I do not own Naruto!
The last time I updated no more than 6 hours after updating I was in a car accident! I happened to have my friend with me; you may see her reviews as the 'assassin'. I haven't had the car for longer than a month and I haven't had my license any longer!
So as punishment I have been really busy with insurance and all that stuff not to mention trying to find a way to get to work since my car is in the shop! (sigh) The worst part is that the wreck was my fault because I was turning left even though if you look at the damage to my car it is obvious that she ran into me. MAN!
I hope you like this chapter and I am going to try to post another one before I leave for vacation so that way it won't seem like I am gone that long cause it will be about a 4 week break!
I would like to take this time to apologize to 'assassin' and declare that I really am not a bad driver! (does good-guy pose) and I really am sorry about the whole accident especially since it was your first time riding with me! (sigh) but I hope you have fun in Indiana.
Well I got to get ready for work now so I hope everyone enjoys this next chapter! It has a lot of flash backs so i hope everyone is okay with that! Ja ne!
Enjoy!
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Chapter 22: The First Snow
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Obito clasped his hands together and rubbed them gently as stared at his broken heater. After mumbling a few curses he sighed with a grin before he stood up from the floor in his small living room and walked down the hall of his house.
"Yo Kakashi I'm going to see if the repair shop is open." Obito smiled as he stared at a big pile of covers that he presumed was his roommate.
"I should have stayed with Gai at least his place had heat that worked." Kakashi mumbled under the covers.
"Yeah yeah, save it for someone who cares." Obito just smirked as the blankets moved a bit to reveal one Copy Cat ninja Kakashi, mask and all. "Remember Gai kicked you out after you failed your second group of genins."
Kakashi slumped his shoulders a bit. "They weren't ready."
"Even though the group contained the number rookie of the year? Everyone was surprised when they heard that they failed." Obito had to admit he thought the group was guaranteed to pass.
"Just because you have the best skills doesn't mean you can handle the pressure of using them. The groups didn't know how to work together and I would rather pass a group of kids with no talent that knew teamwork over those sorry brats from the other day."
"You seem very big on teamwork? What kind of test did you give them?" Obito stretched a bit as he left Kakashi's room and went into his own.
Kakashi smiled a bit as he reached over into his packet and grabbed two bells.
Obito didn't think anything of it when he didn't receive an answer and quickly put on his standard Anbu uniform.
Winter was coming quicker than expected and many people were talking about snow already even though it was only November. The leaves had changed quickly and everyone was already wearing heavy jackets and scarves. The weather seemed to be affecting many people's moods as some people were already preparing for the Christmas cheer.
It was funny when Kakashi had approached Obito for a place to stay since it seemed that the jounin would more likely live by himself than anything but Obito didn't bother asking questions, especially since Gai had pretty much kicked Kakashi out without any warning.
But that happens when you find out your rival failed your nephew who had happened to be the top rookie of the year.
"Oi Obito, I'm going to go with you to the repair shop. I think my katana should be fixed by now." Kakashi curved his visible eye.
"Why do you look so smug? I thought that was your favorite katana, but you don't seem bothered by the fact that you cracked the blade when lightning hit it." Obito sighed, but then again at least it didn't break when slicing through something......
"Yeah that was stupidity on my part......" Kakashi lifted up his right hand and smirked under his mask. "But I bet you wouldn't believe if I told you what I used to slice the lightning in two."
"Why were you so angry to begin with? I mean I hear about people finding different ways to vent their aggression but I never heard of anyone actually going out in a lightning storm and trying to break the bolts in two." Obito looked over at his unique roommate.
"Whoever said I was angry?" And with that Kakashi walked down the hallway before giving Obito another word.
Obito just smirked a bit and followed the jounin down the hallway and out of the apartment towards the repair shop.
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"Shikamaru-kun what are you playing?" Iruka smiled down at one of his students as he kept an eye over all the children during the brief recess.
"Chess......do you know how to play?" The boy with a boorish looking face turned towards his teacher after he finished setting up the board.
Iruka looked at the kid and scratched his head. This is the same kid you sleeps through more classes than Naruto skips yet he plays chess during his free time?
"Shikamaru! Did you steal my crackers?" Another one of Iruka's students huffed up beside the ponytail boy.
"Shut up Choji, you ate them during class."
Iruka smirked a bit at the friends as Choji attempted to chew on one of the chess pieces and Shikamaru mumbling to himself as he tires to keep his friend away from the bored game.
Iruka fixed his scarf as the cool air finally started to give his cheeks a pink color. The chunin looked around the field all the kids were playing in and was about to tell everyone to go back inside when he heard an indistinguishable laughter coming from the west, and it seemed to be getting closer......
"Mizuki-sensei..." Iruka called to his friend that happened to be outside with his class as well.
"Yes?" Mizuki looked up from the book he was reading on types of scrolls to see Iruka coming up to him.
"I need you to watch my class for little while, it shouldn't take long." Iruka smiled.
Mizuki was about to question what the chunin sensei was going to be doing when he noticed the annoying laughter too. Without any questions he just sighed and nodded as Iruka disappeared to go catch a mischief maker.
Naruto couldn't help but laugh as he ran down the streets near the school; he had managed to escape the watch of his teachers for a few seconds and was able to fulfill his big plan he had today.
"Get back here you brat!" A shinobi that was chasing Naruto yelled causing the boy to laugh more.
"Losers!" Naruto yelled behind him as he started his escape down the alley ways of Konoha.
Naruto couldn't help but shiver in excitement as he though of what he had just done. IT was by far the best prank he had pulled of yet! Just think about it!
Who, other than the super genius, (of course) would have been able to come up with putting instant noodles in the water heating system!
Just think that in a matter of three minute Konoha's water supply will be the biggest bash of ramen anyone has ever seen.
"Ramen!" Naruto couldn't contain the outburst as he thought of his favorite food.
Wait.
To say it was just merely his favorite would be blasphemy! Ramen was a god. An idol. An object Naruto adored, worshipped, and above all else! He could eat it!!
"Ramen, RAMEN!" Naruto snickered as he turned the corner only to run face first into a rather solid object. "Ouch!"
Naruto rubbed his nose as he slowly opened his eyes to see a very annoyed...
