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Missions and Hearts	By : drivven Category: Naruto > Yaoi - Male/Male > Iruka/Naruto Views: 1999 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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This
story was written at a friend's request (FairyNiamh). It was
originally written for her alone, but she insisted I post it, so
others could read it. Hope you enjoy.

Missions
and Hearts

It
was hot in the mission office. The air was thick and humid. Sweat
trickled down between Naruto’s shoulder blades as he watched
his friend work.

Iruka
was in a bad mood. Naruto could see the tension in every movement.
He’d been like this for awhile. He wouldn’t talk to
Naruto about it. He didn’t want to put his young friend in the
middle of it.

They
were friends now. Iruka was finally seeing him as an equal, instead
of a student. It was about time. Naruto was twenty three now and
had made Jounin two years ago.

He
would have reached the rank sooner, if he hadn’t spent so much
time away from the village, training with the uber perv or on special
missions with that other perv. Images of a certain white haired sage
and a silver haired special jounin came to mind. Kakashi was not
someone he wanted to think about right now.

He
hadn’t even known Iruka and Kakashi were, well sleeping
together. You couldn’t call it a relationship. No, you
couldn’t, when you considered how emotionally bankrupt the
jounin was. Naruto had been crushed when he’d found out.

Iruka
was way too good for Kakashi. Everyone knew that. It wasn’t
that Kakashi was deliberately cold or unfeeling. He just didn’t
have that part of him to give. He’d already given it, and it
lay in the cold dead hands of someone he could never let go of.

Still,
he knew how Iruka was and he shouldn’t have even entertained
the idea. He had to know Iruka would end up getting hurt. Selfish…
That’s what pissed Naruto off. Iruka was hurting. Iruka was
hurting and wouldn’t talk to him
about it.

He
doesn’t know. I know he doesn’t know that I’m one
of the ones Kakashi cheated on him with.
Naruto’s heart clenched painfully. If
I’d have known, I never would have. I wasn’t in the
village, hadn’t been in almost a year. I didn’t know!

He’d
trade those moments of violent passion, in a heartbeat if it would
take away Iruka’s pain and humiliation. It wouldn’t. He
hadn’t been the only one.

Kakashi
wasn’t intentionally cruel. He was cruel in the same negligent
way he was always late. He just took it for granted that Iruka would
understand that although he expected Iruka to be monogamous, he
couldn’t or wouldn’t be. Iruka had taken it for granted
that what was asked of him would be returned to him.

What
made it worse was Kakashi was still trying to get Iruka back. Six
months had passed and every chance he got, he’d be right there
in Iruka’s face. Rubbing salt in partially healed wounds,
until they were raw and open again.

Naruto
had tried to get Kakashi to back off. He’d tried and failed.
Short of killing that former teacher, he couldn’t seem to
protect his favorite former teacher. So, he’d done the next
best thing. He’d spent as much time with Iruka as he could
manage, between missions and training.

He
even invited Iruka to train with him. That was something that had
really seemed to please Iruka. Naruto had always liked pleasing
Iruka. As he’d gotten older and discovered a few things, he’d
had to admit that he had always had a crush on the handsome, gentle
man.

How
could he….with Hatake?!
Naruto’s experiences with Kakashi could never have been termed
gentle. Ugh!!!!
Naruto shivered in revulsion at the thought of the two of them
together.

“Oh,
Naruto, you’re early.” Iruka’s voice brought him
out of his thoughts and he blushed profusely at just who
he’d been thinking about.

“I
can’t train today. I have to find someone to help me with a
messenger mission. The Hokage wants me to take a Jounin along as
protection, while I carry the message.” Iruka tapped his right
temple with a slender finger, indicated that he was
the message.

Naruto
saw Kakashi move from where he’d been standing in the corner of
the room, talking to Genma. He began sauntering up behind Iruka and
Naruto knew just what was about to happen. He beat him to it. “I
don’t have anything on my plate right now. I’ll go, if
you’d like?”

