Two things to point out. Before I said (SasuNaru) in the summary I got
practically no reviews... and now I think I've got four in one day. I have
found a way to manipulate the masses! And number two, this is a multi-
chaptered story, but the first two can actually be read like One-shots. So
if you want to stop after this one then by all means go ahead. ^-^
To Riyue: Actually, you don't actually see him die. He says that the red pepper pill will kill him, and he collapses against the tree, but you never see him actually die. So, based on that, I kept Choji alive. This story isn't AU. (If it is, then so are every single fan fic out there, ne?) Also the ninja he was fighting against was Jiroubu.
Title: Jaded
Series: Naruto
Rating: PG-13 (Will go higher later on)
Genre: Action/Adventure, Angst, Drama, Romance, Humour, Horror, Tragedy, Supernatural, Fantasy, etc. (pretty much all)
Summary: As Naruto grows up, certain events, horrible and amazing, change the way he looks at the world around him and who he values in his life.
Pairings: Now if I told you that then it would spoil it for you... no definite pairings in the first chapters. Though if you know me and the fics I write you know how it will eventually end up. (SasuNaru for those of you who are as naïve and dense as me..)
Chapter Title: 2. Sasuke's New Jutsu
For a long while after the group got home, Sasuke couldn't go anywhere without Sakura demanding to know his whereabouts. She was always terrified that he'd leave her again. It didn't help that for the most part Sasuke couldn't stand to be anywhere around her because his previous statement to her of 'You make me sick' still applied. He did his best to avoid her and most of the time he was pretty good at it. Now wasn't one of those times.
"Sasuke-kun, just where do you think you're going?" A voice screeched from behind him. He had been crouched down low and had his backpack slung over one shoulder, hoping to make a clean getaway. He sighed and turned around.
"Out." He rolled his eyes going over the routine in his head. Next she'd ask 'Out where?'
"Out where?" He smirked inwardly.
"Naruto's to do training." He responded. "Sakura, I ALWAYS go to Naruto's house when we don't have missions at this exact time of day to practice and train. Would you stop bugging me and for once leave me alone." He narrowed his eyes, knowing that, once again, he wasn't getting through to her, so he decided to try something new. "If I wanted to leave the village you'd never know until I was miles away, so give up now."
Sakura frowned and bit her lip. He knew she was trying to do what she thought was right but it was too much. If she kept this up she'd soon have Ino joining her. He wrinkled his nose at that thought.
"Fine." She whispered. "I'll stop bugging you about where you're going, but don't think for a second that I'm going to stop watching you." He sweatdropped. She sounded like a stalker... oh wait... she was one.
"Fine." He shrugged and continued walking. He was happy to finally have some peace from her annoyance. Maybe Naruto would stop laughing at him for it.
Sasuke had been back from the Sound Village for a couple of months now and was relieved to find that only a select few knew about his disappearance, and fewer still knew why he'd left. Sasuke knew that the five who came after him and Kakashi, Sakura and Tsunade wouldn't be telling anyone else anytime soon, although they constantly were keeping an eye on him to make sure he wouldn't run off again. Luckily for him, Naruto never looked at him like that, however, he often got lost in his thoughts and, when his face would turn to a frown, he knew the boy was thinking about him. He shook his head. Maybe it was nothing more than his overactive imagination.
He came to Naruto's apartment door and opened it. They had a certain understanding between them. Naruto knew Sasuke would come everyday at this time so he kept his door open. Things were just easier that way. He looked around the front entrance and noticed Naruto wasn't there.
"Must be in his bedroom practicing again," Sasuke muttered to himself, dropping his backpack beside the door. He was just about to turn the knob when a young blonde girl appeared between him and the door. A young blonde *NAKED* girl, that is. Sasuke frowned and rolled his eyes at her obvious attempts at being flirtatious.
"I already know about your Oiroke no jutsu, dobe." He snorted as a look of frustration clouded her pretty face.
"Chikuso!!" She yelled, making a fist.
"Also, pretty young girls aren't supposed to swear." He added, pushing past her into Naruto's room.
"So you think I'm pretty, Sasuke-baka?" She asked sweetly. He shrugged.
"The fact that I know who you really are kind of ruins it." He replied flatly, sitting on Naruto's bed, facing her. In a puff of smoke Naruto returned to his original form and plopped down beside the other boy.
