I do not own Naruto because lets face it if I did I would never be able to make a deadline so all of you would most likely hate me -
Okay just so you know my computer got a virus and was out of work for a good two weeks even though that doesn't give me the best excuse because a lot more time passed I just wanted you guys to know that and Summer school has been a big burden!
Normally during classes I would plot out my next chapter but in summer school the teacher took up all my paper and threw it away because she claimed I wasn't listening.
Not to mention I also have a nic name as the 'doodler' because on the first day I got yelled at for drawing little chibis all over my notes. Now if she sees me drawing she takes two points off my total grade so as ya'll can guess I haven't been drawing or making more plotlines for the next chapters.
I hope you guys like this chapter and I hope some of you enjoy the surprise of who Iruka truly wakes up next to!
Enjoy!
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Chapter 21: Every Mistake Has A Consequence
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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.
The figure groaned a bit at the sudden disappearance of warmth that used to be beside it as it pulled more covers around it. Iruka stared with his mouth open trying to think of the right way to react to this but nothing seemed to come to his mind except the pounding headache that reminded him that he was currently suffering from a hangover.
Obito turned over in bed as he felt the sun touch his face, the dirty blond haired man smirked as he slowly opened his eyes. What a wonderful dream he had just had, he was able to save a beautiful princess and lived happy ever after.
"Ugh." Obito sat up and rubbed his head before he noticed a figure on the floor in his room. He turned his head to see a very familiar looking man wrapped up in some covers from his bed.
Iruka stared wide-eyed at the man in front of him. IT WAS THE GUY FROM THE GROCERY STORE!
Obito sighed with a little amusement at the chunin's shocked impression. The Anbu captain also silently swore to himself never to go to a bar again, so much for waking up next to a princess............
"W-who a-are you?" Iruka blushed even deeper at the stupid question to ask someone you just......Iruka's blushed deepened......with.
"Oh, how rude of me." Obito tried to joke, "I'm Obito."
Iruka forced his eyes to shut as he started to berate himself. What kind of person was he? He had given Mizuki lectures about these current situations and now look at him!
Iruka could almost see the smug grin on his friends face......
Obito just watched in mild amusement at the chunin's suffering, obviously Kakashi's Iruka wasn't that quick to notice certain things.
How did I get myself in this mess? Iruka thought bitterly as he curled his legs up to his chest.
Obito watched Iruka for a moment before he felt his stomach growl. "Hey you hungry?"
Iruka looked up wide-eyed at the dirty blond haired man that was getting out of the bed. Iruka squeezed his arm feeling the fabric of his shirt between his fingers.
HUNGRY? What is it with people and their communication skills? Iruka growled mentally first it was 'Yo' and now its 'hungry'!
Then it hit the chunin!
'fabric of his shirt between his fingers'
"I'm wearing cloths!" Iruka proclaimed aloud getting a weird glance from Obito.
"What did you think you were wearing?" Obito asked with a humored voice as he took a glance at his clock while rubbing his eyes. "Wow, it's already noon.........NOON!"
Before Iruka knew what was happening Obito had pulled the chunin to his feet and was now running around his apartment in a frenzy grabbing all sorts of gear and something that looked like Anbu armor.
Iruka didn't really pay much mind to the fact that the stranger Obito seemed to be in a rush, as he couldn't get the smile that formed on his face to go away. I DIDN'T DO ANYTHING! Iruka declared mentally proud that he hadn't made any mistakes in his life while intoxicated and made a mental note never to do something that stupid again.
No matter what the circumstances.
"Umm........." Obito appeared in front of Iruka in his Anbu uniform looking a little rushed. "I am having some people over here any minute now so uh........."
Obito was trying not to sound rude but he didn't want to just plain say that Kakashi was supposed to be there any minute since he didn't know how the chunin would react to that.
"Oh um yeah sorry!" Iruka blushed before he stopped and looked at the man in front of him. "If you don't mind me asking how did I get here?"
"Oh..." Obito smirked to himself; yeah he would probably have to explain that wouldn't he. "Hey lets meet for lunch for tomorrow."
"Huh?" Iruka looked at the dirty blond in front of him as if Obito was about to grow another head.
"I'm in a bit of a rush but I'll see you tomorrow and don't worry about anything I'll pay!" And before Iruka could say anything he felt himself being pushed out of the bedroom and towards the door of the apartment.
Obito grabbed the doorknob and swung the door open while pushing Iruka out. But suddenly froze as he shoved Iruka into some figure that happened to be standing in front of the door at the time. Obito smiled sheepishly as he felt Iruka go tense and slowly looked over the chunin to reveal one very surprised looking Kakashi.
"Hey Kakashi!" Obito nodded.
"KAKASHI!" Iruka all but yelled on the top of his lungs in surprise.
Kakashi blinked a few times trying to register why Iruka was shoved into his chest by Obito of all people and why would the chunin be coming out of the tall blonde's apartment?
"Hey uh..." All three figures turned to see a man with shoulder length purple hair looking at them. "Oh there you are Iruka!"
"Mizuki?" Iruka felt his heart pound against his chest as his gaze broke off his best friend and went back to the silver haired man in front of him.
Mizuki who was at first at a relaxed pace quickly walked over to the three men as he grabbed Iruka by the arm and pulled him away from the two other men sending a glare towards a certain Copy Cat Ninja before Iruka could see.
"I went looking for you when you never showed up to brunch and after I asked some people they said that they saw you over here last night so I decided to come and get you." Mizuki smiled as Iruka tried to register everything in his mind but the only thing that seemed to flood in was images of the old Kakashi and the one in front of him now.
Obito gave a toothy grin to Kakashi who in return glared at the Anbu captain before he returned his gaze to Iruka who seemed to have a hard time hiding all the emotions running through his system at that moment.
Iruka opened his mouth as if to say something when he felt Mizuki's grip on his hand and turned his gaze to his friend suddenly realizing it wasn't just him and Kakashi.
"We need to go Iruka." Mizuki stated as if nothing abnormal was going and slowly pulled Iruka down the stairs away from Obito's front door.
"Yeah........." Iruka whispered grateful that his friend had shown up before he took one last glance at Kakashi and continued down the stairs.
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Mizuki and Iruka walked in silence as the lavender haired sensei watched his best friend. Iruka barely even noticed that time had gone by when they arrived at Mizuki's apartment.
"You left your vest here........." Mizuki let Iruka in and watched as the chunin sensei's eyes began to cloud up.
Iruka nodded at his friend. What was he going to do now? Iruka felt conflicting emotions rise in him as he bit back a sob, he had to go somewhere he could think, he shouldn't be bothering Mizuki with all his minor problems.
But before Iruka made it out of the door he was pulled into a tight hug where he tried to stare wide-eyed at Mizuki but only could see his friends shoulder.
"Iruka I know you better than anyone here."
Iruka let Mizuki's soft voice sink in as he felt tears form in his eyes. The chunin teacher clinged onto his friend's shoulders as he stood there with tears running down his face.
Mizuki might have his flaws but he is always reliable when I need a friend, Iruka thought with a sad smile before they separated from there hug and Iruka wiped at his face before he gave Mizuki a sorrowful glance.
