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1. Dumb as a Dog by cleighc

   Fandoms: Naruto  

   • Mature
   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • F/M
   • Work in Progress

   10 Aug 2025

   Tags

   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • Haruno Sakura & Hatake Kakashi
   • Haruno Sakura & Nara Shikamaru
   • Haruno Sakura & Hyuuga Neji
   • Haruno Sakura
   • Inner Haruno Sakura
   • Hatake Kakashi
   • Tsunade (Naruto)
   • Shiranui Genma
   • Shimura Danzou
   • Hatake Kakashi's Ninken - Character
   • Nara Shikamaru
   • Yamanaka Ino
   • Akimichi Chouji
   • Sarutobi Asuma
   • Hyuuga Neji
   • Minor Character Death
   • Blood and Gore
   • Conspiracy
   • Mental Instability
   • Anbu Hatake Kakashi
   • Haruno Sakura-centric
   • Strong Haruno Sakura
   • Training
   • POV Hatake Kakashi
   • POV Haruno Sakura
   • POV Nara Shikamaru
   • Dark
   • POV Hyuuga Neji

   Summary

   Tsunade turned Sakura down when she went to ask for an apprenticeship, and life only gets harder from there. Sakura struggles to learn how to survive on her own without an instructor. Kakashi gradually comes to fill the role, but it takes time for him to escape the guilt of Sasuke's betrayal.

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   English

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