I Do Not Own Naruto
Uchiha
She, the magomusume of Senju Tsunade, musume of Haruno Kizashi and Senju Mebuki, imōto of Haruno Ino, was being sold to the enemy. At least that was how it felt as she stood with her Sōsofu and Ōoji and stared over the field at the Uchiha patriarch and the boy she was being sold to.
"But I do not want to go with the enemy, Sōsofu," she whispered as she walked the field with Hashirama.
The Senju and the Uchiha had once had an alliance between them, and built her home village; Konohagakure, but… something happened and the Uchiha Clan had broken away to build their own village, and since then the Senju and the Uchiha had resumed their war. But this time the losses had been too great, even her child's mind recognized that, still, she does not wish to go to live with the enemy. Her Ōoji has told her many terrible stories of the Uchiha betraying the Senju for fun, and she fears that she will die before her seventh birthday.
"Madara," her Ōoji spits out, she sees that Tobirama is not pleased and she presses herself a little closer to Hashirama's leg as she stares up at the tall imposing figure called Madara.
Uchiha Madara is a tall man, he is as old as her Sōsofu, with a heavy mane of wild black hair and red eyes. He is dressed in black and she trembles at his red gaze as it settles upon her. With Madara is an older boy, a boy who is a tall teen. He has sad eyes, black though, black hair and a square face with high cheek bones. She thinks him to be rather pretty.
"Tobirama," Madara hostilely replied.
"Enough," her Sōsofu bellowed. She hid her face in Hashirama's pant leg then. the older boy bent down to her level while the adults were speaking. The older boy smiled at her as she peeked at him.
"I am Uchiha Itachi, what is your name?" he asked.
She violently shook her head not to answer the Uchiha because they would kill her.
"That's alright, I have an otōto about your age," he said softly. She blinked as she tilted her head. "His name is Sasuke."
"I have ōnesan," she whispered to the older boy. He nodded.
"Itachi," Madara snapped and the older boy stood up straight then. Her Sōsofu lifted her up and she flinched at the red gaze of the Uchiha.
"The treaty is fair, and we will have peace," her Sōsofu said firmly and she looked at him then. her Sōsofu gave her a sad smile and she smiled back to try to cheer him up. "Now, Sakura, you must be brave from now on, and you must listen to the Uchiha no matter what, understand?"
"Yes Sōsofu," she nodded. She did not understand everything that was happening until Tobirama grabbed the Uchiha boy and pulled him along and a stranger's hands grabbed her waist. She let out a blood curdling scream then as she was hefted into the Uchiha's arms.
She screamed and begged, and cried for her Sōsofu and Ōoji to come back for her she promised to be good, but it was to no avail as the Uchiha carried her into the woods. She sobbed and sobbed, she never noticed the soothing hand rubbing her back. Eventually she cried herself into oblivion.
She awoke in a strange room with strange girl looking over her.
The girl's name was Uchiha Izumi. She had the evil red eyes of her clansmen too.
Soon she is taken to a presenting room, she sees Madara sitting with a man about her otōsan's age, a woman her Okāsan 's age, and there's a boy there too; he's about her age. They all look very stern and she trembles under the onyx gaze of the Uchiha.
"Senju Sakura, for the next ten years you will live with us, work with us, train with us, and when you turn sixteen you will marry the youngest of my line, Uchiha Sasuke to bring a peace to this land. Do you understand?" Madara demanded.
She quickly nods her head to avoid his wrath, her Ōoji told her that the Uchiha have terrible tempers and she must never cross them. She also didn't correct him by saying her name was Haruno, not Senju.
"Such unusual hair color for a Senju," the woman spoke then.
"My otōsan's hair is pink," she whispered shyly then.
"It is a most unusual color, very beautiful though," the woman said. Sakura nodded. "Come child you must be famished," the woman stood and offered her a hand to hold, Sakura didn't take it as she quietly followed the woman. The boy glared at her as he fell into step with her.
Later she learnt that the woman was Uchiha Mikoto, her husband was Uchiha Fugaku, their sons were Uchiha Itachi, and Uchiha Sasuke. Uchiha Itachi had taken her place in the Senju clan to marry her ōnesan, Ino.
