I do not own Naruto nor do I own any of the songs that are briefly used in
this chapter.
Hey funny story (mainly just cause it happened yesterday) I fell down the stairs at my school. *smile* I was wearing a new pair of sandals that turned out to not have good friction on my school's floor and while I was running down the stairs since school was over and I wanted to get past all the people (keep in mind 2600 students) well I was running and slipped backwards and fell.
Thankfully my backpack/bag flew behind me and protected my back but I fell on my but and it's been hard to sit for a while *sigh* Well the thing that makes this story so cool that I want to share it with you guys is that in my psychology class earlier that day we were talking about people will be less likely to help you if there is a bigger group of people but that was disproven!
The guy behind me helped me up and all the people who saw stopped what they were doing and asked me if I was okay! Talk about feeling special for the few minutes of my life but it was extremely nice of those people and no one laughed at me!
Well that was just my ramblings........Hehehe............oh and if any of you have a PS2 and need a game to take up your time and give you a work out at the same time I would suggest you get the game DDR!
PS: side note for the last chapter (you know Iruka's got his pants stolen) that was also inspired from school when he girl's locker room was robbed and someone stole my pants! I had to go around school in my gym uniform for the rest of the day *sigh* but that was a while ago so I just thought ya'll might enjoy that little tidbit of information.
Okay well no more of this stuff because ya'll came for the story and I'm talking too much *laughs* so here you go!
Enjoy!
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Chapter 15: Kakashi?
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Iruka couldn't help but smile as the Hokage handed him a certificate. He had finally found something to do that he would enjoy.
Iruka looked over the school halls and smiled. He remembered the years he had spent at the ninja academy. After talking to a few people he found out that he would be able to qualify for a teaching position, but being only 17 he would start off as an assistant teacher and help out around the school to get a better feel of things.
"Here you go Iruka-sensei." The Hokage smiled as he smoked on his pipe and did a small bow. The boy had grown up before his eyes and was going to become a teacher. A very good teacher at that or so the Hokage believed.
"Thank you Hokage-sama." Iruka did another bow before he turned to the teachers he would be working with.
"Wow Mizuki I never thought you wanted to be a teacher too." Iruka laughed as his friend smirked.
"Well there are many things you don't know Iruka." Iruka stared blankly at Mizuki trying not to read into the comment too much before he just pushed it aside.
"Since when did you get interested in the career Iruka-kun?" Kurenai smiled as Iruka glared at her.
"You don't have to use 'kun' anymore Kurenai-sensei." Iruka sighed and then smiled. "I thought it would be nice to give something back to Konoha and good teachers are pretty rare these days."
"Are you saying I'm not a good teacher?" Kurenai furrowed her eyebrows at Iruka before the teen shook his head.
"I wasn't implying that at all!"
"Kurenai-sensei, Suzume has your class outside. She's teaching them the art of flower arranging." A young female smiled at Kurenai and then winked at Iruka and Mizuki causing both boys to blush.
Iruka would start assisting in the younger classes and would hopefully be getting to know his future students unless they graduated early. The young chunin went down the hallway with a grin on his face before he felt two arms wrap around his waist.
"Wha?" Iruka heard a small chuckle and looked at the silver haired perpetrator. "You shouldn't do that when I'm not paying attention."
"You shouldn't put your guard down, especially when you have that stupid smile on your face." Kakashi teased as he kissed Iruka's neck with his cloth-covered lips.
"Kakashi! Not here!" Iruka blushed as he got out of Kakashi's grasp. "I start working here on Monday!"
"But if you didn't it would be okay?" The jounin cemented his hold on his lover.
"I didn't say that either, I'm going to be a teacher so I have more responsibilities." Iruka threatened before he felt himself being moved.
Kakashi grinned underneath his mask as he pulled Iruka into an empty classroom and pushed the chunin against the wall.
"I know." Kakashi whispered dangerously, "And I have always wanted to do this in one of these classrooms ever since I graduated."
Iruka blushed even more before it hit him, "BUT YOU WERE ONLY 5 WHEN YOU GRADUATED!"
Kakashi covered Iruka's mouth with his gloved hand before the chunin could yell anymore. "Shhh. We might get caught if you keep screaming like that."
"But we aren't going to do anything." Iruka said in a low threatening voice before Kakashi pushed him up against the wall again and pulled down his mask and kissed the chunin.
"But it will be really fun..........." Kakashi whispered into Iruka's ear, as the chunin blushed even deeper.
"Those stupid books you read are giving you too many ideas." Iruka sighed before he kissed Kakashi on the cheek and smiled. "But...........we are young.........."
Before Iruka could finish his sentence Kakashi covered his lips with his own and bit down on Iruka's bottom lip to get a small gasp from the chunin. Iruka gave Kakashi a warning glare before nipped at Kakashi's ear.
"THAT STUPID BRAT!"
Iruka froze as they heard running past the closed door his eyes watching the shadows past the room he and Kakashi were in. His heart was racing when he finally looked at Kakashi. The jounin just smiled and continued to kiss Iruka with his hands grabbing the chunin's upper thigh.
"Ka.........ah.........shi." Iruka bit his lip for making a noise as he glared at the jounin.
"Hehehe." Kakashi rubbed the back of his head before he heard small footsteps running down the hallway quickly. Kakashi kissed the chunin one more time before he vanished leaving a very confused and blushing Iruka.
Iruka turned to the door as he heard it open and saw a small blond figure run in the classroom and jump out one of the windows. The boy took one glance at Iruka and bolted but Iruka was able to see the cobalt blue eyes and the distinctive marks on the boy's cheeks.
"That was........." Iruka turned to see two very mad looking teachers run into the room and look around.
"Did a student just come in here?" The taller of the men spat out quickly.
"Yes, he went out the window.........." Iruka pointed in the direction and both men disappeared as Iruka just watched in shock. Were they chasing the fox?
"Wow." Iruka turned his head to see Kakashi standing right beside him as if the jounin didn't leave. "I guess he's the kid responsible for the paintings on Hokage's tower."
"The tower?" Iruka looked at Kakashi, then he narrowed his eyes. "Oh yeah you left me here without saying anything............"
Kakashi grinned with a small blush on his cheeks even though his mask covered it. Iruka was already out of the classroom and on his way to ignoring the jounin when Kakashi grabbed his arm and pulled the chunin to the back staircase only used for emergencies.
"Now we can't be interrupted." Kakashi grinned curving up his one eye as Iruka shook his head.
"No."
"No?" Kakashi repeated Iruka looking like it was a sad sad joke.
Iruka sighed as Kakashi just frowned. The jounin was really cute when he wanted to be...............with that thought Iruka pulled down Kakashi's mask and kissed him on the cheek with a small blush and smiled.
