The power in me ( Boruto Next Generations: A Sarada X Kawaki Fanfiction)

Father and Daughter

"Here, this one is for you!" Suigetsu hands his old companion Karin a fragrant jasmine blossom tea and tries to put on his most charming smile as someone from Kirigakure can only be.
Surprised that he has organized her favorite tea, Karin accepts the gift with surprise.
Embarrassed, she says, "Thanks..." like she did when she was around her beloved crush Sasuke, and she rarely thinks about him anymore.

Their relationship has improved over the past two and a half years since the Goose Mission where they reunited with Sarada and Mitsuki and met the 7th Hokage's son, Boruto. She wonders how the trio are doing and hasn't heard from them in a while.
Karin still can't believe Suigetsu has such a nice side and she sips the hot tea. Dreamily she looks at him over the cup and hides a smile behind the cup.
"You know. It's summer and it's the Lantern Festival in Konoha this weekend and I wanted to ask you....um...", Suigetsu scratches the back of his head in embarrassment, "... well, if we don't, just the two of us together on a ...", he searches for the right words, "if you want to go on a private mission?"
Suigetsu starts sweating from nervousness.

Karin is amused at his insecure manner, "Oh, is it an invitation?" and she blushes at the thought and smiles sweetly at him.

"Something like that!", and he can only stare at her smile and is happy that this smile is only for him this time. He has interest in her for many years and also has serious feelings for Karin for the past two years. But never had chances with her , because she had been in love with his former teammate Sasuke for a long, long time and grieved after him when he married his childhood friend Sakura and got a daughter together.
Their joint conversation comes to an end when the alarm sounds discreetly through the monitoring unit.
Annoyed, Suigetsu searches the monitors to find the troublemaker: "Oh man! Is it Yamato again? I'm telling you, it's starting to get annoying that he keeps raising the alarm with his jōnins..."

"Sasuke????" and he hears Karin drop the tea mug. Fragrant Yasmin tea runs over one of the keyboards.
"You better watch out! You cause a short circuit it and I don't want to be affected by it and besides, I don't think he'll pay us a visit," says Suigetsu, a bit irritated and worried about Karin's reaction.

"And Log ..." Orochimaru announces quietly behind them.
His former subordinate and former prisoner, and now more of a staff member, look over at him in surprise.
"You two should have paid more attention to what's happening in Konoha this day. Then you both would already know, what happened" ,he says coolly.
"Suigetsu, Karin! Prepare everything for two procedures. It's about Mitsuki and Sasuke's daughter Sarada. Both are in mortal danger. Suigetsu! You help me with Mitsuki and Karin, you have to help Sarada. She must not die under any circumstances. I don't need an Uchiha adult , who is freaking out with grief here!" With that, Orochimaru gives his order, which both must follow. Concerned about the situation, Suigetsu and Karin exchange glances and separate again.
It doesn't take long either, and Sasuke bursts in with his daughter in his arms. Weakly, the young girl can only cling to her father's neck.

What happened to the poor thing?
Karin doesn't want to imagine the tragedy Sarada went through.
Karin helps her former comrade and crush to put his daughter on a stretcher.
Without paying any further attention to Sasuke, she begins examining Sarada.
The reason for her condition is obvious : An open gash in her left eye socket which is empty. Karin only notices a weak chakra flow, which is already centered and now only supplies vital organs. Her condition is alarming.
Without hesitation, Karin takes one of her tools and seeks out one of her veins and connects herself to Sarada with a tube. Sarada urgently needs Karin's chakra to strengthen her self-healing powers. When that's done, she connects Sarada to monitors, which monitor Sarada's breathing, heart rate, encephalo work and temperature.
Concerned, she looks at the medical monitors and sees how Sarada's condition remains at least stable and isn't getting worse now. But she's not over the hill.
Important blood vessels and nerves around Sarada's eye socket are injured. At worst, Sarada's brain has been damaged.
"Mom, Dad..., Kawa..." she whimpers weakly.
Karin is relieved that Sarada's consciousness is still there, which is a good sign.