I do not own Naruto! Because I am not as talented nor will I ever be as
talented as Kishimoto-san!
Well this is chapter 20! I hope you guys like it! I just found out that I failed Pre-Calculus so that means I have to go to summer school tear but it is only 12 days so it shouldn't be that bad. But I used to be so happy for summer because that meant more time I could spend on 'Growing Pains' but with summer school and a job it hasn't been working like I wanted it too!
Well besides that.........sigh I was really happy about the reviews I got for 'Lessons in First Aid' because it was a really weird pairing but after I wrote that I actually found little Kabuto adorable! But who am I to compliment myself lol.
Well here is the story so I hope you guys enjoy and have a great week!
Enjoy!
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Chapter 20: Yo
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"We don't know where Itachi is anymore and if we back track it will take too long." Obito sighed as he looked out the window.
"I guess this means we get to go home." Sayaka said softly as she finished the last bandage before glancing at Kakashi. "I think he is suspicious."
"Sayaka........." Obito sighed as the girl glared at the Kakashi's sleeping form.
Everyone stopped as they heard some noise near the door before some knocking followed.
"Who would-" Sayaka was cut off as Obito forced himself to stand up ignoring Hayate's protests because of his injuries from earlier.
Obito opened the door only to stare at a dark figure in front of him.
"You're!"
"Hello my comrades! My team and I couldn't help but take notice of your fleeting forms in the village and wondered if we could help?" A tall man with tanned skin grinned a thousand dollar smile at Obito before he pointed tot he headband around his waist. "You may know me as the beautiful green beast of Konoha, but I am Maito Gai!"
Obito blinked a few times. He had made sure that they weren't followed and that they hadn't left any tracks for anyone to follow them with so how did this guy.........
"If you doubt me then I must say I was able to follow you because you are carrying my eternal rival with you and he has a very unique chakra that I have battled many times." Gai did a pose before Hayate appeared next to Obito.
"Gai-san." Hayate coughed a few times as Obito nodded.
Obito was about to let Gai in when he looked at his surroundings. The trees moved as another gasp of wind came through and the team leader smirked.
"Gai, you can tell your team to get out of the trees now that we have been able to identify you." As soon as Obito had finished saying that Gai smiled and three forms appeared beside him.
"Well isn't Obito-kun good at playing ninja." A sharp arrogant female voice spoke up as the young woman gave Obito a toothy grin.
"Anko-san it's nice to see you're still alive." Obito gave a bitter smile as the woman smirked at him.
"Hey Hayate, was that Hatake Kakashi you guys were carrying earlier?" A young man with a beard lit up his cigarette and took a few puffs before looking at his sickly friend.
"Asuma," Hayate coughed again but this time because of the smoke before he nodded. "Yes, that was Kakashi."
The fourth member on Gai's team couldn't have been more than a chunin in Obito's book but then again there were many cases of kids younger than that becoming a jounin. The boy was probably in his mid-teens and had gruff looking hair and sunglasses over his eyes that gave him a mysterious look.
"Chibi!" The boy glared at Anko as she smiled back. "You and your bugs go check the perimeter while we check on the other shinobi."
A small nod followed a few hand seals as the boy disappeared.
"Anko I thought I told you not to call Aubrame-kun that." Gai sighed before he went into the house that his rival was in. "So what happened to Kakashi?"
They entered the room Kakashi was asleep in and Gai just took one glance at his rival before was able to make out the situation. If anyone knew Kakashi's limitations in battle it would be Gai but; Gai smirked as he thought; the beautiful Green Beast had a new surprise to show his eternal rival.
"He just exhausted himself when we met up with some unexpected events." Hayate coughed a few times before he looked over at Gai.
"So it looks like you guys just about got your butts kicked." Anko added her two cents in as she took a seat next to Obito who looked annoyed.
"Why did it have to be you guys of all people?" Obito mumbled to himself before everyone noticed Gai kneel down beside Kakashi.
Gai slowly took his rivals headband off causing a few people in the room to tense as he gently slid it off.
"You shouldn't do that." Sayaka whispered unsurely as she now could see the eye that held that terrible thing even if the eye itself was closed.
"Don't worry my young female ally! If anyone knows how to handle my rival it would be me." Gai gave Sayaka a thumb up causing her to be a bit surprised by the unique looking man.
"Perimeter is cleared." Came a young voice as the young boy from Gai's team appeared in the middle of the room.
"Thanks chibi." Anko smirked before she heard a sigh from beside her and took notice of Asuma lighting up another cigarette. "Excuse you!"
Asuma raised an eyebrow at her before he blew smoke in her face. "How can I help you?"
"You jerk!" Anko coughed some before she glared at Asuma. "I thought I told you that if you wanted to smoke then to keep away from me!"
Asuma sighed as he stood up slowly and made his way out of the house. Who was he to argue over something so trivial when he would be granted alone time outside with his cigarette.
"So what brings you guys out here?" Obito inquired as he looked at the three shinobi still inside the house.
Two of them looked over at Gai and sighed as the beautiful green beast of Konoha gave a grin before he scratched the back of his head.
"You see......" Gai took a glance at his rival before he faced Obito. "I have been gone for a while just like you guys but my mission was very different from yours."
"Ah." Obito nodded, "And the other three?"
"We were ordered to retrieve Gai and bring him back to the village." The boy with sunglasses spoke up.
"Hey Noraiki-kun, Anko do you mind if I chat with Obito for a bit?" Gai looked at the two as Anko visibly sighed.
"Do whatever you want weirdo." Anko suggested as she walked out of the room in a lazy manner being followed by the uninterested Aubrame boy.
Obito gave one glance to Hayate and Sayaka before the two disappeared and it left only the two shinobi and one unconscious Kakashi.
"What would you like Gai-kun?" Obito asked the younger man as Gai suddenly grew serious.
"I need you guys to go ahead to the village," Gai paused for a moment. "And I need you to take Anko with you."
Obito raised an eyebrow at the request. "Oh, why is that?"
"You guys have obviously finished your mission whether you passed or failed isn't anything for me to hear but I still have some stuff I need to work with before I can return." Gai tired to explain without using too much detail. "And you would take Anko because obviously you can't take Kakashi with you right now so we would switch team members."
Obito thought for a moment. Gai was right in the fact that their mission was over and whatever Gai needed working on was none of his business. If they did switch Anko and Kakashi then Obito would be able to leave in the morning and head back to Konoha to fill out a mission report.
"Another reason why I suggested that we take Kakashi while you take Anko would be because it gives me an excuse to be out of Konoha for a little while longer while Kakashi recovers. Of course he should be back to normal in a week or two so I will be done with my research by then." Gai added in hopes that Obito would agree.
Gai had no idea what kind of man Obito was but he obviously had to be trustworthy to be put in charge of a mission. But since Gai no connections to Obito he didn't know if the shinobi would allow this or just refuse his suggestion.
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Iruka sighed as he stared at his class. Only five minutes into the test and two of his students were sleeping. He watched as the rest of the students were diligently working and caught sight of a few cheaters every once and a while.
Well, at least everyone would get the grade they deserved.
Iruka was just about to close his eyes as he looked out the window before his ear caught some snickering near the door. With a very noticeable sigh Iruka turned his head sharply and glared at the student trying to make an escape.
"Naruto where do you think you are going?" Iruka watched in a slight amusement as the blonde started to tremble a bit and smiled to himself. Who would have thought that the blond would be so scared of his teacher while the fox boy never should any cowardice towards the Hokage or anyone else in the village?
"Uh........." Naruto smiled at his teacher and scratched the back of his head. "I was just going to the little boy's room, hehe."
"Naruto I would suggest you pay more attention to the tests I give and actually pass one before you go off sneaking again." Iruka said in a bland voice a teacher usually gives even though they have no enthusiasm to do so.
"What is that supposed to mean?" Naruto glared at his teacher as Iruka sighed.
"Naruto you have the lowest grades in class!" Iruka decided to point our before he heard some snickers coming from the boy's classmates.
"Well what do you know?" Naruto pouted at his teacher with a glare. "Just you see I will show all of you!"
"And how are you going to do that?" Iruka asked sarcastically causing the boy to get angrier.
"JUST YOU SEE SENSEI! I AM GOING TO GRADUATE NEXT YEAR!" Naruto pointed at Iruka catching the teacher off guard. "I am going to prove all of you wrong about me!"
And with that Naruto took off out of the door way leaving a dumbfounded Iruka and a laughing class.
"He looked like he was about to cry." One of the students whispered loud enough for Iruka to hear over the laughter.