"It was fun up there almost getting caught."
Kakashi stared at Iruka dumbfounded. Did the chunin just say that.........he had fun? Iruka actually has naughty side to him? If Kakashi ever cried, he would have tears of happiness rolling down his cheeks but then again that was more of a Gai thing and this is Kakashi.
Kakashi kissed him slowly finding a way where they both could be more comfortable. They could hear the teachers dismiss class and the kids running down the hallway. Kakashi took off his and Iruka vests and started to mess with the chunin's shirt when the staircase door opened.
"Sorry I can't stay after today sensei but aniki promised to train with me when he wasn't on duty." Iruka heard a small voice before the child started down the stairs.
Iruka gave Kakashi one of those looks like 'if we get caught and this kid is my future student I will kill you slowly and painfully not to mention you sleep on the couch till that kid graduates'. Kakashi did a few hand seal and kissed Iruka before the chunin could protest and then they saw a black haired boy run by.
Iruka was about to sigh in relief when the kid came back up and looked around.
"Is someone here?" The young voice asked before it noticed two vests tossed to the side. The kid looked wearily around before it glared with his black eyes. "I can see you."
// He can see us? But he can be older than 6! // Iruka glanced at Kakashi to see the jounin wasn't moving.
"Hmmm..........I thought for a second that I saw someone............." And with that the dark haired boy continued his journey down the stairs before Kakashi let go of the jutsus.
"I swore for a moment he saw us." Iruka laughed silently as Kakashi nodded.
"Well he would have been able to if he was older or already mastered the Sharingan."
"Sharingan? You mean he was from the Uchiha clan?" Iruka remembered what the boy looked like and it made sense. In fact he looked remarkably similar to one Uchiha Itachi.
"So?" Kakashi grinned as Iruka looked at him.
"Is that all you think about?"
"Well when I'm alone with you...........yes." Kakashi answered truthfully nodding his head as if to make some kind of effect.
Iruka smirked at the jounin and grabbed the collar of Kakashi's shirt to pull the silver haired man into a kiss. The school brought out a good side in Iruka Kakashi thought as he returned the kiss.
"ACK!" Both men stopped and turned their heads to see red eyes glaring at them.
"K.....K..Kurenai-se....s...sensei." Iruka stuttered as the woman glared at him.
"Iruka! Kakashi!" She yelled as her eyebrow twitched. "WHAT IF SOME STUDENTS SAW YOU? IRUKA I THOUGHT YOU WERE BETTER THAN THIS AND YOU! KAKASHI WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE AT THE SCHOOL?"
"I was trying to entice Iruka into a little forbidden love making on the grounds of his new job." Kakashi curved his one eye and smiled even though his mask had already been pulled up before the dark haired woman could see.
"You......you......." Kurenai glared at Kakashi before she ran up and hit him. "PERVERT!"
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"And what did we learn today?" Iruka sighed as if he was a teacher who had spent all day lecturing a student.
"Wow you have the perfect tone of voice for a teacher. You almost sound like you're actually annoyed." Kakashi smirked before Iruka glared at him.
"Kakashi." Iruka opened the fridge and pulled out some ice before he turned around to face the jounin. "What did we learn today?"
"Kurenai has a mean punch?" Kakashi said half teasingly and half not as he rubbed the sore bump on his head before Iruka placed the ice on it.
"Kakashi." Iruka's voice went up a pitch like how parents say their child's name whenever the child just got caught doing something bad but kept changing the subject.
"We learned............that school isn't for fulfilling my fantasies............." Kakashi mumbled regretfully as Iruka smiled.
"Now are you going to be okay? I need to go to work at the assigning room." Iruka picked up a clipboard he had set on the table earlier before glancing at Kakashi to see the jounin's response.
"Don't worry about me, I have a mission with Gai later so I won't be home tonight." Kakashi got up and walked to that bathroom for some kind of painkiller, he suddenly found himself with a bad headache.
"In that case do you mind if I stay over with Mizuki? Some of the new teacher underlings are getting together."
"Have fun!" Kakashi called out from the bathroom.
"Oh! Are you going to be home for breakfast?" Iruka walked into the bathroom and Kakashi nodded his head before he swallowed a few pills.
Was it just Kakashi or did they sound like a married couple? It was kind of unnerving but Kakashi quickly put that feeling aside and thought about what information Gai had given him about the mission.
"Gai said it will take about five days to escort these paranoid rich people but there has to be something else if they are sending both me and Gai so I am thinking I'll be gone for a week." Kakashi turned to see Iruka staring at him surprised.
"A week?" Iruka sighed. "We usually do something before you leave if it's going to be longer than five days."
"Sorry Iruka I just forgot."
"Hm." Iruka pouted for a second before he was pushed to the ground and Kakashi was kissing him.
"Well if you are going to act like that.............." Kakashi smirked as he kissed Iruka's neck. "You can always be a little late to work."
"No! Kakashi! I............ha! Hey!..........................no wait.....................stop!" Iruka was finally able to push Kakashi up as his face became all flustered. Iruka glared at Kakashi as the jounin smiled bringing their foreheads together.
"We aren't at the school so you can relax now."
Iruka smirked a bit pushing his bottom lip out before he closed his eyes. How he wished they could stay like this forever with him being so close to Kakashi but the sound of the door bell woke the chunin up from his dream world as he opened his eyes to see Kakashi looking at him smugly.
"That's Gai." Kakashi stood up pulling the chunin up with him so they both were on their feet. "Bye Iruka-koi."
Kakashi placed a kiss on Iruka's cheek as he walked out of the bathroom. Iruka smiled and made his way out to see Gai wave at him as he returned the gesture.
"Bye guys, be safe." And with that Iruka was off to work.
Gai looked over at Kakashi. "The Hokage wanted to see you before we left."
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"Hokage-sama, you wanted to talk to me?" Kakashi appeared in the Hokages room to see the old man nod his head.
"Kakashi there has been something bothering me for a long time and I have decided to bring it to your attention since if something happens it will affect you."
Kakashi stared at the Hokage trying to decipher the very vague explanation to why he was called but just waited instead knowing full well the Hokage would explain himself.
"As you have known there have been unknown threats growing but we haven't gotten any real information." The Hokage paused and took a few puffs of his pipe before he continued. "Something is up and I have a feeling something is going to happen. I am assigning a group of shinobi who will be dispersed on the field immediately when that event occurs. These shinobi will then be gone from the village for a while or as long as it takes to get the information we need."
Kakashi paused trying to decode the hidden meanings and just nodded. So the Hokage has a bad feeling (very bad thing) and has a group of shinobi (most likely including Kakashi) prepared incase this fear comes true. And if push comes to shove Kakashi will find himself on a dangerous spy mission with a few more individuals that could last for years.
