KawaSara

"I'm aiming to become the 'Hokage' ... just like the Nanadaime. So if there's anything that troubles you...you can rely on me, so let me know whenever!"

- Sarada telling Kawaki he can rely on her, Chapter 28.

KawaSara is the het ship between Kawaki and Sarada Uchiha from the Naruto fandom.

Ao Arc
Sarada and Kawaki first meet while on a mission escorting Katasuke to search for Konohamaru who was sent to investigate a mysterious blimp crash. Kawaki is initially hostile towards her and the rest of team 7, believing them to be members of a mysterious group called Kara who he is on the run from, he refuses to hear them out on what they have to say.

Kawaki Arc
After being brought back to the village things take a really different turn in the anime vs the manga. In the manga Kawaki awakens in the hospital in Konoha and is greeted by Naruto who tells him he will be under his watch and living with him from now on.

In the anime Kawaki is taken to the Ninja Tech facility and confined to a room while they await Naruto to come make his decision on what to do with him. Sarada watches him intently on the monitor as Kawaki wakes up and starts banging on the door trying to break out. Katasuke says hes still too injured to be moving around so much and releases a gas into the room that knocks him out, much to Sarada's concern. Katasuke reassures her that he's fine and that it was only something to knock him out so he wouldnt hurt himself any further.

Sumire, Boruto, and Mitsuki later bring Kawaki food but he rejects it by violently kicking it was from Sumire, which enrages Boruto who grabs his shoulder and yells at him, squeezing it to the point Kawaki winces in pain. Mitsuki calls out for Boruto to stop which snaps him out of it and he apologizes and says he didnt mean to hurt him. They all leave and return to the room where Sarada is, who was watching the entire thing and scolds Boruto for going too far because Kawaki is still injured.

After Kawaki breaks out of the facility, everyone searches for him and he is eventually found strangling Sumire by team 7. The police force shows up and threaten to shoot Kawaki with fire, Sarada yells out for them to stop but they ignore her and fire anyway, however Kawaki is unaffected and quickly flees from the smoke. Sarada and Mitsuki catch up with Kawaki again who is surrounded by the police force once again who are threatening to fire. Sarada pleads for them not to shoot but they ignore her again and fire anyway.

After this everything plays out the same as the manga. He later meets Sarada after Naruto takes him out to buy a new vase to replace the one he broke and the two happen to run into Sarada buying Taiyaki and decide to stop and buy some for themselves. Kawaki is unfamiliar with the snack so Sarada suggests he tries the custard flavor, however Kawaki chooses to go with chocolate instead. Sarada decides to tag along with them and the two have many arguments along the way. One being where Sarada, seeing how good Kawaki says the chocolate Taiyaki is, asks him if she could have a bite since shes never tried the chocolate flavor before, however Kawaki rejects her request stating that its his and calls her an asshole, which irritates Sarada who calls him a rude jerk to herself.

Once at the flower shop their arguments only get more heated as when Kawaki randomly picks a vase rather than sincerely, Sarada scolds him telling him to take it more seriously and not just pick randomly. Kawaki shouts in her face to mind her business and that it has nothing to do with her but is cut off by Naruto who tells him the same as Sarada, to put more thought into for that is called sincerity. Kawaki calms down and decides to pick the same one he did before, as he liked the design and figured it would fit the room so thats what they buy. Ino offers him free flowers to add to the new vase but the sight of the stems triggers his ptsd from his time at Kara, specifically his trauma caused from Jigen, which causes him to drop the vase in fear. Kawaki starts to hyperventilate and apologizes for dropping the vase but Ino tells him that its alright. Sarada looks closely at Kawaki with concern, realizing now that theres more to him than she originally thought. After leaving the flower shop, Sarada tells Kawaki that she plans on becoming Hokage just like Naruto and that if hes ever troubled he can rely on her and let her know whenever. As she leaves, Kawaki asks Naruto what was that about and he tells him that it means their friends now.