"Okay kids you still have a test to finish, next one to talk will fail!" Iruka stated sternly as he took one last glance at the door way.
It wasn't the first time the kid had left in the middle of Iruka's class but this time seemed a little different.
'I am going to prove all of you wrong about me!'
Iruka sighed as he sat down again. That kid was something else if you ever asked the teacher,
Something else indeed.
Iruka sighed before he heard some knocking at his door. He looked up and gave a smile to his friend.
"Hello Mizuki-sensei." Iruka did a small nod as Mizuki nodded back and entered the classroom.
"Iruka-sensei." Mizuki walked over to Iruka and handed the chunin a small scroll from the Hokage. "You are to report to Hokage-sama immediately while I take over your class."
"Really?" Iruka took one glance at the scroll before he stood up and patted Mizuki on the back. "Well they are testing right now so they should be easy to handle."
Mizuki nodded as he skimmed over the class.
"Hey where's the brat?" Iruka glanced up to look for who Mizuki was talking about but only seeing one desk empty meant that Mizuki was talking about Naruto.
"Naruto ran out a few minutes ago but don't worry if he returns I want you to tell him he has to stay after school today so I can give him a lecture." Iruka was about to continue but stopped and smiled at his friend. "See you in a few."
"Bye."
Iruka did a few hand seals so that he disappeared and the reappeared in the Hokage's office. There the old man was writing on some scroll and turned to give a slight indication to Iruka to show that he knew the chunin was there even though Iruka already knew the Hokage knew he was there.
"Hokage-sama you wanted to see me?" Iruka took a few steps towards the leader of their village and waited for the Hokage to reply.
"Yes Iruka-kun, have you looked in the scroll I gave Mizuki to give you yet?" The Hokage grabbed his pipe from a table next to him and put done the brush he was using to write on the scroll with so that he was able to light up his pipe.
"Yes Hokage-sama but I don't quite understand why you gave me this; it's just a name of all the students enrolled in the ninja academy." Iruka looked at the scroll in his hand. What a weird thing to give him.
"Yes it is I am glad you noticed." The Hokage smiled as he motioned for Iruka to come sit in front of him. "You see Iruka I have been meaning to ask a favor of you."
"A favor? Hokage-sama you know that I am willing to do anything for you." Iruka looked at the older man in front of him.
"I know that Iruka but it isn't that kind of favor you see, I have been looking over your records as a teacher and a shinobi in Konoha and I am greatly impressed." The Hokage smiled as Iruka gave him a weird look.
"But Hokage-sama I haven't done anything worthy of commending." Iruka stated quite truthfully. He had only done everything he was told to do.
"But you see Iruka that is where you are wrong." The Hokage smiled softly at the young man. "I have seen you grow up into a great citizen of this village and I have a lot of trust in you."
Iruka blushed humbly. "Your words are far to kind Hokage-sama."
The Hokage just sighed. It felt like Iruka was holding back, the chunin was being far too polite, but then again the chunin was always very polite to him even when he was young. The Hokage looked at the sky to get a good view at what time it was, he would have to be heading out soon so he better skip the formalities of this kind of meeting and get straight to the point.
"Iruka I put you in charge of Konoha's future." The Hokage stated bluntly.
"WHAT?" Iruka looked at the man in front of him. What did the Hokage mean by that?
"I have been looking for a new supervisor to look over the school and the youth of this village and it is quite clear to me and to the village's council that you are perfect for the job."
"But what makes you think I am perfect for the job?" Iruka looked almost desperate. "I have no idea what you are telling me or how to do whatever you are saying I am now supposed to do!"
"Don't worry Iruka-kun." The Hokage smiled. "You are the man for the job, I have faith in you."
"But I......I don't deserve......"
"Iruka you need to learn to believe in yourself. You have grown greatly from a few years ago. You used to rely only on other people but you slowly realized that you could rely on yourself, now I am asking you not only to rely on yourself but to have faith in yourself as everyone in this village had faith in you." The Hokage smirked. "You're a great guy Iruka and I hope that you take this job."
Iruka paused for a second.
The Hokage was right; he had changed a lot over so much time. Iruka was already almost 20 years old and here he was even at his young age having this conversation with the Hokage.
Iruka smiled softly. "I would be honored to accept this privilege from you Hokage-sama."
The Hokage took a puff from his pipe and smiled.
Iruka really was a great guy.
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"So I guess we are off now." Obito smiled at Gai who smiled back.
"May your trip be safe and full of youthfulness!"
Hayate, Sayaka and Anko sweat dropped.
"Aren't you only 23 Gai-san?" Sayaka asked. Why did this guy talk as if he was an old man?
Obito took a glance at the sleeping figure on the ground. Kakashi had been asleep since yesterday and if what Gai said was right the silver haired shinobi should be waking up any time soon even if he wouldn't be able to move much.
Obito silently wished that Kakashi would wake up before they left but sighed as he felt Sayaka pull his arm.
"Obito-senpai, it's time to go."
"Yes I know." Obito turned his head away from Kakashi and did a small towards Gai who was watching him. "Take care of him Gai."
"I will." The man in a green suit did a thumbs up pose and smiled as the four departing ninja shook the image out of their heads and took off back home.
"Hayate......" Sayaka looked over at her boyfriend.
"Hn?" Hayate coughed as he noticed Sayaka give Obito a weird glance.
"Is it just me, or was Obito acting a little dazed out back there?"
"Yeah but I don't think it is anything serious, he's probably just worried about leaving Kakashi." Hayate stated as his girlfriend gave him a weird look.
"Worried? Why would he be worried about Kakashi?" Sayaka asked as if it was the last thing she would have thought of but inside she knew what Hayate was talking about.
"You know Obito." Hayate smirked. "He's never one to leave anybody behind. Teamwork is the key to survival and Obito will live forever."
Sayaka laughed as they jumped from branch to branch with Obito leading the way followed by Anko.
"Why doesn't Obito-senpai get along with Anko-senpai?" Sayaka asked as she noticed Anko smirking but Obito looking a little peeved.
"She picked on him when he was a genin and she was a chunin." Hayate smirked. He remembered how much Obito hated that shorthaired girl; Anko would always bully Obito even though he was younger than her.
"Really?" Sayaka shook her head. "It looks like Obito still holds a grudge."
"Your telling me, at least you don't have to hear him complain about it later at the bar." Hayate coughed as they continued on their journey home. Konoha was so close, just a few days trip and they would be there in no time.
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Iruka sighed as he opened the fridge.
Since when did it become empty?
The chunin sensei tried to think of the last time he went shopping and when he realized that he couldn't remember whenever it was suddenly the empty fridge made sense. But why had he never noticed it being empty before?
The chunin just sighed as he grabbed his wallet and zipped his vest as he headed out of the door. He might as well go shopping now.
It was a beautiful day in Konoha and the chunin thought over his schedule. After he bought some groceries he would go by the Hokage's and tell the Hokage what was on the agenda for the next week.
Iruka was never told that he was the personal secretary of the Hokage he just sort of took the job as he became more involved in the school. Iruka didn't really pay attention to the fact that in order to know what the Hokage is doing all the time meant that the Hokage had great faith in him he just figured he was doing his job.
"Good morning Iruka-sensei." Iruka smiled at the produce clerk.
"Good morning Nishio-kun." Iruka did a small bow and entered into the store to see that everything had been stock for the day. "Looks like I am your first customer."
"Actually he is." The clerk smiled at the young teacher and pointed towards a tall dirty blonde haired man in the back of the store. "But you are definitely the second."
"I guess second is good too." Iruka joked as he picked up a basket and went through the produce.
He needed vegetables............the green peas and carrots were usually great this time of year and salad was very healthy. Iruka smiled as he started humming some tune he heard the girls in one of his classes sing.........he believed they said the name of it was 'Harmony' (1) or something along those lines.
"Nice tune you got there." Iruka blushed and smiled embarrassedly as he turned to see the dirty blonde haired guy standing next to him with a grin.
"Thanks." Iruka blushed before he picked up his basket full of food for the next week and headed towards the counter.
"Will that be all for you?" The clerk asked as he went behind the cashier and smiled at Iruka.
The dirty blonde haired guy eyed Iruka before he smirked and just shook his head before he got into line right next to the chunin sensei. Obito smiled to himself, he had just gotten back to the village last night and discovered that he had never cleaned his fridge when he left on that mission almost two years ago so he came back to one bad smelling apartment.
"Thanks and have a great day Iruka-sensei." The clerk spoke catching Obito's attention.
Obito turned and looked at the much younger man next to him that was paying for groceries. Was this Kakashi's Iruka?