"Ne, Sasuke, I'm going to teach you how to do that jutsu, so you can better do infiltration missions." He beamed proudly.
"I can do Henge no jutsu just fine, baka." And to prove his point, he transformed into a normal girl from their village. Naruto felt his eye starting to twitch but he calmed himself down.
"*DOBE*." Naruto yelled with a smirk. "Anyone can do Henge no jutsu, demo you look plain. Ordinary. DULL!" He pumped his fist into the air. "She's too normal looking. She's good if you want to be a fly on the wall. What if you want to cause a distraction? You'd fail. Oiroke is good for seducing the enemy." Naruto grinned and ignored that Sasuke had muttered under his breath 'You're already enough of a distraction, yourself. Why don't I just Henge no jutsu into you?'.
"Fine," He shrugged, not really wanting to just spar today. "Teach me oh wise and wonderful sensei."
"That's better... wait a second... are you being sarcastic?" Naruto narrowed his eyes at Sasuke.
"Just get on with it, dobe."
***
"KYAAH!!!" Naruto screamed. "No!! She's supposed to be more eye-catching. Make her slimmer, more beautiful. Hell, make her breasts bigger if you must. Longer hair! And for Kami's sakes get rid of the stupid clothing!" He was fuming. Sasuke had been at this for over three hours and even WITH his Sharingan he couldn't get the basics of Naruto's Oiroke no jutsu. Sasuke was starting to show weariness from using too much chakra. He gritted his teeth at Naruto's impatience and formed the seals, trying again.
"Oiroke no jutsu!" He cried, a puff of smoke engulfing him. When it cleared the only difference the blond could point out was the slight enlargement of breasts and the longer hair. He fell down onto his bed as if it had been him doing the work.
"You're never going to learn it, are you, Sasuke?" Sasuke frowned and sat where he was.
"I can learn it, dobe, but I don't want to do it naked like you." He retorted between pants. "I'd rather do it with dignity and skill than your vulgar attempts."
"Whatever." Came the reply. "I bet you couldn't convince me with your Oiroke no jutsu in a million years." Sasuke scoffed.
"I can recognise your jutsu so easily. What makes you so sure I can't beat you?"
"Oh I don't know... maybe it's the fact that you've been at this for over three hours and you still look so plain. Face it, this is one jutsu you can't perfect." Naruto grinned. He'd finally found one thing he'd mastered completely and Sasuke couldn't even learn the basics.
"I can and will." The dark-haired genin snapped. "You have yourself a bet. Meet me at the bench where we usually eat lunch at noon in two days."
"Fine, don't be late like Kakashi though." Sasuke stood up and went out into the hall, followed closely by Naruto. The shorter boy smirked. "Just try and fool me!" He crowed. The other was unaffected by his boasting. He picked up his bag, still at the door, and walked out.
"I won't try, I will." He threw over his shoulder, leaving Naruto to fume over this.
***
After two days of waiting anxiously, Naruto sat on the bench five minutes before noon, waiting again. He was extremely impatient and wanted to see what Sasuke would try on him. He smirked knowing it was Sasuke's downfall by telling Naruto the time and place he'd show him. All Naruto had to do was deny that Sasuke had perfected his jutsu and he'd win the bet. Not that they'd wagered anything on it except pride.
Coming up to him, while he was lost in thought, was a beautiful young girl with long dark hair. The blonde noticed her walking up to him and quickly gave her a once-over. She had the long hair, the slightly larger than normal breasts, a nice slender figure and dark mischievous eyes. He was thoroughly stunned, but wouldn't let Sasuke win.
"Ohayo." She greeted him shyly. "Is anyone sitting here... er... what's your name?" She asked. Naruto moved over so the could sit beside him.
"It's Naruto." He replied. "But then you should know that, shouldn't you, Sasuke?" The girl gave him an odd look.
"As in Uchiha Sasuke?" She frowned. "I don't look like a guy do I?!" Naruto crossed his arms smugly.
"Hai, Uchiha Sasuke. You can't fool me baka. This justu is terrible. You look nothing like a beautiful sexy young girl." He didn't notice that the girl beside him was fuming until she slapped him across the face and walked off.
"BAKAYARO!" She yelled back venomously. Naruto winced realising too late that the girl was in fact a normal beautiful girl. He heard a soft chuckling behind him.
