The Shepherd's Dog
Author: remthedogsitter
Rating: M
Summary: It's been five years since Iruka left the village on an important mission and Kakashi has been searching for him ever since. Kakashi's journey leads him deep into iron country where he is later rescued by a shepherd and his eight dogs. Will Kakashi manage to solve the mystery and save Iruka in time?
Disclaimer:I don't own Naruto or their characters in any shape or form

Chapter 4: Sense and Sensuality (i)

"KAKASHI-SENSEEEIIIII!" three children screamed at him, well two of them did, the third raven haired boy merely glared daggers at him. "Late again? You know FIVE HOURS LATE."

"Mah I had to save this old lady from-" the silver haired jounin smiled waving his arms in front of him in the 'don't attack me sort of manner'.

The bickering of the three continued until a tan skinned man came along, distracting the blond child who began screaming "Iruka-sensei!" and proceeded to tackle hug the new comer who seemed more than happy to catch him.

The scene changed to a forest, hiding in the bush, breathing heavy and a kunai held tightly in his hand. He formed a few hand seals and instantly a pack of ninken appeared and scattered. There was an enemy close by.

There was a flash again, very briefly of being in the bed of an apartment, the sheets smelled of fabric softener and sweat and there was a man next to him in bed. Cuddled up to him breathing slowly with a smile on his face.

Kakashi blinked awake, waiting for his eyes to focus before he groaned a little and rolled over in his cocoon of warm quilts. Another weird dream, he stretched like a cat for a moment before relaxing again.

"Kohai you awake already? Come eat breakfast." There was no urgency in the voice, the same calm was hiding beneath the tone and there was the smell of chocolate.

The white haired man looked in the direction of the smell and saw the small pot beside the hearth. Iruka was hunched kneading some dough large plastic sheet. Sometimes it was amazing that his sensei was blind and yet seemed like he wasn't. He had moved in a few years ago when the shepherd found him wandering in the woods and almost getting attacked by wolves because of his carelessness. After his mother died he was just drifting from this job to that until finally he decided after spending a few weeks with the man he was going to be a shepherd.

"Good morning sempai." He stretched again before literally rolling out of bed before sitting beside Iruka already forming large crescent shaped pies. "I had a weird dream again last night."

"About?" the man raised an eyebrow as his hands finished off the last of the six pies he was going to hide away.

"A really big village, somewhere warm..." he said wistfully grabbing a bowl from the basket on the floor. "With a lot of kids."

Kakashi peeked into the pot to see the rare treat of hot chocolate, he grinned and looked at the shepherd, a treat like this always had a catch.

"We're going up to the shrine today." He said as if he was answering a voiced question. "The dogs can take care of the sheep in the valley when we go up."

The white haired man considered the information as he picked up a ladle and spooned some into his mug and bowl of rice which had a little bit of salted mutton as well. Going up to the shrine meant a bath in the hot spring, pleasant in itself but visiting there always left him unsettled as if he had forgotten to do something.

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Kakashi let his staff rest against gnarled tree as wiggled out of thick clothing and trying as neatly as possible to hand them on the branches. The wind began to lap at his back and he shivered a little before he could tie a small towel around his waist. He walked the short distance back to the half covered basin of hot spring water being fed by a cracks in the mountain face. Slowly he lowered himself into the water, the wisps of steam more evident against the cold wind and snow in the area. He smiled lowering himself until the water was just below his nose before he let his sore muscles relax.

He heard the tap of food against the rock and he looked to see Iruka, naked and well decorated with scars. The man's blind eyes merely looked ahead, tracing the end of his staff on the floor confirming to himself where he was. Kakashi swallowed, it was not his first time to his sempai naked but that didn't exactly help his reaction. The water was hot but his blood threatened to be hotter as it pooled uncomfortably between his legs. He watched the intricacies of the man's muscled form, the dip of his thighs and the firmness of his legs earned through the navigation of this rough terrain.

His sempai had indulged him one time or another in the past, in the middle of the night when the cold brought them so close together but only with his hand or mouth and nothing past that. The man sat across him, eyes closed enjoying the hot water. Kakashi inched closer to him in a way that made his attentions clear, almost as if he was asking permission. Iruka didn't move but he faced the man's direction, welcoming his advances in a subtle way.

The white haired man turned shy for a moment, he paused in front of his sempai close enough to trace the small nuances of his face with his fingers, the raised flesh of the scar across the bridge of his nose, the closed eyes that hid a thick milky white like fog. He placed a chaste kiss on his mouth and almost jumped when a hand moved in the water to hold his manhood.

He gasped into the kiss and Iruka took the opportunity to explore his mouth, his free hand guiding him until his kohai was straddled to his waist before his hand began to stroke the both of them.

Kakashi whimpered and bucked his hips as he came and Iruka followed soon after, biting into his shoulder. They paused for a moment, the white haired man leaning on his sempai for support, face buried into the crook of his shoulder, both of them just breathing and he wanted this to last, this closeness. The shepherd wrapped his arms around him for a moment before slipping out of the water, without a word going back to where he left his clothes.

Kakashi sat there a moment longer, looking up to the sky. "What's stopping us from being together?" he sighed to no one in particular. True, the feeling of lust was mutual but is that all there is? His head felt heavy again as if he was swimming, another onset of a headache. He felt something in his chest curl for a moment, he couldn't ask any more that the man was willing to give him even though he felt he could his shepherd the world.

A/N: Any thoughts so far? xD or any possible suggestions to scenarios you want to see? R and R please i'll try to get the next chap written asap