He was gone for three months on a mission and upon his return, it was like the entire Cloud Village had lost it's mind, Cee frowned deeply, wondering what the hell was going on as he headed down the streets of the village to the Raikage Tower.
Though after being admitted into Ay's office, Cee noticed something different, there was a child sitting in his Raikage's lap "Mission Report" Ay gestured to the seat before his desk and the blonde sat down, obviously confused.
Yushi wiggled "Papa" he whined, wanting to get up and run around, Ay shook his head and he crossed his arms a huff coming from between his lips as he pouted, a sullen expression on his face as he fidgeted uncomfortably.
"Behave, you're mother will be here soon" Ay rolled his eyes, silently wondering how his fiance had handled their son for three years, then he remembered, she'd had nearly everyone in the Leaf Village helping her out.
Cee's brows furrowed as he pushed forward the scroll "Raikage-sama pardon my forwardness, but what is going on" he asked with a grimace, knowing how Ay liked people to stay the hell out of his business.
Ay raised a white brow at his subordinate "This is Yushi, my son, only found out about him a month ago" he gestured to the child with large viridian eyes and slicked back white hair, in the same style he preferred.
"Son" the blonde repeated dumbly, now more confused than ever, looking the small child over, he was three by the looks of it, his lips pulled down into a deep frown, "I wasn't aware that you've been with anyone Raikage-sama" Cee said, not able to discern any familiar characteristics.
Just then the door opened and the blonde turned around in his chair to see who would dare enter the office without getting permission first "The Leaf Do….." Cee trailed off feeling a heated glare boring into the back of his skull.
"Mama" Yushi exclaimed exuberantly, jumping from his father's lap and rushing to the pinkette, who bent to scoop him into her arms "I've been waiting forever and ever and Papa wouwdn't wet me get up" he leveled a huff at his father, while chattering a mile a minute.
Sakura laughed and Ay chuckled in amusement "Well Yushi-kun, you were supposed to be in time out, were you not" she quirked a slender pink brow at her child, who slumped his shoulders and started pouting again.
"It's alright, other than whining a little bit, he was perfectly well behaved" Ay cut in and got a cheeky smile from his boy, rotten kid, but sweet, tough and all a round adorable, not that he would ever admit most of that out loud.
The other person in the office was lost on what was going on "Excuse me, but would you mind explaining what's going on" Cee cleared his throat, glaring at the young pink haired kunoichi, who was holding Ay's son.
At the order, Sakura's spine straightened, she had to remind herself the blonde hadn't been around for the last month, so didn't know what was going on "I'm Ay's fiancee, this is our child, we're getting married in a couple of months" she stated looking intimidating.
Causing Cee to cower slightly in the chair "Married" he asked though he wasn't willing to admit that he was afraid of the pinkette "And you should address Raikage-sama with some respect" the blonde barked.
A mere second after the command was given, the air in the office became chilly and Sakura leveled a furious glare at the blonde "Yushi-kun be a sweetheart and go wait in the hall with Darui please" she smiled, hiding her anger from her son.
"K, Mama" Yushi jumped to the floor, landing properly on his feet, cause he was gonna be a big strong shinobi like his Papa and be Raikage someday and rushed from the office to wait with his uncle Darui as his mom had told him to do.
Five seconds after the door shut behind her child, Sakura slapped a no noise tag on the door and rounded on Cee "I know you haven't been here for the last three months, but don't think you can order me around like I'm some commoner" she spat.
Reaching out and gripping the man's shirt and hefting him into the air with brute strength, Ay let out a long suffering sigh and focused on completely his paperwork, this had happened more than he cared to admit in the last month alone after all so he was kind of use to it.
"Whether you like it or not Cee, I'm part of this village now, I have dual citizenship with Leaf and Cloud and I will be the Raikage's..Ay's wife in just two months, so you better give me respect" she ordered holding the blonde up with little effort.
His skin paled and Cee nodded shakily as Sakura lowered him to the ground, he turned to face Ay, "Right the missio..mission went well, no problems" he rushed through his report then fled from the office without a backwards glance.
Darui peeked his head around to peer into the office and spotted the reason why his friend had ran as if the devil had been nipping at his heels, Sakura looked pissed, probably with good reason, "Let that be a lesson why you don't mess with scary strong women" he looked down to Yushi.
Who nodded sagely, though he didn't really understand what was going on, or why his uncle had said that "You can come back in now Yushi" Ay called, once his fiancee had calmed down enough and that his office hadn't been dealt any damage this time.
Yushi popped up on his feet "Bye bye Uncwe Darui" he waved hurrying back into the office and rushing his mother, who caught him mid leap and tossed him gently into the air, him squealing the entire way until he was safely in her arms again and she was kissing his forehead.
Like his Auntie Tsunade did all the time "Ready to go home Yushi-kun" Sakura asked peppering kisses all over Yushi's face causing him to giggle up a storm until she finally relented and allowed him to speak properly.
"Mhm, I can't wait to see Uncwe Naru and Aunt Hina-chan, Uncwe Kakashi, and everyone ewse" he bounced in her arms in excitement, those large green eyes filled with happiness to see some of his favorite people for the first time in a week.
