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"To achieve great things we must live as though we were never going to die"
~Marquis de Vauvenargues
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Chapter three: Unexpected Happenings
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~Poof~
Iruka landed on his bed.
"Hey, um.do you mind if I borrow a pair of your pajamas?" Kakashi didn't want to make Iruka uncomfortable but he could not wear his outfit to bed again, it needed to be washed.
"Yeah sure!" Iruka pointed to his closet so that the jounin could choose one for him-self. Iruka smiled, the thought of Kakashi wearing a pair of his pajamas made his heart beat faster.
But why? Kakashi has borrowed several pairs of pajamas before. He probably even had some of Iruka's pajamas at his house, the man always found himself shopping for pajamas. So why was this time so different?
Iruka looked at the jounin in his closet. He smiled, it didn't matter. It reminded him of how much he really cared about the man, and hoped that it was returned.
"I'll draw you a bath!" Iruka figured Kakashi would want a bath before he put on another pair of cloths.
He ran into the bathroom and turned on the tub. Then he caught a glimpse of himself in the mirror. He looked up, it was still too high. He got up on top of his toilet seat and then slowly crawled onto the counter.
Iruka sighed, it was the second time he actually looked at himself in the mirror since he transformed. His eyes seemed to be filled with nothing but pain and sorrow. Why did they look that way? His skin seemed to have gotten a few shades lighter, even though he had spent most of the day outside.
He looked so tiny and weak. His arms started trembling, he didn't want to look that way anymore. He looked down, he never wanted to look in the mirror again, it made him feel sick. He didn't even notice the tall figure appear in the background.
"Iruka.." Kakashi looked at him crawling off the counter.
"Oh! Hey Kakashi!" Iruka smiled trying to cover the pain in his eyes, "The bath is almost ready. Have you had dinner yet? I can always make something, I am actually really hungry." Iruka looked down and prayed that the jounin didn't see him look at himself in the mirror.
Kakashi looked down on Iruka, all the questions he wanted to ask, all the answers he believed he needed. He walked over and pulled the young figure into a hug, and didn't let go.
Iruka smiled as he leaned his head on the jounin's shoulder. This is what he needed right now.
"Thank you Kakashi......" Iruka freed one of his hands and pulled it around Kakashi's neck.
Then his face got red. Huh? Iruka blinked, his heartbeat getting faster. He felt butterflies in his stomach as his body realized how close they were. But why does this happen? They used to get this close, if not closer (^_~) before.
Kakashi felt the smaller form start to shiver; of course he thought it was because Iruka may have been cold not because he was nervous.
"Hey Iruka...."
Iruka slipped and hit the floor, except a hand quickly caught his head. He looked up, Kakashi was just laughing at the clumsy-ness of the little boy. Kakashi over him like that reminded him of something. He noticed Kakashi still had on his uniform and his facemask was still on.
Iruka lifted up his hands and gently grabbed the mouth cover. Kakashi looked at him and smiled. Iruka slowly pulled it down and blushed. It wasn't because of the sight; it was because of the memory.
"Kakashi doesn't this remind you of the time you stole my first kiss." Iruka looked up at him smiling.
"Aw...I did steal your first kiss but I think that was the second one." Kakashi grinned remembering the moment on his bed.
"You did say you would do anything to see my face." Kakashi lifted his hitai-ate leaf band.
"Yeah, well its only because Gai told me that it was mangled by a horrible accident you were in." Iruka looked up at him pouty.
"Hey now, don't tell me your upset because I wasn't ugly."
"It was a little disappointing." Iruka smiled. Then a warm feeling liquid came down Iruka's back.
"Ah!" Iruka jumped up bumping into Kakashi making the man land on his back.
Iruka looked at the warm water flowing over the side of the tub.
"Ah! The bath!" Iruka ran over to turn off the faucet. He stretched his arm over and could barely reach it. His whole side getting wet, he reached even farther turning off the faucet but he lost his balance.
Iruka fell in.
"Hauh!" Iruka splashed up gasping for air at the unwanted surprise.
"Haha!" Iruka felt two cold hands go around his body and lift off his shirt.
"I knew you wanted to take the first bath! But honestly Iruka you didn't have to go in with your cloths still on." Kakashi smiled as he dropped the wet shirt onto the floor.
"Ack! You're making a mess!" Iruka jumped up so he could get out and clean everything, but was pulled back and pulled back in the water.
"Now, now Iruka-chan first we must clean you up!" Kakashi smiled as he pulled up his shirt's sleeves and knelt beside the tub.
"What do you mean we?" Iruka looked at Kakashi sternly but with his face blushing brightly.
"Oh come on! Please!" Kakashi gave Iruka hurt eyes. "Besides its not like any of my students will let me do this to them, though I almost caught Sasuke off guard once!" Kakashi smirked.
"I am going to completely ignore that last statement by you Hatake Kakashi! And no you may not, I think that I can bathe myself thank you." Iruka let himself sink into the tub so that the water was at his nose as he stared at the now moping, but leaving jounin.
Iruka had finally finished washing his hair and was about to move to his back when it hit him. His arms were too short.
"Crap." He blushed as he looked around, maybe one of Naruto's toys were around. The one with a long handle and a brush at the end would be very handy.
He sighed, he had told Naruto to take them back home because he had tipped over one of them in the shower.
"Why me!" He shouted as he fell back into the tub letting it take over his whole body.
'Maybe if I just sit here in the water it will clean my back for me...' the submerged boy thought to himself.
'Ugh! It's still no good! I wont be clean!' Iruka started to hate the fact he was such a neat and clean person.
He sat up and looked around, as he began to blush. He didn't want to ask, but he was going to have to.
Iruka sighed as his face became a shade of crimson.
"Kakashi? Can you come here for a sec.....?" Iruka slowly mumbled off as the door swung open.
"The fun has arrived!" Kakashi smiled as Iruka just looked at him in shock.
Surprisingly, Kakashi was still in his cloths. He brought a bucket of bath supplies with him too.
Iruka blushed and sank into the tub once more. How embarrassing! He was a grown man! Well not so much right then but still he really was! And now he needed help to wash his back.
