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Iruka's always been made aware that his big heart would be his undoing, but he never expected it'd happen from helping out a fellow shinobi in need.
or: the one where Iruka helps Kakashi keep his face hidden away in a fit of chivalry, and sets tongues wagging for it. Brings back memories, that does.
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10 Jun 2026
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Iruka peruses the mission board when he overhears some kunoichi talking about a C-rank babysitting mission. Curious by the rumours, Iruka takes a look.
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C-Rank, Chuunin and above only.Mission Duration:
???? One week. An arrangement can be made for recurring services if you survive.Mission Description:
Feral baby.
Please feed and water.
Bring dog treats. He likes those.Signed:
Henohenomoheji.Iruka untacks the mission brief, walks over to the mission coordinators and asks, “This mission is a prank, right?”
Or: The continual well-being of Uzumaki Naruto rides on a C-Ranked mission.
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08 Jun 2026
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Meet me at the intersection by lildraws (azra899), tucuxi
Fandoms: Naruto (Anime & Manga)
01 Dec 2024
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Umino Iruka regarded the man standing before his shop counter with what was probably poorly-veiled irritation.
"Yes, thank you," he said. "I know how a triple-layered chakra lock works."
Long years of experience kept Iruka's tone even: losing his temper meant losing customers, even if there weren't very many people in Konoha who did what he did.
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The canon-divergent au in which Iruka graduates the academy, does 3 D-rank missions, and then retires, because his leg was badly crushed in the kyuubi attack—so he re-trains as a locksmith and makes chakra-manipulated locks.
A story about systemic structural power imbalances between shinobi and civilians and the various ways in which expectations of physical strength and implicit ableism are detrimental to community trust. In which Iruka finds himself stuck between worlds, all because Sharingan Kakashi demanded the impossible, and Iruka made him a quadruple-layered chakra lock.
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06 Jun 2026
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After his parents’ death, Iruka renounced the violent shinobi way, disappearing entirely from the Hidden Leaf Village. As an adult civilian, he finds solace in his peaceful, if solitary, life as a wool farmer on the outskirts of Fire Country. One stormy day, Team 7 and Tazuna find refuge in his farmhouse on their way to Wave Country.
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03 Jun 2026
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Blaming himself for the dissolution of Team Seven, Kakashi returns to ANBU but finds it more difficult to readjust than he'd imagined. Iruka just wants to know why there's an ANBU haunting his apartment.
or, This ANBU followed me home, can I keep him?
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- Part 1 of Ninja Love Story
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24 May 2026