I know it's been awhile on this story, but I finally updated.
Warning: I don't have a beta so I apologize for all the mistakes.
Disclaimer: I own nothing, not Naruto or any of the Scooby doo characters.
Also I had the Scooby-Doo theme in my head as I wrote this.
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Kakashi stared straight out the window as the snow kept falling all around the vehicle. His hands were clenched tight around the steering wheel and it took everything he had to keep from glancing at the man sitting next to him in the passenger seat. He wasn't sure what he had been expecting when Naruto, the most annoying human he had ever had the misfortune to meet, had asked him to go see why his friend hadn't shown up at the station yet. He usually didn't take orders from his prisoners, but jumped at the excuse to leave the station. Kakashi was sure if he stayed in the same building as the young blonde it would have been him behind bars for having strangled the youth with his bare hands; of course now he owed Genma big for leaving him alone with the blonde, but he figured it would be okay since Genma was familiar with Naruto and his antics.
So he had ventured out into the snow storm to try and locate Naruto's friend, even though he had no idea who this friend was; Kakashi had just prayed it wasn't someone as annoying as Naruto or he might be forced to accidentally leave the person stranded in the snow. He sure as hell hadn't been expecting for the blonde's friend to end up being the cute book store owner he had had his eye on since he first moved to this town to take over as sheriff.
Kakashi had arrived here in this small town of Konoha, to take over as sheriff, since the previous sheriff had passed away from natural causes; of course if you talked to Genma who was the deputy and head gossip of this town he would tell you that the fact that the previous sheriff's daily meals consisted of butter rich, fried foods and his drink of choice was Akimichi's famous death by chocolate milkshake, then the sheriff's death was anything but natural.
He hadn't known what to expect when his friend Genma had called him up to offer him the job (actually it had been Genma's partner Raidou, mayor of Konoha who had offered the job). Kakashi had known Genma for years, both having served in the same unit of the Seals; despite the respect he had for his former teammate he had had to think about leaving the Marshall's office and settling down in a small, quiet town, he liked the fast pace and the action of his job.
Then his last assignment had gone to hell in a hand basket and two good agents had been killed due to shitting intel, and life in a small, quiet town didn't sound so bad after all.
He'd arrived at Konoha to find that despite his apprehension the town really was quiet wonderful, and he was soon enjoying living in a small town; with it's one library, it's small yet respected museum, of course there was no Starbucks, but who needed it with Akimichi's serving some of the best coffee he had ever tasted, not to mention those addicting cinnamon rolls, that just melted in your mouth and an array of mouthwatering pastries and drinks, it was no wonder the poor old sheriff before him had meet his end, but who could blame him. It was during one of their daily trips to Akimichi's for their fix of caffeine and sugar, that Kakashi had spotted the brunette walking across the street with a dark haired teen who really looked like he should smile more.
Kakashi had felt like some teenager as he asked Genma who the vision was.
"That my dear friend is Iruka, he owns the local bookstore in town, but don't even set your eyes on him, he's in no position to get involved with anyone right now, and if you hurt him that brooding teen walking next to him will more than likely make your life a living hell."
"Come on Genma I'm not that bad, and besides who said I had my eye on him, I was just curious as to who everybody in town was." Kakashi responded nonchalant as he continued to watch the brunette and the raven haired teen as they entered a small shop.
"I know you Kakashi, but let me just say this, Iruka just got out of a very bad relationship, one which both myself and Raidou had no idea he was in or we would have probably killed that bastard of a boyfriend of his, by the same token I guarantee Sasuke, that's the raven haired walking with him had no idea either or you would probably be investigating him for murder and his brother for aiding and abetting a fugitive, however that's not the point, the point is now that Iruka has finally gotten out of that relationship, I can promise you that Sasuke and the rest of the teens he has helped are not going to let some strange man just walk into Iruka's life." Genma stated as he began walking away from his silver haired friend.
"Genma, what was Iruka's relationship like, is the ex-boyfriend still in town?"
"I'm not discussing that, that's Iruka's personal life if you become friends with him and he tells you then that's fine, but I'm not gossiping about that, I like Iruka too much as a friend to betray his trust and if I told you Raidou would kill me or worse make my sleep on the couch for months." Genma laughed, shivering a little at the thought of upsetting his lover.
"Now let's go to the station, I know this town is quiet, but we still have to look like we work around here."
Now here he was a week after first having laid eyes on the brunette and a week in which he tried to discreetly find out what he could about Iruka, only to be shot down by everyone in town, even having the raven haired teen asking what the hell he wanted with Iruka in the first place.
He had left to help out the blonde's friend only to come face to face with his dark haired angel. He had looked into those chocolate brown eyes and felt himself drowning in desire. At his first up close look at Iruka, Kakashi had wanted to do nothing more than to take the other man into his arms and kiss him senseless. The only thing that kept him from reaching over and taking the other man's lips with his own was the snowstorm raging on outside.
They drove in silence toward Iruka's home, Iruka thinking about how he was going to kill Naruto for making him go out into a snowstorm and how he would have to get rid of the body, since he so didn't want to end up in jail, even though he was pretty sure Judge Tsunade would understand what drove him to commit murder. Kakashi in the meanwhile was imagining the little moans and gasps the brunette would make as he slowly licked and nipped his way down that delicious bronze body, and he was also imagining how completely erotic Iruka would look withering under him as he slowly and torturous made him orgasm over and over again.
