SasuSaku

"I'll see you again when I come back... and thank you"

- Sasuke's farewell to Sakura (Chapter 699)

SasuSaku is the het ship between Sasuke Uchiha and Sakura Haruno from the Naruto fandom.

Academy
Sasuke and Sakura have known each other since they were six-year-olds and attended the Ninja Academy together. Sakura quickly developed a crush on Sasuke after seeing him eating alone — initially entranced by his good looks and calm, collected attitude. When Sakura's best friend, Ino Yamanaka, also developed a crush on Sasuke, they becsme rivals to compete for his attention. After hearing rumors that Sasuke likes girls with long hair, she allowed her hair to grow longer.

For his part, Sasuke was not interested in Sakura due to his goal to pursue and kill his older brother Itachi in revenge for murdering their clan. However, when six-year-olds Sakura tried to confess her love to Sasuke (she failed), Sasuke asked her "Who are you?", she was so embarassed and run away.

Prologue — Land of Waves
At 12 years old, Sasuke and Sakura graduate from the academy and Sakura is angry at Naruto for accidentally ‘stealing’ Sasuke’s first kiss from her. They are placed on a team with Naruto; Sakura is happy to be with Sasuke but he is indifferent. Afterwards, Sakura talks with Sasuke, who is actually Naruto disguised as him. She thinks Sasuke is the one who praise her large forehead, which is the reason she is bulied at academy. That line touched her, make her blush and very happy. Then she admits she wants to have Sasuke's acknowledge and attempts to kiss him, but Naruto runs away because of a stomachache.

The real Sasuke meets Sakura after he escapes by untying the ropes, asks her where is Naruto. Sakura was surprised by Sasuke's change of subject after they had almost kissed and said "who care about Naruto right now". She thinks all Naruto does is fight with Sasuke, do whatever he wants and he is lucky for being alone, and she says that if she did everything Naruto did to seek attention her parents would get mad at her. Sasuke, who is also an orphan, is offended and coldly calls her annoying for not understanding what Naruto goes through because she has a family. This statement made Sakura freeze but she quickly realized how harsh she had been and attempts to be nicer to Naruto in the future.

Their teacher, Kakashi, administers the bell test to prove their worthiness but Sakura tries to stay closer to Sasuke, who tries to act on his own. Kakashi tricks Sasuke and buries him chest down underground and Sakura, who sees only his head, faints in shock. When she wakes up, he is beside her and she hugs him, even though he tells her not to. She then suggests they give up but Sasuke refuses and she decides to keep going as well. Kakashi berates them for their flaws, starting with Sakura’s obsession with Sasuke and Sasuke’s refusal to work with others. All three later pass the test when Sakura and Sasuke disobey orders to feed Naruto.

During their first mission at the Land of Waves, they are ambushed by shinobi and Sasuke stands in front of Sakura, which surprises her but she praises him. During their tree-climbing test, Sasuke is surprised that Sakura easily reached the top of the tree, but acts indifferent. He later sees her give Naruto advice on what to do, which makes him curious. During the battle against Haku and Zabuza, Sasuke hears Sakura scream and is alarmed she is in danger. She also notices Sasuke is not with Naruto and finds his lifeless body, which devastates her and makes her break into tears, even though she recites the #34 rule that a shinobi must not show emotion. When he wakes up, she is so relieved that he is alive that she tightly hugs him and he comments how heavy she is.

Chūnin Exam Arc
When the team is offered the chance to participate in the Chūnin Exams, Sakura is hesitant but agrees. Sasuke notices something is different about her. He later praises her ability to see through genjutsu when some boys mock the team and confirms this statement, which makes Sasuke smirk. During a match against Rock Lee, Sasuke is easily defeated and Sakura rushes to care for him. Sakura later expresses jealousy at Zion for jumping on Sasuke, who is dismayed at Ino.