"What should I do?" Iruka voice barely cracked.
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Before Obito had any time to react his back hit the wall as he glanced at Kakashi, surprised by his friend's behavior. "WHAT THE HELL WAS IRUKA DOING HERE?"
Obito was about to say something when he felt cold steel against his throat telling him to use his words correctly. Obito thought it over carefully, he could always joke around but then dieing at such a young age wasn't worth it or he could just try to give Kakashi the best clear answer and pray that he still had a body to place his head on.
Kakashi growled as he glared at the dirty blonde haired man in front of him. IRUKA! His Iruka? Why was the chunin coming out of Obito's apartment?
"I guarantee it's not what you think." Obito stated firmly hoping Kakashi wasn't getting ahead of himself.
"Then what was that?" Kakashi snapped, muscles tensed ready for a fight.
Iruka......the name kept going across Kakashi mind as he finally let his grip on the katana he had held Obito to the wall with loosen causing the blade to fall to the floor.
"Umm.........let's discuss this inside." Obito sighed before he opened the door to his apartment fully and waited for Kakashi to enter before the followed the silver haired ninja.
There was a moment of silence before Obito sat down and smirked at Kakashi. "Iruka is a really funny drunk."
"What?" Kakashi was taken off guard by the statement and just looked at Obito as if he was insane. "But Iruka doesn't drink."
"Well he was at the bar before I got there last night and must have been there for a while because he was pretty hammered." Obito waited to see if Kakashi was going to make any comments but when the copycat ninja made none he decided to continue his story.
"Remember I told you I usually go to a bar a bar on Friday nights, well I decided to try out this new one I heard about and when I got there I noticed Iruka which wasn't really hard."
"What do you mean by that?" Kakashi was still having trouble trying to picture Iruka drunk at all.........and wasn't the chunin still underage?
"I mean that he was practically surrounded by people, I heard he was popular in this village but that was just pathetic, everyone just trying to get a piece of him, them being all drunk didn't help." Obito paused for a moment. "I even got him to sing a karaoke song with me."
"This doesn't make any sense!" Kakashi declared aloud as he ran his hand through his spiky hair.
"Well it's true, I found him at the bar and he had apparently been upset about something because everyone was insisting on buying him a drink to help cheer him up or something like that." Obito sighed as he remembered the pathetic sight he had seen Iruka in. "That guy, Mizuki was it? He must have been the guy that took Iruka there but I didn't see him when I was there."
"But how did he get here?" Kakashi had to try to keep himself calm. Obito had told him it wasn't what it looked like and it didn't seem like the man was lying to him. And Iruka was upset about something?
Was it the fact that the chunin had seen Kakashi?
"Well at first I was just going to try to get to know more about the guy since you seem to really like him but-"
"You were going to take advantage of the fact that he was drunk to get information out of him?" Kakashi stated disbelieved. "Iruka isn't the kind of guy you have to force for information you can just ask him."
Obito opened his mouth but then closed it as if he had just thought better before he continued on. "Well after I was finally able to make everyone leave the poor kid alone he passed out on me, and since I had no idea where he lived nor did anyone who was conscious at the bar I just brought him here and so that's how he ended up in my apartment."
"So you didn't!" Kakashi said all too quickly before Obito cut him off.
"No, we didn't."
Kakashi suddenly found himself relieved as he took a deep breath. But that still didn't explain why the chunin was at the bar in the first place. Why had Iruka run off like that last night and who was the chunin carrying? There was no way Iruka could have a kid that age and the blonde hair......Kakashi furrowed his eyebrows.
What was he not getting?
"Is there something I'm missing?" Obito watched the silver haired shinobi in front of him closely.
"We ran into each other last night..." Kakashi looked over at Obito as the dirty blond haired man started to understand some things a little more clearly.
"You think that was the reason he was upset?"
Kakashi thought for a moment as he let his fingers tap his slanted headband. Why did Iruka run away like that? All Kakashi had said was 'Yo' and as far as the silver haired shinobi remembered 'Yo' didn't translate into anything like 'hey-I-hate-your-guts' but the way Iruka had ran away almost made it seem as if......
"I'm such an idiot!" Kakashi stood up suddenly distressed before he slammed his fist into the wall trying to find a release for his anger.
Obito just stared at the younger man in front of him not knowing how to approach the copy cat ninja and not knowing what information had just crossed Kakashi's mind.
"Man!" And with that Kakashi suddenly vanished leaving a very confused Obito.
"Maybe he'll tell me later," Obito smirked before he looked at the huge dent in his wall and sighed.
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Gai stared with a look of disgust towards his rival as he watched Kakashi stare out the window. The jounin had let his eternal rival room with him for the time being because Kakashi had no place to stay since he was; in Gai's words; 'an idiot'.
Kakashi been sitting there since Gai had gotten home that day and hadn't moved an inch claiming that since it was his day off so he could spend it like he pleased.
"Stop wasting what youth you have left my rival!" Gai declared with his loud voice but it didn't even make it to Kakashi or the copy ninja was just plain ignoring Gai, with way the silver haired shinobi didn't bother to move.
"That's it tomorrow you are going with me to the mission assigning room whether you want to or if I have to drag you there by force but if you are living with me you can't mope around all day, especially since I have no idea why you are acting like this." Gai added the last part as more a parental threat than any thing else.
Kakashi waited for Gai's footsteps to leave before he let out a sigh and watched the clouds float across the bright blue sky.
He knew that whenever a mistake was made a consequence would always come but Kakashi had never put much thought into what consequence he would receive for breaking up with Iruka. The question now was 'is the punishment over?' and 'how do I fix this?' but Kakashi's mind seemed to always come up blank.
How does a guy fix this?
Kakashi thought over every mistake he had made before he left. He had broken up with Iruka. He had lied to Iruka. He had slapped Iruka in the process of breaking up. When he had returned the first thing he told Iruka was 'Yo'. He was a moron. If he hadn't broken up with Iruka in the first place this none of this would be happening and he would be able to be with the chunin right now.
I'm such a selfish jerk! Kakashi thought bitterly as he looked at his discarded 'Icha Icha Paradise' book he hadn't been able to read since he had gotten back.
Kakashi had tried to read it several times hoping that the book would get his mind of his mistakes and well.........Iruka but even the book wasn't working for him. Every tender love scene, every moment that the characters met, every instance of a pure romance set on the heart, Kakashi would remember Iruka.
The sliver haired shinobi turned his gaze away from the window and the book as he rang his gloved hands.
Not being able to read 'Icha Icha Paradise' had to be the worst consequence of this whole ordeal! The jounin thought before his eyes hardened.
No, 'Icha Icha Paradise' was nothing. The worst consequence had to be that look Iruka had given him this morning. Kakashi turned his gaze back to the window as he watched a few birds fly by Gai's apartment.
"I never want to see that look again." Kakashi told himself aloud. "Iruka deserves someone else, someone better, someone who hasn't hurt him."
"But what if that isn't what he wants?" Kakashi stiffened before he let his body relax and he turned his head towards Gai who was sitting on a chair with a smug grin on his face.
"You've gotten good at sneaking." Kakashi commented with a lazy glare, he hadn't wanted Gai to know what he was upset about.