In the anime Naruto takes Kawaki out to eat Ramen where he tells Kawaki that theres a trick to making food taste better, using the Taiyaki earlier as an example, he tells Kawaki that if he had let Sarada try the chocolate flavor one he had, then she would have let him have a bite of the custard one, and then he would have gotten to try two flavors instead of one. He tells him that friends share good things with eachother but Kawaki rejects this notion stating that he doesnt need friends, but Naruto just laughs and says that he'll understand someday.

After growing attached to the Uzumaki's, Kawaki begins to bond with others, one of which being Sarada. You can see the two training together as well as Sarada watching him from afar when he was training with Naruto and when he was playing cards with the boys. After Naruto was taken by Jigen, Sarada rushed to his and Kawaki's aid after learning they had been attacked. Sarada comforts Kawaki and opens up about her own past and her experience with Naruto, empathizing with him and explaining what type of person Naruto is and helping him understand why Naruto has been so kind to him. Kawaki listens to and looks at her the whole time, taking in everything she said. In the anime Sarada stops by Ino's flower shop to pick up flowers that Sakura had ordered for Sasuke, while there she asks Ino for a separate bouquet of lavender flowers. Ino asks if Sarada was getting them for a friend but Sarada just nervously gives a vague answer. After leaving Sarada says to herself that 'He'll probably think Im just being nosy ' referring to Kawaki, Ino confirms this by saying the flowers were for Kawaki and that the two seemed to be getting along alot better now. Sarada goes over to Naruto's house after dropping off the other bouquet to bring Kawaki the flowers she bought him, unfortunately he never received them because of all the chaos that ensued. During the Boro fight their bond only became stronger as Kawaki had full confidence in her abilities and leadership and depended on her to find Boros core to stop him from regenerating. Sarada also saved his life when Boro was about to kill him and Boruto. When Sarada used Chidori against Boro, Kawaki was visibly impressed with her skills. In the anime theres a moment before the attack that Kawaki looks back at Sarada and she nods at him, understanding what hes saying without the need for words. Before joining Boruto and Mitsuki to stall for time, Kawaki tells Sarada that hes counting on her.

After the fight every is back recovering at the hospital, Naruto goes to check on Kawaki and thanks him for saving him. However, Kawaki tells him he didnt do anything and that he should give his thanks to Sarada and Mitsuki instead. In the anime Shikadai and Inojin bring Taiyaki for him to eat because Chocho told them it was his favorite and tells him to choose whichever flavor he wants. Kawaki remembers Sarada recommending him the custard flavor so he chooses to try the custard one this time and ends up enjoying it alot. While alone in his room he thinks about all the bonds hes made thus far, one of which being Sarada as he contemplates leaving the village for their safety.

Path to Becoming a Ninja Arc
After watching the Chunin re-examination, Kawaki decides to take Naruto's offer and pursue becoming a genin through the series of D-rank missions Naruto gives him, but he fails every one due to his lack of teamwork. Naruto gives Kawaki one last chance at becoming a genin by sending him on a mission with Team 10, but Kawaki, discouraged from all his failures and fed up with everyones lecturing him, refuses and tells Naruto that he doesnt think hes suited to be a shinobi. Naruto protests this and tries to convince him to give it one last try but Kawaki declines and leaves. Later that night, Kawaki goes for a walk alone to clear his head when he notices Sarada training at the training grounds by herself. Kawaki approaches her and asks why shes still training despite becoming a chunin already, Sarada explains that she still has a long way to go and that she wants to go on lots of missions and become stronger so she can protect people the way Naruto does. Kawaki tells her that he doesnt want to do missions if he has to do them with people he doesnt like. Sarada explains that theres a limit to what he can do on his own and that the only way for him to get stronger is by doing missions and working together with his friends. She continues by saying that this is their village and that their able to work hard if its for the leaf and asks if Kawaki feels the same way, but Kawaki just gives a bitter smile and says he has no place he can call his village. He leaves off by saying he'll train too.

The next morning Kawaki meets up with Chocho and Shikadai just in time to leave out on their mission he had previously declined to take, but after talking with Sarada, he decides to give it one last shot.

