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Making the decision to have a child is momentous. It is to decide forever to have your heart go walking around outside your body.
-- Elizabeth Stone

She knew right from the beginning, that something wasn’t right. This baby was going to be different. But she didn’t know how hard it was going to be on her. Sakura thought that her little girl, was going to be healthy and strong, just like her, not sickly, weak and premature. But she didn’t have a choice in the matter. She wanted out and that was that.

She remembered when she told Naruto she was pregnant with their third child. He looked like he was going to fall right over, his heart had almost stopped and his face had gone a bit pale. This incited a worried reaction from her,

“What… you don’t want another child,” she said to him, concern dripping in her tone. Naruto, the great Hokage of Fire Nation’s Konohagakure, looked like he had been hit with a brick as his face drooped and he sighed a second time.

“Not if it’s like Jiraiya and bugging me all the time…. And bouncing off the walls…” he said, apparently over the years, the once energetic and tire-free ninja had grown mature and more steady. Sakura giggled, she thought he was going to say something serious for once, at least he still had that sense of humor.

Then when she found out that she was having complications with her pregnancy, her heart broke for the first time. She wanted a healthy little girl, but this was just the beginning of a long battle.

“Naruto, we need to talk,” she said as she placed her hands on her belly, she was only in the middle of her second trimester, but it was still too early.

Naruto was eating breakfast that morning, pancakes that Sakura had cooked, she didn’t eat anything, only because she was nauseas. He looked concerned, because he knew that worried look on her face all too well, he had come to learn what it meant over the years. This wasn’t good.

He scooted his chair closer to hers, and rubbed her back.

“What’s wrong?”

“I have what’s called preclampsia…” and with that Naruto tilted his head to the side and made a dumbfounded look.

“It’s not bad, at least, right now, it could get worse, and if it does, the baby will most likely come early… she won’t be healthy, she’ll be premature, and we won’t get to hold her right away…” she began to sob, she had such high hopes for her little girl, to be strong, so strong, and instead she was going to be so vulnerable. She began to explain what exactly the condition was to Naruto, who lacked a medical background. His dumbfounded look changed to a worried one and then finally a frightened one as he pulled his wife into his arms and comforted her. Here he was, Hokage, the greatest Ninja of all Konoha, his wife the best medical ninja around, and they were going to have to fight a battle they had no control over, they had to watch, and pray.

It got to the point where Sakura got too sick, she had to deliver her baby through a c-section, because she was too delicate a babe at only twenty-six and a half weeks old. It was the spring, late march, the peach blossoms in full bloom, and the skies clear. Sakura laid in bed for three days as she recovered from her emergancy c-section, she never got to hold her child, or see her.

Naruto however, did. And it shook his heart, his mind was broken as he failed to leave Sakura’s side and leave every two hours to check on the ward that held the delicate pink baby belonging to the Hokage and his wife. He would have felt better if Sakura was able to help, but she was recovering, and that just made him feel worse about the situation.

As she grew strong enough to climb out of bed with her husband’s help, Sakura would move to the ward, and sit watching her baby’s troubles breathing. Ino would visit with her son and comfort her best friend, but it was all up to her daughter’s will to live, to survive.

Somedays… she had thought it would have been better to tell her child it was okay to die, because it was so hard watching her struggle. She cried the first day she could touch her daughter tiny hand, Naruto rubbing her back at the same time. It was difficult, she didn’t think this was going to happen at all.

“Be strong my little warrior,” Naruto would whisper with his hand on the incubator.

Then the infection came.

Sakura was healthy enough to help her daughter heal, with the help of her chakra, its warmth and energy was familiar to the child so it was for the best. By now she was only a week old, and Sakura and Naruto had yet to decide upon a name, Naruto had one in mind, but for some reason Sakura didn’t want to hear it.

Two weeks had passed, the infection was conquered by their little warrior, and for the first time she got to hold her tiny child. By this time the peach blossoms were falling, and as Sakura looked out of the hospital ward’s window, she began to recall the story of a warrior born in the center of a peach. She looked to Naruto, and then to her child, as her baby breathed in heavily, and tightened her under developed fingers around Sakura’s index finger…. Her name came to mind.

