of Iruka who was obviously about to have a heart attack.
"Sorry but Hokage-sama sent me after you for your mission report." The ANBU captain stated coldly. "Hokage-sama has requested you deliver it yourself."
"Ah." Was all Kakashi said before the Anbu left and the jounin started laughing. "Well that was weird."
Iruka looked up at Kakashi with blood lust in his eyes. "KAKASHI!"
"Yeah, yeah." Kakashi appeared beside his bag and grab a scroll before he looked at Iruka. "Take my bag home okay."
"Why do I have.............oh." Iruka smiled as he realized the change of cloths was in the bag. "See you when you get home Kakashi-koi."
"And I plan to continue what we started here so if you don't mind draw a bath." Kakashi had a glint in his eye causing Iruka to both blush and furrow his eyebrows.
"Stupid perverted book giving you ideas..........." Iruka mumbled off as Kakashi disappeared into the night.
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Iruka walked down the empty streets in his over sized cloths with a blush permanent on his cheeks. So Kakashi had finally turned 18 and that meant Icha Icha Paradise.................a lot of Icha Icha Paradise.
"Oh crap!" Iruka turned around to see four very familiar figures not too far off.
"Do you think he can see us?" A soft voice whispered causing Iruka to roll his eyes.
"Um he's walking this way isn't he?" There was a small pause in Mizuki's voice before the figures scrambled. "RUN!"
Iruka's mission: Revenge.
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Well? What did you guys think?
This chapter was really fun to write but I had three different endings originally but this one seemed the funnest to write. I hope you guys are having a great week and now for the reviews!
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Hitokiri Kitsune: I'm glad you got hooked I do that all the time! I remember I stayed up till I had to go to school the next day reading the story 'Attraction' by gelfling (or something spelled like that) I hope that this fic doesn't disappoint anyone when it ends. Please keep reading and I hope you caught up on all your missed sleep!
SexySiriusBlack: THANK YOU! I do/don't have a beta reader because the person who reads this story before I post it is my twin.............I will try to fix the problems and thanks for pointing them out because I don't want my work getting sloppy. Sorry about the 'almost' sad thing I didn't catch it. I'm glad you enjoy this story and thanks for the compliment I hope my skills are still able to keep you interested all the way till the end. Sorry about the 'almost' sad thing I didn't catch it.
Sonha: I'm sorry I try not to be mean but some things happen and this story is supposed to have angst and humor and all that stuff. I might be mean but hopefully I will be forgiven when this fic is over. I can't end this fic just yet though because well some stuff has to happen mainly in the next two chapters you guys might get it but until then..............muwhahahaha *hack hack* never mind.
WintersOnlyRose: Well I hope you didn't cry any this chapter and you're just like my sister! She was really sad after last chapter so I had to make it up with this one not that I wasn't planning on having this chapter anyway!
Morien Alexander: The calm before a storm comment wont be happening this chapter as you can already tell and stuff I was just giving you a warning. Oh and don't worry about the happy ending I don't need you to pay me and you don't have to be my slave..............hmmm *thinks about it* though I could use some.............nah never mind! Don't worry the ending should be very happy so I hope I don't disappoint you!
Kami Beverly: _ Please don't cry for my fic Beverly! The truth is I never let this fic go! *sings to music of don't cry for me Argentina* Think happy thoughts! But not happy all the way through there is still some angst I must do...........hehe......... Silver Neo: I actually thought about an AU family between Gai and Hitomi but it never worked out and it just didn't fit to what I was planning...........I ALWAYS LOVE YOUR REVIEWS! I'm glad your mom is used to your. ......ummm.......impulses because mine just gives me the look and I usually have to turn off the TV or get off the internet.....sigh.........oh well! Kakashi is a possessive little baka isn't he? *laughs* So what did you think of this chapter?
Fal Catrecon: She really loved Gai and Iruka and the thought of them getting hurt because of Kakashi's near death just didn't seem possible. Another thought that I imagined she would think was that the shinobi would moist likely kill her after he killed Kakashi so if she made sure at least one of them live then at least Iruka would have someone to hold him..........something like that *goes off rambling*
Tri-lily: I will try to be more careful with my grammar so I am going to go over each chapter more carefully before I post it. I don't want anything to make this fic less enjoyable since it is being written for me to have fun and so that other people can enjoy it. I hope you continue to enjoy this story!
Hari-chan: Thank you! Hitomi was a fun character to make especially since she wasn't really in Kishimoto's original story so I could just do what I wanted with her.........I'm glad that you like this story even through the sad parts so keep reading and reviewing!
Renn: I hope my braces are only on for a year and a half because I have to go to college! I'm sorry I know you guys had missed feelings for Hitomi but don't worry! Hitomi will always be alive in our hearts,......*gags at obvious sappy comment* I hope you enjoy this story even though Hitomi is gone......
