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The Fourth Shinobi World War had taken someone precious from Iruka, and the year that followed was the worst of his life. Iruka's struggle to break the surface of the sea of darkness threatening to drown him has him realizing that he doesn't have to go through this alone, and that the most important people in his life are invaluable in his journey to healing. However, Iruka's developing feelings for Kakashi are confusing and terrifying, and he has to figure out how to separate them from the turmoil of his past.
The loss of the Sharingan has taken its toll on Kakashi's chakra, and he struggles with a condition that threatens to completely overtake him if not dealt with in time. Struggling to keep his condition under wraps while trying to find his own answers about what makes a good Hokage, Kakashi finds himself gravitating towards Iruka more and more as time goes on. How can he reconcile how he feels while watching Iruka grapple with the ghosts of his past?
Through each other, they both discover that healing isn't a linear path, love isn't a rational emotion, and that if they both just try, they'll find the answers they've both been looking for.
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- Part 2 of The Ghosts That Haunt Us
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28 Aug 2025
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Looking at the underneath of the underneath, this story reveals the moments between Kakashi and Iruka left untold—the quiet spaces where a budding friendship blooms into something more. Between shared meals, sleepless nights and a love for onsens, two entwined souls find themselves making a space for each other in their lives, until those spaces become impossible to imagine empty.
Or: The fic that was inspired by the fleeting Iruka crumbs in Kakashi Retsuden.
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16 Aug 2025
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After the war Tsunade wants nothing more than to retire as Hokage. Her most promising candidate has an annoying condition for taking over though and the Elders are not having it.
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Kakashi decides to train after he did his best to sabotage, he did not count on his ninken to find a message from ANBU Cat. He'll be damned, if he let his friend suffer!
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- Part 1 of Behind the Mask
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15 Aug 2025
Bookmarker's Notes
Kakashi ist a Sensor; Pack dynamics; after The war, Tsunade ist hokage still
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When rumors surface about a lost forbidden genjutsu, Kakashi is sent to investigate. But it’s a trap. Captured by rogue shinobi, he’s subjected to relentless torment, both physical and psychological. Wounds heal, but scars remain; something fractures, far deeper than they realize. As the lines between illusion and reality blur, one question remains: what becomes of the Copy Ninja when the man beneath the mask is irreparably changed?
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13 Aug 2025
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The forest is a dark and ancient beast, it has a life of its own—its own breath. In the thickest parts, no light can reach the forest floor. Moonlight is visible only the closer you get to the river, and the only color one can par se are the bright bursts of crimson red the spider lilies emit in their thick clusters along the banks of the river. And sitting among them is what appears to be a man with his feet ankle-deep in the water steadily streaming by.
Except, it is not a stranger sitting there with his back to him. The nape of his neck is one Kakashi knows well, his thick dark hair tied up in a neat and tidy fashion. Iruka.
Umino Iruka.
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21 Jul 2025