“Momoko…” she whispered to her child.

Naruto looked up from his paper, to the sun shining on a smile upon his beautiful wife’s face.

“Did you say something?” he responded. Sakura turned to look at him.

“Remember the tale, of Momotaro?” she asked her husband. He nodded in response, he had remembered hearing it as a child.

“The boy who fell to earth from the heavens in the peach? And became a childless woman’s son, who went on to fight oni?” he summerized the tale. Sakura nodded, as she walked to the window and looked at the drifting peach blossoms.

“Momoko, let’s name her Momoko Tsunade, our little fighter…” she said with a tear dripping down her cheek. Naruto walked up to his wife and held his arms around her waist, peeked over her shoulder, and smiled at his newly named daughter.

“Inherited the will of fire, she has… Momoko…. Heh… Oh look, Sakura…. “ he said as he reached around at pointed out a small red hair on his child’s head, and then to the color of the blossoms on the tree that were falling, they matched perfectly. Although it was odd that the tree had such red blossoms, surely it was a sign.

“I think it suits her well…” he said as he planted a kiss on Sakura’s cheek, and stroked the tiny child’s head.
And so Sakura began to sing softly:

“Momotaro-san, momotaro-san, Okoshi ni tsuketa kibidango, Hitotsu watashi ni kudasai na? Agemasho, agemasho, Ima kara oni no seibatsu ni, Tsuite kuru nara agemashou.”

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My submission for the NaruSaku FC Next Gen Contest.

Sakura and her second child, and daughter: Momoko Tsunade.

My first attempt in a contest entry. I hope everyone likes it. *crosses her fingers* Also, I'm in love with the background. Overall I am very happy with this piece. I love it so much! I hope no one steals it.... T.T

Credits:

Haruno Sakura, and all things Naruto related (c) Masashi Kishimoto

Momoko Tsunade (c) Me, Lumasan

Awesome Sakura Brushes (c) Located here: [link]

Peace out everyone! Tchya!

Description
Tiny Background Story:

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Making the decision to have a child is momentous. It is to decide forever to have your heart go walking around outside your body.
-- Elizabeth Stone

She knew right from the beginning, that something wasn’t right. This baby was going to be different. But she didn’t know how hard it was going to be on her. Sakura thought that her little girl, was going to be healthy and strong, just like her, not sickly, weak and premature. But she didn’t have a choice in the matter. She wanted out and that was that.

She remembered when she told Naruto she was pregnant with their third child. He looked like he was going to fall right over, his heart had almost stopped and his face had gone a bit pale. This incited a worried reaction from her,

“What… you don’t want another child,” she said to him, concern dripping in her tone. Naruto, the great Hokage of Fire Nation’s Konohagakure, looked like he had been hit with a brick as his face drooped and he sighed a second time.

“Not if it’s like Jiraiya and bugging me all the time…. And bouncing off the walls…” he said, apparently over the years, the once energetic and tire-free ninja had grown mature and more steady. Sakura giggled, she thought he was going to say something serious for once, at least he still had that sense of humor.

Then when she found out that she was having complications with her pregnancy, her heart broke for the first time. She wanted a healthy little girl, but this was just the beginning of a long battle.

“Naruto, we need to talk,” she said as she placed her hands on her belly, she was only in the middle of her second trimester, but it was still too early.

Naruto was eating breakfast that morning, pancakes that Sakura had cooked, she didn’t eat anything, only because she was nauseas. He looked concerned, because he knew that worried look on her face all too well, he had come to learn what it meant over the years. This wasn’t good.

He scooted his chair closer to hers, and rubbed her back.

“What’s wrong?”

“I have what’s called preclampsia…” and with that Naruto tilted his head to the side and made a dumbfounded look.