DarkDemonMaster: Okay your review was fun because you said "sad...*sniff*" and with a name like yours I wouldn't think of you leaving a review like that. *smiles* I'm just teasing you but I hoped this chapter helped cheer you up more ne?
Sausweet: I'm just not going to bother with chapter twelve anymore because everyone got the pint right? *waits hopefully* I'm glad you enjoyed the Hokage thing and you follow the timeline very well but at the same time I hope you aren't able to guess what is going to happen in the next chapters because it is fun to semi-surprise the readers if you know what I mean lol. I hoped you enjoyed the great reappearance of Icha Icha Paradise! *authoress looks at Kakashi plushie in the middle of it's Iruka harem* OMG! I love you Sausweet! *squeezes the plushies! And looks over at the gift for her sister* OMG! *takes it and adds it to her gift* Hehehe thank you for the magnet ones too...............just playing she loves your gift!
Hikari of Darkness: I hope I continued well enough for you and I hope you enjoyed this chapter too!
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Okay well I know it has been awhile so I would like to take this moment to beg for your forgiveness.
*p-sama7 gets on knees and presses forehead to index fingers* PLEASE FORGIVE ME! IF any of you need retribution then here *hands readers a dagger* Help me commit seppuku in which I will die with what authoress honor I have left but if I don't deserve any honor then hear *hands readers a gun* you may shoot my corpse until your anger is satisfied!
Well in case any of you were wondering where I have been then I must tell you I was taking the SAT and study classes since my quarter was ending at school. Sadly I only got an 1130 on the SAT and that isn't enough for the college I plan to go to so I have to retake it *sigh* but I'm on spring break right now so I should be able to give you guys another chapter soon at least next week!
I just saw the movie 'Millennium Actress' subtitled and I must say that you should all watch it. I hadn't ever heard of what the movie was about but I must say I really enjoyed and you guys should go to your nearest blockbuster or Hollywood video and rent it!
No More wasting your time!
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Chapter 14: Icha Icha Nightmares!
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Iruka glared at the little bright book he saw Gai buy at the bookstore. Oh how he recognized that book, that piece of filth he was exposed to at a young age.
"Are you okay Iruka?" Gai looked amused at his shorter friend who just glared at his bag containing the newly purchased present for his rival.
"Why are you buying that for him?" Iruka had a small blush on his cheeks before he noticed very familiar silver hair.
"Because he is allowed to read it now!" Gai did a small pose before turned around to see Kakashi. "AHA! My rival, I see you have come to challenge me!"
"Hn? Oh hey Gai I didn't see you there. Were you saying something?" Kakashi grinned under his mask as Gai gave him a look of indignation before the green beast turned around so he was no longer facing Kakashi.
"I will let that one slide Kakashi because you are cool like that and that is what makes you my rival." Gai all but muttered to himself.
"Hey Kakashi! Are you on a break?" Iruka smiled as he stood beside Kakashi with a small blush on his cheeks.
"Actually I am here to retrieve you for Hokage-sama before I go on watch." Kakashi curved his visible eye as they left the bookstore.
"Really? I wonder what he wants?" Iruka looked questionably at Kakashi who just shrugged and then smiled as he waved bye to Gai and headed towards the Hokage's tower.
"Seesh you would think he would wait for me to go with him." Kakashi mumbled to Gai.
"You better catch up." Gai pushed his rival forward with a small grin as if to challenge the silver haired jounin to push back but then just turned around and walked off as if he just remembered something important.
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"Good morning Hokage-sama." Iruka did a polite bow as the old man smiled at the young chunin.
"Good morning Iruka. You seem to be in a good mood." The Hokage took a puff of his pipe before he turned around to that he could be facing the boy completely.
"Yes I have been having a good week." Iruka sat down in front of the Hokage.
"Well that is good to hear." The Hokage smiled as he watched Iruka wait for the reason to call this meeting.
There was a moment of silence as the Hokage tried not to laugh as Iruka continued to wait patiently. This young man was blessed with a great amount of patience that's for sure is what the Hokage thought as Iruka gave the Hokage a doubtful glance.
"Is there something you wanted Hokage-sama?" Iruka still had some things to buy for the party tomorrow.
"Now that you mention it there is something I would like to ask you."
"And?"
The Hokage gave a small laugh, maybe Iruka wasn't as patient as he had thought but then there were many things about the boy he was learning everyday.
"What do you plan on doing as a career in the near future?"
Iruka stopped to think about the question. He had never really though about it...............what did he plan on doing. Iruka didn't really plan on becoming a jounin, not that it wasn't an option more just the fact that Iruka found himself with enough work as a chunin.
Maybe he just planned on staying a chunin, nothing wrong with that idea.
"I take it by your silence you haven't really thought of the idea but don't worry you're only fifteen no rush."
"Y...yeah no rush." Iruka smiled as he put his hand behind his head. "Is that all you wanted Hokage-sama?"