During the Chūnin Exams, Orochimaru uses genjutsu to frighten Sasuke and Sakura before attempting to kill them. Sasuke overcomes his fear and rescues Sakura. Orochimaru then inflicts Sasuke with the cursed seal and Sasuke undergoes intense pain while Sakura tries to comfort him. He collapses in her arms. With Naruto and Sasuke unconscious, Sakura is forced to protect them by herself when more ninja show up to attack them and fights the Sound Ninja in battle despite being in disadvantage. Sasuke eventually awakens with his cursed mark and, upon seeing Sakura beaten, demands to know who hurt her. One of the ninja mockingly confesses and Sasuke begins brutally beating him. Sakura is terrified to see him behaving like this and begs him to stop while hugging him from behind. Sasuke then comes to his senses and deactivates his cursed mark. He looks at her as she tries to explain away why she cut her hair. While recuperating, Sasuke and Naruto catch fish to eat but Sasuke demands more than the three they have. Sakura asks Sasuke to start a fire and he says three will be enough before leaving, much to Naruto’s dismay. Upon reaching the tower, Sakura helps carry Sasuke, who tells her that he is okay. Later, she tries to convince him to forfeit because of the cursed seal causing him pain but he warns her not to tell anybody about his cursed mark.

Konoha Crush Arc
During the battle against Gaara, Sakura stands up for Sasuke after he feels pain again but she is outmatched and Gaara pins her to a tree with his sand, slowly crushing her. Sasuke tells Naruto to save Sakura no matter what because he doesn’t want to lose another person dear to him again. As Naruto and Gaara fight, Sakura is freed and Sasuke rescues her, and makes sure she is alright before going to find Naruto.

During Naruto's training with Kakashi, Sakura and Sasuke are shown watching the latter. Turning to Sasuke, Sakura begins to thank Sasuke for saving her from Gaara but is quickly dismissed when Sasuke confesses it was Naruto. Turning to Naruto, Sakura gives Naruto a genuine smile, not noticing the jealous scowl on Sasuke's face. The two along with the rest of Konoha would later attend the Hokage's Funeral. The two are seen standing together throughout the whole session.

Search for Tsunade Arc
After a run-in with Itachi, Sasuke is hospitalized and Tsunade revives him. She notices fresh flowers by his bed and realizes Sakura has been visiting him every day. When he wakes up, Sakura tearfully hugs him and, for once, Sasuke doesn't push her away and accepts her gesture.

Sasuke Recovery Mission Arc
However, Sasuke becomes consumed with rage at Naruto for seemingly surpassing him and starts lashing out when Sakura tries caring for him. He demands a fight from Naruto and Sakura tries unsuccessfully talking them out of it. During the fight, she runs in the center to stop them but both realize they can’t pull back in time. Kakashi arrives to stop the fight instead. Kakashi gives Sasuke a lecture that sacrificing the bonds he has now to avenge those he lost will bring nothing but loneliness and dissatisfaction. Sasuke thinks about his bond with Sakura and Naruto, and almost considers giving up his revenge until he is defeated by the Sound Ninja and offered to get power from Orochimaru.

Sasuke agrees and begins leaving Konoha. Sakura, who suspected he might abandon the village, finds him walking to the village’s gates. He asks her why she is out late and tells her to go home. Sakura asks him why he keeps to himself and he replies his business is not her concern. She talks about how she knows he hates her but, since they became a team, they have had fun together and seeking revenge won’t bring him closure. Sasuke agrees and adds he could have chosen peace but decides to continue pursuing revenge. Sakura confesses she loves him and pleads for him to stay, and asks that she go with him as long as she can be there for him. After a silent moment, Sasuke turns around and calls her annoying. She then threatens to alert the village of his betrayal but he sneaks behind her and knocks her out before thanking her. He then sets her on a bench before leaving.

The next morning, Sakura realizes Sasuke is gone and goes to Naruto, tearfully begging him to bring Sasuke back. When Naruto fails and is left hospitalized, Sakura is saddened but resolves to get stronger so they can rescue him together. She begins training with the Fifth Hokage to protect her teammates.

Kazekage Rescue Mission Arc
Two-and-a-half years later, Sakura remains saddened by Sasuke’s and so is Naruto. Kakashi tries to avoid saying Sasuke's name to prevent her students from sulking. When the Kazekage, Gaara, is kidnapped by the Akatsuki, the reunited Team 7 go to Suna with Temari to rescue him. In Suna, Sakura joins Chiyo and fights Sasori. The enemy reveals that he used to be Orochimaru's partner and, upon hearing this, Sakura finds new strength to beat Sasori and get to Sasuke.

