InuYasha Fan Fiction / Naruto Fan Fiction ❯ Shinobi and Miko: A Collection of One-Shots ❯ Good-bye Kagome? Good-bye Iruka? ( Chapter 11 )

[ T - Teen: Not suitable for readers under 13 ]
By: midnitesilverblade
Umino Iruka has a newly enrolled student in his class, Higurashi Shippo. He recognizes the last name and asks his wife, Umino Higurashi Kagome, about the new student. Kagome says Shippo is her “son”, and Iruka blows up. Can Kagome get Iruka to trust her again? And will she forgive Iruka for jumping to conclusions?

Anime/Manga: InuYasha Fan Fiction / Naruto Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Romance | Type: Crossover | Uploaded On: 08.21.2006 | Pages: 7 | Words: 4.5K | Visits: 1.4K | Status: Completed

Title: A Secret Admirer
Pairing: Iruka/Kagome
Rating: T
Summary: Umino Iruka has a newly enrolled student in his class, Higurashi Shippo. He recognizes the last name and asks his wife, Umino Higurashi Kagome, about the new student. Kagome says Shippo is her “son”, and Iruka blows up. Can Kagome get Iruka to trust her again? And will she forgive Iruka for jumping to conclusions?
Note:
Note: Next up is Kakashi/Kagome!
 
 
“Konohamaru?”
 
“Here Iruka-sensei!”
 
“Moegi?”
 
“Hai!”
 
“Udon?”
 
“I'm here Iruka-sensei.”
 
“Good, you're all here.”
Umino Iruka, a good-looking man in his mid-twenties with dark eyes and brown hair tied back in a ponytail clapped his hands together as he looked at his class.
“We are going to have a new student here in out class.”
He opened the door and motioned for someone to come in.
 
An exhuberant-looking auburn-haired boy smiled at the class as he came in. His green eyes surveyed the class while introducing himself.
“My name is Higurashi Shippo. I transferred here because I wanted to be in the same village as my mama.”
 
Higurashi?
“Please sit down Shippo-chan. Class, today we're going to learn about ninjutsu.”
 
After the day ended, Iruka went home.
“Kagome, I'm home!”
 
His wife ran down the stairs to greet her husband in a flying tackle. His face was showered with kisses.
“Iruka! I'm so glad you're home!”
 
Iruka wrapped his wife in his warm arms and smiled down at her.
“I'm glad I'm home too Kagome. Now I get to be with you the rest of the day.”
Which reminds me…
“Kagome? Do you know someone named `Higurashi Shippo'? He's a new transfer student in his class and his last name is the same as your maiden name. I was wondering if you were related to him.”
 
He just had to be in Iruka's class…what do I tell Iruka? That Shippo's not really a child, he's just a 500-year old demon kit that I adopted? He would believe me but the Kyuubi (nine-tailed demon fox) killed his parents. I know he's forgiven Naruto, who hold the Kyuubi inside of him, but I know some part of him still holds a grudge against the Kyuubi.
Kagome opened her mouth, choosing words carefully and attempting to soothe Iruka.
“Iruka, Shippo-kun is my son, but-”
 
Iruka exploded on Kagome.
“Kagome! You had an illegitimate son and you never told me?! I can't believe you!”
 
“He's not my real son Iruka!”
 
Iruka turned away from Kagome. He opened the door and was ready to leave, but not before shooting some last few words at Kagome.
“I'm disappointed in you Kagome. I'm going to stay with Kakashi now. I can't even look at you.”
 
“I-Iruka…”
She watched him go. Tears of sadness poured out of her eyes as she yelled at his retreating figure.
“Iruka…why won't you listen for once?! I never got to finish what I was trying to tell you!”
 
“Kakashi, ohayo.”
 
Jounin Hatake Kakashi turned his masked face to face Iruka. He raised his hand in greeting.
“Hey. What are you doing here?”
 
“Kagome has a child. She could have told me earlier but-hey, are you listening to me?!”
 
