Redemption |complete| (SasuSaku)

Back to Konoha

(I don't remember that there's any proof that Sakura was at Ino's wedding. In my story she wasn't present.)

Tuesday, 19th May. Baby is 7 weeks old.

"Come on, eat this please."

Sasuke was by Sakura's side looking at his now bigger baby. She was still tiny but her skin was fully formed, she had gained a good bit of weight and her weird fuzzy hair was gone. Apparently she was now able to feed litle by little but it wasn't working. Sakura had spend two days trying to make her drink some milk but Sarada didn't want to suck on the bottle.

"She obviously doesn't want it."

"Sasuke, she needs to. I don't care if she wants it or not."

"Why do you have to give it to her if she doesn't want it?"

"Because she needs to start training her body. Don't agree to everything she wants, especially when it's not good for her."

"All I was saying is that maybe she doesn't want it because she isn't ready for that yet. Giver her a bit of time."

"No, she needs to do it now!"

"Don't get mad at her. Give that to me," he slightly pushed Sakura out of the way and stood in front of his daughter."I'll try."

"Ah, why not! It's your child so handle it. I'm going for a walk."

Sasuke took the bottle off of her hands She had been pumping milk to relieve the pain that she was feeling and throwing it away. Now at least the milk wasn't going to waste anymore.

He held the bottle close to her face."You need to drink, even a little bit."

Sarada opened her eyes and looked at him innocently. "Yes I know that you don't want to but your mom said that you need to. She is the doctor here."

He brought the bottle closer to her face and pressed it against her lips. "Here, Sakura is on edge and she will be happy to see that you can eat now."

Sarada opened her mouth and started to drink slowly. Sasuke smiled. Her movments weren't coordinated so she started to cough. Sasuke, completely panicked and he truned her on her side. After a few torturous seconds she breathed normally."Tell me in the future how much you can drink. I don't want to kill you by feeding you."

His daughter looked at him, yawned and closed her eyes. "Thank you for the team work."

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"I think it is time for us to go back home."

"But... the baby?"

"She is strong enough to travel. I'll just need to be careful."

"Are you ready to go?" he asked her.

"Well, our bags are already packed so yeah."

Sasuke ran to get the bags while Sakura already moved towards the exit. Karin was walking by her side. When he came back the two were holding hands. He rose an eyebrow but still approached carefully. They might be about to kill each other, who knows?

"It was nice meeting you Sakura. Sarada, I am sure that I will see you again. For now just keep getting stronger. One day, you will be trained by two of the most powerful ninja in the world and your uncle will be the legendary Naruto Uzumaki. You will be loved and surrounded. Remember, if you need anything, I will be here for you!" Karin gently poked Sarada's nose.