"So you are saying....."
"I am saying that you should be prepared, not that you aren't prepared for anything I give you but what I am trying to say is make sure you can leave the village without any chains that will hinder your performance."
// Chains? Does he mean........//
"I believe Gai is waiting for you to start your mission." The Hokage interrupted Kakashi's thoughts as the jounin did a bow and then left.
The Hokage sighed as he watched the silver haired shinobi leave. He knew that he had done the right thing to give Kakashi the heads up whether or not the shinobi found the true meaning behind the message was up to how open Kakashi's mind was and what he did in reaction to this information all depended on how what the silver haired shinobi's heart could take.
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"It's a small village after all! It's a small village after all! It's a small villa....." (1)
"I thought I told you to shut up." Kakashi hit Gai in the face to interrupt the green beasts song as Gai glared at him.
"I've got a lovely bunch of red soldier pills doodoodoodooo. There they are standing in the road! Take one small one....." (2)
"SHUT UP!"
Gai sighed as the silence once consumed the pair before he perked up and smiled.
"Kakashi and Gai were the best of rivals all through their shinobi days! Both former members of the Anbu squad, both active in the....." (3)
Gai found himself on the ground with Kakashi a good distance ahead of him by the time he realized Kakashi had punched him.
"What's your problem?" Gai yelled as he appeared in front of his rival. If there was something he could beat Kakashi in it was definitely speed.
Kakashi was silent for a second before he sighed and looked over at Gai. "Sorry."
Gai just watched as his rival met up with the people they were watching with a serious expression on his face. Kakashi had been acting weird ever since they left Konoha and now his rival just apologized to him. Gai prayed he wasn't being ungrateful when he said, "What the crap?"
The sky slowly faded from the clear blue sky to the dark shadow of the night in which the shinobi thrived. Kakashi had just finished checking the perimeter and setting up traps for a safe measure when he found Gai waiting for him at the tree they were going to take up watch in.
"Who has first shift?" Kakashi spoke softly to not disturb their sleeping clients.
"I need to tell you something.........." Gai smiled at his rival and best friend who sat down next to him. It had been a while since they had last chatted with just them and well Gai had found himself with a dilemma he had already agreed to.
"Okay?" Kakashi egged on his friend to continue when he noticed the green beast of Konoha pause.
"I'm leaving."
".............."
".........to take a break for a while in a way but mainly to go check out some old scrolls some of our teams came across in the neutral areas." Gai added to see if Kakashi would comprehend what he was saying.
"You are leaving........." Kakashi waited for Gai to nod. "And will come back............?"
"I don't know."
"Oh."
There was a moment of silence between the friends before Kakashi sighed.
"Well if we are being open about things now then I guess.....................the Hokage brought something to my attention and it's been bothering me."
"Hn?" Gai nodded to show he was listening and was glad his confessional time was over.
"We've been rivals for a long time now, right?" Kakashi waited for Gai to agree before he continued. "So you pretty much know me better than anyone right?"
"Right." Gai agreed hesitantly.
"So then, if I made a mistake in doing something a long time ago................I mean, you would understand if I didn't want to tie anyone down with an extra burden if I died on a mission right."
"But you haven't died yet so what's your point?"
Kakashi sighed. "As a shinobi we are required to serve our village by any means possible. It's something that we are trained our whole lives to do once we chose the path of a shinobi."
There was a small pause between the two men before Kakashi continued. "Many shinobi die on missions often leaving the ones they loved behind............you've seen it, I've seen it. We both know how much pain you go through once you find out someone very close to you has died."
"What are you getting at Kakashi?" Gai sighed, his friend didn't sound like the lazy freeloader Kakashi at all.
"I just........I don't want anyone to be in pain in when I die." Kakashi turned his face so that he was facing Gai only to see the other jounin look at him funny.
"For a moment there Kakashi it sounded like you were breaking up with me." Gai laughed softly trying to make a joke when it hit him.
"Not you Gai.........." Kakashi paused before he looked up avoiding eye contact with his friend.
"Iruka?" Gai finished Kakashi's sentenced and stared at the silver haired jounin. "But Kakashi.............you can't be serious I mean you love him."
"I am serious Gai." Kakashi said in his bored, flat voice. "The Hokage mentioned something to me and after thinking about it, I can't help but feel this way."
"But you can't help the way you feel for Iruka either." Gai added trying to knock some since into the man beside him. "And you can't help the way Iruka feels for you."
"Yes I can." Kakashi muttered to himself before he stood up and looked at his friend. "Well this was a nice chat Gai but I'm going to go take a nap so wake me up for my shift okay."
And before Gai could protest the copycat ninja was gone.
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Iruka smirked as he looked at the drawings the kids were making. He had soon come to discover that his favorite time of day was 'free time'.
'Free time' consisted in letting the kids color and paint like a normal art class but instead it was at the Ninja Academy. Iruka walked down the aisles beside the desks while the teacher he was helping out for till he was a full-fledged teacher had gone to the teacher's lounge to 'take a nap' as she had told him so openly.
"Oi! Who took all the orange?" A boy with two marks down his face (one on each cheek) called out as he narrowed his animal like eyes. Iruka sighed, that Kiba-kun was too loud for something so small.
Iruka was about to go see if he could find anymore orange when he noticed all the orange paint containers at an empty desk. That was odd since the desk had been filled only moments ago...............CRAP! Iruka thought mentally as he remembered the blonde terror that occupied that seat.
"Where's Naruto?" Iruka asked out loud as the kids looked around shrugging, none of them knowing the answer.
Within seconds Iruka heard a scream down the hallway and found himself in front of the teacher's lounge throwing the door open. His eyes widened as he saw the blonde hellion laughing on the floor while the teacher who had been napping was painted in orange.
"UZUMAKI!!" Iruka yelled causing the boy to look at him and sit up straight. "WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU ARE DOING?"
"Uhhh............" The boy scratched the back of his head innocently as Iruka glared at him.
"Back." Iruka's glare deepened. "NOW."
And with that the blonde was scampering off as fast as he could while Iruka sighed and the teacher washed her face. So much for that kid being the fox, Iruka could careless at the moment about that fact as he walked back to the class hoping the little tyrant was back in his seat.
To Iruka's pleasure the boy was. Iruka continued looking over the pictures all the kids were making. The kid who sat in the back from the Nara clan had fallen asleep after he painted some rather fluffy looking clouds and the Inuzuka Kiba kid had drawn some blobs that were supposed to be his parent's dogs.
Iruka thought he was doing pretty well with names, he at least remembered the ones he needed to (the ones he called out the most) and if he didn't know first name then he definitely knew their clans.
