Title: Plushie no jutsu
Chapter four: Days go by…
Series: Naruto
Author: Miali
Disclaimer: Another verse, same as the first: a little bit louder and a whole lot worse!
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Iruka's day had ended fairly normally, staying after class to correct papers and be there for extra help, should a student need it. Kakashi remained on the corner of Iruka's desk, completely idle and not daring to move an inch. Luckily for him, he had spent less interesting days on missions and watching the chuunin was proving to be amusing.
Immediately Kakashi had begun to notice the schoolteacher was more than the homely, humble person he thought he was. When put in front of a classroom of students, the normally docile teacher could reach amazing volumes when scolding (which he did often) but still was approachable by all of his students, should they need him.
Konohamaru, Kakashi had also noted, was much more like the blonde than he had realized. The three goggled children caused more chaos than the other students combined. Most of the chaos rested with the Third's son however. Also, like Naruto, the boy was weak in his basic technique but applied himself thoroughly to what he deemed important. With a little shaping, the jounin thought, He could become quite the rival for Naruto.
The jounin observed the teacher spend the rest of class helping Konohamaru, much to the boy's protest. Kakashi smiled (assuming he had a mouth – that would need to be checked later) at Iruka's passion for teaching and his unwillingness to give up on any student.
Iruka set down the last of the homework and looked over at the plushie. "Well, Kakashi-chan," the jounin mentally twitched. No one had dared to call him Kakashi-chan since his days as a genin, if not before that, "Shall we head home? I don't have mission room duty tonight." Iruka smiled without waiting for a response (after all, who would expect one from a plushie?) and picked up the doll along with his bag and headed for the door. The lights flicked off with a click and the classroom was left in silence.
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Kakashi noted that even as a plushie, he could still feel many things. Despite the fuzziness that engulfed what he assumed were still organs, his outside was relatively cold. Thus, when Iruka finally got his keys into the door and it swung opens to reveal a warm apartment, Kakashi was delighted.
"Sakana-chan," Iruka called, "C'mere kitty…"
Kakashi plushie raised an eyebrow, his fluff of a brain wondering why in the world anyone would name their cat that in the first place. (A/N: Sakana – Fish) He shrugged as much as he could without alerting the chuunin, who had now placed him on the table in the kitchen.
From his seat on the table, Kakashi was finally able to get a good look around Iruka's apartment. It was a very warm and inviting place, decorated in deep reds, greens, and golds. The floor was a solid dark wood and the walls had an orangey glow to them with golden highlights placed upon them by the various lamps throughout the room. All of the furniture was made from a dark cherry wood. The sofa was a deep burgundy, atop a rug which combined all of the colors of the living room in a swirling pattern. Bookshelves lined the walls and a coffee table with a glass top was in the center of the area.
The kitchen, he noticed, was simple. White tiling on the countertops, a white porcelain sink, same hardwood floors, and lighter colored cabinets. There was a bowl of fruit on the table, as well as a candle holder of sorts, which was empty. As Kakashi's gaze turned toward the other end of the apartment, a tanned hand lightly grasped him and carried him across the kitchen toward the living room.
Plopping down on the sofa, Iruka looked at the plushie in his hand. "So, Kakashi-chan, how accurate are you?" The chuunin smiled and Kakashi eyes widened slightly. Wait, what!
Iruka's fingers ran over Kakashi's felt hair and he chuckled, "It sticks up in the front, but it's flat everywhere else…" Looking over the plushie's face, the chuunin continued to speak, "Kakashi-san is paler, but the expression is correct…" He laughed again as his fingers trailed across to the blue headband. Lifting it revealed the infamous sharingan, which slowly began to spin. Iruka watched it, shocked for a moment before dropping the plushie onto the floor in surprise. Scooping Kakashi up, he covered the eye once more and stared at the unchanging expression. "Well, that was… Weird."
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Dinner and the rest of the evening progressed as normally as they would, with Iruka reclining on the couch and reading from a novel as Kakashi watched him. However, the jounin could not concentrate for long as the recent discovery still had his fluff ball mind reeling. Alright, so I have chakra control – slightly. The sharingan works, I can bring chakra to my hands and feet. Walking, however, is not an option due to my lack of balance. I can only form basic seals such as henge and bunshin. The sharingan user looked at his chibified hands. The fingers were pudgy and hard to move. They didn't fit well together, and they were very short. The plushie sighed. However, his mind had begun figuring ways to get around the debilitation caused by Tsunade's sadistic jutsu.
Iruka yawned and looked up from his book at the plushie sitting on the table. "All right, Kakashi-chan, shall we head to bed?" Kakashi's attention immediately focused on Iruka as his inner pervert jumped for joy. Iruka gently lifted the doll and carried it to the bedroom. Placing him on the shelf, Iruka stared at Kakashi. "You make me nervous… It's like, you're watching me or something." Iruka laughed softly, "Yes, I'm weird, I know, Kakashi-chan." Still, Iruka thought as he grabbed his clothes and headed toward the bathroom.
Kakashi sat where Iruka had left him, mildly disappointed. He was interrupted, however, by a bright orange blur that ran into the room. His one free eye followed the creature curiously until it hopped up onto the bed. A cat?
The cat in question sneezed and growled slightly at the plushie. Ah, thought Kakashi, I probably smell like the nin dogs… He winced slightly, this won't end well…Luckily for the jounin, the bathroom door opened and Iruka stepped out across the carpet. Kakashi's eyes widened appreciatively at the sight of the shirtless chuunin, it was apparent the schoolteacher did some training in his spare time.
Iruka however, paid little attention to the plushie and instead focused on the cat. "Sakana! There you are, kitty." Kakashi looked down at the cat named Fish and wondered how Iruka came to acquire such a creature. It was small and very round, with orange and gold stripes. It appeared to be a few years old and a small piece of its ear was missing. The feline had a loud purr, and dark blue-green eyes which it stared intently at the plushie with through the entire time Iruka pet the feline.
Kakashi glared back at the cat, although felt slightly more like prey than preditor.
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And there you have chapter four. I might pull this out and rewrite it; simply because I don't think it flows very well. I'm kinda disoriented today, so I apologize.
Also, I am in need of a beta reader for my fanfictions. However, I don't just want someone who will say, "Oh, it's good, you just need to work on your spelling." I need someone nitpicky who will tell me exactly what's wrong and give me suggestions on how to fix it.
If there's someone who thinks they're up to the task, please, let me know!
Be on the lookout for the next chapter of Changes and a new story called Restart coming soon :D