"IRUKA SENSEI!" Naruto jumped up and turned around only to see his teacher glaring at him again. Naruto looked back behind to see that there were indeed two Irukas and two Irukas brought Naruto's chance of escape from 'you are always caught' to 'impending doom in half the time'.
Iruka took a deep breath before he clicked his tongue. Should he lecture first and then yell, or maybe punish then lecture......or he could just yell.
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"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."
A thud behind him caught Iruka's attention as he took his eyes off of Kakashi for a second and turned around to see the Hokage had dropped his pipe.
"Hokage-sama?" Iruka looked a tad worried before the Hokage just smiled and muttered something that Iruka didn't quite catch.
The dolphin teacher turned back around as he glanced around the assignment room to see a group of people staring at him wide-eyed. Gai mouthed something that Iruka couldn't comprehend but as the teacher looked at the face that Obito was making he suddenly got a bad feeling in his stomach.
Iruka turned all the way around and smiled as he held out his hand to Kakashi once again only to see Kakashi staring at him as if he had no idea what to do. Iruka hadn't meant this in a bad way; he had hoped that this would be like a clean slate for the two of them. A way to move on or even a way to start all over again.
Kakashi seemed to snap to his senses suddenly as he grabbed Iruka's hand and shook it but before Iruka could say anything the Copy Cat ninja disappeared. Kaouri blinked a few times before he sighed mumbling something about how weird some people were.
Iruka didn't notice when his friend finally left as he stared at the place Kakashi used to be and then slowly looked at his hand that was still tingling from the firm handshake he just received.
"Iruka-kun?" Iruka turned to look at the Hokage as the old man seemed really worried all of the sudden.
Iruka tried to smile but couldn't bring himself to as his head began to hurt. He tried to open his mouth but nothing seemed to come out as he sighed.
"Iruka-sensei?" Iruka opened his eyes a bit as they started to close again.
"IRUKA-SENSEI!" Naruto yelled on the top of his lungs as Iruka suddenly jolted up and fell out of his chair.
"What the-" Iruka took in a deep breath before he glared at Naruto who was frowning over him. "Naruto?"
"Can I go NOW?" Naruto whined as he glared at his teacher. "It's already getting dark!"
Iruka's eyes widened as he glanced out the window to see the sky was orange from the sun setting.
"Oh, I'm sorry Naruto." Iruka stood up and smiled weakly at his angry student. "I didn't mean to keep you here this late. Why didn't you wake me up?"
Naruto was about to say something when a blush went to his cheeks and he turned his gaze so that he wasn't facing Iruka anymore, the blond boy mumbled something that caused Iruka to sweat drop.
"You fell asleep too?" There was a moment of silence as both sighed.
Iruka cleared his throat before he smiled a bit. "You can go now Naruto, sorry for keeping you so late."
"You don't have to apologize ya know." The blond glared at his sensei.
"Huh?" Iruka was a bit surprised at the boy's outburst.
"No one ever apologizes to me so you don't have to either." The boy huffed.
"But people are supposed to apologize when they are at a fault." Iruka smiled sincerely at the boy before looked around at the other classrooms from the hallway. "I think we are the last people here......"
Naruto watched his young sensei grab some papers as they both left the classroom. Iruka felt a little awkward as he locked up the school building and the boy still watched him.
"Is there anything I can do for you Naruto-kun?" Iruka asked wondering if the kid was going to follow him around all night.
"You're weird." Naruto stated a matter of a factly before the blond boy turned around and head home.
"Huh?" Iruka sweat dropped as he watched the disappearing figure. Weird? What was that supposed to mean? Should he be insulted? Was weird good?
"You're working late Iruka-sensei." Iruka turned around to see no other than the infamous Green Beast waving at him.
"Yeah......working......" Iruka sweat dropped a bit before he started walking beside Gai as they made there way back into the streets of Konoha.
"So Gai what did you want to talk about?" Iruka looked over at his friend as the Green Beast frowned a bit.
"Iruka......why did you do that to Kakashi?"
Iruka flinched a bit but he knew that someone was going to ask him some day, even if the event had happened a month ago.
"Gai I......"
"Iruka, I need you to answer this truthfully." Gai had a very serious face as he looked at Iruka when they stopped in the middle of the empty street. "Why?"
"I...I thought it was the right thing to do..." Iruka sighed a bit. "When I saw him then it was if he was a stranger to me but......" Iruka bit his lip as he raised his hand to his hair. "It hurt so much after he disappeared......I don't know what to think......"
"Iruka......"
"I thought that if I did that maybe we could start over! Maybe we could......" Iruka shook his head before he smiled a bit at Gai. "I guess it doesn't really matter, I haven't seen him once since then, and it was just a mistake......"
"You two are both idiots." Gai sighed. "Did you know he was going to tell you how he felt that day?"
"He was going to what?" Iruka asked not sure if he heard Gai right. "What does that mean? Does he still......?"
"Ohayo Iruka-kun, Gai-kun!" Both Iruka and Gai turned a bit to see Obito waving at them from his apartment window. "You know you two should be more discreet about your nightly rendezvous or else some people might get suspicious."
"Nightly rendezvous?" Iruka blushed, that was definitely not what this was.
"Hey Obito, is my rival there?" Gai had a flash in his eye as he thought of a possible fight they could have tonight. "I want to challenge him."
"Kakashi?" Iruka asked as he looked up at Obito's apartment.
"Yeah but he's busy right now." Obito laughed a bit at the disappointed face Gai had before he notice Iruka smirk a bit.
"Hey Obito-san." Iruka took a deep breath before he yelled the next thing. "Tell Kakashi I am sorry!"
"SHUT-UP! PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO SLEEP!"
Iruka sweat dropped as he realized he probably woke up the whole apartment complex.
Obito just smiled as he watched Gai and Iruka run off as some people started throwing things out of there windows.
"Why did you do that?" Gai asked as they came up to Iruka's apartment building.
"You should always apologize when you're at fault." Iruka smiled with a faint blush on his cheeks. That felt really good to do that.
"But......" Gai stopped and then smiled. "You're a weird guy Iruka."
Not again. Iruka sighed, and this time I got called weird by someone as weird as Gai!
Iruka smiled as he shut the door to his apartment and stripped out of his uniform so that he was in his general black shirt and pants. He shivered a bit when he realized that he had left a window open letting in all the cold air.