Iruka looked at the clock and smiled. Five more minutes and then he would get to go home for a brief moment then he would work at the assigning room. He was about to sit down at the teacher's desk when one black head of hair caught his attention.
It was the kid who had almost caught him and Kakashi on the staircase. Iruka blushed a bit remembering that and was glad Kakashi had managed to trick the boy with an illusion. The kid's name was Uchiha Sasuke and a prodigy at that. He was the smartest in his class and all the teachers had high hopes for him and his cousins who were currently enrolled in the school too.
Curiosity eventually got a better hold of Iruka as he made his way to see what the boy had drawn. In pencil were two figures standing beside each other smiling, one taller than the other and the taller form had a long ponytail while the small form had short hair but before Iruka could read the writings above the figures the bell rang signifying that the day was over and all the kids were gone including Sasuke.
Iruka sighed and smiled as he walked around picking up all the messes that were made and was grateful there was nothing to grade that day. He cleaned up the leftover mess and left saying bye to all the teachers as he made his way home.
This job was definitely the one he was called for.
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Kakashi sighed as he stood at the doorstep to his house with the key in his hand. He sighed and his shoulders visibly slumped as he tried to think of ways he could do this.
The silver haired shinobi placed a hand over the bandages on his left arm and looked at the new mask and gear he was holding. Maybe it was a good thing he decided to rejoin the Anbu squad?
Kakashi opened the door to hear the shower on in the distance and gave a sad smirk. So Iruka was home............the Anbu shook his head. This was for the best he had to do this. After all the debates him and Gai went through and all the arguments that had passed through his head over the mission he knew what he was going to do. It was the right thing to do.
Then again sometimes doing the right things isn't doing the right thing.
When the shower turned off Kakashi flinched and his body tensed up. He had to do this because Iruka deserved better. He didn't want to see the chunin in any more pain, to have the chunin lose anymore special people because of the career that is being a shinobi.
"Oi, Kakashi?" Kakashi looked over to see Iruka wearing a lose robe and boxers fiddling with a towel in his hair.
"Hey." Kakashi felt his chest tighten as Iruka gave him an innocent grin.
"Well I wish I could stay to chat and catch up because believe me I have a lot of stuff to tell you." Iruka smiled even brighter. "But I have to go in to the assigning room."
"No you don't." Kakashi was glad he had passed by there before he came home. "I asked Fukui-san to take your shift."
"Oh?" Iruka grinned and before Kakashi could move was by his boyfriend pulling down Kakashi's mask and bringing the jounin into a kiss before Kakashi backed off startling Iruka.
"Kakashi?"
"Ah..........oh um my arm." Kakashi berated himself as he pointed to the bandages and Iruka looked worried.
"But I thought it was just a simple escort mission with just very paranoid people." Iruka reached for Kakashi's arm but the jounin pulled it away.
"Oh no you see, um...........I did this today." Kakashi curved his only visible eye as Iruka looked at him confused. "I rejoined the Anbu force."
"WHAT?" Iruka looked at Kakashi in shock. What was this all of the sudden? It was one thing that Kakashi was acting weird but now he joined the Anbu squad without even talking to him............was this some form of midlife crisis?
"Iruka." Kakashi sighed. He had to do this now before it got any harder. "We need to talk."
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And I end this chapter with the four words that can make anyone in a relationship cringe! Sorry for the semi-cliffy but I need to post this before I end up taking forever right?
And the song below just so happens to be one of my favorites that I listened to for this chapter. It's called 'Cry Just a Little' by Shania Twain or Faith Hill (can't remember), I don't really listen to country music but some songs out there you just have to hear once no matter what grouping it's in.
If I had just one tear rollin' down your cheek Maybe I could cope Maybe I get some sleep If I had just one moment at your expense Maybe all my misery would be well spent
Yeah
Could you cry a little, Lie just a little Pretend that your feeling a little more pain I gave, now I'm wanting something in return So cry just a little for me
If your love could be caged Honey I would hold the key And conceal it underneath The pile of lies you've handed me And you hunt those lies They be all you ever find That be all you have to know For me to be fine
Yeah
And you'd cry a little And die just a little And maybe I would feel just a little less pain I gave, now I'm wanting something in return So cry just a little for me
Give it up baby I hear your doin fine Nothings gonna save me Til I see it in your eyes Some kind of heartache honey Give it a try I don want pity I just want what is mine
Yeah
Would you cry a little Lie just a little Pretend that you're feeling a little more pain I gave, now I'm wanting something in return So cry just a little for me
Yeah
Cry just a little for me Whoa whoa Could you cry a little for me hmmm yeah yeah
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(1)--- 'It's a small world after all.' (2)--- 'I've got a lovely bunch of coconuts.' (3)--- 'Earl had to die.' By The Dixie Chicks
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Jay-Chan3: Hehehehe............I never realized I didn't have any commas! The thing is I rely on Microsoft word to tell me when I need to use one and when I don't. (sometimes I use them and 'Word' get's all mad at me until I delete the commas. *sigh* I hope you continue enjoying the story!
usagi-hk: Yo no hablas español mío bien. *smile* Sorry I don't know any Spanish! I think it is cool that you are reading my story! I loved your long review! I'm also glad that you can understand my writing because that takes talent *lol* KakaIru is definitely one of the cutest Naruto pairings, I'm glad you enjoy the 'What is Love?" chapter because it is one of my favorites too! I often go and read it when I'm stuck in a chapter or have the time. Thank you again for reviewing and I can't wait to hear more from you.
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Muchahcha: Don't you love coincidences! I love being an authoress because those can just happen every so often to keep the story going don't you think? I'm glad I am still getting reviews from you because it is nice to see I still have people from the very beginning! I hope my writing hasn't gotten worse! I can't wait to see your review for this chapter!
Hikari of Darkness: I hope I updated quick enough and you didn't forget this story! I'm glad you enjoyed last chapter so much!
Renn: Gai is awesome and you want to kill Mizuki now.............just wait until later.....*laughs evilly* let's just say he's not the best friend Iruka should be hanging out with......muwahaha!
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Lady Geuna: I hope you liked my introduction of the infamous prankster Naruto in this chapter because he will become a major role in the near future in Iruka's life anyway *snicker* Well I don't know if I'm that brilliant *flips hair* (( Narcissism at it's peak) Please review again!
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Hey funny story (mainly just cause it happened yesterday) I fell down the stairs at my school. *smile* I was wearing a new pair of sandals that turned out to not have good friction on my school's floor and while I was running down the stairs since school was over and I wanted to get past all the people (keep in mind 2600 students) well I was running and slipped backwards and fell.
