Ok, chapter 6 (or 7)
Just realised that this is only about a fifth of the plotline so this is gonna be pretty long. So please stick with us there will be M later, don't worry
Anyway, hope you enjoy
Disclaimers: (havnt put any 4 ages) we do not own Naruto or Kakashi or iruka or many things
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Iruka was sitting in his study attempting to mark his pupils work. but despite his attempts to keep his mind on the task it kept flickering between the look on Kakashis face as he confronted Iruka the day before and the look on Hedi Kisannis face when he left Iruka in the alley weeks before. How had a secret that he had managed to keep for the almost the last ten years come up twice in the last month?
Iruka didn't think he would be able to stand it if it became general knowledge. He thought of the looks he would get from the other villagers, especially the parents of the children he taught. Would Kakashi tell anyone? Before yesterday iruka would have doubted it, he had always been intimidated by Kakashi and was scared and awed by his reputation and power but Iruka had never thought of him as a bad person. But if he was a 'nice guy', why would he have taunted iruka and smirked so cruelly at him. Iruka didn't know what Kakashi would do but he was extremely scared of the truth coming out, the embarrassment and shame would be horrendous. Also the fact that Kakashi knew reminded him of Hedi and the fear that that, defiantly unpleasant, man would strike with what ever he was planning soon. what was he planning?, he probably couldn't rape him or anything as Iruka was a nin but blackmail seemed like a strong possibility the fear was heavy on his heart, stopping him from concentrating. He felt sick.
Iruka did not mark many papers that night.
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The next day dawned grey with dull rain clouds and heavy cold air,
'Perfect' thought iruka, ironically
he slumped slowly to the academy carrying his half marked papers and a sad expression. opening the door to his classroom and avoiding a couple of paper kunais, he saw a note on his desk. in his current pessimistic state of mind he decided that it couldn't be good. he was right.
He reached his desk and picked it up.
'Iruka
I haven't forgotten about you
Hedi'
"Oh crap." Was his first though. It appeared he was right in his speculation on what Hedi was planning and that was defiantly not good. Iruka squirmed at what Hedi could, or would next do.
His day could not get any worse.
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On his way back to his apartment, Iruka was pondering his options of getting out of his current mess and whether he was taking this too seriously when he saw a flash of white out of the corner of his eye. He turned around slowly praying that it was not what he thought it was. But, of course, there now in front of him was the last person he wanted to see- proving he was wrong and that yes his day could actually get worse.
'Kakashi-san, what do you want?'
"I wanted to see how you were Iruka-san" Grinned the tall man. "When we last parted you seemed a little, how shall I put it...flustered...seems it happens a lot"
Iruka turned bright red at the turn the conversation was taking. He knew that he had basically run away before because he couldn't cope with the situation and he knew it was childish and slightly cowardly. But he had hoped that Kakashi would be reserved enough to act like nothing had happened. Reserved? Kakashi? Ha!
"Oh..oh um...well um..yes..you see..um-" sputtered the dark haired man.
Kakashi interrupted this eloquent and confident speech "well I see that you are doing ok, well at least not too badly but I do wonder- aren't you a little bored?"
"Bored?" The question had taken him by surprise" Why would I be? I have many things to do and my time is occupied. I know my job is certainly worth while at least."
Kakashi raised an eyebrow "As a school teacher? Teaching small children how to throw foam kunai?"
Iruka's expression turned from half panicked to dangerous "And do you have a problem with that?" He said icily.
Kakashi shrugged. "Maa well it never seemed that important-."
Iruka's rising voice cut through him? "Important? It's not important is it? Well clearly not to Mr. I-got-through-academy-at-super-quick-double-time is it? Because it's not like the things those children learn will save there lives more times than they can count. It's not like the values they're taught will stop them from being just simple killing machines but decent human beings instead! Its not like every single chunin, jounin, and hokage this village has every had has been taught by my profession is it?! Throwing foam kunai?" Said Iruka angrily "You forget Kakashi-san that everybody starts somewhere and those foam kuni are the start of something deadly."
Kakashi was extremely taken aback by this new side of Iruka and rather impressed by it. It appeared that his job was a source of pride for Iruka and he didn't like it when it was insulted. 'Nothing wrong with that' was Kakashis true opinion but once again the adorable man had put him off balance and so he responded in the way that was fast becoming his custom, trying still to appear unaffected.
"I appear to have struck a nerve Iruka-san. But tell me this; if every body starts somewhere and their beginnings affect them so greatly then is that wonderfully zealous little speech of yours simply a bluff to cover up your beginnings so that people don't suspect them? "
Iruka didn't have any form of witty response for this but by pure luck he said something that broke through Kakashis defenses just as well. "Why? Kakashi-san? Why are you even bothering me? Why can't you leave me alone? What possible interest could I be to you?"
The visible part of Kakashi's face blanched and his eyes widened. Little did Iruka know that he had asked the one question that was plaguing Kakashi constantly. Kakashi couldn't think of a suitable answer, ANY answer and so before Iruka come sense his acute discomfort it was his turn to flee. And so with a puff of smoke he did.
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Iruka slumped back against the nearest wall controlling himself and his breathing as best he could. Well that was embarrassing! Not only had the dreaded accusatory conversation been dredged up again but also Iruka had lost his temper and gone on a rant! Which then of course had been cooly cut down by Kakashi without him batting an eyelid.
But Iruka hadn't been able to help himself, he cared greatly about his job and it did really annoy him when people sneered at it but even then he wouldn't have reacted so violently in normal circumstances.
No, it was that damn man, with his damn smirk, his damn calmness and his damn cleverness. And the damn way he stood with is arms crossed as if nothing could stop him and the damn fact that in a way nothing could. and his damn hair and mask! Oh that mask! Never had a small piece of black material been so annoying. In Irukas opinion it should be burnt! Iruka huffed -angrily stupid Kakashi! and he was right as well! When Kakashi was around he did get 'flustered' a lot.
When Iruka had calmed down a little he remembered that he had missed his chance to ask Kakashi to keep the secret, as the man had rudely disappeared so suddenly and now he doubted that he would.
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Kakashi slumped back against his wall and promptly began to bang his head against it. Stupid! Stupid! Stupid!
You go there to make amends with the man and you end up making him angry, then getting awkward and THEN running away! Like a small child!
Kakashi could hardly believe how he had acted. His was disgusted with him self for bringing up Irukas past again, which Iruka was clearly freaked by, as a thoughtless retort to a dressing down he should have accepted as his dues.
The only silver lining was the fact that Kakashi had learnt more about Iruka, like how he loved his job and took pride in it and how if given reason he had quite a temper and also how gorgeous his eyes looked when a strand of hair fell across them just so...-Wait WHAT? what had he just thought? Yet another mental picture of how lovely Iruka was? AGAIN?
'I must stop this!' Kakashi chided himself. He was sure that those thoughts were the root cause of why Kakashi acted that way around Iruka. Also it wasn't good to think such of another person without them knowing, like they were a piece of meat to be oggled at.
"But" said the voice at the back of Kakashi's head that gave him greater introspective insight "you don't think of him in just that way, you also think of him as a interesting, kind person, who's brave enough to carry on with his life even when there's trouble and now you think of him as a good person of caring about his work."
Kakashi grumbled to himself and tried to think of something else that wasn't Umino Iruka...and failed miserably.
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