Kakashi kneeled over the side of the tub and grinned.
"So do you need help in the front or back?" Kakashi smiled not flinching once.
"Back...please..." Iruka sat up and faced front, he did not want Kakashi to see the color of his face right then.
After a while of washing, and tickling Iruka felt that he was clean enough, or he had, had enough of the jounin's hyper fingers.
"Thank you Kakashi." Iruka looked up at him motioning him to leave.
Kakashi sighed, he was having too much fun, but he still got up. The Kakashi's foot slipped on some water still on the ground and lost his balance.
Iruka looked up as an idea zoomed in his head. He quickly jumped up pulled the jounin into the tub on his back, causing a big splash as he jumped out and wrapped a towel around himself before Kakashi could even notice what had happened.
Iruka grinned mischievously at the now soaked jounin who seemed still trying to figure out what exactly went wrong.
Iruka walked over and kneeled over the side of the tub putting his hands on Kakashi's right leg that was still over the tub.
"So, front or back?" Iruka tried to hold back the laugh.
Kakashi looked at the little chunnin in shock. Iruka had gotten him wet.
"Okay Iruka I know my cloths were dirty but geez! You could have waited until I took them off first!" Kakashi smiled at his own joke.
"But I still need to wash that dirty mind of yours too." Iruka pushed Kakashi's one dry leg into the tub and smiled.
"Too shay. Iruka my boy I mean friend, I mean very very good friend with many benefits! You are getting quicker!" Kakashi smiled, it was rare that Iruka had ever gotten a joke on him, if even ever a good one.
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Iruka looked around his kitchen, his appetite seemed to have had grown in the past couple of days, but he would never admit the reason to himself.
He still never wanted to accept it.
He changed.
He was stuck in a new form.
He was small and weak.
His mind was slowly breaking, reality was changing, and the chunnin was in the middle of the abyss.
He could only rely on others.
Not himself.
It was slowly driving Iruka mad.
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"Hungry again Iruka?" Kakashi laughed as he saw the younger form climb on top of the counters to reach the shelves.
Iruka looked up and smiled. "Guess you could say I got the munchies!"
Iruka quickly piled the food into a bowl and shoved it into the oven to cook.
He had two pieces of bread, left over ramen (yes left over from Naruto), a few pickles, some slices of ham, cheese, left over rice, and some marshmallows all inside the bowl. For some all reason he thought that all of that together seemed rather delicious.
"If you don't get sick, I will watching you eat that." Kakashi hadn't lifted his eyes from his favorite book, which he had found Iruka had hid it under his mattress.
"I cannot believe you actually searched my house for that nasty book." Iruka stuck his tongue out but quickly put it back when he realized what he did.
"I can't believe you actually took it from me this morning." Kakashi lifted his eye.
~Ding~
"OOOOOO!!!! It's done!" Iruka jumped up happily as he pulled it out.
One large pile of blob in a bowl.
"I think I am going to be sick." Kakashi looked back down and continued reading.
"Besides! (Iruka changing the subject back) I took it away from you and you still didn't help!" Iruka put a whole splotch-full into his mouth.
"Help you from what?" Kakashi tried to ignore the smell of Iruka's 'snack'.
"Getting Sakura-chan to stop making goofy faces at me!" Iruka blushed.
"I mean Haruno-san, you know it is really strange to get those kind of faces made at me. And even more so from boy-crazed students." Iruka ate some more.
"Please tell me your going to brush your teeth again tonight right?" Kakashi looked up at Iruka hopefully.
Iruka looked up.
"Why? Don't want a good night kiss Kakashi?" Iruka smiled, with a mouth full of glop.
"Yeah I want one, just after all that junk gets out of your system." Kakashi started walking to the room.
"I can't take anymore of watching you eat that. I am signing out." Kakashi waved behind himself.
Iruka just looked at Kakashi and then his pile of food. What was his problem? It is perfectly edible.
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Iruka finished brushing his teeth for the third time straight. He wanted to make sure his teeth wouldn't go bad and plus the fact that Kakashi would probably kill him while he was sleeping if his breath stank.
Iruka peeked into his room and saw Kakashi using the moonlight to read.
It was a beautiful sight. It made his hair glow a silver color and his skin seem so smooth and pale. He had chosen a pair of Iruka's blue pajamas, which was the perfect color for him. Ironically they were also his only pair of turtleneck ones, so he could hide his face if he felt like it.
Iruka smiled as his hair fell in his face. It was still a little damp from the bath. He was starting to get used to it in his face all the time, and the little feelings he got when it brushed his back. He had never worn his hair down for so long.
"Ow!"
Iruka looked up to see Kakashi looking at his finger. He quickly ran over and jumped on the bed crawling over to Kakashi.
Kakashi looked up and smiled at the very over reacted facial expressions of his friend. It was just a paper cut.
Iruka grabbed his hand and put the tip of his finger in his mouth, startling the jounin.
They just stared at each other for a moment.
"Uh...Um..." Iruka blushed as he slowly turned his head pulling Kakashi's hand away.
Then Kakashi's hand lifted up and slowly caressed Iruka's check before pulling his head forward into a kiss.
"You sure are seductive you know that." Kakashi smiled pulling out of the kiss.
Iruka's heart was pounding. He lifted his arms around Kakashi's neck and leaned in to kiss the older man, this time letting his tongue slide in.
Kakashi wrapped his arms around the smaller body and quickly pulled him under so that Iruka's back was against the bed and Kakashi was above him.
Kakashi leaned over and kissed Iruka's forehead and then back to his lips.
"Oh and by the way...thanks for brushing your teeth." Kakashi kissed him one more time before lying down beside him.
Iruka's face was crimson red, his heart was beating so fast, and he could still feel Kakashi's warm body over his. He smiled as he leaned to his side and pulled himself into Kakashi's chest.
"Your welcome"
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Iruka opened his eyes.
It was pitch black outside. It was pouring down rain as it would lightning every once and a while.
Iruka looked up and noticed his window was open, good thing the wind was keeping the rain from coming into his house.
