#theres a shikamaru pairing but Im too lazy to add on

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Three's A Crowd by ForeverDawn

It’s a sad day at the academy when their teacher tells them that the class clown, Naruto, died in an accident last night. Sakura should be sad, or maybe a little distressed. Well, she’s a lot distressed. Not because Naruto is dead. No, she’s distressed because she woke up this morning with Naruto’s voice in her head panicking and telling her that he was attacked last night. Now he’s cussing out the teacher in her head because 'it wasn’t an accident! I was attacked, you lying bastard!' while Inner tries to calm him down.

Rating: T

Status: WIP, 23 chapters~ (Stumbled on this gem; literally never thought about this concept in my over-decade-long reading of naruto fics. Very enjoyable read, I highly recommend it.)