“It’s not bad, at least, right now, it could get worse, and if it does, the baby will most likely come early… she won’t be healthy, she’ll be premature, and we won’t get to hold her right away…” she began to sob, she had such high hopes for her little girl, to be strong, so strong, and instead she was going to be so vulnerable. She began to explain what exactly the condition was to Naruto, who lacked a medical background. His dumbfounded look changed to a worried one and then finally a frightened one as he pulled his wife into his arms and comforted her. Here he was, Hokage, the greatest Ninja of all Konoha, his wife the best medical ninja around, and they were going to have to fight a battle they had no control over, they had to watch, and pray.

It got to the point where Sakura got too sick, she had to deliver her baby through a c-section, because she was too delicate a babe at only twenty-six and a half weeks old. It was the spring, late march, the peach blossoms in full bloom, and the skies clear. Sakura laid in bed for three days as she recovered from her emergancy c-section, she never got to hold her child, or see her.

Naruto however, did. And it shook his heart, his mind was broken as he failed to leave Sakura’s side and leave every two hours to check on the ward that held the delicate pink baby belonging to the Hokage and his wife. He would have felt better if Sakura was able to help, but she was recovering, and that just made him feel worse about the situation.

As she grew strong enough to climb out of bed with her husband’s help, Sakura would move to the ward, and sit watching her baby’s troubles breathing. Ino would visit with her son and comfort her best friend, but it was all up to her daughter’s will to live, to survive.

Somedays… she had thought it would have been better to tell her child it was okay to die, because it was so hard watching her struggle. She cried the first day she could touch her daughter tiny hand, Naruto rubbing her back at the same time. It was difficult, she didn’t think this was going to happen at all.

“Be strong my little warrior,” Naruto would whisper with his hand on the incubator.

Then the infection came.

Sakura was healthy enough to help her daughter heal, with the help of her chakra, its warmth and energy was familiar to the child so it was for the best. By now she was only a week old, and Sakura and Naruto had yet to decide upon a name, Naruto had one in mind, but for some reason Sakura didn’t want to hear it.

Two weeks had passed, the infection was conquered by their little warrior, and for the first time she got to hold her tiny child. By this time the peach blossoms were falling, and as Sakura looked out of the hospital ward’s window, she began to recall the story of a warrior born in the center of a peach. She looked to Naruto, and then to her child, as her baby breathed in heavily, and tightened her under developed fingers around Sakura’s index finger…. Her name came to mind.

“Momoko…” she whispered to her child.

Naruto looked up from his paper, to the sun shining on a smile upon his beautiful wife’s face.

“Did you say something?” he responded. Sakura turned to look at him.

“Remember the tale, of Momotaro?” she asked her husband. He nodded in response, he had remembered hearing it as a child.

“The boy who fell to earth from the heavens in the peach? And became a childless woman’s son, who went on to fight oni?” he summerized the tale. Sakura nodded, as she walked to the window and looked at the drifting peach blossoms.

“Momoko, let’s name her Momoko Tsunade, our little fighter…” she said with a tear dripping down her cheek. Naruto walked up to his wife and held his arms around her waist, peeked over her shoulder, and smiled at his newly named daughter.

“Inherited the will of fire, she has… Momoko…. Heh… Oh look, Sakura…. “ he said as he reached around at pointed out a small red hair on his child’s head, and then to the color of the blossoms on the tree that were falling, they matched perfectly. Although it was odd that the tree had such red blossoms, surely it was a sign.

“I think it suits her well…” he said as he planted a kiss on Sakura’s cheek, and stroked the tiny child’s head.
And so Sakura began to sing softly:

“Momotaro-san, momotaro-san, Okoshi ni tsuketa kibidango, Hitotsu watashi ni kudasai na? Agemasho, agemasho, Ima kara oni no seibatsu ni, Tsuite kuru nara agemashou.”

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My submission for the NaruSaku FC Next Gen Contest.

Sakura and her second child, and daughter: Momoko Tsunade.

My first attempt in a contest entry. I hope everyone likes it. *crosses her fingers* Also, I'm in love with the background. Overall I am very happy with this piece. I love it so much! I hope no one steals it.... T.T

Credits:

Haruno Sakura, and all things Naruto related (c) Masashi Kishimoto

Momoko Tsunade (c) Me, Lumasan

Awesome Sakura Brushes (c) Located here: [link]

Peace out everyone! Tchya!