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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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Tsunade walked around the desk and sat directly next to Iruka, turning both of their chairs with a casually powerful grasp. In the end they were facing each other, not the desk. He tried and failed to hold her gaze. She reached out and tipped his chin up, forcing him to look at her again. Another hit landed. This time it came from Iruka's left. It felt like it must have shattered bone, ribs grinding against each other in his chest, and Iruka bit his tongue almost until it bled to keep from crying out.
“Tell me, Iruka-sensei,” Tsunade said. “How long, exactly, have you been feeling Hatake Kakashi’s emotions?"
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This is such a gem to read!!
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Naruto hires Kakashi to find out what Iruka is hiding...and unintentionally becomes a matchmaker...
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Kakashi put his hands in his pockets and blinked.
“That’s quite the attitude you’ve got there, chuunin.”
Iruka gave him a very insincere smile.
The only other worker was on the other side of the room, helping two shinobi. The room was rather empty.
“I give as good as I get, princess,” Iruka said in a lowered voice.Kakashi is irritated by Iruka and tries to teach him a lesson. Iruka is just as irritated by him. Iruka is also one step (or more) ahead and turns the tables. To Kakashi's surprise, this makes him oh so interested in the younger man....and Iruka doesn't know what to think...
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Hatake waved his hand dismissively. “I’m sure it’s fine—”
Iruka finally snapped. “It’s illegible! Our cryptology department wouldn’t be able to read this! There are first-year pre-genin with better handwriting. No, there are nin-dogs with better handwriting. And where did the mud even come from? You were supposed to be in Sand!”
***5 times Iruka wanted to kill Kakashi at the mission desk + 1 time he kissed him instead***