Chapter 4.
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The morning came along with the sun shining so brightly at the window, Karin woke up with sun in her face, she scrunched and turned away from it. Her right hand glided to the other side of the bed. She opened her eyes and reached for her glasses that was behind her and put them on, a frown came upon her face when she looked back at the spot, she remembered Sasuke went on his mission 11 days ago she missed him dearly.
"I wonder what your doing right now, Sasuke?" Karin thought, laying on her back sighing.
She slowly got up and walked to the bathroom, turned the shower nops, stripped out of her purple pajamas, put her glasses to the side, and stepped in. She did 15 minutes of showering, 1 minute of drying off, and 2 minutes of brushing her teeth then came out of the bathroom with a towel wrapped around her and glasses on her eyes.
Karin stopped in front of one of her dressers, she opened them and let her towel fall to the floor, and put on her undergarments and casual outfit. When she almost done blow drying her hair she thought she had heard her daughter's cries under the noise, so she she turned it off, and she was correct, her daughter was crying. She rushed out of her room and to Sarada's room. When she went inside, she saw Sarada who was shaking and tears running down her face. She quickly picked her up and rocked her back and forward.
"It's okay sweetie, mommy's here. There's no need to cry anymore." Karin cooed, softly rubbing her back.
She tried to wonder why was she crying, she felt under her and she found the reason, Sarada needed her diaper changed. But she also needed a bath. She took her to the changing station and laid her down, opening one of the draws from below and took out a clean diaper, baby wipes, and baby powder. After she took the diaper off and cleaned her, before she put a diaper and powder on her, she needed a bath. Karin carried Sarada out of the room and into the hallway bathroom. When she went in, she went to the closet and pulled out a baby tub, baby shampoo, and a towel, and set it in the bathroom tub. She turned on the faucets and made sure it was set to a comfortable temperature for her. She set her in the tub and started bathing her, when that was done she reached for the nozzle rinsed the soapy water off Sarada. She wrapped her in a big towel and gently rubbed her with it to dry her and walked back to Sarada's room. She put a fresh diaper on her, and walked to a dresser and put Sarada in a black romper suit with the Uchiha symbol on the back.
Karin felt Sarada's hair and realized it was still a little wet. She went to her and Sasuke's room, sat in a chair, and blow dried Sarada who was closing her eyes tightly. When she was done she turned it off and walked out of the room to the stairs.
"What would you like to eat today, Sarada?" Karin cooed down at her.
Karin decided she needed to feed Sarada something other than breast milk. When she entered the kitchen and walked to the refrigerator and opened it, she gasped in shock and opened the freezer and closed the them, they were nearly empty.
"Oh no, I forgot to buy groceries yesterday!" Karin said, sadly.
She looked in the refrigerator again and only saw apple sauce, a little milk, water, butter, few slices of cheese, and some carrots. She reached and got the apple sauce, water, and carrots then closed the door. She got a spoon and sat down in a chair. And opened the apple sauce and dipped her spoon in it.
"Open wide sweetie." she said smiling at her.
Sarada opened her mouth and let the spoon enter and swallowed the apple sauce and did it until all of it was gone. She put down the spoon and reached for the carrot and took one into her mouth. Sarada watched her mother curiously as she was eating.
When she was done, she picked up the bottled water and drunk half of it and put back in the refrigerator for later. She grabbed her bag that was on the couch and went to the door and put on her sandals.
"Ok Sarada let's go to the grocery shopping." she said smiling at her before sliding the door open and walked out then slid it shut.
As she was walking through the city, Karin noticed up at the Konoha monuments that they were still building a city on it. The population, buildings, and technology had increased since the war ended.
"Look Sarada, maybe you'll explore the new city when your older." Karin cooed, pointing at the unfinished buildings.
Sarada looked at where her mother was pointing at and gasped at what she saw and started giggling. Karin rubbed her nose against her daughter's, who giggled even more.
"Oh sweetie, your so funny and adorable." Karin cooed at her again.
Karin put her right hand on Sarada's left cheek and rubbed it softly, Sarada closed her eyes smiling enjoying her mother's touch.
When they made it the store, they entered, she went to get one of the shopping carts with a baby seat and carefully put and buckled Sarada in it. Karin went to the produce aisle first then went to buy bread, tea, spices, bentos, rice, meats, pasta, cookies, cereal, grains, fruit juice, condiments, flour, powder, yogurt, eggs, butter, milk, canned foods, ice cream, cleaning supplies, and etc.
And last she stopped at the baby aisle and grabbed lots of jarred baby food and put them on the shopping cart, she looked at Sarada who was looking at the toys in the aisle. Karin smiled at what she was seeing this,maybe Sarada does need another toy. She unbuckled her from the seat and picked up and held her close and walked down the aisle.