Ay chuckled under his breath "What about me brat, do I get a farewell" he raised an expectant brow, Yushi's eyes widened in horror and wiggled from Sakura's arms to the floor and hurried to his side, clambering into his lap.
"Bye Bye Papa, see you Water"he threw his arms around Ay's neck and squeezed and got a hug in return, then Yushi was returning to his mother, Sakura picked him up for the third time, as her fiancee stood, he could have done that to.
And came over to her "Be safe, send me a letter when you get back so I know nothing happened" Ay said in a gruff voice, not wanting to be called out on his worry, the pinkette gave him a knowing smile and pecked him quickly on the cheek.
"We will Ay, and we'll be back in three weeks and six days" Sakura situated Yushi more comfortably against her hip, kissed Ay one last time, despite her son's giggling and then left, Darui escorting them to the gates.
The white haired male, the first who had come around to accepting the fact that Sakura was going to marry Ay and that they had a child together, from a romp on the couch, followed after the duo, keeping a vigilant watch.
"Gonna miss you Uncwe Darui" Yushi called drawing the dark skinned man out of his thoughts and got a small smile and a wave, he looked sad and Sakura hugged her son all the tighter, knowing it was difficult to leave behind important people.
Darui chuckled lightly "You'll see me again kid, don't worry so much, or you'll turn into you're mother" he teased gently and got an exasperated huff from the pinkette as the gates were opened for the two of them.
"I can't thank you enough Darui-san" Sakura paused peering over her shoulder, the man had been a big help during this last month, he shrugged and she gave him a quick smile before heading off into the distance, her son clutching his arms around her neck as they walked.
Tsunade was waiting for them at the gates, having learned of their return via messenger bird, "Auntie Tsunade" Yushi squealed spotting the blonde and wiggled from the pinkette's arms to the ground and dashed head long at one of his favorite people in the entire world.
"Brat" Tsunade grabbed the little boy up and hugged him to her chest, "Did ya miss me" she laughed holding him up, honey eyes taking the child in, assuring herself that nothing had happened to him while in the Cloud village.
At the question he nodded his head eagerly, any faster he'd get whiplash "Uh huh, and Uncwe Naru and Auntie Hina-chan and Uncwe Kaka and lots of others" Yushi reeled off quickly, emerald eyes expressing his desire to see everyone else.
She laughed squeezing Yushi to her bosom again "How did everything go" Tsunade directed the next question to her unofficial daughter, as she came to a stop before the two of them, eyeing her son in exasperation.
Yushi gave his mother an innocent smile "It went well, Ay seems to have adapted quite well to being a father and he intends on marrying me, like I said in my last letter, though there are still quite a few cloud shinobi who haven't accepted this yet, like Cee-san" Sakura let out an aggravated sigh.
"Well that's to be expected, you have to be tough and not let yourself be intimidated, you have to be the one doing the intimidating, and I'm surprised" Tsunade lowered Yushi to the ground and he hugged the pinkette's leg.
Sakura placed her hand down on his smoothed back hair "Yeah me to, but at least Yushi-kun has the chance to know his father properly" she smiled ruffling the white hair, and got a pout "Ready to go pick on Naruto" Sakura grinned.
And got a wide mischievous smile in return, Tsunade shook her head "I'll be in my office if you need me" she waved, heading back down the streets to the Hokage Tower, to hopefully get some work done, before someone came barging into her office for something or another.
Following after his mother, Yushi took in the Leaf Village, it was different from the Cloud Village, like his mama had told him for so long, not as cold and the sun shone brightly on the cobbled streets, he breathed in the fresh air.
Making sure he was actually behind her, the pinkette glanced furtively over her shoulder and smiled tenderly, Yushi had been a light for her in the darkness that had followed upon finding out she was pregnant, many had told her to abort him, but she hadn't.
Best decision of her life "Yushi-kun" Sakura held out her hand and the young child latched on, holding tightly to her fingers as they walked leisurely towards Naruto's apartment, she could only hope the blonde was in and not out.
They were in luck, five seconds after knocking on the door, the pounding of feet signaled that there was indeed someone home and three seconds the door swung open to reveal a disheveled blue eyed blonde "Sakura-chan" Naruto blinked.
Not quite believing she was really standing there, the pinkette put a hand on her hip waiting, while Yushi sniggered quietly by her, it took a couple of minutes before the blonde realized she really was there "Sakura-chan" he exclaimed more exuberantly.
Reaching out to hug one of his best friends, "And there's the little champ" Naruto spotted Yushi finally and after putting Sakura back on her feet, scooped Yushi into his arms and swung him around the little boy laughing the whole way.
"Uncwe Naru" Yushi said matching the blondes grin with a wide one of his own, until Naruto finally placed him on the ground again "Where's Auntie Hina-chan" he peered around the blonde hoping to see the Hyuga Heiress who doted on him constantly.
Naruto scratched the back of his head "Making dinner, want to come say hello" he asked, Sakura nodded nudging her son forward before helping him take his black sandals off, doing the same herself as they headed deeper into the apartment.
"Who was at the door Naruto-kun" Hinata was stood at the stove, sleeves rolled back, a small saucer used for tasting sauces in her hand and taking a sip of the sauce she was working on to see if there was anything else she need to add to the sauce.
