Ninja in Progress
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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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No Name Sakura is now the apprentice of the famous (or infamous) Hatake Kakashi, but the road towards becoming a full fledged ninja is not without bumps. There are new challenges ahead, old problems rearing their ugly heads and a (probably) insane sensei to deal with.
Kakashi, for his part, is quickly realising that taking on an apprentice comes with a whole slew of issues he was not prepared for. How are you supposed to deal with the little terror-puppy that is Sakura and her chakra control? And why can’t the Hatake-clan just leave him alone?
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- Part 2 of Ninja in Progress
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Saved from kidnapping, Sakura is trying to heal; from fear, from shame, and from the trauma of the past few months. While beginning her training in medical ninjutsu, she's doing her best to rebuild her strength and find her footing again.
Then she's selected for a mission that forces her to confront everything she thought she'd left behind.
She’s a shinobi, but she’s also a Lady, raised to one day marry a noble, and undercover in a world of manners, secrets, and expectations, Sakura must learn to balance the kunoichi she's becoming with the girl she used to be.
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- Part 3 of Ninja in Progress