Sakura glanced into her daughter's room, seeing her stare at a picture of Sasuke.

"Sara-chan?"

Sarada didn't move, aside from wiping her eyes.

"I'm a lot like that idiot, Bolt," she murmured, reminding Sakura of their conversation earlier that day.

Sakura gazed at her daughter's slumped form and moved into her bedroom before taking a seat on the bed by her side.

"You father needs to travel, Sara-chan. I've explained to you before that his life had been so dark and sad that he never got to see how beautiful life was and how full of love the world is. His travels-"

"-will help him be a better father to me, I know, mama," she grumbled. "But no one else only gets a couple of months to spend with their dads before he goes away for months at a time."

"I know, Sara-chan. It's hard and I never wanted you to spend so little time with your dad, but there's nothing we can do," Sakura sighed sadly.

"You could find me a new dad," Sarada spoke under her breath.

It pained her to hear that from her child, yet she couldn't blame the tiny Uchiha.

"And I hate wearing these stupid glasses!"

Tearing them off, she threw them at the wall, shattering them.

"Sarada, those were a gift from your tou-san," the pinkette frowned.

"I can't be won over by gifts."

"You know your tou-san has trouble expressing his love-"

"He's not even trying!" Sarada spun around and buried her head into Sakura's lap, shaking as she silently cried.

Sakura's eyes watered as she stared down at Sarada, remorseful. Minutes passed before Sarada's crying had stopped, but her head remained on Sakura's lap, Sakura's fingers affectionately running through her hair, soothing her.

After a while, Sakura began to speak.

"You know, you and Bolt used to be very close," Sakura trailed off. "But when duty called Naruto away, Bolt began to act out. You started to distance yourself when you began to realise Sasuke-kun would leave for months at a time. Then suddenly, you two couldn't stand to be around one another."

"He's being an idiot! At least his father stays in the village. He should just go see him. I can't even do that!"

With that final exclamation, the onyx-haired child got up and ran from the room.

Sakura listened as Sarada fled the house and a allowed a tear to fall.

"Damn it, Sasuke-kun. How long before you're soul-searching ends?"

The hand that had been in her lap moved to caress her stomach lovingly.

"You have a family now..."

Sarada fled the Uchiha compound, headed towards the park as the sun set on the horizon, bathing the village orange and the sky purple and pink.

Like every lonely child, Sarada sat on the swing.

"That's my swing."

Looking up, Sarada stared at Bolt in surprise before it was quickly replaced with disdain.

"Well, if it isn't Meiru."

"Go away, Haisha."

"If that's all you're going to call me, something must be wrong," Bolt teased.

"You're such an idiot," she murmured softly.

Bolt jumped up and grabbed the bars of the jungle gym. "Yeah well I get it from my dad, so..."

There was silence as they both got lost in their thoughts.

"We're the same," Sarada told him as she looked up from the ground to the boy who played on the bars before her.

The blonde looked at her curiously with a raised eyebrow.

"Now who's the idiot? We couldn't be more different," he laughed.

"I meant about our dads."

That statement alone brought his laughter to an abrupt end.

"Our dads are nothing alike."

"Oh, really?"

"Yeah, really. My dad doesn't want to spend time with me, even though we're in the same village. You're dad can't spend time with you."

"Your dad can't spend time with you, he's too busy," Sarada corrected. "My dad doesn't want to spend time with me because he chooses to leave us."

"Tou-san told me Sasuke-oji leaves to be a better person."

"A better person without his family? Doesn't seem worth it to me."

They both fell silent again before the sound of Bolt touching ground disrupted the quiet park. He walked over to join her on the swing set.

"I just want to spend time with my tou-san," Sarada whispered, tearing up.

Bolt watched her with his own tears. It was weird for him to see the proud, arrogant Uchiha cry.

"Me too, Meiru-chan."

Instead of being angry at the insult, she smiled and wiped her tears away again. She looked up at the blond with a watery smile and Bolt stared in wonder when he finally realised she was without her glasses. Without realising, his face had moved to be right in front of hers, inspecting her face and eyes, which had widened at his bold move.

"What are-"

"Why do you bother wearing those stupid glasses? You look better without them."

Sarada turned crimson from the unexpected insult while Bolt blushed once he realised what he'd just said.

"I-I mean you looked nicer...uh...kind! I mean you look less like a snob and more like a friend."

"A friend?" Sarada stuttered out, looking at the sunset.

She looked back to Bolt who was watching the sunset also, his blush fading slowly. She reached for his hand and Bolt's head snapped to hers instantaneously.

She smiled and nodded. "A friend."

Despite the blush that had come back full force, he smiled back. "A friend."

The two watched the sunset together, holding hands as they swung.

"You're stick a bitch though."

Smack.

"Baka!"

"Itai!"

Okay, a couple things.

One, OMG SasuSaku is canon. I had always hoped but never expected it to happen. Sasuke was always so emo.

Two, Sarada. Normally, I use English versions of names like Alucard instead of Arucard but seriously...WHO THE FUCK NAMES THEIR KID SALAD!?

Holy fucking shit, whose idea was it to name the child of Sasuke and Sakura fucking SALAD? Are you fucking kidding me!? I had the biggest rage when I found out. Salada does not make it better, that's a fucking cracker. SO WHO THE FUCK-

Breathe...god.

At least Naruto's child, when he named him Bolt, it could be like Lightning Bolt, even though it's like bolt as in like a bolt and screw. I chose to call him Bolt instead of Boruto. That's a little too close to burrito to me xD

Third, why the hell does Sarada have glasses? Honestly, when I first saw her, I thought she was Karin's daughter, I mean what the fuck!?

Fourth, Sarada's attitude. You'd think Sakura would have made sure Sarada didn't develop the holier-than-thou attitude Sasuke had. I was vain once and I'm so ashamed, I'd never let my children look down on other people.

Fifth, I just hated the epilogue. Not everyone had to pair up. Did Sakura look like a housewife to you? If Sasuke was planning on rebuilding his clan, wouldn't he need more than one child to get a good start? Especially since Sarada will take any future husband's name. All in all, I thought it was shit and that he really didn't put much thought into it. It would have been so much better if they had a boy and named him Itachi. That would have been perfect. It just seemed half assed to me.

Normally, I wouldn't use Japanese words like Itai but finishing with 'Ow' seemed gay. I tend to use Japanese suffix and titles so nothing new with Sasuke-oji.

Does anyone else thing that Sarada, Bolt and his sister should have been closer, considering the parental ties? All of the children should have been closer. I didn't think Ino would get with Sai, though. Their kid looks fucked up xD Not to mention Choji's daughter...BAHAHAHAHAAHAHonestly, its all shit.

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'Come here, Salad-' Man what the actual fuck!? I can't get passed it.

Kishimoto is a fuck head. Bet he'd never name his child 'Salad'.

Dick.