Tenchi Bridge Reconnaissance Mission
When Team 7 meet their new member, Sai, Sasuke replacement, Sakura and Naruto notice how similar he is to Sasuke physically. Naruto says that Sasuke is a million times cooler and Sakura agrees. However, Sai has tendencies to bad mouth Sasuke for betraying his teammates and his village, prompting Sakura to beat Sai for his behavior against Sasuke. When she finally reunites with Sasuke, she is shocked by how much he has changed physically and emotionally. Not only has he grown much stronger but he is as callous and brutal as before. Sasuke calls ber name but, overall, seems indifferent upon seeing her and says he chose to sever his bond with her and Naruto because it made him weak, which saddens her. He demonstrates his callousness by attacking Naruto, Sai, and Yamato. Sakura attempts to stop him and he prepares to counterattack before Yamato stops him. Sasuke then prepares to kill them all before Orochimaru and Kabuto convince him to spare them. After Sasuke leaves, Sakura cries at their failure and she expresses concern of what Sasuke went through to get stronger.

Five Kage Summit
Cloud Ninja confront Sakura and Naruto about Sasuke joining the Akatsuki and kidnapping Killer B. Both refuse to believe it until the Cloud Ninja show proof. Sakura breaks into tears. After Sai tells her that Naruto loves her and is hurting himself to fulfill his promise to her, Sakura is guilt-stricken and feigns affection to Naruto while asking to give up the promise. Naruto sees through her lie and says he is not keeping his promise to her but he wants to save Sasuke for his own reasons. Sai then tells Naruto that Sakura plans to kill Sasuke, which horrifies Naruto because Sakura truly loves Sasuke. Sai explains Sakura loves Sasuke so much that she doesn’t want to watch him walk a path of evil and wants to free him even it means killing him. Sakura finds Sasuke about to kill his comrade, Karin, and tells him she wants to join him. He is suspicious of her and asks her to kill Karin to prove her loyalty. Sakura is shocked by his coldness and says he is not the same Sasuke anymore. She feigns attempting to kill Karin so she can kill Sasuke but Karin warns her that Sasuke is about to attack her; she turns and sees him about to stab her with Chidori. Kakashi saves her and he is shocked that Sasuke did try to kill her. He sends Sakura away with Karin to heal her while he fights with Sasuke. Sakura cries and decides to finish with her plan. However, before she can stab him from behind, Sakura breaks down and hesitates. Sasuke grabs her throat and is about to stab her until Naruto rescues her. After agreeing to fight later with Naruto, Sasuke leaves.

Sasuke travels to complete his first mission with Akatsuki: capturing the Eight Tails jinchūriki. Overwhelmed by the sheer power of a perfect jinchūriki, Sasuke finds the motivation to save his new teammates in thinking about Team 7.

Fourth Shinobi World War: Confrontation
Initially in the Third Division: Intermediate-range battle unit, Sakura helps Shizune manage the Medical Division and Logistical Support Division, where she meets a Stone Ninja, Morio, who gives her a love letter. She politely rejects him because she is in love with someone else. After he leaves, Sakura thinks of Sasuke, confirming she still loves him.

Fourth Shinobi World War: Climax
During the battle against the Ten Tails, Sasuke unexpectedly shows up, much to Sakura’s shock. He seems a bit surprised to see her as well but both acknowledge each other. Like the others, she is baffled when Sasuke announces he will become Hokage to change the world. Sasuke and Naruto prepare to head into battle when Sakura tells them that she will join with them because she is also a member of Team 7. During the battle, Sakura uses her superhuman strength to descrate the area, which impresses Sasuke and he smirks. He and Naruto then save her when the Ten Tails' clones try to attack her. She thanks Sasuke, which irritates Naruto. When told by Sai that Sasuke can't be trusted, Sakura replies she is happy he is back and smiles. Sai says her words are genuine but her smile is fake.

Birth of the Ten Tails Jinchūriki
During the battle against Madara, Kakashi reflects how much his students have changed. He notes Sakura‘s feelings for Sasuke have changed, she still loves him but on a different level and continues to try to save him despite his attempt to kill her, and Sasuke’s goal was to kill Itachi, but with him gone now, there is no telling what his goal is now. When Madara appears, Sakura tries attacking him but is stabbed, prompting Naruto and Sasuke to act quickly. However, because it was Naruto who grabbed her, Sakura wonders if Sasuke cares about her. Sasuke then shields the team when Madara activates the Infinite Tsukuyomi. Sakura asks what is going on but Sasuke tells her not to worry because she can’t do anything.

