I've been asked a very important question retaining the genre of this story and have to tell you that this story will not be a yaoi at least for the main to characters. Any love, affection, would most likely be on friendly terms. If it should turn out to be a boy-boy love it's brotherly. I hereby state this. If anybody has problem with this please speak up.

Chibi Scarecrow Chapter 4

Kakashi woke up and he felt weird. He didn't know why, but it wasn't anything physical so he didn't worry about it. He got up as the smell of bacon filled the room. Stumbling out of the room and into the kitchen he pulled back the chair only to miss it completely and landed on the floor with a loud thud, startling Iruka badly.

"What the," Iruka said looking back and laugh. Iruka couldn't help it Homaru looked ridiculous. "Are you alright?"

Homaru didn't say anything obviously embarrassed.

Iruka set a plate in front of Homaru and proceeded with his breakfast.

"Since I'm not working, I thought maybe we could go to the park again." Iruka said putting his plate in the sink. "Well Homaru?"

Homaru looked so much like Kakashi even though he wasn't him at the moment.

"Ta," Homaru said.

Iruka blinked.

"Ta is my name and you never call me that, Umino-san." Homaru said through a mouthful of food.

"Oh really, Ta-chan, then call me Iruka."

Tsunade was impressed at the turn out of yesterday situation. She watched it all on her crystal ball and she was glad that Kakashi finally realize what happen wasn't his fault. There was some bad judgments made and everybody paid for it and suffered for a long time.

Tsunade was very curious about Iruka. She could never really find files on that man, but it's very clear that he could be a decent tracker.

She'll continue to watch him for the time being. Maybe this won't end so badly.

There was a loud hiss and a muffle of curses when Ta had leapt up sucking his finger. Iruka sigh like he does when he's dealing with some idiotic jounin.

"You never played with sparklers before haven't you?"

Ta blushed and grabbed another sparkler, except it wasn't a sparkler it was a firecracker.

This time Ta yelped and Iruka rolled his eyes and performed a medical jutsu before brat started to swell.

"And apparently you can't tell the difference between a sparkler and a firecracker can you?"

Ta huffed and Iruka snickered, "Let's take a break from that the firecrackers and get some ice cream."

"At this time of night?" Ta asked staring at the teacher like he forgot something.

"Yes at this time of night, Mr. Smarty-pants." Iruka said walking towards the streets of Konoha.

Kakashi looked at the sky and felt it was so far away. Damn he wished he wasn't so small. He can't believe that at the age seven (?) you this short. 4'7.

"Ta, please watch where you're going. I really hate for you to get a concussion." They were walking down a flight of stairs and Ta almost tumbled down them. "I never realized you were such an accident prone, you're like a cat, but…" Iruka was laughing and Ta pounce on him which only made Iruka laugh harder.

"Alright, alright, little tiger, I'll stop teasing you, after the ice cream were going to be I have laundry and you're going to help me."

Kakashi frowned; he didn't even do his own laundry half the time. "Do we have to?" He whined.

"Unless you want me to go around naked, then yes," Ta puffed his checks out, but that didn't sway Iruka not one bit.

"Fine," Ta said walking in a snit before Iruka told him they were going another way. "Where are we going?"

"To Kakashi-sensei," Ta almost tripped as he heard his name.

"Who's that," Kakashi was anxious to hear what Iruka was about to say about him.

"Just a jounin that I volunteer to keep his place clean until he come back from his extended mission."

Kakashi wanted to claw his throat out in aggravation. What's wrong with this man don't he has any kind of feeling for anybody? Kakashi been living with him for the past weak and he still haven't gotten even close to seeing who he like and it would seem that Kakashi didn't even get a chance, not that he like Iruka, it's just that man is…very emotional?

Kakashi thought maybe a different tactic should be tried.

"Iruka, do you like anybody in particular."

"No."

Kakashi slapped his forehead. Wrong approach. "Is there anybody that catches your attention?"

Iruka stopped walking and looked at Ta really hard, "Is there a reason why you're so interested in my love life."

"Besides the fact you don't have one."

Iruka growled silently, but the sharp spike of chakra reminded Kakashi who he was dealing with.

"I mean you can have one, if you wanted." Ta sigh, saved.

"Anyways let get to Kakashi's house before I turn around and smack you."

Iruka watch as Ta turned in his futon. Iruka smiled and rubbed Ta's head.

"Kakashi you've never been cuter," Iruka chuckled as he watches Kakashi turned and mutter something like, "No more ramen." Poor Kakashi even in his dreams he's hunted by Naruto obsession.

Iruka sigh, "Kakashi, I hope you're enjoying your time as a child." Iruka got up and went to get the door. It was late and he was wondering who it might've have been.

Opening the door, he saw Shizune smiling as she motion him to come her way.

"I know your were probably sleeping, but I had to give this bit of information to you." Shizune smile formed into a grim line.

"What is it?"

"This kid is going to need to be what very closely." Shizune said.

Like she was trying to say something, but it was going to ruin the secret.

Iruka decided to help her with an excuse. "Is that why Ta parents left him here in hopes that if something was to go down between them and their enemies. He wouldn't get caught in between."

Shizune smile, "That's it, I glad you understand and if you want somebody to take…"

"No, that's perfectly fine, I can watch him myself, besides I think he's starting to lighten up a bit. I don't know what kind of household he was brought up in, but I don't want him to go back to his solitude state."

Shizune smiled and bid a good night to the chunin and walked away.

Iruka went to his room to see a peaceful child. He smiled and thought Kakashi should look like that more often.

There you have it.