"Oh look at the time; if I don't hurry I'm going to be really late!" Iruka smiled as he put down the money and left the store in a hurry accidentally dropping some apples even though he didn't notice.
"Hey, uh......" Obito picked up one of the apples that Iruka had paid for even though the chunin was already gone.
"Will that be all for you sir?" The clerk smiled at Obito as the Anbu nodded. "Thanks and come again."
"You bet." Obito smirked as he took a bite of the apple and looked down the street in the direction Iruka had left.
He was really cute for a guy Obito admitted to himself, but he had finally met the guy that Kakashi had been so distracted with over the mission............Obito wondered how Kakashi was doing it would most likely be awhile before he would be able to see the silver haired shinobi again.
"Well Kakashi, I met your Iruka and wanted to you to know that now I see why you are so hung up on him." Obito spoke to himself as he made his way down the street. "He seems nice and isn't bad to look at that's for sure."
Obito thought about how torn up Kakashi must have been after they had broken up but the Iruka he had just seen looked perfectly fine. Obito thought on, he silently wondered what Iruka must have looked like the night after Kakashi had broken up with him.
Would the teacher have still looked cute or would he have been a wreck?
Iruka opened the door to his apartment and smiled as he put all his groceries up. He needed to hurry so that he could go ahead and head to the Hokage's otherwise he would be late.
The chunin teacher noticed that he must've dropped a few apples since he had bought a dozen but only had three now. With a sigh Iruka put up the remaining produce and made his way out of the door while grabbing his clip board.
It felt like it was going to be a good week.
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Kakashi slowly opened his eyes even though he knew a pounding headache would follow and as if it was promised his head began to throb at the sudden flooding of light into his vision.
"Good morning my rival." Kakashi froze as he turned his head to see a yawning Gai beside him.
"OH PLEASE NO!" Kakashi forced his body to move as he jumped up and checked to make sure he still had all of his cloths. Kakashi sighed in joy when he realized nothing had happened as Gai gave him a weird look.
"Your really weird you know that Kakashi?" Gai laughed as he picked up another scroll he was looking at.
"Where is Obito and the rest of my team?" Kakashi let his body relax even though all of his muscles were still tense.
"They went back to Konoha." Gai smiled before he stood up and patted Kakashi on the back. "I want to show you a new move I learned while I was gone so hurry up and get back to normal."
"Hn." Was all Kakashi said before he smelt cigarette smoke and turned his head to see Asuma and some boy with sunglasses playing chess.
"Looks like I beat you again Noraiki." Asuma laughed as the boy just made a clicking noise with his tongue as they set up for another game.
/ This is going to be a long week. / Kakashi sighed as he started to move his muscles. / Might as well start training until I get my full strength back. /
"My rival I can't wait until I show you this move! Then maybe you will respect me more and then I will be declared the strongest between you and me! Just you wait my rival haha!" Gai smiled at Kakashi.
"Were you saying something stupid again?" Kakashi just shrugged his shoulders as Gai started shaking his fist in the air.
"Why is Kakashi still so cool but whenever I say something people tell me I sound like an old man?" Gai let the tears fall down before he went back to his scrolls. "I'll show you who is 'hip' Kakashi."
Kakashi sighed. He could just start walking to Konoha and train along the way. It would take a long time but at least he wouldn't be stuck with Gai any longer.
/ This week is going to suck. /
The sun rose over the house they were currently staying in as Asuma went through another pack for that day. Good thing he always packed extras just in case something like this ever happened.
"Asuma-san what are they doing?" The young voice of Noraiki spoke up beside the jounin who just laughed.
"Watch and see it can get quite interesting between these two."
Kakashi panted as was barely able to avoid the majority of Gai's attacks. It seemed the Green Beast of Konoha had gotten a lot quicker than he used to be. Kakashi even had to use his sharingan to be able to read some of his friend's movements although he wasn't able to see the all of them because of Gai's increased speed.
It had already been two weeks when Gai had declared that he would be able to show Kakashi the new move he got. Of course Kakashi just agreed to fight like it was another one of Gai's challenged even though Kakashi never took Gai lightly.
The Green Beast after all was his eternal rival.
"Ready Kakashi." Gai smiled as bent down into position.
"Whenever you are." Kakashi smirked under his mask as he readied himself for the attack, whatever it might be.
"Initial Lotus!"
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"Iruka come drinking with me!" Iruka locked the door to his classroom and sighed at his friend.
"No Mizuki I thought I already told you that I don't drink, it's unhealthy and many people do things they regret whenever they are intoxicated." Iruka glared at his friend. "Didn't you get kicked out of the bar because you slept with the owner's wife?"
"Eh......" Mizuki blushed a bit with a grin. "We were both drunk."
"And yet you keep getting drunk?" Iruka looked like he was lecturing a little kid. "I thought you would quit after you realized that every mistake you make is when you are drunk but obviously something bigger has to happen."
"Like what?" Mizuki tried of thinking of something that would make him quit drinking. As long as he didn't remember anything of the night before then he was okay with it.
"What if you wake up next to man one day?" Iruka teased as Mizuki suddenly paled.
"That couldn't happen, I'm not gay." The chunin argued as Iruka just shrugged.
"But you can't control yourself when you're drunk right? That's why you wake up with different women."
"Well if I sleep with a man he would have to look a lot like a woman." Mizuki argued.
"But doesn't alcohol impair your judgment?"
There was a moment of silence before Mizuki groaned in defeat. So Iruka wasn't going to drink with him this week either.
"Well if you change your mind Iruka then you know where I live, the bar doesn't open until midnight so I'll be there until then." Mizuki gave his friend a smirk as Iruka frowned at him. With a small waved Mizuki disappeared in a cloud of smoke leaving Iruka alone to lock up the school.
"Leave it to Mizuki to the poster child for promiscuity." Iruka thought to himself as he started walking home.
Iruka heard some noises coming from the training ground near the school and decided to take a quick look since it was still rather early in the afternoon.
Naruto looked at the notes he had taken from one of the girls in his class since he had been asleep during that period. He heard they were going to go over henge no jutsu in a few weeks and decided to catch up on his skills.
"Hehe, if I learn this before everyone else then I could be the one laughing at them." The blonde snickered to himself as he did a victory sign to no one in particular.
"Naruto?" Iruka looked around the training field to see that the blonde was the only one here.
"SENSEI!" Naruto jumped up as if he was about to run but then paused. "Wait a second I didn't pull any pranks today."
Iruka smiled as the boy glared at him. "I know that I was just wondering what you were doing here."
"Oh um......" Naruto glanced around as he scratched his cheek. "I'm not doing anything."
"Well uh, when you're done doing that then you should head home before it gets too late okay." Iruka smiled on the inside as he saw notes from his class behind the boy.
Was the boy studying?
Iruka turned around to leave suddenly proud of himself as a teacher. It didn't matter who the student was but when a teacher realized that the kid was actually putting effort into his class the teacher would be excited.
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"What kind of attack was that?" Kakashi was barely able to speak as he looked up at the sky from the ditch he was in.
His whole body must be broken......
"Are you okay Kakashi?" Asuma looked down at his friend with concern before he jumped in the hole.
"Asuma-san, Gai just passed out." Noraiki decided to mention when he peeked into the hole.
"Well take him into the house; he probably strained his whole body with that kind of attack." Asuma sighed. "Now we are going to have to wait for both of you to regain your strength before we can go back home."
"It's not my fault." Kakashi muttered as Asuma lifted him up.
"You're the one who said that his green outfit made him look stupid." Asuma chuckled a bit remembering how mad Gai had gotten at the statement.
"He said that my mask doesn't make me look cool and mysterious." Kakashi closed his eyes. Since when had Gai learned an attack like that?
"You're both children." Asuma seemed amused as he walked into the house.
Gai's new attack was something to be feared. Even though it put a lot of strain on the performer of the attack the damage done to the victim was phenomenal. Kakashi swore that the Gai and pushed his body into the ground for at least six feet and then while Kakashi received most of the damage Gai was able to get out.
Kakashi couldn't move as he slowly thought of reasons why he was still alive.
Asuma put out his cigarette with a smirk before he looked up at the sky through the window. 'Initial Lotus' was what Gai called it; the smirk grew as Asuma started having doubts on who was the strongest in this rivalry.
The weather grew hotter as the weeks went by. It seemed that they had reached their record high when everyone had finally finished packing and set off for Konoha.
Kakashi and Gai had found a new hate for chess as they were both beaten thoroughly by Asuma and Noraiki during the weeks they weren't allowed to move much.
