Naruto Fan Fiction / Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction ❯ A Strange New World ❯ Vacation Time ( Chapter 7 )

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Vacation Time

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Kakashi was humming happily to himself. The Hokage had just given him his approval for his requests for both his team and Iruka's to get some time off. The Hokage was all too happy to approve the vacations, especially as Iruka rarely took his time off when he was a Chuunin, so the old man thought that it was time that he did. Now all Kakashi had to do was to tell his boyfriend and their kids, he grinned perversely at that thought as he imagined that the six teens really were their offspring in one way or another. Such was he in a good mood that he thought that he would slowly walk to the meeting place, giving himself an extra half hour. He soon saw the teams and Iruka waiting for him on the bridge. "Yo." He said in greeting.

"You're late!" Everyone shouted at the silver haired Jounin, making Kakashi grin under his mask. He would miss the jibes if they weren't there. "What is your excuse this time?" Iruka asked, now used to Kakashi'd tardiness as the Jounin had been late to every one of their dates.

"I have a very good excuse as to why I'm late." Kakashi said, his visible eye closing as he smiled under his mask. "Hokage-sama called me in for a chat and asked me if I wanted a short notice vacation... if our teams wanted a short notice vacation." He could see the six kids hanging on his every word, knowing that they were praying for the answer that he was keeping. However the look on Iruka's face was priceless. Kakashi couldn't believe that Iruka wouldn't want the break when it was offered to him. "Of course I had to think about it for a while, however I decided that, for the good of the teams, that we should take the Hokage up on his kind offer." Iruka glared at Kakashi. "As of tomorrow our vacation starts, however as we have no missions to do today, you can go and pack."

Iruka's glare intensified as the six teens ran off chatting excitedly of where Kakashi could be taking them. "Kakashi, you have some explaining to do." Iruka said. He knew that Kakashi was up to something, but he never inagined that he would do something like this without discussing it with him first. "You know that I need to make a good impression as a Jounin and you're dragging me away so soon after my appointment. What is that going to tell the other Jounins?"

Kakashi drapped an arm around Iruka's shoulders. "They will think that you are taking time to know your Genins inside and out before you start dragging them out of te village on missions." Kakashi said. "Not many Jounins get a chance like this, so they'll envy you." He grinned before leaning down. "Plus it will be our first vacation together and I want to make it memorable."

"PERVERT!" Iruka shouted as he slapped Kakashi, sending him over the rail into the river. He could hear laughing from behind him, and the Jounin turned around only to see Maito Gai with a group of the other Jounins. "What do you lot think that you are staring at?" He snarled as he pushed past them. Suddenly Gai caught his arm, and Iruka moaned, having a very good idea what Gai was going to say.

"My friends!" Gai announced loudly. "With his bounteous strength, Iruka-san has shown us what it feels like to be in the Springtime of Youth!" The other Jounins sweatdropped at Gai's enthusiastic cries. "My Eternal Rival, how does it feel to be struck by the Springtime of Youth?" Kakashi raised his head from where it lay in the river. The silver hair was plastered to his face, giving him a dangerous look about him. A look that made Iruka weak at the knees. A moment later and Kakashi was back on the bridge, glaring at Gai until he released Iruka. Kakashi then took the released arm and linked it with his, leading Iruka back towards 'their' apartment. Actually it was Iruka's but Kakashi had become an almost permanent presence there.

"Iruka-kun, you are going to pay for that." Kakashi whispered into Iruka's ear, making the other blush. "You are going to pay, and you are going to enjoy every moment of it." He kissed the exposed neck. "I will make sure that I have you screaming for me by the time the vacation is over."

Iruka glared as he watched Kakashi packing for both of them. "You need to change, Iruka darling." Kakashi said sweetly as he threw civilian clothing at Iruka. "As sexy as you are in that ubiform, we aren't going on vacation dressed as ninjas." Iruka could see that Kakashi was already gloating as he stripped off his clothing to change. Kakashi had chosen jeans and a t-shirt, but they weren't just any jeans and t-shirt. Iruka had bought the jeans the previous year, and the t-shirt was a present from Naruto. He knew from experience that the jeans clung to his ass like a second skin, the t-shirt wasn't any different. He just hoped that Kakashi wouldn't be wearing anything embarassing.