"Sarada, since you were a good little girl while mommy was picking stuff out, you can get a new toy of your choosing." Karin said, looking down at Sarada smiling.
She showed Sarada the toys on the shelves, Sarada looked at all of them, but one spotted her interest, it was a cute bright red bird. Sarada almost immediately started reaching for it. Karin spotted the toy Sarada was reaching for and took it off of the top shelf and gave it to Sarada, who smiled and begin playing with it. Karin walked over to her cart and put Sarada back in it and buckled her in again.
"Aw, your really so cute." Karin said to her smiling and rubbed her head.
She then started going to the check out lanes, she choose to go the women cashier who had black hair, green eyes who wearing blue shirt and white skirt who is around in her late 20's, when she made it there she began putting her items on the conveyor belt. The bagger then started putting them in paper bags.
"Miss, we need to scan the plush toy your daughter has." the lady cashier said, pointing at Sarada.
Karin looked over at the plush bird Sarada was playing with, that was the last item to be checked out. She knew she had to take it away from her for a while to be scanned but she didn't want to see Sarada cry that would make her sad as well. She leaned down at Sarada.
"Sarada sweetie, um mommy needs to see your toy for a second." Karin said softly to Sarada.
Sarada was staring at her mother in confusion. Karin slowly reached for the toy and slowly pulled it away from her and gave it to the cashier. Sarada was starting to cry but before she could do that the cashier gave it back to Karin to which she gave to Sarada, who went back to playing with it. When the lady told Karin her total, she took out her wallet and gave her the looked at her groceries, they were in 2 large green crates.
"How am I going to carry Sarada and the items home?" Karin thought sadly, sighing with eyes closed.
"Um, miss?" Karin opened her eyes and looked at the cashier. "Would you like some help carrying your groceries?"
"Yes, thank you." Karin said smiling.
The cashier paged in 2 men, one had brown hair with maroon eyes and the other had green hair with grey eyes, they both had on a similar outfit like the cashier. Karin then put the shopping cart over where the other were at the entrance and unbuckled Sarada from it and picked up and held her. She walked out the door with the 2 guys behind her carrying her walked into the crowd and started going into the direction where the Uchiha compound is. When they made it there, she opened the side Shoji doors and them in.
"Where do you want us to put your items?" the green haired one asked.
"On the kitchen table." Karin said, pointing where the kitchen is.
They went in the kitchen and set them down.
"We'll be going now." the green haired one said.
"Ok, thanks." Karin said.
The 2 made their way out of the Shoji doors and closed it behind them.
Karin looked down at Sarada, who was still playing with her plush bird, went the living and laid her down on the couch, Sarada looked at her.
"Mommy needs to put some things away sweetie, mommy will be right back, you keep playing with toy." Karin said, then crouch down and kissed her forehead and rubbed the top of her head.
Karin got up and went to the kitchen, she started grabbing some of the food and putting them in the refrigerator. She was putting every item she bought either in cabinets, refrigerator, or closet, while checking up on Sarada every few minutes. And last, she put the some cleaning supplies in her and Sasuke's bathroom closet. She went outside their room into the hallway, and then the stairs.
"OK, sweetie, mommy is done. Now we can pla-" Karin was cut off when she walked into the living room seeing Sarada fast asleep.
Sarada, laying on her back, was fast asleep with her plush bird barely in her left hand, her stomach slowly going up and down, and her hand twitched a little. This made Karin smile, she walked over to the couch and carefully picked up the sleeping baby girl. She smiled down lovingly at her and brushed her right hand into her tuft of black hair and went to the stairs to go to Sarada's room. She went into the room and went the dresser and set the toy on the top and opened the top draw, she pulled a purple baby pajamas with the Uzumaki symbol on the back, she took off Sarada's romper suit, tossed it in the hamper, and on her pajamas. She went to the crib and tucked Sarada in and gave her a sweet kiss on the forehead.
"Sweet dreams, baby." Karin said.
She saw Sarada yawn and smiled in her sleep. She rubbed her head.
She looked over at the hamper, which was nearly full, and realized she needed to start washing. She grabbed the hamper and quietly exited and closed the door softly. She went to the laundry room and started putting Sarada's clothes in the washer and put detergent and turn the warm water on and closed it. She went to her room and to her and Sasuke's room, she looked over at the bed, remembering with happened a few days ago, she blushed at the thought. She took off all the sheets, covers, and pillow cases and put them in the hamper.
Karin grabbed the hamper that was in the room and went to the laundry room then set it next to the washer. She went to grab a water bottle and a medium sized towel and decided to go to the backyard and train while the clothes were being washed. Also she needs to lose some of the baby weight and get ready for the mission with her brother that's coming up in a few weeks. She walked outside and set them on the steps for later.