Kaguya Ōtsutsuki Strikes
When Kaguya is resurrected and teleports everyone to a lava dimension, Naruto tells Sasuke to save Sakura and Kakashi but, after quickly glancing at them, he saves Naruto, who sees Kakashi saved himself and Sakura already. Sakura is sad when Sasuke says only he and Naruto must survive to seal Kaguya away but Naruto remembers that Sasuke once said his body tends to move on its own.

Sasuke is teleported to a sand dimension and Sakura, with Obito’s help, tries to rescue him despite putting a strain herself. When she thinks she failed, she begins to collapse but Sasuke catches her and the two stare into each other’s eyes. Sasuke explains he used his Rinnegan to switch places with her discarded jacket and thanks her and Obito. Sakura watched the fight with Kaguya from afar and is almost attacked. Sasuke is about to save her when Kakashi does it instead. Sakura then hits Kaguya to hold her down so Naruto and Sasuke can seal her away. As Kaguya is being sealed, Sakura calls out to Sasuke, who says they need to get far away. After returning to their world and being thanked by Hagoromo for saving the world, Sasuke and Sakura look at each other.

However, Sasuke announces his plan to kill the five Kage and the tailed beasts so he can initiate revolution for the greater good. Sakura and the others are horrified. As Sasuke leaves for a final clash with Naruto, Sakura, devastated and angry, tells Sasuke that she can’t do anything for him but she still loves him and asks if there is still a small space in his heart for her if he ever cared for her. Sasuke stops and looks at her with a smirk, calls her annoying and knocks her out with genjutsu. Naruto condemns Sasuke who says she would have gotten in the way of their fight. Kakashi says Sakura only wanted to save him and Sasuke retorts he and Sakura have no reason to love each other. Kakashi replies only hate needs a reason and loving Sasuke is breaking her heart. Sasuke goes silent briefly and replies it’s part of their failed past, and leaves with Naruto.

When Sakura wakes up and learns Sasuke and Naruto are fighting, she rushes to the battlefield. She finds them rurally beaten and both lost an arm. She begins healing them and Sasuke tells her not to mind him but she tells him to shut up so that she can concentrate. Sasuke, having redeemed himself, is guilt-stricken for what has done to her and apologizes. Sakura asks him what he's sorry for, and he replies, "Everything." Sakura breaks down in tears and calls him an idiot. The three teenagers then happily reconcile.

Blank Period
After the war ends, Sasuke spends some time in prison for his crimes and is granted a pardon on the grounds of his contributions to ending the war. He then decides to leave for a journey to see the world and decide his future. Sakura asks if she can come with him but he declines because she has nothing to do with his sins, much to her disappointment. Sasuke then pokes her forehead while smiling and promises to see her again, and thanks her, which leaves her flustered and shocked that he reciprocates her feelings.

Shikamaru Hiden: A Cloud Drifting in Silent Darkness
While Sakura and Naruto conversed about Shikamaru's recent behavior, Sakura said she was too busy creating an organization within the Shinobi Union to listen to Naruto's problems. Sakura told him to talk to Hinata about it since they had become closer and Naruto teases Sakura asking her if she's jealous. Sakura smacked Naruto in the head and confirmed that she had Sasuke.

The Last: Naruto The Movie
For a school assignment, Iruka instructs his class to write down the name of the person they would want to be with should the world end. The young Sakura turns to look at an uninterested Sasuke, blushing and tries to cover her answer from Sasuke.

In the present, Sakura encourages Hinata's relationship with Naruto. Hinata is confused about the support and questions Sakura why she has so much faith in them. Reminiscing about Sasuke, Sakura tells Hinata that girls need to support each other. Shikamaru, Sai, Sakura and Naruto, together with Hinata per her personal request, are tasked with the mission to save Hanabi Hyūga, the heiress of the Hyūga clan, from Toneri Ōtsutsuki. During their travels they fall into genjutsu placed by Toneri and, indicated in the novel, Sakura sees a gently smiling Sasuke and keeps beckoning her over. Acknowledging genjutsu, Sakura says "This is not the Sasuke I know" and breaks the illusion, saving her teammates too.

When she was resting after giving him most of her chakra, Sakura and Naruto have a conversation. He is distraught at Hinata's apparent rejection of him and Sakura comforts him, noting that Hinata may have something up her sleeve. Sakura admits that she understands Hinata's feelings well, stating that when someone truly falls in love, their feelings don't change so easily. Sakura thinks of Sasuke, who is shown gazing at the moon.

