Rhiw's KakaIru Fanfics
1 KakaIru (Hatake Kakashi/Umino Iruka) fic by Rhiw in our database, ranked by kudos. Their shared experience of loss, complementary personalities, and role as Naruto's father figures creates a warm and healing dynamic.
Rhiw is an AO3 author writing in the Naruto fandom (among 4 fandoms in our database), best known here for "Wants and Needs (Well, Mostly Wants)", which has earned 19k kudos on AO3. Our database tracks 5 of their works totaling 521k words.
Best KakaIru Fics by Rhiw
Rhiw's KakaIru fanfiction on AO3, sorted by kudos.
The life of a ninja is a dangerous one, doubly so if you belong to one of the lesser, smaller villages. When Waterfall is overrun by Rock, young Chūnin Umino Iruka is tasked to flee to Fire Country with his village's two most precious assets; their young prince, Shibuki, and the jinchūriki of the Sh
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Why Read Rhiw's KakaIru Fanfics
KakaIru (Hatake Kakashi/Umino Iruka) — The laid-back elite jonin Kakashi and the dedicated academy teacher Iruka, both shaped by loss but finding comfort in each other.
Their shared experience of loss, complementary personalities, and role as Naruto's father figures creates a warm and healing dynamic. Rhiw has earned 44k kudos across the 5 works tracked in our database.
Their KakaIru works alone have earned 7k kudos — a strong signal that fans of KakaIru return to Rhiw's stories again and again.
Popular KakaIru Tropes
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KakaIru · Slow Burn
A romance that develops gradually over time, with tension building across chapters or the entire story.
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KakaIru · Fix-It
Stories that 'fix' canon events that fans found unsatisfying, usually character deaths or relationship outcomes.
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KakaIru · Found Family
Characters forming family bonds with people they're not related to by blood.
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KakaIru · Canon Divergence
The story follows canon faithfully up to a chosen moment, then branches: one different decision, one survived death, one secret told early, and everything downstream changes. One of AO3's largest tags, because almost every 'what if' is a divergence.
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KakaIru · Kid Fic
Children enter the picture: characters raising their canon kids, adopting strays the plot drops on them, or suddenly co-parenting a de-aged teammate. Kid fic turns heroes and antiheroes into parents and mines the comedy and tenderness of the adjustment.
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