"You want some advice Kakashi?" When the copy cat ninja didn't say anything Gai continued. "People always say that you never truly know how much you love something until you lose it."
"But I've always cared for Iruka." Kakashi stated quickly causing Gai to give a small glare for being interrupted.
"You say that but if you really knew how much Iruka meant to you before do you think you would have broken up with him in the first place?"
Kakashi was about to say something but stopped as he took a glance towards the ground.
"But don't worry because even though you already lost him it doesn't mean you can't get him back." Gai had a small smile on his lips.
"That doesn't make any sense. What does Konoha have a lost and found for these kind of situations?" Kakashi asked sarcastically causing Gai's grin to widen.
"No my rival they have something so much better." Kakashi stared at Gai as his rival continued. "Konoha has the mission assignment room."
"What?"
"The assignment room, you know the place where-"
"I know what the room is for Gai but what does that have to do with anything?" Kakashi asked almost impatiently.
"Kakashi, we are both going to the assignment room tomorrow but before we do I need to give you this small piece of information so you may be prepared." Kakashi just stared at the green beast, 'what did he mean prepared?'
"What do you mean?"
"Iruka is going to be there." Kakashi's eyes widened a bit as he looked at his rival before a small smile came to his lips even though Gai couldn't see it under the mask.
There was a moment of silence before Gai decided to take his leave and Kakashi paced his hands to his chin. This was his chance! He could redeem himself and maybe find some way to be with the chunin again but how?
Kakashi had spent most of the night thinking of a way to apologize to Iruka. Even though the silver haired shinobi knew a lot about what Iruka liked and disliked it didn't seem to be helping that much.
How much had Iruka changed since they were gone?
Did Iruka ever think about Kakashi?
How long had Kakashi made the chunin cry?
Had Iruka moved on?
Kakashi put his Anbu uniform on as he watched the sun rise through the window in the room he was renting from Gai. Kakashi picked up the beautifully decorated dolphin necklace Iruka had given him as a present when they had lived together and tied it around his neck even though he hadn't had the heart to wear it since.........his mistake.
Grabbing the katana, which was the last thing Iruka had ever given him and fastening it to his waist, Kakashi opened the door to his room and slid up his mask.
He had been thinking of what to say to Iruka all night and only came up with something one thing. He was going to apologize in front of everyone to Iruka, and then he was going to confess his feelings for the young man all over again.
A fresh start.
Kakashi placed a hand over his chest as he took a deep breath. His chest would start hurting whenever he realized the possibility of Iruka turning him down but it wasn't like the copy cat ninja deserved Iruka's forgiveness after all.
Kakashi just wanted the truth out there.
He wanted Iruka to know how sorry he was and above all else......
Kakashi wanted Iruka to know how much he still loved him.
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Iruka tapped his foot patiently against the floor of the assigning room glancing back and forth as more people continued to enter.
"Are you looking for someone Iruka?" The Hokage laughed in kindly manner as he startled the chunin.
"Oh!" Iruka smiled at the man next to him. "Don't worry about it Hokage- sama, someone said that they were going to meet me today so I was just looking out for them."
"Very well......" The Hokage patted Iruka on the back before he sat down next to the chunin. "So what is my schedule for today?"
"You have a meeting with the feudal lords in an hour and after that you will have to talk to a few diplomats about treaty agreements again." Iruka smiled as the old man frowned.
"I hate talking with those boring old fools." The Hokage sighed as he began to smoke on his pipe.
"You sound just like a child." Iruka laughed before he straightened up some paper work. "Oh and I cleared your schedule after that so you could visit your grandson."
The Hokage smiled at the thought of his grandson, Konohamaru had been growing so quickly the Hokage wished that the child's parents were still alive to witness it but it seemed the fate of a ninja was too powerful this time.
"Thank you Iruka-kun." The Hokage smiled as he went through the paper work of random missions.
Iruka tensed a bit as he saw Obito walk into the mission assignment room in his Anbu uniform. The Anbu captain glanced around before he noticed Iruka and smiled but before he could say anything a girl with purple grabbed onto his arm slowly being followed by a sickly looking ninja.
"Hey Obito-senpai." Sayaka smiled as she seemed to have a huge blush on her cheeks as she glanced over to Hayate who was blushing too.
"What are you guys doing here?" Obito smiled at his two friends before he gave Iruka a quick glance causing Sayaka to turn to Iruka.
"Hey isn't that Iruka?" Sayaka thought about it for a moment forgetting why she was really there before Hayate pulled her over to one of the desks and started talking to the shinobi behind the counter.
Iruka waited for Obito to walk to his table before he smiled at the tall blonde.
"You look well for having a hang-"
"I would like to thank you for the other day." Iruka quickly cut Obito off as he blushed glancing at the Hokage hoping that the man didn't get what Obito was saying.
"So you wanna go out for lunch?" Obito didn't bother wasting anytime in the chitchat as he felt his stomach begin to rumble.
The room got quiet for a brief moment as all the shinobi behind the desk looked at Iruka for a moment before they got back to work. Iruka blushed a bit before he smiled at Obito and shook his head.
"No I just wanted to thank you for the other day but I have already eaten lunch today." Iruka tried to sound polite as possible not that it was hard since he was truly thankful that nothing had happened to him while he was, the chunin cringed, drunk.
"So I guess you don't really need me to tell you what happened anymore?" Obito sighed mentally, so much for gaining more information on who the chunin really was.
"I think I already know enough." Iruka did a polite bow earning a chuckle form the Hokage next to him. "Thank you again."
"Your welcome." Obito did the same polite bow in return even though he knew he was over doing it.
Iruka smiled as Obito went over to another table to get whatever assignment he was supposed to be on as he sat back down in his chair finally relieved that it was over.
"You're far too polite Iruka-kun." The Hokage teased with a toothy grin.
Iruka smiled back as he went through more missions, it looked like he still had a few b-class missions to assign.
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"Nice necklace." Gai commented as he and Kakashi walked to the entrance of the assignment building.
"Thanks." Kakashi felt his chest pound. He was ready, it was now or never, and he had to at least try.
Kakashi was about to open the door to the building when he noticed a figure waving at him.
"Well if it isn't Kakashi!" A young man with shortly cut blue hair ran up beside the copy cat ninja.
"Kaouri?" Kakashi looked at the kid he had been on a few chunin missions with.
"Are you here for a mission assignment?" Kaouri smiled as he grabbed Kakashi's arm and dragged the silvered haired shinobi into the building with Gai following. "Hey I want you to meet one of my friends who work here."
"Uh-" Kakashi was about to say something when he noticed Iruka standing in the corner, the shinobi was about to say something to his old friend when the young man shouted.
"Hey Iruka! Come over here for a sec!" Kaouri smiled as Iruka nodded.
Iruka nodded at his friend before he looked at the figure beside him. Kakashi! Iruka froze for a moment as he tried to think of what he should do. He had already started to walk towards Kaouri so he couldn't just turn around......
Iruka closed his eyes for a second going over what Mizuki had told him.
"What should I do?" Iruka voice barely cracked.
"Do what you feel is right." Mizuki tired to give some advice.