Karin started hitting one of the large stumps in her backyard, she worked on that for 35 minutes then stopped, panting a little, next she started working on her taijutsu on one of the stumps. She was almost finished until she heard a lond ding and to go put the clothes in the dryer, turning it on and her and Sasuke's covers and pillow cases in the washer and put some detergent in it and started them up. She went back to training with taijutsu. She practiced again for 41 minutes then went to the steps to get the bottled water and towel, she wiped her face with the towel and opened the bottle water and started drinking some of it. She heard the ding again and walked to the laundry room while setting the bottled water on the lamp table, the clothes out of the dryer and put them in a basket and put the sheets into the dryer and turned it on.
Karin went upstairs to her and Sasuke's room, decided to take a quick shower from training in the backyard.
Later that day.
Karin was now holding Sarada, who holding onto her shirt, in her arms, walking in the crowd on their way to Naruto and Hinata' house. She looked down at Sarada smiling.
"We're almost there, sweetie." Karin said, rubbing noses with her.
Sarada laughed and her hands were now hugging her mother's face. Karin pulled back and rubbed her daughter's head.
When they made it, Karin walked up to the front door and rang the doorbell. She waited for a few seconds then she heard foot steps coming, then the door opened. She was greeted by a smiling Hinata, in her usual outfit except without the jacket.
"Well, hello Karin-chan." Hinata said, then looked down at the little bundle in Karin's arms. "And you to Sarada." She lifted her right hand to rub her cheek.
But Sarada then buried her face into her mother's shirt, Hinata now had a sad look on her face. Karin smiled nervously at the display.
"Don't worry, she's still a little shy around you, Hinata." Karin said, patting Sarada's head, which Sarada then smiled and nuzzled into.
"Would you like to come in?" Hinata asked smiling, moving to let her in.
"Yes, thank you." Karin said going in the house.
Hinata then closed the door and said, "So are you here to see Naruto?"
"No, I just came to visit for awhile. I also want Sarada to see her cousin." Karin said, sitting on their couch and stared at Hinata.
"Well Boruto is over there playing with his toys." Hinata said, pointing.
Karin looked over at where Hinata was pointing to see Boruto, wearing a white shirt and black pants, who was playing with a orange fox, then she looked down at Sarada. Boruto then stopped playing with his toy fox and looked at Karin, he dropped it then started crawling towards her. When he made to her, he put his tiny hands on her knees so can stand up and smiled at her. Karin smiled back at him.
"Hello there little Boruto, how are you doing today?" Karin asked, patting his head.
Boruto laughed, reaching his hands out to her.
"Aw, he wants his Aunty Karin to hold him." Hinata said, looking at them.
Karin bent down and scooped him up with her right arm and sat him on her lap. Boruto then hugged her with his tiny arms, Karin kissed him on the head. Suddenly Sarada started whining about something. Karin looked at her with confusion.
"What's wrong, Sarada?" Karin asked.
Sarada still kept whining, she started nudging Boruto with her feet, he was about to start crying until she separated them.
"Sarada that wasn't nice, don't hit your cousin Boruto." Karin softly scolded her.
She laid Sarada and set Boruto on the blanket covered floor so they can interact. Boruto crawled over to Sarada and tried to touch her right cheek, but she turned her head to side. Boruto stopped midway at this and went back to Karin, she picked him up and hugged him.
"It's okay Boruto, she'll warm up to you, some day." she said.
Sarada started crying and whining again, Hinata picked her, only her for Sarada trying to get out of her grip.
Karin put Boruto gently down on the couch, took and cradled Sarada, who immediately stopped crying and buried her tiny face into her mother chest, and also gripped her shirt.
"What's wrong with Sarada?" Hinata asked, looking at Karin.
"I don't know, she never behaved this way before." she said then looked down at her. "Other than Naruto and her father, I guess she doesn't like anyone else holding but me."
"She also didn't like Boruto hugging you." Hinata said, grabbing Boruto setting him on her lap.
"She's right if she acts this way for a few seconds while I'm around in someone else's arms, I wonder how she will be for a few days when I'm not around."
She looked at Hinata sadly and said, "Are you sure you want to keep her for a few days, she might act like this around you and Boruto alot even when she's tired?"
Hinata smiled and said, "It's okay, I will still look after her, I know me and Sarada will form a Aunty-Niece bond soon."
"I hope your right." Karin said, looking down at Sarada, rubbing her back.
Hinata stood up and softly put Boruto on the couch.
"I'll go make us some tea." Hinata said, changing the subject.
She then walked towards the kitchen.
Karin walked into her house and the shoji door with her right hand, took off her sandals. She looked down at Sarada in her arms, who was looking back at her.
"Oh Sarada." Karin said, rubbing her hair. "I wish you could be nice to more people, other than your your father and your Uncle Naruto."
