They got dressed and had a quick meal of miso soup, Kakashi brushed Iruka's hair and converted
his cot into a bed. He tucked in Iruka sitting on his own bed, "Daddy can you tell me a story?
Kakashi paused in thought then smiled "Sure why not? How about... Minato's accidental time
travelling incident? (actually a fanfic of mine with 17 chappies so far hehe)" Iruka pouted, "No I
want something with animals!" Kakashi chuckled "OK how about Kakashi Lightning Wolf?
(Another fanfic of mine with 13 chappies so far.) Iruka nodded eagerly, so Kakashi told the story to
Iruka who was struggling to stay awake. "Then Sakura kissed the bell transforming them back to
normal. You can hear the rest another night." Iruka yawned, "I'm not sleepy." he rolls onto his side
"Night Daddy I love you." Kakashi kissed his forehead softly, "Love you to son." Then climbed
into his bed to sleep.
Iruka started crying at one am waking Kakashi up in a panic, Iruka was still sleeping but he was
sobbing "D-don't hurt me!" Kakashi shook his shoulders, "Iruka wake up." Iruka had grown again
over the few hours and was now the size of an average four year old. His eyes were red and puffy,
as they started to flicker open, he latched himself onto Kakashi. "D-daddy I was so scared!" he
cried even harder, Kakashi soothed him "There, there calm down it's all right it was just a
nightmare." Iruka's sobs eased off into a soft hiccuping whimper, "Dad -hup- dy can I -hup- sleep
with -hup- you?" Kakashi laid back down hugging Iruka's little body. "Of course you can." He
pulled the covers over, Iruka didn't have any more bad dreams for the rest of the night.
Kakashi was awake in his mind, "Daad." his eyes opened slightly, Iruka's blurry face was in front of
him, "Daad." Kakashi groaned trying to block out the noise, the patter of footsteps was heard then
he felt a solid weight land on him, Kakashi groaned "OK I'm up." Iruka groaned "Finally, I've been
trying to wake you for the last half an hour." Kakashi opened his eyes, Iruka looked way bigger and
felt heavier as he was sitting on Kakashi's chest , "Iruka how old are you?" Iruka sighed "I'm six
years old, and yes I know a ninja doesn't jump on his dad to get him outta bed, but c'mon! I'll be late
to school!" Kakashi did the Math in his head, on the first day Iruka aged from 0-3, so now he's
jumped from 4-6, the process was slowing, but gradually. Kakashi looked at the clock it was six am,
he muttered something about a bachelors life being so much easier as he rolled back in his bed.
"Dad c'mon you need to brush my hair and make me breakfast!" Kakashi didn't move, "If you don't
get up now the mask gets it." Kakashi only the remembered that he stopped wearing his mask in his
house, and that it was very possible that Iruka wasn't bluffing. Kakashi sat up "That's black mail."
Iruka grinned "No it's called a bargaining chip." Kakashi remembered saying the exact same thing
to Iruka a day ago, "Touché." so he groggily made his way to the kitchen in his sleep wear, Iruka
following behind him fully dressed and his arms crossed, "Dad you do remember that you promised
ramen for breakfast today right?" Kakashi paused, "In that case all I need before we go is a cup of
coffee." He brushed Iruka's hair as the coffee boiled, Iruka sat calmly again he fidgeted "Dad...
who's Naruto Uzumaki, Sasuke Uchiha and Sakura Haruno?" Kakashi put the bobble In his hair
"My students, why?" Iruka stared at the window "I had another dream that I was teaching them,
weird huh?" Kakashi sipped his coffee "Not as weird as you think."
The Hokage sat patiently at his desk as the ANBU black ops delivered their report, "Lord Hokage
we have uncovered the information you have asked of us. Iruka Umino wasn't a specific target, he
was just chosen as he isn't a particularly strong levelled ninja, it seems the drugs effects are meant
to reverse the ageing process and possibly excel ninja abilities so that the person can become ten to
possibly a thousand times stronger at a younger age so that their youth and stamina is that much
improved. However, as expected the drug could harbour undesirable effects, that is why the mist
ninja picked a leaf ninja. I anything marginally bad should happen their village, for example if it
increased Iruka's chakra one thousand times, he would have the potential to destroy the village. It is
unclear whether the drug will affect his mentality, or even if he'll live longer as the drug may
accelerate his ageing until death." Sarutobi breathed out heavily, "So things are worse than
originally thought, what a mess this is turning into." A knock interrupted his meeting with the
ANBU, entering the room was one of the aged members of the council, "Lord Hokage we have
reached a decision regarding Iruka Umino, we have already been told the information be the
ANBU, it has been decided we cannot tolerate the threat. We will lock him in a high security cell
block, or simply terminate him."
Iruka was happily chewing down his second bowl of ramen, Teuchi gazed at him in shock it
couldn't possibly be the same boy who stopped by yesterday, but Kakashi was sitting next to him
already finished his ramen waiting for the boy to finish. Teuchi and Ayame looked at Kakashi with
the expressions that clearly stated "We need to talk." Kakashi discreetly nodded at them. "Hey whirl
wind if you don't finish soon your gonna be late to class." Iruka nearly chocked "YOU'RE
RIGHT!" Iruka thanked the ramen shop owner, Kakashi paid him and they set off towards the
academy. "Just you wait Dad I'll be the best shinobi ever!" Kakashi ruffled his hair "Sure you will."
Iruka looked full of determination "Just you wait, you'll see!" The arrived at the academy five
minutes late, "AW MAN! Now my sensei will chew me out for sure." Kakashi chuckled "I'll
explain why we were late OK." They walked towards the classroom Kakashi knew was the class for
six year old first year shinobi, he knocked on the door before entering. It seemed Kotetsu was
covering the class until Iruka was back to normal, or replaced which ever came first. Kotetsu looked
shocked "Kakashi what brings you here?" Kakashi gave Iruka a gentle nudge forward "Sorry that
he's late we left the house a bit later than planned." Iruka scuffed the floor with his sandal, "Sorry
sensei." Kotetsu wasn't completely sure what to make of it, so instead he just went with the flow,
"Um sure it's OK, just take a seat OK." Kakashi nodded his thanks and left, "I'll pick you up after
school Iruka."
Sarutobi had been arguing against the council for a good seven hours now, "Iruka
isn't that sort of person." "Lord Hokage your personal feelings of family ties are getting in the way
of logic, he is a unstable threat. I'm sorry but it has been decided Iruka Umino will be taken, this
afternoon." Iruka studied hard in school all day, doing his best to surpass everyone, at the end of the
day he sat on the swing waiting for Kakashi to pick him up. Kakashi arrived a moment later, "Hey
whirl wind did you have a good day at school?" Iruka grinned "I got top marks on everything! What
did you do all day dad?" "Well I..." Kakashi tensed up sensing a threat he stood in front of Iruka
protectively as several ANBU black ops appeared in front and surrounding him. "We have orders to
take Iruka Umino to a high security detention cell, orders from the Hokage." Iruka froze "Dad
what's going on."
"Iruka stay close to me." The odds didn't look good of Kakashi winning this fight
whilst protecting Iruka, but he wasn't letting them take him away that easy. No, they wouldn't take
him without a fight.