Iruka sighed as he pushed Kakashi's hand off slowly to not wake up the jounin. When he saw something move outside.
"Hn?" He looked up tiredly at his window and saw nothing.
"Hmmmmm." Kakashi seemed to be enjoying something in his dream as he began to smile a little.
Iruka smiled at the cute sight as he leaned over and kiss the man on the forehead, he couldn't help it, it was just too cute.
He noticed some movement outside of his window again.
Iruka crawled over the larger body to get to the window. He looked around and didn't see anything.
Iruka sighed as he shut the window, he wanted something exciting to happen, maybe something that could wake up the whole village.
Then he noticed it. It was a small body that seemed to be walking away from his house. He recognized the symbol on the back of the jacket.
"Sasuke?" Iruka jumped off the bed and ran through the house and through the door, silently so that he wouldn't wake up the sleeping beauty.
The rain had lightened up a little as the lightning slowed down. Iruka looked to where Sasuke was walking.
"Sasuke?" Iruka yelled causing the body to look back and then start running away.
"Crap" Iruka concentrated for a second before he took off. His speed was beyond fast it was amazing. He saw his goal and stopped dead front ahead of Sasuke causing the boy to stop in a halt.
"What are you? Some kind of ninja?" Sasuke's breathing was heavy.
Iruka looked up at him, they were both soaked. Iruka's hair was sticking to his face and both of their legs were covered in mud.
"Why....why did you come over here? And why did you run from me?" Iruka took a deep breath before looking up a Sasuke confused.
"Why?! Is that really your question? You passed out! I wanted to make sure you were okay! Dang it! And with Kakashi's stupid excuse, that the evil raccoon had rabies so that now you do and are slowly going mad? You really expect me to believe it? Poor Naruto is probably still shaking in that stupid corner!" Sasuke looked over at Iruka angrily.
"And why can't I sense you? Where is your chakra? Do you even have any? What are you? Can you answer anything?" Sasuke started walking over to the tired boy.
Iruka startled, he didn't know what to say. He looked down and started backing up hoping Sasuke wouldn't catch him.
"Uh.....um...." Iruka tried to find something to concentrate his gaze on but he kept returning to Sasuke.
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Kakashi opened his eyes.
"Iruka?" He looked on the side of the bed that the boy used to be.
He looked around and noticed the window was closed now. He got up and began searching the house.
"Iruka?" He looked in the bathroom and then the kitchen.
"Okay so Iruka isn't in his house when it is pouring down rain outside, no need to panic." Kakashi stood in the middle of the house.
"IRUKAAAA!!!!!!" Kakashi ran out of the house as fast as he could.
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Iruka backed up into a tree.
"Why wont you tell me anything?" Sasuke's voice had gotten a little softer as he put his hand against the tree and above Iruka's head.
"Do you realize what you are doing to me? And I have no idea why. You just seem to remind me of someone I know." Sasuke smiled as he used his other hand to move Iruka's hair out of his face.
"So that's why you wear a bandage on you face." Sasuke traced the scar on Iruka's nose.
"I am glad I got one answer today." Sasuke smiled as he leaned in and pressed his lips against Iruka's.
"Mnm!" Iruka's eyes went wide as he tried to struggle, which didn't really help considering he was between a tree and another body.
Iruka tried to say something again but Sasuke took that chance to slide his tongue in. Iruka decided to hit him but one of his arms were caught by Sasuke's free hand as Iruka's other hand tightly gripped Sasuke's shirt sleeve.
Flashes of Kakashi went through Iruka's head, but this isn't Kakashi......is it? He doesn't look like Kakashi but he acts like him.
"No its not Kakashi, Kakashi is older he isn't young anymore. Unlike you Akuri-kun or do I mean Iruka-kun?" A familiar voice went through Iruka's head.
Sasuke pulled out of the kiss and smiled.
"So is that what you do at night to little children Sasuke?"
Sasuke looked up and saw Kakashi on the tree branch above them. Ironically he had the turtleneck pulled up. He had a weird look in his eyes, almost like jealousy.
"Why are you here Kakashi-sensei?" Sasuke's eyes never left the shinobi as he jumped off the branch.
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Iruka looked at both of him.
All he could hear was yelling and saw them make gesturing poses at each other.
Kakashi? Iruka looked up at the older ninja.
That looks like Kakashi but then who is that? Iruka turned his gaze to Sasuke who looked very angry.
That is Sasuke my student? Right? Maybe?
"How would you know? You don't even know who you are."
What? Where are you? You sound so familiar.
"Well that's because I am you silly, you cant see yourself unless you look at a reflection."
Iruka closed his eyes.
It was him, both of him.
One older, one younger.
They just stood smiling in Iruka's direction.
Who are you? Are you me? But how? Is there two of me?
"I am Umino Iruka, age 24, I teach at a school, nice to meet you." The older smiled.
"I am Umino Iruka, age 12, I am a prankster and probably get on everyone's nerves." The younger smiled, but it was a sad smile.
Then another younger version of himself appeared. But it looked different. His hair was down. His eyes, they looked evil.
"I am Akuri-kun, you could be me also." It smiled evilly as a strange presence went around it.
Both of the other forms smiled and nodded slowly getting sucked into the evil one's aura.
What? What is going on? Who are you?
"I am you? But then again who are you? They do not know. Do they?"
Then pictures of everyone that Iruka had ever met appeared around him, they were all sleeping except Kakashi and Sasuke who were arguing, but he couldn't make out the words.
Was this now?
Then he looked around, Naruto?
Naruto was standing in the rain, he had an umbrella but he looked hurt. His eyes had tears in them, he was watching something but what was it?
Naruto why do you look so sad? Is it my fault? I know it is, I try to help everyone but all I do is get in the way of bigger plans they had, they get held back.
All because of me.
"Who am I? Where am I? Will I be stuck in this void forever?"
"You Stupid Teme!!!!!"
"Sasuke?"
"Oh wow your maturity seems to amaze me everyday Sasuke"
"Kakashi?"
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Iruka opened his eyes. His whole body was shaking.
Sasuke grabbed Iruka's arm roughly and pulled Iruka toward him.