"Well I just wanted you to think about the idea of doing something else for a while, maybe you could come help me out with mission assigning and organizing all the reports. Since you are a chunin now, the help would be appreciated." The Hokage smiled as Iruka gave him a confused look.
"What do you mean by something else? Hokage-sama if you wanted me to do that you could tell me so?"
"No that's no the point Iruka. The point is to see what kind of career you will hold out in village." The Hokage smiled again as Iruka seemed even more confused.
"But Hokage-sama I'm a shinobi..."
"We are all shinobi Iruka-kun." The Hokage smiled as Iruka grinned at the statement before he nodded.
"I think I know what you are talking about Hokage-sama." Iruka stood up. "I will see you this afternoon to help out with the mission assignments then, since I still have to run a few errands."
"I have to be returning to my paperwork now so...."
"Good bye Hokage-sama."
"Good bye."
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"Here you go Kurenai-sensei." Iruka had a very large grin on his face as he handed Kurenai a few scrolls for the school.
"What is with the grin Iruka-kun?" Kurenai drawled out the kun part as Iruka winced. "Aren't you happy about my new job at the school?"
"Yes I'm sure you will make a great teacher Kurenai-sensei." Iruka looked over at all the students in Kurenai's class. "I'm sure the kids love you."
"For some reason I don't think you are being very sincere right now Iruka- kun." Kurenai gave Iruka a doubting glance as he just smiled gingerly before she turned around and walked off with the scrolls. "See you around."
"See ya."
Iruka looked around the halls of the school one last time before he made his way out of the building. It had been awhile since he had been there and the school seemed to have a nice presence. Iruka made a mental note to visit more often until he heard Kurenai starting to give a lecture.
Poor kids.........He remembered being dragged everywhere with her when she was his babysitter. But then again babysitting and teaching were very different. Babysitting you became like a substitute parent for a short while but in teaching you become another adult figure that will effect the lives of the students. You don't become a substitute parent in a way you become another parent watching out for your kids.
"Welcome to earth Iruka." Iruka jumped as someone whispered in his ear and turned around to see Mizuki grinning at him.
"Oh, it's just you."
"Just me? Excuse you but I think you should so some respect because I could have killed you while you were zoning out there." Mizuki glared at his friend.
"Ah but you didn't" Iruka smiled.
"No I didn't." Mizuki repeated to see if Iruka had a point.
After a moment of silence Mizuki sighed and looked Iruka over.
"Do you have any plans for tonight?" Mizuki watched as Iruka gave him a strange look.
"Are you asking me out because...?"
"No I am not asking you out you freak! I was just wondering because me and some friends are going to hang out and I thought you might want to come, unless of course you would rather hang out with what's his name and company?" Mizuki added the last part a little disdainfully as Iruka looked amused at his friend.
"His name is Kakashi and I know you know it, and yeah that would be great." Iruka smiled as Mizuki just scoffed.
"Well go to my house around eight okay."
"Sure thing." Iruka watched Mizuki walked off before he headed towards the assignment room, now to help out Hokage-sama.
The assigning room was full of people as Iruka's eyebrow twitched at the smug smirk in front of him.
"And the scroll with C on it means that it is a C-class mission, did you catch that newbies? C-lass." The older chunin in front of Iruka grinned even wider as Iruka just waited for the right moment when he could hit the guy for being so rude.
"Fukui-san is just teasing you kid don't take it personally." A friendly voice called out from behind the aforementioned 'Fukui'.
"Thank you for this.........uh un-wasted lesson .......um Fukui-san is it?" Iruka made sure he added an emphasis on 'un-wasted' to get his point across as Fukui just grinned.
"Ah Iruka glad you could join us." Hokage-sama appeared beside Iruka and placed his pipe in his mouth as he headed towards his seat.
"Remember C equals C-class." Fukui whispered before Iruka rolled his eyes at him and followed the Hokage.
"Kid has a sense of humor." The friendly voice laughed as Fukui sat near his friend.
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The silver blade stopped right by the neck of its prey as the wielder looked over the shinobi who had tried to enter Konoha. The shinobi had no headband, probably a rogue-nin thought Kakashi as the form by his blade trembled. Well he had orders to do and with that the figure fell limp on the ground before a group of Anbu appeared by the jounin.
"I see Kakashi-san has found him before us." One of the masked members laughed quietly before the smaller figure turned its gaze towards them making the whole Anbu team silent.
Kakashi watched in amusement as the smaller figure appeared to be the captain of this squad. The captain got one of his men to pick up the corpse before he looked at Kakashi.
"Hatake-san." Kakashi could see the Sharingan wheels spin through the thin slits in the Anbu mask.
"Itachi-san."
"Hokage-sama asked us to retrieve you. You are to report to him immediately." Itachi spoke in his cold young voice as Kakashi did a small bow out of respect for the very young Anbu captain.
