Naruto © Kishimoto Masashi
How 'Bout Them Cowgirls © George Strait
Rating: K
Pairing(s): SasuSaku
Character(s): Sasuke and Sakura
Genre(s): Romance/Friendship/Humor/Family
Hi guys! I had so much fun writing this little piece! Lots of little "awwwwe" moments. Please read and leave critique.
This one ties in with my fanfic As His Daughter Should Be. Beware of some spoilers!
How 'Bout Them Cowgirls
Boy, she don't need you and she don't need me
She can do just fine on her own two feet
But she wants a man who wants her to be herself
And she'll never change, don't know how to hide
Her stubborn will or her fightin' side
But you treat her right and she'll love you like no one else
George Strait
I.
He wonders when the weak little girl disappeared, and when the strong kunoichi took her place.
II.
He knows that she doesn't need his protection anymore, but she smiles when he tries anyway.
III.
His first true smile in ten years happens when she falls asleep in his arms. He then frowns because she works too much.
IV.
His heart flutters when she walks beside him, and he's sure she knows it because she can't keep that mischievous grin off her face.
V.
For his first birthday back in Konoha, she gives him a kiss.
VI.
For her birthday, because he has missed so many, he gives her a ring.
VII.
She storms out of Ichiraku because he's still fighting his cynical side. He follows, spins her around, and kisses her in front of all Konoha Twelve members.
VIII.
On their wedding day, she takes his last name. He gives her his heart in return, since she gave him hers a long time ago.
IX.
She bites her lip and wonders how to tell him she is pregnant with their first child, but sighs with relief when he faints at the news.
X.
After childbirth, a broken hand healed and broken again, he asks her when they can have another one. She breaks his other hand.
XI.
When his first son, Daichi, is five years old, he takes him out for shuriken practice.
XII.
His second child and first daughter, Tsukiko, is born a month premature, and he can't believe how weak and frail she is. Daichi, only four years old, kisses her forehead and claims she'll become the next Hokage with her will to live and fight.
XIII.
His second son, and third child, Satoshi, enters the academy at age six and graduates at age ten. Daichi, at age eighteen, is promoted to ANBU on the same day.
XIV.
He is exasperated because Satoshi always fights with his genin team member rival, Uzumaki Minato.
XV.
He can't help but smile when he sees her teach Tsukiko and Chiharu medical jutsu. He is proud of his girls.
XVI.
He takes on his first and only genin team at age thirty. He is always late.
XVII.
They still meet with Naruto and Kakashi at Ichiraku every Sunday afternoon for lunch. Naruto is training under Tsunade to become Rokudaime. Kakashi never took on another genin team, but Naruto and she think they are getting close to getting Kakashi to teach the team Satoshi will be on.
XVIII.
"Sorry guys!" He grins very un-Uchiha-like at his team. "I got lost and I ran into—"
"Liar!" they scream at him.
XIX.
He can't help but worry whenever she leaves on missions that don't include him. His children sit beside him and smile because they know she'll come home.
XX.
The day before the ceremony, he finds Naruto at their old training grounds, tears streaming down his scarred cheeks.
"I can't believe I made it." Naruto wipes his eyes with his sleeve and smiles.
He punches Naruto's shoulder lightly and laughs. "I never doubted you, dobe."
XXI.
At age forty-six, they pace outside a hospital room's door before Tsunade comes out with a big grin to say, "Congratulations, grandparents. Your daughter-in-law gave birth to healthy, twin Uchiha boys."
XXII.
He doesn't know how to tell her how much he loves her, and he doesn't know how to tell her how happy he is that the Uchiha clan has been restored. So, he kisses her goodnight, holds her, and whispers a simple thank you.
She knows.