"But I don't know what to feel anymore! I mean when I saw him this morning it almost felt like I was......" Iruka felt the chain in his chest grow. "Almost like I was staring at a complete stranger."
"Iruka I don't know what to say.........just go with your instinct." Mizuki sighed as he tried to comfort his friend.
Iruka took a deep breath and picked up something from the desk he was passing to mask the delay in his walking over to Kaouri.
"Hey Kaouri, are you here for a mission?" Iruka smiled nicely at his friend as he discreetly looked Kakashi over.
Kakashi seemed so far from him.
Iruka felt the pain in his chest grow; Kakashi was so far away but so close in reality. How could he feel like this?
It almost seemed as if it was another Kakashi.
A different Kakashi.
Not the one Iruka fell in love with, but also not the one that broke his heart.
The man in front of him was a stranger with a familiar face.
That was all.
"Yeah but hey I wanted you to meet the infamous Copy Cat Ninja Kakashi!" Kaouri then pointed to the very tense shinobi behind him as Kakashi stared at Iruka.
"Uh we already-" Kakashi tried to say before he was cut off.
"Hi." Iruka held out his hand to Kakashi. "It's nice to meet you, I'm Umino Iruka."
They were only strangers now.
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The heart is a very vulnerable part of the body.
When it breaks it could take years to put the pieces together again as Iruka had learned over his lifetime.
But since the chunin was too busy hiding behind a fake smile he didn't take the time to hear.
As Kakashi's heart shattered,
And the assignment room grew quiet.
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The end of this chapter!
K-chan's Review: OMG!!!!!!!!!! You suck.......cries tears for Kakashi you suck...sucky suckerson! Yeah that's what I thought you jerk
P-sama: (sigh)
Muwahahaha, for all of those people who didn't know who Iruka was going to wake up next too, lol. I was actually going to have Mizuki in the original plot but as the chapters progressed I just had to have it be Obito even though nothing happened. (blushes at the thought of Iruka and Obito doing stuff in the dark with random kinky noises)
Thank you all for being patient and I hope you all liked this chapter and especially the ending, (evil laugh)
Until next time my friends and fans!
And now the replies to all of your reviews.
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assassin: Well I felt bad after I read your review and was like.........uh oh yeah I told it was going to be Mizuki! But it's all good now! Right? (pause) anyway remember Sunday! And I will try to get the next chapter out quicker!
VertigoMesmerizer: Well you won the bet so I have to write that one-shot and don't worry I am working on it! But it might take a while b/c of the comp troubles and I haven't had much time lately. (sigh) but I will write it and post it before the next chappie of 'growing pains' so till then! Congrats on winning!
duenna: Well now you finally know! Did you expect it to be Obito? Did you like it?
cdkobasiuk: Its nice to get so many reviews from you in a row! Talk about dedication being able to read all of my chapters in so little time! I'm also lad you finally caught up so now it wont be so awkward when I reply to your reviews b/c now I know you will get them! Thanx for being so loyal in your reviewing and I hope you enjoyed this chapter. Is my detail really that scary? Is that good or bad? (lol)
Hikari of Darkness: I'm not that cruel leaving you there but I might be saying that just because you now know who Iruka woke up next to (smile) but you don't know what is going to happen next now do you? (evil laugh) just kidding! Thanks for reviewing and I hope you like this chapter too.
TheTrueSilver: HOW DARE YOU STAB IRUKA IN THE EYE!! Even if it is just a plushie that is too cruel! You can't hurt them! (p-sama7 weeps along with Kakashi plushie) how could you? And we thought you loved Iruka......how could you?
azura: You got it right lol. He woke up next to Obito and I was really surprised by your review because I though I was able to throw people off but I guess you are too good
Mica-Chan: To tell you the truth my original plan was to have Iruka wake up next to Mizuki and I was planning something else then after I started to type chapter 20 I changed my mind lol. I hope it was for the best and I am glad you are into my story so much! It makes me so happy when people tell me that! And for the ages I would say that Iruka is about 20/21 and thus Kakashi is about 23/24! (meaning I only have two more years to fool around with before the actual manga starts)
sabrea: I'm glad you liked it. Thanks for the review and I hope to hear from you again. Oh and who did you originally think Iruka was going to wake up next to?
Isolde1: hehehehehe......it was Iruka and Mizuki! But I guess if you really look at it, it was Iruka and no one because nothing actually happened. (sigh) But maybe later......hm.........
Riyo-sama: Don't worry about summer school because it is officially over! I hope you liked this chapter too and have a great summer.
Silver Neo: (smirk) you knew it huh? I laughed when I read your review! Hehehe poor Iruka and his 'golden god' image but hey no one's perfect. And Sasuke is pretty (blushes) So.........were you expecting it to Obito? (smirk)
Razu: He wasn't in his right mind that's why! I mean he loved Kakashi and then the whole "Yo" incident! Why I would probably go get drunk if that ever happened to me and I wasn't underage......(sigh) but drinking is bad so don't do it!
lemmings12: Iruka wasn't really blushing because it was someone he liked he was more blushing out of embarrassment and lets face it Obito isn't bad looking (nudge nudge) and I have to say every time I see your name I read 'lemon12' instead of 'lemmings12' lol and at first I was like 'what a pervert' but when I realized it wasn't lemon I came to the conclusion that I'm the real pervert (blushes). I just thought it was funny! Hope you liked this chapter too.
anime teen: ..........you cry a lot don't you? (j/k) They will get back together but that doesn't mean I'm not going to have fun in the process (evil laugh) thank you for reviewing and I hope you like this new chapter too.
Tenshisonnet: A little impatient are we? I know that I really need a beta- reader but I try my hardest to update asap so I don't want to have to rely on waiting for someone to proof read because crap happens and it already takes me long enough to update. I'm glad this is an overall good fic! And I am actually already working on 22 (which is new since I haven't posted this yet) so I hope you enjoy this chapter and the ones to follow! Sorry that it is taking so long for them to get together. (looks over your reviews since she reads in order of date) Wow you were my 'critiquer' weren't you? (j/k) Yeah I had some problems in my first chapter with Gai and Kakashi as 'sensei' and I should have changed that but I will get to it sometime. And I do have a lot of run-on sentences but if you also pay attention to my chapters you see that I hardly use comas so that might have something to so with it. But it's not like I am trying purposely to suck......I'm just not the greatest person in writing skills.
Kami Beverly: You know you are the only person to mention the 'just kidding' part in last chapter lol. I know it was mean and I apologize (does a small bow) but that doesn't mean I will never do it again. (smirk)
SweetMoons: Wow you got that I was trying to throw you all off! You must have been waiting forever for this chapter! (pause) .........I'm sorry (does polite bow) I will try to update quicker!
usagi-hk: When I saw the Spanish review I was like 'woah! Either they are trying to find a nice way to tell me I suck or maybe they were trying to brag since I don't know Spanish and they do' (lol) I hope you like this chapter too and can't wait to here from you again.
shadowehunter: Thanks! Kakashi will be happy........................eventually (smirk) I hope you enjoyed this chapter too and cant' wait till next time!
Renn: When I read your review I was like 'you have no idea' but hehehe I guess Iruka has minor anxieties while Kakashi is really regretting saying 'Yo' now, ne?