Thankfully my backpack/bag flew behind me and protected my back but I fell on my but and it's been hard to sit for a while *sigh* Well the thing that makes this story so cool that I want to share it with you guys is that in my psychology class earlier that day we were talking about people will be less likely to help you if there is a bigger group of people but that was disproven!
The guy behind me helped me up and all the people who saw stopped what they were doing and asked me if I was okay! Talk about feeling special for the few minutes of my life but it was extremely nice of those people and no one laughed at me!
Well that was just my ramblings........Hehehe............oh and if any of you have a PS2 and need a game to take up your time and give you a work out at the same time I would suggest you get the game DDR!
PS: side note for the last chapter (you know Iruka's got his pants stolen) that was also inspired from school when he girl's locker room was robbed and someone stole my pants! I had to go around school in my gym uniform for the rest of the day *sigh* but that was a while ago so I just thought ya'll might enjoy that little tidbit of information.
Okay well no more of this stuff because ya'll came for the story and I'm talking too much *laughs* so here you go!
Enjoy!
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Chapter 15: Kakashi?
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Iruka couldn't help but smile as the Hokage handed him a certificate. He had finally found something to do that he would enjoy.
Iruka looked over the school halls and smiled. He remembered the years he had spent at the ninja academy. After talking to a few people he found out that he would be able to qualify for a teaching position, but being only 17 he would start off as an assistant teacher and help out around the school to get a better feel of things.
"Here you go Iruka-sensei." The Hokage smiled as he smoked on his pipe and did a small bow. The boy had grown up before his eyes and was going to become a teacher. A very good teacher at that or so the Hokage believed.
"Thank you Hokage-sama." Iruka did another bow before he turned to the teachers he would be working with.
"Wow Mizuki I never thought you wanted to be a teacher too." Iruka laughed as his friend smirked.
"Well there are many things you don't know Iruka." Iruka stared blankly at Mizuki trying not to read into the comment too much before he just pushed it aside.
"Since when did you get interested in the career Iruka-kun?" Kurenai smiled as Iruka glared at her.
"You don't have to use 'kun' anymore Kurenai-sensei." Iruka sighed and then smiled. "I thought it would be nice to give something back to Konoha and good teachers are pretty rare these days."
"Are you saying I'm not a good teacher?" Kurenai furrowed her eyebrows at Iruka before the teen shook his head.
"I wasn't implying that at all!"
"Kurenai-sensei, Suzume has your class outside. She's teaching them the art of flower arranging." A young female smiled at Kurenai and then winked at Iruka and Mizuki causing both boys to blush.
Iruka would start assisting in the younger classes and would hopefully be getting to know his future students unless they graduated early. The young chunin went down the hallway with a grin on his face before he felt two arms wrap around his waist.
"Wha?" Iruka heard a small chuckle and looked at the silver haired perpetrator. "You shouldn't do that when I'm not paying attention."
"You shouldn't put your guard down, especially when you have that stupid smile on your face." Kakashi teased as he kissed Iruka's neck with his cloth-covered lips.
"Kakashi! Not here!" Iruka blushed as he got out of Kakashi's grasp. "I start working here on Monday!"
"But if you didn't it would be okay?" The jounin cemented his hold on his lover.
"I didn't say that either, I'm going to be a teacher so I have more responsibilities." Iruka threatened before he felt himself being moved.
Kakashi grinned underneath his mask as he pulled Iruka into an empty classroom and pushed the chunin against the wall.
"I know." Kakashi whispered dangerously, "And I have always wanted to do this in one of these classrooms ever since I graduated."
Iruka blushed even more before it hit him, "BUT YOU WERE ONLY 5 WHEN YOU GRADUATED!"
Kakashi covered Iruka's mouth with his gloved hand before the chunin could yell anymore. "Shhh. We might get caught if you keep screaming like that."
"But we aren't going to do anything." Iruka said in a low threatening voice before Kakashi pushed him up against the wall again and pulled down his mask and kissed the chunin.
"But it will be really fun..........." Kakashi whispered into Iruka's ear, as the chunin blushed even deeper.
"Those stupid books you read are giving you too many ideas." Iruka sighed before he kissed Kakashi on the cheek and smiled. "But...........we are young.........."
Before Iruka could finish his sentence Kakashi covered his lips with his own and bit down on Iruka's bottom lip to get a small gasp from the chunin. Iruka gave Kakashi a warning glare before nipped at Kakashi's ear.
"THAT STUPID BRAT!"
Iruka froze as they heard running past the closed door his eyes watching the shadows past the room he and Kakashi were in. His heart was racing when he finally looked at Kakashi. The jounin just smiled and continued to kiss Iruka with his hands grabbing the chunin's upper thigh.
"Ka.........ah.........shi." Iruka bit his lip for making a noise as he glared at the jounin.
"Hehehe." Kakashi rubbed the back of his head before he heard small footsteps running down the hallway quickly. Kakashi kissed the chunin one more time before he vanished leaving a very confused and blushing Iruka.
Iruka turned to the door as he heard it open and saw a small blond figure run in the classroom and jump out one of the windows. The boy took one glance at Iruka and bolted but Iruka was able to see the cobalt blue eyes and the distinctive marks on the boy's cheeks.
"That was........." Iruka turned to see two very mad looking teachers run into the room and look around.
"Did a student just come in here?" The taller of the men spat out quickly.
"Yes, he went out the window.........." Iruka pointed in the direction and both men disappeared as Iruka just watched in shock. Were they chasing the fox?
"Wow." Iruka turned his head to see Kakashi standing right beside him as if the jounin didn't leave. "I guess he's the kid responsible for the paintings on Hokage's tower."
"The tower?" Iruka looked at Kakashi, then he narrowed his eyes. "Oh yeah you left me here without saying anything............"
Kakashi grinned with a small blush on his cheeks even though his mask covered it. Iruka was already out of the classroom and on his way to ignoring the jounin when Kakashi grabbed his arm and pulled the chunin to the back staircase only used for emergencies.
"Now we can't be interrupted." Kakashi grinned curving up his one eye as Iruka shook his head.
"No."
"No?" Kakashi repeated Iruka looking like it was a sad sad joke.
Iruka sighed as Kakashi just frowned. The jounin was really cute when he wanted to be...............with that thought Iruka pulled down Kakashi's mask and kissed him on the cheek with a small blush and smiled.
"It was fun up there almost getting caught."
Kakashi stared at Iruka dumbfounded. Did the chunin just say that.........he had fun? Iruka actually has naughty side to him? If Kakashi ever cried, he would have tears of happiness rolling down his cheeks but then again that was more of a Gai thing and this is Kakashi.
Kakashi kissed him slowly finding a way where they both could be more comfortable. They could hear the teachers dismiss class and the kids running down the hallway. Kakashi took off his and Iruka vests and started to mess with the chunin's shirt when the staircase door opened.