"Yes, thank you." Kakashi disappeared and headed for the Hokage's office. Itachi was only 13 when he became an Anbu captain a few months ago, the kid was well..........shady in Kakashi's mind not that shady was an insult to a shinobi but there was something about Itachi that just didn't fit.
Kakashi made it to the Hokage's office and noticed to his surprise the area seemed to be deserted. Kakashi opened up the Hokage's doors to see the older man wave at him and smile with the pipe between his lips.
"Kakashi-san, how has your evening been?"
"It has been good Hokage-sama." After a brief moment of silence Kakashi gave the Hokage his lazy glare. "And to what do I owe this meeting?"
The Hokage nodded and pulled out a scroll where he appeared next to the jounin to hand it to the sliver haired ninja. Kakashi took it and did a small bow before he left.
The Hokage always assigned different missions in different ways. Kakashi had soon caught on that if the Hokage did certain things while he was assigning it was like a warning to the shinobi what kind of mission it was. Whenever the Hokage handed the mission in the public assigning area it was nothing too serious but if it was privately done then the mission had a good chance of being life threatening.
Kakashi took the scroll in his hand and set off. He better finish as soon as he could if he wanted to be in Konoha for his birthday.
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"I bet five bucks." Mizuki smirked as he held his cards and all his friends looked at him suspiciously.
"I'm in."
"Me too."
"I'm out."
"What about you Iruka-kun?" Mizuki looked at his friend who was sitting across from him.
"I guess I'm in." Iruka threw down some of the money he had saved and stared at his hand. Four of a kind was good, right?
There was a moment of silence about the young chunins in the room before a red haired boy smirked and threw down his cards.
"Ha! I have four queens."
"Darn it! Waya-kun beat me again." The smallest of the boys threw his cards down and looked hopefully over at his companions to see if the would avenge his lost money.
"Waya always beats you Kansu-aniki." The boy who had folded glared playfully at his friend who glared back.
"Shut-up Kazui! Hey Iruka what do you have?" Kansu stared at the scarred chunin before Iruka smiled happily.
"I have four kings! That means I win right?" Iruka smiled bigger until he heard laughter leave Mizuki's mouth.
"Sorry guys but my flush beats your four of a kind Iruka." Mizuki threw his cards down and took the pot while everyone else sighed in defeat.
"Mizuki stop picking on Iruka, you said so yourself he hasn't ever played poker before. Don't you think we should play a few practice rounds before we start betting?" Waya stated as Iruka blushed softly.
"Geez! Never played poker before? And you are what...........15 now?" Kazui teased Iruka as the chunin just sighed.
"Hey Mizuki, are you sure your parents don't mind us playing here while they are gone on a mission?" Kansu asked skeptically while Mizuki smiled.
"Once I told them Iruka was coming over they didn't bother asking who else was coming." Mizuki laughed as Iruka just glared at him.
"You mean I'm only here so your parents feel okay?"
"No you are here because you're my friend and it'll make my parents feel okay." Mizuki grinned showing his teeth.
"And because your bad at poker and let's face it Mizuki will always find the easiest way to get what he wants whether it be to have friends over at his house or to gain extra cash over the weekend." Kansu added bitterly.
"Hey guys why don't we stop chatting like girls at a slumber party and help me pay for some new weapons I wanted." Mizuki threw out some cards from the deck and smiled.
"Only a few more rounds okay." Iruka sighed.
"Why? Aren't you staying here tonight?" Kansu asked.
"It's not that Kansu-aniki." Kazui grinned. "Iruka is afraid to lose all his money to us."
"I am not!" Iruka shouted indignantly.
"Are too." Kazui grinned even wider.
"I am not."
"Are too."
"Am not!"
"Are too!"
"Am no............."
"What are you two? Little kids from the Academy? I swear my little sisters aren't this bad and they are only five." Waya interrupted his friends.
"So Iruka are you in then?" Mizuki smiled at his friend who seemed to consider it.
After a moment of hesitation Iruka nodded and the game began.
Iruka looked at his wallet as everyone added money into the pot. He had about thirty bucks and then he had two hundred and twenty-three dollars in the change part. The thirty bucks was for spending cash on anything he wanted while the two hundred was for the present he was planning on getting Kakashi.
// If I only spend my thirty here then I can get his present in the morning before he gets back from his mission.........//
"I raise the pot ten dollars." Waya grinned proudly as everyone gave him a skeptical glance before adding in their cash.
Iruka smiled at his cards as he thought of Kakashi's present. He was going to buy the jounin a katana he had gotten the Hokage to order for him from one of the snow villages. Iruka had seen it in a shop when he was on an escort mission and the blade was beautiful. It had a long blade with designs of clouds decorating the middle and the handle had a good grip. It would be the perfect gift for a Kakashi since the jounin always found a way to complain about his current sword around his birthday.