He placed his forehead protector and hair tie and the night stand next to his bed as he let his long hair fall around his face. It had felt really good apologizing to Kakashi...I'm such an idiot, Iruka sighed as he plopped onto his bed looking up at the ceiling, but I really do miss him......
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Obito turned his head to see Kakashi standing at his doorway looking at the ground.
"Iruka-kun says he's sorry." Obito watched as Kakashi tensed a bit and then relaxed as Obito had a small smug grin.
"I heard." Kakashi leaned a bit on the frame of the door.
"So? Are you just going to leave it at that?" Obito smiled a bit as Kakashi turned around and placed his hand on the door frame.
Kakashi laughed bitterly for a moment before he mumbled more to himself. "I should be the one that is sorry."
Obito sighed a bit as Kakashi left and went to his room before he glanced out the window again. It was a beautiful night and the moon seemed to be shining over Konoha. A cold breeze came by forcing Obito to shut the window as he was able to see his breath for a bit in his own room.
Good thing the heater got fixed!
Iruka is definitely an interesting guy......Obito thought as he sat on his bed; I think that they need each other.
Obito yawned a bit before he closed his eyes.
An interesting guy......
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"We need to stop this, Iruka." Kakashi added more force to his voice to make sure Iruka knew he wasn't joking or playing a game.
"Stop what Kakashi." Iruka's voice made him seem as if he was out of breath and the dark haired teen could feel his heart beat against his chest at the distant way Kakashi was holding onto his wrist.
"Stop us."
Kakashi bit his lip as he turned over in his sleep.
"Oh kami............" Iruka pulled his arm out of Kakashi's grasp and let his back hit the wall as he stared at Kakashi searching for answers.
"I'm sorry Iruka, but I've been thinking and........."
"WELL THEN STOP THINKING!" Iruka yelled as tears threatened to come from his eyes. Why was this happening to him now when he was finally happy? He had the best job in the world with a great class of kids, was it wrong to want the person you love to be with you too?
"I mean what grounds do you have for this Kakashi!"
"I........."
"Are you unhappy, is there something wrong? You know every relationship hits a few bumps, it's about time our's does, right?" Iruka thought over there relationship as if trying to figure out somewhere he had gone wrong, maybe he had made the jounin mad at him or something and if it wasn't that then............had Kakashi found someone else?
"No Iruka I........." Kakashi watched as Iruka's eyes widened and it looked like the younger man had just seen his whole life taken away from him. It was enough to make the jounin's already distraught heart break.
"Is there someone else?" Iruka's voice was barely above a whisper as he stared at Kakashi. His back hitting the wall as he watched Kakashi's every movement as if this was a bad dream.
"No."
"Were you just playing some game with me Kakashi, is that what this is? Or have you been lying to me for the whole time!" Iruka regained his balance and glared at Kakashi.
".........I........."
"STOP JOKING KAKASHI!" Iruka grabbed Kakashi's shirt only to be pushed roughly back into the wall and he felt a pain in his cheek as he looked up at Kakashi.
"SHUT-UP IRUKA!" Kakashi held his hand. He didn't even realize he had slapped Iruka until he saw the tears fall down the chunin's cheeks as betrayal flashed across Iruka's eyes. Kakashi's voice softened but Iruka still winced when he spoke. "I'm not joking Iruka. I'm being very serious. I can't continue this relationship with you."
"Iruka I ........."
"If you are going to leave me like this Kakashi-san, the least you owe me is an explanation." Iruka glared at the jounin with nothing but disdain for the man in front of him rolling off his voice.
"I'm so sorry Iruka."
"Don't give me that crap Kakashi!" Iruka wiped the tears he felt on his cheeks, he hadn't realized he was crying. His chest hurt and he couldn't tell why, the only thing he wanted was for this to end. "You owe me some kind of excuse! Tell me a lie if you have to, I mean you seem to be pretty good at that."
Kakashi visibly flinched as he sat up. He gasped for air as he quickly wiped as his face. What was wrong with him?
Kakashi could feel the tears roll down his face as he kept wiping them away hoping they would disappear. How long had it been since he cried last?
Heidaki......Kakashi quickly stood up not caring anymore about the tears as he grabbed the nearest cloths and made his way out of the apartment. How many years had it been since he had visited that grave?
Kakashi jumped down barefooted in front of the memorial stone as he shivered a bit. The warmest thing he had on was his pants, a t-shirt, and his scarf not that they were really helping in the cold weather.
Kakashi knelt down a bit at the stone as he ran his fingers over the names engraved there. So many names had been added since he had last been there. Kakashi wiped his face a few more times as he finally found the name he was looking for.
Kakashi's head was pounding as he finally broke down in front of the memorial stone. The last time he had cried was when the Fourth had held him and let him mourn over Heidaki's death. It had been nearly ten years......so much had happened since then.
The Fourth was gone.
The Uchiha clan was gone.
Iruka was......
He was......
"Heidaki, I wish you would have let me die..."
"Don't mess with my hair I hate that."
"I know but you remind of a little brother. Hey! That's an idea; we are now brothers. What do you say?" Heidaki smirked as he continued to walk around the town.
"Brothers." Kakashi smirked under his mask.
Kakashi was surprised to see Heidaki over him. His brother had taken the blow.
"No!" Kakashi yelled as saw the sword go straight through his brother's chest.
"Don't let this be......the first thing you fail......Kak......" Heidaki's body went limp as Kakashi stared in horror.
Heidaki Uchiha. At the age of 21 was hoping to be able to be the next legend of Konoha Village. He wanted his younger cousin Itachi to grow up to be the best heir to his clan the village had ever seen. Heidaki wanted to marry his girlfriend and have three children who would grow up to be great shinobi. At the age of 21 Heidaki Uchiha died protecting his friend he considered a little brother.
"I'm pathetic aren't I?" Kakashi stated as he sat up and placed his bare forehead on the memorial realizing he hadn't put on his mask or forehead protector. "You had dreams......you had hopes for the future and here I am complaining to you about being alive......"
Kakashi closed his eyes as he turned over so that his back would be against the stone. "I'm sorry I haven't visited in a long time......a lot has happened......you remember Iruka?"
"So......why do we always find our way to talk about this Iruka-kun of yours?" Heidaki smirked as Kakashi thought about the question.
"He's just so......I don't know. He just always finds a way to get on my mind." Kakashi glared at the wall that was in front of him.
