Chapter Ten: Phoenix Reborn
Sakura refused to leave her apartment after being discharged from the hospital, she stayed mostly in bed, only eating when she knew she had to eat, and taking a shower when she felt like taking one. Other then that, she would not leave the apartment.
Her friends had come to see her every so often, just to make sure she was all right. Tenten had even brought the twins to visit her, while Neji had been out on a mission with the others. The Hyuuga twins were so adorable though, which in a way helped Sakura cheer up a little.
Sakura also could not wait to give birth to the child inside of her, if somehow Sasuke didn't return, she would take care of the child alone. She had been thinking of names also during her depression days.
She finally gave up on being totally depressed, around the 3rd week of her 8 month of pregnancy, she was getting close to her due date, judging from what the Medics told her. She had shocked the hell out of the other girls, when she decided to finally come out of her apartment and go search for them.
"Hey Sakura…are you doing okay now?" called out Ino, as the Blonde was walking with Hinata, who were undoubtedly coming to pay a visit to her house to see if she was okay. Sakura gave them a weak smile and nodded.
"Hai, I've decided I'm going to be strong now, I can't live out my life being depressed even if Sasuke's dead or alive right now…I got a child to worry about which will be born in 2 to 3 weeks from now." Spoke a determined Sakura.
Both of the girls looked at each other briefly, a slight look of confusion appeared on the Hyuuga girl's face briefly, before a small smile appeared on her lips as she spoke.
"Well…um I'm glad your feeling better Sakura-San, um Naruto-Sama wanted to speak to you, that's why we came to see you."
Sakura nodded, "Alright…I'll go see what the moron wants…" She chuckled; she was feeling a lot better it would seem. She then waved to the two girls and started waddling towards the Hokage office, wondering what Naruto wanted to talk to her about.
Little did she know, she was being watched from the rooftops by a dark figure, which quickly leapt out of sight and began following her.
He had done enough thinking over the month and 3 weeks he had been gone, and he was ready to face being with the woman he had abandoned. The whole thing about marrying Sakura, and a child on the way, had totally overwhelmed him, probably hence why he had disappeared after making sure she was safely tucked somewhere, where Neji and Kiba could find her.
But now he was ready to do his duty, the first thing he would do, as he stood on the highest branch of a tree, over looking Konohagakure and the wall that was blocking his path, was to find his beloved Cherry blossom, and apologize to her for what he had done. He quickly made a handsign and disappeared without another moment too soon.
He appeared on a rooftop not far from the street he knew Sakura's apartment was on. He then hopped over two roofs and was on the same street, or near it as Sakura's apartment, suddenly he spotted the woman of his thoughts standing there talking to what looked to be Hinata and Ino.
'Damn I thought she would be in the apartment right now…I'll have to wait a little while to get her alone…' He thought to himself. He then watched as Sakura headed in the direction towards Naruto's office.
'Great now I just have to follow you now…' Sasuke quickly hopped over rooftops, following her as best as he could. Until she came to an alleyway. That was when he made his move. He leapt into the alley, blocking off her path. As she took a step back when she spotted him in the shadows, he quickly was behind her before she could try to scream, he pulled her against his chest and whispered.
"Don't scream…Sakura…its me…"
Emerald eyes went wide when she heard the voice of her precious one. She turned immediately and began kissing him passionately on the mouth, hungrily at this. "Sasuke…" She cried out between her kisses. Sasuke smirked between their lips at her as he tried to return the favour to her.
He had really and truly missed her; he pulled her as close as he could against her, as they kissed. They pulled away after probably about 6 minutes of making out. Sakura stared at him, her eyes full of hurt, and wonder, she spoke in a small meek voice to him.
"How…when…why did you leave me like that Sasuke?"
He sighed, she knew she would be asking that question and he had an answer to go with that question. He spoke up as he held her at arms length, staring into those beautiful eyes of hers, that he just adored so much.
"I needed time to think…everything was just such a blur…Juugo and I went and traveled a little, Karin by the way won't be hurting you or anyone anymore, Juugo and I put her out of her misery." "You were always in my thoughts though Sakura…when I left, and this too…" He then placed his hand on her swollen stomach, feeling movement after waiting only for a brief moment or two.
Sakura looked ready to cry just then, she was happy though, was he also trying to say that he had made his choice, to stay permanently in Konohagakure? She didn't care, she loved this man so much.
