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Variations thereupon:

Kakashi needs to be introduced to Naruto in between missions like a nervous pet meeting the new one; a little at a time, and allowed to run away when it becomes too overwhelming

Kakashi marks a date on the calendar upon which it will no longer be suspicious for him to propose to Gai so he can get in on the baby-raising goodness

Kakashi spends so much time out of the village on missions that he doesn't find out until Naruto is nearly three years old

Naruto has to decide how he feels when Gai also adopts Lee and/or Tenten at some point a few years down the line

Naruto is not the deadlast when he actually has someone(s) at home to care for him and becomes a taijutsu master, much to everyone's bafflement and (probable) dismay

Gai keeps showing up in the ANBU barracks with infant Naruto (he's not supposed to know where they are) (he insists it's fine because no one in the village will see Kakashi interacting with Naruto there therefore it would only lead to them being compromised if the Hokage didn't trust his own ANBU; you do trust your own ANBU not to turn traitor and reveal state secrets, don't you Hokage-sama?)

Naruto is the Jounin's collective baby

Naruto is the ANBU's collective baby, in spite of the fact that Gai is not himself a member of ANBU

Somehow this single event (Gai adopting Naruto) averts the Uchiha Massacre

Somehow this single event (Gai adopting Naruto) averts Hyuuga Hizashi's death

Within 24 hours of being granted custody over Naruto, Gai pulls some ancient clan bylaws to justify him and Kakashi getting married and Kakashi agrees solely to be in Naruto's life; they don't become romantic until many years have passed.

Within 24 hours of being granted custody over Naruto, Gai pulls some ancient clan bylaws to justify him and Kakashi getting married and Kakashi falls in love with him immediately, quitting ANBU to dedicate himself fully to raising Naruto. It takes Gai a while to figure out that Kakashi is 100% on board with being married and in love and not just in it for Naruto alone.

Gai tries to get Naruto a green jumpsuit but gives in when Naruto instead seems to fall in love with his orange leg warmers. Naruto gets an orange jumpsuit instead.

Kakashi, once emotionally stable enough, regularly steals Naruto to ensure Gai isn't corrupting him completely. The Hokage is completely unable to prove that Kakashi is doing so because no one is willing to come forward as a witness to said child thefts.

Naruto has a favorite turtle summon.

Naruto is very popular among the turtle summons.

Naruto signs the tortoise summoning contract instead of the Toads. Jiraiya has to deal with his feelings on this.

(all of the above can be mixed and matched as desired)

Kakagai fic prompt #20

Out of deep respect and honor for Kakashi's beloved sensei, and with the understanding that the Hokage is concerned about Naruto's origins being revealed if Kakashi gets close to him of his own volition, Gai volunteers and is accepted (as a shinobi unaffiliated with any clan or the Yondaime Hokage) to take in and raise Naruto.

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Kakagai fic prompt #20

Out of deep respect and honor for Kakashi's beloved sensei, and with the understanding that the Hokage is concerned about Naruto's origins being revealed if Kakashi gets close to him of his own volition, Gai volunteers and is accepted (as a shinobi unaffiliated with any clan or the Yondaime Hokage) to take in and raise Naruto.

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Kakagai fic prompt #19

Both Kakashi and Gai being somewhat oblivious idiots, they set a challenge to see who can take the most of their fellow shinobi on dates before Valentine's day. Their fellow shinobi are baffled at the obliviousness of Konoha's best, but willing to play along. And maybe try to help the two of them figure themselves out along the way.

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Kakagai fic prompt #18

As a way to keep in better contact with one another, Kakashi and Gai sign one another's summoning contracts.

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Kakagai fic prompt #17

Alternate universe.

Gai's genin teammates die.

Kakashi tries to help, in his own Kakashi kind of way.

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Kakagai fic prompt #16

Upon failing to convince the Hokage to remove Kakashi from ANBU, Gai wheedles his way into the ranks himself. If he can't get Kakashi out, obviously the best way to make sure he makes it home alive each mission is to be there to see to it himself.

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Kakagai fic prompt #15

Gai helps kakashi move into his first apartment after Sakumo's death.

Kakashi returns the favor after Dai's.

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Kakagai prompt #14

Daemon au.

Gai's daemon settled relatively early, compared to many of his peers.

Kakashi's daemon never settled at all.

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Kakagai fic prompt #13

At age 14, Kakashi has unintentionally acquired an infant jinchuuriki to raise and protect. This was not his plan, but he's going to do his best.

Gai, taking this as a challenge, obtains himself his own infant jinchuuriki to raise an protect during a mission in Suna. Whoever's child grows up to be the happiest wins the competition, according to Gai.

