Naruto Fan Fiction ❯ Doing Something Stupid ❯ Story Time ( Chapter 2 )

Title: Doing Something Stupid

Chapter: 2/?

Author: Danyella Skyler Silverfire

Website: None

Rating: R

Genre(s): Romance

Pairing(s): Iruka/Kakashi, mention of Iruka/OC

Summary: Iruka does something incredibly stupid (as he sees it) to Kakashi and has to deal with the fallout. Now with plot.

Chapter Summery: Kakashi decides to question Naruto for information on Iruka, when he gets an unexpected glimpse into Iruka past by another of the friends, bringing to light some unexpected things.

Warnings: Yaoi. Seme Iruka (that's rare). Original characters. And a plot has developed! That's all for now I think.

Disclaimer: I don't own them though I wish I did. So Naruto is not mine.

Author's Note: I brought in four more OC's. Shigure and Kana Yorishi, their daughter Midori, and Aya, Iruka's estranged wife. No worries, Aya and Iruka's relationship ended a long time ago on a _very_ bitter note. There is no chance that they will ever get back together. Also on the name Yorishi, I just threw some letters together for a Japanese sounding name and I got that. Whatcha think?

Chapter Word Count MSWord: 2,963

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Story Time

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Kakashi sat on the low wall and frowned thoughtfully down at his unopened copy of `Itcha Itcha Paradise.' The events of the day before were unusual to say the least. He had never expected Iruka to be that aggressive. Kakashi shifted trying to get comfortable despite his aching muscles. The floor had been very hard on him, leaving him with a general overall ache. `Although it had been fun getting those aches.' Kakashi thought with a sudden grin, `He didn't have to kick me out so fast though. We could have moved somewhere softer and had more fun. Iruka did look cute when he was horrified though.'

"Ne, Kakashi-sensei what's up with you? You sick or something?" Naruto asked interrupting his line of thought.

"I'm fine. What makes you think I'm sick?" Kakashi asked looking over at Naruto curiously.

"'Cause you're not reading that book of yours. You've just been sitting there staring at it. What wrong?" Naruto looked concerned at his teacher. Nothing had ever gotten to Kakashi before that he had seen.

"Nothing's wrong really. I just found out something unexpected yesterday is all, and I'm not sure what to make of it." Kakashi said wryly before a thought occurred to him. "Ne, Naruto?"

"Yeah?" Naruto looked at Kakashi wondering what he wanted.

"What do you know about Iruka-sensei? I mean other than what everyone else knows." Kakashi watched Naruto closely as the boy thought over his question.

"Ano…not much really. Iruka-sensei's actually pretty private. I've met a couple of his friends and they seem to be okay, if a bit weird. But then again they're jounin so I guess that's normal. Although his roommates the worst of them." Naruto said as he sat down on the ground in front of Kakashi.

"His roommate? I didn't know he had one."

"Oh yeah. Total weirdo named Rei. I guess he's a good fighter though you can't tell most of the time with how he acts."

"How's that?"

"Well for one he always asks questions. About everything. Once he asked me if I ever considered dyeing my hair green."

"Green?"

"Yeah. Apparently I remind him of what Iruka-sensei had been like and he had done that once. I didn't believe him until he showed me a picture of Iruka-sensei like that. But other than him asking questions he has a weird fear of hummingbirds. He completely flips out when he sees one. According to him it's because nothing that small should have that long a tongue." Naruto grinned in remembrance of watching Rei being chased by a swarm of determined hummingbirds after he accidentally got covered in caramel.

"Iruka has a friend that is constantly questions and that's afraid of hummingbirds?" Kakashi asked making sure he had that straight.

"Yup. Rei-san's okay though, although he does have a bit of a temper where Iruka-sensei's involved. He's really overprotective of him. Something happened to Iruka-sensei when he was younger." Naruto frowned down at his lap. "All they will say is that they won't let Iruka-sensei get hurt like that again."

"They?"

"Well there's Rei-kun, who I told you about, then there's Kana-san and Shigure-san. Kana-san's just as weird as Rei-kun. She wears bright colors whenever she's not in uniform, has a weird obsession with candles, and is always spying on people. I think she knows just about everything that goes on in Konoha. She can tell some really nasty jokes too." Naruto said with a wide grin.

"And she tells them to you?" Kakashi asked slightly surprised that Iruka would allow that. "Iruka-sensei doesn't say anything about it?"

"Well according to Iruka-sensei Rei-kun and Kana-san have `the collective intelligence of fourteen-year-old spoiled brat.' So yeah, they're pretty funny though."

"So that's Kana. What about Shigure?"

"Well Shigure's a goth. Very heavily goth. The only time he doesn't wear black is when he loses a bet or he's in his jounin uniform." Naruto said grinning again.