"You're too young to know you swing that way Kakashi!" Heidaki smiled as Kakashi glared at him now.
"I didn't say that."
"But you did."
"No. I only said that I cared."
".About him. You care; also known as love; about him" Heidaki paid the vendor before he stood up to leave as Kakashi tried to hit him.
"Stop putting words in my mouth. Iruka is my friend and that's it." Kakashi glared at the Uchiha who ruffled his hair.
"Yeah you were right back then......I do love him......" Kakashi felt something very cold and wet fall on his nose as he opened his eyes to see little white dots falling from the sky. "Heh......it's snowing."
Kakashi took in a deep breath as he became more aware about how cold his body was. If he didn't get warm soon he would probably freeze to death. Kakashi smirked bitterly before he stood up and wrapped the scarf around his face and placed a hand on the memorial.
"Thanks for listening......brother." Kakashi took in another deep breath as he started to walk back to his apartment. His chest was feeling a lot lighter than even though his head was still pounding.
Kakashi slowly made his way down the streets of Konoha until he came up to an apartment complex. He stared at the top floor as he noticed a light was still on. Kakashi took in a deep breath.
"Iruka, I'm sorry too and I want you to know I lied four years ago......I do love you." Kakashi smirked to himself as he turned back around and went back to his apartment knowing that Obito knew he had left and would probably go out looking for him in a little bit.
Iruka stretched a bit as he rubbed his eyes. He hadn't meant to stay up so late grading papers. The chunin yawned a bit before he realized he had left his light on. Iruka made his way over to the other side near the room for the light switch and took a glance out of the window and smiled a bit to himself.
"It's snowing."
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And that is chapter 22! Well? Well? What do you guys think?
It seems we are getting closer and closer and closer the end of this story (starts to get teary eyed) but don't worry there will still be at least 3 more chapters......actually probably there will be 5 more......I don't know it always changes as you write more, ne?
Well this chapter was kind of interesting to write and I hope I haven't made them too OC? It's hard to write what I want or at least it's really hard to put it into words sometimes......I'm sure ya'll know what I mean. (sigh)
Now to answer reviews!
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Riyo-sama: I hope summer school ends soon for you! Well I hope you like how the story continues to unfold until the end. And I hope you liked this chapter! Can't wait to here from you next time!
TheTrueSilver: lol Oh I hope Kakashi-plushie doesn't do anything too rash to you! Thanks for the review and until next time (hopes the plushies don't take revenge) Hope you liked this chapter!
sabrea: How is my sister mean to you? Should I beat her up? (grabs katana) and Oh No not the frying pan of doom! (eyes chibi suspiciously) you wouldn't......would you?
Mica-Chan: It's more like Kakashi has changed a bit but Iruka has changed the most. It's like if you haven't seen someone for a few years and then meet them again, they are different people. Please don't kill Iruka or Kakashi! I know that a lot of stuff happens that they could have prevented but keep in mind I'm the one writing the story! Yeah Kakashi's life really sucks......just wait until next chapter. Kakashi's slept with other people, but Iruka was his only serious relationship. I would try to make it more obvious that Kakashi has had other relations but it kind of doesn't work since I am currently trying to find the best way to put them back together.
Evil Kasumi: to tell you the truth (whisper whisper) I wouldn't mind reading an Iruka and Obito fic either......hehehe. Mizuki is a good friend isn't he! Until it comes later......hehe well I hope this ending was a lot better! Till next time!
Nikole StarGazer: Hehehe. I should have done that chibi thing but too bad summer school was already over when I got advice. (snaps fingers in disappointment) Well Kakashi has finally let got of all his built up tension, hehehehe well ttyl!
Isolde1: ......it is sad (I secretly hope that this chapter was sad too) Thanks for the review!
duenna: well a lot is in store for them......especially Kakashi next chapter. (evil laugh) I guess you will have to wait and see.
Jecir: (looks at Iruka) well he was kinda cold last chapter wasn't he? Oh no! Please don't cry! Yes Iruka was mean but it took me forever to come up with that ending! I loved writing it so don't be so sad! And don't wallow in your fangirl angst cause it will work out!
Renn: Thanks! Yeah it's going to kind of be poor Kakashi next chapter too (I think) I hope you liked this chapter too!
VertigoMesmerizer: Yay! Thanks for the complement I tried to make there relationship on the extreme side but at the same time something that might actually happen. That's actually kind of funny that you just randomly guessed Obito...... (sigh) man I must suck if you were just able to randomly guess it. Well I hope I am able to write what I want to happen for how they get back together. Ja ne!
CMAK: I'm sorry! I hope that not all the stories you read next are cliffies! (dodges cattle prod) Well I updated shortly after you review!! Yay!
Bakasaru Boi: Hahaha I love your name! Idiot monkey boy!! Your reviews made me reread my story so I would know what you were talking about lol! I'm glad you like my story I hope to continue hearing from you!
Kami Beverly: hehehe yeah but hey you can't be too hard on Kakashi can you?
aNiMePeRfEcT: (blushes) Why thank you! I hope I updated quick enough!
Jenn: It's great to hear from you again! I'm so sorry you were deprived for so long. Well I am glad your back and I'm glad that your computer finally started working!
lemmings12: Okay I will try to make it more with a different pattern! This will be my new challenge! (does Lee pose) muwahahaha! Hope you liked this chapter!!
anime teen: I was just teasing I know you weren't really crying! Yeah I don't think I would have been able to put Obito and Iruka together in a relationship like that because this story is already lasting really long if you know what I mean. I hope you liked this chapter and I will try my best to stay out of trouble!
Silver Neo: No! Don't shave Sasuke-kun! And Kakashi how dare you try to trick Iruka!! You clever person you (nudges Kakashi) hehehe. And Sasuke and his clones (laughs) Man I had really needed your review! I was in a car wreck and everything but your review made me laugh! Please keep them coming and I hope you liked this chapter.
katana-hime: (reads your review over) I don't know whether to take some of that as a compliment or an insult really...... (sweat drops) but I know my other fics sucked so I will try my best not to ruin this one too! I think I have done a good job thus far don't you? Hehehe but I'm definitely not better that JK Rowlings (blushes) you tease! (jk jk) I hope you liked this chapter too and can't wait to hear from you again.
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I hope you all liked this chapter!