She looked out the window and it was already night time. She grabbed a camera from the closet and headed upstairs to Sarada's room. When she made she laid her in her crib, she slowly pointed the camera at Sarada who was looking at it her hands close to her body, she pressed the button and a little flash came out. Sarada whimpered and rubbed her eyes. Karin put down the camera and picked up Sarada and started calming her down.
Karin looked at her clock on the wall and it was 10:58 p.m. She smiled down at Sarada.
"Well, it's time for bed Sarada." Karin said, walking to the dresser and pulling out brown pajamas with the Uchiha symbol on the back, took Sarada's romper suit and put the pajamas on her, she tossed the romper suit in the hamper. When walked over to the crib and set Sarada in it, before she could remove her hands from her, Sarada started whining and holding on tightly to her mother's sleeves.
"Please Sarada, let go of mommy's shirt?" Karin said softly, trying to pull Sarada off but she wouldn't budge. Then she realized something. She pulled Sarada out of the crib and cradled her, smiling warmly.
"You want to sleep in mommy and daddy's room with me don't you sweetie." Karin said, then she kissed her left cheek.
Sarada nuzzled up to her mother, her tiny hands gripping her mother's shirt again.
"Ok, you can sleep with mommy tonight." Karin said, then grabbed the camera from the dresser and walked out the room to her's. She turned on the lights and entered her bedroom. She looked over at the bed, which she replaced the sheets with dark blue sheets, she went over and put Sarada on top of them.
"Ok Sarada, mommy is going to put on her pajamas, you stay there ok." Karin said, then walked over to her dresser and pulled out a purple top and bottom pajamas. She went to the bathroom and closed the door, she came out 2 minutes later with them on, her hair in a mid ponytail, and clothes in her hands, she put them in the hamper. She got in her bed and moved her hands to Sarada. She started tickling her stomach, making her laugh with joy.
"Coochie coochie coo." Karin tickled Sarada even more.
After a minute she stop, but Sarada still giggled.
"Ok Sarada that's enough for tonight, we should go to sleep."
Karin picked up Sarada and went under the covers their heads on the big comfy pillow, but Sarada still couldn't sleep so she sang her a lullaby she was starting to fall asleep. She stopped singing, now cuddled her, she kissed her left cheek and softly rubbed her right cheek. She put her glasses on a nearby nightstand.
"Goodnight, Sarada." Karin said, bringing her head close to Sarada's.
Soon they fell asleep.
4 weeks later.
It was early morning.
Karin had on her usual outfit and her hair down, with a big baby bag on her right shoulder and had her silver pouch around her midsection, she was holding a sleeping Sarada, who was wearing a red romper suit with the Uchiha symbol on the back and also was wrapped in a red blanket. She was walking to Naruto's house to meet up with him for their mission. She trained a lot over the weeks lost most of her baby weight. She looked down sadly at her sleeping bundle of joy, this is going to be the first time she's going to be separated from her for a long period of time.
She made to their house and stopped to see Naruto, wearing his usual outfit, a white shirt with a black uniform styled jacket that had several buttons on the waist and sleeves with the left sleeve folded up and red arm band with the uzumaki symbol on the arm, with a orange zipper, orange pants with bandages and black pouch around his right leg with pouches on the back of his belt, black sandals, and a black elastic headband with a metal portion on it with the Konoha symbol on it, and he also had a black backpack on his shoulders. And Hinata in her casual outfit. They were sitting on the steps then they got up and walked to her. They stepped right in front of her. Karin looked sadly down at her again and hugged her softly one more time before giving her to Hinata and setting the big baby bag on the ground beside her.
"Let's go, Karin." Naruto said, walking. "We have to get started right away."
"Hold on." Karin said to him.
She looked back at Sarada and walked to her and said, "Goodbye for now my sweet little angel. Mommy will miss you very much, I'll be back." She rubbed her head and kissed her forehead.
"I'll take good care of her, Karin-chan." Hinata said smiling at her.
"I know you will." Karin said, smiling back at her.
She took one more glance at her daughter and walked up to Naruto.
"Ok, we can go now." Karin said, looking at him.
They ran to the gate, but Karin couldn't help but glance back again, she turned her head forward. When they made it to the gate, Karin let out a few tears, thought of what Sarada would do when she wakes up and looking for her, and the days of missing her. She suddenly felt a hand on her left shoulder and turned to see Naruto smiling at her.
"Karin I know what is like to leave your love ones for a while and Sasuke knows it, too." Naruto explained. "We will back before you know it."
Karin wiped her tears from under her glasses and smiled back him. He was right, they will back and see her daughter, Sarada again. Besides it would be great to see Sasuke again in weeks.
"Thanks Onii-chan, I needed that." she said.
"Anytime, now let's go." he said.
They ran out the village gate to start their mission.
End of Chapter 4.
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