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Long Ago And Far Away	By : YamanashiOchinashiIminashi Category: Naruto > Yaoi - Male/Male > Naruto/Sasuke Views: 1639 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 1
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CHAPTER ONE

Naruto was quiet. It wasn't normal. Jirayia was afraid that maybe his young companion died or at least has fallen asleep but he didn't. He was looking straight ahead with a frown. Was he thinking? Jiraiya was really worried.

"Naruto? Are you all right?"

"Yea… I just…"

"Are you afraid of your coming back?"

"No. I mean… I just wonder if they will remember me, you know… I miss Iruka and others… Maybe I wasn't too close with them but I really consider them my friends. And I miss them all. Sakura probably married this bastard Sasuke already. I had a crush on her, you know? I don't know why though… She was a real bitch. She hated me. She won't be happy when she hears about my returning. But I won't bother her anymore. Sometimes I wonder: how could I even like her. I wonder if my house is still standing. Dou you think that Kakashi will be somewhere around when we come back? He may be on the mission…"

"What will you do when you come back?"

"I will run to Iruka-sensei and take him out for some ramen. I can't wait to tell him about our training, my new spells and about our adventures!"

Jiraiya laughed. The boy was still so cute. When they got closer to the gates of Hokage's castle two guards welcomed them with wide eyes. Those were Izumo and Kotetsu. They just couldn't believe what they saw. Jiraiya and Naruto got off their horses.

"Naruto? Is that you?" asked Kotetsu.

"Yes! You recognized me?" Naruto had no idea who they were.

"Sure we did." Izumo answered with a broad smile. "We were all waiting for your returning. How's Kaeru?"

"He's fine! He's asleep but I'll wake him up now. We're home after all! Kaeru! Wake up!" Naruto put his hand to the pocket of his coat and when he took it out there was a sleepy looking black frog sitting on his palm. The frog looked around with a pair of crimson red eyes.

"Look, Kaeru! We're in Konoha!"

This frog's eyes were like the left eye of Sharingan Kakashi. Naruto put the frog on his right shoulder. Kaeru nuzzled his neck. They were walking together thorough the streets of Konoha looking around and occasionally talking to people, who welcomed them. Meanwhile…

Izumo: "Kotetsu, did you see that?"

Kotetsu: "Yea… Wow… I can't believe that. He is so…"

Izumo: "Don't make me jealous. But I know what you mean… Oh Gods…"

Naruto was now a very handsome young man. His longish blond hair was exceptional and his tanned skin seemed to beg for a touch. But he had no idea how much he has changed. On the inside he was still the same immature and impatient kid that left Konoha all those years ago. In his mind nothing has changed. He was oblivious of all those hungry eyes that had watched him when he was heading to the Mission Room. He didn't even see them. His eyes were focused on the goal – The Mission Room and Iruka-sensei. He didn't even realize when he started to run. He stormed in to the place calling Iruka's name. Iruka was sitting in the same place he always had. And he looked the same! He didn't change one bit. He was talking to someone but he turned his head immediately in the direction of the familiar voice.

"Naruto…? Is that really you?"

"IRUKA-SANSEEEEEEEEEEEI!"

Iruka groaned when Naruto squeezed him mercilessly. He was so happy. His dear beloved Naruto was once again in his arms, safe and sound. Tears were falling from Iruka's eyes while Naruto almost squeezed him to death. It took them a while to finally speak to each other and decide to go out to eat Naruto's favorite soup. Before they left Iruka turned to the man he has been talking to earlier and said: "Ebisu-san, I'm sorry. I'll talk to you later, all right?"

"Off course Iruka-sensei. I'll see you later."

They spent three hours at Ichiraku and then they went to Iruka's home. They were talking until midnight.

"I'm so tired…" Said Naruto yawning. "Kaeru is asleep for hours now."

"You must be tired after such a long journey."

"Yea…" - another yawn - "Can I stay here?"

"Sure."

Iruka got up and started to prepare some spare blankets and fix another bed.

"Why can't I sleep with you, like I always did?"

"Because... You are not a kid anymore."

"So what? Are you afraid of me, sensei?" – Naruto smirked and Iruka blushed.

"No, Naruto. I just want to make sure that you will get some comfortable sleep. Two grownups can't sleep in this bed comfortably."

