Chapter 74 – Mikoto's Chapter (Part 6)
I'm going to be a grandmother! A grandmother! All my dreams were coming true. First, I married the love of my life. Second, I had two amazing sons. Third, Sasuke married Sakura which united my family to my best friends'. Now, I was becoming a grandmother! It was all so perfect!
I was totally freaking out when I heard about Sakura fainting and ending up in the hospital but I was thrilled when I was told she was pregnant. I almost braved the blizzard to go to her. Mebuki and Kizashi were by my side at the ready. We would do anything to get to our unborn grandchild. When there was enough snow cleared, we all flew home and went to take care of Sakura.
I was glad Sasuke had returned to help care for Sakura. She was his wife after all and carrying his child! I never thought it was possible but he was more concerned about her than Mebuki and me. He was always by her side and making her eat and carrying trash cans and sick bags for her morning sickness. He was like a slave to her. I loved it.
Since Sakura was our delicate little flower, everyone took turns caring for her. I made her evening meals and cleaned the house. Mebuki helped me when she was home. TenTen was to drive Sakura to work and make sure she didn't do anything too strenuous. Fugaku and Kizashi decided to team up to baby proof the house. Ino served as Sakura's entertainment and helped prepare her for motherhood. Itachi was the ever dutiful uncle. Even though he was not an obstetrician he was constantly checking Sakura and the baby's health. Naruto and Hianta, who I was so happy for as well, always took Sasuke and Sakura took Lamaze classes with them. But I was very impressed with Kakashi. He was always preparing Sakura healthy foods and taking them to her for her lunch. He would also bring Sasuke food, who would eat with Sakura. He was constantly giving them parenting books and baby stuff. He was very involved with her. He was almost as involved as Mebuki and I were.
Sakura kept telling us she did not need this much attention or help but I was not about to let anything happen to my grandbaby! I didn't care if Sakura did not like it!
"You all really fuss about me too much. I perfectly fine. The baby is fine," She would always say.
"Until that baby is out of you, we will not stop!" I would always tell her.
"Sasuke-kun, please tell them to leave me alone," She would beg. He would just shake his head. That was my boy.
So Sakura had to resign to a pregnancy of constant attention and luxury.
"I'm getting so fat," I heard Sakura whine once as we were enjoying a nice spring walk.
"But that means the baby is healthy, right?" I touched her slightly bulging baby bump.
"I guess…I just want it to be born already."
"You can't wait to see it too!" I squealed. I just knew my grandbaby would be the most gorgeous baby alive.
"Well, yes, but I just want all the pampering to be over. I want Sasuke-kun to return to fulfilling his training. I want everyone to treat me like they used to," She sighed.
"Sakura, I know we can be a little extreme with the pampering but it is just that this our first grandchild and this Sasuke's first child too. His training can wait. Also you will never be treated the same as before. Once you're a mother you will always be treated differently."
"I guess you're right about the whole mother thing. I also understand that this is the first child and everything but could you all just tone it down a little? I feel overwhelmed."
I had to agree.
"I guess we could tone it down a little."
"Thank you. But I still want Sasuke-kun to go back to training. He is just wasting away here. I know he'd rather be relearning baseball than cleaning up my vomit."
I laughed.
"Perhaps that would be more fun but I know Sasuke would rather be with you and making sure you are fine than being far away and doing whatever that Madara Uchiha says," I assured her.
"I guess…"
"Oh, Sakura, don't think about that stuff too much. Just think about the future. Think about the baby. Think about how happy everyone is going to be," I tried to stay positive. She smiled.
"Yeah, she is going to be a bringer of joy," Sakura stroked her belly.
"She? It's a girl!" I gasped excitedly.
"Well, I don't know yet but I kind of hope it is a she. I think it'd be kind of nice to have a little girl," She smiled.
"A little girl would be just darling! I could dress her up and have tea parties and play dress up and princess and braid her hair! Oh, I want it to be a girl!" I was in a frenzy.
"But it might be a boy," Sakura reminded me. I thought back to my sons as babies. Itachi was cute but was too smart. He was hardly a baby long. Sasuke was adorable too but could be a grumpy baby and when he got older he was so distant. What was up with all Uchiha men being either geniuses or distant? If Sakura had a son I bet he'd be just like the rest of the Uchiha men. Unless it ended up like Kizashi. That'd be kind of funny. Very un-Uchihalike.
"If it is a boy I hope he is more Haruno than Uchiha," I stated. Sakura laughed.
"Well, I'd want him to look just like Sasuke-kun. I wouldn't wish him to have my pink hair."
"I think a pink haired boy would be precious."
"He would be crucified in school. I want all my children to look like Uchihas," She was positive.
"Well, they can all look like Uchihas but only if they have the Haruno mentality."
Sakura only laughed.
"I am so glad I have you for a mother-in-law," She hugged me. I was so touched.
"I am so glad you are my daughter-in-law."
We hugged for a few moments then I released her.
"But if it a girl, I think she should be called Miki," I went back to my grandbaby.
"Miki?"
"Mi from Mikoto and Ki from Mebuki. I think it would be perfect and really cute."
"Miki is cute. I'll have to add it to the list," She pulled out a pencil and notepad from her purse.
"Your list? You have a list?"
"Yes. Everyoen has been giving names for each gender."
"Oh! Read them to me!" I was very excited. She oblidged.
"Ino says Inoko for a girl or Inoki for a boy. Sai agreed with his wife. Naruto chose Naruto for a boy and Naruko for a girl. I don't know why they think I'd name my child after them. Hinata was more helpful. She suggested Sayuri for a girl and Satoshi for a boy. I really liked those."
"I like Sayuri and Satoshi as well."
"TenTen said to name a girl Kazuko and a boy Taro. Neji liked Hisao for a boy and Hiromi for a girl. Tsunade-sama said Dan for a boy and Sumiko for a girl. Shizune-san said Shizuko for girl and Ichiro for boy. Otoha from work said Yoko for a girl and Ryota for boy. Moegi popped up and said the girl should be Saki and the boy Sho. Tou-san said Kizashi for a boy and Kiyoko for a girl. Akemi and Hoshi were popular girl names among the kids at the hospital while Yuki and Yoshi were the popular boy ones."
"Well, I liked some of those names. But I like Miki the best for a girl!"
"What about for a boy?"
"Daisuke!"
"That's cute. I'll add it to the list."
"Which names did you like the most?" I asked, "And you can be honest."
"Well, Kakashi-darling gave me some names as well. I just had them on another piece of paper. There they are. They're kind of weird but I really liked them.
"Tell me them!"
"For a boy he said Masashi or Seishi. I really liked both names. But for a girl he," She started laughing.
"What is it?"
"I'm sorry. I know he meant it as a joke but Salad."
"Salad?"
"Yeah because all I seem to eat now are salads. It's really silly but I thought it was really cute. It made Sasuke-kun laugh too."
"Salad," I chuckled. Salad Uchiha. I could just see a head of lettuce in Sakura's arms instead of a baby. The image was quite funny.
"But that would just be so ridiculous. So that is going to be a no," Sakura laughed.
"Salad Uchiha," I could not stop laughing. We ended up laughing our way back to her house. Salad Uchiha.
Author's Note: The story is coming to an end soon. If you would like any special POVs before the end please comment and put who you want. I'm sorry to say that Pakkun is not available for a POV anymore so please don't ask. Anyone else is fine. I may or may not honor the request but still submit them! I hope you enjoyed this chapter and will keep reading! :)