Over the course of the next year Sakura figured out her place in the Uchiha clan. She did not have any real friends here, but that was not something she felt saddened by. She missed her home, she missed her Okāsan and otōsan. There were times she missed her ōnesan even, but she kept all of this to herself.
Mikoto was her instructor to be an Uchiha woman, Sakura was not very good at her lessons in the finer arts, she would rather play outside and rough house with the other children. Mikoto seemed to know this and Sakura learnt some of the basics to be a kunoichi.
Sakura was not proficient in fire jutsu, she was a water and earth nature user. However, her chakra control was something Mikoto praised her for. Soon Sakura was sitting in on Uchiha Sasuke's and Uchiha Shisui's lessons, she is not very liked by the Uchiha boys, but it does not bother her for she is here to learn. Hatake Kakashi; an honorary Uchiha, is their tutor, he takes them on as a team.
At eight Sakura realized that she will never match an Uchiha in a fight, Sasuke has just unlocked his own Sharingan and his cousin as well, so she seeks to be useful in another way as she studies under Uchiha Rin's tutelage. Sakura is quick to learn the arts of healing and her chakra control is slowly perfected.
She runs simple missions with Sasuke, she does not know why Madara does this because Sasuke clearly does not need her assistance for anything he does, but still, she complies with the Uchiha patriarch's demands.
Now, Uchiha Sasuke does not care one way or another about her and she knows this. Still, there is something she cannot resist in him, though they do not ever speak to one another or do much outside of missions besides study and learn the gams shōgi and go. Sasuke takes great pains to never be around her and though Sakura wants to be around him she will not push her luck and try to be around him when he does not want her.
At nine she travels back to her homeland, though she does not think of the Senju as her home anymore. She belongs to the Uchiha, she is no longer a Senju; even if she misses the open love of her clan like a limb. She misses hugs from her mama, she craves wild stories from her papa again, she longs for her ōnesan to brush her hair again, and she wishes for her Obāchan to sneak her sweets. Yes, Sakura misses her life in the Senju clan, but it has not been home since Madara brought her to the Uchiha.
It has been three years since she has been home, and she returns home for her ōnesan's wedding. But she is not free to wander her old home, no, Madara has ordered her to stay with Sasuke, and Sasuke is to keep an eye on her no matter what the cost. So, with a heavy heart Sakura returns to her homeland under the watchful eyes of the Uchiha. They are greeted by her Sōsobo and Sōsofu and escorted to Konohagakure.
She is immediately assaulted by the lively memories of your childhood here, playing with the village children, and laughing. Living with the Uchiha is very quiet, very serious, and very calm, there is many children being children there, but there is never much laughter. They are escorted through the village, she sees the way her village friends pull away from her and line the sides of the streets rather than the normal life. She glances at Sasuke who is staring straight ahead of him as they walk and bites her lip as she bows her pink head. She is no longer a Senju, she belongs to the Uchiha. Now the who village knows it and whispers about it behind her back. Arriving at the Senju compound she is greeted by her ōnesan, and that brings a smile to her lips as she looks to Madara for permission to run ahead. He nods.
Her ōnesan has grown up to be a beautiful young woman with blonde hair, lively blue eyes, and red lips. The moment Sakura is wrapped up in that tight familiar hug she feels like she is home, out of the corner of her eye she sees the boy she saw three years ago being hauled off by Tobirama hugging Sasuke.
Sakura is quickly welcomed back into the home of her childhood, she laughs at her otōsan's bad jokes, she plays with her ōnesan, and her Okāsan braid's her hair again. But the best surprise for her is when her obāchan gives her a sweet, and she feels love.
The first night back in the Senju compound she is escorted to her old quarters. She is startled when Sasuke appears from nowhere and says she will be staying with the Uchiha, Sakura does not argue with him, only apologizes to the servant as she swiftly walks off with Sasuke. The rest of the trip was executed in such fashion, she would eat her morning meal with the Uchiha family, then she would spend the day with the Senju, be returned for the evening meal and retire with the Uchiha.
The morning of her ōnesan's wedding Sakura remains with the Uchiha family as they help Itachi prepare for his wedding. She wonders if her wedding will be a happy occasion, looking around at the indifferent faces of the Uchiha she finds herself doubting that they will care if she is married to Sasuke or not.
