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Iruka’s life has fallen apart in the year since the kyuubi attack. He spends his days pulling pranks, arguing with his least favourite ANBU, Hound, and becoming more obsessed with teenage jounin Hatake Kakashi for reasons he doesn’t entirely understand. Then he starts hearing the stories.
Several orphans have gone missing – branded as runaways by a village still licking its wounds, no one is searching for them. But there are rumours whispered by the village children: rumours of the bogeyman, a shadowy figure who emerges from the underworld, perhaps a man or a monster, with messages from dead parents to lure the orphans back to the Land of the Dead.
Iruka doesn’t know what to believe. But the danger is real, the adults aren’t listening, and somebody needs to stop the bogeyman. It might as well be him.
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- Part 1 of All the Lost Children
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01 Jun 2026
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Kakashi looks at him expectantly and it’s only then that Iruka realizes he actually has to do something since Kakashi agreed to let him try this. He goes slowly, hoping that his deliberate movements come across as confidence and not what they actually are.
It's probably best for Kakashi to stay where he is on the couch, so Iruka goes around the back of it to stand behind him. Iruka starts to move his hands where he needs to. Hesitates. Tries again. Gets a little closer. Still can't.
“Can I … I need to, uhm — is it alright if I touch you?”
or, what started as iruka offering to try relieving the stress of the sharingan for kakashi leads to the two of them spending unprecedented amounts of time together. and now ...
well, iruka isn't quite sure what they are now.
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26 May 2026
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Kakashi is fully aware that Iruka is perfect...ly capable of diplomatic missions, errand runs, and mentoring Tenten in Fuuinjutsu. So why is he escorting them to the Land of Tea? Whatever the real reasons behind the assignment, this little summer trip is giving Kakashi too many opportunities to make a fool of himself.
Or: the one where everyone has different flavors of trust issues, and everything makes them worse (until it doesn't)
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26 May 2026
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Victoria nodded, her hand tightening on the strap of her pink tote bag as McKay smiled down at her with pretty blue eyes and slightly messy hair. Behind her navel, a familiar fluttering took up, like a million little wings were taking flight in her stomach. Dread climbed up her spine as she realized what the fluttering meant.
Stupid, stupid, stupid, pounded in her head like a drum. The word hit the inside of her skull with all the force of a hammer, over and over and over again.
Because if a crush on Mateo had been silly, one on Dr. McKay was fucking idiotic. But the attention felt so nice. And when McKay was murmuring instruction and praise into Victoria’s ear, she felt so much more in control than she usually did.
And, really, there wasn’t much more Victoria wanted than just a little bit of control.
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24 May 2026
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Konohagakure has a shinobi problem. War and the kyuubi attack has left the Village sagging under the weight of too many mouths to feed with too little work available. Just off the chopping block of the chuunin exams, Iruka hasn’t been able to enjoy a moment’s peace without worrying when he’ll snag the next mission to cover rent, all while Hound dogs his footsteps.
But down a damp street where neon signs flash in mosaic puddles, across from a rundown 24-hour laundromat, in the back of a dingy bar, sits a machine that’s the closest thing to magic Iruka has ever seen.
But what Iruka can’t see reflected in its flickering screen will open a can of worms he couldn’t possibly predict.
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- Part 1 of Scroll Hunter Chronicles
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17 May 2026