"Sorry I can't stay after today sensei but aniki promised to train with me when he wasn't on duty." Iruka heard a small voice before the child started down the stairs.
Iruka gave Kakashi one of those looks like 'if we get caught and this kid is my future student I will kill you slowly and painfully not to mention you sleep on the couch till that kid graduates'. Kakashi did a few hand seal and kissed Iruka before the chunin could protest and then they saw a black haired boy run by.
Iruka was about to sigh in relief when the kid came back up and looked around.
"Is someone here?" The young voice asked before it noticed two vests tossed to the side. The kid looked wearily around before it glared with his black eyes. "I can see you."
// He can see us? But he can be older than 6! // Iruka glanced at Kakashi to see the jounin wasn't moving.
"Hmmm..........I thought for a second that I saw someone............." And with that the dark haired boy continued his journey down the stairs before Kakashi let go of the jutsus.
"I swore for a moment he saw us." Iruka laughed silently as Kakashi nodded.
"Well he would have been able to if he was older or already mastered the Sharingan."
"Sharingan? You mean he was from the Uchiha clan?" Iruka remembered what the boy looked like and it made sense. In fact he looked remarkably similar to one Uchiha Itachi.
"So?" Kakashi grinned as Iruka looked at him.
"Is that all you think about?"
"Well when I'm alone with you...........yes." Kakashi answered truthfully nodding his head as if to make some kind of effect.
Iruka smirked at the jounin and grabbed the collar of Kakashi's shirt to pull the silver haired man into a kiss. The school brought out a good side in Iruka Kakashi thought as he returned the kiss.
"ACK!" Both men stopped and turned their heads to see red eyes glaring at them.
"K.....K..Kurenai-se....s...sensei." Iruka stuttered as the woman glared at him.
"Iruka! Kakashi!" She yelled as her eyebrow twitched. "WHAT IF SOME STUDENTS SAW YOU? IRUKA I THOUGHT YOU WERE BETTER THAN THIS AND YOU! KAKASHI WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE AT THE SCHOOL?"
"I was trying to entice Iruka into a little forbidden love making on the grounds of his new job." Kakashi curved his one eye and smiled even though his mask had already been pulled up before the dark haired woman could see.
"You......you......." Kurenai glared at Kakashi before she ran up and hit him. "PERVERT!"
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"And what did we learn today?" Iruka sighed as if he was a teacher who had spent all day lecturing a student.
"Wow you have the perfect tone of voice for a teacher. You almost sound like you're actually annoyed." Kakashi smirked before Iruka glared at him.
"Kakashi." Iruka opened the fridge and pulled out some ice before he turned around to face the jounin. "What did we learn today?"
"Kurenai has a mean punch?" Kakashi said half teasingly and half not as he rubbed the sore bump on his head before Iruka placed the ice on it.
"Kakashi." Iruka's voice went up a pitch like how parents say their child's name whenever the child just got caught doing something bad but kept changing the subject.
"We learned............that school isn't for fulfilling my fantasies............." Kakashi mumbled regretfully as Iruka smiled.
"Now are you going to be okay? I need to go to work at the assigning room." Iruka picked up a clipboard he had set on the table earlier before glancing at Kakashi to see the jounin's response.
"Don't worry about me, I have a mission with Gai later so I won't be home tonight." Kakashi got up and walked to that bathroom for some kind of painkiller, he suddenly found himself with a bad headache.
"In that case do you mind if I stay over with Mizuki? Some of the new teacher underlings are getting together."
"Have fun!" Kakashi called out from the bathroom.
"Oh! Are you going to be home for breakfast?" Iruka walked into the bathroom and Kakashi nodded his head before he swallowed a few pills.
Was it just Kakashi or did they sound like a married couple? It was kind of unnerving but Kakashi quickly put that feeling aside and thought about what information Gai had given him about the mission.
"Gai said it will take about five days to escort these paranoid rich people but there has to be something else if they are sending both me and Gai so I am thinking I'll be gone for a week." Kakashi turned to see Iruka staring at him surprised.
"A week?" Iruka sighed. "We usually do something before you leave if it's going to be longer than five days."
"Sorry Iruka I just forgot."
"Hm." Iruka pouted for a second before he was pushed to the ground and Kakashi was kissing him.
"Well if you are going to act like that.............." Kakashi smirked as he kissed Iruka's neck. "You can always be a little late to work."
"No! Kakashi! I............ha! Hey!..........................no wait.....................stop!" Iruka was finally able to push Kakashi up as his face became all flustered. Iruka glared at Kakashi as the jounin smiled bringing their foreheads together.
"We aren't at the school so you can relax now."
Iruka smirked a bit pushing his bottom lip out before he closed his eyes. How he wished they could stay like this forever with him being so close to Kakashi but the sound of the door bell woke the chunin up from his dream world as he opened his eyes to see Kakashi looking at him smugly.
"That's Gai." Kakashi stood up pulling the chunin up with him so they both were on their feet. "Bye Iruka-koi."
Kakashi placed a kiss on Iruka's cheek as he walked out of the bathroom. Iruka smiled and made his way out to see Gai wave at him as he returned the gesture.
"Bye guys, be safe." And with that Iruka was off to work.
Gai looked over at Kakashi. "The Hokage wanted to see you before we left."
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"Hokage-sama, you wanted to talk to me?" Kakashi appeared in the Hokages room to see the old man nod his head.
"Kakashi there has been something bothering me for a long time and I have decided to bring it to your attention since if something happens it will affect you."
Kakashi stared at the Hokage trying to decipher the very vague explanation to why he was called but just waited instead knowing full well the Hokage would explain himself.
"As you have known there have been unknown threats growing but we haven't gotten any real information." The Hokage paused and took a few puffs of his pipe before he continued. "Something is up and I have a feeling something is going to happen. I am assigning a group of shinobi who will be dispersed on the field immediately when that event occurs. These shinobi will then be gone from the village for a while or as long as it takes to get the information we need."
Kakashi paused trying to decode the hidden meanings and just nodded. So the Hokage has a bad feeling (very bad thing) and has a group of shinobi (most likely including Kakashi) prepared incase this fear comes true. And if push comes to shove Kakashi will find himself on a dangerous spy mission with a few more individuals that could last for years.
"So you are saying....."
"I am saying that you should be prepared, not that you aren't prepared for anything I give you but what I am trying to say is make sure you can leave the village without any chains that will hinder your performance."
// Chains? Does he mean........//
"I believe Gai is waiting for you to start your mission." The Hokage interrupted Kakashi's thoughts as the jounin did a bow and then left.