Sakura Hiden: Thoughts of Love, Riding Upon a Spring Breeze
Over the next two years, Sasuke and Sakura maintain a long distance relationship, which Sakura grows used to but she is frustrated that she has no contact with him. As Sakura stayed in traveled to deliver speeches about her new mental health clinic to Suna's medical team, she learns from Gaara that rumors spread of someone who was matching the description of Sasuke was conspiring to destroy Konoha. Sakura confides these secrets in Naruto, who hypothesizes that Sasuke found the rumors ridiculous to give them any attention with put Sakura at ease.

While investigating with Ino and Sai, Sakura was captured by Kido Tsumiki who was impersonating Sasuke. Kido targeted Sakura to draw out Sasuke due to their relationship he planned to kill Sakura so he can strengthen Sasuke' Sharingan which in turn that he would make his synthetic Sharingan stronger. Sasuke gets the messages that mentions that Sakura has been captured, he immediately returns to the village. Sakura fights most of her captors, Sasuke finishes off the few remaining of her captors with fire and genjutsu. Sasuke leaves that saddens Sakura that he didn't leave without saying hello. But it made Sakura happy that Sasuke does care about her enough to rush back to the village to save her.

At the end of the novel, it was hinted that Sasuke returns to the village to be with Sakura when he states that "I'm home, Sakura" to which she says "Welcome home, Sasuke".

Sasuke Shinden: Book of Sunrise
When Chino told Sasuke that he always had someone who loved him despite his actions, the first person Sasuke thought of was Sakura. As Sakura was examining one of the Exploding Humans to discover a cure, Kakashi mentioned they needed someone with good eyes in charge of the mission; meaning Sasuke. Sakura was surprised to hear it and smiled in hopes to see him again. Afterwards, Sakura was disappointed that Sasuke still didn't return to the village after turning Chino over to the authorities. In a conversation with Naruto, Sakura was happy that Sasuke is making significant atonements but she wishes she was by his side. She became embarrassed of what she said and punched Naruto.

In novel, when Sasuke is told that a group of medical-nin from Konoha will treat the injured at the Coliseum, he acknowledged Sakura as a ninja people count on. At the end, Sasuke received a letter from Naruto that mentions Sakura remembering his childhood dream of joining the Konoha Military Police Force. As a result, Sasuke decided his home is with Sakura in Konoha and makes the decision to return to the village to be with her. In collaboration with Sakura Hiden, Sasuke met with Sakura as he returned to the village and Sakura happily greeted him saying "Welcome home, Sasuke."

Konoha Hiden: The Perfect Day for a Wedding
In the anime, Sakura attended Naruto and Hinata's wedding, but a feeling of sadness creeped into her to see Shikamaru with Temari and Sai with Ino. She saw Sasuke's hawk flying towards her and read a note he sent to her. The note said "congratulations", causing Sakura to happily blush and say his name as she looked at the sky. At the same time, Sasuke stopped walking and turned his head, smiling, before resuming his traveling.

Epilogue
Some time later, Sasuke briefly returns to the village Sakura asks him to join his travels, and they begin a journey together. According to Sakura, their first date lasted for two minutes. They eventually get married and Sakura becomes pregnant of Sarada, who is born in one of Orochimaru's hideouts with the help of Karin. The family returns to Konoha and live together for a couple of years. Sasuke and Sakura also teach Sarada to walk.

After Naruto became Hokage, Sakura and Sasuke both attend a Five Kage summit. Sasuke informs the Kage about uncovering evidence of Kaguya forming a White Zetsu Army in order to face a greater threat. Sasuke went to other dimensions to get information about Kaguya and her White Zetsu Army. When Sasuke uncovered evidence of an enemy far greater than Kaguya, he had to leave for a long-term mission. Sakura supported his duties leading Sakura to raise Sarada on her own. Over the years, Sarada asked where her father was and if he cared about her, and Sakura did her best to assure that Sasuke did love her and he would come home once his mission was over, explaining the exact reason to why he couldn't come home yet was because they were important to him. As time passed, Sakura raises Sarada and stays close with her childhood friends, and Sarada got to know the respective children of her parents' friends.

Academy Entrance Arc
A few years later, Sasuke meets with Naruto to receive a scroll and Naruto asks Sasuke why he won't visit the village. Sasuke doesn't respond and asks Naruto to give Sakura a message, which is that Sasuke is sorry for everything, and quickly leaves.