"I will not let little boys stay with nasty perverts like you."
Sasuke got a chill; he looked to his side and saw a fist.
"Ugh!" Sasuke flew into the mud.
Naruto was standing there above him with a very angry look in his eyes. He had seen everything.
That was all Iruka could handle, he was tired, confused, and cold. He needed to find someone that never changed no matter what. Naruto.
"Naruto! What the.....?"
"Don't you even Sasuke! I am not in the mood for your stupidity!" Naruto shot him an angry glare.
"Did you forget you already had m.......!" Naruto caught himself and turned around trying to hide his hurt expression.
Then Naruto waked over to Kakashi and pushed him into the mud too giving him an, 'you are Iruka's horrible student and disserve to die and go to a very bad place' glare.
"And you! Making fun of his maturity level?" Naruto pointed at Sasuke, "What about yours? You really think that kids like us want to look up to you? No! We don't! Not when you are like this!"
"Gawd! You guys are so annoying! What are you fighting over? Huh? Is it Akuri-kun? If so that is sick! You have him out here in this cold rain! He could get really sick! And I bet that it wouldn't help with his rabies either!" Naruto put his jacket over Iruka grabbing his hand and pulling him under the umbrella too.
"Kakashi-sensei do not expect me or Akuri-kun at any of the practices for the next two days!" Naruto shot them both one more glare before starting to walk home with Iruka.
Kakashi and Sasuke sat there staring in aw. Naruto had just told them both off, and got away with Akuri/Iruka.
They never wanted to see that side of Naruto ever again.
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Iruka walked into Naruto's house and turned around to see Naruto slowly shut his door and slide down it against his back.
Naruto put his arms on his legs then leaned over, he couldn't handle it anymore. What was Sasuke thinking? He thought that Sasuke liked him, was he wrong?
Iruka looked over at Naruto as his heart began to tear at every sob he heard. He walked over and hugged Naruto, he did it when he was bigger why couldn't he do it now?
Naruto wrapped his arms around the smaller body and started crying one Iruka's shoulder.
They slowly fell asleep in front of the door.
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Naruto opened his eyes and looked around. It had to be around noon the next day because of the way the sun had lit his room.
Then Naruto noticed something strange.
He was in his room.
Not only that but his room was clean.
Then he noticed that he didn't have mud on his feet anymore, in fact he was wearing a whole new outfit.
He slowly got up. Did he die and go to heaven? If he did then why did his head feel so horrible?
Naruto jumped up when he heard a loud thud in his living room. He quickly ran out of his room and pulled two kunai out of his jacket.
He stopped.
His whole house was clean, beyond clean even. He could swear that his floor sparkled.
"Ow!"
Naruto looked up to see Iruka jumping on one foot. He had dropped the duster on his foot.
Naruto smiled, Iruka was wearing a pair of his orange jumper pants (or at least it came out as pants on Iruka) and one of his black turtle necks that Naruto only wore when it was too cold. Iruka had it pulled up so it covered the bottom part of his face.
He must be the Uke in his relationships. Naruto smiled as he thought about it.
Iruka noticed him and ran over to Naruto. "Sorry Naruto-kun for borrowing your cloths without asking!" He did a small bow.
"Naw, its okay Akuri-kun! Besides why are you cleaning my house?" Naruto gave Iruka his confused fox smile.
"Oh but it was so messy!" Iruka's eyes started watering at picturing the messy rooms in his mind again. How did he ever let Naruto get away with living in such a mess?
Naruto just smiled, "You are just like someone I know Akuri-kun. You two would probably get along really well too. Did you know Iruka?" Naruto started walking into his kitchen.
"Oh....um....." Iruka looked around hoping to find an answer, "I think I may have met him a few times. Were you two good friends?" Iruka smiled.
"Yeah Iruka-sensei is probably my best friend!" Naruto blushed at giving such mushy answer.
Iruka blushed too, but it was hidden under the cloth of the turtleneck. He was glad Naruto thought that way of him.
Naruto started looking through his cabinets, which were now very organized, and finally found some ramen.
"You like ramen for breakfast?" Naruto smiled.
"Actually that sounds great!" Iruka was surprised at how good that sounded to his stomach right then.
"You know Akuri-kun, I think you are really nice!" Naruto grinned as he began to prepare their breakfast.
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Ooops I don't think I had anything in this story that had anything to do with last chapter's summary for this story.
Oh well did you enjoy it anyway? Hehehehehehe
Okay so those things will happen later on okay! Please don't flame me................*sniffles*
Oh yeah by the way. If you were confused at the beginning of the story talking about Kakashi's and Iruka's first kiss together.
Read : Growing Pains by P-sama7!!! She is my (older) twin sister! We decided it would be fun if our stories would mix every once in a while! Haha!!!!
But unlike me, her fav character is Sasuke.
*glares at Sasuke* I hate you. If you weren't a character that can get the story moving then I would kill you at the beginning.
Sasuke: Why me?
K-chan: Because you suck.
Sasuke: -_-;;
Iruka: Okay so um.......please R&R! *pats Sasuke on back* Its okay.
Sasuke: well she likes you!
K-chan: Replies to reviews below! *points down*
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^v^ Next Chapter Summary!!!!!
You probably can just read the last chapter's summary but here is a hint of the beginning:
Kakashi opened his eyes and moaned. "I lost Iruka."
He felt something warm moving slowly beside him. He slowly moved his head to his side.
Sasuke was sitting there cuddling with his pillow.
Kakashi sighed and turned back over and slowly closed his eyes to fall back asleep.
"Wait.......What!?!?!?" Kakashi sat up and looked back over at the boy.
K-chan: *cackles evilly*
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^v^ Replies to Reviews:
Morien Alexander: Are you hentai? Lol ..hehe me too! ^_^
Oh yeah! And update your story: Sometimes its really good!
Jade Dragoness: You rock! And How Iruka ever got the jutsu in his head will be revealed! HaHa! Oh yeah! You update your story too!!!!!!!
Birthday Present is cool too!!!!!!!!