The Hokage sighed as he watched the silver haired shinobi leave. He knew that he had done the right thing to give Kakashi the heads up whether or not the shinobi found the true meaning behind the message was up to how open Kakashi's mind was and what he did in reaction to this information all depended on how what the silver haired shinobi's heart could take.
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"It's a small village after all! It's a small village after all! It's a small villa....." (1)
"I thought I told you to shut up." Kakashi hit Gai in the face to interrupt the green beasts song as Gai glared at him.
"I've got a lovely bunch of red soldier pills doodoodoodooo. There they are standing in the road! Take one small one....." (2)
"SHUT UP!"
Gai sighed as the silence once consumed the pair before he perked up and smiled.
"Kakashi and Gai were the best of rivals all through their shinobi days! Both former members of the Anbu squad, both active in the....." (3)
Gai found himself on the ground with Kakashi a good distance ahead of him by the time he realized Kakashi had punched him.
"What's your problem?" Gai yelled as he appeared in front of his rival. If there was something he could beat Kakashi in it was definitely speed.
Kakashi was silent for a second before he sighed and looked over at Gai. "Sorry."
Gai just watched as his rival met up with the people they were watching with a serious expression on his face. Kakashi had been acting weird ever since they left Konoha and now his rival just apologized to him. Gai prayed he wasn't being ungrateful when he said, "What the crap?"
The sky slowly faded from the clear blue sky to the dark shadow of the night in which the shinobi thrived. Kakashi had just finished checking the perimeter and setting up traps for a safe measure when he found Gai waiting for him at the tree they were going to take up watch in.
"Who has first shift?" Kakashi spoke softly to not disturb their sleeping clients.
"I need to tell you something.........." Gai smiled at his rival and best friend who sat down next to him. It had been a while since they had last chatted with just them and well Gai had found himself with a dilemma he had already agreed to.
"Okay?" Kakashi egged on his friend to continue when he noticed the green beast of Konoha pause.
"I'm leaving."
".............."
".........to take a break for a while in a way but mainly to go check out some old scrolls some of our teams came across in the neutral areas." Gai added to see if Kakashi would comprehend what he was saying.
"You are leaving........." Kakashi waited for Gai to nod. "And will come back............?"
"I don't know."
"Oh."
There was a moment of silence between the friends before Kakashi sighed.
"Well if we are being open about things now then I guess.....................the Hokage brought something to my attention and it's been bothering me."
"Hn?" Gai nodded to show he was listening and was glad his confessional time was over.
"We've been rivals for a long time now, right?" Kakashi waited for Gai to agree before he continued. "So you pretty much know me better than anyone right?"
"Right." Gai agreed hesitantly.
"So then, if I made a mistake in doing something a long time ago................I mean, you would understand if I didn't want to tie anyone down with an extra burden if I died on a mission right."
"But you haven't died yet so what's your point?"
Kakashi sighed. "As a shinobi we are required to serve our village by any means possible. It's something that we are trained our whole lives to do once we chose the path of a shinobi."
There was a small pause between the two men before Kakashi continued. "Many shinobi die on missions often leaving the ones they loved behind............you've seen it, I've seen it. We both know how much pain you go through once you find out someone very close to you has died."
"What are you getting at Kakashi?" Gai sighed, his friend didn't sound like the lazy freeloader Kakashi at all.
"I just........I don't want anyone to be in pain in when I die." Kakashi turned his face so that he was facing Gai only to see the other jounin look at him funny.
"For a moment there Kakashi it sounded like you were breaking up with me." Gai laughed softly trying to make a joke when it hit him.
"Not you Gai.........." Kakashi paused before he looked up avoiding eye contact with his friend.
"Iruka?" Gai finished Kakashi's sentenced and stared at the silver haired jounin. "But Kakashi.............you can't be serious I mean you love him."
"I am serious Gai." Kakashi said in his bored, flat voice. "The Hokage mentioned something to me and after thinking about it, I can't help but feel this way."
"But you can't help the way you feel for Iruka either." Gai added trying to knock some since into the man beside him. "And you can't help the way Iruka feels for you."
"Yes I can." Kakashi muttered to himself before he stood up and looked at his friend. "Well this was a nice chat Gai but I'm going to go take a nap so wake me up for my shift okay."
And before Gai could protest the copycat ninja was gone.
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Iruka smirked as he looked at the drawings the kids were making. He had soon come to discover that his favorite time of day was 'free time'.
'Free time' consisted in letting the kids color and paint like a normal art class but instead it was at the Ninja Academy. Iruka walked down the aisles beside the desks while the teacher he was helping out for till he was a full-fledged teacher had gone to the teacher's lounge to 'take a nap' as she had told him so openly.
"Oi! Who took all the orange?" A boy with two marks down his face (one on each cheek) called out as he narrowed his animal like eyes. Iruka sighed, that Kiba-kun was too loud for something so small.
Iruka was about to go see if he could find anymore orange when he noticed all the orange paint containers at an empty desk. That was odd since the desk had been filled only moments ago...............CRAP! Iruka thought mentally as he remembered the blonde terror that occupied that seat.
"Where's Naruto?" Iruka asked out loud as the kids looked around shrugging, none of them knowing the answer.
Within seconds Iruka heard a scream down the hallway and found himself in front of the teacher's lounge throwing the door open. His eyes widened as he saw the blonde hellion laughing on the floor while the teacher who had been napping was painted in orange.
"UZUMAKI!!" Iruka yelled causing the boy to look at him and sit up straight. "WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU ARE DOING?"
"Uhhh............" The boy scratched the back of his head innocently as Iruka glared at him.
"Back." Iruka's glare deepened. "NOW."
And with that the blonde was scampering off as fast as he could while Iruka sighed and the teacher washed her face. So much for that kid being the fox, Iruka could careless at the moment about that fact as he walked back to the class hoping the little tyrant was back in his seat.
To Iruka's pleasure the boy was. Iruka continued looking over the pictures all the kids were making. The kid who sat in the back from the Nara clan had fallen asleep after he painted some rather fluffy looking clouds and the Inuzuka Kiba kid had drawn some blobs that were supposed to be his parent's dogs.
Iruka thought he was doing pretty well with names, he at least remembered the ones he needed to (the ones he called out the most) and if he didn't know first name then he definitely knew their clans.
Iruka looked at the clock and smiled. Five more minutes and then he would get to go home for a brief moment then he would work at the assigning room. He was about to sit down at the teacher's desk when one black head of hair caught his attention.
It was the kid who had almost caught him and Kakashi on the staircase. Iruka blushed a bit remembering that and was glad Kakashi had managed to trick the boy with an illusion. The kid's name was Uchiha Sasuke and a prodigy at that. He was the smartest in his class and all the teachers had high hopes for him and his cousins who were currently enrolled in the school too.