"Hey Iruka, where is Kakashi-san? When you came over you said something about him being gone so you could stay the night." Mizuki put down three cards and three new ones from the deck.
"Ah, yeah he went on a mission before I left." Iruka tried to hold down the blush he knew would come on his cheeks as he thought about Kakashi's goodbye.
"So you two seem to be good friends..........." Kansu yawned as he traded some of his cards. "That must be cool living with the 'copy ninja Kakashi'."
"Yeah, you could say we are good friends." Iruka laughed lightly as he held onto his three aces.
"Oh!" Kazui jumped up all of the sudden causing everyone in the room to jump up as well.
"What?" Kansu asked his little brother worry written on his face.
"Oh sorry I just remembered something I wanted to ask Iruka the other day." Kazui laughed as everyone settled down and glared at him.
"What do ya want to know Kazui?" Iruka asked.
"Have you ever seen his face?" Kazui asked with much excitement while everyone looked at Iruka very interested.
"Whose face?" Iruka asked innocently.
"Copy Cat Ninja Kakashi's!"
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Kakashi hid in between the abandoned buildings as he searched for the target.
The mission seemed simple enough when Kakashi first looked at it. He was supposed to assassinate a man responsible for the murder of some diplomats to the commercial villages in the Fire country. But Kakashi soon found that this guy was nearly impossible to find.
Then again the key word is nearly.
Kakashi heard a faint noise of a few people talking as he finally found a glimpse of light that looked like a fire not too far off. He used his stealth to find himself directly over the fire in the shadows provided by and giant oak tree.
Down on the ground was the target sleeping next to the fire while their appeared to be a woman sowing up holes in clothing. Kakashi narrowed his eyes to see some old shuriken fairly hidden by the woman as she continued to sow, oblivious to her watcher.
So she is a shinobi guard, probably hired.........thought Kakashi as he jumped out of the shadows and directly in front of the woman.
"I was wondering when you were going to show yourself." A sweet and yet bitter voice came out of the woman's lips, as she didn't even bother looking at Kakashi.
"Ah." Kakashi nodded realizing she did sense him and he grinned under his mask. "Beautiful weather we're having isn't it?"
The woman tensed and stared at Kakashi with wide eyes.
"W...wait..........." The woman paused and jumped to her feet weapons in hands. "You Copy Cat ninja Kakashi!"
"Oh?" Kakashi was interested and how she came to that conclusion just by him asking her a simple question, not that the conclusion was wrong.
"But.........why are you here?" The woman asked as if she was very confused.
Kakashi didn't say anything and just looked over at the sleeping man causing the woman to follow his eyes. This was getting tiring maybe he should have just knocked her out cold and taken care of the job so he could go home.
"Well if that's the reason then I'm afraid we have to fight........." The woman sighed as she got in a lazy fighting stance.
"Very well." Kakashi nodded as he prepared to get through her in no time.
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Iruka hit his head on the table. How did this happen? Since when was gambling so cruel! Iruka stared at his empty wallet. It was just a simple game so then how could it get addicting? Before Iruka knew it he had lost all of his money................including the money he was supposed to pay the Hokage tomorrow for the katana.
"Iruka are you ok?" Waya asked as he sat next to Iruka. "I lost all my money too."
"But I have to get it back." Iruka muffled into the table before he looked at Waya. "I have to get back three hundred and twenty three dollars or I am in big trouble tomorrow."
"Why?"
"I owe the Hokage that money........." Iruka muffled off again before Waya looked at him in all seriousness.
"You bet money you owed the Hokage? The leader of our village, the man who is in charge of everything.........you bet his money?" Iruka just nodded in desperation.
"Well then you better go win it back!" Waya pulled Iruka up and took him into the room with Mizuki, Kansu, and Kazui.
"I thought you guys lost all of your money?" Mizuki laughed.
"We did but we have to win it back or more so Iruka has to win his money back because technically it wasn't his!" Waya shouted as everyone stared at him.
"Huh?"
"The majority of the money Iruka lost was actually the Hokage's!"
"And what do you want me to do? Give it back to him even though I won it?" Mizuki glared at them.
"No Mizuki not give it back, but let him win me win it back." Iruka sat pleadingly by Mizuki.
"But how can you win it back if you don't have any money?" Mizuki watched with sustained pleasure, as Iruka seemed to be lost.
"I dunno............"
There was a moment of silence before Kansu coughed getting everyone's attention.
"How about Iruka has to do something to earn it or something...........maybe you could make him do something tonight that would benefit you and he would just have to pay you back the money later." Kansu nodded at his own idea.
"As in it is like I am paying Iruka to do something, anything I want............and he will just have to pay me back later............" Mizuki smirked and nodded.
"And you know I always pay people back if I owe them anything! I even gave you back the nickel you let me barrow in the ninja academy!" Iruka added in hope to sway Mizuki.