Asuma grinned as he touched his beard. It had been awhile since he last shaved as they moved farther a long they went on there path the more beautiful home became in their mind. Asuma had run out of smokes about a few days ago so he had become very irritable and instead of going easy on his fellow jounin in chess he even made Gai cry once when he beat the green beast in two moves.
As everyone walked at least two feet away from Asuma they quickened their pace. If they kept it up like this they would reach Konoha by night fall............or die from dehydration, both of the choices seemed better than spending another day with an irritable Asuma.
When the sun fell and the moon rose over Konoha, Obito smiled as he watched four very tired looking figures approach the gate.
"About time you guys made it!" He called out to them receiving all their attention. "Welcome back!"
"Heh." Kakashi stopped as he passed the gates and threw down all of his stuff. He had just realized he had no place to go and at a time like this all the hotels would be closed.
"I will go give Hokage-sama the reports!" And before anyone could tell Gai what time it was the jounin was off.
Noraiki just looked at everyone before he started heading home and Asuma was already gone, probably to the nearest bar with a cigarette machine Kakashi mused before he turned his head to Obito who was just smiling at him.
"Are you going to go home too Kakashi?" Obito wished he could chat more with his friend but he had gotten night shift that day so he would have to be here till midnight and the morning shift people came.
"I wish." Kakashi sighed. He had broken up with Iruka so there was no way he could go back to the chunin's house, not to mention he had no idea what he would say to Iruka if he did see Iruka in the near future.
"Huh?" Obito raised an eyebrow at the silver haired shinobi.
"Uh.........you see I don't have anywhere to go." Kakashi curved his visible eye in humor.
"Where were you living before the mission?" Obito couldn't make any sense of the situation.
"With Iruka......" Kakashi sighed and Obito finally realized why Kakashi had no place to go.
"Well if you need a place to stay my apartment is always open." Obito offered with a smirk, "And since today's Friday I won't be home until late from the bar."
"Thanks but no thanks Obito." Kakashi grabbed his stuff and curved his eye again. "I know Gai has a spare room so I will go bother him."
Before Obito could protest Kakashi was gone. Obito sighed as he looked at the sky looked like he had at least two more hours of the night shift before he could get off. At least Kakashi would be staying with someone and not on the street Obito thought to himself.
Kakashi dropped all of his stuff on Gai's floor knowing that the jounin wouldn't be home for a little while since his rival most likely went to wake up the Hokage to hand in his mission report.
Kakashi looked out the window at the village of Konoha. It had changed a lot.
"Maybe I should take a look around and see how much of it has changed......" Kakashi silently thought to himself as he slid off his vest and only took his kunai with him and his back containing his favorite book for a 'just-in- case' emergency.
Kakashi admired how much the village had changed yet how it still looked so different even after two years. Kakashi slowly mused to himself how much had really changed when he found himself walking down a familiar street.
The street lights didn't appear to be working and it seemed as if there was construction going on, Kakashi furrowed his eyebrow at the thought of someone building another house beside Iruka's.
As Kakashi came to a halt at the area Iruka's house was supposed to be he just stared. Why was there an apartment complex being built here? Kakashi's eye furrowed, had something happened to Iruka? Was the chunin okay?
Did Iruka move? Why did he leave his parents house? How long ago was it that he moved? Was he living with someone else?
All these thoughts passed through Kakashi's mind as he just stood there staring at the new apartment complex. What was going on?
Kakashi heard a few soft foot steps as he turned his head to see a hunched figure walk towards him. It was at that time that the streetlight decided to come on revealing a chunin with his hair pulled back carrying a younger boy on his back.
Kakashi's eyes traveled up and down the chunin and across the scar on the chunin's nose. It was Iruka!
"Kakashi?" Iruka gasped as Kakashi just stared back.
What was he going to say?
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THE END!
......... just kidding! I couldn't leave it there not with the preview I gave you right?
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"Okay class, today we will be practicing Henge no Jutsu. Please transform into Hokage-sama." Iruka smiled at his class as a few kids moaned.
It looked like the first kid on his list was going to be Naruto.
"Naruto, please." Iruka stood in front of his student as Naruto did the needed hand seals.
"Henge no Jutsu!"
Iruka hit his forehead as the class broke out into laughter. Naruto had just managed to turn into Hokage-sama with huge lips!
"Haha!" Naruto laughed as he turned back into normal. "I was just joking I did that on purpose!"
"Give it a rest!" Iruka yelled at his student. "Naruto you've been at the school for three years! Now do it again you idiot!"
There were a few whispers as Iruka watched patiently. Didn't he see the fox boy practice this jutsu the other day?
Naruto started to shake a little bit before he raised his hands in the seals he need once again. "Transform!"
Iruka watched as the cloud of smoke cleared revealing the Hokage.........with big lips once again. Iruka and the whole class were silent as they stared at the boy.
"You......" Iruka thought with disbelief. "Can it be...?"
Naruto transformed back into his normal self with a huge pout on his face as some snickering came from the back of the classroom.
Iruka felt another head ache come on as he thought about the events that had happened that morning in class. He quickly shut the door and made his way out of the school. The kid had been in the school for three years and still couldn't do Henge no Jutsu!
Iruka paused as he was about to pass the training field. Iruka stopped as he saw a bright figure not moving on the field and as he approached it looked as if Naruto had fallen asleep.
Judging by the marks on the boy's cloths he must have been training out there for a long time. Iruka wondered how disappointed the boy must have felt when he couldn't do the jutsu.
Iruka lifted the sleeping figure on his back and smiled softly at the blonde boy.
/ I wonder how long he's been out here? / Iruka looked at the sky to see that it was very close to midnight as he started his walk towards Naruto's apartment.
The streets were practically empty except for the occasional shinobi who got stuck with night shift that passed by. Iruka smiled as he turned to head down a street he hadn't been down a long time. Since he was out here he might as well take a look at what his old home looks like now.
Iruka lifted his head a bit as he saw a figure off in the distance staring at the apartment complex that was once Iruka's childhood home.
Iruka raised an eyebrow. The apartments were newly built and hadn't been opened to public just yet so why would someone be here?
Iruka was about to say something when the streetlight came on revealing the stranger's silver hair.
"Kakashi?" Iruka gasped as he took a tighter hold to the sleeping boy on his back.
There was a moment of silence as a warm breeze passed between the two men as none of them spoke. Naruto murmured something in his sleep on Iruka's back as Iruka just stared at the sight in front of him.
Two years.........
It's been two years, four months, three days.........
Since Iruka had last seen the jounin.
"Yo." Kakashi's voice reached Iruka's ears causing the chunin to shiver a bit as he stared wide eyed at the figure in front of him.
They haven't seen each other in two years and the only thing Kakashi says to him is 'Yo'!
Iruka opened his mouth but found that none of his thoughts connected. The chunin just stood there dumbfounded as he heart started to beat faster, why was it hurting? After all this time why did it still hurt so much to see the man in front of him?
Why did Kakashi just say 'Yo'? Why didn't he just rip the chunin's heart out and kick it on the ground while he was at it? Yo! YO!
Before Iruka knew what he was doing he found himself running up the steps to Naruto's apartment as he opened the unlocked door and dropped the kid off. He shut the door behind him and froze as everything suddenly decided to work in his head.
Kakashi was back.
He had just taken Naruto home and Kakashi was back.
Well at least two thoughts were connecting. Iruka sighed as he felt tears begin to form in his eyes. He needed to talk to someone but who would be awake this late at night. Iruka tried to think of some of his friends and found himself knocking on Mizuki's door.
"Please be here." Iruka was about to knock again when the door flew open to reveal a surprised Mizuki.
"Are you okay Iruka?" Mizuki looked concerned at his friend.
"I'm going to go to the bar with you." Iruka stated quickly.
"Huh?" Mizuki was about to say something but shook his head and just nodded. "Okay but take your vest off and leave it here okay, you don't need to look like you're on your way to work."
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Iruka groaned to himself as he grabbed his head with his hands. His head really hurt, the chunin turned over and opened his eyes to look at a blue wall.
Blue wall......since when did he paint his room blue? Iruka thought amusedly before it hit him and the chunin fell out of the bed.
Iruka landed with a thud as his head was pounding and his eyes remained wide. Iruka felt a warm blush rise on his cheeks as he stared at the sleeping figure that was in the same bed he was once in.
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(1)= Harmony is the song that Ino and Sakura lip-synch to in the ending to the Naruto anime in the second season.
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And then I leave the story off at that part! laughs evilly
Thank you for reading and I hoped you guys liked it! I have been having the worst week ever since I discovered the summer school incident but now I am in a good mood!