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Have a great week!
Okay just so you know my computer got a virus and was out of work for a good two weeks even though that doesn't give me the best excuse because a lot more time passed I just wanted you guys to know that and Summer school has been a big burden!
Normally during classes I would plot out my next chapter but in summer school the teacher took up all my paper and threw it away because she claimed I wasn't listening.
Not to mention I also have a nic name as the 'doodler' because on the first day I got yelled at for drawing little chibis all over my notes. Now if she sees me drawing she takes two points off my total grade so as ya'll can guess I haven't been drawing or making more plotlines for the next chapters.
I hope you guys like this chapter and I hope some of you enjoy the surprise of who Iruka truly wakes up next to!
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Chapter 21: Every Mistake Has A Consequence
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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.
The figure groaned a bit at the sudden disappearance of warmth that used to be beside it as it pulled more covers around it. Iruka stared with his mouth open trying to think of the right way to react to this but nothing seemed to come to his mind except the pounding headache that reminded him that he was currently suffering from a hangover.
Obito turned over in bed as he felt the sun touch his face, the dirty blond haired man smirked as he slowly opened his eyes. What a wonderful dream he had just had, he was able to save a beautiful princess and lived happy ever after.
"Ugh." Obito sat up and rubbed his head before he noticed a figure on the floor in his room. He turned his head to see a very familiar looking man wrapped up in some covers from his bed.
Iruka stared wide-eyed at the man in front of him. IT WAS THE GUY FROM THE GROCERY STORE!
Obito sighed with a little amusement at the chunin's shocked impression. The Anbu captain also silently swore to himself never to go to a bar again, so much for waking up next to a princess............
"W-who a-are you?" Iruka blushed even deeper at the stupid question to ask someone you just......Iruka's blushed deepened......with.
"Oh, how rude of me." Obito tried to joke, "I'm Obito."
Iruka forced his eyes to shut as he started to berate himself. What kind of person was he? He had given Mizuki lectures about these current situations and now look at him!
Iruka could almost see the smug grin on his friends face......
Obito just watched in mild amusement at the chunin's suffering, obviously Kakashi's Iruka wasn't that quick to notice certain things.
How did I get myself in this mess? Iruka thought bitterly as he curled his legs up to his chest.
Obito watched Iruka for a moment before he felt his stomach growl. "Hey you hungry?"
Iruka looked up wide-eyed at the dirty blond haired man that was getting out of the bed. Iruka squeezed his arm feeling the fabric of his shirt between his fingers.
HUNGRY? What is it with people and their communication skills? Iruka growled mentally first it was 'Yo' and now its 'hungry'!
Then it hit the chunin!
'fabric of his shirt between his fingers'
"I'm wearing cloths!" Iruka proclaimed aloud getting a weird glance from Obito.
"What did you think you were wearing?" Obito asked with a humored voice as he took a glance at his clock while rubbing his eyes. "Wow, it's already noon.........NOON!"
Before Iruka knew what was happening Obito had pulled the chunin to his feet and was now running around his apartment in a frenzy grabbing all sorts of gear and something that looked like Anbu armor.
Iruka didn't really pay much mind to the fact that the stranger Obito seemed to be in a rush, as he couldn't get the smile that formed on his face to go away. I DIDN'T DO ANYTHING! Iruka declared mentally proud that he hadn't made any mistakes in his life while intoxicated and made a mental note never to do something that stupid again.
No matter what the circumstances.
"Umm........." Obito appeared in front of Iruka in his Anbu uniform looking a little rushed. "I am having some people over here any minute now so uh........."
Obito was trying not to sound rude but he didn't want to just plain say that Kakashi was supposed to be there any minute since he didn't know how the chunin would react to that.
"Oh um yeah sorry!" Iruka blushed before he stopped and looked at the man in front of him. "If you don't mind me asking how did I get here?"
"Oh..." Obito smirked to himself; yeah he would probably have to explain that wouldn't he. "Hey lets meet for lunch for tomorrow."
"Huh?" Iruka looked at the dirty blond in front of him as if Obito was about to grow another head.
"I'm in a bit of a rush but I'll see you tomorrow and don't worry about anything I'll pay!" And before Iruka could say anything he felt himself being pushed out of the bedroom and towards the door of the apartment.
Obito grabbed the doorknob and swung the door open while pushing Iruka out. But suddenly froze as he shoved Iruka into some figure that happened to be standing in front of the door at the time. Obito smiled sheepishly as he felt Iruka go tense and slowly looked over the chunin to reveal one very surprised looking Kakashi.
"Hey Kakashi!" Obito nodded.
"KAKASHI!" Iruka all but yelled on the top of his lungs in surprise.
Kakashi blinked a few times trying to register why Iruka was shoved into his chest by Obito of all people and why would the chunin be coming out of the tall blonde's apartment?
"Hey uh..." All three figures turned to see a man with shoulder length purple hair looking at them. "Oh there you are Iruka!"
"Mizuki?" Iruka felt his heart pound against his chest as his gaze broke off his best friend and went back to the silver haired man in front of him.
Mizuki who was at first at a relaxed pace quickly walked over to the three men as he grabbed Iruka by the arm and pulled him away from the two other men sending a glare towards a certain Copy Cat Ninja before Iruka could see.
"I went looking for you when you never showed up to brunch and after I asked some people they said that they saw you over here last night so I decided to come and get you." Mizuki smiled as Iruka tried to register everything in his mind but the only thing that seemed to flood in was images of the old Kakashi and the one in front of him now.
Obito gave a toothy grin to Kakashi who in return glared at the Anbu captain before he returned his gaze to Iruka who seemed to have a hard time hiding all the emotions running through his system at that moment.
Iruka opened his mouth as if to say something when he felt Mizuki's grip on his hand and turned his gaze to his friend suddenly realizing it wasn't just him and Kakashi.
"We need to go Iruka." Mizuki stated as if nothing abnormal was going and slowly pulled Iruka down the stairs away from Obito's front door.
"Yeah........." Iruka whispered grateful that his friend had shown up before he took one last glance at Kakashi and continued down the stairs.
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Mizuki and Iruka walked in silence as the lavender haired sensei watched his best friend. Iruka barely even noticed that time had gone by when they arrived at Mizuki's apartment.
"You left your vest here........." Mizuki let Iruka in and watched as the chunin sensei's eyes began to cloud up.
Iruka nodded at his friend. What was he going to do now? Iruka felt conflicting emotions rise in him as he bit back a sob, he had to go somewhere he could think, he shouldn't be bothering Mizuki with all his minor problems.
But before Iruka made it out of the door he was pulled into a tight hug where he tried to stare wide-eyed at Mizuki but only could see his friends shoulder.
"Iruka I know you better than anyone here."
Iruka let Mizuki's soft voice sink in as he felt tears form in his eyes. The chunin teacher clinged onto his friend's shoulders as he stood there with tears running down his face.
Mizuki might have his flaws but he is always reliable when I need a friend, Iruka thought with a sad smile before they separated from there hug and Iruka wiped at his face before he gave Mizuki a sorrowful glance.
"What should I do?" Iruka voice barely cracked.
