I FINALLY managed to get myself together and make a Naruto fanfic! This will have seven pairs based on the seven days a week.
WARNING! CONTAINS SPOILERS PLUS A SOMEWHAT AU ENDING. IF YOU DON'T LIKE IT, DON'T READ THIS FANFICTION.
This chapter is going to feature...our very famous Sakura Haruno!
Getsuyobi.
DRIIIIIING! A shrill alarm cut through the bedroom like a fire brigade siren. 'Urgh. I HATE this alarm bell. Mental note to self…do not ask Tenten to buy something that makes sounds. She's probably half-deaf after being at Gai's team for so long' concluded the female as she slapped the alarm clock. It went quiet right after it hit the floor. Sakura swung her legs over the bed before she stretched her arms. Clear forest green eyes looked down at the watch. 'At least I won't be running late' thought the young woman with a smile before she looked over at her boyfriend. He was still fast asleep despite the ruckus that the alarm clock had caused. She could not blame him since he had suffered with nightmares from a young age. Those days were thankfully over since the last couple of years had been the best ones in his life.
'Better get into the shower. I don't want to look like a grease ball when I'm meeting the council representative today. Tsunade-sama would kill me if that happened' mused the 33-year old as she got into the bathroom. A person from the Konoha city council would visit the hospital today to see how they were doing. If they were doing a good job, they could possibly get more money or sponsored lectures by people from other villages. The hospital always welcomed both since they had gotten more medic-nins after the war 16 years ago. 'Hm. I should buy some more conditioner when I go to the supermarket. The bottle is nearly empty' noticed the female. She washed her hair plus other areas of the body first. Her hair was last on her 'washing list'. It was longer now than back in her Chuunin days, but shorter when she had been a Genin. It was a length that the Jounin was comfortable with since it gave her ample opportunities in terms of styling. She then stepped out of the shower before she dried herself. 'Today is Monday…which means I'm having afternoon shift. Maybe I'll just put on my sweater dress' deciced the young woman. She put on her underwear plus a T-shirt that made her feel less naked. Her navy blue dress with light pink trimmings came on next. Last but not least were her black tights. A clean uniform that was mint green in colour hang next to the shower. 'My shift starts at 4 PM today. Better get back at 3 so I can pack the dinner' thought the female.
Suddenly, she heard some music that came from the kitchen. It was an upbeat song that reminded her of the ones Ino listened to when they used to live together. 'Maybe the band has released some new songs' pondered the medic as she tied her hair into a braid. But when she heard a girly voice sing along, the young woman understood what was going on. She jogged up to the kitchen while crossing her fingers that nothing in the kitchen had exploded. 'PLEASE don't let anything be ruined or spilled across the floor! I still get shivers when I think about the porridge accident last month' thought Sakura as she entered the kitchen.
She let out a sigh of relief when she did not see anything liquid or solid spilled across any of the surfaces. "Miki-chan! I was getting a bit worried for a moment" sighed the female when she saw her daughter stand next to the fridge. "Don't worry mum. I was just going to make some yoghurt fruit mash for breakfast" told the girl. "I'll chop up the fruit while you mix the yoghurt. Is your brother awake?" inquired the pinkette as she walked over to the fridge. "No. He's still asleep" replied her daughter. Miki had inherited her father's eyes while her carnation pink hair was a gift from her mother. She was a rather honest girl who could be a bit on the blunt side sometimes. But the six-year old girl was a bright kid; she was one of the top five in her class as far as ninjutsu was concerned. Her genjutsu skills were rather good too while her taijutsu was about average. 'Looks like she has gotten that from me as well. But I honestly can't say that Sasuke was as good as Kiba or Neji in taijutsu either' mentally admitted the young woman as she removed the orange from the fridge.
She started to chop up the fruit while the younger pinkette started to mix some natural yoghurt with some oats. "What are you going to do with Koichi-kun today?" asked the girl as she stirred the mixture with her spoon. "We're going to the park to meet up with Hinata and Himiko-chan today at the park. I think we'll visit the library afterwards" informed the pinkette as she started to cut up the pear. "Ooooh! Can you please check if they have 'The great shinobi tales' by Marii Kiyomizu? I heard from Chie-chan that the book was really good! Pretty pleeaaseee?" asked Miki while she put on her best puppy eye look. "I'll have a look if you promise to do your homework before I leave for work. I'm afraid I won't be able to read it for you tonight though" told the female with a somewhat stern voice. She then mixed the chopped up fruits together with the yoghurt before she placed the bowl in front of her child. "Orange and pear? YAY! My favorite!" squealed the little girl.