"Go ahead and laugh it up, Sasuke." He muttered, not bothering to turn around. He knew he had messed up big time.
"Nani? Don't tell me you're going to insult me too." Naruto turned around to find another girl even more beautiful than the first, but he was still sceptical. "You really upset my friend, Naruto was it?" He nodded, realising that she was not Sasuke after all.
"Gomen nasai. I didn't mean to upset your friend. I was expecting a friend and I just assumed she was him." The girl nodded. She had soft, deep eyes and a similar body to her friends, but her hair was shorter, fell in waves around her face, and was a colour similar to Choji's dirty blond.
"She doesn't look like a guy to me." She replied. Naruto didn't want to tell this girl the deal between him and Sasuke so he kept quiet about it.
"Yeah, gomen." She smiled at him when he put his hand behind his head nervously. "You know, Naruto-kun. You're kind of cute. I've heard all sorts of bad things about how annoying you are, but none of it's true, ne?"
"None of it." He repeated.
"How would you like to go out for ramen with me for lunch?" She asked, tilting her head cutely to the side. Every little facial expression seemed to have Naruto's full attention.
"Hai!" He exclaimed before remembering about Sasuke. "Demo, I was supposed to wait for Sasuke." He frowned, cursing Sasuke in his head. That stupid idiot was making him miss an important opportunity.
"Well, when was he supposed to meet you here?"
"Noon."
"It's already half past. I don't think he's going to show." Naruto nodded.
"Maybe you're right." She giggled and kissed Naruto on the cheek.
"I'm always right." Naruto was surprised by the kiss, but was determined to get her next one on his lips. She leaned in slowly, an odd twinkle in her eyes, and was about to kiss Naruto on the lips when a loud *POOF* was heard and her body disappeared in a cloud of smoke. Naruto opened his eyes at the sound and saw Sasuke's face just inches from his own, a wide victorious smirk planted on it. The blond's eyes went wide and a long stream of curses flew from his mouth.
"SASUKE!" He screamed. "Chikuso, you stupid TEME!!" The other boy looked like he was about to burst out laughing, which was a hard thing to imagine. Naruto continued to spew out a number of colourful curses, trying to ignore the fact that Sasuke actually did trick him. He had to admit that she was very beautiful and had captured his attention completely. 'Doesn't mean I have to acknowledge it out loud.' He thought to himself, storming off angrily, leaving Sasuke on the bench.
"I'm always right!" Sasuke called after Naruto, earning another mouthful of muttered swearing. The truth was, Sasuke had held back purposefully for this exact moment when he could make Naruto's plans back-fire. He smirked watching Naruto stomping his feet extra hard, pointlessly trying to be loud and angry.
***
Up in a nearby tree, Kakashi sat watching the two bemusedly. He was glad that Sasuke was feeling better than when he decided to leave. Naruto's presence was better for him now than previously. A few months ago, Naruto would have sparked more confrontations, a notion that kept Kakashi watching the pair. He wanted to make sure they didn't explode again and try to Chidori-Rasengan their asses a second time.
"Still watching them?" A voice sounded behind him. "You've got other things to worry about, like a war." Kakashi shrugged and pulled out his book, Icha Icha Paradaisu.
"Maybe so, demo those two are also of my concern, their potential is great and if they try and kill each other they're useless to everyone, Iruka."
"You've been avoiding me, Kakashi-kun." Iruka sat down beside the silver- haired shinobi. "Why are you trying to distance yourself from me?"
"We shouldn't worry over such trivial things." Kakashi retorted. "You should be focusing more on training your students than me and my soldiers. You have a job you should be doing. Talk to me when I'm not so busy." He dismissed the chuunin.
"You're too busy for me?!" He spat angrily, keeping his voice to a whisper. "But you can still read that stupid book! I thought I was worth more than that. We were supposed to be friends, comrades." Kakashi nodded and put down the book.
"Hai, hai, gomen nasai Iruka-kun. This book helps me concentrate." He looked over his shoulder to his close friend. "And you know about what happened to my last friends."
"Baka, you think I'm going to die if you get too close to me?" Iruka challenged. The jounin sighed.
"Maybe."
"And what if you push me away to much?" Iruka disappeared, letting Kakashi dwell on that question.
'I don't know, but I'm afraid of both possible answers.' He thought to himself, picking up his book again.