Code Arc
Kawaki is anxious about Code possibly showing up at any minute and is getting impatient with team 7s slow training method. After a heated back and for with Boruto and Sarada scolding them for being disrupting, Mitsuki asks what Kawaki would suggest. Kawaki stands up and says its something simple he thinks they will all like as well and attacks Mitsuki who easily blocks the attack earning Kawaki's praise, he concludes that Kawaki wants to do actual combat training and says he's fine either way. Sarada tells them not to go making decisions on their own and reminds them she's the captain of their team. Kawaki explains his reasoning stemming from his time at Kara. He explains that Jigen's training was grueling combat drills and that everyday was hell and he wished he were dead, but since that wasnt an option he decided to get stranger to kill the bastard who was the source of his suffering and thats when he began to rapidly improve. It was at that point that he realized although Jigen was a bastard, his methods actually made sense and got results.

Sarada however disagrees with this and says its pretty extreme logic but Kawaki turns to her and tells her to stop whining and come at him because enemies wont just stand around. Kawaki then swings at her and she dodges, finally giving in seeing theres no reasoning with him, Sarada shoots a fireball at him which Kawaki easily blocks, then seemingly runs out of the smoke, Sarada throws shuriken at him which does hit him and makes him fall to the ground injured which shocks Sarada who thought he would've easily dodged that.

Taking advantage of her dropping her guard, the clone poofs and the real Kawaki appears behind her ready to strike but Boruto blocks his blade with his kunai, yelling at him for going too far. Kawaki says Boruto is overreacting and that they were just sparring, nobody was going to die. Boruto still yells at Kawaki that he's the one who needs to relax and asks him why he's so flustered but Sarada tells him that talking is pointless and that he needs to be taught by force. Boruto agree's but tells Sarada to stay out of it and that he'll be the one to settle things with Kawaki, which both shocks and angers Sarada that he too now is being stubborn and unreasonable. Mitsuki concludes that Boruto intends to decide the training method through their fight, winner does things their way and Kawaki agree's. Sarada is angry and frustrated by everyone still deciding things on their own and says she's surrounded by idiots.

After the fight is over and Boruto emerges the victor, Sarada breathes a sigh of relief and says hopefully they'll both stop being so rash now. Boruto tells Kawaki that he can understand what he's thinking now, he knows that Kawaki blames himself for everything thats happened and putting everyone in danger now and feels that its HIS responsibility to fix things but to not try and carry it all by himself. He tells him that their his friends and to lean on them more, he then explains that regardless of how they feel they cant just let the bad guys do whatever they want because as shinobi its their job to stop them. Kawaki concedes and agrees to do things their way but comments that Boruto's words would sound better coming from someone more reliable. Sarada is surprised that Kawaki actually admitted defeat though.

Despite having that talk with them Kawaki still decides to go after Code alone to beg him to spare Konoha and Naruto, but Code laughs in his face at his request, finding it hard to believe that Kawaki would approach him just to beg for his friends and Naruto's life in exchange for his. Code then begins to brutally beat Kawaki and berates him for making such a request, saying that he is going to carry out his revenge on them no matter what, but Kawaki once again begs Code not to harm Konoha or Naruto, which infuriates Code even more and he starts beating him again.

After a long overnight battle between Code, Boruto, Naruto, Shikamaru, and Kawaki, they all return home with an unconscious Kawaki and a recently killed and revived Boruto. The dust doesnt settle for long because Code makes another attack this time through Shikamaru to get to Amado to get his limiters off but Shikamaru did this intentionally to lure him out. Unfortunately he wasnt aware of Ada who is helping Code that she reveals is because she likes Kawaki, Shikamaru decides to use this to his advantage and offers her a chance to meet Kawaki in exchange for her cutting ties with Code. Before she can come a decision she senses Kawaki is on his way and quickly leaves with Code and Amado through his claw mark, but thanks Shikamaru for his offer.