Her ōnesan looks beautiful that day.
Sakura watches with envy as her gold sister exchanges vows with the elder Uchiha on the summer solstice and she wishes she could look more like Ino and less like herself. Sakura knows she is an odd child, pink hair, a large brow, green eyes, and a not so pretty face. She knows all this at nine and she wishes that for a change she could look like one of her Senju relatives.
The reception is a raging party on the Senju half. But Sakura sits with the Uchiha who are very contained about their happiness. Sakura soon slips up to her ōnesan and wishes her a happy day. Ino smiles at her and kisses her cheek. When Sakura gave her formal wishes to Itachi he just lightly taps her brow as she has seen many Uchiha do in their private moments; she blushes a bit and smiles as she leaves Itachi and Ino together.
It was during the party that she slipped away to walk the old gardens that she knew so well and dreams about still. She was humming to herself and looking around the gardens for the changes when something slammed into her temple and she fell into the pond. She saw a flash of a boy smiling maliciously just before she hit the water. Struggling in her layers of silk to swim and get out of the pond she thought she heard laughter and a voice shouting 'traitor' as she struggled to remain on the surface.
Sakura does not remember what happened, all she remembered was waking with Mikoto pressing a cool rag to her head as Sasuke sat there glaring at her bedside. The week she was ill was a blur but she remembered being guarded by the Uchiha family.
It is when she is leaving with the Uchiha that she sees the boy scowling at her again. She does not know him, he is an older boy with unusual eyes and red hair. Instinctively, she grabbed Sasuke's hand as she stayed close to the Uchiha envoy.
Once safely back home Sakura is taken to Rin who checks over her temple and skull carefully.
Madara is not pleased that she was attacked in the Senju garden at the party, he is not pleased at all and she only knows this because she hears arguing between Fugaku, Mikoto, and Madara, Sakura just tries to keep quiet and be a good girl so they don't send her back where the redhaired boy is. Madara asks her about the incident, and she only ever says 'I don't remember', a lie to keep her here away from that redhaired boy with the strange eyes.
After that Sakura's life revolves around her studies, she works hard with Sasuke to be the best kunoichi she can be despite her not being an Uchiha. It is a grave flaw in the eyes of the Uchiha not to be an Uchiha so she works doubly hard to make up for it by learning healing and storing her chakra carefully so she can gather a vast amount of it and maybe she could possess the strength Senju Tsunade, her obāchan, is said to have. Sakura will be like her obāchan and that is final; for her obāchan is the greatest kunoishi in the world. Even Fugaku says as much.
Her tenth birthday comes and she is taller than most the boys her age. Some of the other, non-Uchiha children call her billboard-brow and ugly, she hides her brow with bangs and slouches so as to not draw attention to herself. It is one day though when someone creamed her in the side of the head; while she was studying, with a dung pile that she snaps. She drags the boy into a dung pile and dunks his head in it.
Mikoto is not pleased when Kakashi-sensei calls to say she is in trouble. Sakura was awaiting Mikoto outside though because she stinks, and the other boy is also stinky.
Sakura does not regret her actions though, she is tired of her hair being made fun of. Mikoto escorts her home Sakura requests a way to change her hair color as Mikoto helps her get the dung out of her pink hair. Mikoto refuses to help her saying her pink hair is a good color. After getting clean again, her long pink hair smells of cherries and her pale skin is no longer covered in mud and dung. It is when she is alone that she looks at herself in the mirror and sighs, if Mikoto would not help her improve her appearance then she would take matters into her own hands.
Sasuke was the one who caught her about to dye her hair black with the aid of walnut juice an elder said would turn her fine pink hair black as a raven's wing. He threatened her with shaving her head if she dared to dye her hair black, she shouts that it's her hair and he shouldn't care and he only roars at her that as her betrothed he was not letting her dye her hair.
He also broke the bottle the dye was in.
Seething she stormed away.
When she is eleven she is sent on real missions with Uchiha Sasuke and Hatake Kakashi. She is to learn to be a kunoichi and she must bring pride to such an honor. Sakura avows to herself not to fail.