He grinned "Why don't you turn around and find out" he chuckled, Hinata put down the saucer, after turning the heat on the burner down, before turning around upon spotting who was stood behind her boyfriend, Hinata's lavender eyes brightened.
"Sakura-chan, and Yushi-kun" she smiled widely, bustling forward to wrap her arms around the pinkette, and give her a small hug, then bent to receive her customary hug from the little boy "How was the trip, did everything turn out okay" Hinata asked straightening from her crouch.
Yushi hanging from her arms, besides Tsunade, Hinata was his second favorite person in the entire village, that was a female after all "Oh it went better than I expected" Sakura sat down on the couch, Naruto joining her a moment later.
"In fact I'm engaged to get married to the Raikage now, funny how life works out sometimes, the only problem is a couple of the shinobi, most of them have accepted me and Yushi, but there is a few who still are still reluctant" she laughed sheepishly.
Remembering on more than one hand in the last few weeks, how she'd been sitting in Ay's office, reading to her son, or eating lunch and a random shinobi had come in and started yelling at her, which resulted in a little destruction.
Not her fault she didn't take insults lying down "Hehehe" Naruto laughed nervously at her side "Well it will only be a matter of time before they do, right Hinata-chan, no one can resist Sakura-chan" the blonde glanced to his girlfriend.
Hinata nodded gently, setting Yushi on his feet, causing the small boy to pout, as she returned to cooking dinner "Yes, you have a charm about you Sakura-chan" she agreed with Naruto as she chopped up some vegetables and popped them into the oven to cook.
Before facing her guests and Naruto again "Well thanks Hinata, Naruto" Sakura smiled and leaned back, watching Yushi sit on the floor for a moment, before standing "Well we won't intrude any longer, we have lots of others to see don't we Yushi-kun" she asked.
Her son hopped onto his feet, emerald eyes wide and nodding "Mhm Uncwe Kaka, Auntie Ino, Uncwe Sai and lots of others" Yushi agreed, letting his mother pick him up as they waved together and after putting on their shoes, were headed down the streets to the flower shop.
~Back in the Cloud Village~ The minute Sakura and his son had left, Cee had come back to his office "You sure it's wise to marry a leaf shinobi, you know what their like Raikage-sama" the blonde was being completely ridiculous.
And Ay was trying his hardest to not snap and get angry "We have an alliance with them" he snorted derisively, scratching his name down on a document, to be sent off by the council to who knows where, before leaning back in his chair.
"Raikage-sama, how are you sure that boy is even yours" Cee prodded, the girl could have been lying and no one would have known, "Did she even do a DNA test to make sure" he asked not relenting in the least.
Unaware that the Raikage was getting angrier and angrier with each passing minute "We're certain and yes" Ay was one step away from punching the blonde from his office, before having Darui take him to the hospital to be healed.
"Did she give you proof, or just a statement of how he was yours" Cee narrowed his onyx eyes, not liking this in the least, who knows what that woman was plotting, if she managed to marry Ay, then the pinkette would hold a lot of power in her hands.
And that could spell the Cloud Villages and the Raikage's doom, because then she'd automatically inherit the position of Raikage "We have physical proof, we did a blood test" Ay growled, muscles tensing in preparation.
"May I see it, it's possible since she's a medic as you know that she could have altered it somehow to make it seem like it was the truth" Cee cleared his throat, hands folded neatly in his lap, oblivious to the danger.
His eye twitched in aggravation, but Ay calmly reached into his desk, where he kept the test proving that Yushi really was his son and handed it over to the idiot blonde, he was really trying to keep his temper, but it was difficult.
Cee's eyes flicked down to the scroll, onyx eyes taking in what was written down, his shoulders deflated, the test hadn't been tampered with "Did she force you into this Raikage-sama" he was getting desperate, he didn't want a Leaf Shinobi to invade their village.
"Enough, get out of my office Cee and don't come back for the rest of the day" Ay had gotten tired of this bullshit and quite literally kicked the blonde out and shut the door in Cee's face, he rubbed a heavy hand down his face, and sat down on the couch.
It was new, but still in his preferred style of furniture, Sakura had picked it out, after destroying the last one in a fit of anger, "Yo bro, blondie looks as if he's having a seizure" Bee's aggravating voice called from the open window.
Ay glanced towards his younger brother "That would be because he's in denial over Yushi being my son and Sakura being my fiance" he groaned, wanting to block out all the annoying people in his life and get his work done in peace.
Bee's brows raised "Pinky and Yushi leave already bro" he asked, peering surreptitiously around he office and not spotting his future sister in law or nephew, Ay nodded, and that was all the answer he needed as he hurried off to find something to do, to keep himself busy.
His bro was going to be in a foul mood until the pinkette and the little white haired boy returned, with a long suffering sigh, Ay returned to his desk and started on his paperwork again, it was silent in his office and it unsettled him.
Especially now that he'd actually gotten use to the constant chatter of his son and Sakura's quiet laughter as Yushi did something, he let out an aggravated noise and stood, he wasn't going to be getting much work done obviously.
