Yo, Wolf here. So I've been watching a lot of romantic yaoi's haha and I suddenly wanted to try writing a story that had a more serious tone to it, rather than my usual randomness :) Hope you enjoy

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"So class, that is why the axis of symmetry for the origin is always-"

Ring, ring, ring. The melodic chime of the school's bell interrupted the young, tanned professor in the midst of his lecture. He placed the worn-out piece of chalk within his hands down gingerly atop a stack of notes for tomorrow's lesson on his desk, and turned to face the class with a warm smile on his face, whose radiance rivaled that of the sun.

"That's all for today," he began, picking up his crumpled backpack and squeezing various papers within it, as he continued with his farewell speech. "Don't forget to study hard like always! See you Monday."

"See you, Iruka sensei!" The class yelled in unison, as they proceeded to shuffle out of the classroom and down the halls of the Konaha Academy.

'Hm, do I have everything I need for the weekend?' Iruka questioned himself, scanning around the empty classroom one last time. 'I guess I do,' he confirmed, exiting the room and the school with the same radiant smile plastered on his sun-kissed face.

The streets of Konaha were as usual; bustling with citizens who were all eager to rush home and escape the afternoon traffic. The wind was quite chilly for an autumn's day, and the sun was beginning to recede faster than usual.

"I should probably hurry and try to get out of this cold," Iruka told himself, as he wrapped his arms around himself in an attempt to bring himself some much needed warmth. "Good afternoon Kurenai sensei, good afternoon Asuma sensei, good afternoon Genma sensei," Iruka said, greeting each person he passed on the street one by one, as if he was a broken record player. As he continued on his path, he couldn't help but here the screams and grunts that were emitted from the dojo across the street. Resembling a curious cat, he perked his ears to tune in to the foreign sounds.

"Don't worry! I'll get ya one day sensei!" a particular voice exclaimed with great determination- a voice that sounded all to familiar to the tanned man. Without putting any thought into his next choice of action, Iruka ran towards the source of that peculiar voice. Upon opening the doors of the fighting school, he was greeted with the sight of a young blonde of about sixteen years who was eagerly bouncing on the tips of his toes, with sapphire eyes that sparkled with great admiration for the man in front of him. The man extended a pale hand out to ruffle the blonde's hair, before returning it to its position at the side of his uniform, and smiled tenderly at the fawning boy.

"Naruto?"

The blonde boy suddenly stiffened at the sound of his name and slowly turned his head to face Iruka.

"Oh... hey sensei hehe. Um sorry about being absent for a while, but you see, I saw this dojo and it looked so cool and- hey! Are you listening to me, sensei?" Naruto asked, frantically waving his hands around in an attempt to get his sensei's attention. Iruka merely nodded slowly, eyes transfixed upon the older man, almost as if he were in some sort of a trance.

'That shaggy silver hair, that pale complexion, that lone blue eye and that mask... Surely this man must be young, I mean his muscles... his muscles...' Iruka thought, throat suddenly running dry. As if on cue, the man slowly approached the wide-eyed teacher and held out a hand in front of him to shake.

"Ah, you must be the Iruka Umino that Naruto is always praising. It is a great pleasure to finally meet you. I am Kakashi Hatake."

Iruka glanced around the empty dojo- first to the blue mats that were positioned neatly among the wooden floor, then to the steel rack that held various weapons and training devoices, such as leg and arm weights, and finally across the egg shell white walls of the small business. Once he established that the man was in fact addressing him, and that there was no one else named Iruka among them, he slowly extended his own hand forward and shakily shook the other's.

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There goes the first chapter :) As always, please review and tell me what you think. Your reviews are my motivation haha. Oh, and I'll try and update once a week