Sasuke, Kakashi and she are sent to the Land of Waves, to take care of a crime boss, it is a simple enough mission to Sasuke and Kakashi but she is scared. Still, she goes, it is important she prove herself to be worthy of the Senju name, and that she prove herself useful to the Uchiha; so as to not be sent back to where the boy with strange eyes and red hair lives.
The mission turns out to be far more dangerous than it should have been as they run into the Deamon of the Mist, Momochi Zabuza and his partner Haku. Kakashi took on Zabuza on the first encounter, but Sakura and Sasuke were pulled into another fight with Haku who toyed with them. It was when Kakashi nearly killed Zabuza that Haku pulled back and she rushed to Kakashi's side to heal him.
Sasuke tracked Zabuza.
Haku trapped Sasuke though, she remembers the fear of the moment Sasuke successfully broke free, he was riddled with needles and barely breathing. She rushed to his aid to heal him, there was an attack, she covered him with her own body as she cried. When Sasuke came around he simply told her that she was heavy, she had gone about healing him.
When they return to the Uchiha compound the crime boss, Demon of the Mist, and Haku are all dead. Madara praises her for her critical role in keeping his mago alive, Sasuke merely scowls. Sakura is proud that she had proven herself to be of use, she is not an Uchiha after all, and she is never certain she will be as magnificent as the clan which surrounds her. Sasuke and she continue to train, he scolds her for being timid in a fight, but Sakura does not wish to fight.
At twelve they travel back to the Senju home; her ōnesan has produced a child, a boy. The Uchiha come to congratulate Itachi, Sakura was not happy about coming to Konohagakure again but she was excited to see her ōnesan.
Arriving in Konohagakure she walked with Sasuke, who again looked indifferent about this entire venture, again the villagers moved away from the Uchiha, glaring at them, but this time she held her head up high and kept her back straight. She was no longer a Senju, she was not an Uchiha, but she belonged with the Uchiha. Upon arriving at the Senju home she again sees the boy with red hair and strange eyes, but all of that is forgotten as she and Sasuke are both plowed into by a boy with blonde hair and whisker scars, she lands in the mud.
Sasuke is furious with the strange boy, and Sakura is taken away to a separate wash area. Once clean again the Senju dress her in pink and red, Sakura is not pleased when the Senju insist upon pulling her pink bangs and long pink hair back, but she complies because she is amongst her relatives and she should look like a Senju; at least. When she is presented to the Uchiha again she sees Sasuke is glaring at the blonde newcomer still, and he has a few bruises, but he is clean again.
Her ōnesan's baby is adorable, but her oi has taken after his sire with raven hair and black eyes. Ino has decided that their son's name was to be Inojin, he was cute.
The trip to the Senju is a short trip but it is enough time for her obāchan to slip her some scrolls to continue her learning to be a great medic. Madara does not approve of this however, and she knows because of his glare. Sasuke on the other hand is willing to hold onto the scrolls while they return home.
The years continue to slip by, she and Sasuke are… companionable but she would never dare to call him a friend. The Uchiha still only treat her with tolerating and Sakura accepts that this is the warmest they are likely to be to outsiders; and she is an outsider still.
Her thirteenth birthday slipped by without an event, but the Uchiha celebrated Sasuke's thirteenth birthday.
Her fourteenth birthday came and it went, but the Uchiha did not celebrate birthdays really; just because they had celebrated Sasuke's thirteenth did not meant they celebrated his twelfth or fourteenth. By her fourteenth year she has unlocked her own Byakugō, she proudly displays it on her brow, not that it means anything to the Uchiha. Still, she knows Sasuke is pleased by her strength for he has told her so; and he is not one to say things he doesn't mean. She is also very proud of Sasuke for having earned his own Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan through his powerful emotions; it is surprising because aside from his cousin; Shisui, his uncle; Obito, and by extension of Obito; Hatake Kakashi, his brother; Itachi, and his grandfather; Madara, no other Uchiha has earned those eyes.
Her fifteenth birthday comes, and with it comes a surprise, Madara is dying but more than that, he is brokering an alliance between the Uchiha and the Hyūga. The flare of jealousy and pain in Sakura's heart at the news is staggering as she reluctantly traveled with the Uchiha to the Hyūga family.