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Before Obito had any time to react his back hit the wall as he glanced at Kakashi, surprised by his friend's behavior. "WHAT THE HELL WAS IRUKA DOING HERE?"
Obito was about to say something when he felt cold steel against his throat telling him to use his words correctly. Obito thought it over carefully, he could always joke around but then dieing at such a young age wasn't worth it or he could just try to give Kakashi the best clear answer and pray that he still had a body to place his head on.
Kakashi growled as he glared at the dirty blonde haired man in front of him. IRUKA! His Iruka? Why was the chunin coming out of Obito's apartment?
"I guarantee it's not what you think." Obito stated firmly hoping Kakashi wasn't getting ahead of himself.
"Then what was that?" Kakashi snapped, muscles tensed ready for a fight.
Iruka......the name kept going across Kakashi mind as he finally let his grip on the katana he had held Obito to the wall with loosen causing the blade to fall to the floor.
"Umm.........let's discuss this inside." Obito sighed before he opened the door to his apartment fully and waited for Kakashi to enter before the followed the silver haired ninja.
There was a moment of silence before Obito sat down and smirked at Kakashi. "Iruka is a really funny drunk."
"What?" Kakashi was taken off guard by the statement and just looked at Obito as if he was insane. "But Iruka doesn't drink."
"Well he was at the bar before I got there last night and must have been there for a while because he was pretty hammered." Obito waited to see if Kakashi was going to make any comments but when the copycat ninja made none he decided to continue his story.
"Remember I told you I usually go to a bar a bar on Friday nights, well I decided to try out this new one I heard about and when I got there I noticed Iruka which wasn't really hard."
"What do you mean by that?" Kakashi was still having trouble trying to picture Iruka drunk at all.........and wasn't the chunin still underage?
"I mean that he was practically surrounded by people, I heard he was popular in this village but that was just pathetic, everyone just trying to get a piece of him, them being all drunk didn't help." Obito paused for a moment. "I even got him to sing a karaoke song with me."
"This doesn't make any sense!" Kakashi declared aloud as he ran his hand through his spiky hair.
"Well it's true, I found him at the bar and he had apparently been upset about something because everyone was insisting on buying him a drink to help cheer him up or something like that." Obito sighed as he remembered the pathetic sight he had seen Iruka in. "That guy, Mizuki was it? He must have been the guy that took Iruka there but I didn't see him when I was there."
"But how did he get here?" Kakashi had to try to keep himself calm. Obito had told him it wasn't what it looked like and it didn't seem like the man was lying to him. And Iruka was upset about something?
Was it the fact that the chunin had seen Kakashi?
"Well at first I was just going to try to get to know more about the guy since you seem to really like him but-"
"You were going to take advantage of the fact that he was drunk to get information out of him?" Kakashi stated disbelieved. "Iruka isn't the kind of guy you have to force for information you can just ask him."
Obito opened his mouth but then closed it as if he had just thought better before he continued on. "Well after I was finally able to make everyone leave the poor kid alone he passed out on me, and since I had no idea where he lived nor did anyone who was conscious at the bar I just brought him here and so that's how he ended up in my apartment."
"So you didn't!" Kakashi said all too quickly before Obito cut him off.
"No, we didn't."
Kakashi suddenly found himself relieved as he took a deep breath. But that still didn't explain why the chunin was at the bar in the first place. Why had Iruka run off like that last night and who was the chunin carrying? There was no way Iruka could have a kid that age and the blonde hair......Kakashi furrowed his eyebrows.
What was he not getting?
"Is there something I'm missing?" Obito watched the silver haired shinobi in front of him closely.
"We ran into each other last night..." Kakashi looked over at Obito as the dirty blond haired man started to understand some things a little more clearly.
"You think that was the reason he was upset?"
Kakashi thought for a moment as he let his fingers tap his slanted headband. Why did Iruka run away like that? All Kakashi had said was 'Yo' and as far as the silver haired shinobi remembered 'Yo' didn't translate into anything like 'hey-I-hate-your-guts' but the way Iruka had ran away almost made it seem as if......
"I'm such an idiot!" Kakashi stood up suddenly distressed before he slammed his fist into the wall trying to find a release for his anger.
Obito just stared at the younger man in front of him not knowing how to approach the copy cat ninja and not knowing what information had just crossed Kakashi's mind.
"Man!" And with that Kakashi suddenly vanished leaving a very confused Obito.
"Maybe he'll tell me later," Obito smirked before he looked at the huge dent in his wall and sighed.
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Gai stared with a look of disgust towards his rival as he watched Kakashi stare out the window. The jounin had let his eternal rival room with him for the time being because Kakashi had no place to stay since he was; in Gai's words; 'an idiot'.
Kakashi been sitting there since Gai had gotten home that day and hadn't moved an inch claiming that since it was his day off so he could spend it like he pleased.
"Stop wasting what youth you have left my rival!" Gai declared with his loud voice but it didn't even make it to Kakashi or the copy ninja was just plain ignoring Gai, with way the silver haired shinobi didn't bother to move.
"That's it tomorrow you are going with me to the mission assigning room whether you want to or if I have to drag you there by force but if you are living with me you can't mope around all day, especially since I have no idea why you are acting like this." Gai added the last part as more a parental threat than any thing else.
Kakashi waited for Gai's footsteps to leave before he let out a sigh and watched the clouds float across the bright blue sky.
He knew that whenever a mistake was made a consequence would always come but Kakashi had never put much thought into what consequence he would receive for breaking up with Iruka. The question now was 'is the punishment over?' and 'how do I fix this?' but Kakashi's mind seemed to always come up blank.
How does a guy fix this?
Kakashi thought over every mistake he had made before he left. He had broken up with Iruka. He had lied to Iruka. He had slapped Iruka in the process of breaking up. When he had returned the first thing he told Iruka was 'Yo'. He was a moron. If he hadn't broken up with Iruka in the first place this none of this would be happening and he would be able to be with the chunin right now.
I'm such a selfish jerk! Kakashi thought bitterly as he looked at his discarded 'Icha Icha Paradise' book he hadn't been able to read since he had gotten back.
Kakashi had tried to read it several times hoping that the book would get his mind of his mistakes and well.........Iruka but even the book wasn't working for him. Every tender love scene, every moment that the characters met, every instance of a pure romance set on the heart, Kakashi would remember Iruka.
The sliver haired shinobi turned his gaze away from the window and the book as he rang his gloved hands.
Not being able to read 'Icha Icha Paradise' had to be the worst consequence of this whole ordeal! The jounin thought before his eyes hardened.
No, 'Icha Icha Paradise' was nothing. The worst consequence had to be that look Iruka had given him this morning. Kakashi turned his gaze back to the window as he watched a few birds fly by Gai's apartment.
"I never want to see that look again." Kakashi told himself aloud. "Iruka deserves someone else, someone better, someone who hasn't hurt him."
"But what if that isn't what he wants?" Kakashi stiffened before he let his body relax and he turned his head towards Gai who was sitting on a chair with a smug grin on his face.
"You've gotten good at sneaking." Kakashi commented with a lazy glare, he hadn't wanted Gai to know what he was upset about.