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"To achieve great things we must live as though we were never going to die"
~Marquis de Vauvenargues
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Chapter three: Unexpected Happenings
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~Poof~
Iruka landed on his bed.
"Hey, um.do you mind if I borrow a pair of your pajamas?" Kakashi didn't want to make Iruka uncomfortable but he could not wear his outfit to bed again, it needed to be washed.
"Yeah sure!" Iruka pointed to his closet so that the jounin could choose one for him-self. Iruka smiled, the thought of Kakashi wearing a pair of his pajamas made his heart beat faster.
But why? Kakashi has borrowed several pairs of pajamas before. He probably even had some of Iruka's pajamas at his house, the man always found himself shopping for pajamas. So why was this time so different?
Iruka looked at the jounin in his closet. He smiled, it didn't matter. It reminded him of how much he really cared about the man, and hoped that it was returned.
"I'll draw you a bath!" Iruka figured Kakashi would want a bath before he put on another pair of cloths.
He ran into the bathroom and turned on the tub. Then he caught a glimpse of himself in the mirror. He looked up, it was still too high. He got up on top of his toilet seat and then slowly crawled onto the counter.
Iruka sighed, it was the second time he actually looked at himself in the mirror since he transformed. His eyes seemed to be filled with nothing but pain and sorrow. Why did they look that way? His skin seemed to have gotten a few shades lighter, even though he had spent most of the day outside.
He looked so tiny and weak. His arms started trembling, he didn't want to look that way anymore. He looked down, he never wanted to look in the mirror again, it made him feel sick. He didn't even notice the tall figure appear in the background.
"Iruka.." Kakashi looked at him crawling off the counter.
"Oh! Hey Kakashi!" Iruka smiled trying to cover the pain in his eyes, "The bath is almost ready. Have you had dinner yet? I can always make something, I am actually really hungry." Iruka looked down and prayed that the jounin didn't see him look at himself in the mirror.
Kakashi looked down on Iruka, all the questions he wanted to ask, all the answers he believed he needed. He walked over and pulled the young figure into a hug, and didn't let go.
Iruka smiled as he leaned his head on the jounin's shoulder. This is what he needed right now.
"Thank you Kakashi......" Iruka freed one of his hands and pulled it around Kakashi's neck.
Then his face got red. Huh? Iruka blinked, his heartbeat getting faster. He felt butterflies in his stomach as his body realized how close they were. But why does this happen? They used to get this close, if not closer (^_~) before.
Kakashi felt the smaller form start to shiver; of course he thought it was because Iruka may have been cold not because he was nervous.
"Hey Iruka...."
Iruka slipped and hit the floor, except a hand quickly caught his head. He looked up, Kakashi was just laughing at the clumsy-ness of the little boy. Kakashi over him like that reminded him of something. He noticed Kakashi still had on his uniform and his facemask was still on.
Iruka lifted up his hands and gently grabbed the mouth cover. Kakashi looked at him and smiled. Iruka slowly pulled it down and blushed. It wasn't because of the sight; it was because of the memory.
"Kakashi doesn't this remind you of the time you stole my first kiss." Iruka looked up at him smiling.
"Aw...I did steal your first kiss but I think that was the second one." Kakashi grinned remembering the moment on his bed.
"You did say you would do anything to see my face." Kakashi lifted his hitai-ate leaf band.
"Yeah, well its only because Gai told me that it was mangled by a horrible accident you were in." Iruka looked up at him pouty.
"Hey now, don't tell me your upset because I wasn't ugly."
"It was a little disappointing." Iruka smiled. Then a warm feeling liquid came down Iruka's back.
"Ah!" Iruka jumped up bumping into Kakashi making the man land on his back.
Iruka looked at the warm water flowing over the side of the tub.
"Ah! The bath!" Iruka ran over to turn off the faucet. He stretched his arm over and could barely reach it. His whole side getting wet, he reached even farther turning off the faucet but he lost his balance.
Iruka fell in.
"Hauh!" Iruka splashed up gasping for air at the unwanted surprise.
"Haha!" Iruka felt two cold hands go around his body and lift off his shirt.
"I knew you wanted to take the first bath! But honestly Iruka you didn't have to go in with your cloths still on." Kakashi smiled as he dropped the wet shirt onto the floor.
"Ack! You're making a mess!" Iruka jumped up so he could get out and clean everything, but was pulled back and pulled back in the water.
"Now, now Iruka-chan first we must clean you up!" Kakashi smiled as he pulled up his shirt's sleeves and knelt beside the tub.
"What do you mean we?" Iruka looked at Kakashi sternly but with his face blushing brightly.
"Oh come on! Please!" Kakashi gave Iruka hurt eyes. "Besides its not like any of my students will let me do this to them, though I almost caught Sasuke off guard once!" Kakashi smirked.
"I am going to completely ignore that last statement by you Hatake Kakashi! And no you may not, I think that I can bathe myself thank you." Iruka let himself sink into the tub so that the water was at his nose as he stared at the now moping, but leaving jounin.
Iruka had finally finished washing his hair and was about to move to his back when it hit him. His arms were too short.
"Crap." He blushed as he looked around, maybe one of Naruto's toys were around. The one with a long handle and a brush at the end would be very handy.
He sighed, he had told Naruto to take them back home because he had tipped over one of them in the shower.
"Why me!" He shouted as he fell back into the tub letting it take over his whole body.
'Maybe if I just sit here in the water it will clean my back for me...' the submerged boy thought to himself.
'Ugh! It's still no good! I wont be clean!' Iruka started to hate the fact he was such a neat and clean person.
He sat up and looked around, as he began to blush. He didn't want to ask, but he was going to have to.
Iruka sighed as his face became a shade of crimson.
"Kakashi? Can you come here for a sec.....?" Iruka slowly mumbled off as the door swung open.
"The fun has arrived!" Kakashi smiled as Iruka just looked at him in shock.
Surprisingly, Kakashi was still in his cloths. He brought a bucket of bath supplies with him too.
Iruka blushed and sank into the tub once more. How embarrassing! He was a grown man! Well not so much right then but still he really was! And now he needed help to wash his back.
Kakashi kneeled over the side of the tub and grinned.