Hyūga Hiashi, the head of the Hyūga Clan, has a son and two daughters. Sakura is prepared for the worst as she walks to stand beside Sasuke as she always does when she is presented to anyone. She bows low to the Hyūga, for next to the Sharingan and the Rinnegan (an eye power Madara has recently earned himself), they have the keenest eyes and the most power.
Hiashi Hyūga presents his eldest son, a young man named Neji; he would be a handsome man but he seems to have a permanent frown glued to his face. Then there are Hiashi's daughter, the eldest is Hinata, a timid creature with long midnight black hair, pearl eyes and a figure Sakura wishes she had. There is also Hanabi, a child really, with dark hair that is almost black in color with tints of brown, pearl eyes and a smile. Sakura dreads this as she dares to peek at her betrothed and teammate to see his eyes narrow on the eldest Hyūga female.
Sakura would wish she were surprised by the lust she saw in Sasuke's eyes but she cannot be when she knows herself to be an unexceptional kunoichi with a slight form, practically no curves, or breasts, and odd pink hair with a billboard brow. She was second rate compared to the delicate Hinata. Still, there was a part of Sakura hat wished Sasuke would look at her like that as she was escorted through the Hyūga compound.
She finds herself dreading the coming meetings between the clans, but she schools her features again as she reveals nothing.
Hiashi quickly becomes interested in her and possibly forming an alliance with the Senju family. Sakura does not point out that she is no longer a Senju; she knows her Ōoji would never accept her back; everyone in the Uchiha clan knew that Tobirama hates the Uchiha as much as the Uchiha hate him and the Senju. Still she politely nods and does as directed by Madara and Hiashi as she spends an afternoon in the gardens with Neji. She quickly sees his eyes wander to a brunette maid and Sakura sighs knowingly.
It is a week into the negotiations of an alliance when Hiashi proposes that they seal the deal with a marriage. Sakura stiffens knowing what is coming.
It is proposed that Hyūga Hiashi's eldest daughter, Hyūga Hinata, marry Uchiha Madara's youngest mago, Uchiha Sasuke. Sakura hides her outrage at the suggestion because she is property of the Uchiha family and she would bring them no shame with her behavior. But to further Hyūga Hiashi's goals he proposes that he form an alliance with the Senju Clan as well, and that she should marry his son Hyūga Neji.
Sakura says nothing to this as she wishes to be excused then, pleading that she is ill. When pressed about why she is ill by Sasuke, she says it is something she ate, Madara quickly excuses her but orders Sasuke to escort her to her quarters. She bows as she quietly exits. Sasuke escorts her to her quarters, and when she says she would rather be alone he starts to protest. She points out that she is safe in the Hyūga compound and she could protect herself. He does not object then as she slides the door shut and silently collapses on her futon to weep.
For nine years she had been betrothed to Uchiha Sasuke; and though they were nothing but teammates she had hopes that through marriage to him they could be happy in time. Besides, she is no longer a Senju, she belongs to the Uchiha.
Exhaustion claims her swiftly that night despite her aching heart.
Another two weeks at the Hyūga compound, she is arranged to spend much of her time with Hyūga Neji, just as Sasuke's time is arranged for him to be with Hyūga Hinata; though Sakura does all her training exclusively with Uchiha Sasuke.
It is on a day she escaped the insufferable company of Hyūga Neji though that her world was thrown into chaos. She had barely reached the training ground she used with Sasuke when she is confronted by a shinobi of unknown origin. The first made the first move, she fought back, he was a puppet user. The partner was a man who used explosives. It took her shattering the mountain before Sasuke appeared at her side to help her fight the unknown shinobi. Sakura threw herself between Sasuke and the puppet master's blade just as he ripped the explosive user in half. Killing the puppet master was no easy feat, but she did it swiftly before she collapsed into darkness.
She wakes in the Senju compound; which is surprising to her.
