A/N: English is not my first language. Sorry for any spelling mistakes.

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto.

In the middle of the storm that drenched his face, Umino Iruka walked, oblivious to everything, indifferent to the heavy rain that soaked his body, to the thunder that roared and lighted up the sky, mixing up with the tears that fogged his vision with the uncontained torrent of the storm. But the storm bursting inside of him was stronger than the one happening outside, and he couldn't calm his tumultuous and afflicted heart.

There was no one in the street. All the windows and doors were closed. But he kept walking. Behind the fogged windows of the restaurants and stores, some frightened faces looked at him, casting fearful glances, questioning what was he doing in the street with such bad weather. The Chūnin schoolteacher, however, was only thinking about the pain, the anger, and the hurt in his heart.

He stopped right in front of the Ninja Academy and clenched his fists, saying quietly to himself, "They won't beat me! I'm still alive. From now on, everything will change. Kakashi won't be happy with her." The sight of the Copy-nin with that kunoichi, embracing him and smiling at him came to his mind again, and Iruka screamed desperate. "I'll have my baby and he will regret it! I swear! He won't see me cry for him. Never."

A stronger lightning lit up his tanned face at that moment, showing the pain he was feeling. Iruka felt as if the forces of nature were confirming his oath.

He dried his tears. He needed to save his forces, and think what to do from now on. He thought about the seven months remaining before his child is born. He couldn't have his child in Konoha. Tsunade would know that he didn't make an abortion. Kakashi would know it too. Iruka didn't want that.

He looked up at the gray and dark sky in the foreshadowing of the approaching night. The rain had stopped and he decided it was time to go home. His dark-brown eyes were empty and tearless. He had cried enough.

Emptiness filled his heart, as he entered his small apartment where he'd shared some many nights and days of joy with Kakashi. Now all Iruka wanted was to disappear. He intended to leave the village tomorrow. If anyone looked for him, wouldn't find him.

He had already talked with Naruto and some of his friends. He would resign the job at the Academy and at the Mission Desk and then go away. He had some money that would help him live modestly in another village. He could go to Yukigakure. He had some friends living there. They could help him having the baby and keeping his secret.

He knew he shouldn't fall in love with the great Copy-nin, Hatake Kakashi. Not only because he was sure Kakashi would never looked at him that way, but also because he was a man. The village would never accept their relationship. If there had been a relationship. Iruka had never considered it more than an unrequited infatuation, and he had been fine with that. He knew Kakashi was popular, and rightly so. He also knew he gave himself to the girls in his fan club as if he as God's gift to womankind. He'd never been expecting something more than friendship happening between them.

In the coffee table, there was a picture of team 7. Iruka took it and looked at the tall masked ninja smiling with single exposed eye. "I hate you Hatake Kakashi!" he said coldly, "But I don't blame you. Tsunade-sama had said herself, between me and you isn't normal... But why? Why did you accept they treat me that way?" He put the picture down and placed his hands on his slightly round belly. "He will never know about you."

How it happened? Iruka wasn't sure. After he'd passed out during a class, he was carried by Kakashi to the hospital, where, examined by the Hokage herself, he had received the news that he was two months pregnant. Kakashi agreed with the council and the Hokage to make an abortion. That hurt Iruka deeply.

Decided, Iruka went to his bedroom, opened the closet, grabbed a suitcase and started packing his things. He didn't care anymore. He wouldn't say goodbye to anyone. Not even Naruto. He didn't need him anymore. He was just a Chūnin schoolteacher, there wasn't anything more for him to teach the kid. Naruto was now training with better, stronger and skilled ninjas.

It was past midnight when Iruka left the village. His stomach ached from not had eaten anything all day. He hoped his chakra would be enough to take him to Yukigakure and keep his child safe.