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Well this is chapter 20! I hope you guys like it! I just found out that I failed Pre-Calculus so that means I have to go to summer school tear but it is only 12 days so it shouldn't be that bad. But I used to be so happy for summer because that meant more time I could spend on 'Growing Pains' but with summer school and a job it hasn't been working like I wanted it too!
Well besides that.........sigh I was really happy about the reviews I got for 'Lessons in First Aid' because it was a really weird pairing but after I wrote that I actually found little Kabuto adorable! But who am I to compliment myself lol.
Well here is the story so I hope you guys enjoy and have a great week!
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Chapter 20: Yo
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"We don't know where Itachi is anymore and if we back track it will take too long." Obito sighed as he looked out the window.
"I guess this means we get to go home." Sayaka said softly as she finished the last bandage before glancing at Kakashi. "I think he is suspicious."
"Sayaka........." Obito sighed as the girl glared at the Kakashi's sleeping form.
Everyone stopped as they heard some noise near the door before some knocking followed.
"Who would-" Sayaka was cut off as Obito forced himself to stand up ignoring Hayate's protests because of his injuries from earlier.
Obito opened the door only to stare at a dark figure in front of him.
"You're!"
"Hello my comrades! My team and I couldn't help but take notice of your fleeting forms in the village and wondered if we could help?" A tall man with tanned skin grinned a thousand dollar smile at Obito before he pointed tot he headband around his waist. "You may know me as the beautiful green beast of Konoha, but I am Maito Gai!"
Obito blinked a few times. He had made sure that they weren't followed and that they hadn't left any tracks for anyone to follow them with so how did this guy.........
"If you doubt me then I must say I was able to follow you because you are carrying my eternal rival with you and he has a very unique chakra that I have battled many times." Gai did a pose before Hayate appeared next to Obito.
"Gai-san." Hayate coughed a few times as Obito nodded.
Obito was about to let Gai in when he looked at his surroundings. The trees moved as another gasp of wind came through and the team leader smirked.
"Gai, you can tell your team to get out of the trees now that we have been able to identify you." As soon as Obito had finished saying that Gai smiled and three forms appeared beside him.
"Well isn't Obito-kun good at playing ninja." A sharp arrogant female voice spoke up as the young woman gave Obito a toothy grin.
"Anko-san it's nice to see you're still alive." Obito gave a bitter smile as the woman smirked at him.
"Hey Hayate, was that Hatake Kakashi you guys were carrying earlier?" A young man with a beard lit up his cigarette and took a few puffs before looking at his sickly friend.
"Asuma," Hayate coughed again but this time because of the smoke before he nodded. "Yes, that was Kakashi."
The fourth member on Gai's team couldn't have been more than a chunin in Obito's book but then again there were many cases of kids younger than that becoming a jounin. The boy was probably in his mid-teens and had gruff looking hair and sunglasses over his eyes that gave him a mysterious look.
"Chibi!" The boy glared at Anko as she smiled back. "You and your bugs go check the perimeter while we check on the other shinobi."
A small nod followed a few hand seals as the boy disappeared.
"Anko I thought I told you not to call Aubrame-kun that." Gai sighed before he went into the house that his rival was in. "So what happened to Kakashi?"
They entered the room Kakashi was asleep in and Gai just took one glance at his rival before was able to make out the situation. If anyone knew Kakashi's limitations in battle it would be Gai but; Gai smirked as he thought; the beautiful Green Beast had a new surprise to show his eternal rival.
"He just exhausted himself when we met up with some unexpected events." Hayate coughed a few times before he looked over at Gai.
"So it looks like you guys just about got your butts kicked." Anko added her two cents in as she took a seat next to Obito who looked annoyed.
"Why did it have to be you guys of all people?" Obito mumbled to himself before everyone noticed Gai kneel down beside Kakashi.
Gai slowly took his rivals headband off causing a few people in the room to tense as he gently slid it off.
"You shouldn't do that." Sayaka whispered unsurely as she now could see the eye that held that terrible thing even if the eye itself was closed.
"Don't worry my young female ally! If anyone knows how to handle my rival it would be me." Gai gave Sayaka a thumb up causing her to be a bit surprised by the unique looking man.
"Perimeter is cleared." Came a young voice as the young boy from Gai's team appeared in the middle of the room.
"Thanks chibi." Anko smirked before she heard a sigh from beside her and took notice of Asuma lighting up another cigarette. "Excuse you!"
Asuma raised an eyebrow at her before he blew smoke in her face. "How can I help you?"
"You jerk!" Anko coughed some before she glared at Asuma. "I thought I told you that if you wanted to smoke then to keep away from me!"
Asuma sighed as he stood up slowly and made his way out of the house. Who was he to argue over something so trivial when he would be granted alone time outside with his cigarette.
"So what brings you guys out here?" Obito inquired as he looked at the three shinobi still inside the house.
Two of them looked over at Gai and sighed as the beautiful green beast of Konoha gave a grin before he scratched the back of his head.
"You see......" Gai took a glance at his rival before he faced Obito. "I have been gone for a while just like you guys but my mission was very different from yours."
"Ah." Obito nodded, "And the other three?"
"We were ordered to retrieve Gai and bring him back to the village." The boy with sunglasses spoke up.
"Hey Noraiki-kun, Anko do you mind if I chat with Obito for a bit?" Gai looked at the two as Anko visibly sighed.
"Do whatever you want weirdo." Anko suggested as she walked out of the room in a lazy manner being followed by the uninterested Aubrame boy.
Obito gave one glance to Hayate and Sayaka before the two disappeared and it left only the two shinobi and one unconscious Kakashi.
"What would you like Gai-kun?" Obito asked the younger man as Gai suddenly grew serious.
"I need you guys to go ahead to the village," Gai paused for a moment. "And I need you to take Anko with you."
Obito raised an eyebrow at the request. "Oh, why is that?"
"You guys have obviously finished your mission whether you passed or failed isn't anything for me to hear but I still have some stuff I need to work with before I can return." Gai tired to explain without using too much detail. "And you would take Anko because obviously you can't take Kakashi with you right now so we would switch team members."
Obito thought for a moment. Gai was right in the fact that their mission was over and whatever Gai needed working on was none of his business. If they did switch Anko and Kakashi then Obito would be able to leave in the morning and head back to Konoha to fill out a mission report.
"Another reason why I suggested that we take Kakashi while you take Anko would be because it gives me an excuse to be out of Konoha for a little while longer while Kakashi recovers. Of course he should be back to normal in a week or two so I will be done with my research by then." Gai added in hopes that Obito would agree.
Gai had no idea what kind of man Obito was but he obviously had to be trustworthy to be put in charge of a mission. But since Gai no connections to Obito he didn't know if the shinobi would allow this or just refuse his suggestion.
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Iruka sighed as he stared at his class. Only five minutes into the test and two of his students were sleeping. He watched as the rest of the students were diligently working and caught sight of a few cheaters every once and a while.
Well, at least everyone would get the grade they deserved.
Iruka was just about to close his eyes as he looked out the window before his ear caught some snickering near the door. With a very noticeable sigh Iruka turned his head sharply and glared at the student trying to make an escape.
"Naruto where do you think you are going?" Iruka watched in a slight amusement as the blonde started to tremble a bit and smiled to himself. Who would have thought that the blond would be so scared of his teacher while the fox boy never should any cowardice towards the Hokage or anyone else in the village?
"Uh........." Naruto smiled at his teacher and scratched the back of his head. "I was just going to the little boy's room, hehe."
"Naruto I would suggest you pay more attention to the tests I give and actually pass one before you go off sneaking again." Iruka said in a bland voice a teacher usually gives even though they have no enthusiasm to do so.
"What is that supposed to mean?" Naruto glared at his teacher as Iruka sighed.
"Naruto you have the lowest grades in class!" Iruka decided to point our before he heard some snickers coming from the boy's classmates.
"Well what do you know?" Naruto pouted at his teacher with a glare. "Just you see I will show all of you!"
"And how are you going to do that?" Iruka asked sarcastically causing the boy to get angrier.
"JUST YOU SEE SENSEI! I AM GOING TO GRADUATE NEXT YEAR!" Naruto pointed at Iruka catching the teacher off guard. "I am going to prove all of you wrong about me!"
And with that Naruto took off out of the door way leaving a dumbfounded Iruka and a laughing class.
"He looked like he was about to cry." One of the students whispered loud enough for Iruka to hear over the laughter.
"Okay kids you still have a test to finish, next one to talk will fail!" Iruka stated sternly as he took one last glance at the door way.
