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1. Venom and Vein by viridian_house

   Fandoms: Naruto  

   • Mature
   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • F/M
   • Complete Work

   07 Feb 2026

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Haruno Sakura/Uchiha Itachi
   • Minor or Background Relationship(s)
   • Haruno Sakura
   • Inner Haruno Sakura
   • Orochimaru (Naruto)
   • Yakushi Kabuto
   • Karin (Naruto)
   • Uchiha Itachi
   • Hoshigaki Kisame
   • Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
   • Bisexual Haruno Sakura
   • Child Soldiers
   • Uchiha Itachi Gets a Redemption Arc
   • Strong Haruno Sakura
   • Mokuton | Wood Release User Haruno Sakura
   • Slow Burn

   Summary

   Rewrite of my itasaku longfic, To Mend and Defend

   * * *

   Naruto returns to Konoha with one Uchiha Sasuke, but Sakura, feeling the force of her own inadequacies and desperate for the power to protect, instead takes the path once intended for him. Along the way she meets all manner of strange people, from sannin to Tailed Beasts to estranged older brothers—all of whom will leave their marks upon her, in their own ways.

   (Sakura-centric; early/minor Sakukarin; Itasaku endgame)

   Series

   • Part 1 of To Mend and Defend

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   61,415

   Chapters:

   16/16

   Comments:

   65

   Kudos:

   178

   Bookmarks:

   58

   Hits:

   5,188