"So do you need help in the front or back?" Kakashi smiled not flinching once.
"Back...please..." Iruka sat up and faced front, he did not want Kakashi to see the color of his face right then.
After a while of washing, and tickling Iruka felt that he was clean enough, or he had, had enough of the jounin's hyper fingers.
"Thank you Kakashi." Iruka looked up at him motioning him to leave.
Kakashi sighed, he was having too much fun, but he still got up. The Kakashi's foot slipped on some water still on the ground and lost his balance.
Iruka looked up as an idea zoomed in his head. He quickly jumped up pulled the jounin into the tub on his back, causing a big splash as he jumped out and wrapped a towel around himself before Kakashi could even notice what had happened.
Iruka grinned mischievously at the now soaked jounin who seemed still trying to figure out what exactly went wrong.
Iruka walked over and kneeled over the side of the tub putting his hands on Kakashi's right leg that was still over the tub.
"So, front or back?" Iruka tried to hold back the laugh.
Kakashi looked at the little chunnin in shock. Iruka had gotten him wet.
"Okay Iruka I know my cloths were dirty but geez! You could have waited until I took them off first!" Kakashi smiled at his own joke.
"But I still need to wash that dirty mind of yours too." Iruka pushed Kakashi's one dry leg into the tub and smiled.
"Too shay. Iruka my boy I mean friend, I mean very very good friend with many benefits! You are getting quicker!" Kakashi smiled, it was rare that Iruka had ever gotten a joke on him, if even ever a good one.
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Iruka looked around his kitchen, his appetite seemed to have had grown in the past couple of days, but he would never admit the reason to himself.
He still never wanted to accept it.
He changed.
He was stuck in a new form.
He was small and weak.
His mind was slowly breaking, reality was changing, and the chunnin was in the middle of the abyss.
He could only rely on others.
Not himself.
It was slowly driving Iruka mad.
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"Hungry again Iruka?" Kakashi laughed as he saw the younger form climb on top of the counters to reach the shelves.
Iruka looked up and smiled. "Guess you could say I got the munchies!"
Iruka quickly piled the food into a bowl and shoved it into the oven to cook.
He had two pieces of bread, left over ramen (yes left over from Naruto), a few pickles, some slices of ham, cheese, left over rice, and some marshmallows all inside the bowl. For some all reason he thought that all of that together seemed rather delicious.
"If you don't get sick, I will watching you eat that." Kakashi hadn't lifted his eyes from his favorite book, which he had found Iruka had hid it under his mattress.
"I cannot believe you actually searched my house for that nasty book." Iruka stuck his tongue out but quickly put it back when he realized what he did.
"I can't believe you actually took it from me this morning." Kakashi lifted his eye.
~Ding~
"OOOOOO!!!! It's done!" Iruka jumped up happily as he pulled it out.
One large pile of blob in a bowl.
"I think I am going to be sick." Kakashi looked back down and continued reading.
"Besides! (Iruka changing the subject back) I took it away from you and you still didn't help!" Iruka put a whole splotch-full into his mouth.
"Help you from what?" Kakashi tried to ignore the smell of Iruka's 'snack'.
"Getting Sakura-chan to stop making goofy faces at me!" Iruka blushed.
"I mean Haruno-san, you know it is really strange to get those kind of faces made at me. And even more so from boy-crazed students." Iruka ate some more.
"Please tell me your going to brush your teeth again tonight right?" Kakashi looked up at Iruka hopefully.
Iruka looked up.
"Why? Don't want a good night kiss Kakashi?" Iruka smiled, with a mouth full of glop.
"Yeah I want one, just after all that junk gets out of your system." Kakashi started walking to the room.
"I can't take anymore of watching you eat that. I am signing out." Kakashi waved behind himself.
Iruka just looked at Kakashi and then his pile of food. What was his problem? It is perfectly edible.
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Iruka finished brushing his teeth for the third time straight. He wanted to make sure his teeth wouldn't go bad and plus the fact that Kakashi would probably kill him while he was sleeping if his breath stank.
Iruka peeked into his room and saw Kakashi using the moonlight to read.
It was a beautiful sight. It made his hair glow a silver color and his skin seem so smooth and pale. He had chosen a pair of Iruka's blue pajamas, which was the perfect color for him. Ironically they were also his only pair of turtleneck ones, so he could hide his face if he felt like it.
Iruka smiled as his hair fell in his face. It was still a little damp from the bath. He was starting to get used to it in his face all the time, and the little feelings he got when it brushed his back. He had never worn his hair down for so long.
"Ow!"
Iruka looked up to see Kakashi looking at his finger. He quickly ran over and jumped on the bed crawling over to Kakashi.
Kakashi looked up and smiled at the very over reacted facial expressions of his friend. It was just a paper cut.
Iruka grabbed his hand and put the tip of his finger in his mouth, startling the jounin.
They just stared at each other for a moment.
"Uh...Um..." Iruka blushed as he slowly turned his head pulling Kakashi's hand away.
Then Kakashi's hand lifted up and slowly caressed Iruka's check before pulling his head forward into a kiss.
"You sure are seductive you know that." Kakashi smiled pulling out of the kiss.
Iruka's heart was pounding. He lifted his arms around Kakashi's neck and leaned in to kiss the older man, this time letting his tongue slide in.
Kakashi wrapped his arms around the smaller body and quickly pulled him under so that Iruka's back was against the bed and Kakashi was above him.
Kakashi leaned over and kissed Iruka's forehead and then back to his lips.
"Oh and by the way...thanks for brushing your teeth." Kakashi kissed him one more time before lying down beside him.
Iruka's face was crimson red, his heart was beating so fast, and he could still feel Kakashi's warm body over his. He smiled as he leaned to his side and pulled himself into Kakashi's chest.
"Your welcome"
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Iruka opened his eyes.
It was pitch black outside. It was pouring down rain as it would lightning every once and a while.
Iruka looked up and noticed his window was open, good thing the wind was keeping the rain from coming into his house.
Iruka sighed as he pushed Kakashi's hand off slowly to not wake up the jounin. When he saw something move outside.