Considering his thoughts kept straying to Sakura and Yushi, it was utterly ridiculous "Raikage-sama, a message from Sakura-sama" Darui's voice came from the other side of the door and Ay hastily gave the man permission to enter.
Darui opened the door and slid smoothly into the office, in his hand was a scroll "Here you go boss man" he smiled, knowing that to keep the message from Ay would be detrimental to his own health, the Raikage grabbed it with more restraint than he thought he could manage.
And unrolled it to read the message scribbled down within, in Sakura's familiar hand writing, he let out a sigh of relief and his shoulders relaxed, now that he knew the two were alright and that they'd made it back to the village.
He could focus on his work again, because really that's what it all had been about, him being worried, "Thank you for delivering it to me" Ay nodded as Darui nodded and left the office, the door closing with a quiet click and he delved back into his work to keep himself busy.
~In the Leaf Village~ They'd finished going round to visit every one of her friends and it was obvious Yushi was tired and hungry "Mama" he frowned, tummy rumbling and tears in those large green eyes.
"We're going to Ichiraku is that okay Yushi-kun" Sakura peered down at her son, who was situated in her arms, he had wanted her to carry her for the last trek across the village to visit Yamato, Yushi nodded and fell quiet, leaning his head on her shoulder.
Teuchi chuckled "Tyke a bit tired" he asked spying the duo, Sakura nodded with a small smile and nudged Yushi "Hey there boy" Teuchi greeted his second best customer as Yushi liked to call himself sometimes.
His eyes rounded in happiness "Teuchi" Yushi laughed joyfully, before a yawn replaced the laughter "May I have beef ramen pwease" he pouted up at his mother, the ramen in Cloud wasn't as good as Teuchi's after all.
"Make that one beef and one chicken" Sakura gave the order for their meal, placing Yushi on the stool next to her and handing him a pair of chopsticks "And some water please" she asked a moment afterwards, feeling a little thirsty.
Her son looked like he was thirsty to, he'd been chattering the entire time since their return, that thought brought a lot of amusement to her as Teuchi made their ramen and Ayame got them their water, Yushi reached for it, before pausing.
"Mama do you have the wid" he blinked his emerald eyes at her and Sakura dug into her pouch, making sure it was clean, before placing it over the cup, Yushi finished reaching for his water and took a long sip.
Her lips curved upwards, he was so polite, sometimes it made her wonder where he got it from, probably Hinata, Sakura shook her head and took a drink from her own cup, sans the lid, and sighed in relief.
A few minutes later "Here you two are, one chicken ramen for Sakura-san and one beef ramen for Yushi-san" Teuchi returned with their orders and the pinkette hurried placed down some ryo for the meal and broke apart her chopsticks digging in to the ramen.
Yushi did the same, slurping the noodles and enjoying the unique flavor that only came from Teuchi's ramen "Thank you very much Teuchi" he paused in the middle of eating to thank the old man who'd made their food.
Sakura smiled at her son proudly, "Yes, thank you very much Teuchi-san" she nodded at the shop owner and his granddaughter before finishing off of her ramen, she had to wait a couple minutes, before Yushi got to full and the bowls were taken away to be cleaned.
By this point Yushi was on his way to falling asleep as his head leaned heavily on her shoulder "He's a good kid" Teuchi said quietly as Yushi's breathing evened out, Sakura nodded carefully, knowing that her son got cranky if he got woken up when he'd just went to sleep.
"Yeah, though he can be a little troublemaker sometimes" she smiled softly, waved and then headed down the streets to her own apartment, once in, after changing Yushi into his pj's, managing not to wake him and he was in his bed.
Sakura flipped out the lights and locked the door, before taking a quick shower, mind drifting as she thought of Ay and if he'd gotten her message yet, soon enough she was getting to tired to even think as she dressed in a to large shirt, one she'd swiped from her fiance and flopped down in her bed.
In the middle of the night, her bed creaked and the pinkette opened her arms, a small body crawled into them, Sakura pulled Yushi closer and together they drifted off to get a little more shut eye before her alarm blared.
The next morning she was the first one awake and extracting herself from the tangle of arms and legs, Sakura made breakfast for the two of them just as a knock came, lowering the heat, she hurried to the front door.
"Hey there Sakura, heard you were back from wherever you went" it was Sasuke, and the pinkette was in no mood to deal with the idiot Uchiha, she contemplated shutting the door in his face, but that wouldn't work, cause she'd tried it before.
With a long suffering sigh "What do you want Sasuke" Sakura crossed her arms and tapped her foot impatiently, she swore to whatever kami there was if he tried to ask her out again, she was going to deck him in his pretty boy face.
Oblivious to the rising agitation "My offer still stands Sakura, I'll adopt Yushi if you marry me and he'll have the father he needs" Sasuke prodded leaning cockily against the door frame, as if he thought she still wanted him.
She rolled her jade eyes "Not gonna happen, Yushi already has a father, he doesn't need another one and by the way, I'm engaged, so me marrying you isn't gonna happen either" Sakura said in a smug voice and promptly shut the door in the Uchiha's face.
It took several minutes for Sasuke to comprehend and digest what he'd just been told "WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU'RE ENGAGED" he roared, the door whipped open, to reveal the furious pinkette and got punched clear down the street.