'Better go down to wake up Koichi-kun' decided Sakura while her daughter was eating her breakfast. She went down to the ground floor where the kids' bedrooms were located. "Koichi-kun? Are you awake?" inquired the young woman after she had knocked on the door. The door opened up and revealed her son. Koichi had inherited his father's hair as well as his eyes. But the rest of his face looked like a boyish version of hers. "Yeah mum. I woke up when I heard onee-chan squeal" muttered the boy. He was not a big fan of his sister squealing or 'aaaaaw'-ing every time she saw something she adored. The medic walked with her son upstairs where her daughter was eating the last bits of her breakfast. "Be a good boy now and get yourself dressed. I laid your outfit in your clothing basket yesterday" told the female. "OK mum" muttered the inky-haired kid as he walked towards the bathroom. She went back to the kitchen where her daughter was about to leave the table. "STOP RIGHT THERE MIKI! What have I told you about cleaning up after yourself?" stated the pinkette with a strict voice. Her child winced slightly. "Fine mum. I'll clean up my bowl" murmured the child with a small scowl at her face. She removed the bowl from the table while the young woman laid the bento box in the bright yellow backpacker. "I'll just check on Koichi-kun" told Sakura before she went to the bathroom. Her son had already put on his deep red trousers as well as his socks. "Good job Koichi-kun! You just need to put on your shirt now" encouraged the female. The small male nodded before he bent down to pick up his navy blue sweater with red stripes on it.
She then went downstairs to check on her daughter. Miki was about to put on her dark purple sneakers, so the pinkette reached up to get her rain jacket. "Here you go Miki-chan. You'll need it today since you got the excursion to the forest today" said the young woman as she handed her the beige jacket. "I don't need to. It's not raining" protested her daughter. 'Here we go again…' thought the medic as she mentally rolled her eyes. "The weather forecast said it would rain today. Do you remember what happened with Chie-chan when she forgot her rain jacket last month?" inquired the female. "Yeah. She got a really nasty flu and she could not go to the park with us" replied the smaller pinkette. "Exactly. Do you want that to happen with you? Especially since one of your friends are having a birthday party this weekend" told the 33-year old. Her reminder seemed to do the trick since her daughter bit her lower lip. "No mommy" muttered the girl. "Good. Now, put on your rain jacket while I get your brother" told the young woman. She went back up to the bathroom while crossing her fingers that her son had gotten his clothes on. It turned out to be unnecessary since he was climbing at the kitchen counter with his clothes on. "All right young man! It's time to go to the park" informed the medic before she lifted him down from the kitchen counter. "I'm HUNGRY!" yelled Koichi. "I have a bento box that we'll eat in the park. I even made your favorite sandwich" told the female. It used to be a mini ritual of theirs when they were on playdates. Both of the children usually had their breakfast or lunch together after they had played a little bit. That seemed to work since he stopped wiggling.
"MOMMY! I'm ready to go now!" shouted her daughter from the stair case. "Let's go now Koichi-kun" stated the pinkette before they went downstairs. She helped her son to put on his shoes while Miki tapped her feet. The trio then left the small house. 'We're a couple minutes late' noticed the young woman as they walked towards the Konoha Academy. She tried to not walk to fast since her children had shorter legs than she had. It was quite a nice day; it was a little clouded while a small breeze made the tree branches move a little. "Are you looking forward to the field trip today?" inquired Sakura while she looked down at her daughter. "Mhm. I think we're going to learn about how to hide in different places or things like that" told the girl as the rounded a corner. "That's good. It's important that you learn how to hide properly if you want to become a good kuinochi" stated the female.