~~~~~~~
Well... There's the first hinting of a pairing! Kakashi and Iruka! Of course, I'm not one to make things easy on anyone...
To Riyue: Actually, you don't actually see him die. He says that the red pepper pill will kill him, and he collapses against the tree, but you never see him actually die. So, based on that, I kept Choji alive. This story isn't AU. (If it is, then so are every single fan fic out there, ne?) Also the ninja he was fighting against was Jiroubu.
Title: Jaded
Series: Naruto
Rating: PG-13 (Will go higher later on)
Genre: Action/Adventure, Angst, Drama, Romance, Humour, Horror, Tragedy, Supernatural, Fantasy, etc. (pretty much all)
Summary: As Naruto grows up, certain events, horrible and amazing, change the way he looks at the world around him and who he values in his life.
Pairings: Now if I told you that then it would spoil it for you... no definite pairings in the first chapters. Though if you know me and the fics I write you know how it will eventually end up. (SasuNaru for those of you who are as naïve and dense as me..)
Chapter Title: 2. Sasuke's New Jutsu
For a long while after the group got home, Sasuke couldn't go anywhere without Sakura demanding to know his whereabouts. She was always terrified that he'd leave her again. It didn't help that for the most part Sasuke couldn't stand to be anywhere around her because his previous statement to her of 'You make me sick' still applied. He did his best to avoid her and most of the time he was pretty good at it. Now wasn't one of those times.
"Sasuke-kun, just where do you think you're going?" A voice screeched from behind him. He had been crouched down low and had his backpack slung over one shoulder, hoping to make a clean getaway. He sighed and turned around.
"Out." He rolled his eyes going over the routine in his head. Next she'd ask 'Out where?'
"Out where?" He smirked inwardly.
"Naruto's to do training." He responded. "Sakura, I ALWAYS go to Naruto's house when we don't have missions at this exact time of day to practice and train. Would you stop bugging me and for once leave me alone." He narrowed his eyes, knowing that, once again, he wasn't getting through to her, so he decided to try something new. "If I wanted to leave the village you'd never know until I was miles away, so give up now."
Sakura frowned and bit her lip. He knew she was trying to do what she thought was right but it was too much. If she kept this up she'd soon have Ino joining her. He wrinkled his nose at that thought.
"Fine." She whispered. "I'll stop bugging you about where you're going, but don't think for a second that I'm going to stop watching you." He sweatdropped. She sounded like a stalker... oh wait... she was one.
"Fine." He shrugged and continued walking. He was happy to finally have some peace from her annoyance. Maybe Naruto would stop laughing at him for it.
Sasuke had been back from the Sound Village for a couple of months now and was relieved to find that only a select few knew about his disappearance, and fewer still knew why he'd left. Sasuke knew that the five who came after him and Kakashi, Sakura and Tsunade wouldn't be telling anyone else anytime soon, although they constantly were keeping an eye on him to make sure he wouldn't run off again. Luckily for him, Naruto never looked at him like that, however, he often got lost in his thoughts and, when his face would turn to a frown, he knew the boy was thinking about him. He shook his head. Maybe it was nothing more than his overactive imagination.
He came to Naruto's apartment door and opened it. They had a certain understanding between them. Naruto knew Sasuke would come everyday at this time so he kept his door open. Things were just easier that way. He looked around the front entrance and noticed Naruto wasn't there.
"Must be in his bedroom practicing again," Sasuke muttered to himself, dropping his backpack beside the door. He was just about to turn the knob when a young blonde girl appeared between him and the door. A young blonde *NAKED* girl, that is. Sasuke frowned and rolled his eyes at her obvious attempts at being flirtatious.
"I already know about your Oiroke no jutsu, dobe." He snorted as a look of frustration clouded her pretty face.
"Chikuso!!" She yelled, making a fist.
"Also, pretty young girls aren't supposed to swear." He added, pushing past her into Naruto's room.
"So you think I'm pretty, Sasuke-baka?" She asked sweetly. He shrugged.
"The fact that I know who you really are kind of ruins it." He replied flatly, sitting on Naruto's bed, facing her. In a puff of smoke Naruto returned to his original form and plopped down beside the other boy.
"Ne, Sasuke, I'm going to teach you how to do that jutsu, so you can better do infiltration missions." He beamed proudly.