“Hmm?”
Kakashi looked up from reading his favorite book, Icha Icha Paradise.
“Did you say something Iruka?”
 
Iruka took a deep breath and glared at his friend. He stressed each syllable of Kakashi's name.
“KA-KA-SHI!”
 
“Whoops.”
Kakashi took off running.
 
Iruka chased Kakashi. It brought back memories of how he used to change Kagome…
 
FLASHBACK
 
“Can't catch me Iruka-sensei!”
 
Iruka put on a burst of speed and caught Kagome. He got her in a flying tackle and brought her down to the ground.
“Gotcha Kagome.”
His lips captured her in a possessive, demanding kiss.
“I told you I'd get you, wouldn't I?”
 
“Hai Iruka-sensei.”
 
“'Sensei'…I like the sound of that.”
 
Kagome smirked and grabbed Iruka's collar.
“Just kiss me again you baka (idiot).”
 
END FLASHBACK
 
Kagome…
 
“Did you hear all of Kagome's explanation?”
 
“What? I-”
 
“Just as I thought Iruka. There you go again, acting brashly. You should have listened to all of Kagome's explanation before you started yelling at her and leaving her.”
 
Iruka inwardly cursed at himself for his stupidity. But another question was making way into his mind…
“When did you get so smart?”
 
“Ah ah ah, can't tell you that Iruka. Maybe because of a certain girl that has entered my life.”
 
“What do I do now Kakashi?! Kagome probably hates me and I don't know how I can explain what I did to her.”
 
“Give her time.”
 
“You're right Kakashi. If I wait too long though, she'll give up on me.”
 
After a moment of silence, Iruka twitched and a tick mark appeared on his forehead.
“I give up! I'm going to get the whole story now!”
He ran off to the house Kagome and he shared, leaving Kakashi to his thoughts and his book. On the way there, he nearly ran over Higurashi Shippo eating a popsicle.
 
“Shippo-chan?”
 
“Hai Iruka-sensei?”
 
“What's your relationship to Higurashi Kagome? I realize you two have the same last name.”
 
“Oh! She's my mama! She adopted me when I was…`younger'.”
Couple of hundred years younger but no one has to know that.
 
So that's it. Kagome, please forgive me for what I did. It was stupid and rash.
“I have to go now Shippo-chan, but take care.”
 
“Bye Iruka-sensei!”
 
With a wave, Iruka ran home, praying that somehow, somewhere, his wife would find it in her heart to forgive him. As soon as he got home, he wrenched open to door and looked for his wife. Kagome wasn't anywhere to be found.
Where is she?! Oh Kagome! Okay, take a deep breath and calm down. Where would Kagome go for comfort? That's it!
Iruka ran to Kurenai-sensei's apartment and announced himself by slamming open the door.
“Kurenai!”
 
The red-eyed black-haired jounin (mid level ninja) was eating salted octopus on her bed. At the loud arrival of Iruka, she started and threw a kunai at him, which Iruka “calmly dodged”.
 
“KURENAI! WHAT'S THE BIG IDEA?!”
 
“Sorry, sorry! But what are you doing here anyways? Normal people don't barge into people's houses unexpectedly.”
 
“I did something stupid and Kagome's gone. I thought she'd come to your house.”
 
“Come on Iruka, you know Kagome better. She knows you'd think to come to my house. Would she do something as obvious as that?”
 
“N-no…”
Kagome would want to go somewhere I would never look. I got it!
He ran out of the room, shouting back.
“Arigato Kurenai!”
 
Meanwhile, Kagome was crying against Hatake Kakashi's strong chest.
“Ka…Kakashi…he didn't even try to listen to me! He just…bolted…”
 
Kakashi held Kagome together against his body.
“”Don't worry Kagome, you know Iruka's just rash like that. He'll get over it, trust me. There's nothing to worry about.”
 
