Chp 2

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Sakura's eyes fluttered open at the noise. She rolled over and looked at the clock.

Almost 7am? She groaned to herself and sighed, sitting up in her bed. She needed to start breakfast then now that Sasuke was home. Sakura got out of bed and walked over to the window that also peered into the backyard. There Sarada was, aiming her shuriken properly and hitting her target on the tree almost every time. Sasuke was leaning against a tree watching her with approval in his eye, giving her instructions from time to time.

Sakura smiled to herself. Of course. Those two never take a break. It meant a lot to Sarada to have her dad home. His presence always made them both feel at ease, and it gave Sarada a little extra fire in her spirit. She was more determined to impress her father when he made an effort to come around.

Sakura started a hot shower, stepping under the spray and quickly washing herself. When she was finished they were still outside training, so she headed to the kitchen to make breakfast. She made the usual, rice, miso, and tamagoyaki. By the time she was done rolling the omelet, Sarada dashed through the kitchen with her pack in a hurry. "Hi mom, bye mom!" she said heading for the door.

"Eh?! I just made breakfast!" she hollered at her flopping the omelet onto a plate.

"Sorry! Boruto and Mitsuki are waiting for me at the training grounds!" she waved at her mother and disappeared out the door. Sakura groaned hanging her head and gave an irritated sigh. Damn kid. She continued slicing the tamagoyaki.

"Looks good." said a deep voice from behind her, startling her.

"Gah!" she yelled out, the knife slipping and cutting her finger. Immediately a small droplet of blood welled up from the wound. "Damnit!" she cursed.

Sasuke took her hand in his and sighed. "Sometimes I could forget you're a powerful kunoichi with how easily I startle you." he put the cut up to his lips and licked the wound clean. Sakura winced a little, her cheeks turning red. He pulled a bandage out from the pouch on his hip and carefully placed it over the cut.

"Can you blame me?" she took her hand away and shook her head hoping he didn't notice her blush. "Here, sit." she gestured to the table as she began serving the rice and soup into their bowls.

Sasuke took his usual place, and Sakura set his breakfast in front of him. The two of them ate in silence with nothing but the low volume chatter of a couple of news anchors from the small television they had on the kitchen counter. Sakura finished before Sasuke and put her bowls in the sink. "I have a half shift at the hospital today. Put your dishes in the sink when you're done ok?"

Sasuke nodded at her. She began her way towards the hallway and out the door. "Oh, Sakura." he said before she could make it out the kitchen.

"Hm?" she asked and looked back at him.

"The food is great by the way." he managed to give her his usual cool smirk.

That perked her soul up a bit. She smiled back at him. "I'll be back before dinner." she waved back at him and left the compound. Sakura made her way down the busy streets of Konoha. Sunday was always a lively day. Everyone was doing their shopping, spending time with family. "Sakuraaa chaaaan!" she heard, and spotted Ino and Temari at a cafe waving at her. She waved back. Chouji was with his wife walking through the outside stores, they waved, she waved. She spotted Iruka Sensei going over a tactic book with Mirai, and Ten Ten sweeping the front of her weapons shop. Everything was just the way it's supposed to be.

She made it to the hospital on time, going into the locker room, putting her hair up and her smock on. A nurse handed her a list of patients and their records, a minor day today. Not too many major injuries, and most of them were just check ups. She flipped through the paperwork, and stopped on a rather familiar name. Uzumaki Hinata? Her brow furrowed and decided to check in on her first. Sakura walked through the pristine white halls and stopped at suite 18 where they parked Hinata. When she opened the door, her childhood friend was sitting on top of the bed with her hands folded nervously i her lap

"Hinata?" Sakura looked down at the clipboard. "Whats up, whats going on?"

The Seventh's wife rubbed her temple. "Nothing much really, Naruto insisted I come her this morning to get checked out because I haven't been feeling very well."

Sakura pulled up a rolling chair and sat in front of her pulling her pen out. "Alright, what's happening?"

Hinata began listing her symptoms. "Well I've been getting headaches quite frequently, and I've been feeling sick to my stomach and getting light headed and weak feeling at times. I fainted yesterday and thankfully Naruto was there to catch me. He insisted on taking me to the hospital last night but I told him I'd go in the morning. I don't want to worry him."

Sakura wrote everything down. "Hm… well, it doesnt sound too serious, probably a bug. I'm sure you're fine, you're strong." Sakura smiled. "I'll have the nurse run a few tests on you and I'll check in in a little bit with the results." she said professionally, and stood back up. "Just sit tight. And relax, you're going to be fine."

