Summary/Disclaimer: Time for another chapter of the Merc and the Medic. Enjoy the 900-word chapter. I don't own Naruto, Masashi Kishimoto and a few others do.
(Otagakure.)
Marmora walked towards the wing he was directed to go. He wondered how everyone was calm with a warrior among them.
"I can't believe that this is where Orochimaru used to run this place." He said before he started counting rooms.
He softly knocked on the door, he had never been in a proper hospital. He remembered Dagger only used enough Ryo to keep them alive, he questioned how a man could be so fatherly and so cold at once.
"Marmora, get in here." Sakura whispered; Marmora brought a hand up to his face.
"I'm not looking, I'm not going to do anything." He said and opened his eyes for a second and saw a chair.
He walked inside and walked to it before sitting down.
"I'm just going to sit here and think. I don't think I should have come." Marmora started to say before he heard screams.
He could already guess that Karin was starting to give birth. Sakura moved to her side; Marmora stood next to her.
"You can open your eyes, Marmora. I need you to check on the machines…" Sakura said, she was too busy focusing on making sure that Karin's child was born.
Marmora canceled out the noise and started to check the computers. He cracked his knuckles and moved to look at the computer.
"You know I'm not good at reading this thing, right?" He started to say, she was too busy telling Karin to push.
Marmora had more than enough decency to look away. He didn't do it because a mother giving birth was something that he knew was a cherished act to them.
"Marmora!" Sakura yelled; Marmora saw the lines becoming more frantic.
"Sakura, the waves are getting frantic!" He started to say before Sakura pointed out the door and mumbled something about the doctors outside.
"I'll get another doctor then." He said and exited the room, he felt Sakura watching him.
He turned and closed the door behind him before hearing a familiar voice.
"You haven't changed much, have you, Marm?" He heard; his eyes went wide.
He turned and slammed Dagger into the wall. He pulled his kunai from his pouch.
"Dagger?! what the hell are you doing here!?" He yelled, he looked at Dagger.
The man had a mask that resembled a moth, he also had a black jacket and pants which made him look all the more like a snake. He also had black boots and green fingerless gloves.
"You can't even say hi to your old master? I'm hurt, Marmora." Dagger said, Marmora growled and pressed the blade closer to his throat.
"You left us to die in that ambush. You ended up letting an entire syndicate hunt us. You know what the hell you did." He hissed, he turned to a doctor.
"I'm sorry, Ms. Uchiha needs a doctor, she's giving birth at the moment and my partner wanted me to get a doctor. She's being a midwife to her." He said, the doctor looked at the mercenaries and decided to get to work.
Marmora guaranteed that if he was anywhere else, he'd have about 50 ANBU soldiers against him at the moment.
"I don't have time for your bullcrap, Dagger, I have a kid to help deliver." He turned to walk inside.
He grabbed the door and turned to Dagger. He blinked for a second, no screams.
"I'll deal with you later, old man. You and I aren't done yet." Marmora said before he opened the door.
He was greeted by Sakura wrapping something up in a blanket, he moved closer.
"She gave birth in the few minutes it took for me to get a doctor?" He asked, Sakura looked at the raven-haired baby wrapped up in her arms.
"Your right, I should have sent you out of the room earlier," She said. Marmora rolled his eyes.
"I have to talk with you later… I can't believe you sent me out of the room because I was annoying, I wanted to see the birth," Marmora said. Sakura rolled her eyes and then handed the baby to Karin before walking over to Marmora.
"I heard… Dagger is in the hallway, isn't he?" Sakura asked, Marmora nodded.
"She didn't pick out a name for the kid? I would have thought she would a name already picked out for her." He said, Sakura rolled her eyes and turned to the side.
"Her name is Sarada, Sarada Uchiha. I named her, you good? You look ready to pass out, Marmora." Sakura said, clasping her hands together while she hummed.
"I've just had a long day and would like to relax… Sarada, huh? I like that name…" Marmora said, he looked at Karin and Sasuke.
He and Sakura smiled at the happy couple. They wondered what was going to happen next.
They would return home tomorrow, back to talk with the Hokage… Marmora and Sakura also planned another date.
Author Notes
Phew, another chapter done! I want to point out that I wanted to avoid the more intense parts of Sarada's birth. Next chapter will be on Sunday or next Saturday and will show Marmora and Sakura spending more time together romantically, heading back to Konoha and Shin meeting the villains as well as the start of the second arc. Until then, Lighting Wolf out!