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He falls apart after Sasuke defects and Team 7 fractures apart; then pieces himself back together over subsequent years with whiskey and women and a darkness that lies just beneath his skin, hiding in plain sight. And it is Sakura, naive and lonely, who gets caught in the tangled web of his own self-destruction.
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She’s under Neji's command, which apparently means she’s under the Hyuuga’s command. The Hyuuga’s role is on the frontlines, but Neji must be special for a kid from the branch family, because they mostly send him and Sakura out after the big battles are done, to pick off the wounded, and burn bodies.
Sakura kind of wishes she had someone to keep her from the big fights, too. Her job is with Neji, taking back kekkei genkai and retrieving important people’s bodies, but she has other assignments, too. She’s given a dull kunai and told to go through the battlefield, dodging blows and jutsus from friend and foe, slashing at whatever isn’t wearing a Konoha headband.
(the third shinobi war doesn't end, dragging on for years. konoha is running out of troops, and unimportant children in the academy with even a modicum of talent are snatched up to the warfront. sakura, unfortunately, is one of them. so is neji.)
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- Part 2 of sakura collection (aus and tidbits)
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01 Feb 2026