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1. The Rest is Merely Tenacity by FireThatFox

   Fandoms: Naruto (Anime & Manga)  

   • Explicit
   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings, Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Major Character Death, No Archive Warnings Apply, Rape/Non-Con
   • F/M
   • Work in Progress

   09 May 2026

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • Major Character Death
   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • Rape/Non-Con
   • Haruno Sakura/Senju Hashirama
   • Haruno Sakura & Senju Hashirama
   • Haruno Sakura/Senju Tobirama
   • Haruno Sakura & Senju Tobirama
   • Haruno Sakura/Uchiha Madara
   • Haruno Sakura & Uchiha Madara
   • Haruno Sakura & Uchiha Izuna
   • Haruno Sakura/Uchiha Izuna
   • Haruno Sakura/Uchiha Sasuke
   • Haruno Sakura & Hatake Kakashi
   • Haruno Sakura/Hatake Kakashi
   • Haruno Sakura & Uchiha Sasuke
   • Sakura Haruno/Hajime Hatake
   • Haruno Sakura
   • Senju Hashirama
   • Uchiha Madara
   • Senju Tobirama
   • Uchiha Izuna
   • Uchiha Sasuke
   • Uzumaki Naruto
   • Hatake Kakashi
   • Zetsu
   • Black Zetsu (Naruto)
   • White Zetsu (Naruto)
   • Time Travel AU
   • Tags will change as story progresses
   • A more cautious Sakura
   • Style and dryness of writing may change by chapter
   • Slow Burn
   • Possessive Behavior
   • confusing dynamics
   • Done on purpose
   • feeling of chapter depends on feelings of characters in chapter
   • sensor Sakura
   • more realistically obvious clever Sakura
   • I rewrote Sakura's past a bit
   • out of character Madara imo
   • Pre-Konoha
   • Semi-Memory Loss
   • Madara acts more like himself eventually
   • you know when he realizes Tennyo aren't real
   • loosing one's mind
   • blended realities
   • Nothing seems real
   • Sakura is loosing it
   • Hashirama is not who you know him as
   • History was not kind to Madara
   • He was simply missunderstood
   • Izuna is a sweetheart and a flirt
   • Tobirama isn't vocal or emotional but feels more deeply than he lets on
   • Advanced Yin seal
   • Mental bonding
   • Dreaming in someone else's subconcious
   • the tendrils of time that bind
   • bad sasuke
   • slowly understanding madara
   • It wasn't his fault
   • blame zetsu
   • non con drugging via plants
   • I should have labled this a slow burn
   • Madara won't say no to Hashi
   • Tobirama yearns

   Summary

   Solicitors will be reported, and therefore, are not well received.

    

   Published: 2020-08-16
   Completed: 2020-10-22
   Chapters: 68/68
   Words: 228754

   She's alone.

   He wants to learn more about her...who she is...where she's from...what
   makes her smile.

   She's cautious.

   He doesn't trust her...knows she's hiding something...is challenged by
   her...grows to respect her.

   She's strong.

   He's intrigued by her...he wants her...he follows her...he corners her.

   He's familiar.

   She can't remember him...he reminds her of someone ...she doesn't
   want to get hurt again...she feels like crying and she doesn't know why.

   The Rest is Merely Tenacity.

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   123,955

   Chapters:

   35/?

   Comments:

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   Kudos:

   130

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