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Chapter 4
Groaning as he heard his alarm clock go off, realizing he had another day with those little monsters again. Sighing, he got up and headed for the bathroom to take his shower and realized he had a little problem. Ugh, why now. I've got to get ready for work. Slowly he lowered his hand, slowly stroking himself. "Mmm" he said starting to stroke faster, sliding his hand over a nipple just wanting a quick release. "Nnnn" he moaned, pumping faster shooting his release all over the shower wall slowly sliding down to the shower floor. Pulling his legs up to his chest, laying his head on his knees, wondering how it would feel to have someone be by his side, to comfort him, to love him. "No that will never happen. I don't even have any friends, how can I find someone that would love me." Sighing once again, he got up and finished his shower and got out to dry off. Moving into his room, he started to get dressed and ready for another day of teaching. Realizing he was running late, he grabbed an apple from the kitchen and ran out the door to the academy.
Iruka was in such a hurry that he wasn't paying attention to where he was going and rounded a corner and ran right into to someone. Shaking his head and looking over to see who had ran into, his eyes widening at who he saw.
"Hatake-san, I am so sorry. Please forgive me. I was late for class and wasn't paying attention to where I was going." Iruka rambled.
Kakashi looking over at him, his one eye narrowed, simply replied "whatever," bending over and picking his book up and walking off.
"I can't believe it. Of all the people that I had to run into, why did it have to be him. The best shinobi in out village. He probably thinks I'm just a clumsy, worthless fool like all the others." thought Iruka. Sighing, Iruka bent over and picked up his bag and started walking to the academy again.
Once he reached the academy, he started walking down the hall to his classroom. As he got closer, he heard the chaos inside the room. "I'm only 5 minutes late" Iruka thought as he started to open the door, ducking just in time to miss something thrown at him. Looking back at his class and narrowing his eyes screamed "EVERYONE IN YOUR SEATS NOW. I WANT TO KNOW WHO WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THROWING THE ERASER" All the children slowly sinking down into their sets, to afraid to say anything just turned to look at the kid who had thrown the eraser. Slowly following the sets of eyes, he came to a kid dressed in orange, once again narrowing his eyes, that if you looked close enough looked like there was fire in them, and said "Naruto, you will be staying after class and cleaning up the classroom when everyone leaves, understood?"
Naruto not sure what to think started rambling "But Iruka-sensei it wasn't really aimed at you. I wanted to hit Teme, but he ducked to quick and you opened the door before it hit the door….."
"Enough, Naruto. I will not tolerate such language in my classroom. I expect you to all behave and there will be no more throwing things in my classroom is that understood?" screamed Iruka.
"Yes, Iruka sensei" the class chorused
"OK, today we are going to learn about the basics of handling weapons and if you all behave, later we will go out for some weapons practice. At that, cheers chorused through the classroom. "Maybe this won't be as bad as I thought after all." thought Iruka. With that in mind Iruka began to teach the children the types of weapons a ninja uses and how to handle each. Realizing that he was loosing the interest of the children, he turned around from the chalkboard and said "OK class, how about we take a break for lunch and then when everyone comes back we will go outside to do some weapons practice." Everyone ran out of the classroom screaming and running to eat their lunch, excited to practice throwing weapons.
"Ok today we will be practicing with plastic kunai to learn the feel of them. We have two targets set up, so I need you to break up into to two lines. I will give each of you three weapons to throw at the target so I can see where your strengths and weaknesses are and go from there. OK, is there any questions?" asked Iruka.
"Ah, Iruka-sensei why can't we have real kunai?" whined Naruto
"Because this is your first weapons practice, at least with me, and I don't want anyone seriously injured. I first need to see what everyone's strengths and weaknesses are and this is the best way to do that." replied Iruka. "Alright is there is no other questions? Very well, please go to the boxes and grab three kunai and form two lines. Naruto and Sasuke your first both move forward and throw your kunai at the target." Both taking there places, Sasuke was able to hit the target but was off a little and Naruto didn't even get close. "OK, Sasuke good job. Just practice you aim a little more and Naruto don't try so hard. Use your wrist more to have more control. Your not controlling your arm through the throw." replied Iruka. Sasuke just smirked and Naruto mumbled to himself. "This is going to be a long afternoon." thought Iruka. Once everyone got their chance at throwing the kunai, Iruka called the end to weapons practice telling the children "class dismissed" everyone running out of the school ground. "Except you, Naruto-kun." screamed Iruka.
Heading back into the classroom, Iruka went to his desk and sat down to start grading the homework while Naruto started cleaning the chalkboard by Iruka. Noticing that Naruto was still at the chalkboard, he turned around and was in shock at what he saw. "NARUTO-KUN WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU ARE DOING. I ASKED YOU TO CLEAN THE CHALKBOARD, INSTEAD YOUR DRAWING DEMEANING PICTURES OF OUR HOKAGE. YOU WILL NOT GO HOME UNTIL THIS CLASSROOM IS COMPLETELY SPOTLESS. IS THAT UNDERSTOOD?"
