#I need to make a brother tag for them but ouuughhhh I'm lazy

[teatitty]

Asuma is 5 years older than Iruka. 7 years before the start of the series, he left Konoha for an unspecified number of years to be one of the Daimyo's personal guards, so he would've left at around 20-21 when Iruka was 15-16, which is the same age that Iruka became chuunin and a teacher. Therefore, it is entirely possible that Asuma was his jounin-sensei as a genin, since he had to have been a jounin for a good many years prior to leaving, and we know via Kakashi and Shikamaru that it's possible to be given that rank in your teens

I only posit this because of my "Asuma and Iruka are pseudo brothers" agenda and I thus think it would be So Fucking Funny if Asuma became jounin at like 16-17 and immediately Hiruzen went "well done son. Here you can be Iruka's genin teacher. Have fun" and they both screamed "WHAT"

You are a newly graduated genin. You get assigned your genin team. Everything is looking fire. You are excited for this. And then you get told your jounin teacher is going to be your pseudo older brother figure who knows the full extent of what you can do with traps and seals and barriers and so will definitely not give you a single fucking break at all

You are a newly minted jounin. You get assigned a genin team, which you're not super surprised about, give your dad is the hokage and people expect a lot from you as a result. You look at the team you've been given. You see your pseudo younger brother figure staring right back at you. You are filled with nothing but horror

You are Iruka and Asuma and you are about to have The Worst Fucking Years Of Your Life Thus Far