Author's Note: Here is a Sasuke chapter for Betty-Hime! Please, give me another POV before its too late. I will probably not right another chapter until someone tells me a POV they want. I will also give a warning about what is the next-to-last chapter so everyone will be prepared. Please enjoy and let me know what you think! :)

Chapter 75 – Sasuke's Chapter (Part 10)

I was grateful to Madara for giving me a second chance to train with him. I was even more grateful that he came to Konoha to train me. He told me that family was more important than anything. Sakura was very happy as well that I started training again. I know she wanted to be give her some space and to go after my dreams to play again. Soon I was able to field and throw and bat. I was not as good as I had been but I was good.

"You can try back for the team now," Madara told me when Sakura was entering her seventh month.

"I can?"

"Yes. I've arranged it with your coach. If you can prove to him that you can play he may let you return to the team,"Madara informed me. After receiving Sakura's blessing, I went back to my team.

I could tell my team was trying to be sympathetic towards me. When I tried play with them, they were half-assing everything. I did not want their pity. I wanted to show them what I could do.

"Stop," I said after Juugo pitched two balls.

"What's wrong?" Everyone seemed concerned.

"I want all of you to stop half-assing everything. Don't go easy on me because of this stump. Play for real. Our opponents would. Do it right or not at all."

I knew my words registered with them.

"Okay. Here we go then," Juugo wound up.

It wasn't till I got two strikes that I hit the ball pass my replacement at shortstop. I made it to first easily.

"I see you can still hit," Coach patted my back.

"Yes, sir."

"But can you still be a short stop?" He asked me.

"I doubt it but I can do the field."

"Alright. Go to Left field. I call out who you need to throw it to once you catch it," Coach pushed me off to left field. I saw our assistant coach get a ball and bat. He hit to me. As I was catching it I heard my coach yell "Second!"

I did what Madara taught me and quickly threw the ball. No matter where Coach said I could easily and quickly throw the ball. I could get ground ball and pop flies and whatever. I could see that my teammates were impressed.

"Uchiha, let's talk," Coach pulled me with him to his office. I was made to sit down across from him.

"Uchiha, I am impressed. You're still good."

"Thank you, sir."

"But I got to be honest with you. If you come back I won't be able to start you like I used to."

"That's fine."

"And I'll expect the commitment to the team you used to have."

"I understand."

"I also want you to know that one of the big reasons I am letting you back on the team is because your injury will probably fill the stands since there aren't that many one armed baseball players in the major leagues. Are you okay with me exploiting you like this?"

"Yes, sir," I nodded. I was fine with it. As long as I got to play baseball and make money for Sakura and the baby, I was fine to play.

"Alright. I guess will take you off the injured list. You can start playing…heck, next week if you want," Coach smiled.

"Next week?"

"Yep! You can play with us through October."

"October?"

"Yeah. Anything wrong with that?" Coach looked up at me from some papers he started writing on.

"My wife is due in September," I remembered.

"Your wife? You got married?"

"Yes, sir, in January."

"Oh! And she's pregnant?"

"Yes, sir."

"Well, congratulations. You get three days off when you're wife gives birth," Coach smiled.

Three days? Only three days?

"Coach, I really want to play but may I speak with my wife before I officially come back?"

"Ah, I see, she's got you by the balls, eh? Yeah, go home and talk to your wife. Let me know if you're going to come back."

"Thank you, sir."

The whole plane ride back I could only think about Sakura and the baby. If I started playing ball again, I would only have three days to be with Sakura and then I wouldn't be able to see her for a month. Lots of stuff happens in the first month of baby's life, right? I didn't want to miss that. My baby needed me to be there. Sakura needed me. Raising a child was a two parent job. I needed to be with her. I would have to give up baseball. I could do that. I could get a different job. I could coach baseball at the high school or something. Sakura and the baby were more important than my baseball career.

"Tadaima," I announced when I entered my house. I heard Sakura coming. She flashed her smile at me.

"Okaeri," She came kissed me. I held her tight despite being poked by her swollen stomach.

"How did it go?" She asked me as she ushered me further into the house.

"They want me to start playing next week," I answered.

"Really! That's wonderful!" She kept smiling.

"I think I should not start," I said.

"Why not?"

"If I do, I'll be out there till October."

"So?"

"So the baby is due in September."

It clicked. Her smile faltered.

"But don't' they give guys a leave of absence for that? You could come to the birth," She smiled.

"Only for three days then I wouldn't be back for a month," I explained.

"Oh, I see," She took a seat on our couch. She started stroking the baby.

"I want to be there for…everything," I sat by her. We sat there silently for a few moments.

"Sasuke-kun, I want you to play," Sakura turned to me.

"What?"

"As long as you are there for the birth, I don't care if you miss the first month. All you'll miss is crying and pooping."

"I want to be there for all the crying and pooping!"

She laughed.

"I promise, if you play and come back after the end of the season, you can take care of all the crying and pooping of the baby that you want. In fact I won't even go near it when it poops or cries to make up for the first month," She spoke lightly.

"Sakura-"

"Sasuke-kun, play ball. Please," She took my hand and put it against her belly, "We'll understand."

I felt a few kicks from the baby. I nodded and agreed to go.

"But as soon as you feel that first contraction call me and I come," I told her.

"I will," She promised with a kiss.

I left Konoha again and went to play. Coach was right about people wanting to see the one armed baseball player. I was constantly being asked to be interviewed. Everyone wanted to know how I overcame such a loss and how I recovered so quickly. When I did agree to some interviews I told them all the same thing. Madara Uchiha was the one responsible for training me and getting me back in the game but it was Sakura who helped me truly recover and was the only reason I was playing ball again.

Even though I had fun playing ball again, I missed Sakura like crazy. I want to go back to her and rub my face all over her belly. I missed her. I started pulling out my favorite picture of her constantly. I didn't care who saw anymore.

"You should really update that photo, Sasuke," Suigetsu told me in the locker room.

"What?" I looked at him.

"How old is that picture? It's got to be like ten or more years old," He snickered. I looked at the old photo. It was very old. But I loved it. Sakura stood on the beach as a twelve year old. She was flat as a board and had her obnoxious head gear on but she smiled like everything in the world was right. I was next to her. I actually was happy in that picture. We had caught a huge fish together. We were holding it so proudly. The picture always made me happy. It always brought back feelings of happiness and success to me. I used to be so embarrassed about it. I liked it for myself but I didn't want anyone else to know I had it. I remembered when Idate Morino caught me looking at it in junior high. He kept being such an asshole about it too. He kept saying he was going to tell people Sakura and I were in love or something. I didn't like that so I broke his nose. Who knew he was actually right?

"I mean you look fine I the picture, but Sakura looks…awkward," Suigetsu kept on.

"I'll change it once Sakura has the baby," I told him. A baby with Sakura was a far more successful and happy event than catching a huge fish.