It wasn't the first time the kid had left in the middle of Iruka's class but this time seemed a little different.
'I am going to prove all of you wrong about me!'
Iruka sighed as he sat down again. That kid was something else if you ever asked the teacher,
Something else indeed.
Iruka sighed before he heard some knocking at his door. He looked up and gave a smile to his friend.
"Hello Mizuki-sensei." Iruka did a small nod as Mizuki nodded back and entered the classroom.
"Iruka-sensei." Mizuki walked over to Iruka and handed the chunin a small scroll from the Hokage. "You are to report to Hokage-sama immediately while I take over your class."
"Really?" Iruka took one glance at the scroll before he stood up and patted Mizuki on the back. "Well they are testing right now so they should be easy to handle."
Mizuki nodded as he skimmed over the class.
"Hey where's the brat?" Iruka glanced up to look for who Mizuki was talking about but only seeing one desk empty meant that Mizuki was talking about Naruto.
"Naruto ran out a few minutes ago but don't worry if he returns I want you to tell him he has to stay after school today so I can give him a lecture." Iruka was about to continue but stopped and smiled at his friend. "See you in a few."
"Bye."
Iruka did a few hand seals so that he disappeared and the reappeared in the Hokage's office. There the old man was writing on some scroll and turned to give a slight indication to Iruka to show that he knew the chunin was there even though Iruka already knew the Hokage knew he was there.
"Hokage-sama you wanted to see me?" Iruka took a few steps towards the leader of their village and waited for the Hokage to reply.
"Yes Iruka-kun, have you looked in the scroll I gave Mizuki to give you yet?" The Hokage grabbed his pipe from a table next to him and put done the brush he was using to write on the scroll with so that he was able to light up his pipe.
"Yes Hokage-sama but I don't quite understand why you gave me this; it's just a name of all the students enrolled in the ninja academy." Iruka looked at the scroll in his hand. What a weird thing to give him.
"Yes it is I am glad you noticed." The Hokage smiled as he motioned for Iruka to come sit in front of him. "You see Iruka I have been meaning to ask a favor of you."
"A favor? Hokage-sama you know that I am willing to do anything for you." Iruka looked at the older man in front of him.
"I know that Iruka but it isn't that kind of favor you see, I have been looking over your records as a teacher and a shinobi in Konoha and I am greatly impressed." The Hokage smiled as Iruka gave him a weird look.
"But Hokage-sama I haven't done anything worthy of commending." Iruka stated quite truthfully. He had only done everything he was told to do.
"But you see Iruka that is where you are wrong." The Hokage smiled softly at the young man. "I have seen you grow up into a great citizen of this village and I have a lot of trust in you."
Iruka blushed humbly. "Your words are far to kind Hokage-sama."
The Hokage just sighed. It felt like Iruka was holding back, the chunin was being far too polite, but then again the chunin was always very polite to him even when he was young. The Hokage looked at the sky to get a good view at what time it was, he would have to be heading out soon so he better skip the formalities of this kind of meeting and get straight to the point.
"Iruka I put you in charge of Konoha's future." The Hokage stated bluntly.
"WHAT?" Iruka looked at the man in front of him. What did the Hokage mean by that?
"I have been looking for a new supervisor to look over the school and the youth of this village and it is quite clear to me and to the village's council that you are perfect for the job."
"But what makes you think I am perfect for the job?" Iruka looked almost desperate. "I have no idea what you are telling me or how to do whatever you are saying I am now supposed to do!"
"Don't worry Iruka-kun." The Hokage smiled. "You are the man for the job, I have faith in you."
"But I......I don't deserve......"
"Iruka you need to learn to believe in yourself. You have grown greatly from a few years ago. You used to rely only on other people but you slowly realized that you could rely on yourself, now I am asking you not only to rely on yourself but to have faith in yourself as everyone in this village had faith in you." The Hokage smirked. "You're a great guy Iruka and I hope that you take this job."
Iruka paused for a second.
The Hokage was right; he had changed a lot over so much time. Iruka was already almost 20 years old and here he was even at his young age having this conversation with the Hokage.
Iruka smiled softly. "I would be honored to accept this privilege from you Hokage-sama."
The Hokage took a puff from his pipe and smiled.
Iruka really was a great guy.
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"So I guess we are off now." Obito smiled at Gai who smiled back.
"May your trip be safe and full of youthfulness!"
Hayate, Sayaka and Anko sweat dropped.
"Aren't you only 23 Gai-san?" Sayaka asked. Why did this guy talk as if he was an old man?
Obito took a glance at the sleeping figure on the ground. Kakashi had been asleep since yesterday and if what Gai said was right the silver haired shinobi should be waking up any time soon even if he wouldn't be able to move much.
Obito silently wished that Kakashi would wake up before they left but sighed as he felt Sayaka pull his arm.
"Obito-senpai, it's time to go."
"Yes I know." Obito turned his head away from Kakashi and did a small towards Gai who was watching him. "Take care of him Gai."
"I will." The man in a green suit did a thumbs up pose and smiled as the four departing ninja shook the image out of their heads and took off back home.
"Hayate......" Sayaka looked over at her boyfriend.
"Hn?" Hayate coughed as he noticed Sayaka give Obito a weird glance.
"Is it just me, or was Obito acting a little dazed out back there?"
"Yeah but I don't think it is anything serious, he's probably just worried about leaving Kakashi." Hayate stated as his girlfriend gave him a weird look.
"Worried? Why would he be worried about Kakashi?" Sayaka asked as if it was the last thing she would have thought of but inside she knew what Hayate was talking about.
"You know Obito." Hayate smirked. "He's never one to leave anybody behind. Teamwork is the key to survival and Obito will live forever."
Sayaka laughed as they jumped from branch to branch with Obito leading the way followed by Anko.
"Why doesn't Obito-senpai get along with Anko-senpai?" Sayaka asked as she noticed Anko smirking but Obito looking a little peeved.
"She picked on him when he was a genin and she was a chunin." Hayate smirked. He remembered how much Obito hated that shorthaired girl; Anko would always bully Obito even though he was younger than her.
"Really?" Sayaka shook her head. "It looks like Obito still holds a grudge."
"Your telling me, at least you don't have to hear him complain about it later at the bar." Hayate coughed as they continued on their journey home. Konoha was so close, just a few days trip and they would be there in no time.
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Iruka sighed as he opened the fridge.
Since when did it become empty?
The chunin sensei tried to think of the last time he went shopping and when he realized that he couldn't remember whenever it was suddenly the empty fridge made sense. But why had he never noticed it being empty before?
The chunin just sighed as he grabbed his wallet and zipped his vest as he headed out of the door. He might as well go shopping now.
It was a beautiful day in Konoha and the chunin thought over his schedule. After he bought some groceries he would go by the Hokage's and tell the Hokage what was on the agenda for the next week.
Iruka was never told that he was the personal secretary of the Hokage he just sort of took the job as he became more involved in the school. Iruka didn't really pay attention to the fact that in order to know what the Hokage is doing all the time meant that the Hokage had great faith in him he just figured he was doing his job.
"Good morning Iruka-sensei." Iruka smiled at the produce clerk.
"Good morning Nishio-kun." Iruka did a small bow and entered into the store to see that everything had been stock for the day. "Looks like I am your first customer."
"Actually he is." The clerk smiled at the young teacher and pointed towards a tall dirty blonde haired man in the back of the store. "But you are definitely the second."
"I guess second is good too." Iruka joked as he picked up a basket and went through the produce.
He needed vegetables............the green peas and carrots were usually great this time of year and salad was very healthy. Iruka smiled as he started humming some tune he heard the girls in one of his classes sing.........he believed they said the name of it was 'Harmony' (1) or something along those lines.
"Nice tune you got there." Iruka blushed and smiled embarrassedly as he turned to see the dirty blonde haired guy standing next to him with a grin.
"Thanks." Iruka blushed before he picked up his basket full of food for the next week and headed towards the counter.
"Will that be all for you?" The clerk asked as he went behind the cashier and smiled at Iruka.
The dirty blonde haired guy eyed Iruka before he smirked and just shook his head before he got into line right next to the chunin sensei. Obito smiled to himself, he had just gotten back to the village last night and discovered that he had never cleaned his fridge when he left on that mission almost two years ago so he came back to one bad smelling apartment.
"Thanks and have a great day Iruka-sensei." The clerk spoke catching Obito's attention.
Obito turned and looked at the much younger man next to him that was paying for groceries. Was this Kakashi's Iruka?