Ada betrays Code after she keeps her word of helping him get his limiters removed and accepts Shikamaru's offer and agrees to work with Amado on negotiating the terms. Amado calls Shikamaru and tells him the situation which puts Shikamaru in a tough spot who didnt have time to think the whole thing through. Regardless, he calls team 7 to the Hokage office to discuss their new mission, but first goes over the current situation with Boruto and Kawaki as the now 'two bomb brats' who are both a huge threat to the leaf now because of their karma's. Kawaki takes offense, thinking that Shikamaru is implying something and tells him to just come out and say it but Sarada tells him to calm down and that Shikamaru is just stating the facts of the current state of Konoha, Kawaki just looks at her in silence but heeds her words and doesnt press further.

Shikamaru continue's to explain the mission which is essentially for Boruto and Kawaki to live together with Ada and her brother, much to their displeasure, they ask why and Shikamaru then reveals its because they arent affected by her enchanting ability but also because she has a crush on Kawaki, which only disgusts him further, saying that he'd rather just take his chances with Code.

Sarada then pieces together that the real purpose of the plan is surveillance which Shikamaru confirms it is, Boruto and Kawaki will monitor from the inside while Sarada and Mitsuki will monitor from the outside and react accordingly. Once everything is set up, everybody goes to their positions and waits.

Once Ada arrives and is settled in, Kawaki bluntly asks her why she was working with Code but doesnt really get a response, Kawaki pieces together that Code wouldnt spare him without something in exchange which he accurately deduces was Boruto, Ada once again doesnt respond which confirms Kawaki's suspicion. Kawaki is disgusted by this, saying that as always people who want something from him are unreasonable. Ada then loses patience and says theres too many boys here and demands for Sarada and Sumire to come there which surprises Boruto and Kawaki.

Once Sarada and Sumire are there they go alone in a room with Ada while Kawaki and Boruto watches from the couch outside, Boruto asks if he thinks they'll be ok and Kawaki says that if she tried anything shady they'd just kill her.

Chūnin Re-Examination Arc

 * The only fight Kawaki was invested in and watching intently was Sarada's.
 * Kawaki looks visibly concerned after the explosion from Sarada and Chocho's final attack, until it was revealed Sarada was ok and the victor.
 * Shinki asks Kawaki if Sarada's fight was worth watching like he said it would be, but Kawaki neither confirms or denies it and instead lets out an annoyed grumble, not wanting to admit Shinki was right.

Path to Becoming a Ninja Arc

 * After Kawaki is hospitalized, Chocho asks Sarada where Kawaki is. Having already checked on him prior to visiting her, Sarada told her that he would be fine in about two days rest.

Great Sea Battle of Kirigakure Arc

 * Seeing Kawaki so excited by seeing the ocean for the first time, Sarada tells him he would enjoy it even more out on deck, unbeknownst to them that Kawaki would get seasick. Sarada comments it was an unexpected weakness.
 * Seeing Kawaki is exhausted from the boat ride, Sarada tells him to stay behind and rest. Kawaki agrees to do so and apologizes.
 * When debris is coming straight for them after an explosion, Kawaki protects Sarada, along with Mitsuki and Katasuke by knocking it away.
 * When Sarada is panicking over Katasuke's injuries, Kawaki calms her down and reminds her of her role as captain and that shes no good to them if she panics, which helps her regain her composure.
 * Kawaki throws a fit when having to get back on the boat and attempts to get off but Sarada and Mitsuki hold him back. Sarada attempts to calm him down by promising to buy him Taiyaki and threatening to tell Naruto.
 * When Boruto was worried about Sarada and Mitsuki taking so long to return to the ship as promised, Kawaki was confident Sarada and Mitsuki were fine and could handle it.
 * Kawaki shows sympathy for Sarada's position as captain when discussing what to do about the upcoming war between the Funato and the Mist, saying that being captain seems like a real drag.
 * Sarada was concerned for Kawaki when he suddenly started going berserk because of a strange leech on his neck.
 * Kawaki warned Sarada that this is a battlefield and if she doesnt wanna die she should think about herself first.
 * Sarada was disappointed when Kawaki abruptly left and asked to be left alone after arguing with Boruto, she then scolded Boruto and told him not to get into fights there.
 * Sarada agreed with Naruto that Boruto should patch things up with Kawaki, even going as far as to intervene herself to speed up the process.