Curiosity eventually got a better hold of Iruka as he made his way to see what the boy had drawn. In pencil were two figures standing beside each other smiling, one taller than the other and the taller form had a long ponytail while the small form had short hair but before Iruka could read the writings above the figures the bell rang signifying that the day was over and all the kids were gone including Sasuke.
Iruka sighed and smiled as he walked around picking up all the messes that were made and was grateful there was nothing to grade that day. He cleaned up the leftover mess and left saying bye to all the teachers as he made his way home.
This job was definitely the one he was called for.
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Kakashi sighed as he stood at the doorstep to his house with the key in his hand. He sighed and his shoulders visibly slumped as he tried to think of ways he could do this.
The silver haired shinobi placed a hand over the bandages on his left arm and looked at the new mask and gear he was holding. Maybe it was a good thing he decided to rejoin the Anbu squad?
Kakashi opened the door to hear the shower on in the distance and gave a sad smirk. So Iruka was home............the Anbu shook his head. This was for the best he had to do this. After all the debates him and Gai went through and all the arguments that had passed through his head over the mission he knew what he was going to do. It was the right thing to do.
Then again sometimes doing the right things isn't doing the right thing.
When the shower turned off Kakashi flinched and his body tensed up. He had to do this because Iruka deserved better. He didn't want to see the chunin in any more pain, to have the chunin lose anymore special people because of the career that is being a shinobi.
"Oi, Kakashi?" Kakashi looked over to see Iruka wearing a lose robe and boxers fiddling with a towel in his hair.
"Hey." Kakashi felt his chest tighten as Iruka gave him an innocent grin.
"Well I wish I could stay to chat and catch up because believe me I have a lot of stuff to tell you." Iruka smiled even brighter. "But I have to go in to the assigning room."
"No you don't." Kakashi was glad he had passed by there before he came home. "I asked Fukui-san to take your shift."
"Oh?" Iruka grinned and before Kakashi could move was by his boyfriend pulling down Kakashi's mask and bringing the jounin into a kiss before Kakashi backed off startling Iruka.
"Kakashi?"
"Ah..........oh um my arm." Kakashi berated himself as he pointed to the bandages and Iruka looked worried.
"But I thought it was just a simple escort mission with just very paranoid people." Iruka reached for Kakashi's arm but the jounin pulled it away.
"Oh no you see, um...........I did this today." Kakashi curved his only visible eye as Iruka looked at him confused. "I rejoined the Anbu force."
"WHAT?" Iruka looked at Kakashi in shock. What was this all of the sudden? It was one thing that Kakashi was acting weird but now he joined the Anbu squad without even talking to him............was this some form of midlife crisis?
"Iruka." Kakashi sighed. He had to do this now before it got any harder. "We need to talk."
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And I end this chapter with the four words that can make anyone in a relationship cringe! Sorry for the semi-cliffy but I need to post this before I end up taking forever right?
And the song below just so happens to be one of my favorites that I listened to for this chapter. It's called 'Cry Just a Little' by Shania Twain or Faith Hill (can't remember), I don't really listen to country music but some songs out there you just have to hear once no matter what grouping it's in.
If I had just one tear rollin' down your cheek Maybe I could cope Maybe I get some sleep If I had just one moment at your expense Maybe all my misery would be well spent
Yeah
Could you cry a little, Lie just a little Pretend that your feeling a little more pain I gave, now I'm wanting something in return So cry just a little for me
If your love could be caged Honey I would hold the key And conceal it underneath The pile of lies you've handed me And you hunt those lies They be all you ever find That be all you have to know For me to be fine
Yeah
And you'd cry a little And die just a little And maybe I would feel just a little less pain I gave, now I'm wanting something in return So cry just a little for me
Give it up baby I hear your doin fine Nothings gonna save me Til I see it in your eyes Some kind of heartache honey Give it a try I don want pity I just want what is mine
Yeah
Would you cry a little Lie just a little Pretend that you're feeling a little more pain I gave, now I'm wanting something in return So cry just a little for me
Yeah
Cry just a little for me Whoa whoa Could you cry a little for me hmmm yeah yeah
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(1)--- 'It's a small world after all.' (2)--- 'I've got a lovely bunch of coconuts.' (3)--- 'Earl had to die.' By The Dixie Chicks
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Jay-Chan3: Hehehehe............I never realized I didn't have any commas! The thing is I rely on Microsoft word to tell me when I need to use one and when I don't. (sometimes I use them and 'Word' get's all mad at me until I delete the commas. *sigh* I hope you continue enjoying the story!
usagi-hk: Yo no hablas español mío bien. *smile* Sorry I don't know any Spanish! I think it is cool that you are reading my story! I loved your long review! I'm also glad that you can understand my writing because that takes talent *lol* KakaIru is definitely one of the cutest Naruto pairings, I'm glad you enjoy the 'What is Love?" chapter because it is one of my favorites too! I often go and read it when I'm stuck in a chapter or have the time. Thank you again for reviewing and I can't wait to hear more from you.
SsjAndromeda: I know I have a lot of grammatical errors and I try to find them before I post the story but sometimes I just don't have the time to check that carefully. As long as my mistakes aren't ruining the story and you keep enjoying it then I will continue to do my best. I will start trying more though so thank you for reviewing and I hope I hear from you again.
Kakashi_Suka~_~{ my fan } : I love your name! Thanks and I hope you continue loving this story because it's the fans like you who keep me going!
Ash of Mine: I'm actually really interested to see how you will respond to this chapter just as I can't wait to see how everyone is going to react. Please don't hate me!
Muchahcha: Don't you love coincidences! I love being an authoress because those can just happen every so often to keep the story going don't you think? I'm glad I am still getting reviews from you because it is nice to see I still have people from the very beginning! I hope my writing hasn't gotten worse! I can't wait to see your review for this chapter!
Hikari of Darkness: I hope I updated quick enough and you didn't forget this story! I'm glad you enjoyed last chapter so much!
Renn: Gai is awesome and you want to kill Mizuki now.............just wait until later.....*laughs evilly* let's just say he's not the best friend Iruka should be hanging out with......muwahaha!
Princess Razu: I did!
Evila Kasumi: I do need a proofreader but the fact is it would probably take me longer to update if I got one. Since I barely have enough time to write this story in one week (as you can tell I'm sure) but I'm glad you are enjoying this fic and I can guarantee it isn't ending anytime too soon!
Dtamerx: I'm glad you enjoyed this chapter hahaha!
Lady Geuna: I hope you liked my introduction of the infamous prankster Naruto in this chapter because he will become a major role in the near future in Iruka's life anyway *snicker* Well I don't know if I'm that brilliant *flips hair* (( Narcissism at it's peak) Please review again!
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