"Oh look at the time; if I don't hurry I'm going to be really late!" Iruka smiled as he put down the money and left the store in a hurry accidentally dropping some apples even though he didn't notice.
"Hey, uh......" Obito picked up one of the apples that Iruka had paid for even though the chunin was already gone.
"Will that be all for you sir?" The clerk smiled at Obito as the Anbu nodded. "Thanks and come again."
"You bet." Obito smirked as he took a bite of the apple and looked down the street in the direction Iruka had left.
He was really cute for a guy Obito admitted to himself, but he had finally met the guy that Kakashi had been so distracted with over the mission............Obito wondered how Kakashi was doing it would most likely be awhile before he would be able to see the silver haired shinobi again.
"Well Kakashi, I met your Iruka and wanted to you to know that now I see why you are so hung up on him." Obito spoke to himself as he made his way down the street. "He seems nice and isn't bad to look at that's for sure."
Obito thought about how torn up Kakashi must have been after they had broken up but the Iruka he had just seen looked perfectly fine. Obito thought on, he silently wondered what Iruka must have looked like the night after Kakashi had broken up with him.
Would the teacher have still looked cute or would he have been a wreck?
Iruka opened the door to his apartment and smiled as he put all his groceries up. He needed to hurry so that he could go ahead and head to the Hokage's otherwise he would be late.
The chunin teacher noticed that he must've dropped a few apples since he had bought a dozen but only had three now. With a sigh Iruka put up the remaining produce and made his way out of the door while grabbing his clip board.
It felt like it was going to be a good week.
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Kakashi slowly opened his eyes even though he knew a pounding headache would follow and as if it was promised his head began to throb at the sudden flooding of light into his vision.
"Good morning my rival." Kakashi froze as he turned his head to see a yawning Gai beside him.
"OH PLEASE NO!" Kakashi forced his body to move as he jumped up and checked to make sure he still had all of his cloths. Kakashi sighed in joy when he realized nothing had happened as Gai gave him a weird look.
"Your really weird you know that Kakashi?" Gai laughed as he picked up another scroll he was looking at.
"Where is Obito and the rest of my team?" Kakashi let his body relax even though all of his muscles were still tense.
"They went back to Konoha." Gai smiled before he stood up and patted Kakashi on the back. "I want to show you a new move I learned while I was gone so hurry up and get back to normal."
"Hn." Was all Kakashi said before he smelt cigarette smoke and turned his head to see Asuma and some boy with sunglasses playing chess.
"Looks like I beat you again Noraiki." Asuma laughed as the boy just made a clicking noise with his tongue as they set up for another game.
/ This is going to be a long week. / Kakashi sighed as he started to move his muscles. / Might as well start training until I get my full strength back. /
"My rival I can't wait until I show you this move! Then maybe you will respect me more and then I will be declared the strongest between you and me! Just you wait my rival haha!" Gai smiled at Kakashi.
"Were you saying something stupid again?" Kakashi just shrugged his shoulders as Gai started shaking his fist in the air.
"Why is Kakashi still so cool but whenever I say something people tell me I sound like an old man?" Gai let the tears fall down before he went back to his scrolls. "I'll show you who is 'hip' Kakashi."
Kakashi sighed. He could just start walking to Konoha and train along the way. It would take a long time but at least he wouldn't be stuck with Gai any longer.
/ This week is going to suck. /
The sun rose over the house they were currently staying in as Asuma went through another pack for that day. Good thing he always packed extras just in case something like this ever happened.
"Asuma-san what are they doing?" The young voice of Noraiki spoke up beside the jounin who just laughed.
"Watch and see it can get quite interesting between these two."
Kakashi panted as was barely able to avoid the majority of Gai's attacks. It seemed the Green Beast of Konoha had gotten a lot quicker than he used to be. Kakashi even had to use his sharingan to be able to read some of his friend's movements although he wasn't able to see the all of them because of Gai's increased speed.
It had already been two weeks when Gai had declared that he would be able to show Kakashi the new move he got. Of course Kakashi just agreed to fight like it was another one of Gai's challenged even though Kakashi never took Gai lightly.
The Green Beast after all was his eternal rival.
"Ready Kakashi." Gai smiled as bent down into position.
"Whenever you are." Kakashi smirked under his mask as he readied himself for the attack, whatever it might be.
"Initial Lotus!"
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"Iruka come drinking with me!" Iruka locked the door to his classroom and sighed at his friend.
"No Mizuki I thought I already told you that I don't drink, it's unhealthy and many people do things they regret whenever they are intoxicated." Iruka glared at his friend. "Didn't you get kicked out of the bar because you slept with the owner's wife?"
"Eh......" Mizuki blushed a bit with a grin. "We were both drunk."
"And yet you keep getting drunk?" Iruka looked like he was lecturing a little kid. "I thought you would quit after you realized that every mistake you make is when you are drunk but obviously something bigger has to happen."
"Like what?" Mizuki tried of thinking of something that would make him quit drinking. As long as he didn't remember anything of the night before then he was okay with it.
"What if you wake up next to man one day?" Iruka teased as Mizuki suddenly paled.
"That couldn't happen, I'm not gay." The chunin argued as Iruka just shrugged.
"But you can't control yourself when you're drunk right? That's why you wake up with different women."
"Well if I sleep with a man he would have to look a lot like a woman." Mizuki argued.
"But doesn't alcohol impair your judgment?"
There was a moment of silence before Mizuki groaned in defeat. So Iruka wasn't going to drink with him this week either.
"Well if you change your mind Iruka then you know where I live, the bar doesn't open until midnight so I'll be there until then." Mizuki gave his friend a smirk as Iruka frowned at him. With a small waved Mizuki disappeared in a cloud of smoke leaving Iruka alone to lock up the school.
"Leave it to Mizuki to the poster child for promiscuity." Iruka thought to himself as he started walking home.
Iruka heard some noises coming from the training ground near the school and decided to take a quick look since it was still rather early in the afternoon.
Naruto looked at the notes he had taken from one of the girls in his class since he had been asleep during that period. He heard they were going to go over henge no jutsu in a few weeks and decided to catch up on his skills.
"Hehe, if I learn this before everyone else then I could be the one laughing at them." The blonde snickered to himself as he did a victory sign to no one in particular.
"Naruto?" Iruka looked around the training field to see that the blonde was the only one here.
"SENSEI!" Naruto jumped up as if he was about to run but then paused. "Wait a second I didn't pull any pranks today."
Iruka smiled as the boy glared at him. "I know that I was just wondering what you were doing here."
"Oh um......" Naruto glanced around as he scratched his cheek. "I'm not doing anything."
"Well uh, when you're done doing that then you should head home before it gets too late okay." Iruka smiled on the inside as he saw notes from his class behind the boy.
Was the boy studying?
Iruka turned around to leave suddenly proud of himself as a teacher. It didn't matter who the student was but when a teacher realized that the kid was actually putting effort into his class the teacher would be excited.
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"What kind of attack was that?" Kakashi was barely able to speak as he looked up at the sky from the ditch he was in.
His whole body must be broken......
"Are you okay Kakashi?" Asuma looked down at his friend with concern before he jumped in the hole.
"Asuma-san, Gai just passed out." Noraiki decided to mention when he peeked into the hole.
"Well take him into the house; he probably strained his whole body with that kind of attack." Asuma sighed. "Now we are going to have to wait for both of you to regain your strength before we can go back home."
"It's not my fault." Kakashi muttered as Asuma lifted him up.
"You're the one who said that his green outfit made him look stupid." Asuma chuckled a bit remembering how mad Gai had gotten at the statement.
"He said that my mask doesn't make me look cool and mysterious." Kakashi closed his eyes. Since when had Gai learned an attack like that?
"You're both children." Asuma seemed amused as he walked into the house.
Gai's new attack was something to be feared. Even though it put a lot of strain on the performer of the attack the damage done to the victim was phenomenal. Kakashi swore that the Gai and pushed his body into the ground for at least six feet and then while Kakashi received most of the damage Gai was able to get out.
Kakashi couldn't move as he slowly thought of reasons why he was still alive.
Asuma put out his cigarette with a smirk before he looked up at the sky through the window. 'Initial Lotus' was what Gai called it; the smirk grew as Asuma started having doubts on who was the strongest in this rivalry.
The weather grew hotter as the weeks went by. It seemed that they had reached their record high when everyone had finally finished packing and set off for Konoha.
Kakashi and Gai had found a new hate for chess as they were both beaten thoroughly by Asuma and Noraiki during the weeks they weren't allowed to move much.
