Disclaimer: Naruto and all it's characters belong to Masashi Kishimoto-sensei, DEFINITELY not me.
Warning: Yaoi! That is all...
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Kakashi quickly dodged an old man, running down the street with a box of fruit. He chuckled quietly to himself and continued on his way. His grocery list hadn't been as long that week, understandable since he'd been out on a mission and had only returned the day before he handed in his report.
His senses perked up when he felt a familiar presence nearby. Quickly glancing around he found the source and leapt into a tree, hidden from view. He held his breath as Iruka walked by, arms full of groceries looking almost as if he was going to fall over from the weight. He desperately wanted to go down there and help the younger man, but couldn't bring himself to. He was sure if he did, that he would end up saying something to insult Iruka. He'd insulted the younger man enough times already.
Iruka was heading down the road at a swift pace and Kakashi was sure to lose him at the next corner. Ignoring the voice in the back of his head screaming 'STALKER!' he followed him. Iruka walked down the street, every so often shifting the bag in his arms. Kakashi spotted Naruto, Sakura and Sasuke walking towards Iruka only a moment before Naruto made them heard.
"IRUKA-SENSEI!" Naruto waved frantically to his former teacher with a huge fox grin on his face. Iruka shifted his grocery bag once again so that he could see the three genin. He grinned at them all.
"Hey, Naruto-kun, Sakura-chan and Sasuke-kun." His smile was beautiful, Kakashi sighed. "What are you guys doing?"
"We're going to the book store." Sakura replied with a smile, "There was this book that Ino-pig was telling me about that I wanted to read."
"I'm going to check out comic books!" Naruto whooped. "Sakura-chan says there are some about ninja!"
"Dobe." Sasuke rolled his eyes.(1) Naruto shot a glare at the stoic boy and opened his mouth to say something rude, but was cut off.
"I need to get home now," He nodded to his grocery bag, " but you guys have fun." Iruka smiled at the three teens and headed on his way.
"Bye-bye Iruka-sensei!" Naruto and Sakura waved back at him with Sasuke in tow.
"Bye." Iruka called back, heading on his way with Kakashi following in the trees. They quickly reached Iruka's home. It was a small house packed between many others, Kakashi memorized the address and how it looked. Iruka set down the groceries next to the door and unlocked it. Picking up his groceries again he walked into his home. Kakashi was about to move to a perch outside Iruka's window when he felt a familiar presence nearby. He tilted his head to peer in the direction they were coming from and saw Sasuke leaping onto the branch in front of him.
"What are you doing?" Sasuke asked accusingly, his eyes narrowing.
"Good morning to you too Sasuke-kun." Kakashi's eye curved up in an exaggerated smile.
"What are you doing, Kakashi-sensei?" The dark haired teen tried again sounding more forceful.
"I'm talking to you." Kakashi cocked his head to the side in a thoughtful manner. "What are you doing?"
"Kakashi-sensei." Sasuke growled irritably.
"Alright, you win." His eye curved up, "I was chasing a raccoon." He glanced up the tree sadly, " That was my favourite kind of pocky too." Sasuke rolled his eyes. Obviously he wasn't going to get a straight answer out of his teacher.
"Whatever." The teen turned to leave.
"Sasuke-kun? Where are you Sasuke-kun?" Sakura hollered and Sasuke cringed.
"Bye." And Kakashi teleported away.
He appeared in his kitchen, put away his groceries grabbed his favourite book and headed back out the door. He set out for his favourite spot to read, it was a large tree in the forest with this one large branch that was the perfect shape to sit on comfortably. He was about to leap onto his branch but was stopped by a loud yell.
"THERE YOU ARE KAKASHI-SENSEI! MY ETERNAL RIVAL!" Kakashi sighed tiredly and glanced back at the green beast of Konoha. Then without any kind of greeting he jumped up onto the branch and settled down to read.
"Damn you Kakashi-sensei! Answer Me!" Gai shook his fist up at the silver haired man who merely rolled his eyes.(2)
"I'm trying to read." Gai's hands flew to the sides of his head as if to ward off a headache.
"Kaka-"
"Kakashi-sensei!" Gai was cut off by Iruka who was jogging towards them, "Kakashi-sensei! I finally found you, Hokage-sama wishes to speak with you."
"Eh?" Iruka caught Kakashi's attention, "What does the old hag want?"
"I don't know what Hokage-sama wants." Iruka replied, emphasizing Tsunade's respectful title in a educating tone.
"Why did she send you?" Kakashi asked but Gai decided to finally intervene.
"Kakashi-sensei and I were about to battle!" He boomed with a grin on his face.
"Sorry Gai-sensei. She says it's urgent." Iruka scratched the bridge of his nose, "Something about a mission?"
"Alright, thank you Iruka-sensei." Kakashi nodded to the chuunin and disappeared.
"No...problem?" He shrugged, "See you around Gai-sensei."
"Yes, see you around, Iruka-sensei!" Que nice guy pose. Iruka smiled and waved as he left. Once out of earshot he grumbled to himself, After returning home that morning and putting away his groceries he had gone to see Tsunade about the mission reports. However when he had gone to leave she had asked him if he would find Kakashi for her, and he couldn't refuse however much he dreaded seeing Kakashi again.
