Disclaimer: I don't own any part of Naruto, it belongs to the man who created it, Masashi Kishimoto.

Rating: G to PG -13 probably.

Pairing: Kakashi/Iruka

Summary: The small notes that Iruka discovers left for him are about many things. Some are promises, some are questions, and some are just statements. But Iruka finds himself falling for the person who left them. Now, he just has to figure out who that person is.

AN: Let me warn you a little bit about this story. The chapters are not very long at all. They are just little things, (Less then a thousand words each chapter probably) and the idea for this came from a very unexpected source. I was eating tacos from Taco Bell and and I picked up a sauce packet and read off what was wrote on it. It hit me that it may be a a small interesting story. I dug through the plastic bag, sorted the sauce packets I could use and decided on which order to present them. So this story is entirely based off the sayings on Taco Bell Sauce packets. The little 'notes' are direct quotes. Oh, also I don't have a beta, so this hasn't been looked over.

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Passing Notes

Chapter 1

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Iruka smiled kindly at the new genin team standing in front of his desk, their jonin sensei right behind them. The kunoichi he was used to seeing around the mission room, but he didn't know her personally. The children hadn't been in his last graduating class, but he knew them from the academy. Their clothes and faces were covered in dirt, the results from their very first D ranked mission as a team. Their task had been to plow and plant a field for an elderly couple. The kids looked tired, but the smiles on their young faces spoke volumes.

Iruka took the mission report that the girl of the group handed him. "Thank you, Kayo." He read through it quickly, making sure everything was in order. He looked back up to the group, smiling again. "Thank you for your hard work, Team Eleven. Congratulations on completing your first mission."

"Thank you, Iruka-Sensei!" The three youths chorused. Their sensei with them nodded once before leading her team from the mission room.

It was closing time, Team Eleven had been the last group in his line. He was also the last chunin on duty for the night. Iruka was dead tired, his new class was very rambunctious. They were still trying to press his buttons and learning their boundaries for his classroom. But no matter how tired he was he had to file all the reports that had been turned in for his shift. It was part of his job. He pulled the small pile of papers on the desk closer and began to sort through them. He was about half way done when something odd happened.

A small piece of paper slowly fluttered down in front of him, landing silently on the wood next to the mission reports. Iruka quickly snapped his head upwards to look above him, but no one was there. He proceeded to scan the mission office, again finding nothing. The nearest chakra signature was four rooms away and it was Genma. With a small touch of anxiety, Iruka reached for the bit of paper. There was nothing on one side, but on the other there was very neat calligraphy.

Iruka read the small note, a very light blush dusting his cheeks. 'I'm single... are you?'

He quickly looked around again and still no one was there. It had to be a mistake or someone was playing games with him. There could be no other explanation. He zeroed in on the mistake aspect of his thoughts, because no one would ever send him such a note. That was it, it was a mistake. Deciding to forget the whole event he shoved the note into his weapons pouch as he stood up. He didn't want any fellow shinobi finding it.

Iruka grabbed the sorted mission reports and quickly filed them where they belonged in the connecting room filled with cabinets. He turned off the light, then shut and locked the mission office door. He activated the protection jutsu on the room before turning and walking down the street towards his apartment. The tiny note briefly occupied his mind, but he quickly pushed the thought away.

The note hadn't been for him. It had been a mistake... It just had been a mistake.

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I hope to have the next little chapter up soon.