Code Arc

 * Boruto tells Kawaki in the manga that despite not being a ninja yet, he, Mitsuki, and Sarada already consider him a part of team 7 and a precious friend.
 * Sarada was surprised and disturbed by Shikamaru's cohabitation plan and Ada's crush on Kawaki.

Labyrinth Game Arc

 * Kawaki and Sarada work together on finding clues about Boruto's whereabouts.
 * When Kawaki tries to save Mitsuki and gets covered by paper seals, Sarada is concerned and calls his name.
 * When Kawaki breaks free from the seals, Sarada scolds him for setting himself on fire, but Kawaki smiles and says it wasnt the first time he's done so.

Behind the scenes
Kawaki's english voice actor says his favorite characters are Kawaki and Sarada. He elaborates saying that its refreshing seeing a female member of the team thats genuinely a smart and capable badass, he also says she looks cool.

Fanon
grew in popularity when chapter 28 released, and then skyrocketed when Sarada had her personal talk with him in chapter 39 and then their teamwork in the Boro fight quickly garnered a ton of support amongst fans. Fans often claim that the two share many similarities with SasuSaku, sharing the same red and blue color scheme, being the rival/future enemy of the mc and the main heroine, and the two having a rocky start but slowly becoming good friends over time. Its recently been mentioned by Boruto that Sarada see's Kawaki as a precious friend, in one of Sasuke's early databooks it describes Sakura as a precious friend, only furthering their similarities.

The anime has only added to their popularity even more with its many new additions, such as Sarada personally buying a separate bouquet of flowers for Kawaki, Sarada smiling gently at Kawaki as she comforts him and opens up to him about her past, Kawaki holding her hand the entire time he's explaining to her how to defeat Boro, Kawaki looking back at her and Sarada understanding what he's saying without words similar to another anime only scene between Sasuke and Sakura who also communicated the same way without words, the Taiyaki scene in the hospital where Kawaki remembers Sarada telling him to try the custard flavor he initially rejected but now he tries it and ends up enjoying it alot, Kawaki thinking of Sarada as one of the bonds he's made and wants to protect now. All of these additions have only added to the fandoms growth and popularity.

Many in the fandom admire the twos friendship and see potential for them to become more in the future as the context between Kawaki's betrayal is still unknown, many fans believe it may not even be truly Kawaki who destroyed the village, while others believe he did but with good intentions. Theres a variety of theories on WHY he's switched sides but the end belief is always the same which is that no matter the reasoning, Sarada isnt going to give up on him, the same way her mother didnt give up on her father. This is backed up by the fact that Sarada has said in the past that she doesnt want to be the type of Hokage who would sacrifice a friend for the sake of the village, and in one of the novels its said that Sarada wants to be like Naruto, someone who fights for and saves others. So many in the fanbase believe she will be able to forgive Kawaki in the end and will fight to save him.

Not everyone ships them romantically but do admire their relationship as friends and teammates. Some even believed the two would develop somewhat of a rivalry for Naruto's attention since Sarada did show some envy towards Kawaki receiving special treatment from Naruto, and then in the anime during their fight with Boro the two were arguing over who was going to save Naruto. Some fans see Sarada as being like a second Naruto figure for Kawaki as she aspires to be a Hokage like Naruto and he often listens to her and approaches her for advice that he doesnt do for anyone else, and in some cases like in episode 228, not even Naruto.

Their main rival pairings are BoruSara, MitsuSara, KawaSumi, and KawaHima. Fans who ship KawaSara often tend to support BoruSumi or BoruMitsu and vice versa. KawaSara is shipped mostly by SasuSaku fans who see similarities between the two, but it also has support from other fanbases as well, such as MitsuSara, NaruSaku, BoruSara, and some NaruHina fans have also expressed their support.