"Hn?" He looked up tiredly at his window and saw nothing.
"Hmmmmm." Kakashi seemed to be enjoying something in his dream as he began to smile a little.
Iruka smiled at the cute sight as he leaned over and kiss the man on the forehead, he couldn't help it, it was just too cute.
He noticed some movement outside of his window again.
Iruka crawled over the larger body to get to the window. He looked around and didn't see anything.
Iruka sighed as he shut the window, he wanted something exciting to happen, maybe something that could wake up the whole village.
Then he noticed it. It was a small body that seemed to be walking away from his house. He recognized the symbol on the back of the jacket.
"Sasuke?" Iruka jumped off the bed and ran through the house and through the door, silently so that he wouldn't wake up the sleeping beauty.
The rain had lightened up a little as the lightning slowed down. Iruka looked to where Sasuke was walking.
"Sasuke?" Iruka yelled causing the body to look back and then start running away.
"Crap" Iruka concentrated for a second before he took off. His speed was beyond fast it was amazing. He saw his goal and stopped dead front ahead of Sasuke causing the boy to stop in a halt.
"What are you? Some kind of ninja?" Sasuke's breathing was heavy.
Iruka looked up at him, they were both soaked. Iruka's hair was sticking to his face and both of their legs were covered in mud.
"Why....why did you come over here? And why did you run from me?" Iruka took a deep breath before looking up a Sasuke confused.
"Why?! Is that really your question? You passed out! I wanted to make sure you were okay! Dang it! And with Kakashi's stupid excuse, that the evil raccoon had rabies so that now you do and are slowly going mad? You really expect me to believe it? Poor Naruto is probably still shaking in that stupid corner!" Sasuke looked over at Iruka angrily.
"And why can't I sense you? Where is your chakra? Do you even have any? What are you? Can you answer anything?" Sasuke started walking over to the tired boy.
Iruka startled, he didn't know what to say. He looked down and started backing up hoping Sasuke wouldn't catch him.
"Uh.....um...." Iruka tried to find something to concentrate his gaze on but he kept returning to Sasuke.
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Kakashi opened his eyes.
"Iruka?" He looked on the side of the bed that the boy used to be.
He looked around and noticed the window was closed now. He got up and began searching the house.
"Iruka?" He looked in the bathroom and then the kitchen.
"Okay so Iruka isn't in his house when it is pouring down rain outside, no need to panic." Kakashi stood in the middle of the house.
"IRUKAAAA!!!!!!" Kakashi ran out of the house as fast as he could.
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Iruka backed up into a tree.
"Why wont you tell me anything?" Sasuke's voice had gotten a little softer as he put his hand against the tree and above Iruka's head.
"Do you realize what you are doing to me? And I have no idea why. You just seem to remind me of someone I know." Sasuke smiled as he used his other hand to move Iruka's hair out of his face.
"So that's why you wear a bandage on you face." Sasuke traced the scar on Iruka's nose.
"I am glad I got one answer today." Sasuke smiled as he leaned in and pressed his lips against Iruka's.
"Mnm!" Iruka's eyes went wide as he tried to struggle, which didn't really help considering he was between a tree and another body.
Iruka tried to say something again but Sasuke took that chance to slide his tongue in. Iruka decided to hit him but one of his arms were caught by Sasuke's free hand as Iruka's other hand tightly gripped Sasuke's shirt sleeve.
Flashes of Kakashi went through Iruka's head, but this isn't Kakashi......is it? He doesn't look like Kakashi but he acts like him.
"No its not Kakashi, Kakashi is older he isn't young anymore. Unlike you Akuri-kun or do I mean Iruka-kun?" A familiar voice went through Iruka's head.
Sasuke pulled out of the kiss and smiled.
"So is that what you do at night to little children Sasuke?"
Sasuke looked up and saw Kakashi on the tree branch above them. Ironically he had the turtleneck pulled up. He had a weird look in his eyes, almost like jealousy.
"Why are you here Kakashi-sensei?" Sasuke's eyes never left the shinobi as he jumped off the branch.
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Iruka looked at both of him.
All he could hear was yelling and saw them make gesturing poses at each other.
Kakashi? Iruka looked up at the older ninja.
That looks like Kakashi but then who is that? Iruka turned his gaze to Sasuke who looked very angry.
That is Sasuke my student? Right? Maybe?
"How would you know? You don't even know who you are."
What? Where are you? You sound so familiar.
"Well that's because I am you silly, you cant see yourself unless you look at a reflection."
Iruka closed his eyes.
It was him, both of him.
One older, one younger.
They just stood smiling in Iruka's direction.
Who are you? Are you me? But how? Is there two of me?
"I am Umino Iruka, age 24, I teach at a school, nice to meet you." The older smiled.
"I am Umino Iruka, age 12, I am a prankster and probably get on everyone's nerves." The younger smiled, but it was a sad smile.
Then another younger version of himself appeared. But it looked different. His hair was down. His eyes, they looked evil.
"I am Akuri-kun, you could be me also." It smiled evilly as a strange presence went around it.
Both of the other forms smiled and nodded slowly getting sucked into the evil one's aura.
What? What is going on? Who are you?
"I am you? But then again who are you? They do not know. Do they?"
Then pictures of everyone that Iruka had ever met appeared around him, they were all sleeping except Kakashi and Sasuke who were arguing, but he couldn't make out the words.
Was this now?
Then he looked around, Naruto?
Naruto was standing in the rain, he had an umbrella but he looked hurt. His eyes had tears in them, he was watching something but what was it?
Naruto why do you look so sad? Is it my fault? I know it is, I try to help everyone but all I do is get in the way of bigger plans they had, they get held back.
All because of me.
"Who am I? Where am I? Will I be stuck in this void forever?"
"You Stupid Teme!!!!!"
"Sasuke?"
"Oh wow your maturity seems to amaze me everyday Sasuke"
"Kakashi?"
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Iruka opened his eyes. His whole body was shaking.
Sasuke grabbed Iruka's arm roughly and pulled Iruka toward him.
"I will not let little boys stay with nasty perverts like you."
