RainFall

21.

Now you might be thinking: "it's been years later, where is Aku?"

Well, he's much older now. (Of course, it's been years later.) And Aku has been planning something he think is great.

"Heh, heh." He laughed. "Let's hope I won't fail like last time."

"What are you planning to do, sir?"  One of his servants asked him.

Aku cleared his throat, and took a sip of water.

"I heard.. Sasuke Uchiha returned." He said. "So here's what I plan to do.."

And Aku started to explain.

"Sakura works at the hospital. If I disguise myself to look like a guy, trying to be a doctor, maybe Sakura could let me in. And I could try to.. You know.. Get her."

He coughed, and one of his servants brought him another cup of water.

"But sir, what it she suspects something?" His servant said.

"She won't suspect a thing!!" Aku yelled. "Do you expect me to fail??!"

His servants gulped. "No sir!!" They said nervously.

Aku smirked and grabbed onto the glass cup.

"Soon, she'll be mine." Aku said. "Like she was supposed to."

Aku tightened his grip on the glass cup and it started to crack.

"I'll experiment on her."

He gripped it tighter and it broke.

"And I will succeed!!"

Sakura sighed, and walked into her home.

"I'm home!" She said, to her daughter who was washing some tomatoes for dinner.

"Hello mama!" Sarada greeted her. "I washed the tomatoes just like you asked me to!"

Sakura smiled, and gave her daughter a hug.

"Thank you, Sarada." She said. "I'll handle everything else!"

Sarada nodded, and sat on the couch. She picked up a book that she was supposed to study with and began reading it.

While her mom was making dinner, she heard a knock at the door, and Sarada stood up to go and check it. "Coming." She said, and opened the door.

"Oh! Papa!" Sarada said happily as she saw her father standing in front of her.

"Hello, Sarada." He said while smiling softly.

"You came just in time. Mama is almost done with dinner. And she's making something with tomatoes."

Sasuke's eyes lightened up when he heard the word "tomatoes" he was very hungry.

He walked inside, and sat next to his daughter.

Sakura placed their plates on the table, and placed her own in front of her.

"How does it taste, Sarada?"

Sarada took a bite out of her food. "It's delicious!" She said. And that made her mother smile. She turned to Sasuke.

"H-how does it taste, Sasuke-kun?" She asked him, as she blushed a little.

He took a bite, and chewed slowly. "It's delicious." He said, and continued to eat more.

That made Sakura turn red, and she turned around to hide her blush. Then she sat in her chair, and began to eat with her family.

"So, papa, are you going to leave again soon?" Sarada asked her father, when they were done eating.

"In a couple weeks." Sasuke answered.

"Wow? Weeks? Do you think we can do a few things?" Sarada asked him.

Sasuke smiled. "Of course." He said. "What would you like to do?"

Sarada scratched her chin.

"Maybe, you could train me? And we could go out for cold treats." Sarada said, smiling excitedly.

"We can do this." Sasuke said, and turned to his wife who was smiling listening to their conversation.

"Sarada, you should get ready for bed." Sakura told her. Sarada nodded, and ran to get ready for bed.

Sakura scooted closer to Sasuke and leaned her head on his shoulder.

Sasuke turned to look at her and smiled.

"And would you like to do anything with me?" He asked her, and she blushed.

"Uhh! No- well- I don't know.." She said, while still blushing.

"Sakura, do you go to the hospital tomorrow?" He asked her.

She nodded. "Yeah, I do, why?"

Why? Because he was nervous of her being there. As you know, Aku (maybe) has been disguising himself as a doctor, and healing patients with poisonous medicines. What if he walks in, pretending to be a doctor and does something to her? He cannot allow him to get her again. Not like last time, or he's really gonna go insane. Heck, if anything happens to her he's gonna go insane.

"Sasuke??" He heard her voice say.

He raised a eyebrow, and turned to her.

"..nevermind.." She said while quickly turning away from him.

"Hn." He said. "What is it, Sakura?"

"Aaa.. It's nothing..really.. " she said, and smiled. Sasuke couldn't tell if that was a fake smile, or a real smile. Maybe he could ask Sai. No, he's not calling that weirdo.

Sasuke just gave her a little smile and stood up.

"Let's go to sleep." He said, and she took his hand while walking with him to their room.

They showered, changed into their pajamas, and got into the bed together.

Sakura had fell asleep first, so Sasuke played with her hair and gave her a gentle kiss on the forehead.

"Be careful tomorrow.. " he said. "My cherry blossom.."