She was poisoned, the stab to her gut had had a foreign poison that not even her Byakugō could have heal her. Sakura also found herself looking into the very angry eyes of one Uchiha Sasuke who snapped at her to stop being annoying and stupid and reckless. She just complied with his demands because she was property of the Uchiha, and no doubt about to be betrothed to Hyūga Neji. Her obāchan over saw her healing. Sakura was the perfect patient for her obāchan, not wishing to incur the wrath of her Uchiha owners.
Once she was free to return home she was told that she had been attacked by Sasori and Deidara of the Akatsuki, a rogue nation of rogue shinobi. They were dangerous men, but they were dead and Sakura was returned to the Uchiha compound.
As it turned out Madara had decided against arranging her marriage to the Hyūga, having heard rumors that Hyūga Hinata was already promised to the Uzumaki family. Sakura was to remain the bride of Uchiha Sasuke, and that was Madara's decision.
Her fifteenth year continued and then she turned sixteen.
Her wedding was planned to be done in traditional Uchiha fashion. The only difference was her family came to her.
Mebuki hugged her tight, Kizashi wept at her impending marriage, Ino had said it would be a good thing, Inojin had tried to kick her as Itachi held his squirming son, and Tsunade said it was not too late for her to run.
But Sakura belonged to the Uchiha and was swiftly reminded of that fact when Tobirama appeared and snapped that she had better keep this alliance strong and sire a son. Hashirama appeared and said that she and Ino were the keys to peace, true peace between the Senju and Uchiha and he was proud of her. Sakura had merely bowed at their words and nodded her head.
Mikoto was not the one to fuss over her on her wedding day, no, Sakura stood in a room of people who had once been her family but were now strangers being fussed over as she was dressed in Senju colors. She felt odd to be treated as a Senju when she had been the property of the Uchiha for so long.
She was wed to Uchiha Sasuke on the day of the winter solstice.
In a way, she supposed that it was fitting that her elder sister was married the elder Uchiha on the day of the summer solstice, for Ino is a warm person and a happy person. The summer solstice brings joy, happiness and promise. And it is only suiting that the kind young man Uchiha Itachi be married to Ino on the summer solstice. It is more than appropriate though that her wedding be on the day of the winter solstice, for her union is not one of happiness or joy and she accepts that. Her union to the cold, indifferent Uchiha Sasuke, is one to seal what is already blooming, she is property of the Uchiha to bring about a permanent peace between the Senju and Uchiha.
But still, she feels happy as she readies to marry a young man who does not care for her.
Their ceremony was formal, it was quiet, and it was relatively uneventful. The feast in celebration is a strenuous affair and it was also silent, people see her and Sasuke off as Sasuke walked her to their new home. She is to no longer life with Uchiha Madara, Uchiha Fugaku, and Uchiha Mikoto, she is to live with her new husband; Uchiha Sasuke. Just as she always was.
That night they were slow, awkward even, she apologized when Sasuke saw her naked form for the first time and blushed when his mouth was on hers' as his hands awkwardly and carefully slid over her body. Sasuke is slow; or as slow as one can be when it is winter and freezing in the house as they huddle under the futon covers. That night he claims her, and despite the pain of being parted, stretched and ripped, there is pleasure in being claimed by the young man she has loved since her childhood.
The following morning, she wakes alone, and accepts this to be her life now.
With great embarrassment, she is inspected, as are her sheets, and she is announced to be Sasuke's official wife. The years continue to slip by them, Sasuke is quick always claim her, she guesses he wants children badly with how often he is in her.
But as the years slip by there are no children for them; she worries that there's something wrong with her because her ōnesan has four children for Itachi, and is expecting her fifth, and Sakura hasn't had one in her four years of marriage. Sakura knows she has disappointed the Uchiha clan, but she does not know a cure for being barren.
She hears whispers of the Uchiha craving an alliance with the Uzumaki clan and that Sasuke should take a second wife. Try as she might the suggestion that her husband should take another wife; even if she is not the one he loves or cares for; hurts. Still, she stands beside Sasuke as they greet the Uzumaki clan, she bows low and is startled to see the blonde boy from so long ago standing there grinning.
The blonde boy was named Uzumaki Naruto, he was married to Hyūga Hinata who could not attend the journey because she was pregnant.
Naruto looked like his father, Minato, who was married to a redheaded beauty named Kushina, their beautiful redheaded daughter; Karin was present lastly and again Sakura feels a pang in her chest.
