Iruka gave a dumbfounded look.
He assumed the story had come to an end
Just as his career
Which he probably couldn't mend.
But Naruto felt satisfied.
His story had been told.
And this he was proud to say:
It broke the usual mold.
"Remember the moral to your tale, if what you say is true."
Naruto didn't understand, making Iruka's face changed in hue.
"There was absolutely no point at all??" Iruka almost gave in to a sob
"Because of this, y'know, I might lose my job!"
"Oh, don't worry.
The Hokage gave the mission to some other dude."
Iruka slowly blinked.
He changed in mood.
He blinked a second time and asked,
"Why didn't you tell me this at the start?"
"Well, I wanted to see if you would listen
To the story of me and the old fart.
For me, it means a lot when you listen to my jabber.
Thanks, sensei. Aw, you probably think it doesn't matter."
We all know Iruka has a big soft spot,
So they laughed together, him and that tot.
- -I kinda wanted to punch Iruka after that couplet. Sometimes, I really think he's a big weenie. I wanted to put "we all know Iruka was a big sucker" at the end, but the only good line I could think of that would rhyme at the end with "sucker" couldn't be put in a kid rating fanfic- -