Sasuke got a chill; he looked to his side and saw a fist.
"Ugh!" Sasuke flew into the mud.
Naruto was standing there above him with a very angry look in his eyes. He had seen everything.
That was all Iruka could handle, he was tired, confused, and cold. He needed to find someone that never changed no matter what. Naruto.
"Naruto! What the.....?"
"Don't you even Sasuke! I am not in the mood for your stupidity!" Naruto shot him an angry glare.
"Did you forget you already had m.......!" Naruto caught himself and turned around trying to hide his hurt expression.
Then Naruto waked over to Kakashi and pushed him into the mud too giving him an, 'you are Iruka's horrible student and disserve to die and go to a very bad place' glare.
"And you! Making fun of his maturity level?" Naruto pointed at Sasuke, "What about yours? You really think that kids like us want to look up to you? No! We don't! Not when you are like this!"
"Gawd! You guys are so annoying! What are you fighting over? Huh? Is it Akuri-kun? If so that is sick! You have him out here in this cold rain! He could get really sick! And I bet that it wouldn't help with his rabies either!" Naruto put his jacket over Iruka grabbing his hand and pulling him under the umbrella too.
"Kakashi-sensei do not expect me or Akuri-kun at any of the practices for the next two days!" Naruto shot them both one more glare before starting to walk home with Iruka.
Kakashi and Sasuke sat there staring in aw. Naruto had just told them both off, and got away with Akuri/Iruka.
They never wanted to see that side of Naruto ever again.
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Iruka walked into Naruto's house and turned around to see Naruto slowly shut his door and slide down it against his back.
Naruto put his arms on his legs then leaned over, he couldn't handle it anymore. What was Sasuke thinking? He thought that Sasuke liked him, was he wrong?
Iruka looked over at Naruto as his heart began to tear at every sob he heard. He walked over and hugged Naruto, he did it when he was bigger why couldn't he do it now?
Naruto wrapped his arms around the smaller body and started crying one Iruka's shoulder.
They slowly fell asleep in front of the door.
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Naruto opened his eyes and looked around. It had to be around noon the next day because of the way the sun had lit his room.
Then Naruto noticed something strange.
He was in his room.
Not only that but his room was clean.
Then he noticed that he didn't have mud on his feet anymore, in fact he was wearing a whole new outfit.
He slowly got up. Did he die and go to heaven? If he did then why did his head feel so horrible?
Naruto jumped up when he heard a loud thud in his living room. He quickly ran out of his room and pulled two kunai out of his jacket.
He stopped.
His whole house was clean, beyond clean even. He could swear that his floor sparkled.
"Ow!"
Naruto looked up to see Iruka jumping on one foot. He had dropped the duster on his foot.
Naruto smiled, Iruka was wearing a pair of his orange jumper pants (or at least it came out as pants on Iruka) and one of his black turtle necks that Naruto only wore when it was too cold. Iruka had it pulled up so it covered the bottom part of his face.
He must be the Uke in his relationships. Naruto smiled as he thought about it.
Iruka noticed him and ran over to Naruto. "Sorry Naruto-kun for borrowing your cloths without asking!" He did a small bow.
"Naw, its okay Akuri-kun! Besides why are you cleaning my house?" Naruto gave Iruka his confused fox smile.
"Oh but it was so messy!" Iruka's eyes started watering at picturing the messy rooms in his mind again. How did he ever let Naruto get away with living in such a mess?
Naruto just smiled, "You are just like someone I know Akuri-kun. You two would probably get along really well too. Did you know Iruka?" Naruto started walking into his kitchen.
"Oh....um....." Iruka looked around hoping to find an answer, "I think I may have met him a few times. Were you two good friends?" Iruka smiled.
"Yeah Iruka-sensei is probably my best friend!" Naruto blushed at giving such mushy answer.
Iruka blushed too, but it was hidden under the cloth of the turtleneck. He was glad Naruto thought that way of him.
Naruto started looking through his cabinets, which were now very organized, and finally found some ramen.
"You like ramen for breakfast?" Naruto smiled.
"Actually that sounds great!" Iruka was surprised at how good that sounded to his stomach right then.
"You know Akuri-kun, I think you are really nice!" Naruto grinned as he began to prepare their breakfast.
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Ooops I don't think I had anything in this story that had anything to do with last chapter's summary for this story.
Oh well did you enjoy it anyway? Hehehehehehe
Okay so those things will happen later on okay! Please don't flame me................*sniffles*
Oh yeah by the way. If you were confused at the beginning of the story talking about Kakashi's and Iruka's first kiss together.
Read : Growing Pains by P-sama7!!! She is my (older) twin sister! We decided it would be fun if our stories would mix every once in a while! Haha!!!!
But unlike me, her fav character is Sasuke.
*glares at Sasuke* I hate you. If you weren't a character that can get the story moving then I would kill you at the beginning.
Sasuke: Why me?
K-chan: Because you suck.
Sasuke: -_-;;
Iruka: Okay so um.......please R&R! *pats Sasuke on back* Its okay.
Sasuke: well she likes you!
K-chan: Replies to reviews below! *points down*
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^v^ Next Chapter Summary!!!!!
You probably can just read the last chapter's summary but here is a hint of the beginning:
Kakashi opened his eyes and moaned. "I lost Iruka."
He felt something warm moving slowly beside him. He slowly moved his head to his side.
Sasuke was sitting there cuddling with his pillow.
Kakashi sighed and turned back over and slowly closed his eyes to fall back asleep.
"Wait.......What!?!?!?" Kakashi sat up and looked back over at the boy.
K-chan: *cackles evilly*
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^v^ Replies to Reviews:
Morien Alexander: Are you hentai? Lol ..hehe me too! ^_^
Oh yeah! And update your story: Sometimes its really good!
Jade Dragoness: You rock! And How Iruka ever got the jutsu in his head will be revealed! HaHa! Oh yeah! You update your story too!!!!!!!
Birthday Present is cool too!!!!!!!!
Bishiehuggler: Um If there is any IruLee its all in Lee's head but that is in later chapters heheeee! *grins evilly at unsuspecting lee*