Kakashi looked through the clothing that he had stored at Iruka's until he found the perfect t-shirt and jeans. He couldn't wait to see Iruka's face when he saw it. First came the tight jeans that made up part of the outfit, and once he was sure it looked okay, he turned his attention to the t-shirt, admiring himself in the mirror before turning to face Iruka. "What do you think?" Iruka could only stare at his boyfriend in horror.

'You pervert!' Iruka thought. 'I thought that it was just that 'Icha Icha' filth I had to deal with.' Kakashi grinned when he saw the anger in Iruka's eyes. "Do you really intend on showing the kids something so... so... sick? Do you want to pervert their innocent minds with that filth?" Iruka shouted.

"I most certainly do." Kakashi said happily. "As for innocent, that reminds me, they need 'the talk'." The last two words seemed to echo through the house. "The youngest is thirteen. I think that it's abouttime. Sasuke and Naruto are getting rather close, and do you really want to be responsible for the pain of ignorant fumblings?" Kakashi removed his hitai-ate and replaced it with a bandana.

"They are your team, Kakashi." Iruka said, distracted from his original complaint. "It is your job to teach them when they leave the Academy, not mine." Ke saw Kakashi walking towards the door. "Where do you think that you're going?"

"It looks like I need to pack my @Icha Icha' books." Kakashi said, grinning under his mask. "Those books are excellent material."

"You aren't going to allow them to actually read them are you?" Iruka asked. He needed confirmation of his worst fear. "Please tell me that you aren't"

"Well I would have prefered some other way of teaching them something like this. I would have prefered a non-perverted teacher, so the books is the best way. Well I could either use the books or I could use you as a visual aid. Would you like to be splayed across the table so the boys can see what I intend to do to that ass of yours?" Kakashi knew that he had won the argument when he heard the soft sigh from Iruka. "Thank you, Iruka." He pulled Iruka into a kiss. "Can I ask one more thing from you? Please let your hair down, you know how much I love running my fingers through it."

Later that day the two Jounins met their Genins. The sight of Iruka with his hair down left Naruto speechless. He had been ready to attack Kakashi with Kage Bunshin no Jutsu if he wasn't with Iruka, but luckily it was his beloved sensei. Naruto was still staring at Iruka when the others started walking. "Naruto, Naruto?" Iruka said waving his hand in front of Naruto's eyes. Getting no reaction, Iruka moved into his secret weapon. "Well, it looks like I'll have to have ramen by myself tonight." That broke Naruto out of his daydream. "Come on, we're being left behind."

Kakashi. Loved. Hotsprings. They had so many uses and all were pleasurable, however he was intending to use one for his lustful desires. He was on a self-appointed mission, not only to get Iruka laid, but to do so in in one of the hotsprings. He looked over at Iruka, who had a laughing Naruto on his back. Kakashi smiled, they really as close as father and son, a family that he had become a part of the moment that he had become involved with Iruka. He then looked over the others and saw Sasuke walking by himself. "Sasuke-kun, come and keep me company." Kakashi said to the other Sharingan user. "It looks like Naruto and Iruka has hogged eachother."

Sasuke walked a little faster to fall in beside Kakashi. "They really are close." Sasuke said almost sadly. "I can't help but feel almost left out." Kakashi sighed at Sasuke statement. "He has Iruka-sensei and I have nobody." The Jounin stopped Sasuke in his tracks.

"Sasuke-kun, as long as you keep people at arms length you will be alone." Kakashi said. "Teams were set up in such a way for the three Genins to be able to get closer, not just to eachother, but also to the one that they are supposed to look up to." Kakashi's eye closed. "As long as you are in a team, you will never be alone, as long as you are with me you will have a family, even it it means annoying Iruka-kun."