Hinata nervously smiled back at her friend and nodded confidently. Sakura continued her rounds around the hospital. She helped wrap a little boys broken arm, he had fallen out of a tree trying to save his little sister's kitten. A Genin had a nice looking cut from training on her arm that needed a few stitches. Nothing serious. Finally around noon, Hinata's nurse came by with her results and handed them over to Sakura. She flipped through the pages, and stopped, wide eyed.

She gasped and ran down the hall, bursting into Hinata's suite and nearly startled the poor Hokage's wife half to death.

"Hinata!" she came over and handed her the clipboard with the overall results. The confused woman took the clipboard with a worried look on her face and flipped through the pages to the last one. Sakura frantically pointed at the result. Hinata's eyes went wide and she covered her mouth.

Sakura smiled wide. "Congratulations! It's about seven weeks along."

Hinata fanned her face. "Oh my… I'm… pregnant. Again." she placed a hand over her belly. "That would explain why I'm constantly craving tsukemono." she laughed at herself.

Sakura sat down in her rolling stool across from Hinata who seemed to be absorbing this. "You ok?" she asked and patted her knee.

Hinata nodded and then smiled. "Yeah, just surprised. Naruto is going to be too. He's been hinting at having another baby."

Sakura giggled. "So Naruto likes to stay busy I see." she playfully wagged her eyebrows at Hinata.

Hinata blushed and laughed. "Let's not go there!"

Sakura finished Hinata's appointment and wrote her a prescription for some nausea medication and recommended her to rest more. By the end of it, Hinata seemed to glow. Naruto's family was always growing. I guess when you grown up alone, you make up for it later on in life. Sakura walked with Hinata to the front of the Hospital chatting quietly. Sakura congratulated her once again and waved at her as she left down the road. She smiled to herself and watched her friend disappear in the distance. Another baby huh… Sakura then thought about Sarada and when she was born. She went after Sasuke while he was on a mission with Karin, and Sarada decided to come a little earlier than planned. She had no choice but to give birth in the field at the hideout. Karin and her had put aside their differences and the kunoichi helped deliver Sarada.

Sasuke had been scouting the surrounding area to make sure to keep them safe. She remembered the look on his face when he came into the hideout after Sarada was born. Sakura was exhausted and flushed. He had immediately went to her side as she held the wiggling bundle in her arms. Sakura carefully put Sarada in his arm, helping him support her.

"She looks just like you. You did very well Sakura." Sasuke whispered to her and pressed his lips gently to Sakura's forehead. A rare gesture from him.

Sakura could only give him a breathy chuckle. "She looks more like her father to me." Sakura leaned on him. And they stayed like that for the whole night. Karin even offered to scout the area for them as they rested. Giving the new parents privacy was important.

Sakura shook her head, putting herself back in reality, She couldn't help but smile to herself at the memory. One of the happiest moments of her life. Now Hinata gets to experience that joy for the third time. Lucky woman. Naruto was a very loving husband and a good father, even if he was quite busy being the Hokage. Sakura placed a hand over her own stomach. Sasuke and her never actually talked about kids. Sarada just kind of… happened…

Sakura finished up her last couple of hours at the hospital and started home around 3 in the afternoon. She needed to stop by the flower shop and one other place before she went home. Sarada appeared with Boruto and Mitsuki. "Mom!" she said and waved running over.

"Sarada. Hello Boruto, Mitsuki." she smiled down at the kids.

"Mom you should have seen it! I activated my sharingan without being provoked! And Dad helped Boruto with the rasengan jutsu, its getting really good!" she said excitedly, bother her and Boruto looking proud.

"That's wonderful you guys!" she ruffled the young Uzumaki boy's hair, wondering if he even knew he was going to have another sibling. Probably not. If Hinata had told her family, or even just Naruto, it'd be all over the village by now. Naruto tends to get quite excited about things like that. Literally yelling it from the rooftops. She couldn't imagine Sasuke ever doing that. Which was fine with her, she wasn't so much into big gestures anymore like she was when she was a kid.

"I'll be home for dinner ok?" Sarada said as they all started off again. Kids and their infinite energy. Sakura waved them off and sighed happily, and continued down towards the Yamanaka Flower shop. Ino's mother was inside, spraying a few of the bouquets with water. The older woman smiled at her and went behind the counter to get her monthly order.

"Here you go Sakura." she said handing it to her. "Off to visit the Uchiha shrine as usual?"

Sakura nodded. "Yep. Sasuke returned home safe yesterday."

"Such a dutiful wife you are. Not many people take the time to take care of their own family shrines much less someone else's."

Sakura smiled again. "They're my family now. I have to take care of them."

And so goes Chapter 2. Hmm… does anyone smell baby fever or is it just me? Well we shall see ;)

~Annie