"I hardly think I'm that bad, Naruto." A slightly amused soft voice came from their right. Kakashi turned he head to look and was surprised by what he saw. The man who was obviously Shigure was only 5'4" with long black hair that was hanging in front of his face covering one of his violet eyes that were lined in kohl, and brushing against black lips. The black turtleneck and unbuttoned black silk shirt were both made for someone bigger than him by several sizes. Although his black jeans did fit they were obviously old and often worn seeing as there were several holes in them, although he oddly enough went barefoot. His fair skin and delicate features made him even more androgynous then his choice of clothes or size would have otherwise made him. In fact one of the very few purely masculine things about him was his voice that managed to surprise Kakashi with it softly spoken baritone while he was looking at him. The voice did not match the package before him. "After all, I always wear my head protector, ne, even if I wear it around my arm." he said as he tapped the aforementioned item on his left bicep with a black fingernail.

"Shigure! What are you doing here?" Naruto asked jumping up and giving the diminutive man a hug.

"I came to find you. And since I was told that you had a mission cleaning this park you were not that hard to find." Shigure replied with a slight smile tugging at his lips as he teased. "So why are you talking about me, my dear future son-in-law?"

"Son-in-law? What? Naruto, you're married?" Sakura asked only catching the last bit as she walked up with Sasuke.

"No I'm not married! Shigure-san, stop calling me that!" Naruto growled at Shigure. "You know that's how rumors get started.

"Well Midori did say she's going to marry you. There's really nothing more to be said. She takes after her mother after all, and Kana informed me very seriously that she would marry me when she became a jounin. Now we have a daughter. It's no use to fight, Iruka even approved of it." Shigure said before chuckling at the look on Naruto's face. "Don't worry, that won't happen for a long time yet. Midori's only four after all."

"That's not the point!" Naruto yelled annoyed at Shigure's teasing. `Why does Iruka-sensei have to have such weird friends? And do they all have to tease me so much?'

"Ne, Shigure-san, you said you were looking for Naruto? Why was that?" Kakashi asked breaking in on Naruto's tirade, effectively cutting it off.

"I have a message for him." Shigure raised his violet eyes to Kakashi and all the laugher drained out of him, leaving his eyes like mirrors. "So you're Hatake Kakashi, formerly of the Anbu squad."

"Yes. And you are? Other than one of Iruka's friends that is." Kakashi asked eyeing the man warily.

"Yorishi Shigure." Shigure tilted his head as he studied Kakashi revealing that he wore unusual earring in his right ear that were the strands of silver that ended at different lengths with little crosses. "Well you do seem to fit his type." Shigure finally said humor returning to his face.

"Anou sa, anou sa... what are you talking about Shigure-san?" Naruto asked confused by the byplay between the two adults. "What type?"

"Exotic." Shigure said staring into Kakashi's eyes before dropping them to Naruto again. "Iruka sent me to tell you he can't have dinner with you today."

"What? Why?" Naruto asked worried for his former teacher.

"Is he sick?" Sakura asked hoping that, that wasn't it.

"No, unfortunately. If he were I wouldn't be so worried." Shigure finished in a whisper as he turned his head to stare off in the distance.

"What's wrong then?" Sasuke demanded bluntly.

Shigure's eye's turned back to Sasuke calculating. He didn't answer until he formed some sort of internal decision, "How much can I trust you with? I need to know now. Iruka is very... private. Although I do admit that it was unconscious training on our behalf that he is that way."

"What's wrong?" Naruto asked really worried now.

"I will answer as soon as I have their answers." Shigure said seriously his eyes running over the other three.

"I won't tell if it's important." Sakura said truly worried about what was going on with Iruka.

"Hn. Who would I tell?" Sasuke said wryly.

"I won't speak of what you say." Kakashi agreed putting away his unread book.

Shigure nodded his head, "Now listen, Iruka is very fanatical about his privacy. Only a handful of people actually know anything about him, that he doesn't choose to show the general public. You know what he was like in his teens?" Shigure asked quietly his eyes constantly scanning the area to make sure no one came to close.

"He was a prankster right?" Naruto asked wondering what that had to do with anything.

"Indeed. You ever wonder how a prankster can go from that to such a responsible adult? Oh, it would happen eventually, but not so quickly. Not for those that are as attention starved as he was. See, when we were seventeen, he found what he needed to grow up. He met his future wife."

"He's married?" Sakura asked shocked. "Why didn't I know that? He was my teacher for several years."

"By the point he met her he had already learned that he valued his privacy above almost anything. Which was probably a good thing all things considered. His future wife Aya met him at our chuunin exams, she was from the Hidden Mist Village. She was a very lovely young woman. The started talking the day before the exams and fell rather passionately in love."

"That's so romantic!" Sakura exclaimed starry-eyed.

"Indeed. They married within two months in fact. They worked together remarkably well, when they weren't being sickeningly cute that is. Unfortunately over time they discovered that they really didn't like each other personally, but they decided to stick it out because they did still love each other. Unfortunately that made it worse, over time their resentment towards each other built up and they started to get into some rather vicious fights, but even then they still wouldn't divorce. Eventually after they had been married almost three years they started taking on lovers." Shigure sighed softly at the old memories.