Sasuke stared at Kakashi. "Th... thank you, Kakashi-sensei." He said quietly. "That means a lot to me." He threw himself into the arms of the surprised Jounin, the commotion bringing everybody's attention onto them. Sasuke buried his against Kakashi's neck, the Jounin feeling hot tears against his skin.

"You perverted cheater! He's only 13!" Iruka shouted as the two startled ninja leapt away from eachother as though a shuriken had been thrown at them. "Hatake Kakashi, I thought that you had more morals than that! Not to mention that you're leading Naruto's boyfriend astray with your perverted ways!"

At the same time, Sasuke landed on his ass in front of Naruto. "I thought that you said that you loved me, Sasuke!" Naruto shouted at the Uchiha. "If you loved me, you wouldn't be planning on making out with Kakashi of all people!" The Kyubi pressed into his consciousness that nothing happened. 'I know nothing happened.' Naruto reassured the fox. 'However this is too much fun to pass up.' He growled in his chest. "I refuse to be dumped for a pervert!"

Yusuke and the others could only stare at the two couples as Naruto and Iruka tore strips out of Kakashi and Sasuke. Had they missed something important? The looks that they sent eachother was quizical at best. "Iruka-kun." Kakashi said rubbing the back of his head. "I think you misunderstood." Kakashi said as Iruka growled. "I invited Sasuke to become a part of my family. Thereby a part of our family." Iruka raised an eyebrow at Kakashi's statement. "There was nothing funny at all, Iruka-kun! I swear it!"

Iruka allowed the panic to last a little longer, while his inner self smirked. Iruka looked over at Naruto, who looked back at him. "We knew that, we just wanted to check something." Naruto said with a cheeky grin as he offered his hand to Sasuke. "Welcome to the family!" Kakashi's eyes passed from one to the other. 'How long had they been conspiring?' Kakashi thought as Iruka, too, grinned.

"We don't have time to sit all day." Hiei said, impatiently. He wondered what these hotsprings were like as Kakashi talked a lot about them. "I thought that we had to be there by a certain time." Kakashi just grinned.

"We'll be there in enough time. I know that Iruka wants to get a certain job over and done with as soon as he can." He could see the smug look on Iruka's face disappear.Kakashi got to his feet. "Come along boys and girl." He said, whistling as started walking towards the springs again. He couldn't wait to see the shy Jounin trying to teach the group about sex.

"Shuichi-kun, are you sure that you don't want me to do anything for you?" Sakura asked Kurama for the hundredth tine since they left Konoha.

"No, I'm fine, Sakura-chan." The answer can again. He had to give the girl credit, she was persistant. However Kurama noticed that she paid Sasuke very little attention now and then realised what she had done. She was chasing him instead.

Two hours later and the group arrived at the hot springs and checked themselves into their rooms. Kakashi and iruka in one room, Hiei and Yusuke in the second, Naruto and Sasuke in the third with both Kurama and Sakura getting seperate rooms, much to Sakura's disappointment. "Get settled then come to our room." Iruka said, giving Kakashi a glare when he dared to try and grope his ass. "Sakura, you are excused until later, this is just for the boys." Sakura nodded."I shall find you when I'm ready."


It didn't take long for the boys to rnd up in Kakashi and Iruka's room. "Good we're all here." Iruka said, once more glaring at Kakashi. He didn't know what was worse, the fact that Kakashi was sitting in the room when he was about to talk to the boys about sex or the fact that he was more or less offering himself as a visual aid for his talk. "Now I am sure that you are curious as to why I have seperated you five from Sakura, but this is just between us." Iruka's eyes flickered to Kakashi for a moment. "Kakashi-kun has told me that he still hasn't given Sasuke and Naruto a talk on... on..." Iruka blushed bright red before he managed to squeak "sex." He could hear snickers coming from Yusuke, Kurama and Kakashi, each he fixed with his glare, which was nowhere nearly as effective as it would have been if he wasn't embarassed by the topic.