"If you scream outside my door one more time Uchiha, I'm gonna put you in the damn hospital" Sakura seethed, stalking down the street after her teammate, that was about all he was to her anymore and sometimes she wished he wasn't.
Sasuke cowered and cringed away from her, expecting to get hit again and shot to his feet, scurrying down the road, "Mama" Yushi's voice called from behind her, it was full of sleep and the pinkette whirled.
"I'm here Yushi-kun, sorry" she smiled reassuringly, lifting her boy into her arms and hugging him gently as he woke up more properly "Ready for breakfast" Sakura asked peering down into large viridian eyes.
He nodded quietly, letting his mom carry him back into the house as she shut the door and they entered the kitchen, Sakura whipped through the rest of breakfast and they sat down to eat "Yummy" Yushi grinned enjoying the meal, more awake than before.
She laughed gently before cleaning up the mess, washing the dishes before setting them on a towel to dry "What we gonna do today Mama" Yushi hopped out of his chair to the ground, skipping around the kitchen.
Sakura leaned against the counter, pondering her child's question "Hmm maybe go to the park, or I could teach you something neat" she offered, knowing that Ay had a habit of showing their son shinobi things, so long as they weren't difficult.
"Oooooo Can….May I wearn something new Mama Pwease" his lower lip jutted out and he flashed those large jade eyes at her and Sakura couldn't resist Yushi, cause he looked so damn cute "Pwease" Yushi asked again, pouting even more at his mother.
Her lips curled upwards "Okay, okay, I'll teach you a little bit of chakra control" she decided, of course she wouldn't be to hard on him and it wasn't like he was going to learn the tree climbing exercise, just how to apply his chakra to things.
"Yeah, yeah" Yushi jumped up and down, clapping his hands together, excitement clear in his forest green eyes, each time she saw them, she fell more and more in love with her son, they reflected his purity.
With a grin, she made some finger food to take along and packed it away in a storage scroll, before gathering Yushi into her arms "To the training grounds" Sakura declared, easily forming the hand signs for the teleportation jutsu.
And in a swirl of cherry blossoms, Yushi oohing and awing over them, they were on Training Grounds Seven, her team training grounds "What is chakra control Mama" the white haired child realized what she'd said and it wasn't a term he was familiar with.
"Well sweetie, having chakra control lets you walk up a tree, run atop water, and do lots of other things like this" Sakura held up her hand, and attached to her thumb was a leaf, the insignia on her headband, Yushi took in his mother doing such a simple thing.
He nodded slowly, not quite understanding yet "But how do you use chakra Mama, Papa's only taught me how to hold a kunai, not throw one or anything" Yushi burst out impatiently wanting to know how to do the trick.
Sakura smiled gently "First Yushi-kun, you must focus you're chakra, it comes from here, our chakra network, put you're hands together, feel you're chakra and focus it into you're hand, until it glows blue" she instructed.
A plume of smoke appeared behind her and Kakashi stepped out of it "Ohayo Sakura-chan, Yushi-kun" he greeted, hastily stuffing his precious book into his pouch so that the pinkette couldn't scold him for reading smut in front of her son.
In response to his greeting, Sakura turned "Morning Kakashi-sensei" she said, keeping her eyes glued to her little boy, as he tried to focus his chakra for the first time, it was always difficult at first and the chakra was responding slowly to his attempts at using it.
Yushi however waved lightly, tongue poking from between his lips as he concentrated, green eyes narrowed in determination, he was like his mother, working long and hard on something until he could do it and show it off with pride.
His temper however came from both his parents, especially as his chakra refused to respond and Yushi started becoming frustrated "I can't do it" he finally gave up, crossing his arms angrily, and Sakura smiled gently.
"Now, now champ, you can do it, practice will make you better try it again" Kakashi jumped in before his former student could, having noticed something with his sharingan, the boy had been so close, he just had to keep trying.
The little boy looked to his mother, who nodded encouragingly "You can do it Yushi-kun" she cheered, viridian eyes wide and full of pride, for she knew he could do it, with a deep breath, Yushi put his hands together again, this time closing his eyes as he concentrated.
Kakashi and Sakura kept their eyes glued to the white haired three year old as his chakra came alive, "I did it, I did it" Yushi jumped up and down in excitement, realizing that his hand was now encased in blue chakra.
Until the hard earned glow died down, along with his energy, that had been draining "That you did champ" Kakashi ruffled Yushi's hair and the boy tried to smooth it back into place, Sakura laughed and helped him fix his hair.
"Thank you Uncwe Kaka" Yushi smiled cheekily up at the silver haired copy ninja, just before Kakashi gave him an eye crinkle and saluted him with two fingers and popped away in a puff of smoke, it interested him slightly, but he turned to his mother.
Sakura hugged her son to her chest "Good job Yushi-kun, ready to try the trick I showed you" she released him and held up her thumb, leaf still attached to it, he nodded "Right then, now that you know how to focus you're chakra" she began taking on a teachers voice as Naruto would call it.
"Focus it only into you're thumb, I've no doubt you can do this because you're mine and Ay's son, you should have really good chakra control" Sakura instructed, showing Yushi a couple of times what he had to do exactly, before handing all reigns over to her child.
