Ubazakura (PREVIOUSLY The Only Thing I Need To Hold Dear)
By: Kaki-kun
Yupper, here's the second chapter! ;) It's not really what you think, and you'll find out what's wrong with Kakashi later in chapter 3. Iruka makes an appearance today, heh heh. And so does Gai…
----NOTE:
I've changed the plot around a little bit so there's a much better chance of myself staying interested in updating. It now has much more influence of Itachi and Gai, and Iruka/Kakashi will be closer to each other than I could've possibly done in TOTINtHD. Very very sorry reviewers for taking so long to update!
Disclaimer: don't
sue, 'coz my money isn't worth your time. of course for the rich
bastards out there, I suppose any form of money is good for you
leeches.
I dun own Naruto, k? Or else I would keep Kakashi to
myself and sell Sasuke, Sakura, and the others on ebay. Except Gai,
Itachi, and Naruto, 'coz they're not so bad either. :
p
Key:
'...' Thoughts
"..."
Speaking
... Stuffness
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Kakashi groaned as he rolled over and faced the red glowing digits on his alarm clock staring back at him. He yawned indifferently, it wasn't like time mattered to him. Besides, he never set it and it was all the way on the other side of the bed...
Kakashi
forcibly rolled over again and stared out the window, morning light
beginning to slowly creep in, making the desk under the window glow
radiantly. He squinted as something began to shine brightly near the
desk. He grumbled while climbing out of bed to investigate the source
of the annoying bright light.
Approaching the desk, he saw his
shiny head protector glare at his eyes. He picked up his headband and
glared back.
"I never gave you permission to sit there...,"
he grumbled at the headband while lying back down, the cloth still in
his hands. After crawling back under the blankets, he poked his head
out of the sea of warmth and thumbed the carving on the flexible and
durable steel. "This is why..." He mumbled aloud.
'This is what he really gave up…'
He
sleepily stretched while returning his headband to it's rightful
place over his Sharingan.
'Might as well have breakfast...'
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Iruka walked down the streets of Konoha happily. He finally became a teacher at the Konoha Ninja Academy, fighting was not how he really wanted to serve his village. Iruka wanted to help further the future Hokages and hero's- the children. Although the job wasn't easy, and he had only started a month ago, he was ready and willing to give these children a chance.
Iruka paused suddenly, unnerved. He looked around, glancing at a window with a blonde child sitting in front of it, staring threw him with blue angry eyes. He turned to face the boy, finally realizing who it was. 'The Uzumaki boy...Kyuubi...'
"Hey Iruka-chan!" Iruka didn't have time to turn around before getting wailed in the shoulder. Mizuki smiled wickedly as usual. "They say if you stare at the 9-tails hellspawn too long, a tail might drag you off..."
"What do you want, Mizuki?" Iruka asked, not in the mood to deal with Mizuki's high-and-mighty attitude this early in the morning.
"Hey, I need to talk to you about something later on, meet up with me at the bar say around 8? I have a mission to do until then." Mizuki held up his hand. "Alright cool, see ya'!"
"Wait, Mizuki! You know I don't...drink..." Iruka groaned in frustration as Mizuki already had left. He huffed and shoved his fists in his pockets before turning back to the window, the blonde long gone also. Iruka sighed. 'How long 7 years seems to be...since that demon killed my parents...' Iruka's smiled returned to his face as he watched two of his students hurrying off to school. While running by him, one stopped in front of Iruka and smiled.
"Konnichiwa Iruka-sensei!" She chirped before rushing off again after her slightly older brother. Iruka glanced once more at the window, before grinning following after to the Academy.
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Kakashi
stepped into the mission assignment room, nonchalantly and tired, but
no one could really tell that much.
"I'm here for my mission,
Hokage-sama..." Kakashi muttered as curled his hand in and out
of a fist.
'Back to missions already… good thing too.'
"You're early Kakashi," the Sandaime mentioned while glancing up from his paper into Kakashi's eyes curiously. Then he blew out a trail of smoke, returned his eyes to the report. "...yes yes, a simple escort mission. Mr. Sukaiya needs to arrive to the cloud country with all of his belongings, an easy C Class mission." Kakashi stared at the Hokage in disbelief for a few moments before his eyes narrowed in annoyance. 'Why couldn't he have some Genins or a Chuunins to take this?' He pondered.
"Yes Hokage-sama...," Kakashi disdainfully muttered instead, sharply snatching the papers away. The old mans face seemed to have aged right there before their eyes as he visibly frowned at him.
"Behave Kakashi…" Kakashi wanted to turn around and demand forcefully just why everyone was so worried about that because it was really beating on his nerves though, of course, instead he snorted while turning back to exit---
"GOOD morning everyone!" a loud overpowering voice echoed down the hallway. 'Oh no. Not now...' Kakashi groaned. Gai burst threw the doorways. "I have my report Hokage-sama! And must I say this...it sadly...was uneventful..." Gai had streams of tears running down his face was he walked up next to Kakashi to hand over the report.
"It was only a D Class mission, Gai..." Sarutobi said, but was completely ignored by the Green Beast.
"Even with that, I worked hard to fulfill my duties you have granted me! As always!" Gai held up his thumb, teeth pinging. Kakashi smirked in some form of relief that he at least had gotten a higher level mission than Gai. 'I suppose it could be worse...' Gai's head shot in Kakashi's direction, still grinning like an idiot.
"Ah, so there you are! Good morning my eternal rival Kakashi!"
"Is it really that hard to call me Kakashi flat out?" He asked sourly while beginning to move toward the door again. He knew where this was going to end up.
"But if someone who did not know of our rivalry heard me say that, they might imply that you are just a friend or comrade!" Gai pumped his fist into the air dramatically. "But you are more than that! You are my ETERNAL RIVAL, which I strive day and night to best you!"
"You need a different hobby..." Kakashi said flat out glancing over his should, before reconsidering his choice of words. "That doesn't involve me..." He added. Gai's face suddenly contorted seriously following him in footsteps.
"So, how has it been going..." Kakashi's eyes narrowed as he paused and turned his dark foreboding eye to his rival.
"Shut up, Gai, and keep out of my business..." he said coldly, sharply disappearing into smoke before any of them could react. Gai stood there, ignoring Sarutobi's concerned look fixing to the spot Kakashi had just been and then Gai.
"Well," the Hokage inquired. He shook his head slowly with a sigh.
"It's going to be a while," Gai admitted before also following suit and disappearing into smoke.
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Btw: Naruto is only 7 right now, so he is not attending to the school yet. Or probably having a major part for a long time.
Yep there you have it. Iruka and Kakashi meet next chapter! please R/R, constructive criticism appreciated, ranting also appreciated since I do a lot of that, flames will be ignored, you know the drill. ;)