See you next time and I hope you guys are having a great month!
Please Review!
The last time I updated no more than 6 hours after updating I was in a car accident! I happened to have my friend with me; you may see her reviews as the 'assassin'. I haven't had the car for longer than a month and I haven't had my license any longer!
So as punishment I have been really busy with insurance and all that stuff not to mention trying to find a way to get to work since my car is in the shop! (sigh) The worst part is that the wreck was my fault because I was turning left even though if you look at the damage to my car it is obvious that she ran into me. MAN!
I hope you like this chapter and I am going to try to post another one before I leave for vacation so that way it won't seem like I am gone that long cause it will be about a 4 week break!
I would like to take this time to apologize to 'assassin' and declare that I really am not a bad driver! (does good-guy pose) and I really am sorry about the whole accident especially since it was your first time riding with me! (sigh) but I hope you have fun in Indiana.
Well I got to get ready for work now so I hope everyone enjoys this next chapter! It has a lot of flash backs so i hope everyone is okay with that! Ja ne!
Enjoy!
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Chapter 22: The First Snow
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Obito clasped his hands together and rubbed them gently as stared at his broken heater. After mumbling a few curses he sighed with a grin before he stood up from the floor in his small living room and walked down the hall of his house.
"Yo Kakashi I'm going to see if the repair shop is open." Obito smiled as he stared at a big pile of covers that he presumed was his roommate.
"I should have stayed with Gai at least his place had heat that worked." Kakashi mumbled under the covers.
"Yeah yeah, save it for someone who cares." Obito just smirked as the blankets moved a bit to reveal one Copy Cat ninja Kakashi, mask and all. "Remember Gai kicked you out after you failed your second group of genins."
Kakashi slumped his shoulders a bit. "They weren't ready."
"Even though the group contained the number rookie of the year? Everyone was surprised when they heard that they failed." Obito had to admit he thought the group was guaranteed to pass.
"Just because you have the best skills doesn't mean you can handle the pressure of using them. The groups didn't know how to work together and I would rather pass a group of kids with no talent that knew teamwork over those sorry brats from the other day."
"You seem very big on teamwork? What kind of test did you give them?" Obito stretched a bit as he left Kakashi's room and went into his own.
Kakashi smiled a bit as he reached over into his packet and grabbed two bells.
Obito didn't think anything of it when he didn't receive an answer and quickly put on his standard Anbu uniform.
Winter was coming quicker than expected and many people were talking about snow already even though it was only November. The leaves had changed quickly and everyone was already wearing heavy jackets and scarves. The weather seemed to be affecting many people's moods as some people were already preparing for the Christmas cheer.
It was funny when Kakashi had approached Obito for a place to stay since it seemed that the jounin would more likely live by himself than anything but Obito didn't bother asking questions, especially since Gai had pretty much kicked Kakashi out without any warning.
But that happens when you find out your rival failed your nephew who had happened to be the top rookie of the year.
"Oi Obito, I'm going to go with you to the repair shop. I think my katana should be fixed by now." Kakashi curved his visible eye.
"Why do you look so smug? I thought that was your favorite katana, but you don't seem bothered by the fact that you cracked the blade when lightning hit it." Obito sighed, but then again at least it didn't break when slicing through something......
"Yeah that was stupidity on my part......" Kakashi lifted up his right hand and smirked under his mask. "But I bet you wouldn't believe if I told you what I used to slice the lightning in two."
"Why were you so angry to begin with? I mean I hear about people finding different ways to vent their aggression but I never heard of anyone actually going out in a lightning storm and trying to break the bolts in two." Obito looked over at his unique roommate.
"Whoever said I was angry?" And with that Kakashi walked down the hallway before giving Obito another word.
Obito just smirked a bit and followed the jounin down the hallway and out of the apartment towards the repair shop.
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"Shikamaru-kun what are you playing?" Iruka smiled down at one of his students as he kept an eye over all the children during the brief recess.
"Chess......do you know how to play?" The boy with a boorish looking face turned towards his teacher after he finished setting up the board.
Iruka looked at the kid and scratched his head. This is the same kid you sleeps through more classes than Naruto skips yet he plays chess during his free time?
"Shikamaru! Did you steal my crackers?" Another one of Iruka's students huffed up beside the ponytail boy.
"Shut up Choji, you ate them during class."
Iruka smirked a bit at the friends as Choji attempted to chew on one of the chess pieces and Shikamaru mumbling to himself as he tires to keep his friend away from the bored game.
Iruka fixed his scarf as the cool air finally started to give his cheeks a pink color. The chunin looked around the field all the kids were playing in and was about to tell everyone to go back inside when he heard an indistinguishable laughter coming from the west, and it seemed to be getting closer......
"Mizuki-sensei..." Iruka called to his friend that happened to be outside with his class as well.
"Yes?" Mizuki looked up from the book he was reading on types of scrolls to see Iruka coming up to him.
"I need you to watch my class for little while, it shouldn't take long." Iruka smiled.
Mizuki was about to question what the chunin sensei was going to be doing when he noticed the annoying laughter too. Without any questions he just sighed and nodded as Iruka disappeared to go catch a mischief maker.
Naruto couldn't help but laugh as he ran down the streets near the school; he had managed to escape the watch of his teachers for a few seconds and was able to fulfill his big plan he had today.
"Get back here you brat!" A shinobi that was chasing Naruto yelled causing the boy to laugh more.
"Losers!" Naruto yelled behind him as he started his escape down the alley ways of Konoha.
Naruto couldn't help but shiver in excitement as he though of what he had just done. IT was by far the best prank he had pulled of yet! Just think about it!
Who, other than the super genius, (of course) would have been able to come up with putting instant noodles in the water heating system!
Just think that in a matter of three minute Konoha's water supply will be the biggest bash of ramen anyone has ever seen.
"Ramen!" Naruto couldn't contain the outburst as he thought of his favorite food.
Wait.
To say it was just merely his favorite would be blasphemy! Ramen was a god. An idol. An object Naruto adored, worshipped, and above all else! He could eat it!!
"Ramen, RAMEN!" Naruto snickered as he turned the corner only to run face first into a rather solid object. "Ouch!"
Naruto rubbed his nose as he slowly opened his eyes to see a very annoyed...