Iruka first went on to explain about heterosexual relationships, before he touched on a subject close to the hearts of most of his class. "Now onto relationships between two men." Iruka said. "Such relationships are of a more delecate nature." Iruka said, wanting to hide under his bed. "It, after all, involves more delecate areas of the human body, more specificly the... anal area." Iruka wanted to rip Kakashi's hair out for him making him do the talk, and Kakashi knew it.


Once he has finished the lecture, a heavilly embarassed Iruka made his escape, leaving Kakashi snickering in his wake. Iruka groaned as he sat on the flood, burying his head in his arms that were resting on his retracted legs. That was the most embarassing thing that he had to do in his life. He had spent most of the time wishing that the floor would swallow him up, or wanting to waken from the nightmare he had wandered into. What made it worse was the fact that he was telling that to a boy that was like a son to him. Then he noticed that he wasn't alone, and just when he was about to snap at them to leave him alone, he smelled ramen, and knew that it was Naruto. "Iruka-sensei, I brought you some ramen." Naruto said as he sat beside his old teacher, who took it gratefully.

"Thank you, Naruto-kun." Iruka said as Naruto pressed closer to him. "You don't have to be so formal since we're on vacation, you know.""Itadakimasu." He said before starting to eat, as Naruto did the same.

"I can't exactly call you 'father' can I?" Naruto said, making Iruka laugh.

"What is wrong with 'kun'?" Iruka said teasingly, as he smiled at Naruto. "I think 'Iruka-kun' fits the situation better than 'Iruka-sensei'." Then Iruka had an idea to get back at Kakashi for his embarassment. "Naruto-kun, get Sasuke, I have a way to get back at that cocky boyfriend of mine." Naruto laughed as he got Sasuke, the three sat quietly until they were sure that nobody was listening. "Right, this is what I want you to do..."


Kakashi noticed that Iruka seemed to cheer up quicker. 'Maybe he's up to something.' Kakashi thought. 'No, Iruka isn't like that, he would have taken his revenge by now if he was. He is just getting used to my sense of humour.' His eyes followed Iruka's form as walked across the room.

"You better get ready, I asked Naruto to reserve a table for us at the resteraunt that we passed when we entered the springs. You know, the one that you said was the best resteraunt in the place." Iruka smiled as he selected some clothing for the occasion before heading for a shower. Kakashi shrugged and followed suit.

An hour later, with Iruka's pushing, and Kakashi was finally ready, and followed Iruka to the resteraunt, where he knew that the others would be waiting. He entered with Kakashi just to get mobbed by the two tems screaming 'karioya'. Iruka grinned as Kakashi was swamped by the two teams, leaving Iruka to get to his seat in one piece. The night could be costly, but it was worth it to see Kakashi's expression, Iruka even doubted that the two teams noticed that Kakashi was maskless, but they soon would. Kakashi could see that Iruka was enjoying his discomfort very much. "Children, that's enough." Iruka said. "You'll have to leave your father alone so he can eat." The order-like request made the six take their seats again. The glare he got from the other Jounin made everything worth while.

"Iruka-kun, maybe we should call a truce." He said. "This could get out of hand and then we would both be losers." Kakashi stood up and walked around the table to whisper in Iruka's ear, making the other Jounin blush. The six students straining to hear what Kakashi was saying to their other 'parent'. "Remember I'll only do it once you have had that talk with Sakura-chan." He said, giving Iruka a kiss on his scar. It was onlt then that the members of Team Kakashi realised that theyir sensei was without his face mask, and stared at him in wonder.


Once the meal was finished, Iruka caught Sakura's arm. "If I may have a word, i your room preferably." He said, not wanting Kakashi to gloat over how embarassed he would be talking about a subject he knew nothing about. Once they got to their hotel, Sakura invited him into her room. "Since you are obviously growing up, I am sure that you are noticing some changes." he said, blushing deeply. "Such as your... breasts getting bigger and..." He never got to finish as Sakura screeched 'Pervert' gave him a hard slap sending him through the wall into Yusuke and Hiei's room, where the halfbreed and the apparition's gazes flickered between Iruka and Sakura.