"Mummy…when do you think I'll be able to activate my sharingan? My dad said he was seven when he could do that" informed the small pinkette. The medic bit her lip since this was not an easy topic to talk about. Both Tsunade plus one of the Hyuugas had checked if her children were able to use the sharingan last year. The older woman had told that she was certain that Miki could activate hers. Koichi was too young to say for sure, but the chances were high since he had the same eye colour as his father had. She had received a similar reply from the Hyuuga that had compared the children's chakra system to their fathers. Both of them had a similar chakra network in their eyes. But the main question was when the sharingan awakening would happen. Sasuke had been a talented shinobi who had received proper training from people who were experienced Sharingan users. Her daughter however only had her male parent to teach her and he had been slightly reluctant to do so. His sharingan had after all nearly made him blind at a young age. But the young woman told him that Kakashi had not become blind at his left eye despite that he had used his sharingan for nearly 40 years. Plus that the medical research within the doujutsu field had reached new heights. The research that Kabuto and Orochimaru had done combined with the dead bodies of shinobis after the war had been the two major contributors. He had agreed to train his children when they became seven, but not push them too hard. The last thing he wanted was to end up with a replay of the situation between him and Itachi.
"When are you coming home from work today?" inquired Koichi, his voice pulling her out of her thoughts. "I won't come home before late in the night. You'll be asleep then. But dad is going to be home the whole day" answered Sakura. The trio reached the academy a couple minutes later. 'Phew we made it in time' thought the female as she bent down at her knee. "Here we are. Have a good day at school Miki-chan" told the medic before she kissed her daughter on her cheek. "Bye mummy!" replied the girl with a grin. She then jogged into the school building as the bell rang. "When am I going to start at the shinobi academy mum?" asked the small boy. "You'll start in two years when you're six years old" told the young woman. She found herself a bit shocked when she realized how fast time had passed.
It seemed like yesterday that her boyfriend had gotten his 'sentence' after the shinobi villages had defeated Madara as well as Tobi. He had to live in a 24-7 supervised house with other war criminals and had to wear a chakra-disabling device constantly. In addition to this, the male had to attend group therapy sessions once or twice per week. All of the Konoha 12 shinobis, team Gai plus the senseis were only allowed to see him twice a month. Only two people could see him per visit. Sasuke also had to do work that were related to construction, helping out on farms or clean up the aftermaths after the war. Tsunade thought that 'getting all the bad emotions out' combined with hard work would be the medicine he needed. This proved out to be the right thing to do since he slowly returned to his 'normal' self. But this transformation had taken about four years until he was deemed 'safe for work'. His hatred plus his obsession with revenge had disappeared, so the Hokage had re-accepted him as a Genin-ranked Konoha shinobi. But another change was that the guy was now genuinely interested in making friends. It took quite a while however due to his former actions as well as his absence. Sasuke had to do a double take when he saw the slimmer Chouji and a more confident Hinata that sported longer hair.
The person to thank for their relationship however was Ino Yamanaka. She had set both of them up on a blind date on Christmas Eve after noticing that her female bestie had complained about the lack of a love life. It had been a surprisingly nice date despite that it was in the Korean barbeque restaurant. Both of them had talked about everything from music they had listened to plus the time Naruto got slapped in the face by a kuinochi from Kumogakure. One thing leaded to another and they soon found themselves being a couple. But it had not been easy. They had a couple of fights plus a number of apologies on the way. Most of their fights had been related to how the guy had used to be in the past. He passed the Chuunin exams a year later while the medic was promoted to a special Jounin in the medic field. Both of them managed to juggle their love life, training plus their social life quite well despite that a number of the Konoha 12 gave the Uchiha the occasional death stare. Neji and Tenten had a legit reason however since the former had died twice thanks to the younger guy. If Kabuto had not sacrificed his life to revive the dead shinobis, the Hyuuga would not have been alive. The young woman moved in with him after they had dated for a little more than two years. It had been a slightly sad experience since living with Ino as well as Hinata had been a very nice time.
A new challenge then arised for the Konoha 12 plus Gai's team; the Jounin exams. All of the former rookies had been 25 at that time while Gai's team plus Sai was 26 years old. This exam had taken place in Kaminari no Kuni where the goal was to get to the capital in less than a week. But their challenge was that they had no food, no map, had to get through a forest with savage beasts bigger than those in the Chuunin exams plus that they had to cope with nasty weather. All of the Konoha shinobis had been placed in different groups. Naruto and Sasuke had been placed at solo teams because of their sheer power. The young woman had Chouji plus Kiba as her teammates. Lightning storms combined with a number of unexpected intellectual challenges along the road made it quite tricky for the Konoha trio. Her team did however made it in time and were all promoted to Jounin.
