Naruto fanfiction
Doing Something Stupid - Chapter Three
Title: Doing Something Stupid
Chapter: 3/?
Author: Danyella Skyler Silverfire
Website: None
Rating: R
Genre(s): Romance
Pairing(s): Iruka/Kakashi,
Summary: Iruka does something incredibly stupid (as he sees it) to
Kakashi and has to deal with the fallout. Now with plot.
Chapter Summery: Iruka visits Kana at work to ask a favor. When he
returns home he finds that Rei has hired Team #7, and he asks Kakashi a
question.
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 finally actually introduce Kana. I really can’t say
much about her. How I describe her pretty much covers it. Rei makes
another appearance so that there is more of a feel of his personality.
And there is finally some actual Kakashi/Iruka interaction, as well as
flirting.
Chapter Word Count MSWord: 3,407
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Damn Interfering Friends
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Iruka sighed tiredly as he exited the Hokage’s office holding a small
pile of folders. What was it about Aya that made things so complex for
him? First the thing with Kakashi happened then he had to deal with
Rei’s constant questions that got worse when he went down to dinner.
Now Aya who had sworn not to come back unless it was to die was here
about to make good on her promise, and in this manner too. Then Shigure
had blabbed to Naruto and his teammates about his whole mistake of a
marriage to Kakashi and Team 7. The last two days had been hell, and it
looked like it was getting worse.
Sighing again he entered the office that the Jounin had for when they
actually had to do desk work. Looking around he quickly found a head of
unnaturally bright red hair done in small tight braids that reached the
woman’s shoulders that was partially covered with her Head Band*. Iruka
made his way across the office and dropped into the chair across from
her desk with a small grunt.
“Just a moment, I need to finish typing this.” The woman said in a
bright voice.
Iruka felt some of his tension drain away as he watched his energetic
friend across the desk. He had to admit she was a pretty woman, though
she would never be beautiful by anyone’s stretch of the imagination she
still drew the eye. ‘Although,’ Iruka thought wryly, ‘that might have
something to do with her love of bright colors that extends to dying
her hair unnatural shades. The red suits her much more than last months
orange though.’ Even sitting at her desk typing up a report she gave
off the feeling of barely restrained activity about to erupt at any
moment.
“Now what can I… Iruka! What are you doing here? I thought you were
going to be busy taking care of things with Aya.” The smile on the
woman’s face grew more genuine as soon as she laid eyes on Iruka,
showing she had a pair of dimples.
“I am. How’s Shigure?” Iruka asked, changing the subject as he picked
up a picture frame off her desk. Looking at it he saw that it was of
them at the last sakura viewing festival. Shigure was holding Midori in
his and laughing as they shared an Eskimo kiss, Iruka was gesticulating
as he talked to a grinning Kana. Rei wasn’t in the picture seeing as
how he had been taking it at the time but it was still a good picture.
Iruka smiled softly at the memory of that day they had all had fun
dressing up and going to the festival.
“He’s fine. He’ll have a nasty bruise on his jaw from where you hit him
for the next little while, but I do agree with him Iruka. You really
need to let more people in, so why not start with that group? You do
like and trust them at least partially.” Kana asked eyeing her friend
of fourteen years. He was so much different from the boy she first met
in ways, but exactly the same in others.
“Kana, I do trust them. I do, it’s just that I have a hard time
trusting people, allowing them into my private world is very
difficult.” Iruka sighed setting the picture back on her desk.
“Iruka I’ve been friends with you ever since you fished me out of the
river, you know that. But it’s not healthy to isolate yourself like
this. You don’t let anyone in. The only reason you let us is because we
knew you before you even fully erected your walls that keep the world
from truly touching you. Iruka, one day those walls are going to be
forced to crumble and it will probably drive you crazy.” Kana said in a
soft serious voice.
Iruka smiled wryly, “You’ve been listening to Shigure’s psychobabble
again haven’t you?”
“He talks in his sleep sometimes, but I do agree that he did go a bit
far in telling them that about you. Now what are you going to do about
it? Let them just go with what they have? Or draw them into the abyss?”
Kana asked finishing off with a mischievous grin.
Iruka started chuckling, “Kana you are defiantly one of a kind.”
“Well that’s probably a good thing for the world, ne. Now old friend,
what are you doing shadowing my door?” Kana asked as she leaned back in
her seat fiddling idly with a kunai.
“I need you to begin to process the paperwork that will have Aya made a
citizen of Konoha.” Iruka answered.
“I thought she was, seeing as how you two are married and all.” Kana
said with a frown.