Uzumaki Karin is everything she is not, she is gorgeous with bloody red hair, scarlet eyes, soft features, thin lips, and straight nose and a lush figure. Sakura did not dare to look at her husband this time knowing she would see lust.
Madara presents Fugaku, Mikoto, Shisui, Obito and his wife, Rin, then Sasuke and her. Sakura smiles politely as she bows to them and lies by saying she is pleased to have them here. The gathering proceeded without a hitch and Sakura quietly listens as she sips her tea, she is ordered to show Naruto around and Sasuke is to show Karin the gardens. That hurts, but Sakura smiles as she walks away with Naruto.
She envied Hyūga Hinata because it was clear to her that Uzumaki Naruto was a man very in love with his wife. And Sakura was… well, she was Sasuke's partner, she was his teammate, and perhaps she could be considered his friend.
After escorting Naruto around for the afternoon, she faked feeling unwell as she slipped out of the dinner. Her temper was so hot that she grabbed a blade and walked to one of the isolated training fields as she hacked, ripped, screamed, cried, and swore the entire time as she destroyed every training dummy within her reach. Eventually sheer exhaustion at had her collapsing in tears, a strong set of arms lifted her up and she didn't remember much else as she fell into oblivion.
Waking in her bed alone was not unusual for her; even after the most passionate of nights with Sasuke she would wake alone more often, than not.
Getting ready again she spent the day with the Uzumaki family, Sasuke had disappeared with Kakashi and she wondered why she hadn't gone on whatever mission they had gone on. the next day the Uzumaki's left Karin in the custody of the Uchiha family for the summer, Sakura; though unhappy about the decision, just smiled.
The first words out of Karin's mouth when they were alone being: 'back off, you barren whore, Sasuke's going to be mine'. Sakura had conveniently chosen that very moment to trip and send Karin into the koi pond. After faking her apologies she quickly fled to her home and again cried as her temper flared and she went to the training field to hack apart every training dummy she could see and reach. It just wasn't fair.
The night of Sasuke's return; a month after he left, he was in her bed, and in her, she was pleading, gasping and clawing at him as she begged him to never stop or let her go. Afterwards neither of them said a word, but her standoffish husband let her curl up against his side as she listened to his heart beating. She let out a shuddering sigh as she neared sleep.
"Have you always been unhappy here?" he asked her suddenly and she stiffened.
"What do you mean?" she asked as she carefully propped herself up and looked at her husband's black eyes.
"You have destroyed many training fields since the Uzumaki family visited, I have not told Sofu, but I just wonder," he murmured.
"No, I'm just frustrated," she clarified for him as she rested her ear on his chest and listened to his steady, slow heart. "My Ōoji hates the Uchiha, but he let Sōsofu make a deal with Madara to bring about peace between our clans. I have belonged to the Uchiha since I was six, Sasuke. The only time I was unhappy was when I realized I did not have home anymore."
"How do you not have a home?" Sasuke demanded.
"I am not a Senju anymore, I am the property of the Uchiha, but if I cannot give you an heir then I have no purpose, and if I have no use to either the Senju or the Uchiha then I have no home Sasuke, and I do not want to leave you," she explained sleepily. "I love you, Sasuke," she mumbled and she slipped into oblivion then.
She woke alone, not surprising, pulling on her clothes for the day she was startled when her husband invited her to train with him. she accepted the offer and walked with Sasuke. Out of the corner of her eye she saw an infuriated Karin but Sakura reveled in having her husband's attention for a moment. She loved it when Sasuke would give her his attention.
Sasuke handed her a blade and said she couldn't just hack a field of dummies apart anymore, he would teach her to use the blade properly. Thus began her summer lessons with Sasuke. Uzumaki Karin could not even get her husband's attentions that summer; which Sakura had thought odd. Sasuke was never really one to loiter around her when he had a choice of solitude or her, he'd pick solitude.
Sakura enjoyed the new attention though.
Uzumaki Karin returned to the Uzumaki home, and Sakura had never been so happy to see her go. Sasuke ahd then said two wives was too much work and he was not marrying again, she had been startled and Madara had laughed.