"Iruka-kun, that is why I leave girls well alone." Yusuke said as Iruka's hand cradled his abused cheek. "Girls are violent monsters, believe me I have had my fair share of them." His cheek still vibrated when he remembered Keiko's temper. "Better the demon you know, I say." He felt Hiei's hand on his ass. "Yes, better the demon you know."

Iruka made his escape from the fuming girl and dived in through his own room's door and went under the covers. "What's the matter, Iruka-kun?" Kakashi asked innocently from where he was standing. "You came in here so fast that I almost lost my place in my book." He guessed that Iruka had the talk with Sakura ans looked under the covers, seeing a red handprint on his face. 'Yup, he has had the talk with her.' Kakashi said to himself as he pulled Iruka out from his hiding place. He hugged and kissed Iruka, trying to soothe they younger Jounin. "I never thought that she would slap you." Kakashi said gently. "I suggest that you get some rest, Iruka, as I have a lot planned for us tomorrow."


"Hiei, let me go!" Was what Iruka woke to, and looking out of the window, he saw the shortest of his team dragging his taller partner, calling for Sasuke. The other Uchiha stormed off in the way Hiei had come from and returned dragging a struggling Naruto. He laughed as he heard the two more dominant boys yelling at the other pair.

"Cute, aren't they?" Kakashi asked as he walked into the room with cereal. "I never thought that Naruto and Yusuke could cause so much problems for the two Uchihas." He smiled at Iruka. "You wouldn't cause me that kind of problems, would you?" Kakashi gave Iruka a bowl of cereal.

"I doubt it, I'm surprised that I haven't needed to chase you away from trying to spy on girls." Iruka teased. "After all you are the one that reads questionable material, especially of heterosexual relationships." He said. "I would never have taken you to have been interested in other men."

"I read them to find out what happens next. Do you really think that I could train with my team with a raging hard-on?" Kakashi grinned. "I'm not that kind of guy, my dear Iruka. If I wanted to train my team with an erection then I would carry a picture of you around and stare at it." Iruka blushed at the compliment.


Hiei caught Sasuke's arm. "I say we get a present for that pair." He said as he watched Yusuke and Naruto as they left them. "Preferably something retractable." Sasuke nodded as the pair took off after their boyfriends again. "You would have thought that they would have learned not to do this by now..."

"Especially since we drag them away every time." Sasuke finished. "Why can't they just behave themselves? It really isn't that hard." The chasers took to the roof tops to follow them.

"They're following us again." Yusuke said, feeling Hiei's angry aura. "Shall we do it?" Naruto nodded. "Henge no Jutsu!" With that the two boys changed into two girls dressed in dresses. "Think that they will find us now?" Yusuke asked, Naruto shrugged.

"They seem to have disappeared." Sasuke said as he paused on the roof. "Hiei, can you find them?" Already Hiei was scanning the surroundings, and noticed two suspicious looking girls, whispering to eachother. "Well?"

"There are two girls in the next street. One dark and the other blonde." Hiei said. "Although if they are them, they have picked their disguise well. I still suggest that we check them out though. Yusuke has been known to get tricky to deal with." Sasuke nodded as they approached the 'women'.

"Good morning, ladies." Sasuke said as he approached them, his eyes moved from one face to the next, seeing no alarm or surprise in either face. Sasuke took his time to memorise the faces. The blonde's most noticable feature was the strange purple diamond on her forehead. while her companion was carrying a small pig in her arms. "I am sorry to bother you, but have you seen two boys, one a blond and the other dark running around?" The Uchiha scanned the faces as both women shook their heads. "The blonde is wearing orange, and the dark haired one if wearing a pair of jeans and a green jacket."

Both women shook their heads. "No, I'm sorry, but neither my mistress or I have seen them." The dark haired one said said. "Although if you're worried, I guess that we could get Tonton to find them. Right, Tonton?" The pig squealed.

"Just don't take too long." The blonde said. "I'm going to see if I can find a place to get sake."