“Really?
You don’t have any special training planned? No other
mission?” Iruka beamed at him. Iruka wasn’t comfortable
around most of the other Jounin, so taking Naruto along was a perfect
solution. He was grateful to his young friend. “Thanks,
‘Ruto. That’d be great!”

Kakashi
shot Naruto a look promising retribution. Naruto had been getting in
his way a lot lately. Naruto in turn, smiled innocently at his
‘friend’ and usual mission partner.

“Oh,
hi Kakashi. Enjoying your leave? Starts today? Doesn’t it?”
Naruto asked politely, letting Iruka know the other man was there.

Iruka
stiffened and spun around on his heel. Casting a cold eye on his
former lover. “Hatake.” The name came out as a curse.
“Naruto, meet me at the Hokage’s tower, in two hours. I
have to pick up some things. Please, be ready to leave from there.”

Once
Iruka was gone, Kakashi spoke. “A mission alone with your
precious Iruka, hmm? We both know how you get on missions…..”
Kakashi let the last bit trail off meaningfully as he traced the
edge of Naruto’s waistband with one finger.

“Oh,
fuck off Kakashi. Go get drunk and fuck some guy or girl or donkey,
whatever gets ya’ off these days.” Naruto waved
negligently at one of the most feared ninja in Konaho and walked
away.

As
he walked away, he heard Genma nearly choke on the senbon in his
mouth. He was feeling pretty pleased about things. Only one thing
bothered him. It was the weird little jump he’d felt ‘down
there’, when Kakashi had spoken about him being alone with his
‘precious Iruka’. There was some truth to what the man
had implied.

A
week later:

“Man
it’s humid. I’m dripping, everywhere!” Naruto
tried unsuccessfully to pull his uniform shirt away from his body.
The damp fabric of his clothes clung to him, every inch. “Ugh!”

Iruka
glanced at his friend and couldn’t help but giggle at the look
on Naruto’s face. Iruka hated to admit it, but he giggled like
a girl. Something that in recent, well, situations had gotten him
teased mercilessly by someone he was trying not to think of.
Bastard…
It was nice to be with Naruto. Naruto was never one to tease him,
much.

Naruto
grinned foolishly at Iruka’s giggle and threw his hands behind
his head, closed his eyes, and leaned back; like he always had.
Iruka should have been thinking of him the way he used
to be. This movement should
have brought up fond memories they had shared. Instead, Iruka’s
eyes were glued to Naruto’s torso.

I
knew he was in good shape, but…..
The clinging shirt showed every ripple of muscle, traced every
contour. Iruka was surprised at his own reaction. Naruto stretched
back a little further and groaned. The shirt moved up enough to show
a hint of the tanned flesh beneath. The groan affected Iruka the
most. The vibration of it went straight to his groin.

Naruto
heard a little choked sound, opened his eyes slightly, and peeked at
Iruka. What
was….
Just before Iruka turned away, he caught sight of it. Lust, Iruka
had been looking at him, with lust
in his eyes. It was a very good thing that Iruka couldn’t see
the huge grin that spread from ear to ear across his dear friend’s
face.

Maybe,
there’s something more to what Kakashi had said. Maybe, that’s
why he was so angry about us being on this mission alone
together. He is good at seeing through things, and people. Maybe,
just maybe, he knew it was possible for Iruka to want to be with me….
He’s always known I wanted Iruka. Kakashi
had teased Naruto constantly about his crush, once Naruto had
admitted he preferred guys to girls.

A
happy ball of sunshine unfurled in Naruto’s stomach. The
humidity didn’t seem so depressing anymore. “Hey, Iruka,
we completed our mission ahead of schedule, right?

Iruka
kept his face turned away from Naruto as they resumed walking. He
was still blushing furiously. “Um, yeah, I think about five
days ahead. It’s a good thing we didn’t run into any
trouble.”