Another year slipped by them and there were no children for them. Sakura found solace in her husband's presence though, he did not seem to care if they did or did not have children which was a relief. The night of Sasuke's twenty-first birthday they celebrated making it this far in their shinobi lives since it was live fast die young in the shinobi world.
A week later she received news that her Sōsofu had passed and she was to attend the funeral. Madara was too ill to attend so she was escorted by Sasuke who was named the next head of the Clan, Fugaku was not upset by this announcement which had surprised Sakura.
She paid her respects to her Sōsofu, and was promptly told by Tobirama that treaty between the Uchiha and Senju was over, she was to be returned because of her lack of children this would not be a problem. Sasuke had only countered that move with a threat of his own; the threat of war if the Senju tried to dissolve the treaty between them.
Sakura did not get to stay long after the funeral as Sasuke pulled her along and had managed to negotiate the terms of a new treaty with Senju Tobirama. Her Ōoji had pulled her aside and said she was a Senju, not an Uchiha and her loyalty should be with him.
Sakura had simply replied that she was property of the Uchiha and that she was not betraying the peace that had created for him or any Senju.
The winter was harsh that year, she spent most of it tending to Madara who was ailing of old age, he was ninety-seven after all, she was amazed that he had lived this long. She was even more amazed that he was still sharp as a katana mentally. She spent many of her days reading the Uchiha family affairs to him and speaking to him about the going ons of the world.
Madara continued to persevere as spring broke.
It was shortly after Sakura's birthday that she experienced a ripping pain in her abdomen, she had gone about healing herself because she was alone at the time. the pain was relentless though and she wondered if she was ailing from something. It was when the pain was too much that she went to Rin and Mikoto for help, she screamed she cursed; and they said she must have kidney stones. It hurt like hell and nothing prevented the pain. It was in the middle of the second night of this pain that it felt like there was something coming out of her.
She felt like she was being ripped apart, ripped in half, but there was also this desire to push. Mikoto had come at her screams, the older woman had been quick to figure out what pain was wracking her body when Sakura said it felt like there was something huge coming out of her.
It was hours before the pressure and pain gave way and she felt her body give up what it had been concealing from her. Gasping for air Sakura collapsed back on the guest futon in Mikoto's home. She passed out from sheer exhaustion then as she felt hands pushing lightly on her stomach.
It was a day later when she roused to find Sasuke sitting at her side holding a small bundle of blankets.
"Sasuke… I thought you were negotiating with the Uzumaki," she murmured as she rubbed her eyes and tried not to move her body. Everything hurt and then she heard a soft whimper from the bundle Sasuke was holding; something like a kitten mewling and she stared at him.
"My Okāsan messaged me yesterday morning saying to come home," Sasuke said. Slowly Sakura moved to sit up and she peered at the bundle he was holding, her breath hitched when she stared at a tiny figure with large onyx eyes.
"It was real," she murmured as she gently reached over to touch the babe's cheek.
"Uchiha Sakura, meet our daughter," Sasuke said as he transferred the babe into her arms, she as startled at the light weight and she stared at the child.
"Daughter?" she whispered.
"Aa," he nodded and Sakura stared at the tiny figure before smiling as she felt her husband slip behind her for support, she leant back against his chest and stared at the baby.
"She's so pretty," Sakura whispered. "But… how?"
"She has no chakra signature," he murmured as he pressed his lips to the nape of her neck. Sakura stared at her baby then and smiled. "She s has a great deal of chakra though, but it appears her chakra was concealed and she did not grow out like she was supposed to."
"She's so tiny," Sakura marvels.
"Aa," he agreed.
"What are we going to call her?" Sakura demanded.
"What do you want to call her, she's an Uchiha though," he warned.
Uchiha Sarada was born on an early spring day without a sound to make. She was raised as an Uchiha and taught about the peace between the Uchiha and the Senju; she was the apple of her Sōsofu's eye and her Otōsan's pride and joy, and she was her Okāsan's first of three other mircles. The Uchiha clan was strong with Sarada in their ranks.
An experiment, and not my best; oh well! I hope you enjoy it at least. =)
Final piece of Uchiha for now folks!
Enjoy Uchiha!