Our Living Legacy

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SasuSaku Month 2017

Day 28: Hokage’s Desk

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Sarada was busy reading the weekly report when a knock came.

“Come in,” she announced, momentarily pausing from her work. She looked up to see who it was, and then she smiled widely upon seeing her visitors.

“Mama! Papa!”

Onyx eyes sparkled as she rushed to go to her parents. “What made you visit me?” she asked, after she hugged them.

“Is it wrong to see our very busy daughter?” Sasuke teased.

Their princess chuckled. “No, papa. But it’s already late.”

“We should say the same thing to you,” her mother replied. “Isn’t it time for you to come home?”

Sarada eyed the pile of paperwork on her desk. “There’s still a lot to be done, mama.”

Her parents looked at her with understanding. “Your papa and I were just strolling around, enjoying the night’s breeze. When we passed by around here, we decided to pay you a little visit.”

“And the visit is very much appreciated,” Sarada confirmed. After a few minutes more of chitchat, the couple decided to go back to their walk and let their daughter finish her job.

“Are you not lonely here?” Sakura asked with a worried tone as they turned to go to the door.

Sarada shook her head. “I’m fine, mama. Besides, I always have you guys with me.”

She took the picture frame from her desk, smiled a bit, and then showed it to her parents. It was the picture they had on the day Sarada became the hokage.

Sasuke and Sakura continued their stroll around the village, until they arrived at the bench near the gates of Konoha. They sat down, Sakura resting her head on Sasuke’s shoulder. Aside from the sounds of the nature’s night orchestra, they found contentment in their moment of peace.

“It’s been a month, but I still find it surreal that finally, Sarada reached her dream of being the hokage, Sasuke-kun. Sarada, our little girl, now Konoha’s leader…”

Both looked up towards the starry sky, the full moon illuminating the village. This place – the bench where a lot happened to the two of them – will forever hold its significance in their story.

“Uchiha Sarada… daughter of Uchiha Sasuke and Uchiha Sakura… the ninth hokage,” Sasuke proclaimed out loud, pride filling his chest. “She’s our living legacy, Sakura.”

She gave a proud smile of her own and intertwined their hands. “She sure is.”