"Well Iruka, since you are my friend then I guess this is okay. But remember you still have to pay me back since I did win it." Mizuki nodded and handed Iruka back the money he needed.
"If you were his friend why not just give it back and not make him repay you." Kazui mumbled and sighed as no one heard him.
"So what do I have to do?" Iruka waited for Mizuki to tell him to clean the house or something.
"You have to jump into Laden Lake." Mizuki grinned as Iruka looked at him confused.
"But the lake is below freezing! It's November!!" Iruka shouted but Mizuki just shook his head.
"Your right Iruka..." Mizuki put his forefinger on his chin as if he was thinking.
"So I don't have to do it?" Iruka asked hopefully.
"No, you still have to jump in but in order for my to gain something from this you have to jump in without any cloths."
"WHAT?" All the guys in the room yelled as Mizuki laughed.
"Yep, that's what I want now lets go guys!" And with that Mizuki left being followed by his friends as Iruka tried to think of some way out of this but he had already agreed.
Laden Lake was located in the forest near the border of Konoha. Iruka and his friends used to play here every winter before they became chunin. There was a small wooden dock in the middle of the lake the kids would jump off of during the summer when the cool water was appreciated.
One of the mysteries surrounding the Lake was that the water was always cold and yet it was located by a hot spring. Not that that was going to help Iruka right now since he would have to jump into a below freezing Lake.
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Kakashi slowly strolled back into Konoha as he looked up at the clear night sky. His right arm hurt a little from being cut by the woman's shuriken but he was able to knock her out before he had to kill her and completed his mission.
Judging by the moon it was already the next day and Kakashi was officially 18 years old. A smirked played across the jounin's face even though it was hidden behind his mask. He was 18!
"Well if it isn't Kakashi! The Copy Cat ninja of Konoha who is my rival! Have you come to challenge me to prove to yourself once again that I am the strongest ninja?" Kakashi rolled his eyes as he kept walking ignoring the tall lanky man in his way as if he couldn't see him.
"Oh Kakashi! You might think your cool in that way to ignore your eternal rival but I am beautiful green beast of Konoha and I still have to give you your present." Gai spoke loudly to himself as he saw Kakashi stop and turn around.
"Present? For what?"
"For your birthday! Ha how your youthful energies have started to fail your mind I see!" Kakashi just nodded and walked over to his friend.
"Why are you giving it to me now? It can't be any earlier than one in the morning?" Kakashi sighed as Gai smiled.
"But I have great stamina my rival and I am not as lazy no good bum like yourself! I embrace life at all times and that even means the wee early hours in the morning." Gai did a pose as his teeth sparkled making Kakashi cringe a bit. "Oh and I am leaving on a mission now so I decided to give you your present before I left."
"You didn't have to Gai." Kakashi sighed. "I don't think I can take this because the last time I gave you anything for your birthday was when we were at the academy."
"Well you suck and I'm better than you so take it." Gai spoke quickly as he handed a bright colored book in Kakashi's hands but before the silver haired jounin could react to Gai's statement the green beast was gone.
"What the crap? Did he just say I sucked?" Kakashi laughed to himself as he looked at the object in his hands before his eye went wide.
It was................it.................it was ICHA ICHA PARADISE!!
Kakashi suddenly developed several respects for his rival he didn't think was possible as he opened the book and started reading. Wow! The author got to the point didn't he Kakashi thought to himself smugly.
"Mizuki! I can't believe you did that!" Kakashi glanced up to see four shadows running away from the direction he knew Laden Lake to be located.
"Don't worry he's a ninja I'm sure he will be fine!" Mizuki laughed as him and his friends started to disappear from Kakashi's hearing range. The last think the jounin heard contained the words 'stole', 'cloths' and 'Iruka's revenge.'
After making out the word Iruka Kakashi gained interest in what could have happened by the lake...........and with that the jounin turned to the next page as he continued his walk to Laden Lake.
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Iruka glared at the darkness as his body shivered. How could they do this to him? He was cold, freezing actually and they had taken his cloths. The only thing that was left was the three hundred and twenty three dollars Mizuki had promised his friend.
Oh Iruka could take a joke the brown haired chunin thought bitterly, now he only hoped his friend's wouldn't mind a very slow and pain full death.
As Iruka's legs started to go numb the chunin jumped out of the freezing lake before he got hypothermia when it dawned on him again. He didn't have any cloths!! The chunin ran behind a tree even though he knew no body was around at this time of night.
Now what to do? Iruka thought as he looked around.
"I can't go back into Konoha because I will definitely be caught by someone and then I would have to explain this and then the Hokage would find out and........." Iruka stopped when none of the consequences seemed to be good for him and sighed. "Brrrrrr"
"Just need to find some place warm then I can think of something." Iruka glanced around his surroundings one more time before he realized. He had forgotten about the hot springs about half a mile east of here! With that the chunin took off as quick as he could.
