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It has been years since Orochimaru has taken on a proper apprentice, but when the Fourth Hokage asks him to chose one from the Rookie 12, it’s not surprising he’s the one to find the diamond in the rough
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25 Jun 2026
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It was easy for Sakura to figure out that her soulmates were Sasuke, Naruto, and Kakashi. The hard part came when she had to pretend they weren’t.
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Or,
In which Sakura’s soulmates didn’t know they had a fourth soulmate until her life goes up in flames.
But they’re determined to find her and bring her home. Even if it’s the last thing they do.
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pain and writing on skin platonic soulmate au fix-it.
naruto isn’t lonely, sasuke isn’t hellbent on revenge, kakashi actually tries to emote, and sakura is a mess and an half
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- Part 1 of let me down slowly
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“Shinobi die,” the Matchmaker tells her bluntly. “Life as a shinobi is hard, ugly and beyond all thankless. It will be much easier for you to bring honour to your family through a suitable marriage than as a kunoichi.”
“I know,” Sakura says, though she truthfully thinks that she has very little idea of what life as a shinobi is actually like. She raises her chin, meeting the older woman’s gaze. “I want to become a kunoichi.”
Sakura is raised by her sickly mother and her late father's clan. The clan wants her to become a lady and marry a noble, but her mother wants her to become a shinobi. In the end, Sakura will have to make a choice. But even as she makes her choice there is no guarantee that she will succeed.
This is the story of how Sakura becomes a shinobi.
AKA, the one where Kakashi has been a soldier since he was five years old and has no idea what to do with a little lady-in-training.
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- Part 1 of Ninja in Progress
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22 Jun 2026
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When Sakura realizes that playing little girl and flunking combat training had probably been a gross miscalculation on her part, she’s stranded in a rickety home in a run down country with an unconscious sensei. Sakura isn’t sure if she can make up for that mistake before it kills her or her team but she sure as hell will give it her best shot.
She really couldn’t have known that falling victim to Hatake Kakashi’s unique attempts at teaching would open up another can of worms entirely.
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Begins after the Sound and Sand Invasion.
Recently orphaned Sakura realizes the bridge between her teammates and captain is too strong to bear. With nothing keeping her in Konoha, she leaves them behind without looking back.
In other words, Sakura is the one to leave the village instead of Sasuke, and the rest of the world gets to deal with the aftermath.
Earlier chapters updated and edited as of 4/2025.