This is also a present for B-Trice... however late it may be.
2. Follow (Kakairu)
Target has been stationary for 3.5 minutes; he seems to be resting. I will take a break as well and restart pursuit in .5 hours.
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Someone was tracking Iruka the entire length of his mission, and it was starting to worry him. It was not that he could not defend himself if needed (he was actually a fairly good at fighting), he just could not figure it out why. It was supposed to be an easy mission, one without complications, and for the life of him he could not figure out why someone would be stalking him.
Iruka had decided to take a break and rest for a while in hopes that his seeming lack of defense would draw out his pursuer. So far, this plan had not worked. The stalker was as silent as always and was apparently still keeping a good distance, if had not given up already. Iruka frowned and punched the ground; this was getting him nowhere.
There was a noise in the trees behind him and he was on his feet in less than a second. A few birds took flight, and a squirrel ran down a tree and off across the ground. "So that's where you've been," Iruka muttered, quietly marching over to the trees. What did it matter if the stalker knew his location had been discovered?
Upon reaching the trees, Iruka found that there was no one there. The only thing there that even remotely indicated that a human had been there was a small orange book laying on the ground. He could feel a twitch developing in his eyebrow. Only one ninja he knew read those books.
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Kakashi sighed. He had gotten careless and fallen asleep while watching his prey (a.k.a. reading his novels). Now Iruka was on to him, and if he were to be caught, there would be hell to pay.
He silently took off to hide a good distance from Iruka, hoping that he would not be pursued. But that was a worthless hope, he knew, because he had dropped his precious book back beneath his previous hiding place. If Iruka found the book, he would know that it was Kakashi who had been stalking him.
Trying not to think of what is going to happen to him, Kakashi huddled up on the branch of a tree, hoping his green vest and dark clothes would camouflage him well enough to escape Iruka's search. He was a failure.
"Kakashi-sensei, how long have you been stalking me?" The voice was low and angry.
Kakashi looked up and tried to put on his best innocent face. "I haven't been."
Iruka was standing on the branch in front of him, sending him the most vicious glare he had ever received from a friend. "That is pathetic! Do you really think that I can't tell when someone is tracking me?"
The jounin sighed. "Well, actually, I wasn't really stalking you, it was more like following."
A crash resounded throughout the forest. Iruka dusted off his hands and smiled at his handiwork. "That'll teach you to follow me," he mumbled.
Kakashi sat up on the ground, rubbing the shoulder he had fallen on, but he couldn't help but smile. Iruka was too cute sometimes.
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I never made a reason for Kakashi to be following Iruka... so you go and be creative and come up with your own ways.