Iruka headed to the missions room, for the reports he had forgotten there when he went to see Tsunade. Entering the missions room he quickly dodged those who wanted to chat with him and rustled through his desk for the reports. Upon retrieving them he quickly slipped out of there and jogged to Tsunade's office.
Once he reached the Hokage's building he slowed down to a brisk walk. He entered the building with a nod to the guards. He was standing outside of Tsunade's office, right beside her door. He was about to knock but he heard voices, and not wanting to interrupt their conversation he waited. However the voices were a little too loud to be ignored and Iruka found himself eavesdropping.
"You'll be gone 1 week! Then when you get back..." Tsunade was saying, Iruka strained to hear but did not knowing he was doing so.
"I don't need you to play matchmaker for me!" Iruka winced, Tsunade matchmaking, for Kakashi! What a horrible concept. What woman in their right minds would want to date Kakashi?
"Nonsense, I'll get you two together in no time!" The chuunin could almost hear the smirk in her voice. So there was someone in particular that she wanted to match Kakashi with? Did he not want to date this woman?
"But...wouldn't like me back!...probably thinks I'm a jerk." Iruka thought he heard a name being used but he couldn't be sure.
"She'll love you in no time!"(3) Tsunade replied with a stubborn tone. Iruka knew Kakashi was screwed then, he'll end up marrying this woman whether he likes it or not.
"Stop prying into my love life!" Iruka launched himself away from the door and off to the side. He could hear Kakashi's angry foot falls coming closer and he couldn't find anywhere to hide in time. The door swung open and out came a very pissed off jounin. Iruka made a meek sound in the back of his throat and he clutched at his mouth. He wasn't supposed to be seen! The silver haired man whirled around to face him, Iruka stared at him mutely still holding his hands over his mouth. Kakashi's eye widened and he stared back, horrified.
"What did you hear?" Iruka coughed at the question a bit.
"Um, Tsunade's going to match you up with someone?" He smiled sheepishly and scratched the bridge of his nose. An embarrassed blush staining his cheeks.
"Oh." Kakashi visibly relaxed.
"I'm sorry, Kakashi-sensei, for eavesdropping."
"Maa, it's alright. You didn't hear anything important." Kakashi shrugged and turned to leave.
"If you want this girl to like you, not that it's any of my business, but you could try not being a jerk." Iruka murmured, not expecting Kakashi to hear him.
"Do you think I'm a jerk?" Kakashi was looking at him again, his eye held some kind of deeper emotion. It made Iruka feel like he was eavesdropping again on something that wasn't meant for him.
"I, uh, well...yeah." The chuunin stared at the ground off to his side. His cheeks flushed with embarrassment, he was not supposed to tell his superiors they were jerks!
"Why?" Iruka looked up again, the jounin looked genuinely curious. Though if that look was real or not, Iruka couldn't tell.
"Well, um, You're always late, don't have many manners, and you say mean things?" Iruka wanted the ground to swallow him whole at that moment. Why did he have to go and say those things?
"Maa, I guess you're right. Thank you Iruka-sensei. I will try to be nicer, you'll tell me if I say something mean again?" Kakashi leaned in a little as if studying Iruka's face. "Please?"
"Yeah, yes. Thank you for considering my words, Kakashi-sensei." Iruka bowed.
"I'll see you around, Iruka-sensei." Kakashi gave a half hearted wave and turned to leave.
"Yeah, see you around." Iruka ducked into Tsunade's office.
"Ah! Iruka-kun!" Kakashi flinched at Tsunade's greeting. He sped up his pace, almost dashing outside. 'Shit, her plan is already going into action. By the time I come back Iruka-sensei will know and will be very upset.'
He headed home to prepare for his mission, information gathering. He had to get information on a large crime organization, so that the leaders of that country could prosecute them. It wouldn't take that long, but it would be stressful as hell. Their head quarters had never been breached for a reason. Once ready Kakashi set out, thinking back to what Iruka said. Once he came back from this mission, he would be nicer to Iruka. He would be on time for Iruka as well, however much the thought of being on time made him feel queasy.
(1) Tish and I had an argument over what Sasuke should say here, she wanted him to say "You're such a hoebag." but I didn't want to make him out of character. XD This has sparked another idea...a completely crack idea. I'm calling it "Konoha Dance" and basically there is this dance for the young ninja of Konoha, and all the main characters are quirky in some way, KakaIru of course the rest are pending. I'm wondering..good idea?
(2) What does Gai refer to Kakashi as? Sensei? San? Kun? o.O
(3) Iruka hears her say "She'll" but really Tsunade is saying "He'll".
Holy crap, this chapter took forever! I kept rewriting every sentence at this one part! My brain just wasn't working!
Finally though! I actually managed to finish it! I'm so proud of myself. And it only took a little over a week. If there are any spelling and grammer mistakes it's becasue Tishi was at work when I finished it. So no Beta for the last half.
Wow, I got a lot more reviews then I thought would (which was none XP) thank you all very much! I hope you enjoyed this chapter!