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Kakagai fic prompt #12

Kakashi gets made the Sanbi jinchuuriki instead of Rin.

Through a series of unfortunate (mostly accidental) events, Gai discovers that he can now summon Kakashi as a result of his seal-buddy.

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Kakagai fic prompt #11

Time travel au.

Gai travels back in time and appears at the Kannabi Bridge mission.

While he waits for someone to come get him back to the future, he intervenes to reduce Kakashi's suffering wherever he's able.

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Kakagai fic prompt #10

Kakashi retires following the kyuubi attack (with optional raising baby naruto.)

Gai joins ANBU.

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Kakagai fic prompt #9

Modern AU. Social media fic.

Gai is a fitness youtuber. Kakashi is a booktok influencer.

Their fans begin to piece together their relationship from glimpses in the background and patterns of instagram likes.

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Kakagai fic prompt #8

Shifter au.

Kakashi is a dog or wolf shifter who has been kept by ROOT and trained to the point he no longer remembers how to be human. Gai finds him injured in the woods, abandoned by his team as dead weight after a mission gone wrong, and takes him in.

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Variations thereupon:

Kakashi's boggart is himself, committing suicide.

Kakashi's boggart is Gai, killed the same way as Rin.

It wasn't even Kakashi's boggart, it was someone else's during class.

It was Gai's boggart, which is Kakashi, committing suicide.

It was Gai's boggart, which is himself, killed the same way as Rin. (He's not afraid of Kakashi killing him, but he is afraid of what it would do to Kakashi if he died, especially in a way that reminded him of his past losses.)

It was one of their students' boggart.

Reverse it: Gai has a bad reaction to a boggart. Kakashi is there for him.

Kakagai fic prompt #7

Hogwarts au.

Kakashi has a bad reaction to a boggart. Gai is there for him.

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Kakagai fic prompt #7

Hogwarts au.

Kakashi has a bad reaction to a boggart. Gai is there for him.

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Kakagai Fic Recs #1

Love Is the Feeling of Cold Iron Tracks on Your Face as You Wait for the Train to Come by ObsidionWingsofMidnight

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Complete: Yes

First in Series: Yes

Series complete: Yes

Chapters: 10

Word count: 50,579

Summary: For Gai, loving Kakashi was as easy as breathing. Most of the time it was a simple process that he never had to think about. Sometimes it got hard enough that it made his chest hurt. But most of all it felt like he wouldn't be able to live without it.

2. I Was Born to Press My Head Between Your Shoulder Blades by thehoundisdead

Rating: General Audiences

Complete: Yes

Part of series: No

Chapters: 1

Word count: 5,236

Summary:

“Ugh,” Kakashi sighs loud before turning quick and sharp in Guy’s grasp so they face each other, only to absolutely slam his face against Guy’s chest. If Guy were a lesser man it might hurt, but as is, he just laughs at his Rival’s antics, even as said rival curls his fist tight on Guy’s bare waist, “I’m trying to sleep, be quiet.”

“But Kakashi,” Guy actually whispers this time, jaw moving against the top of Kakashi’s head, “You are in my bed.”

Or, 5 times Kakashi fell asleep on Guy and one time Guy understood.

title from Fair by The Amazing Devil

3. awful wonderful by Goshen (applecrumbledore)

Rating: Mature

Complete: Yes

Part of series: No

Chapters: 1

Word count: 13,197

Summary:

Gai spoke at the reception that followed Kakashi's inauguration.

“My eternal rival—it has been one of the premiere joys of my life to watch you transform from the curious, brooding youth whom I admired into the intelligent, powerful and truly kind man who sits before me today, whom I am proud to respect and adore.” He raised his sake cup and it looked comically small in his big hands. “To our Rokudaime.”

Adore. Kakashi turned the word over and over again in his head and tried to remember if Gai had said it before in all his flowery language about friendship. He couldn't.

4. (Un)Familiarity by MegaWallflower

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Complete: Yes

Part of series: No

Chapters: 5

Word count: 57,982

Summary:

Kakashi sees a few familiar faces at the chunin exams. Guy doesn’t.

5. Scaring Crows Series by scrappybook

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

First in Series: Complete

Series complete: No

Chapters: 19 in part 1; 4/7 in part 2

Word count: 203,675

Summary:

In the power vacuum left in the wake of the Kyuubi's destruction, Shimura Danzo makes his move. In his grief, Kakashi retreats to his ancestral farmlands—but peace is hard to find when the seeds of certain secrets begin to grow.

After the Kyuubi, Kakashi retires.

1. Year of the Ghost - Complete 2. Beneath a Shared Sky - In Progress