Yushi narrowed his eyes in determination again, face schooled into a familiar expression, he'd seen his Papa use when working on all that boring paperwork and willed his chakra into his thumb, trying to contain it only in his thumb like his mama had told him.
The pad of his thumb became encased in blue chakra, standard, and not as draining as focusing it completely into his hands, then pressed his thumb to a leaf on the ground and raised his hand, the leaf stuck for three seconds, before floating to lay limply on the ground again.
But that was more than enough to make Yushi ever so happy, because he'd done it, "I can't wait to show Papa" he jumped up and down exuberantly, and Sakura leaned back on her hands, watching her son hop around a smile on her lips.
"I bet you can't and you're Papa should be so proud" she reached forward when he was within grabbing distance and tickled his sides, him squealing the entire time and squirming to get away, but enjoying the interaction all the same.
Drawing smiles and laughter from those walking back "Mama I wove you" Yushi giggled adorably as he wrapped his arms around the pinkette's neck and rubbed his nose against her collarbone giving her affection as only a child could.
"And I love you my sweet little brave warrior" Sakura pressed a kiss to the top of his white hair, hugging him and cradling him in her arms as they headed to the park so Yushi could have fun with children his age.
Lunch came and passed, with her and Yushi munching on the food she'd made, before they headed home, where Yushi got a bath and she took another shower, they lounged around in the front room for a few hours before dinner.
Ate and finally went to bed in their separate rooms, though like clockwork, each night for those three weeks they were in the Leaf Village, spending time with people there, Yushi crawled into her bed and they snuggled until finally it was time to return to the Cloud Village.
For another three weeks, Sakura packed their things in a scroll and settled a pack across her shoulders, gathered Yushi into her arms, and they went around saying farewell to everyone "You be careful" Tsunade hollered after them as they left the village through those large red gates.
"We will Lady Tsunade" Sakura waved, Yushi bouncing and waving exuberantly, eagerly awaiting to see his Papa again, and once again for three days they traveled across the land to lightning country to the Cloud Village.
Ay was waiting for them at the gates, reminiscent of how Tsunade had been upon their return to Leaf, Yushi's eyes rounded and he leaped to the ground, doing a little roll and scurried to his father's side "Papa, papa guess what, guess what" he practically shouted.
While the Raikage was bending to pick him up "What brat, did something happen" Ay asked looking the child over for any injuries, then directed his onyx eyes to the pinkette who came a stop before them.
"Oh yeah something happened alright, I taught Yushi-kun how to use his chakra, just a little bit and he's been practicing very hard to show you his trick" Sakura smiled holding out a leaf for Yushi to use as Ay set the boy on the ground.
With ease, the thumb on Yushi's left hand became encased in blue, proving that he could indeed use chakra and stuck the leaf to the thumb it held for several minutes before floating to the ground "See" he looked up at his father hoping to get praised.
He got so much more, Ay pressed his hand down on Yushi's head and ruffled his white hair gently and affectionately "That's my boy" he lifted Yushi up and tossed him carefully into the air as he had seen Sakura do numerous times "And Sakura's" Ay added afterwards.
"Yep, he'll be the next best chakra control expert this world has ever seen" Sakura quipped leaning in to give Ay a quick peck on the lips, ignoring Yushi's giggles as he watched them kiss, even if it was a small one.
Darui and Cee turned their heads away, the latter glaring at the ground as they headed to the Raikage Tower, but the blonde couldn't resist "Disgusting Leaf Dog should go back to where you belong and take that brat with you" he mumbled under his breath.
Unfortunately for him, the words weren't spoken quiet enough and Sakura whipped around faster than Cee could comprehend and decked him straight in the face, Yushi burst into a round of tears and Ay hurried patted the little boy on the back shushing him.
"Darui, take Yushi to my office, have Mabui watch him" he ordered, passing the white haired child over to the dark skinned man and the duo rushed off doing as the Raikage had ordered him, before Ay faced his fiancee and subordinate "Want to tell me what's going on" he raised a brow.
Sakura didn't even look apologetic as she glared at the downed blonde, emerald eyes glittering with fury "You, Cee-san need to learn how to watch you're mouth" she spat "If you ever call me or my son that filthy derogatory term again, I'll sew it shut for you" Sakura seethed.
Cee cradled his cheek with a hand, feeling his jaw ache and throb with agony, she hadn't even used chakra and she'd broken the bone, shattered it actually, Ay was catching on and he felt blood boil through his veins as he realized what the blonde had said.
Even if it had been under his breath, Sakura had still heard it somehow "I warned you Cee, not to mouth off to Sakura" Ay crossed his arms, looking ashamed of his subordinate, didn't he have any decency to listen to orders.
A glare formed in the blondes onyx eyes "I'm just saying what everyone else feels, she's nothing but an outsider, who thinks she can come here and start ordering people around as if she's lived here her entire life" Cee stood despite his aching jaw.
The pinkette was gearing up for another punch and Ay shook his head "But she hasn't, I'm sorry Raikage-sama, but I won't take orders from her of all people, especially not a Leaf DOOOOOGGGGG" the last word came out as a shrill scream.
