This chapter won't go into too much detail about Kakashi's first Genin team, nor will it be too terribly long. Sorry guys.

That was horrible! Who was teaching these genin?! They had no idea what team work was! I kicked the ground in frustration and growled causing the few people around me to back off even further.

I looked up at them sheepishly but didn't give them a verbal apology. It wasn't their fault I was angry at the youth of this village.

I unlocked my door and entered my apartment. Though I guess it would be more of a duplex seeing as it looked somewhat like a house but split into two halves. The first thing I noticed was the silence in the house. Aurora wasn't crying so that was a good sign but she also wasn't making any happy noises. I heard a noise upstairs and quickly ascended, taking them two at a time. I turned the corner to my room and saw the sweetest thing.

Iruka was rocking Aurora in his arms and humming softly. I could only see her foot dangling from his arms since his back was to me. She was obviously asleep, or close to it, since she wasn't cooing up at him. I smiled and leaned against the door frame, deciding I would just be quiet and watch the interaction.

Iruka froze after a moment, shifted Aurora to one arm and quickly spun around to look at me. "Kami Kakashi…you scared me." He whispered and breathed a sigh of relief. "I thought….I don't know…ugh, next time left me know you're home." The tan man glared.

I chuckled and pushed myself away from the door frame and walked towards the chunin. "Ma, sensei I couldn't help it. You looked so adorable holding and singing to my little caterpillar." His cheeks turned a little pink and he scratched at his nose nervously. Cute.

"Still, you should know better than sneaking up on a shinobi." The tan chunin half heartedly glared at me as he laid the sleeping baby into her crib. I shrugged and gave him a close eyed smile. "Well, if that's all you needed me for…" Iruka said and put his hands into his pockets awkwardly.

"Yeah…thank you again for looking after Aurora on such short notice." I scratched the back of my head. A nervous tick of my own I guess. Iruka hummed and nodded as he walked past me towards the stairs. Deciding it would be rude to let him just leave without walking him to the door I followed.

"Anytime Kakashi." Iruka smiled back at me as the got to the landing.

Once he left I sighed and locked the door. Before leaving this morning to meet my chunin team that spastically failed I went to the hardware store and got some paint. Pulling out the scroll I had sealed it into I went back up stairs but headed instead into Aurora's room. I turned the light on but it was dimmed due to the dark color on the walls. I hoped the light lavender color of the new paint would make this room less dungeon-y looking and more like a child's bedroom.

Yeah I know it seems rushed but I didn't want to go into a lot of detail on this one. The next one will be a time skip of two years and yes chapter 6 will become five and slightly altered but it is not a "rejected" chapter.

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