*She likes to start early." The wonam said as she lowered Tonton to the ground. "Do you have something that belongs to one of the boys you're trying to find?" Sasuke raked in his pockets until he found Naruto's coin purse. "Perfect." she said. "Here, Tonton, find him." The pig ran off and the three followed him.

Eventually the pig stopped behind two women and squealed, as his folowers appeared. "I believe that you are coming with us." Hiei said, hearing the sighs. "You almost had us that time, but you wont get another chance like that." Hiei said as the two boys released the jutsus. Before they could make their escape again, Yusuke and Naruto were grabbed. Sasuke looked around to find the woman, to thank her, but she had disappeared.


A few hours later and Kakashi, with Iruka in tow, met the boys. "I can see that you have worn them out." Kakashi said, seeing Naruto and Yusuke snoring. "Maybe I can give you a little help." Kakashi said. "There is a technique I used to use when I was babysitting as a Genin like you are now. It creates an unbreakable bond between the two that the bond is involved with." Kakashi proceeded to show them the seals to perform the jutsu. "Once you have done the seals, grab their wrist and a chakra bond will form between the you and the one you grab." He grabbed Iruka's left wrist with his left hand. "Iruka get to the other end of the alley if you can." Iruka nodded as he ran towards the other end, half way there before Kakashi gave two tugs of his left hand, and Iruka was dragged back to him. "See?" Kakashi said with a smirk. "To disengage the bond, concentrate chakra in two fingers and use it as a knife. Only you will be able to do it." He released Iruka.

Iruka glared at Kakashi. "My ass is sore." He said as his eyes narrowed. "What are you going to do about it, Kakashi?"

Kakashi grinned at Iruka. "Back to the hotel room, and I'll show you." His voice sounded husky in Iruka's ear, making him pick up the pace a little more. 'I will make you mine, my little dolphin.' Kakashi thought, as he they sped off to the hotel room.

Once inside, Kakashi grabbed Iruka, kissing him fiercely. The younger Jounin gasping as the Kakashi's lips moved down his throat. Kakashi guided him back to the bed. "Please Kakashi..." Iruka said, kissing Kakashi back when the silver haired man's lips met his. "More, Kakashi, I need more." Kakashi tugged Iruka's shirt out of his pants and slowly removed it, watching Iruka's flushed face.

"Gorgeous, simply gorgeous." Kakashi said as he proceeded to kiss the bared skin before him.


'I can't stand this any more.' Kurama thought as yet another man started to flirt with him. 'If I stay any longer, I think I may go mad.' Quickly he got out of the pool, dried himself and changed. 'I thought holidays meant being able to relax.' Replacing his seeds in his hair, Kurama looked in the mirror. The stress was beginning to tell on the kitsune's face. Hoping that Sakura had given up, Kurama chanced going outside.

Sakura watched as Kurama left the bath house. "Shuichi-kun!" She shouted as she ran towards him, the shout alerting Kurama, who started running back to the hotel, the pink haired girl on his heels. He ran to the corridor where the rooms of the two teams were, however he ran straight past his room, knowing that would be the first place where Sakura would look, choosing instead to hide in Kakashi and Iruka's room. Closing the door behind him, only then did he notice that Kakashi and Iruka were already in the room. Iruka was on the bed, naked, with Kakashi between his legs, licking and sucking Iruka's hard member.

'Where has he gone?' Sakura thought as she searched the rooms for Kurama, stopping outside the last door. 'He must be in here.' She opened the door to the room and she saw Kurama. "Here you are!" she said loudly, until she followed his gaze, seeing two startled Jounins staring at them, both embarassed at being caught in such a situation by their Genins.


Yusuke, Hiei, Sasuke and Naruto could only stare at eachother as they heard Iruka's thunderous 'GET OUT!' from where they were. "I wonder what happened." Yusuke said to nobody in particular.

"Some poor soul has got on the wrong side of Iruka, obviously." Naruto said. "My 'father' gets rilled up easily, as I'm sure we all know." Everyone else agreed. "We'll find out easily later. We look for the ones being punished." Later that night they found Sakura and Kurama scrubbing the wooden hallway.