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"Oh my gawd! This feels really good!" Iruka halfed but choked out as his shivering body was overcome by the hot water.
Iruka felt his cheeks warm as he grinned. Well now to think of a plan...........he looked around to see if anyone had left any of their cloths lying around. No luck.
Iruka was about to sigh when he saw someone approaching him at a slow speed. His heart jumped into his throat as the figure was defiantly walking straight towards the springs.
"How am I going to explain this?" Iruka tried to find where he could hide but there was no place unless he jumped out of the water but then the figure would defiantly see him.
"Iruka?" Iruka nearly jumped out of his skin when he realized the figure was directly in front of him.
"Are you okay?" Kakashi grinned form ear to ear when Iruka finally realized who he was.
"K.... KAKASHI!" Iruka's face turned beat red. Well it could have been worse but now how was he going to explain this?
Kakashi raised an eyebrow at Iruka..............since when did the chunin go out in such lack of clothing? He smiled to himself as he glanced at his book; this situation is a lot like chapter 3 when the villain seduced the beautiful maiden in her bath.
Kakashi's cheeks must have visibly reddened in the areas that his facemask didn't cover because Iruka suddenly blushed deeper and started mumbling explanations to why he was the way he was.
"And then Mizuki........." Iruka muffled off as he noticed the book Kakashi was holding. "HEY!"
Kakashi visibly jumped out of Iruka's reach and laughed as Iruka glared at him.
"BUT...........wait GAI WAS and then..............." Iruka paused and then looked at Kakashi. "HAPPY BIRTHDAY!"
"Iruka I never knew you were so creative." Kakashi chirped as he took his sandals off and sat down on the ground with his feet in the water.
"Huh?" Was all Iruka could think of before Kakashi pulled down his mask.
"Yeah I mean meeting me out here wearing that! And then Gai giving me this beautiful book of inspiration why........ This is very kinky even for you." Kakashi curved both his eyes, as Iruka blushed even more.
"NO! That's not it..............I was.........and then Mizuki.............cloths gone.........." Iruka couldn't get his brain to work properly when he suddenly felt two arms wrap around him making what Kakashi just said dawn on him. "PERVERT!"
"Shhh. Not so loud my love they might find us." Kakashi said in a deep husky voice causing Iruka to shiver as he tried to get out of the jounin's grasp.
"Kakashi! I need your help not..........not this!" Iruka whispered at the jounin.
"You don't have to play hard to get Iruka I know what you really want." Kakashi spoke softly on Iruka's skin causing the chunin to try and break away even more frantically.
"Stop! AH...........hehehe.........wait no!" Iruka tried to leave Kakashi's grasp as the jounin moved his hands around the figure's sides.
"But I'm trying to seduce you Iruka and that wont work if I let you go." Kakashi complained with a playful hint in his voice.
"What?" Was all Iruka could say before he felt Kakashi's lips on his own.
Kakashi broke apart the kiss and smiled as Iruka stared at him. "See now?"
"Why are you so good at that?" Iruka suddenly asked as he made it out of Kakashi's arms.
"Well you seen on page 56 in my new book the villain........."
"YOU'RE TRYING TO ACT OUT THAT NASTY BOOK? ON ME?" Iruka cried indignantly as Kakashi just blushed.
"Would you rather I try it out on someone else?"
"NO! I mean no that's not what I meant.........." Iruka sighed. "Do you have any spare cloths?"
Kakashi grinned as he walked up to Iruka. "Yes I do but you have to earn them...........since now my cloths are wet because I came in the spring with you."
Iruka blushed even deeper mumbling something along the lines of 'that's your fault' and 'pervert'. Iruka wrapped his arms cautiously around Kakashi before he leaned forward and kissed the jounin. There was a small cough from the side causing both the people in the spring to jump up and look at an ANBU who seemed to have just walked up on them.
"Itachi?" Kakashi raised an eyebrow not letting go of Iruka who was obviously about to have a heart attack.
"Sorry but Hokage-sama sent me after you for your mission report." The ANBU captain stated coldly. "Hokage-sama has requested you deliver it yourself."
"Ah." Was all Kakashi said before the Anbu left and the jounin started laughing. "Well that was weird."
Iruka looked up at Kakashi with blood lust in his eyes. "KAKASHI!"
"Yeah, yeah." Kakashi appeared beside his bag and grab a scroll before he looked at Iruka. "Take my bag home okay."
"Why do I have.............oh." Iruka smiled as he realized the change of cloths was in the bag. "See you when you get home Kakashi-koi."
"And I plan to continue what we started here so if you don't mind draw a bath." Kakashi had a glint in his eye causing Iruka to both blush and furrow his eyebrows.
"Stupid perverted book giving you ideas..........." Iruka mumbled off as Kakashi disappeared into the night.