As Sakura kneed him straight in the balls, then swept his legs out from beneath and sucker punched Cee in the face, sending him flying backwards down the street, the pinkette stalked after the blonde and bent down wrapping her hands around his throat.
"I never said you had to take orders from me, just that you give my son and me a little fucking respect, but no you had to throw a fit like a child, get over yourself Cee-san, nothing in this world revolves around you" Sakura snarled in his face, lifting him to eye level.
Many of the civilians and shinobi were use to this, having been on the receiving end of that anger many times themselves and scampered off ignoring their Raikage's intended as Ay watched on in trepidation and amusement.
She was gorgeous, he thought, eyes glittering like the jewels they resembled and long pink hair swaying back and forth with the light breeze that floated passed them and fury on her delicate features, Sakura was like a goddess and not a woman many men liked to mess with.
Cee felt his airway cut off and coughed trying to breath, listening to the angry words and they finally registered in his brain as the pinkette dropped him unceremoniously on the ground "Right I un…understand Ma'am" he choked out.
Sakura let an aggravated sigh and with ease healed all the damage she'd caused to the blonde man, though when he merely gave her a wary glance and rushed off, fleeing in the case she got angry again, the pinkette felt her eye twitch.
"The least he could have done is freaking apologize" Sakura growled stomping towards Ay and they hurried down the streets of the village, she didn't like making a scene, but that one had just been stewing for awhile.
Yushi was in the office on the couch, playing a game with Mabui, upon seeing his mother, his jade eyes widened and glittered with tears "Mama" he asked hesitantly, afraid that she was going to get angry at him to.
Her shoulders slumped "Oh it's okay sweetie, I'm not mad with you, just a really stu…dorky guy who can't take a hint and accept a little change" Sakura wrapped her arms around her son and pressed a gentle kiss to his forehead.
"Don't worry about it Yushi, everything will straighten itself out" Ay ruffled his dreadlocks carefully wrapping his arm around Sakura's waist and tugging her into his chest, she was three heads shorter than him, but it was enough for the small woman to sigh blissfully.
Glad that everything was okay for the moment, Yushi snuggled deeper in Sakura's arms, enjoying the warmth and happiness that she gave him as they settled into the familiar routine of living in the Cloud Village again, at least until he became an academy student.
The days came and went in the blink of an eye and finally the two months that separated Ay and Sakura from getting married passed, the date of the wedding was upon them, the pinkette looking happy in her white wedding kimono, decorated with cherry blossoms wrapped in a streak of lightning, Cloud and Leafs insignia's engraved upon the back.
Kakashi walking her down the aisle as her parents were no longer with her, Tsunade officiating the marriage, all their friends from each of the village gathered in Cloud and Yushi as the ring bearer, Hinata, Temari, Tenten, Karui and Samui her bridesmaids and Ino her maid of honor.
As for Ay, his best man was predictably Bee, while Darui and Cee did surveillance, along with several anbu from the Leaf Village and other jonin, the wedding soon got underway, Tsunade starting off.
Then finally Ay and Sakura were allowed to kiss, Yushi presenting the rings proudly, "Congratulations Raikage-sama, Sakura-sama" the conjoined villages cheered, throwing a rain of cherry blossoms on the married couples heads.
Yushi doing his own part by tossing a hand full of his moms favorite flowers at her until she scooped him into her arms, kissing him all over "Mama's happy" he asked looking at her with those adoring green eyes.
"Mhm, Mama is very happy" Sakura rubbed her nose gently against his as they headed to the venue they'd designated as the reception party, everyone following them as they led the way, they danced, they laughed, they had overall fun.
Until the party was winding down, Cee had spent the last couple of months thinking over everything that had happened, the pinkette that had invaded the Raikage's life had at first been a massive thorn in his side that he'd felt the need to get rid of.
Then as the days and weeks passed, he saw another side of her, she treated everyone kindly, didn't order them around, and basically let Ay do his job without interfering or asserting herself into situations where she didn't belong.
And that led him to believe that maybe she wasn't so bad after all and he'd made a decision, so as the party slowed down and the happy married couple danced together, Cee glanced to Darui, who was holding Yushi, the boy had gotten tuckered out earlier, after dancing with his mother.
"You good to handle things for fifteen minutes" the blonde asked in a quiet voice, Darui raised a brow "I need to talk to Sakura-sama" Cee lowered his eyes to the ground, he probably wouldn't be allowed within ten feet of her but he had to try.
Darui's eyes narrowed in suspicion as he situated Yushi a little more comfortably in his arms, the little boys face buried in the crook of his neck, "I hope for you're sake you don't say anything stupid" he warned.
Cee held up his hands "Nothing like that, I owe Sakura-sama an apology I believe" he admitted, Darui shrugged lightly and the blonde turned heading straight for the duo still on the dance floor, the song was coming to an end and there was only a couple more to go before they left for a week.
Ay spotted him coming towards them and grimaced, Sakura raised her head from where it had been pressed to his heart as they danced to a slow song "What is it Ay" she blinked her eyes adjusting to the low lighting in the room.