Fandom
FAN FICTION

TUMBLR
 * KawaSara Week posts on Tumblr
 * KawaSara Week posts on Tumblr

TWITTER
 * KawaSara week hashtag on Twitter
 * KawaSara week hashtag on Twitter

WIKIS
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Trivia

 * In the article for Naruto To Boruto The Live 2019 Sarada and Kawaki are seen together advertising the event.
 * Naruto considers Sarada as Kawaki's first friend.
 * Sarada was the first person besides Naruto to see the immense trauma Kawaki was dealing with and to try and comfort him.
 * Kawaki and Sarada both didn't have proper father figures throughout most of their life and both viewed Naruto as their ideal father figure.
 * Kawaki and Sarada were both saved and inspired by Naruto and want to be like him.
 * Kawaki and Sarada both relate and understand eachother on a deep and personal level when it comes to their feelings for Naruto.
 * In two official arts Kawaki and Sarada have both been shown wearing red Camellias. In the Naruto/Boruto x Tokyo Hyakki Yakou New Popup Shop Kawaki was depicted as an Oni wearing a big red Camellia on his shirt. On the 2022 New Years card of the Uchiha family, Sarada is shown wearing a big red Camellia Kanzashi. In Japan, red camellias symbolize love.
 * On the same card Sarada is wearing a Yukata with a Yagasuri pattern in the complimentary colors red and green, which happens to be the colors associated with Kawaki and Sarada. The Yagasuri pattern symbolizes goodluck for weddings and other ceremonies.
 * In the recent new Boruto Naruto Next Generations visual, Kawaki and Sarada are seen running together side by side.
 * In the recent Borutage card titled 'Cherry Blossom Season' you can see Sarada sitting near Kawaki as their both holding Sakura Mochi. Sarada is sitting with the box of Sakura Mochi implying that shes the one who brought them and shared one with Kawaki.FQV8 dVXwAkYYwS.jpg
 * In the newest 2022 spring illustration Sarada is sitting by her parents next to Kawaki who is playing cards with Boruto. The photo showcased all the children with their families sitting together under the cherry blossoms, yet Kawaki is over by the Uchiha's rather than the Uzumaki's.
 * Kawaki and Sarada both have an affinity for fire style jutsu. Its believed Sarada is the one who taught him fire style jutsu, since she is the only one he's trained with who uses fire release.
 * In the manga the first time Kawaki ever calls Sarada by name is in chapter 38 when she goes to Naruto's house to help them, however the first time Kawaki calls Sarada by name in the anime is in episode 207 during the Boro fight.
 * Kawaki in the anime commonly calls Sarada nosy similar to how Sasuke often used to call Sakura annoying in the past.
 * The panel used for Sarada in Jumputi Heroes is from chapter 28 where Sarada tells Kawaki he can rely on her and come to her whenever hes troubled.
 * KawaSara is the most written Kawaki ship on both AO3 and Fanfiction.net.
 * KawaSara is currently the most popular Kawaki ship.FbL3 dQUIAAvJUc.jpg
 * In the new summer festival art 2022, Sarada and Kawaki are next to eachother watching goldfish together, the fish happen to be the same colors associated with Sakura, Sasuke, and Naruto (pink, blue, and orange) which may explain their enthusiasm when seeing them. Sarada is also wearing red carnations in her hair, the same flower she was shown buying for Kawaki in ending 16 which were later shown to be placed in the vase he had fixed.
 * There's 2 seasonal illustrations now where Kawaki and Sarada are featured alongside her parents, in the spring art all the children were shown to be with their families yet Kawaki was next to Sarada and her parents, now the summer art she and Kawaki are together again near two fish that resemble her parents.
 * In the new Naruto & Boruto pop up shop art Kawaki is next to Sarada holding two crepes while Sarada is holding heart balloons.
 * Kawaki and Sarada share alot of flower symbolism, mainly with red carnations and camellias which both symbolize love, but their also featured with cherry blossoms as well. The chapter they became friends was titled 'flowers' while the episode was titled 'flower vase'. Sarada is referred to as the 'scarlet spring' while Kawaki is symbolic of a broken vase which flowers are used to fill. In the anime Sarada actually buys Kawaki a separate bouquet of flowers at the same time she's picking up a bouquet of flowers Sakura ordered for her husband.

Variations

 * KawaSaraMitsu refers to the ship between the two and Mitsuki