Education in the Mountains | By : Mirandazoch Category: Naruto > Yaoi - Male/Male > Kakashi/Iruka Views: 2301 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0 |
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Konoha was destroyed. Physically there was nothing but some walls and a gate. However, a villiage is more than just buldings and streets. The will of fire lived in the hearts of its people, and right now the will of fire burned brighter than ever in the people of Konoha. The Godaime lay unconscious and her people felt her loss. The academy was closed by order of acting Hokage Shimura Danzo.
The missions desk was still MIA. Though rumor had it that a tent was being fitted to serve as a temporary home for it. But until some semlbance of order could be restored missions has been halted. Consequently Umino Iruka was left with none of his usual work to do.
He had made it around to check on everyone to see how they were doing and see if they needed anything. Shikamaru was doing well considering he was sporting a broken leg. But the lazy bastard refused any help. This was a bit of a surprise to the teacher. Apparently he was finally starting to grow out of the laziness. Or perhaps he was just stubborn and prideful like his father.
He hadn't had to look far to find Neji. It seemed every time he talked to Shikamaru, Neji wasn't far away. He filed that bit of information away in the back of his head for further rumination at a later date.
Lee and Gai were never hard to find. Just wait at one spot on the perimeter and eventually they would come by. Though how, was a different matter all together. Sometimes; backwards, on their hands, jumping rope, jumping over each other, on all fours, hell one time they'd even been jogging forwards like a normal person. That time Iruka worried that something might be wrong. They assured him it was just a rest lap between finger laps. He then got two brilliant smiles with thumbs up and, "Thank you for your support!" Shaking his head and snickering he walked off. Those two were just fine.
Ino and Sakura had their hands full in the medical tent. Naruto may have kept everyone from dying but whatever had been done did nothing for the injured. The tan instructor knew he could be of no help to them. So he brought them both a cool glass of lemonaide and moved on.
Kiba, Shino, Choji, and Hinata seemed intent on training, often he found Tenten with them. They may still be genin, but there wasn't much left he could teach them. He would just be in their way.
Kotetsu and Izumo somehow managed to still be working gate duty even when the city was a pile of rubble. He did find them off duty a couple times and sat down for a drink with them. However when it was time to leave they didn't seem to want any company. Always a convenient excuse of an early shift or something. Iruka wondered to himself if they still thought they were fooling anyone as to the true nature of their relationship. Good for them he thought.
He eventually ended up spending most days in the village helping the jonin with the rebuilding efforts. Unfortunately for the tan chunin handiness was not his forte and he usually felt as though he was the exact opposite of help. Genma, Yamato, Raido, Aoba, Ebisu, and Anko were too nice to say anything. Bless them.
Many days found him walking listlessly feeling useless. It was one of those days that he was so lost in mindless thought that he walked right into a lithe and clueless copy-nin. Whose nose was, not surprisingly, buried in an icha icha novel instead of watching where he was going. Irukas famous temper threatened to flare, but he realised he was just as much to blame as the other man.
"Pardon me Hatake-San. I guess I wasn't watching where I was going."
"Ma, Iruka-sensei. I believe I am just as much to blame." The silver haired nin eyed him from head to toe. If Iruka didn't know better he would have called it a leer. He couldn't help the slight pink that tinged his cheeks.
Kakashi grinned under his mask. Oh how he enjoyed getting a rise out of the Academy Sensei. It really was fun. "Hatake-San," Iruka began.
"Please call me Kakashi."
"But I....." Kakashi eyed him, "if you insist Kakashi-San." The jonin sighed. I suppose that's good enough. He thought.
"I never got to thank you for your assistance during the attack." The pink cheeked man said.
"You mean for saving your life sensei?" Kakashi teased.
Iruka didn't take the bait, "yes. That. I own you a debt of gratitude."
"Ma, Iruka-Chan," the chunin cringed as the childish honorfic. "Since Naruto managed to convince Pain to resurrect everyone it would appear I needent have bothered." Iruka glared at him. "So there is no debt to be paid. However, it was my pleasure."
The chunin looked at him with an indecipherable look on his face and an even darker blush. "Regardless, you have my thanks. I will leave you to your 'literature.'"
"Ma Iruka-Chan."
"Please refrain from using such a juvenile name for me Hata.." a silver eyebrow arched, "Kakashi-San."
"What would you prefer I call you sensei?"
"My name is Iruka."
"Very well Iruka. At you busy at the moment? I could use some lunch. It is always nice to have some company."
Kakashi had absolutely no idea what possessed him to invite Iruka to lunch, but the invitation was out now. Too late to take it back. He was surprised when Iruka accepted.
They walked in silence to the temporary Ichiraku ramen tent. As they arrived they noticed a familiar orange jump suit topped with blond hair sitting at the bar.
"Naruto?" Iruka said. The blond turned.
"Iruka-sensei!" He looked to the other man. "Kaka-sensei? Oh this is perfect! Shikamaru told me to find you two. Now I don't have to! Another bowl of ramen!" He then proceeded to go right back to his very important task of devouring noodles. The two older men looked at each other and rolled their eyes.
"Naruto."His current sensei said drily. "What did Shikamaru want you to find us for?"
"Oh. You've been summoned by the Hokage." He spit out the title bitterly.
"NARUTO! Why on earth are you sitting at Ichiraku if you're supposed to be delivering a summons to the Hokage?!" Iruka yelled out.
"Well, I was on my way to find you and I walked by and it smelled so good and I was so hungry that I figured I could eat real fas...."
"Never mind Naruto. We'll be heading to the Hokage now." Kakashi dragged a still growling Iruka from the tent.
When they reached the acting Hokages tent they were admitted by two ANBU Kakashi didn't recognize. Probably ROOT members he surmised. Danzo sat behind the desk. "I have a mission for two of you".
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