“I don't know if I can forgive him Kakashi. I've never given him a reason to distrust me.”
 
He gently petted Kagome's head as he spoke soothing words into her ears.
“I know, I know Kagome. But you know Iruka. He's hot-headed and jumps into things without thinking. He seems like he doesn't on the outside, but he really does.”
 
She buried her head into Kakashi's neck.
“But Kakashi-”
 
Iruka burst into Kakashi's apartment unannounced.
I seem to be doing that a lot…Kagome! As I thought, she is here! Why is she in Kakashi's arms?
“Kagome?”
 
Kagome burrowed into Kakashi's vest to hide her face.
“Iruka.”
 
A pang of guilt surfaced in Iruka's heart. Kagome's voice held coldness and bitterness, something he had never heard before in the voice of his beloved.
“Please listen to me Kagome.”
 
“No. You didn't listen to me Iruka. Why should I listen to you?”
 
“Kagome, I know I didn't give you a chance to explain. But what would you do if I suddenly told you I had a child?”
 
“I would calm down and listen to you explain it to me.”
 
Iruka sighed and tried a different approach.
“I love you Kagome. I love you more than life itself. Now either listen to me or I will make you listen to me. And believe me, I have no qualms in `torturing' you. Tell me the whole story.”
 
Kagome sighed and unburied her face from Kakashi's vest.
“You win. Like I tried to say before,” she threw a glance at Iruka, “Shippo is my adopted son. I met him five hundred years ago after I traveled through a well in my old house. I met him and immediately felt a motherly bond with him.”
 
Iruka gaped openly at Kagome. He looked at Kakashi, thinking e would see a similar shocked look written on his face. Only there was no shock on Kakashi's face. He only found happiness.
“Y-You…you knew?!”
 
Kakashi nodded at Iruka.
“She wanted to run it past me before she told you. You know how you overreact and everything.”
 
“I DO NOT OVERREACT!”
 
“Just what I was talking about Iruka.”
 
Iruka huffed.
“How long have you known about this?”
 
“Mm…I'd say a few months now.”
 
“WHAT?!?!?!”
He held a murderous glint in his eyes.
“Kakashi…”
 
Kagome tackled Iruka to the ground.
“Iruka-kun, please stop! I was scared what you would say, so I told Kakashi first. I wanted to see what he thought.”
 
“If you say so Kagome.”
 
Iruka seems different. But I'm not going to take his kindness for granted.
“Onegai (please) Iruka. You know I'd never lie to you.”
 
Iruka's eyes softened as he looked at his beautiful wife who head tears in her eyes.
“Come on, let's talk about this over a bowl of ramen. I want to meet this Shippo in person.”
Come to think of it…I've already met him before outside of the classroom. But Kagome doesn't have to know that.
He took Kagome to Ichiraku Ramen, his favorite place to eat.
 
“Here again? You always take me to Ichiraku on all our dates.”
 
“It's my favorite place Kagome!”
Iruka pouted at Kagome and gave her the most adorable puppy dog eyes she had ever seen. His lower lip trembled slightly as his eyes watered.
 
Kagome's “iron will” deteriorated.
“Iruka…”
 
“Mama? What are you doing with Iruka-sensei?”
Shippo looked up at the two with innocent eyes.
 
She picked Shippo up and set him on her lap.
“What would you like to eat Shippo?
 
“Ramen!”
 
She smiled warmly at Iruka over Shippo's head.
“He's just like you and Naruto-kun. All of you love ramen so much you can have it breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Speaking of whom…Naruto-kun!”
 
Naruto looked up from his bowl of ramen and saw the family.
“Kagome-chan! Iruka-sensei! Oh! You two have a kid? Congratulations! What if I buy all three of you a bowl of ramen to celebrate?”
 
“That would be nice Naruto!”
 
Kagome smiled at Naruto and pulled Iruka's collar.
“Iruka! I know for a fact that Jiraiya always makes Naruto waste his money. We should treat him today.”