Kakashi was so busy envisioning how completely fantastic it would be to have the brunette naked and begging him, that he hadn't realized they had actually already arrived at the brunette's home.
"Thank you for getting me home, Sheriff, would you like to come in for some coffee, I would like some clarification on Naruto's situation." Iruka asked politely.
"Kakashi, please call me Kakashi and I would love coffee."
Iruka opened the door and let the other man in. Kakashi was not surprised that Iruka's home was warm and inviting like the man himself, and that ever inch of wall space in the living room was covered with bookshelves, the man owned a bookstore for a reason.
"Nice place you have here, have you lived here long?" Kakashi asked as he removed his heavy coat.
"All my life, it belonged to my parents, who left it to me when they decided that they no longer desired to live in a place that was so cold in the winter, now they're both retired in sunny Florida." Iruka commented as he brought over the coffee pot and two mugs.
"Can you tell me why Naruto is still being held if all he did was touch some old vase?" Iruka asked.
"Is that what Naruto told you? That he was being held for touching the Ming Vase?" Kakashi questioned feeling uneasy that the blonde had lied to his friend.
"Yes, why is there something more than that? OMG he broke the thing didn't he, it's probably in a million little pieces and now Naruto is going to be responsible for paying the damn thing." Iruka started ranting, deciding that killing Naruto would be totally justified at this point.
"No, the vase is still in one piece, Naruto is still being held and will probably be held for a while, because he is accused of theft." Kakashi answered watching as worry crossed those chocolate eyes.
"WHAT!"
"No, that's impossible, Naruto may be a lot of things, but he is not a thief, he would never steal anything what is he accused of stealing?" Iruka asked trying to calm down, Naruto wouldn't steal, he wasn't capable of it.
"According to the visiting curator, Naruto stole a priceless Mayan ceremonial bowl, that was on display as part of the collection from the traveling exhibit." Kakashi answered keeping on eye on the brunette as something he couldn't identify flickered in those eyes.
Iruka tried to suppress the giggles, but ended up laughing out loud. The sound warm and sincere as he wiped at the tears forming in his eyes.
"Iruka, are you okay?" Kakashi asked concerned for the brunette, even though the laughter did put butterflies in his stomach.
"I'm sorry," Iruka began trying to calm down,"it's just that that's really funny."
"Excuse me, I don't understand how the fact that Naruto is accused of stealing a priceless bowl is funny?" Kakashi asked confused.
"No, it's not that he is accused of theft that's funny, it's what he is accused of stealing that's funny," Iruka took a deep breathe to calm down. "It's that I've actually seen the exhibit and I know the bowl your talking about, and there is no way Naruto would ever steal that bowl." Iruka stated confidently.
"And why is that? Why would that bowl be something that Naruto would never steal?" Kakashi asked curiously, he wanted to believe the brunette, not for Naruto's sake but for his sake, he sincerely doubted the brunette would go out with him and let him do all sorts of wicked things to his delicious body if he had to lock Naruto up for a long time.
"Cause the bowl is tiny, of course," Iruka stated in a matter of fact tone, like that made all the sense in the world.
"Excuse me?"
"I'm sorry I forgot you don't really know Naruto, the reason he would never steal the bowl is cause it's tiny and he wouldn't be able to fit any ramen in it, now if you had said he stole that actually Ming vase I might begin to doubt Naruto even though the fact that the vase would make using chopsticks to get the ramen out almost impossible might discourage him, but that bowl is definitely too small for his ramen needs." Iruka answered.
"Are you saying that you believe in his innocence because of ramen?" Kakashi asked just to make sure he hadn't heard wrong.
"Of course, Naruto is not that hard to understand, his life pretty much revolves around ramen and his friends."
"Oh okay, I'll take your word for it, look I'll look into it and see if I can find anything that clears your blonde friend, but I'm telling you now it doesn't look good for him, the guest curator swears that Naruto was the last person around before the bowl went missing," Kakashi promised as he stood up to leave.
"Thank you, Sheriff, I mean Kakashi, I know you don't have to help Naruto out, you don't even know him, but Genma does and if you ask him he'll tell you Naruto is not a bad kid."
"I'll come by tomorrow morning," Kakashi began, only to stop when he saw the confusion on Iruka's face, "to take you to pick up your car."
"Oh, that's nice of you to offer, but it really isn't necessary I can get one of my friends to drive me out there." Iruka countered.
"It's not a problem, and hopefully I can be counted as one of your friends." Kakashi insisted as he leaned in closer to the brunette, taking in the brunette's delicious scent.
Iruka blushed, unable to say anything so he just nodded.
"Good, I'll pick up up around 8 then." Kakashi finalized as he walked out the door.
"What just happened?" Iruka asked himself as he closed the front door and headed towards his computer. Putting the butterflies that the sheriff caused out of his mind and focusing on Naruto.
It was time to call the gang, they had a mystery to solve but he wouldn't risk them venture out in the storm so video conferencing was the way to go.
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Also those that follow my other two stories I'm working on the updates for those as well.