"I can do Henge no jutsu just fine, baka." And to prove his point, he transformed into a normal girl from their village. Naruto felt his eye starting to twitch but he calmed himself down.
"*DOBE*." Naruto yelled with a smirk. "Anyone can do Henge no jutsu, demo you look plain. Ordinary. DULL!" He pumped his fist into the air. "She's too normal looking. She's good if you want to be a fly on the wall. What if you want to cause a distraction? You'd fail. Oiroke is good for seducing the enemy." Naruto grinned and ignored that Sasuke had muttered under his breath 'You're already enough of a distraction, yourself. Why don't I just Henge no jutsu into you?'.
"Fine," He shrugged, not really wanting to just spar today. "Teach me oh wise and wonderful sensei."
"That's better... wait a second... are you being sarcastic?" Naruto narrowed his eyes at Sasuke.
"Just get on with it, dobe."
***
"KYAAH!!!" Naruto screamed. "No!! She's supposed to be more eye-catching. Make her slimmer, more beautiful. Hell, make her breasts bigger if you must. Longer hair! And for Kami's sakes get rid of the stupid clothing!" He was fuming. Sasuke had been at this for over three hours and even WITH his Sharingan he couldn't get the basics of Naruto's Oiroke no jutsu. Sasuke was starting to show weariness from using too much chakra. He gritted his teeth at Naruto's impatience and formed the seals, trying again.
"Oiroke no jutsu!" He cried, a puff of smoke engulfing him. When it cleared the only difference the blond could point out was the slight enlargement of breasts and the longer hair. He fell down onto his bed as if it had been him doing the work.
"You're never going to learn it, are you, Sasuke?" Sasuke frowned and sat where he was.
"I can learn it, dobe, but I don't want to do it naked like you." He retorted between pants. "I'd rather do it with dignity and skill than your vulgar attempts."
"Whatever." Came the reply. "I bet you couldn't convince me with your Oiroke no jutsu in a million years." Sasuke scoffed.
"I can recognise your jutsu so easily. What makes you so sure I can't beat you?"
"Oh I don't know... maybe it's the fact that you've been at this for over three hours and you still look so plain. Face it, this is one jutsu you can't perfect." Naruto grinned. He'd finally found one thing he'd mastered completely and Sasuke couldn't even learn the basics.
"I can and will." The dark-haired genin snapped. "You have yourself a bet. Meet me at the bench where we usually eat lunch at noon in two days."
"Fine, don't be late like Kakashi though." Sasuke stood up and went out into the hall, followed closely by Naruto. The shorter boy smirked. "Just try and fool me!" He crowed. The other was unaffected by his boasting. He picked up his bag, still at the door, and walked out.
"I won't try, I will." He threw over his shoulder, leaving Naruto to fume over this.
***
After two days of waiting anxiously, Naruto sat on the bench five minutes before noon, waiting again. He was extremely impatient and wanted to see what Sasuke would try on him. He smirked knowing it was Sasuke's downfall by telling Naruto the time and place he'd show him. All Naruto had to do was deny that Sasuke had perfected his jutsu and he'd win the bet. Not that they'd wagered anything on it except pride.
Coming up to him, while he was lost in thought, was a beautiful young girl with long dark hair. The blonde noticed her walking up to him and quickly gave her a once-over. She had the long hair, the slightly larger than normal breasts, a nice slender figure and dark mischievous eyes. He was thoroughly stunned, but wouldn't let Sasuke win.
"Ohayo." She greeted him shyly. "Is anyone sitting here... er... what's your name?" She asked. Naruto moved over so the could sit beside him.
"It's Naruto." He replied. "But then you should know that, shouldn't you, Sasuke?" The girl gave him an odd look.
"As in Uchiha Sasuke?" She frowned. "I don't look like a guy do I?!" Naruto crossed his arms smugly.
"Hai, Uchiha Sasuke. You can't fool me baka. This justu is terrible. You look nothing like a beautiful sexy young girl." He didn't notice that the girl beside him was fuming until she slapped him across the face and walked off.
"BAKAYARO!" She yelled back venomously. Naruto winced realising too late that the girl was in fact a normal beautiful girl. He heard a soft chuckling behind him.
"Go ahead and laugh it up, Sasuke." He muttered, not bothering to turn around. He knew he had messed up big time.
