"He sealed the Kyubi in his own son, you…"okaHH

Naruto's head fell forward so his bangs created a dark shadow over his eyes. The fourth…was my father? And I-I killed him… He shook his head so his blonde locks flew this way and that. No, how could I have killed him if I didn't even know what was going on at the time. My old man trusted me with the Kyubi. Suddenly…I feel really proud of myself. A powerful man like that was my father. Power flows through my veins. How the old man would be turning in his gra- wait…did the old man Hokage know about this? Does Tsunade know about this? Has everyone been keeping this a secret from me? Naruto felt a wave of fury burst through his body like a burning fire. "Who else, Iruka?"

"Wha-?"

"Who else knows Iruka sensei?"

"Naruto, please don't-"

"Don't, what, Iruka?! Don't be angry? Smile and laugh like the little fool I was three years ago? Is that what you want sensei?"

"Naruto-!"

"Fuck you! I love you like a father Iruka but fuck you for keeping this from me all these years! And now you wanna tell me before I leave? Smart move. For a teacher you're pretty stupid."

"I-I don't understand."

"If you wanted me to know you should've wait until after I came back. Who knows? Now that I know I've been living amongst a shit load of liars I don't know if I want to come back here." Naruto growled and stood up from his seat so fast he knocked over the table and bench.

"Naruto wait!"

"No! I'm tired of waiting! I'm tired of waiting for the villagers to come around and see that I'm not some kind of monster! I'm tired of living in a crap apartment alone! I'm tired of everyone thinking I'm some kind of loud-mouthed, orange wearing, dobe who can't keep his attention on one thing for more than five minutes! I'm tired, Iruka, so goddamned tired…" Naruto's eyes began to water but he quickly brushed his forearm against his eyes.

"Naruto, I'm sorry. If I had a choice I would've told you as soon as you were assigned to my class."

"But you didn't have a choice, did you? It was the Hokage wasn't it? 'Don't ever tell Naruto about his father. It's best he never do.' Yeah, some Hokage. Speaking of Hokage's, my plans have had a sudden change. I'll be seeing you around Iruka." Naruto hurried to the window.

"Where are you going Naruto?" Iruka asked, an edge added to his cracked voice.

"I need to see a certain old hag before I leave." The blonde growled and disappeared out of the window in a puff of smoke.

The classroom was silent for another few moments before a thump resounded throughout the room. Iruka, on his knees, bowed his head and let a lone tear escaped from his eye. How could he have been so naïve to think Naruto would just brush this off like he normally did? You told him about his father, you idiot! Did you really think he was going to take this lightly? He mentally kicked himself. Immediately, he stood and walked out of the door and down the hall to the main office. Inside he wrote a note to the secretary for someone to cover his class before jumping out of the window and rushing off to a certain silver-haired ninja.

Hatake Kakashi liked his sleep. He had a good reason too seeing he went on high-class missions as an Anbu. He had walked into his home not three hours ago to catch some z's before meeting up with his team. It was nice to know that he actually had a good excuse for being late this time. As he was enjoying his peaceful slumber it was interrupted by a loud pounding at his door. The ninja grumbled and scowled cutely before rising from his comfortable bed and going to answer said annoying pounding. When he opened the door, about to kick the shit out of the person who'd dared disturb his slumber, he automatically stopped. A mop of chocolate brown hair molded to his chest and began ranting about being stupid and upsetting Naruto. Usually this wouldn't faze him but the tearstains on his shirt did. So, he did what all good boyfriends do and pulled him into the apartment before making a cup of tea for his love.

"Now, what'd this about our blonde ninja?"

"I told him about his father."

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"YOU WHAT?!"

"I'm sorry! He had to know! Did you know that he's leaving?"

"Of course I would! He's on my- wait did you say he's leaving? When?"

"Now! With Jiraiya! How could you not know? He's you're pupil!"

"I know, I know, the Hokage must've sent me something. I probably discarded it when I was reading."

"Hatake Kakashi! You are a terrible ninja! An Anbu ranked ninja and you discard a notice of leave from the Hokage! I should have your head Kakashi!"

