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1. beneath the white noise by flipthebits

   Fandoms: Naruto (Anime & Manga)  

   • Mature
   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • M/M
   • Complete Work

   26 Oct 2025

   Tags

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   • Hatake Kakashi/Umino Iruka
   • Hatake Kakashi
   • Umino Iruka
   • POV Alternating
   • Slow Burn
   • Mutual Pining
   • Strangers to Lovers
   • lowkey enemies to lovers
   • Canon-Typical Violence
   • Buckle in we're playing fast and loose with canon and chakralocation
   • Iruka as always oblivious to the fact that Kakashi is so down bad he's in hell

   Summary

   After years of settling into a comfortable life as a sensei, Iruka is pulled back into the field for an S-rank he has no business being on, utilizing an ability he’s hardly ever trained, with the same mission captain who had overseen his final fuckup in the field years ago. A mission captain who doesn’t seem particularly happy to be working with him again.

   Iruka probably wouldn’t be particularly happy about this, either, if he wasn’t focused on just trying to make it home alive.

   Language:

   English

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   Chapters:

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