“Actually no, she was never a citizen of Konoha. She was allowed to
live and work here because of our marriage, but she never gave up her
citizenship in Hidden Mist. It was one of the original things that
caused our break.” Iruka informed Kana wryly.
“Okay... Well I need the Hokage’s approval so...” Kana trailed off as
Iruka dropped a paper on her desk. After scanning it quickly she shook
her head. “Iruka I really worry about this tendency that you and Aya
have of dragging the hidden depths out of each other. This is scarily
thought out.”
“Blame Aya, she told me what she wanted done; I’m just doing it her way
because it’s faster than fighting with her.” Iruka said with a snort of
disgust.
“Okay let’s get started on this. This will take a while but I think I
can get it done in about a week maybe if they don’t fight it on the
other end.” Kana said accepting the file that Iruka handed her.
“Thank you, Kana. I really appreciate your doing this.” Iruka said
sincerely.
“I intend to collect as well, right now in fact.” Kana looked at Iruka
with an evil gleam in her eye meaning she was up to something he wasn’t
going to like.
“What do you want me to do?” Iruka asked warily pushing him as far back
in his chair as he could, trying unsuccessfully to get away from Kana.
“Take that guy, what’s his name, out on a date. You know the one that
had you sulking in your bed two day’s ago.” Kana said with a pleased
grin, “A good one two.”
“What? Kana, I barely know him first of all. Secondly I can’t, I have
to deal with Aya.” Iruka protested surprised by his friend’s request.
“Iruka you already know him well enough all things considered, and you
shouldn’t let Aya’s presence stop you from pursuing a relationship with
someone you could be happy with. Take him on a date, have a good time,
forget about even having a wife that you despise for at least one
evening, ne.” Kana ordered him impatiently.
“The three of you are all working against me aren’t you?” Iruka asked
surrendering.
“Of course, but it’s for the best, you’ll see. Now shoo, I have
paperwork to do.” Kana said making a shooing motion.
“Thanks again for doing this Kana.” Iruka said as he came around the
desk and gave her a peck on the cheek. “You are very good friend. I’ll
see you later okay?”
“Sure, sure.” Kana muttered already immersed in her work. “Go ask
you’re lover out and leave me to work.”
“Later.” Iruka said turning away with a shake of his head before
pausing and turning his head to look in her direction, “Ne, Kana?”
“Huh?”
“The three of you really should stop controlling my life; I am an adult
after all.” Iruka commented wryly before turning his head back and
continued on his way.
“Oh, Iruka? What’s he look like?” Kana yelled after him curious.
“I have no idea. Pale?” Iruka called back over his shoulder.
“Only you, Iruka.” Kana said shaking her head at her friend.
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Iruka muttered distractedly looking through a file as he walked down
the street, “I really need to get new friends, hopefully less
inquisitive ones. Why the fuck did I agree with this?” Iruka continued
down the hall ignoring the people he passed. “What the hell?” Iruka
stopped abruptly and read over the paper again. “I really hate you Aya
that is just low giving me your will.”
“Oy, Iruka-sensei.” A voice called from the side.
Iruka looked over surprised before smiling, “Good morning, Naruto. What
are you doing here?” Iruka asked confused by Naruto’s presence in front
of his house.
“Oh, I hired them to clean the house and help rearrange some things.
I’m thinking of moving into the spare room, what do you think?” Rei
asked poking his head out the open door.
“You just want the hallway sterilized and to interfere with my life at
the same time.” Iruka said flatly.
“Ne, Iruka, how could accuse, me, your best friend, of something like
that?” Rei asked with a hurt expression.
“Because I’ve known you since we were ten. Look, I’ll be in my room
working. I’ve got to read through all these files.” Iruka said as he
tried to enter the house around Rei.
“Kana called.” Rei informed Iruka with an evil smirk.
Iruka paused and slumped, “I hate you guys.”
“Ah, you know you love us more than you resent us controlling you
life.” Rei said cheerfully giving Iruka a hug.
“You live here Iruka-sensei?” Sakura asked surprised by the byplay
between the two men.
“Yes I do. You might as well come in. Rei let go.” Iruka said glaring
at his taller friend.
“Ne, you’re really grumpy when Aya’s around, you know.” Rei said as he
released Iruka pouting.
“That would have to do with the fact that I happen to be sharing the
same area as the object of my loathing.” Iruka muttered as he entered
the kitchen followed by the others.
“So Rei-kun, how did you and Iruka-sensei meet?” Kakashi asked
cheerfully from where he sat at the kitchen table reading, though he
put away his book when the others came in.
“Oh, it’s not much of a story. I untied him. He was duct taped to the
front door of the school singing a song about salting the earth.” Rei
answered cheerfully as he brought out the cleaning supplies and handed
them to the shocked gennin. “Get started you three. I want this place
spotless before we start with moving anything.”