"You want some advice Kakashi?" When the copy cat ninja didn't say anything Gai continued. "People always say that you never truly know how much you love something until you lose it."
"But I've always cared for Iruka." Kakashi stated quickly causing Gai to give a small glare for being interrupted.
"You say that but if you really knew how much Iruka meant to you before do you think you would have broken up with him in the first place?"
Kakashi was about to say something but stopped as he took a glance towards the ground.
"But don't worry because even though you already lost him it doesn't mean you can't get him back." Gai had a small smile on his lips.
"That doesn't make any sense. What does Konoha have a lost and found for these kind of situations?" Kakashi asked sarcastically causing Gai's grin to widen.
"No my rival they have something so much better." Kakashi stared at Gai as his rival continued. "Konoha has the mission assignment room."
"What?"
"The assignment room, you know the place where-"
"I know what the room is for Gai but what does that have to do with anything?" Kakashi asked almost impatiently.
"Kakashi, we are both going to the assignment room tomorrow but before we do I need to give you this small piece of information so you may be prepared." Kakashi just stared at the green beast, 'what did he mean prepared?'
"What do you mean?"
"Iruka is going to be there." Kakashi's eyes widened a bit as he looked at his rival before a small smile came to his lips even though Gai couldn't see it under the mask.
There was a moment of silence before Gai decided to take his leave and Kakashi paced his hands to his chin. This was his chance! He could redeem himself and maybe find some way to be with the chunin again but how?
Kakashi had spent most of the night thinking of a way to apologize to Iruka. Even though the silver haired shinobi knew a lot about what Iruka liked and disliked it didn't seem to be helping that much.
How much had Iruka changed since they were gone?
Did Iruka ever think about Kakashi?
How long had Kakashi made the chunin cry?
Had Iruka moved on?
Kakashi put his Anbu uniform on as he watched the sun rise through the window in the room he was renting from Gai. Kakashi picked up the beautifully decorated dolphin necklace Iruka had given him as a present when they had lived together and tied it around his neck even though he hadn't had the heart to wear it since.........his mistake.
Grabbing the katana, which was the last thing Iruka had ever given him and fastening it to his waist, Kakashi opened the door to his room and slid up his mask.
He had been thinking of what to say to Iruka all night and only came up with something one thing. He was going to apologize in front of everyone to Iruka, and then he was going to confess his feelings for the young man all over again.
A fresh start.
Kakashi placed a hand over his chest as he took a deep breath. His chest would start hurting whenever he realized the possibility of Iruka turning him down but it wasn't like the copy cat ninja deserved Iruka's forgiveness after all.
Kakashi just wanted the truth out there.
He wanted Iruka to know how sorry he was and above all else......
Kakashi wanted Iruka to know how much he still loved him.
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Iruka tapped his foot patiently against the floor of the assigning room glancing back and forth as more people continued to enter.
"Are you looking for someone Iruka?" The Hokage laughed in kindly manner as he startled the chunin.
"Oh!" Iruka smiled at the man next to him. "Don't worry about it Hokage- sama, someone said that they were going to meet me today so I was just looking out for them."
"Very well......" The Hokage patted Iruka on the back before he sat down next to the chunin. "So what is my schedule for today?"
"You have a meeting with the feudal lords in an hour and after that you will have to talk to a few diplomats about treaty agreements again." Iruka smiled as the old man frowned.
"I hate talking with those boring old fools." The Hokage sighed as he began to smoke on his pipe.
"You sound just like a child." Iruka laughed before he straightened up some paper work. "Oh and I cleared your schedule after that so you could visit your grandson."
The Hokage smiled at the thought of his grandson, Konohamaru had been growing so quickly the Hokage wished that the child's parents were still alive to witness it but it seemed the fate of a ninja was too powerful this time.
"Thank you Iruka-kun." The Hokage smiled as he went through the paper work of random missions.
Iruka tensed a bit as he saw Obito walk into the mission assignment room in his Anbu uniform. The Anbu captain glanced around before he noticed Iruka and smiled but before he could say anything a girl with purple grabbed onto his arm slowly being followed by a sickly looking ninja.
"Hey Obito-senpai." Sayaka smiled as she seemed to have a huge blush on her cheeks as she glanced over to Hayate who was blushing too.
"What are you guys doing here?" Obito smiled at his two friends before he gave Iruka a quick glance causing Sayaka to turn to Iruka.
"Hey isn't that Iruka?" Sayaka thought about it for a moment forgetting why she was really there before Hayate pulled her over to one of the desks and started talking to the shinobi behind the counter.
Iruka waited for Obito to walk to his table before he smiled at the tall blonde.
"You look well for having a hang-"
"I would like to thank you for the other day." Iruka quickly cut Obito off as he blushed glancing at the Hokage hoping that the man didn't get what Obito was saying.
"So you wanna go out for lunch?" Obito didn't bother wasting anytime in the chitchat as he felt his stomach begin to rumble.
The room got quiet for a brief moment as all the shinobi behind the desk looked at Iruka for a moment before they got back to work. Iruka blushed a bit before he smiled at Obito and shook his head.
"No I just wanted to thank you for the other day but I have already eaten lunch today." Iruka tried to sound polite as possible not that it was hard since he was truly thankful that nothing had happened to him while he was, the chunin cringed, drunk.
"So I guess you don't really need me to tell you what happened anymore?" Obito sighed mentally, so much for gaining more information on who the chunin really was.
"I think I already know enough." Iruka did a polite bow earning a chuckle form the Hokage next to him. "Thank you again."
"Your welcome." Obito did the same polite bow in return even though he knew he was over doing it.
Iruka smiled as Obito went over to another table to get whatever assignment he was supposed to be on as he sat back down in his chair finally relieved that it was over.
"You're far too polite Iruka-kun." The Hokage teased with a toothy grin.
Iruka smiled back as he went through more missions, it looked like he still had a few b-class missions to assign.
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"Nice necklace." Gai commented as he and Kakashi walked to the entrance of the assignment building.
"Thanks." Kakashi felt his chest pound. He was ready, it was now or never, and he had to at least try.
Kakashi was about to open the door to the building when he noticed a figure waving at him.
"Well if it isn't Kakashi!" A young man with shortly cut blue hair ran up beside the copy cat ninja.
"Kaouri?" Kakashi looked at the kid he had been on a few chunin missions with.
"Are you here for a mission assignment?" Kaouri smiled as he grabbed Kakashi's arm and dragged the silvered haired shinobi into the building with Gai following. "Hey I want you to meet one of my friends who work here."
"Uh-" Kakashi was about to say something when he noticed Iruka standing in the corner, the shinobi was about to say something to his old friend when the young man shouted.
"Hey Iruka! Come over here for a sec!" Kaouri smiled as Iruka nodded.
Iruka nodded at his friend before he looked at the figure beside him. Kakashi! Iruka froze for a moment as he tried to think of what he should do. He had already started to walk towards Kaouri so he couldn't just turn around......
Iruka closed his eyes for a second going over what Mizuki had told him.
"What should I do?" Iruka voice barely cracked.
"Do what you feel is right." Mizuki tired to give some advice.