"Oh…"

Next day was crazy. Iruka went to the academy and didn't wake him up. Naruto had no idea that everybody's been talking about him since yesterday. All the girls in Konoha were looking for him since early morning just to see if what they had heard about him was true. Finally he got up and took a bath in Iruka's bathroom. He ate something and fed Kaeru. Then he decided to go home and check on Jiraiya. When he was leaving Iruka's place he felt weird. People were looking at him. No, not just looking. They were staring! What the hell happened? Did he forget to wear his pants or something? No, he didn't. His pants were at place. So what was wrong? He closed the door and walked home.

His old house was still standing. There were tons of dust inside, but except that everything was in the same condition he left it. Obviously Jiraiya didn't feel like cleaning yesterday when he got back. Or maybe he didn't even come here. He probably went straight to some place of "entertainment". Naruto decided that he should go and see the hokage. Then he would come back home and clean all this mess.

When he was getting closer to the castle he saw his old friend Shikamaru. Judging from his uniform his rank was pretty high now. Naruto thought about his – still lowest – rank. He will have to participate in the next tournament and get a promotion. Yosh! He was ready! He would make it this time! Shikamaru was staring at him for a minute before he finally got up from his comfortable spot and got closer to the blond haired boy.

"So you did come back."

"Shikamaru… It's good to see you."

"It's good to see you too, Naruto. How was your training?"

"It was long! I guess I lost many chances to get some higher rank. But I'm finally back! I worked hard and I got stronger! Now I must work twice as hard to keep up with you guys, right?"

"I'm sure it won't be a problem for you, Naruto."

"Thanks. I hope you're right. I heard that Sasuke didn't come back. Sakura must be depressed."

"You still think about her?"

"No. I just talked with Iruka-sensei and I asked him if she married this teme Sasuke. He said she didn't because he didn't come back. I always wanted to fight him. It seems that he run away!"

"Even if he would come back you can't fight him. He's a prince and you – as HIS knight – are obliged to protect him, not to fight him!"

"There are always tournaments! There we could fight as equals!"

"Are you heading to the castle?"

"Yes, I must see hokage-sama and…"

"He was waiting for you yesterday! Where the hell have you been?"

"I… I was with Iruka-sensei. I stayed at his place. I didn't know that someone may be looking for me."

"You are still as dense as before, aren't you?"

"I don't know what you're talking about. Anyway, I got to go!"

Naruto left his friend and walked toward the castle. This time he passed the mission room. Iruka wasn't there at this hour anyway. He walked through the hallways and reached the huge door of the main room.

"Hello… I'm Uzumaki Naruto. I…"

„Naruto… Please, enter. The king is waiting."

Naruto raised an eyebrow and looked at the weird knight who had some… stick in his mouth. He could swear that he'd seen him somewhere. Naruto went through the door and walked across the huge room to get to the king's throne. Wrinkled old man smiled politely at the boy.

"Hokage-sama… I came to tell you that I'm back and ready to take missions and protect the kingdom."

"What took you so long?"

"Well, we would be back earlier, but that Perverted Wizard…"

"I'm not asking about the training. What took you so long to find your way HERE! I know that you've been here yesterday but you only managed to get to the mission room."

"I'm sorry. I didn't know that I should come right away. I needed to see Iruka-sensei."

"Oh, Naruto… Well, since you decided to finally show up I guess I should find you something to do. You will be the member of the Kakashi's squad."

"Great! He was my sensei when I graduated from the academy! Where is he?"

"I'm here, Naruto!"

The voice came from the side of the window. Hatake Kakashi was standing there the whole time.

"Kakashi-sensei! I've got something for you!"

"A souvenir?"

"No… Something else… I'll give it to you later."

"So, Naruto, shall we go to test your skills?"

"Yosh!"

It's been two weeks since Naruto came back to Konoha. He trained, he was on few missions and almost every day he was able to meet with Iruka for some ramen. It was almost perfect. Almost. Iruka was acting weird. Or maybe it wasn't Iruka. It was that god damn closet-pervert! He was always around Iruka and Naruto could swear that the guy was leering at his sensei. Naruto just couldn't forget about this. He tried to ask Iruka about his relationship with Ebisu, but Iruka was always saying that they're just friends…

BANG!

"Naruto! You were spacing out! What is wrong with you?"

"Nothing, Kakashi-sensei…"

"Nothing? You are like that for few days already. You don't pay attention! If you won't get yourself together you can get yourself kill during some simple practice."

