#sharkteeth iruka

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Sharkteeth Iruka and it's Kakashi gleefully sticking his fingers in Iruka's mouth to get a proper look at his teeth and then offering to let Iruka do the same to him and simply not seeing why Iruka is getting so flustered and dizzy-eyed about it because big crunching teeth have always been important in both sides of his family so is it not natural he'd take a shine to Iruka's???

Of course, it's only much later, after they've been dating for two years or so, that he finds out it is not, in fact, normal to just stick your fingers into another person's mouth to examine their teeth, and it's even more abnormal to then go and offer they do the same to you. Which is also around the time he finds out that for people from Kiri, like Iruka, examining somebody's mouth in such a way is usually [barring medical reasons] reserved strictly for long term married couples as a huge sign of trust and intimacy

Oh, he thinks. No wonder he couldn't look me in the eyes for weeks after

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Dogteeth Kakashi and Sharkteeth Iruka both hiding their jaws in different ways but for the same reasons. Kakashi hiding his big teeth behind a mask and Iruka using a henge to appear as normal as possible. Kakashi being the first person Iruka has ever shown his teeth to willingly and vice versa. Sometimes when they kiss they accidentally nip the other's lip and draw blood [especially Iruka] but neither of them minds that much

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Some more Sharkteeth Iruka thoughts:

He has very much internalised a lot of insecurities about his teeth bc of all the shit he's seen and heard Kohari get about her own over the years

These feelings were heavily reinforced when a bunch of kids in class decided to play an innocent spin the bottle but when it landed on Mizuki, the kids all screeched about not wanting to get bitten/sliced/etc

The first time he kissed Kakashi it was through the barrier of Kakashi's mask bc he was scared of doing it otherwise. The first kiss without the mask in the way is sweet and tender and lead by Kakashi as way to prove he has nothing to fear

When Iruka is annoyed or irritated he makes little noises by sucking or tutting his teeth. These sounds are just as diverse as a person's hand signs and you can tell what island someone's family came from in Water Country based on the specific sounds they make

Teeth gnashing means he's either in pain or actively pissed off and yes that makes a sound too. It's like a sharp clicking where his teeth snap and grind together

His accent is quite noticeably thick because he has to talk without slicing his tongue so he stretches out certain vowels/consonants/etc or just straight up ditches others [example: "the, there and that" becomes "de, dere and dat" and "with what" is "wiv whuh", "mouth" is "mof/muhf" etc]

Because he uses a henge to transform his mouth into something more "normal" his natural accent is usually hidden, though his grins, smiles and laughter are still very wide and large since he's used to, well, having different teeth to work around when at home

If he gets worked up enough the accent will slip regardless of the henge

The sharkteeth of Mist exist because the local produce is quite thick and tough so you need teeth capable of ripping and tearing without hurting the jaw. Put a juicy steak in front of him and Iruka will be able to tear it to shreds with no issue even if it's super fatty

He can also crunch into shellfish and just. Eat the shells. He doesn't do that because they "taste really bad" but he could

A spaced/zoned out Iruka is likely to bite you out of reflex if you make him jump. Gai found this out without meaning to and was very chill with it bc he's used to Hatake 'I express my affection via biting' Kakashi but Iruka was a bit of a mess about it

Speaking of Kakashi: he's so normal about the Sharkteeth. So so normal. It doesn't count as an oral fixation if you're just using your fingers to poke around in there whenever you can guys he swears!

He really likes it when Iruka applies a soft pressure against his exploring fingers with said teeth. It reminds him of his dogs when they playfight with him

Iruka stops using the henge sometime during the blank period between part 1 and shippuden. He started borrowing Kakashi's masks instead hehe. Both a practical solution and a sweet one since Kakashi's romantic self gushes about it constantly. Somehow it still takes their coworkers absolutely ages to click on that they're dating. Incredible

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Iruka giving one of his shark teeth to Kakashi as a lover's gift and Kakashi wearing it as an ear spike

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We should do more redesigns of the Naruto adults instead of limiting them to the kids

Anko's standard fit is fine just change her skirt to some shorts or long trousers and give her more obvious snakelike features [patches of scales on her body, jaw unhinges when she yawns etc] to really hammer home the experiments Orochimaru did on her