"Aishiteru…Sasuke-Kun…" she said before kissing him again on the lips, this time with all the love and passion she could possibly give him.
Sasuke closed his eyes as she kissed him and murmured between their lips, "Aishiteru Sakura…" He knew now that he belonged here in Konohagakure, having achieved his life long goal, now he could finally be at peace and begin restoring his fallen clan with the woman in his arms. And he could not be any happier then he was now.
Sasuke had only been in the village for 2 weeks, when all hell broke loose in the Uchiha residence. He had married Sakura a week after he had returned to Konohagakure to stay with her, Naruto and his friends for good.
Sakura had been trying to get his attention as he sat on the couch, when suddenly her knees buckled beneath her, her hand going immediately to her stomach. She let out a slight cry of surprise.
Sasuke had been watching the entire thing, and immediately knew what was about to happen. His eyes widened slightly in shock as he got up and quickly ran over to his wife. He pretty much shouted,
"Sakura…is it time now?"
Sakura winced in pain and nodded, "Hai…go get the medic…quickly…please…Sasuke…" she tried to say between gasps for air. Sasuke quickly helped her to her feet and lead her to the couch. Making sure she was comfortable, he quickly dashed out of the house, and down the street, trying to find the medic.
Sakura rubbed her stomach as she waited for her husband to return and mumbled softly to her unborn child, "Pretty soon…my little one…"
"One more Push…that's it…" commanded the Medic to a panting, sweating Sakura as she was deep in the middle of childbirth.
Sakura screamed her head off as she was in a lot of pain at this point. Sasuke was attempting to hold her hand and wipe the sweat off her forehead, also trying to soothe her with soft words of comfort; he didn't at this moment care how hard she was gripping his hand.
"Come on Sakura, you can do this…" Sasuke encouraged her, as she lifted herself up and tried her hardest to push with what strength she had left.
"I swear this is going to be the last child we ever have Uchiha!" Yelled Sakura during the whole time. Sasuke just chuckled, knowing the words she was saying was probably due to how delirious she was from the pain, he then whispered into her ear.
"We'll see about that…you might change your mind…" Sakura just grunted as another contraction came, she quickly was distracted as she pushed again, screaming on top of her lungs, until pretty much her throat was sore.
Sasuke kissed her forehead after she collapsed against Sasuke's chest as he had been sitting behind her trying to be of some help to her. The room was quiet for 2 brief moments, before finally the tiny cry of an infant could be heard.
Sasuke looked over towards the medic for a moment, giving a questioning look as the medic tried to clear the airways of the child in her hands. The medic spoke up after another moment,
"You have a beautiful baby boy…Uchiha-San…" Sasuke was a little surprised at this, he had thought all this time Sakura had been carrying a girl for the past 9 months. Sakura smiled tiredly up at him.
"You name him…" Was the only thing she said, seeing she was extremely exhausted right now. The medic wrapped the child in a blanket and handed the small infant to his father. Sasuke chewed on the inside of his cheek in thought.
"Sakura I want you to name him instead…" He said, he wasn't really good at names anyway. Sakura sighed and said,
"How about we name him Raito…it means Light…" "Uchiha Raito…"
Sasuke looked down at his wife and then down at the infant in his arms, who was staring at him with dark eyes at the moment, letting out a tiny yawn and waving his tiny hands about.
"It's a perfect name Sakura…my koi." Said Sasuke, as he handed Raito to his mother, "He's perfect…just like his mother is."
Sakura smiled at him again and a yawn escaped her lips as she held Raito in her arms, "And his father…" She murmured before falling asleep, content now that she had Sasuke now, and they had a son together. She couldn't have asked for anything more then this to be honest. She would help spring a new hope for a once fallen clan, and also had managed to win the heart of the man she had always dreamed of being with.
!!THE END!!
Author Note: So how was that?! I hope you enjoyed the ending, I decided that these two would end up having a boy, what did you guys think of the name I chose for him? Cute eh? Yeah I know I had a Death Note moment when I was thinking of the name, but the name was perfect.
I'd like to take this time to thank you all, for reading this fan fiction, and I hope you will be enjoying reading my other fanfictions that I am working on right now. I will be making another SasukeXSakura fanfic in the near future, as apart of my Dark Oracle Chronicles series.
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