Naruto looked at the sword that was stuck in the wall a mere inch from his face.

"I'm sorry…"

"Don't apologize. It's your life! But if something's wrong you can tell me."

"It's…a personal matter."

"So there IS something."

"Yes. I'm worried about my friend."

"Why? Is he in danger?"

"I don't know. Maybe not but still I don't want this guy around Iruka…"

"Iruka?"

Kakashi blushed under his mask. Since that misunderstanding with a tournament this name stayed in his head. Through all these years Kakashi kept his eye on that guy and he saw how sad and lonely he was after Naruto left. Every time he saw Iruka he wanted to come to him and talk about their former student. He wanted to tell him that Naruto was safe with the legendary Wizard and that there is nothing to worry about, but he knew that it wasn't just a worry. Iruka missed the kid, because he loved him.

There was a monster trapped inside of this boy. Naruto was a container for the monster that killed Iruka's parents, and still Iruka was able to love him. Kakashi was fascinated by this. Few times he asked king Sarutobi about the young teacher. Hokage liked Iruka a lot but he didn't like to talk about him. He knew that Iruka cherished his privacy. But Kakashi was asking again and again. One day hokage's curiosity won.

"Why are you asking about him again Kakashi?"

"I'm just curious."

"Why? You think he is a spy or something?"

"No."

"Than why?"

"Why? … Ummm… Because of Naruto I guess."

"Naruto?"

"Yes. He respects and likes Iruka a lot. I was wondering why."

"Because Iruka was the first person who'd cared about him, who didn't hate him. Naruto simply answered to his affection. That's all."

"But… What kind of person is that teacher?"

"He is kind and shy. The way he spoke to you during that meeting was totally unlike him. He was just really worried about his pupil. He would probably do everything for him."

"What else?"

"What else? He was a prankster when he was a kid. After his parents death he was so lost and lonely. I couldn't help but pity him. He was so adorable. He missed his parents. Suddenly there was no one around. He was alone. So he tried to get people's attention with his jokes. He liked it when people were laughing at him. … And then one day I saw him crying at his parents' grave. I told him that it's all right to cry when you feel sad. I told him that he doesn't have to pretend anything, he doesn't have to laugh all the time."

"And?"

"He became a fine young man, don't you think?"

"Yes… very…"

Kakashi knew what that question was suppose to mean. He blushed deeply under his mask, but he didn't say anything more and he never asked about Iruka again. But since that conversation king Sarutobi started to show him some mercy and even when Kakashi didn't ask he talked to him about Iruka. Kakashi liked to listen about him almost as much as he liked to watch him from a safe distant. It was now a part of his daily routine.

And now Naruto was saying that Iruka was in some kind of danger. That was his chance to help Iruka or at least to talk about Iruka. It was great!

"Well, since I came back I can't stop thinking that this guy wants something from my Iruka!"

"Your Iruka?"

"I mean… my Iruka-sensei. He was my sensei after all."

"Which guy?"

"This closet pervert – Ebisu! I remember him. He used to be Konohamaru's tutor! He's a total pervert! I don't want to see him leering at my poor Iruka-sensei all the time! It pisses me off!"

"You think that Ebisu is hitting on Iruka?"

"Yea… I mean, who wouldn't? Iruka is gorgeous! He is nice and good looking and smart! He deserved someone better than this freak! He needs someone really cool and special! And strong! Ebisu is weak! Jiraiya kicked his ass once not even trying!"

"Hmmm… And what are you going to do about that?"

"I've been trying to think of something for days now! But I still don't know what to do. I tried to ask him to tell this guy to get lost, but Iruka says that they are just friends. And I know that Iruka would never say anything like that to anyone. He's too kind."

"Oh…"

Kakashi was a little nervous now. Somehow he never thought that Iruka may be with someone. He always thought abut him as a single and that was perfect. Now he felt something inside his stomach. It was something heavy and disgusting. It was making him feel sick.

"Yea. So I thought that I should take care of this. Do you think I could beat this pervert?"

"Do you think that it would help?"

"Why not? If break his nose, he will look stupid and ugly so Iruka will never look at him again."

"Do you think that Iruka is that shallow, that he would like someone just for his face?"

Naruto frowned.

"Then what should I do?"

"Well… I think I've got an idea that could work."

TBC.
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