"IRUKA SENSEI!" Naruto jumped up and turned around only to see his teacher glaring at him again. Naruto looked back behind to see that there were indeed two Irukas and two Irukas brought Naruto's chance of escape from 'you are always caught' to 'impending doom in half the time'.
Iruka took a deep breath before he clicked his tongue. Should he lecture first and then yell, or maybe punish then lecture......or he could just yell.
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"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."
A thud behind him caught Iruka's attention as he took his eyes off of Kakashi for a second and turned around to see the Hokage had dropped his pipe.
"Hokage-sama?" Iruka looked a tad worried before the Hokage just smiled and muttered something that Iruka didn't quite catch.
The dolphin teacher turned back around as he glanced around the assignment room to see a group of people staring at him wide-eyed. Gai mouthed something that Iruka couldn't comprehend but as the teacher looked at the face that Obito was making he suddenly got a bad feeling in his stomach.
Iruka turned all the way around and smiled as he held out his hand to Kakashi once again only to see Kakashi staring at him as if he had no idea what to do. Iruka hadn't meant this in a bad way; he had hoped that this would be like a clean slate for the two of them. A way to move on or even a way to start all over again.
Kakashi seemed to snap to his senses suddenly as he grabbed Iruka's hand and shook it but before Iruka could say anything the Copy Cat ninja disappeared. Kaouri blinked a few times before he sighed mumbling something about how weird some people were.
Iruka didn't notice when his friend finally left as he stared at the place Kakashi used to be and then slowly looked at his hand that was still tingling from the firm handshake he just received.
"Iruka-kun?" Iruka turned to look at the Hokage as the old man seemed really worried all of the sudden.
Iruka tried to smile but couldn't bring himself to as his head began to hurt. He tried to open his mouth but nothing seemed to come out as he sighed.
"Iruka-sensei?" Iruka opened his eyes a bit as they started to close again.
"IRUKA-SENSEI!" Naruto yelled on the top of his lungs as Iruka suddenly jolted up and fell out of his chair.
"What the-" Iruka took in a deep breath before he glared at Naruto who was frowning over him. "Naruto?"
"Can I go NOW?" Naruto whined as he glared at his teacher. "It's already getting dark!"
Iruka's eyes widened as he glanced out the window to see the sky was orange from the sun setting.
"Oh, I'm sorry Naruto." Iruka stood up and smiled weakly at his angry student. "I didn't mean to keep you here this late. Why didn't you wake me up?"
Naruto was about to say something when a blush went to his cheeks and he turned his gaze so that he wasn't facing Iruka anymore, the blond boy mumbled something that caused Iruka to sweat drop.
"You fell asleep too?" There was a moment of silence as both sighed.
Iruka cleared his throat before he smiled a bit. "You can go now Naruto, sorry for keeping you so late."
"You don't have to apologize ya know." The blond glared at his sensei.
"Huh?" Iruka was a bit surprised at the boy's outburst.
"No one ever apologizes to me so you don't have to either." The boy huffed.
"But people are supposed to apologize when they are at a fault." Iruka smiled sincerely at the boy before looked around at the other classrooms from the hallway. "I think we are the last people here......"
Naruto watched his young sensei grab some papers as they both left the classroom. Iruka felt a little awkward as he locked up the school building and the boy still watched him.
"Is there anything I can do for you Naruto-kun?" Iruka asked wondering if the kid was going to follow him around all night.
"You're weird." Naruto stated a matter of a factly before the blond boy turned around and head home.
"Huh?" Iruka sweat dropped as he watched the disappearing figure. Weird? What was that supposed to mean? Should he be insulted? Was weird good?
"You're working late Iruka-sensei." Iruka turned around to see no other than the infamous Green Beast waving at him.
"Yeah......working......" Iruka sweat dropped a bit before he started walking beside Gai as they made there way back into the streets of Konoha.
"So Gai what did you want to talk about?" Iruka looked over at his friend as the Green Beast frowned a bit.
"Iruka......why did you do that to Kakashi?"
Iruka flinched a bit but he knew that someone was going to ask him some day, even if the event had happened a month ago.
"Gai I......"
"Iruka, I need you to answer this truthfully." Gai had a very serious face as he looked at Iruka when they stopped in the middle of the empty street. "Why?"
"I...I thought it was the right thing to do..." Iruka sighed a bit. "When I saw him then it was if he was a stranger to me but......" Iruka bit his lip as he raised his hand to his hair. "It hurt so much after he disappeared......I don't know what to think......"
"Iruka......"
"I thought that if I did that maybe we could start over! Maybe we could......" Iruka shook his head before he smiled a bit at Gai. "I guess it doesn't really matter, I haven't seen him once since then, and it was just a mistake......"
"You two are both idiots." Gai sighed. "Did you know he was going to tell you how he felt that day?"
"He was going to what?" Iruka asked not sure if he heard Gai right. "What does that mean? Does he still......?"
"Ohayo Iruka-kun, Gai-kun!" Both Iruka and Gai turned a bit to see Obito waving at them from his apartment window. "You know you two should be more discreet about your nightly rendezvous or else some people might get suspicious."
"Nightly rendezvous?" Iruka blushed, that was definitely not what this was.
"Hey Obito, is my rival there?" Gai had a flash in his eye as he thought of a possible fight they could have tonight. "I want to challenge him."
"Kakashi?" Iruka asked as he looked up at Obito's apartment.
"Yeah but he's busy right now." Obito laughed a bit at the disappointed face Gai had before he notice Iruka smirk a bit.
"Hey Obito-san." Iruka took a deep breath before he yelled the next thing. "Tell Kakashi I am sorry!"
"SHUT-UP! PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO SLEEP!"
Iruka sweat dropped as he realized he probably woke up the whole apartment complex.
Obito just smiled as he watched Gai and Iruka run off as some people started throwing things out of there windows.
"Why did you do that?" Gai asked as they came up to Iruka's apartment building.
"You should always apologize when you're at fault." Iruka smiled with a faint blush on his cheeks. That felt really good to do that.
"But......" Gai stopped and then smiled. "You're a weird guy Iruka."
Not again. Iruka sighed, and this time I got called weird by someone as weird as Gai!
Iruka smiled as he shut the door to his apartment and stripped out of his uniform so that he was in his general black shirt and pants. He shivered a bit when he realized that he had left a window open letting in all the cold air.