"But I don't know what to feel anymore! I mean when I saw him this morning it almost felt like I was......" Iruka felt the chain in his chest grow. "Almost like I was staring at a complete stranger."
"Iruka I don't know what to say.........just go with your instinct." Mizuki sighed as he tried to comfort his friend.
Iruka took a deep breath and picked up something from the desk he was passing to mask the delay in his walking over to Kaouri.
"Hey Kaouri, are you here for a mission?" Iruka smiled nicely at his friend as he discreetly looked Kakashi over.
Kakashi seemed so far from him.
Iruka felt the pain in his chest grow; Kakashi was so far away but so close in reality. How could he feel like this?
It almost seemed as if it was another Kakashi.
A different Kakashi.
Not the one Iruka fell in love with, but also not the one that broke his heart.
The man in front of him was a stranger with a familiar face.
That was all.
"Yeah but hey I wanted you to meet the infamous Copy Cat Ninja Kakashi!" Kaouri then pointed to the very tense shinobi behind him as Kakashi stared at Iruka.
"Uh we already-" Kakashi tried to say before he was cut off.
"Hi." Iruka held out his hand to Kakashi. "It's nice to meet you, I'm Umino Iruka."
They were only strangers now.
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The heart is a very vulnerable part of the body.
When it breaks it could take years to put the pieces together again as Iruka had learned over his lifetime.
But since the chunin was too busy hiding behind a fake smile he didn't take the time to hear.
As Kakashi's heart shattered,
And the assignment room grew quiet.
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The end of this chapter!
K-chan's Review: OMG!!!!!!!!!! You suck.......cries tears for Kakashi you suck...sucky suckerson! Yeah that's what I thought you jerk
P-sama: (sigh)
Muwahahaha, for all of those people who didn't know who Iruka was going to wake up next too, lol. I was actually going to have Mizuki in the original plot but as the chapters progressed I just had to have it be Obito even though nothing happened. (blushes at the thought of Iruka and Obito doing stuff in the dark with random kinky noises)
Thank you all for being patient and I hope you all liked this chapter and especially the ending, (evil laugh)
Until next time my friends and fans!
And now the replies to all of your reviews.
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assassin: Well I felt bad after I read your review and was like.........uh oh yeah I told it was going to be Mizuki! But it's all good now! Right? (pause) anyway remember Sunday! And I will try to get the next chapter out quicker!
VertigoMesmerizer: Well you won the bet so I have to write that one-shot and don't worry I am working on it! But it might take a while b/c of the comp troubles and I haven't had much time lately. (sigh) but I will write it and post it before the next chappie of 'growing pains' so till then! Congrats on winning!
duenna: Well now you finally know! Did you expect it to be Obito? Did you like it?
cdkobasiuk: Its nice to get so many reviews from you in a row! Talk about dedication being able to read all of my chapters in so little time! I'm also lad you finally caught up so now it wont be so awkward when I reply to your reviews b/c now I know you will get them! Thanx for being so loyal in your reviewing and I hope you enjoyed this chapter. Is my detail really that scary? Is that good or bad? (lol)
Hikari of Darkness: I'm not that cruel leaving you there but I might be saying that just because you now know who Iruka woke up next to (smile) but you don't know what is going to happen next now do you? (evil laugh) just kidding! Thanks for reviewing and I hope you like this chapter too.
TheTrueSilver: HOW DARE YOU STAB IRUKA IN THE EYE!! Even if it is just a plushie that is too cruel! You can't hurt them! (p-sama7 weeps along with Kakashi plushie) how could you? And we thought you loved Iruka......how could you?
azura: You got it right lol. He woke up next to Obito and I was really surprised by your review because I though I was able to throw people off but I guess you are too good
Mica-Chan: To tell you the truth my original plan was to have Iruka wake up next to Mizuki and I was planning something else then after I started to type chapter 20 I changed my mind lol. I hope it was for the best and I am glad you are into my story so much! It makes me so happy when people tell me that! And for the ages I would say that Iruka is about 20/21 and thus Kakashi is about 23/24! (meaning I only have two more years to fool around with before the actual manga starts)
sabrea: I'm glad you liked it. Thanks for the review and I hope to hear from you again. Oh and who did you originally think Iruka was going to wake up next to?
Isolde1: hehehehehe......it was Iruka and Mizuki! But I guess if you really look at it, it was Iruka and no one because nothing actually happened. (sigh) But maybe later......hm.........
Riyo-sama: Don't worry about summer school because it is officially over! I hope you liked this chapter too and have a great summer.
Silver Neo: (smirk) you knew it huh? I laughed when I read your review! Hehehe poor Iruka and his 'golden god' image but hey no one's perfect. And Sasuke is pretty (blushes) So.........were you expecting it to Obito? (smirk)
Razu: He wasn't in his right mind that's why! I mean he loved Kakashi and then the whole "Yo" incident! Why I would probably go get drunk if that ever happened to me and I wasn't underage......(sigh) but drinking is bad so don't do it!
lemmings12: Iruka wasn't really blushing because it was someone he liked he was more blushing out of embarrassment and lets face it Obito isn't bad looking (nudge nudge) and I have to say every time I see your name I read 'lemon12' instead of 'lemmings12' lol and at first I was like 'what a pervert' but when I realized it wasn't lemon I came to the conclusion that I'm the real pervert (blushes). I just thought it was funny! Hope you liked this chapter too.
anime teen: ..........you cry a lot don't you? (j/k) They will get back together but that doesn't mean I'm not going to have fun in the process (evil laugh) thank you for reviewing and I hope you like this new chapter too.
Tenshisonnet: A little impatient are we? I know that I really need a beta- reader but I try my hardest to update asap so I don't want to have to rely on waiting for someone to proof read because crap happens and it already takes me long enough to update. I'm glad this is an overall good fic! And I am actually already working on 22 (which is new since I haven't posted this yet) so I hope you enjoy this chapter and the ones to follow! Sorry that it is taking so long for them to get together. (looks over your reviews since she reads in order of date) Wow you were my 'critiquer' weren't you? (j/k) Yeah I had some problems in my first chapter with Gai and Kakashi as 'sensei' and I should have changed that but I will get to it sometime. And I do have a lot of run-on sentences but if you also pay attention to my chapters you see that I hardly use comas so that might have something to so with it. But it's not like I am trying purposely to suck......I'm just not the greatest person in writing skills.
Kami Beverly: You know you are the only person to mention the 'just kidding' part in last chapter lol. I know it was mean and I apologize (does a small bow) but that doesn't mean I will never do it again. (smirk)
SweetMoons: Wow you got that I was trying to throw you all off! You must have been waiting forever for this chapter! (pause) .........I'm sorry (does polite bow) I will try to update quicker!
usagi-hk: When I saw the Spanish review I was like 'woah! Either they are trying to find a nice way to tell me I suck or maybe they were trying to brag since I don't know Spanish and they do' (lol) I hope you like this chapter too and can't wait to here from you again.
shadowehunter: Thanks! Kakashi will be happy........................eventually (smirk) I hope you enjoyed this chapter too and cant' wait till next time!
Renn: When I read your review I was like 'you have no idea' but hehehe I guess Iruka has minor anxieties while Kakashi is really regretting saying 'Yo' now, ne?
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