“Really?” Kakashi asked surprised.
“What is it with Jounin and insanity?” Iruka asked rhetorically as he
started going through the cabinets searching for something. “I only did
that because I lost a bet. Thanks again for getting me down though. It
was uncomfortable.”
“What are you doing Iruka? If you’re hungry we can order something.”
Rei asked confused.
“Not that. Looking for something I hid here a while ago. Ha! Found it.”
Iruka exclaimed pulling out a plain white box from behind some pots.
“What’s that?” Kakashi asked confused.
“Not much.” Iruka said distractedly putting the box on the table before
returning to the cupboards to continue looking through them. “Just
pictures.”
The three of them paused when they heard a loud crash come from the
back hallway. Rei sighed and left the other two alone to go
investigate.
Kakashi grinned as he pulled the box in front of him and opening it. As
Iruka said the box was filled with pictures. Grinning he started to
look through them only to be interrupted by Iruka.
“Kakashi-sensei?” Iruka asked softly, “What are your plans for
tonight?”
Kakashi froze at the unexpected question, “Nothing, really. Why?”
“How do you feel about dinner tonight? I know a nice place we can go.”
Iruka said before grunting and jerking out another box.
“Why, Iruka-sensei! Are you asking me on a date?” Kakashi asked trying
to make a joke of the question as he went back to going through the
pictures.
“Let’s see: me, you, a nice restaurant that require dressing up, maybe
something afterwards. Yes I think I am asking you on a date.” Iruka
said giving Kakashi a small smug grin.
Kakashi looked up at Iruka in surprise by his response. This was...
unexpected to say the least. Kakashi frowned as a thought occurred to
him, “You aren’t being forced into asking are you?”
“Yes, my friend Kana. I do want to go to dinner with you, I just
normally wouldn’t ask. I’m not used to dating seeing as how I’ve been
out of the loop for the last decade. I do find you attractive though,
obviously you know that, and I do want to get to know you better. So
don’t think I’m doing this just because I said I’d ask.” Iruka said as
he opened the second box to reveal that it contained jewelry.
“Well at least you’re honest about your reason for asking.” Kakashi
said surprised by Iruka’s small speech.
“I respect you to much to pretend that it was otherwise.” Iruka replied
wryly as he poked through the box. “I forgot that I had all this crap.
Where is it?”
Kakashi thought over Iruka’s offer as he looked at the pictures before
stopping on one. It showed a teenaged Iruka shirtless and with his back
to the camera showing off a tattoo of a tiger covering almost his
entire back. “You have a tattoo?” Kakashi asked surprised that Iruka
would do anything so out of character. ‘But then again I don’t know
Iruka at all do I. Only what he chooses to show all but a select few.’
Iruka looked over at Kakashi surprised by his question before he
noticed the picture in his hand. “Oh, yeah. I got in a bet with Shigure
at a party when I was sixteen, so he said I wouldn’t have the courage
to get a tattoo.” Iruka smirked at the memory. “Everyone started
arguing over what kind of tattoo I should get. In the middle of it I
let, went to the tattoo parlor, and set up the appointments, before
heading back and telling them what I did.”
Kakashi laughed, “You got a tattoo because of a bet?”
Iruka grinned at Kakashi, “I did do quite a few stupid things when I
was young, and able to heal from it you know. That’s just one of the
few that has actual physical evidence on my person.”
“I’m surprised I didn’t notice it.” Kakashi said wryly.
“Don’t be. I didn’t notice what you looked like without your mask, so
I’d say we’re even.” Iruka said turning back to the jewelry. “Although,
I’d like the opportunity to try to see it again, if you’re willing to
go to dinner tight.”
“I can take off my mask if you want.” Kakashi said reaching for his
mask.
“Don’t, I’d rather have dinner with you tonight. You can go without
your mask. The place I’m thinking of, I doubt anyone would recognize
you, and even if someone there did know you, they probably won’t be
about to see you. So what do you say?” Iruka asked as he inspected a
copper bracelet with square cut jade on it.
“It sound’s nice. What time?” Kakashi asked putting the picture in his
pouch next to ‘Come Come Paradise.’
“How about six?” Iruka asked looking over at Kakashi as he threw the
bracelet back in the box.
“You paying?” Kakashi asked teasing.
“Of course, I asked you after all. I’ll see you later then,
Kakashi-san.” Iruka gave Kakashi a last smile before he grabbed the two
boxes and pile of folders, leaving Kakashi at the table deep in
thought.
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*Think Mizuki’s. I actually liked his look even if he was a total
bastard.
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