[Fic] Life Lessons

[branchandroot]

Cross-post from my archive.

Fandom/Arc: Avalanche, Naruto
Characters/Pairings: Hatake Kakashi, Kakashi/Iruka, Umino Iruka
Summary: Knowing that you're sending twelve-year-olds into the field to fight, what do you need to teach them before they go? And what do you do when it never seems to work? Sometimes Iruka has trouble with that second one.
Meta: Drama, Angst, Fluff, I-5
Wordcount: 1703

Warning: Discusses aftermath of trauma.

Umino Iruka loved to teach. He really did. He'd taught at the Academy for years, and with every new class he felt again the wonder of shaping Konoha's future through his students.

There were also weeks when he needed to remind himself of this strenuously to keep his hands from closing around their skinny, little necks.

Read: Life Lessons

Comments

[shiraume]

*chokes*

I mean, yeah it's reasonable to learn that but ZOMG Iruka managed to SAY that without passing out? *impressed*

...Although it did kinda occur to me, in the course of canon and fanfics, that they do graduate their kids awfully young. >.< I'm not sure if I want to imagine what they actually teach. I mean, how do you get it across to kids that they are basically learning things that will help them kill people later? n.n;

And I'm liking the Kakashi/Iruka vibes here a lot, and that's really saying something. (I usually hate that pairing. ^^;)

[branchandroot]

Iruka is really an amazing teacher, I'm convinced of this.

And Edenfalling's fic really got me thinking; what /are/ they doing, sending kids that young into the field? It has some pretty grim implications, really. And then I thought about /teaching/ them that kind of stuff and, well. That's gotta be a killer.

*hearts* Kakashi is my favorite, I throw him in bed with everyone.