"Iruka-sensei cheated on his wife?" Sakura asked horrified at the thought that he would dishonor his wife that way.

"You have to understand that Iruka was only twenty, married to a woman that he couldn't be in the same room with without resorting to physical violence out of frustration of the situation that he was trapped in. I'm not saying he beat Aya, actually she gave as good as she got. I don't think during the entire two years they spent like that either of them went without fresh bruises, scrapes, or cuts. That sad thing was though they hated the very sight of each other they still loved each other as much as they ever did. And you have to remember I said both of them were taking on lovers."

"What happened? They obviously don't live together anymore. I've been to his place a lot, and the only woman I ever see there is Kana-san, and she doesn't count." Naruto was enthralled in the story.

"They separated when we were twenty-four they finally separated. She went back to her village, and he stayed here in Konoha. Which brings me to why I was sent to cancel his plans for the next couple days. Aya came to see him an hour ago." Shigure shrugged. "That's about it. I'm playing messenger, while Rei keeps them from killing each other, which in her condition is a bad thing, and Kana watches Midori."

"What condition?" Sakura asked confused by his phrasing.

"Aya's pregnant. About seven months." Shigure shook his head, "I'm not sure why she risked it. Look I have to go, I got to go tell some people not to expect him for at least the next day, then I'm going home to my wife. Naruto, you can come over for dinner if you want. Nice to meet you three finally." With a last nod in their direction he turned and left heading for the Academy.

"Bye, Shigure-san." Naruto called before a thought occurred to him. "Mou, do you think the baby's Iruka-sensei's?"

"It's not our business." Sasuke said with a shrug.

"What did he mean by her risking it? Seeing Iruka-sensei, or having the baby?" Sakura asked frowning in thought though she felt sad for how things turned out between Iruka and Aya and wished that things would turn out okay for them.

"Well, now that's story times over and you three finished your mission we're done for the day. You can go. Meet me at the bridge tomorrow at five." Kakashi said before leaving abruptly.

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Sunset found Kakashi at his apartment sitting down to his own dinner as he turned over what he had learned of Iruka that day from his talkative friend. "Exotic, huh. Interesting, I wonder what will happen next."

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Ending Notes: I'm not sure if I'm going to have Aya's baby be Iruka's, although it is the reason that she finally came to see him. Shigure is a Anbu with goth tendencies, Kana a Jounin who loves brightness and a good dirty joke, and Midori is four with a huge crush on Naruto who she's met a few times. Aya is at least Chuunin, though she might be of higher rank, I haven't decided yet. Anyway, I would love to have any votes on what you think I should do with Aya cause I know how her part in the story will end but not much more at the moment. I would also like to know if I kept the actual cannon characters in character or not. Sorry but I haven't quite got a good enough grasp of the cannon yet. Oh and one fast question to those who read my end notes, should I eventually make Iruka a Jounin? Also does anyone know if they actually tell who was in Iruka's Gennin cell? I'm mostly just curious.

Review Replies:

KakashixIruka ML Replies:

Raeyven: Very true, although Iruka did surprise him. I would love to hear your idea on the plot twist even if it doesn't fit anymore, so email me privately or chat with me on my IM. I'm glad you enjoyed the eye thing, I found it fascinating when I read it. Next time I'm at the library I'm going to have to find that book again. Please review again.

Bekkah: I already gave you my reply to your request I believe and I'm glad you like my fic. I'm glad you liked the eye thing as well, I've gotten such nice reviews on it. Please review again.

Nolie Chan: I'm glad you thought it was cute. I did too, especially with him hiding in bed and all. And the angst was kinda a byproduct of the fic. I'm glad you liked the seme Iruka, I thought it was a nice change. I'm glad you liked the fic, and the note on Japan at the end. There's none on this cause I couldn't think of anything so I just kinda rambled. But I'm glad you learned something. Please review again.

NarutoYaoi ML Replies:

Jei: Well you commented now so thanks for reviewing. Well here's your more to the fic thing. And I'm very glad you liked my idea and even liked Rei enough to keep reading the fic. I hope that I continue to live up to your standards. And don't worry the OC's won't take over the fic, they're just there to add to it and annoy Iruka with their constant spying. Please review again.

Fanfiction.net Replies:

MysticMoon: Sorry no Kakashi under the sheets. Not yet anyway. And yes that was unlucky, although maybe not quite for Kakashi the next day. I have to agree with you though, Kakashi is very molestable, especially when his hairs down. I saw the episode where he got imprisoned by Zabuza after he fell in the water, and let me just say, "Yum!" I'm also glad you liked the note. Please review again.

cdkobasiuk: Look there's more. Well I put in Kakashi finally, what do you think? I'm also glad you enjoyed my way of writing Iruka.

Isolde1: Well thank you for reviewing twice. For that you get two replies. Cool, ne. Thank you for the wow. I'm glowing but it doesn't show what with the internet and all. Please review again.