Asuma grinned as he touched his beard. It had been awhile since he last shaved as they moved farther a long they went on there path the more beautiful home became in their mind. Asuma had run out of smokes about a few days ago so he had become very irritable and instead of going easy on his fellow jounin in chess he even made Gai cry once when he beat the green beast in two moves.
As everyone walked at least two feet away from Asuma they quickened their pace. If they kept it up like this they would reach Konoha by night fall............or die from dehydration, both of the choices seemed better than spending another day with an irritable Asuma.
When the sun fell and the moon rose over Konoha, Obito smiled as he watched four very tired looking figures approach the gate.
"About time you guys made it!" He called out to them receiving all their attention. "Welcome back!"
"Heh." Kakashi stopped as he passed the gates and threw down all of his stuff. He had just realized he had no place to go and at a time like this all the hotels would be closed.
"I will go give Hokage-sama the reports!" And before anyone could tell Gai what time it was the jounin was off.
Noraiki just looked at everyone before he started heading home and Asuma was already gone, probably to the nearest bar with a cigarette machine Kakashi mused before he turned his head to Obito who was just smiling at him.
"Are you going to go home too Kakashi?" Obito wished he could chat more with his friend but he had gotten night shift that day so he would have to be here till midnight and the morning shift people came.
"I wish." Kakashi sighed. He had broken up with Iruka so there was no way he could go back to the chunin's house, not to mention he had no idea what he would say to Iruka if he did see Iruka in the near future.
"Huh?" Obito raised an eyebrow at the silver haired shinobi.
"Uh.........you see I don't have anywhere to go." Kakashi curved his visible eye in humor.
"Where were you living before the mission?" Obito couldn't make any sense of the situation.
"With Iruka......" Kakashi sighed and Obito finally realized why Kakashi had no place to go.
"Well if you need a place to stay my apartment is always open." Obito offered with a smirk, "And since today's Friday I won't be home until late from the bar."
"Thanks but no thanks Obito." Kakashi grabbed his stuff and curved his eye again. "I know Gai has a spare room so I will go bother him."
Before Obito could protest Kakashi was gone. Obito sighed as he looked at the sky looked like he had at least two more hours of the night shift before he could get off. At least Kakashi would be staying with someone and not on the street Obito thought to himself.
Kakashi dropped all of his stuff on Gai's floor knowing that the jounin wouldn't be home for a little while since his rival most likely went to wake up the Hokage to hand in his mission report.
Kakashi looked out the window at the village of Konoha. It had changed a lot.
"Maybe I should take a look around and see how much of it has changed......" Kakashi silently thought to himself as he slid off his vest and only took his kunai with him and his back containing his favorite book for a 'just-in- case' emergency.
Kakashi admired how much the village had changed yet how it still looked so different even after two years. Kakashi slowly mused to himself how much had really changed when he found himself walking down a familiar street.
The street lights didn't appear to be working and it seemed as if there was construction going on, Kakashi furrowed his eyebrow at the thought of someone building another house beside Iruka's.
As Kakashi came to a halt at the area Iruka's house was supposed to be he just stared. Why was there an apartment complex being built here? Kakashi's eye furrowed, had something happened to Iruka? Was the chunin okay?
Did Iruka move? Why did he leave his parents house? How long ago was it that he moved? Was he living with someone else?
All these thoughts passed through Kakashi's mind as he just stood there staring at the new apartment complex. What was going on?
Kakashi heard a few soft foot steps as he turned his head to see a hunched figure walk towards him. It was at that time that the streetlight decided to come on revealing a chunin with his hair pulled back carrying a younger boy on his back.
Kakashi's eyes traveled up and down the chunin and across the scar on the chunin's nose. It was Iruka!
"Kakashi?" Iruka gasped as Kakashi just stared back.
What was he going to say?
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THE END!
......... just kidding! I couldn't leave it there not with the preview I gave you right?
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"Okay class, today we will be practicing Henge no Jutsu. Please transform into Hokage-sama." Iruka smiled at his class as a few kids moaned.
It looked like the first kid on his list was going to be Naruto.
"Naruto, please." Iruka stood in front of his student as Naruto did the needed hand seals.
"Henge no Jutsu!"
Iruka hit his forehead as the class broke out into laughter. Naruto had just managed to turn into Hokage-sama with huge lips!
"Haha!" Naruto laughed as he turned back into normal. "I was just joking I did that on purpose!"
"Give it a rest!" Iruka yelled at his student. "Naruto you've been at the school for three years! Now do it again you idiot!"
There were a few whispers as Iruka watched patiently. Didn't he see the fox boy practice this jutsu the other day?
Naruto started to shake a little bit before he raised his hands in the seals he need once again. "Transform!"
Iruka watched as the cloud of smoke cleared revealing the Hokage.........with big lips once again. Iruka and the whole class were silent as they stared at the boy.
"You......" Iruka thought with disbelief. "Can it be...?"
Naruto transformed back into his normal self with a huge pout on his face as some snickering came from the back of the classroom.
Iruka felt another head ache come on as he thought about the events that had happened that morning in class. He quickly shut the door and made his way out of the school. The kid had been in the school for three years and still couldn't do Henge no Jutsu!
Iruka paused as he was about to pass the training field. Iruka stopped as he saw a bright figure not moving on the field and as he approached it looked as if Naruto had fallen asleep.
Judging by the marks on the boy's cloths he must have been training out there for a long time. Iruka wondered how disappointed the boy must have felt when he couldn't do the jutsu.
Iruka lifted the sleeping figure on his back and smiled softly at the blonde boy.
/ I wonder how long he's been out here? / Iruka looked at the sky to see that it was very close to midnight as he started his walk towards Naruto's apartment.
The streets were practically empty except for the occasional shinobi who got stuck with night shift that passed by. Iruka smiled as he turned to head down a street he hadn't been down a long time. Since he was out here he might as well take a look at what his old home looks like now.
Iruka lifted his head a bit as he saw a figure off in the distance staring at the apartment complex that was once Iruka's childhood home.
Iruka raised an eyebrow. The apartments were newly built and hadn't been opened to public just yet so why would someone be here?
Iruka was about to say something when the streetlight came on revealing the stranger's silver hair.
"Kakashi?" Iruka gasped as he took a tighter hold to the sleeping boy on his back.
There was a moment of silence as a warm breeze passed between the two men as none of them spoke. Naruto murmured something in his sleep on Iruka's back as Iruka just stared at the sight in front of him.
Two years.........
It's been two years, four months, three days.........
Since Iruka had last seen the jounin.
"Yo." Kakashi's voice reached Iruka's ears causing the chunin to shiver a bit as he stared wide eyed at the figure in front of him.
They haven't seen each other in two years and the only thing Kakashi says to him is 'Yo'!
Iruka opened his mouth but found that none of his thoughts connected. The chunin just stood there dumbfounded as he heart started to beat faster, why was it hurting? After all this time why did it still hurt so much to see the man in front of him?
Why did Kakashi just say 'Yo'? Why didn't he just rip the chunin's heart out and kick it on the ground while he was at it? Yo! YO!
Before Iruka knew what he was doing he found himself running up the steps to Naruto's apartment as he opened the unlocked door and dropped the kid off. He shut the door behind him and froze as everything suddenly decided to work in his head.
Kakashi was back.
He had just taken Naruto home and Kakashi was back.
Well at least two thoughts were connecting. Iruka sighed as he felt tears begin to form in his eyes. He needed to talk to someone but who would be awake this late at night. Iruka tried to think of some of his friends and found himself knocking on Mizuki's door.
"Please be here." Iruka was about to knock again when the door flew open to reveal a surprised Mizuki.
"Are you okay Iruka?" Mizuki looked concerned at his friend.
"I'm going to go to the bar with you." Iruka stated quickly.
"Huh?" Mizuki was about to say something but shook his head and just nodded. "Okay but take your vest off and leave it here okay, you don't need to look like you're on your way to work."
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Iruka groaned to himself as he grabbed his head with his hands. His head really hurt, the chunin turned over and opened his eyes to look at a blue wall.
Blue wall......since when did he paint his room blue? Iruka thought amusedly before it hit him and the chunin fell out of the bed.
Iruka landed with a thud as his head was pounding and his eyes remained wide. Iruka felt a warm blush rise on his cheeks as he stared at the sleeping figure that was in the same bed he was once in.
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(1)= Harmony is the song that Ino and Sakura lip-synch to in the ending to the Naruto anime in the second season.
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And then I leave the story off at that part! laughs evilly
Thank you for reading and I hoped you guys liked it! I have been having the worst week ever since I discovered the summer school incident but now I am in a good mood!
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