He placed his forehead protector and hair tie and the night stand next to his bed as he let his long hair fall around his face. It had felt really good apologizing to Kakashi...I'm such an idiot, Iruka sighed as he plopped onto his bed looking up at the ceiling, but I really do miss him......
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Obito turned his head to see Kakashi standing at his doorway looking at the ground.
"Iruka-kun says he's sorry." Obito watched as Kakashi tensed a bit and then relaxed as Obito had a small smug grin.
"I heard." Kakashi leaned a bit on the frame of the door.
"So? Are you just going to leave it at that?" Obito smiled a bit as Kakashi turned around and placed his hand on the door frame.
Kakashi laughed bitterly for a moment before he mumbled more to himself. "I should be the one that is sorry."
Obito sighed a bit as Kakashi left and went to his room before he glanced out the window again. It was a beautiful night and the moon seemed to be shining over Konoha. A cold breeze came by forcing Obito to shut the window as he was able to see his breath for a bit in his own room.
Good thing the heater got fixed!
Iruka is definitely an interesting guy......Obito thought as he sat on his bed; I think that they need each other.
Obito yawned a bit before he closed his eyes.
An interesting guy......
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"We need to stop this, Iruka." Kakashi added more force to his voice to make sure Iruka knew he wasn't joking or playing a game.
"Stop what Kakashi." Iruka's voice made him seem as if he was out of breath and the dark haired teen could feel his heart beat against his chest at the distant way Kakashi was holding onto his wrist.
"Stop us."
Kakashi bit his lip as he turned over in his sleep.
"Oh kami............" Iruka pulled his arm out of Kakashi's grasp and let his back hit the wall as he stared at Kakashi searching for answers.
"I'm sorry Iruka, but I've been thinking and........."
"WELL THEN STOP THINKING!" Iruka yelled as tears threatened to come from his eyes. Why was this happening to him now when he was finally happy? He had the best job in the world with a great class of kids, was it wrong to want the person you love to be with you too?
"I mean what grounds do you have for this Kakashi!"
"I........."
"Are you unhappy, is there something wrong? You know every relationship hits a few bumps, it's about time our's does, right?" Iruka thought over there relationship as if trying to figure out somewhere he had gone wrong, maybe he had made the jounin mad at him or something and if it wasn't that then............had Kakashi found someone else?
"No Iruka I........." Kakashi watched as Iruka's eyes widened and it looked like the younger man had just seen his whole life taken away from him. It was enough to make the jounin's already distraught heart break.
"Is there someone else?" Iruka's voice was barely above a whisper as he stared at Kakashi. His back hitting the wall as he watched Kakashi's every movement as if this was a bad dream.
"No."
"Were you just playing some game with me Kakashi, is that what this is? Or have you been lying to me for the whole time!" Iruka regained his balance and glared at Kakashi.
".........I........."
"STOP JOKING KAKASHI!" Iruka grabbed Kakashi's shirt only to be pushed roughly back into the wall and he felt a pain in his cheek as he looked up at Kakashi.
"SHUT-UP IRUKA!" Kakashi held his hand. He didn't even realize he had slapped Iruka until he saw the tears fall down the chunin's cheeks as betrayal flashed across Iruka's eyes. Kakashi's voice softened but Iruka still winced when he spoke. "I'm not joking Iruka. I'm being very serious. I can't continue this relationship with you."
"Iruka I ........."
"If you are going to leave me like this Kakashi-san, the least you owe me is an explanation." Iruka glared at the jounin with nothing but disdain for the man in front of him rolling off his voice.
"I'm so sorry Iruka."
"Don't give me that crap Kakashi!" Iruka wiped the tears he felt on his cheeks, he hadn't realized he was crying. His chest hurt and he couldn't tell why, the only thing he wanted was for this to end. "You owe me some kind of excuse! Tell me a lie if you have to, I mean you seem to be pretty good at that."
Kakashi visibly flinched as he sat up. He gasped for air as he quickly wiped as his face. What was wrong with him?
Kakashi could feel the tears roll down his face as he kept wiping them away hoping they would disappear. How long had it been since he cried last?
Heidaki......Kakashi quickly stood up not caring anymore about the tears as he grabbed the nearest cloths and made his way out of the apartment. How many years had it been since he had visited that grave?
Kakashi jumped down barefooted in front of the memorial stone as he shivered a bit. The warmest thing he had on was his pants, a t-shirt, and his scarf not that they were really helping in the cold weather.
Kakashi knelt down a bit at the stone as he ran his fingers over the names engraved there. So many names had been added since he had last been there. Kakashi wiped his face a few more times as he finally found the name he was looking for.
Kakashi's head was pounding as he finally broke down in front of the memorial stone. The last time he had cried was when the Fourth had held him and let him mourn over Heidaki's death. It had been nearly ten years......so much had happened since then.
The Fourth was gone.
The Uchiha clan was gone.
Iruka was......
He was......
"Heidaki, I wish you would have let me die..."
"Don't mess with my hair I hate that."
"I know but you remind of a little brother. Hey! That's an idea; we are now brothers. What do you say?" Heidaki smirked as he continued to walk around the town.
"Brothers." Kakashi smirked under his mask.
Kakashi was surprised to see Heidaki over him. His brother had taken the blow.
"No!" Kakashi yelled as saw the sword go straight through his brother's chest.
"Don't let this be......the first thing you fail......Kak......" Heidaki's body went limp as Kakashi stared in horror.
Heidaki Uchiha. At the age of 21 was hoping to be able to be the next legend of Konoha Village. He wanted his younger cousin Itachi to grow up to be the best heir to his clan the village had ever seen. Heidaki wanted to marry his girlfriend and have three children who would grow up to be great shinobi. At the age of 21 Heidaki Uchiha died protecting his friend he considered a little brother.
"I'm pathetic aren't I?" Kakashi stated as he sat up and placed his bare forehead on the memorial realizing he hadn't put on his mask or forehead protector. "You had dreams......you had hopes for the future and here I am complaining to you about being alive......"
Kakashi closed his eyes as he turned over so that his back would be against the stone. "I'm sorry I haven't visited in a long time......a lot has happened......you remember Iruka?"
"So......why do we always find our way to talk about this Iruka-kun of yours?" Heidaki smirked as Kakashi thought about the question.