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Iruka walked down the empty streets in his over sized cloths with a blush permanent on his cheeks. So Kakashi had finally turned 18 and that meant Icha Icha Paradise.................a lot of Icha Icha Paradise.
"Oh crap!" Iruka turned around to see four very familiar figures not too far off.
"Do you think he can see us?" A soft voice whispered causing Iruka to roll his eyes.
"Um he's walking this way isn't he?" There was a small pause in Mizuki's voice before the figures scrambled. "RUN!"
Iruka's mission: Revenge.
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Well? What did you guys think?
This chapter was really fun to write but I had three different endings originally but this one seemed the funnest to write. I hope you guys are having a great week and now for the reviews!
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Hitokiri Kitsune: I'm glad you got hooked I do that all the time! I remember I stayed up till I had to go to school the next day reading the story 'Attraction' by gelfling (or something spelled like that) I hope that this fic doesn't disappoint anyone when it ends. Please keep reading and I hope you caught up on all your missed sleep!
SexySiriusBlack: THANK YOU! I do/don't have a beta reader because the person who reads this story before I post it is my twin.............I will try to fix the problems and thanks for pointing them out because I don't want my work getting sloppy. Sorry about the 'almost' sad thing I didn't catch it. I'm glad you enjoy this story and thanks for the compliment I hope my skills are still able to keep you interested all the way till the end. Sorry about the 'almost' sad thing I didn't catch it.
Sonha: I'm sorry I try not to be mean but some things happen and this story is supposed to have angst and humor and all that stuff. I might be mean but hopefully I will be forgiven when this fic is over. I can't end this fic just yet though because well some stuff has to happen mainly in the next two chapters you guys might get it but until then..............muwhahahaha *hack hack* never mind.
WintersOnlyRose: Well I hope you didn't cry any this chapter and you're just like my sister! She was really sad after last chapter so I had to make it up with this one not that I wasn't planning on having this chapter anyway!
Morien Alexander: The calm before a storm comment wont be happening this chapter as you can already tell and stuff I was just giving you a warning. Oh and don't worry about the happy ending I don't need you to pay me and you don't have to be my slave..............hmmm *thinks about it* though I could use some.............nah never mind! Don't worry the ending should be very happy so I hope I don't disappoint you!
Kami Beverly: _ Please don't cry for my fic Beverly! The truth is I never let this fic go! *sings to music of don't cry for me Argentina* Think happy thoughts! But not happy all the way through there is still some angst I must do...........hehe......... Silver Neo: I actually thought about an AU family between Gai and Hitomi but it never worked out and it just didn't fit to what I was planning...........I ALWAYS LOVE YOUR REVIEWS! I'm glad your mom is used to your. ......ummm.......impulses because mine just gives me the look and I usually have to turn off the TV or get off the internet.....sigh.........oh well! Kakashi is a possessive little baka isn't he? *laughs* So what did you think of this chapter?
Fal Catrecon: She really loved Gai and Iruka and the thought of them getting hurt because of Kakashi's near death just didn't seem possible. Another thought that I imagined she would think was that the shinobi would moist likely kill her after he killed Kakashi so if she made sure at least one of them live then at least Iruka would have someone to hold him..........something like that *goes off rambling*
Tri-lily: I will try to be more careful with my grammar so I am going to go over each chapter more carefully before I post it. I don't want anything to make this fic less enjoyable since it is being written for me to have fun and so that other people can enjoy it. I hope you continue to enjoy this story!
Hari-chan: Thank you! Hitomi was a fun character to make especially since she wasn't really in Kishimoto's original story so I could just do what I wanted with her.........I'm glad that you like this story even through the sad parts so keep reading and reviewing!
Renn: I hope my braces are only on for a year and a half because I have to go to college! I'm sorry I know you guys had missed feelings for Hitomi but don't worry! Hitomi will always be alive in our hearts,......*gags at obvious sappy comment* I hope you enjoy this story even though Hitomi is gone......
DarkDemonMaster: Okay your review was fun because you said "sad...*sniff*" and with a name like yours I wouldn't think of you leaving a review like that. *smiles* I'm just teasing you but I hoped this chapter helped cheer you up more ne?
Sausweet: I'm just not going to bother with chapter twelve anymore because everyone got the pint right? *waits hopefully* I'm glad you enjoyed the Hokage thing and you follow the timeline very well but at the same time I hope you aren't able to guess what is going to happen in the next chapters because it is fun to semi-surprise the readers if you know what I mean lol. I hoped you enjoyed the great reappearance of Icha Icha Paradise! *authoress looks at Kakashi plushie in the middle of it's Iruka harem* OMG! I love you Sausweet! *squeezes the plushies! And looks over at the gift for her sister* OMG! *takes it and adds it to her gift* Hehehe thank you for the magnet ones too...............just playing she loves your gift!
Hikari of Darkness: I hope I continued well enough for you and I hope you enjoyed this chapter too!
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