She then had a 'special' type of celebration with her boyfriend back at their house once they made it back. A little more than a year after the exams, the pinkette suddenly felt more tired after taijutsu sessions. She decided to take a blood test to check if there was anything serious going on. The test had come back positive…for pregnancy. The female had been pregnant for five weeks. Sakura still remembered the look that the male Jounin had at his face when she told him that he was the father. His onyx eyes had a sincere look of happiness on them with a small smile that matched. But she suspected that part of the reason was that Naruto had announced his girlfriend's pregnancy exactly two months earlier.
The pregnancy went fine and Miki had been borne in the middle of December that year. Raising a small child was a bit difficult, but the couple decided to follow some values that they both shared. The last thing Sasuke wanted was to make their daughter feel like he had during his childhood. This had proved out to be a rather good idea since their child was now a well-functioning girl who was not spoiled or behaved badly. Save the time she slapped a guy in the face when he was behaving bad (or telling her in his way that he liked her). The young woman had banned her from playdates in a week despite that she was a bit relieved. At least Miki would not end up like a door mat like she had.
Koichi came to the world in the start of February when their daughter was three years old. Neither of them wanted the age gap between their children to be too big so they could not relate to one another. Their boy however was a bit more demanding due to his lack of appetite. But things worked out when the medic found out why; her son got tummy ache every time she breastfed him after a nap. This was luckily the most major problem they had. Next up was the work issue since they now had two children to take care of. Neither of them wanted to give up their work completely since they needed an income for their family. Not to mention that the hospital as well as the shinobi department needed all the work force they could get. Thankfully, Naruto stepped up to the Hokage position at his 30th birthday. He managed to work out a sort of work rotation together with Shikamaru that could benefit shinobis who had families. The young man was put on an 8 AM to 4 PM shift with an additional hour on weekends. He got one week off per month since he had a child that had not started at the Shinobi Academy. The female got an afternoon schedule from 4 to 11 PM with one week off per month as well. It was a brilliant solution since they were now able to have time with the family.
"HI KOICHI-KUN!" shouted a girly voice that snapped her out of her thoughts. She turned around to see who it was. The owner was none other than Himiko Hyuuga with her mother right behind. Himiko had inherited her mother's eyes while her hair was clear cobalt blue. The girl was less shy than Hinata, but not as hyper as her father. She was however a social child who loved to spend time with others. "Hello Himiko-chan" greeted her son with a polite smile. "Hello Hinata. How are you?" inquired Sakura. "I'm doing rather well. And you?" replied the young woman. She was not as shy as earlier thanks to her relationship with the blonde shinobi. But the bluenette still found it difficult to speak with new people or in front of huge crowds. "I'm not doing that bad either. I'm happy that you guys could join us on the park trip today" told the young woman as they walked towards the park. Their children were chatting with each other as they entered the Konoha park. It was a large area with trees that had a tall fence around it. There was a playground there too with a number of swings, slides, a miniature obstacle course, two sandboxes plus a couple of targets that could be used for shuriken or kunai practice. Both of the children were running towards the miniature obstacle course with huge smiles on their faces.
"How is Sasuke-san doing?" inquired the Hyuuga. "He's quite well. Sasuke has today off, so he's going to cook dinner today. Is Naruto all right being the Hokage?" asked the medic. She had not spoken that much with him the last couple of weeks. "He's really busy, but he makes sure to come home early a couple days a week. The last thing he wants is to not be there for his children. He knows how it is to not have any parents after all" said the Jounin with a quiet voice. She had a slightly pained look in her eyes since her husband had probably shared this story with her. "He does" muttered the female as she glanced on the two children who were trying to run in zig-zag between the wooden poles. A part of her felt a bit limited since she could not relate to how it was to not have parents or family during the first part of her life. But another part of her felt really lucky since she had parents who loved her unconditionally. 'At least I know what I'm going to do while I'm raising my children. I'm going to make sure that I spend time with them and give them as much love as I have to offer' thought the pinkette as a mild breeze made the leaves flutter in the air.
There we go! How was it? Please PM me or give me a review if you have any constructive criticism and/or praise. It's much appreciated ^_^