Before seeing what would make him so uncomfortable "Cee" Ay nodded to the blonde, eyeing the man warily, it had been nothing but hell for the last couple of months, Cee having refused to accept the fact that Sakura and Yushi were there to stay, at least partially after all.
The blonde cleared his throat "Raikage-sama" he nodded "Would you mind if I had this next dance, I do believe I have a rather late apology to make" Cee stated in a calm tone, his eyes revealing the truth.
Sakura glanced up at her husband, then to the blonde before shrugging "It's okay Ay" she smiled reassuringly and took Cee's hand "Okay I'm all ears" her face was smoothed into an expressionless mask.
"I'm sorry for how I've been acting these last few months, I didn't want to accept that someone could come in and make Raikage-sama happy, without trying to interfere with his job, but I see I was wrong about you" Cee started, spinning them around gently.
Leading the pinkette in a careful dance, knowing that every eye was on them it was disturbing and extremely disconcerting "I only wanted what was best for Yushi, I never intended on disrupting Ay or trying to take over the Cloud Village" Sakura huffed quietly.
Cee nodded "And I understand that now, and to prove to you, Sakura-sama that I'm genuine about this and that I really am sorry for all the trouble I've caused" the blonde paused, then glanced up at Ay who was watching them, or him for any suspicious activity.
"And to show Ay-sama that I'm willing to put this all behind me, I intend to become you're personal guard, and protect you when Raikage-sama is not here or is unable, along with Yushi-sama and any other children you have together" Cee finished.
Sakura gasped softly, hearing the words and feeling the emotion in them "Thank you Cee-san, but really you don't have to go that far, an apology was enough…." she trailed off as they slowed to a stop, realizing that the blonde wouldn't relent.
"This is my way of making amends" Cee nodded politely and passed Sakura back over to Ay for the last dance and headed towards the wall where Darui was still holding Yushi "If you'd like, I could hold him for a bit" he offered.
A couple minutes later Yushi was settled comfortably in his arms, and Cee watched Ay and Sakura dance their final dance together, the pinkette most likely having told the Raikage everything he'd said, before they were toted off to have their honeymoon.
When they returned a week later, things mostly went back to normal, Sakura and Yushi heading off two weeks after to resume life in the Leaf, Cee escorting them the entire way and escorting them back, two more months passed on in this manner.
Before Sakura, Yushi and Cee returned again, the third month of the pinkette's marriage with Ay, no one but her knew as they were let through the Cloud Village gates and headed down the streets to the Raikage Tower.
Ay looked up as his office door opened "Sakura" he took in his pink haired wife "And brat" he chuckled and got a pout from Yushi, "How was the trip" Ay directed a look to the blonde, who'd really made good on his promise to Sakura to become a better person.
"It went well, no trouble as usual Raikage-sama" Cee nodded, then bowed out of the office to take up his post outside the door, leaving the family of three, soon to be four, not that anyone knew it yet alone.
Yushi was placed on his feet and he rushed to Ay's side "Papa" he laughed hugging his father before Ay greeted Sakura with a quick kiss, then set down again and nudged towards the couch by his mother "What's going on" he asked when he plopped down.
Ay raised a brow at his mischievous wife "Just sit down the both of you" she shooed her husband to the couch again, curious Ay did as she bid him and sat down next to his son, who clambered into his lap a moment later.
"I have some news" Sakura began, looking between her son and husband, then paused wanting to see if either one of them would catch on to what she was saying early on, no such luck as she merely got confused looks from both males.
Her son tilted his head to the side and Ay scratched his chin "What news, did something happen, was Cee lying to me" he asked prepared to punish the man, he went to jump up, but Sakura nudged him back down into a seated position.
"Yeah Mama what news" Yushi piped in curiously, looking his mother over, there was nothing wrong with her as far as he could see as his emerald eyes took in every inch of her, she was the prettiest mama in the entire world and all his.
Sakura cleared her throat "Well it's been a few months and you know it's hard to tell sometimes, but I found out about a week ago, and kept this to myself, so Cee-san wouldn't know, neither would you Yushi-kun" she continued.
Drawing the two males deeper into her explanation, but Ay was beginning to suspect, if the widening of his eyes were any indication "Get on with it woman" he ordered, perched precariously on the edge of the couch.
"I'm pregnant, you're going to be a father again" the pinkette burst out, only to hear a loud ~thud~ Sakura blinked her jade eyes and took in the sight of her husband passed out on the floor, Yushi still seated on the couch not understanding what she meant in the least.
"It means you're going to be a big brother Yushi-kun to either a little brother or sister" Sakura stated patiently as the door opened and Darui poked his head into the room to find out what was going on, only to see Ay knocked out.
He scratched the back of his head "What's going on" he questioned eyeing his bosses wife who looked entirely to happy, well much happier than usual, Cee peeked around the white haired male just as curious.
By this point Ay was waking up and Yushi was still jumping up and down in excitement over the fact that he was going to be a big brother to someone, though he was having a little difficulty making any loud noises.
The minute Sakura said those dreaded words again "We're having another baby" the pinkette said, Ay fell backwards, mind blown from the fact that he was going to have another child and two more consecutive thuds and Sakura stood in the middle of the chaos smiling innocently, Yushi squealing away with happiness.