Naruto mumbling to himself said "It doesn't matter anyway. It's not like I have anyone waiting for me at home. I'll just be going to any empty apartment."
Iruka hearing this sighed to himself realizing how he felt the same way. Deciding to cheer him up a little Iruka replied "Alright how about you get the classroom cleaned up while I work on grading some of the papers, and we can go get some ramen."
"REALLY IRUKA-SENSEI! YOU'RE THE GREATEST!" screamed Naruto. Smiling and shaking he his Iruka simply replied "Yes, Naruto."
Not wanting to waste anymore time, Naruto set to work on cleaning the classroom, while Iruka started grading the kids homework. "I'm finished, Iruka-sensei." said Naruto.
Iruka looking up and around at the classroom noticing that everything was back in order and cleaned replied "Very well, how about we go get some ramen then."
Naruto excited about going to get ramen, jumped up into the air screaming "WOOHOO." Iruka seeing this, just shook his head with a smile on his face and headed to Ichiraku.
"Have you ever eaten at Ichiraku?" Iruka asked looking over at Naruto as they walked down the street.
"No" Naruto looked up rubbing the back of his neck.
"Hm, then your about to have the best ramen in the village." replied Iruka
Once reaching Ichiraku, Iruka looked over at Naruto and said "order whatever you want Naruto." not noticing the expression of Naruto's face.
Looking up, Teuchi smiled and said "Iruka-kun, how are you today. And it looks like you brought someone along with you."
"I am fine, thank you Teuchi-san and yes this is one of my students, Uzumaki Naruto." replied.
"Your student? You're a teacher?" asked Teuchi
Smiling brightly Iruka replied "Yes, I just started teaching this week."
Looking over at Naruto, Teuchi saw the sad expression still on his face and glancing over at Iruka, who was also looking at Naruto, Teuchi asked "Is everything alright Naruto-kun?"
Putting on a smile, Naruto looked up at him and replied "Yes, I'm fine thank you for asking."
Not sure what to say, Teuchi looked over to Iruka and asked "So are you guys ready to order?"
"Yes, I think so" they both said together. Both placing their orders and waiting.
Iruka not sure where to start, but knowing something was bothering his student decided to ask "Is there something bothering you Naruto-kun?"
"It's ok Iruka-sensei. You don't need to worry about it." replied Naruto
"Naruto, if there is something bothering one of my students, I want them to know that I'm here to help them. So if there is something bothering you, please know that I am here to talk to you." said Iruka
"Thank you Iruka-sensei" replied Naruto
Iruka about to say something else, when Teuchi brought the ramen up to the counter for them, realizing they were in a conversation and leaving them to finish what they were talking about.
Before completely leaving though Teuchi looked at Naruto and said "You know Naruto-kun if you do have something bothering you, Iruka-san would be the right person to talk to. He's had a lot of difficulties in his life as well." turning around and heading to the back of his ramen stand. Iruka looking down at his bowl, a blush growing on his face.
Naruto not quite sure what to make of what Teuchi just said, looked over at Iruka and then down at his bowl and said "Everyone makes fun of me. Everywhere I go, people start talking about me and nobody will even get close to me. You are the first person that I have ever been with."
Iruka, with a mouthful of ramen and eyes wide open, couldn't believe what he heard. "He's just like me" he thought. Finishing his mouthful of ramen and looking down at his bowl, Iruka replied "I understand how you feel."
Naruto still looking at his bowl, widened his eyes in shock and said "I don't understand. How could you understand how I feel?"
Iruka looking over at him with sad eyes replied "Because people treat me the same way. They think I'm worthless. That I shouldn't be a shinobi."
Naruto still shocked asked "But you're an academy teacher. How is that considered worthless?"
Iruka replied "The Hokage gave me this position because he thought it will help to make me stronger. Some of the other shinobi don't like the idea, but they don't have a choice. But that's not saying that they haven't made sure that I didn't hear of their disapproval of it."
Naruto looking back down at his bowl said "That's not fair. They should at least give you a chance to prove yourself. They're not even doing that. I think you're a great teacher, Iruka-sensei.
Iruka smiling replied "Thank you Naruto. That means a lot to me. Just remember when you here people talking about you, not to let it get you down. I'm learning that it's not worth it and that you may not think so but you do have people out there that care about you." ruffling the blonde boys hair.
"Aw, Iruka-sensei, stop that." smiled Naruto. "Thank you Iruka-sensei for dinner. This is the best ramen I've ever had. I suppose I better head home."
"Your welcome, Naruto-kun. And yes, I need to go home and finish grading. So I will see you tomorrow at school." replied Iruka. Iruka asking Teuchi for the bill and paying for it. Both walking out of the ramen stand leaving in opposite directions.