"Nani? Don't tell me you're going to insult me too." Naruto turned around to find another girl even more beautiful than the first, but he was still sceptical. "You really upset my friend, Naruto was it?" He nodded, realising that she was not Sasuke after all.
"Gomen nasai. I didn't mean to upset your friend. I was expecting a friend and I just assumed she was him." The girl nodded. She had soft, deep eyes and a similar body to her friends, but her hair was shorter, fell in waves around her face, and was a colour similar to Choji's dirty blond.
"She doesn't look like a guy to me." She replied. Naruto didn't want to tell this girl the deal between him and Sasuke so he kept quiet about it.
"Yeah, gomen." She smiled at him when he put his hand behind his head nervously. "You know, Naruto-kun. You're kind of cute. I've heard all sorts of bad things about how annoying you are, but none of it's true, ne?"
"None of it." He repeated.
"How would you like to go out for ramen with me for lunch?" She asked, tilting her head cutely to the side. Every little facial expression seemed to have Naruto's full attention.
"Hai!" He exclaimed before remembering about Sasuke. "Demo, I was supposed to wait for Sasuke." He frowned, cursing Sasuke in his head. That stupid idiot was making him miss an important opportunity.
"Well, when was he supposed to meet you here?"
"Noon."
"It's already half past. I don't think he's going to show." Naruto nodded.
"Maybe you're right." She giggled and kissed Naruto on the cheek.
"I'm always right." Naruto was surprised by the kiss, but was determined to get her next one on his lips. She leaned in slowly, an odd twinkle in her eyes, and was about to kiss Naruto on the lips when a loud *POOF* was heard and her body disappeared in a cloud of smoke. Naruto opened his eyes at the sound and saw Sasuke's face just inches from his own, a wide victorious smirk planted on it. The blond's eyes went wide and a long stream of curses flew from his mouth.
"SASUKE!" He screamed. "Chikuso, you stupid TEME!!" The other boy looked like he was about to burst out laughing, which was a hard thing to imagine. Naruto continued to spew out a number of colourful curses, trying to ignore the fact that Sasuke actually did trick him. He had to admit that she was very beautiful and had captured his attention completely. 'Doesn't mean I have to acknowledge it out loud.' He thought to himself, storming off angrily, leaving Sasuke on the bench.
"I'm always right!" Sasuke called after Naruto, earning another mouthful of muttered swearing. The truth was, Sasuke had held back purposefully for this exact moment when he could make Naruto's plans back-fire. He smirked watching Naruto stomping his feet extra hard, pointlessly trying to be loud and angry.
***
Up in a nearby tree, Kakashi sat watching the two bemusedly. He was glad that Sasuke was feeling better than when he decided to leave. Naruto's presence was better for him now than previously. A few months ago, Naruto would have sparked more confrontations, a notion that kept Kakashi watching the pair. He wanted to make sure they didn't explode again and try to Chidori-Rasengan their asses a second time.
"Still watching them?" A voice sounded behind him. "You've got other things to worry about, like a war." Kakashi shrugged and pulled out his book, Icha Icha Paradaisu.
"Maybe so, demo those two are also of my concern, their potential is great and if they try and kill each other they're useless to everyone, Iruka."
"You've been avoiding me, Kakashi-kun." Iruka sat down beside the silver- haired shinobi. "Why are you trying to distance yourself from me?"
"We shouldn't worry over such trivial things." Kakashi retorted. "You should be focusing more on training your students than me and my soldiers. You have a job you should be doing. Talk to me when I'm not so busy." He dismissed the chuunin.
"You're too busy for me?!" He spat angrily, keeping his voice to a whisper. "But you can still read that stupid book! I thought I was worth more than that. We were supposed to be friends, comrades." Kakashi nodded and put down the book.
"Hai, hai, gomen nasai Iruka-kun. This book helps me concentrate." He looked over his shoulder to his close friend. "And you know about what happened to my last friends."
"Baka, you think I'm going to die if you get too close to me?" Iruka challenged. The jounin sighed.
"Maybe."
"And what if you push me away to much?" Iruka disappeared, letting Kakashi dwell on that question.
'I don't know, but I'm afraid of both possible answers.' He thought to himself, picking up his book again.
~~~~~~~
Well... There's the first hinting of a pairing! Kakashi and Iruka! Of course, I'm not one to make things easy on anyone...