"You aren't going to bed until I can see my face in the floor." Iruka said as he glared down at them. "Don't think that this is the end of this either." He looked into the rooma of the other members of the group and saw that they were in a huge mess. Such a mess for only the second day. "Clean their rooms while you are at it." Kurama gulped. He didn't know about Sasuke and Naruto, but Yusuke wouldn't take kindly to his mess being tidied like Kurama would. He was scared that the Toushin would take offense.

"Please, Iruka-sensei, not that, anything but that!" Kurama wailed as he took a look in the room. "That is... cruelty!" The kitsune was just about to say animal cruelty, but forced himself not to.

"I'm still not done." Iruka said, his voice turning very sweet."Kakashi would like you to walk Pakkun and his other dogs every morning. You will do it without any fuss or complaint, I hope." Kurama and Sakura nodded. "Good, we understand eachother."


The rest of the week passed slowly for Kurama and Sakura as they had to pay for the mistake that they made, for making Iruka angry. Kakashi had just let them off with walking his nindogs, however Iruka was different. He made sure that they kept the rooms tidy. "Time to get ready to go home." Iruka said to the pair. "Next time, if you see something happening and you are accidentally in the room, leave." The pair nodded


As the passed through the gates, back into Konoha, a hawk flew overhead, both Iruka and Kakashi looked up. "Seems that we are wanted." Kakashi said. "Go and unpack, and wait for further instructions. Go to the Uchiha mansion, we shall meet you there." The group nodded and the two Jounin disappeared, first to change into their uniforms, and then to see the Hokage.

"You called us, Hokage-sama?" Iruka said once they had arrived at the Hokage's office. He looked to each Jounin, each one had a team. "Has the time come again?" He asked as Kakashi pushed him to the front, just in front of him.

"Now that you are all assembled. It is time to tell you that it is indeed the time for the Chuunin examinations." The Hokage said as he looked at his Jounin team leaders. "Therefore I need to know who will be entering names to the examination. Starting with Iruka." Kakashi smiled at the nervous Jounin.

"From the first squad, I lead Uchiha Hiei, Urameshi Yusuke and Minamino Shuichi. I recommend those three to the Chuunin Selection Exam under my name: Umino Iruka." Iruka said, immediately having secind thoughts, but it was too late. 'Did I make the right decision?' Iruka said worryingly. 'I hope that I'm not wrong.' The Hokage took down the names.

"From the seventh squad, I lead Uchiha Sasuke, Uzumaki Naruto and Haruno Sakura. I recommend those three to the Chuunin Selection Exam under my name: Hatake Kakashi." Kakashi said. Iruka could tell that he was smiling under his mask. "Your choice to let them through was well founded." Kakashi said quietly into his ear. "They will do well I'm sure." Iruka nodded as the others chose whether to put forward their teams or to decline. In total there was seven Konoha squads taking part.

"Now we just have to tell them about this." Iruka said as the group split up. He had the application forms for both teams in the scroll pockets of his vest. "I wonder what they will say." He hoped that the teams would consider it well, he didn't want them to jump for the chance then change their minds, nor did he want them to miss an opportunity that they could become Chuunins so soon.

"They will choose what they need to do." Kakashi said with a smile. "Our teams are strong enough to do this. I'm sure that we both know that. I just hope that Yuhi Kurenai and Sarutobi Asuma still allow you to borrow Yamanaka Ino and Hyuuga Hinata." Kakashi said. "We have very little time to get his act together before the exams start."

"That's brilliant!" Naruto shouted when Kakashi told the group of them having put their names forward for the Chuunin exams. "That's the step below Jounin, and that is just below Hokage!" The group groaned. "I'll become Hokage in no time!" Iruka handed out the forms to each member.

"I would like to stress that this is voluntary." Kakashi said. "You do not have to sign the forms unless you really want to take part. Use your own judgement to decide whether or not you are ready for the troubles ahead. You have five days to decide and to hand the forms into room 301 in the Academy." Kakashi said as he dragged Iruka out the door with him. "Come along Iruka."


Karioya means 'foster parents'