This is for Hestia, who reviewed on AFFNet, and RezidentPsyko at deviantart. You two gave me a reason to actually work on this last chapter that isn't really needed to complete the story except for in my mind… And yes, this is short...

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Iruka sighed for what had to be the tenth time in that day. After going on the one escort duty for the princesses, and then a few other missions after the Hokage saw how well he and Kakashi worked, it was boring to go back to teaching young kids.

BANG CRASH

Well, almost boring.

"KONOHAMARU! YOUR DESK BETTER BE IN ONE PIECE!"

"It's not my fault, Iruka-sensei!"

Ahh… The joys of being a teacher…

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Kakashi hummed to himself, stirring the ramen noodles in the pan with a faint grin on his face. He was back from a long mission and when he saw that Iruka's apartment was empty with a note on the fridge saying that school had started back up again, Kakashi decided to make dinner… or a late lunch, depending on when Iruka got back since Kakashi hasn't had anything since the ration bars nine hours ago at six in the morning.

They were able to make the relationship work out, despite the obstacles that seemed to pop up out of no where. Kakashi didn't know that he had an overprotective streak in him a mile wide. Sure, Iruka could fight off the enemy with the best of them, but when he saw a civilian holding Iruka's arm, talking to him, Kakashi had to be forcibly removed from the scene by his fellow Jounin. Later, when Kakashi apologized to Iruka for embarrassing him, Iruka gave him a wiry grin and said that while the civilian might be traumatized to have the Copy-Nin going after him, he found the protectiveness a bit sweet.

Then he said that Kakashi better not do that in battle and Kakashi just agreed, unable to refuse the man when he used a voice that still made his older, graduated students stand at attention.

By the time Kakashi had the ramen noodles in the bowls with the broth and other various ingredients, the door closed and he heard Iruka mutter to himself with an occasional cuss word to the bag that probably held tests to grade. Kakashi had two bowls in hand and was on his way to put them on the table on the other side of the kitchen when Iruka just stood in front of him for a moment, looking at him for injuries, and then walked up to him and placed his arms around Kakashi neck, resting against while relaxing a few muscles tense from work.

Kakashi was about to say something when Iruka pulled the mask down and caught Kakashi in a slow, sensual kiss. Kakashi leaned to one side to put the bowls on the counter and decided to tell Iruka later that Princess Shima had given him the kimono that they got Iruka to wear on that fateful mission as a thank you present from her and her new husband Mizuirazu. After all, that would involve breaking the kiss and Iruka was well on his way to relaxing…

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And that completes the story for me. I hope everyone enjoyed the story as much as I enjoyed writing it, despite a few bumps, bruises, and grammatical errors. As I said before, I'll probably write more KakaIru stories, probably one shots, and I might even go into the few missions mentioned in this chapter. And the title of this chapter is supposed to refer to the kimono given as a thank you gift, not me thanking people for reading.

But this is! Kono wa dokusho, domo arigatou gozaimashita! Thank you for reading this! … I think... my Japanese class ended today… hehehe… Ja, ato de!