Kakashi cowered at Iruka's wrath before straightening himself and putting a hand to his lover's mouth. "Something isn't right. There's a huge amount of chakra coming from the tower." He said, his eyes narrowing. Iruka ripped the hand away from his mouth and headed to the door. "Iruka?" Kakashi frowned, following the brunet. Iruka performed hand signals and disappeared to the tower. When Kakashi arrived soon after he immediately raced after the other's retreating form and soon caught up with him. "What's wrong Iruka?" Kakashi grabbed his partner's hand to still him for a moment. Iruka ripped his hand away and immediately started forward again. "If I know Naruto, which I know I do, he's so pissed off right now he's going to do something stupid. I trust the Hokage but one wrong move and Naruto will go off like last years fireworks. Only it won't be as pretty." Kakashi nodded and raced off towards the Hokage's office.

Inside the Hokage's office Naruto was pissed and getting more pissed. Tsunade knew, Jiraiya knew, hell, almost everyone he knew, knew about his father. The old hag's reasoning? "There really wasn't any point in it all. He's gone Naruto, there's nothing you can do. I know you're upset but as a ninja you need to move on." He was about ready to kill someone. Let me out Naruto. Let me take out your anger towards these fools. Kyubi hissed in his ear. Naruto just ignored him like the other 5,237 times this month. "You've forgotten, you old hag, I'm not like any other ninja in this village. I've gotten this far haven't I? I'm not about to stop something that's working for me." Naruto growled and flexed his fingers in and out a fist. Jiraiya was about to speak when two forms burst into the room. The first stepped in front of the Hokage and the other grabbed Naruto into a bone-crushing hug. "Naruto, please, calm down." Iruka? Naruto's senses, which were blinded with rage, were beginning to clear.

"Let go Iruka sensei."

"No, not until you listen to what I have to say first."

"Iruka-"

"Please, for my sake, just listen. For me?"

Naruto took a deep breath and exhaled slowly before nodding.

"I know you're upset, it hurts very deeply, and it goes right to your heart. I'm sorry you've had to bear ill feelings for all these years and had I not been blind myself I would've stopped to help. That hurts me as well, not being able to help you when all you think about is helping me."

"But Iruka-"

Iruka chuckled. "What did I say about interrupting?"

"Sorry…" He grumbled.

"What I'm saying is you need some time and space to figure things out on your own. I know that you were going to leave even if I wasn't going to let you but I want you to know that you have my blessing. Just take care of yourself, for me."

Naruto smiled slightly. "Anything for you, Iruka otousan."

Iruka enveloped him in one last hug before letting him turn to the Hokage and crack his neck. He took one long look at her before shaking his head and turning to leave. "I'm ready jiji, you coming or what?" Naruto walked to the door, stopping in front of Iruka. He leaned over, gave him a kiss on the cheek before turning to Kakashi. "Take care of him, pervert, cause if you don't I'm coming after your ass." Naruto nodded and stalked out of the office. Jiraiya left not too long after grumbling about not being old and shut the door behind him.

At her desk Tsunade reached for her sake bottle and took a deep pull before sighing and setting it down. Rubbing her eyes she stood and approached the two ninja. Stopping in front of them she sighed again. "He's growing up but he's still got that hot-headed streak after all these years. Though, I don't doubt that he'll be a great leader someday." The three nodded. "He wanted me to tell you," they stood at attention, "he's going to write to you, Iruka, every week to let you know how he's doing. He's using this time to prepare himself to become Hokage. If you'll excuse me, I need to find Shizune about some paperwork." The Hokage left the two ninjas to their own devices.

Iruka looked at his taller lover then rested his head against his shoulder. He felt an arm snake around his waist and give him a light squeeze. He closed his eyes and listened to the steady beating of Kakashi's heart pushing blood through his veins. "Do you think he can do it?" Iruka asked quietly. Kakashi stayed quiet for a moment to contemplate that himself. He'd known the blonde-haired Kyubi carrier for a good portion of his life yet somehow he didn't think he knew him at all.

"One can only hope…"

End of chapter two. Thanks for the reviews! I think I'm going to keep this fic steady; I'm not too sure about the other one I'm working on but I'll definitely keep updating this one.