"He's just so......I don't know. He just always finds a way to get on my mind." Kakashi glared at the wall that was in front of him.
"You're too young to know you swing that way Kakashi!" Heidaki smiled as Kakashi glared at him now.
"I didn't say that."
"But you did."
"No. I only said that I cared."
".About him. You care; also known as love; about him" Heidaki paid the vendor before he stood up to leave as Kakashi tried to hit him.
"Stop putting words in my mouth. Iruka is my friend and that's it." Kakashi glared at the Uchiha who ruffled his hair.
"Yeah you were right back then......I do love him......" Kakashi felt something very cold and wet fall on his nose as he opened his eyes to see little white dots falling from the sky. "Heh......it's snowing."
Kakashi took in a deep breath as he became more aware about how cold his body was. If he didn't get warm soon he would probably freeze to death. Kakashi smirked bitterly before he stood up and wrapped the scarf around his face and placed a hand on the memorial.
"Thanks for listening......brother." Kakashi took in another deep breath as he started to walk back to his apartment. His chest was feeling a lot lighter than even though his head was still pounding.
Kakashi slowly made his way down the streets of Konoha until he came up to an apartment complex. He stared at the top floor as he noticed a light was still on. Kakashi took in a deep breath.
"Iruka, I'm sorry too and I want you to know I lied four years ago......I do love you." Kakashi smirked to himself as he turned back around and went back to his apartment knowing that Obito knew he had left and would probably go out looking for him in a little bit.
Iruka stretched a bit as he rubbed his eyes. He hadn't meant to stay up so late grading papers. The chunin yawned a bit before he realized he had left his light on. Iruka made his way over to the other side near the room for the light switch and took a glance out of the window and smiled a bit to himself.
"It's snowing."
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And that is chapter 22! Well? Well? What do you guys think?
It seems we are getting closer and closer and closer the end of this story (starts to get teary eyed) but don't worry there will still be at least 3 more chapters......actually probably there will be 5 more......I don't know it always changes as you write more, ne?
Well this chapter was kind of interesting to write and I hope I haven't made them too OC? It's hard to write what I want or at least it's really hard to put it into words sometimes......I'm sure ya'll know what I mean. (sigh)
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Riyo-sama: I hope summer school ends soon for you! Well I hope you like how the story continues to unfold until the end. And I hope you liked this chapter! Can't wait to here from you next time!
TheTrueSilver: lol Oh I hope Kakashi-plushie doesn't do anything too rash to you! Thanks for the review and until next time (hopes the plushies don't take revenge) Hope you liked this chapter!
sabrea: How is my sister mean to you? Should I beat her up? (grabs katana) and Oh No not the frying pan of doom! (eyes chibi suspiciously) you wouldn't......would you?
Mica-Chan: It's more like Kakashi has changed a bit but Iruka has changed the most. It's like if you haven't seen someone for a few years and then meet them again, they are different people. Please don't kill Iruka or Kakashi! I know that a lot of stuff happens that they could have prevented but keep in mind I'm the one writing the story! Yeah Kakashi's life really sucks......just wait until next chapter. Kakashi's slept with other people, but Iruka was his only serious relationship. I would try to make it more obvious that Kakashi has had other relations but it kind of doesn't work since I am currently trying to find the best way to put them back together.
Evil Kasumi: to tell you the truth (whisper whisper) I wouldn't mind reading an Iruka and Obito fic either......hehehe. Mizuki is a good friend isn't he! Until it comes later......hehe well I hope this ending was a lot better! Till next time!
Nikole StarGazer: Hehehe. I should have done that chibi thing but too bad summer school was already over when I got advice. (snaps fingers in disappointment) Well Kakashi has finally let got of all his built up tension, hehehehe well ttyl!
Isolde1: ......it is sad (I secretly hope that this chapter was sad too) Thanks for the review!
duenna: well a lot is in store for them......especially Kakashi next chapter. (evil laugh) I guess you will have to wait and see.
Jecir: (looks at Iruka) well he was kinda cold last chapter wasn't he? Oh no! Please don't cry! Yes Iruka was mean but it took me forever to come up with that ending! I loved writing it so don't be so sad! And don't wallow in your fangirl angst cause it will work out!
Renn: Thanks! Yeah it's going to kind of be poor Kakashi next chapter too (I think) I hope you liked this chapter too!
VertigoMesmerizer: Yay! Thanks for the complement I tried to make there relationship on the extreme side but at the same time something that might actually happen. That's actually kind of funny that you just randomly guessed Obito...... (sigh) man I must suck if you were just able to randomly guess it. Well I hope I am able to write what I want to happen for how they get back together. Ja ne!
CMAK: I'm sorry! I hope that not all the stories you read next are cliffies! (dodges cattle prod) Well I updated shortly after you review!! Yay!
Bakasaru Boi: Hahaha I love your name! Idiot monkey boy!! Your reviews made me reread my story so I would know what you were talking about lol! I'm glad you like my story I hope to continue hearing from you!
Kami Beverly: hehehe yeah but hey you can't be too hard on Kakashi can you?
aNiMePeRfEcT: (blushes) Why thank you! I hope I updated quick enough!
Jenn: It's great to hear from you again! I'm so sorry you were deprived for so long. Well I am glad your back and I'm glad that your computer finally started working!
lemmings12: Okay I will try to make it more with a different pattern! This will be my new challenge! (does Lee pose) muwahahaha! Hope you liked this chapter!!
anime teen: I was just teasing I know you weren't really crying! Yeah I don't think I would have been able to put Obito and Iruka together in a relationship like that because this story is already lasting really long if you know what I mean. I hope you liked this chapter and I will try my best to stay out of trouble!
Silver Neo: No! Don't shave Sasuke-kun! And Kakashi how dare you try to trick Iruka!! You clever person you (nudges Kakashi) hehehe. And Sasuke and his clones (laughs) Man I had really needed your review! I was in a car wreck and everything but your review made me laugh! Please keep them coming and I hope you liked this chapter.
katana-hime: (reads your review over) I don't know whether to take some of that as a compliment or an insult really...... (sweat drops) but I know my other fics sucked so I will try my best not to ruin this one too! I think I have done a good job thus far don't you? Hehehe but I'm definitely not better that JK Rowlings (blushes) you tease! (jk jk) I hope you liked this chapter too and can't wait to hear from you again.
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