“Yeah,
the route you decide on was brilliant, we never even saw
another person. You’re good at this, ya know?!” Iruka
blushed even more at the praise. It was so nice to have someone see
him as something other than the stuffy Academy teacher who held
little kids while they cried and wiped their noses for them. It was
especially nice, when it was a jounin of Naruto’s talent that
complimented him.

Naruto
was his friend. They’d always been close, but he wasn’t
the type to give anyone an undeserved compliment. “Thanks,
‘Ruto.”

Naruto
shrugged his shoulders to indicate that Iruka didn’t need to
thank him for telling the truth. “Anyway, I was thinking,
there’s this hot spring a little way ahead, between us and the
village. Maybe we could take a little time to unwind, before we
finished heading back. There’s a really cool waterfall and the
pond below it has the coolest, cleanest water you’ve ever
seen.”

Iruka
had the sudden urge to see this spring. It
can’t hurt to take a little break, can it. I’m really in
no hurry to get back to the village, certainly not with Kakashi on
leave, lurking about. Besides, this is Naruto, he’s one of my
closest friends…
“Ok, but we can’t stay too long. You never know what
could be happening back at the village. We may be needed.”

Naruto
smiled. He’d seen the little jump of excitement Iruka’s
shoulders had made at the mention of the spring. He’d caught
sight of the way his friend had bit his lip when Naruto had mentioned
the waterfall and cool clear water. Iruka liked waterfalls. He
liked beautiful things, especially in nature.

He
has to pretend to lecture me about responsibility, so he doesn’t
look like the childish one. That’s ok, ‘Ruka; I’ll
play the childish one, so you don’t have to……
Evil thoughts followed.

Two
days later, early evening:

“Ooooh.
That feels soo good!” Iruka gasped as he sank into the warm
water. Naruto had decided not to join him. He had begged out of it
by saying he wanted to pick up the supplies for their journey home
tomorrow. It was very uncharacteristic of him, giving up a hot soak
and relaxation to take care of something like that. They could pick
up the supplies tomorrow, as they were leaving. Iruka had told him
so. Naruto had been determined.

That
left Iruka soaking alone, in peace and not altogether happy about it.
Maybe
I wasn’t careful enough. Maybe, he caught me looking at him
earlier. Oh, he looked soo good soaking in the hot water, this
morning. I thought I’d only peeked, once or, errr……
I hope this hasn’t damaged our friendship.

Naruto
had
noticed and had decided to do something about it. Good
guys shouldn’t always finish last. We’re both good. Why
shouldn’t we both have someone who will be good to us? I want
him. He wants me. I can’t see any way that this won’t
work out.

He
was a little nervous as he made his purchases. He dropped the
promised supplies off at the room, and headed to his true
destination. A person could request the waterfall and pond, he could
request private usage of them. Naruto had paid dearly for that
privilege. If this went well, it was worth every coin.

A
few hours later:

Iruka
entered the room they were sharing and looked around. Naruto had
been there. There were packages of supplies sitting against the
wall, under the window. The staff had made up the twin beds,
sometime that day.

Iruka
saw a package sitting on the bed he’d slept in the night
before. He walked over to the bed and stared at the folded piece of
paper on top of the package. His name, well the nickname Naruto
called him, was scrawled across it in Naruto’s almost illegible
handwriting.

Ruka,

I
will be waiting at the waterfall. There’s a map

on the other side
of this. I know you’ve felt

something new
between us. I want that. If you

want it too, meet
me.

If not, then this
never happened.

You’re
choice.

Your Ruto

Iruka’s
hands shook as he turned the note over and looked at the crudely
drawn map. Instead of an “X” to mark the spot where
Naruto would be, there was a small badly drawn heart. Tears rose
unbidden in his eyes. He nodded his head to no one.

The
package contained a beach blanket and a pillow. He quickly wrapped
the pillow in the blanket and headed towards the heart, his heart.
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