Asuma should have a uniform that screams "nobility" and "fire country ninja" considering he's both the Hokage's son and worked as personal guard for the Daimyo for X number of years. He should be in thick white and red body armour [I'm thinking something mongolian inspired]. Hairy bear Asuma real and true in my heart this man is THICC he is CHONKY he'd have gay dudes in a chokehold everywhere

Kakashi is allowed to have the standard uniform because utility matters more to him than looks but I do think it'd be cool if he still had the clawed ANBU gloves. We see him with the tanto once or twice in the manga so I say let him carry a few more weapons on his person depending on mission. Dogteeth Kakashi so canon to me also

Iruka has two uniforms to me: his standard one for the village and then his field uniform which is the blue hanfu I showed on here before including the traditional high top boots and various wooden ear piercings. He carries various seal scrolls and tags + two hook swords - either on the same hip or one on each - and has a habit of resting his forearm on the hilts. Hair is slightly longer so high ponytail trails to the base of his neck + you know I gotta commit to the Sharkteeth agenda

Genma should look more like a laidback punk. Give him a long hoodie coat like when he was a kid and a needle pouch on his thigh. Instead of standard flak vest just have him carrying around various antidotes and poisons inside his coat. He already has the senbon in his mouth I want him using test tubes for his drinks with a bunch of weird marks and scars all over his body where he's tested poisons on himself

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Question: What are your thoughts on the KakaIru fandom making Mizuki an asshole to everyone around him? It’s been a while since I watched the anime, so I don’t remember if that gave any more insight.

You're in luck because I've already talked about my Mizuki thoughts here and here ! I completely utterly ignore the anime backstory given to him for the reasons in those posts and I think it's very [eye rolls] of the fandom to only use that interpretation of him when it's anime only canon and we, as fans, have far more freedom to do what we like with him. Also it's just very very boring to have him reduced to a basic flat trope that is more often than not used to uplift KakaIru when you can do a lot more interesting things with him and really dig deep into complicated friend feelings

For me I have a very elaborate headcanon about him and Iruka being the children of first gen Kirigakure immigrants [goes along with my HC that all people from Kiri have sharkteeth but I'm not about to talk in depth about my Mist land thoughts and lore] and the struggles they faced therein, especially being raised during a time of war between those nations, that they became friends because they could understand the other's struggles as fellow outsiders, and Iruka did have the same anger and resentment towards Naruto as Mizuki the difference is that he chose to go out of his way to overcome it whereas Mizuki simply. Couldn't/wouldn't/didn't! They're a really cool parallel and getting rid of that to do a basic "oh Mizuki was a bad friend/abusive ex and Iruka couldn't see it" is just... it's bland. It's boring. There's nothing interesting in there for me and I don't like it, because it sands down Iruka's edges and makes Mizuki far less interesting a betrayal

Soooo yeah! Those are some of my Mizuki thoughts and feelings

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Have so many Naruto fics I want to do so tell me why I'm currently itching to do Terumi Mei centric fic that takes place during the Shippuden time skip just as an excuse to go into all my made up Kirigakure lore and headcanons and have her become friends with Tsunade. And slip in some sharkteeth Iruka of course. God do I have a lot of Terumi Mei thoughts and feelings I could fix her character I know I could I can make her so much more interesting and three dimensional I am clawing at the walls

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I would kiss your brain

Sharkteeth Iruka and it's Kakashi gleefully sticking his fingers in Iruka's mouth to get a proper look at his teeth and then offering to let Iruka do the same to him and simply not seeing why Iruka is getting so flustered and dizzy-eyed about it because big crunching teeth have always been important in both sides of his family so is it not natural he'd take a shine to Iruka's???

Of course, it's only much later, after they've been dating for two years or so, that he finds out it is not, in fact, normal to just stick your fingers into another person's mouth to examine their teeth, and it's even more abnormal to then go and offer they do the same to you. Which is also around the time he finds out that for people from Kiri, like Iruka, examining somebody's mouth in such a way is usually [barring medical reasons] reserved strictly for long term married couples as a huge sign of trust and intimacy

Oh, he thinks. No wonder he couldn't look me in the eyes for weeks after