Sarada Uchiha Arc
Due to Sarada's Academy graduation nearing, Sarada becoming jealous that her classmates had the opportunity to train with their fathers, leading Sarada ask Sakura about her father Sasuke. Sasuke and Sakura reunite over when Sarada and Chōchō went with Naruto to Ridge Tower to met with Sasuke, she arrive when Naruto and Sasuke where battling Shin Uchiha. Sakura gets captured during the battle when she pushed Sarada out of the way from getting taken. Naruto, Sasuke, Sarada, and Chōchō went to Orochimaru to obtain information about Shin. When Orochimaru predicted by the time they get to Shin's hideout, she would already be dead. Sasuke debuffs this statment by saying that she isn't weak. When they get to Shin's hideout they found Sakura fighting Shin. Both Sasuke and Sakura watch in amazement when Sarada takes down Shin's spying creature.

Later they would return to Konoha, they would have a family photo together, they later moved to a new apartment, they had a meal together where Sakura reveals to Sarada that she is her biological mother. The next day at the gates of Konoha Sarada and Sakura bids their farewells to Sasuke as he goes out to continue his mission. Sakura gives him a bento box for his lunch, she expected Sasuke to give her a kiss in return but was disappointed as he didn't and left to resume his mission, she waves in disappointment.

Naruto Shinden: Parent and Child Day
During the Parent and Child Day Holiday, as Sasuke was struggling to connect and spent time with Sarada due to his long absents, he goes home for advice. While she cutting his hair, Sakura picked up Sasuke's upset behavior. Sasuke denies it but Sakura reassured him that they are married and she knows him better. Ultimately, she reminds Sasuke about what he wanted from his brother and father when he was a child; acknowledgement, and also shares with him Sarada's dream that is to become the Hokage. After Sasuke successfully connected with Sarada, the Uchiha family enjoy a meal together at their home.

Versus Momoshiki Arc
A couple of days before the Chunin Exams, Sasuke came home, surprising Sarada and Sakura so much that caused her to pass out. As Sakura heals Sarada after one of her matches, she said that Sasuke usually comes home late at night and both talk.

After the Chūnin Exams Arena was attacked, Sakura rushes to the hospital to treat the injured. When Hinata asked for Naruto, Sasuke tells everyone that even if he had been captured by Momoshiki, he was still alive. Boruto, Sasuke and the 4 Kages went to the dimension that he was in as Hinata, Sakura, Sarada, Shikadai, and Himawari watch them leave on their mission. After rescuing Naruto and returning home both Sakura and Sarada give Sasuke a hug and were glad to see that he made it back. At the end, both Sasuke and Sakura watched Boruto, Sarada, and Mitsuki from a far on a water tower.

In the novel, Sasuke rescues Sarada and takes her to Sakura, and says that the attackers where the enemies he had told her about. While sitting in the rooftop, Sasuke gives Sakura a smile he shows no one but her.

Mitsuki's Disappearance Arc
When Boruto and Sarada went to get Mitsuki after he disappeared and came back, Sakura had told Sasuke at some point when he came home.

Time Slip Arc
After Shikaku was delivered, Sasuke is given some down-time and Sakura was happy to have him back but was still dismayed on how much time he didn't spend at home. Despite this, Sakura decides to cook him his favorite dinner. When Boruto and Sasuke go back in time to stop Urashiki from taking the Nine-Tails from past Naruto, both bumped into past Sakura. Sasuke states that he's too close to his wife and not wanting to change the future from interacting with Sakura, decides to keep his distance.

Days later, past Sakura returns home from training with Tsunade and accidentally bumps into future Sasuke again. Attempting to dodge her, Sasuke drops a letter from the future that was from their daughter Sarada. Past Sakura tries to read the letter but it was smeared and the only thing she could make out of were some of the letters that read Sasuke's name written on it. During the fight with Urashiki, Sakura pulls future Sasuke out of the river and uses her medical ninjutsu to heal him.

When Sasuke wakes up, he accidentally addresses Sakura by her name, causing her to ask him questions. However, she faints after over taxing herself before she could continue. Sasuke gently lays her down before he goes back to the fight. After the defeat of Urashiki, Boruto and Sasuke get ready to leave but Sakura tries to confront him again. Sasuke struggles to make up an answer, but past Jiraiya quickly invents a pervy excuse that caused Sasuke to forcibly agree with him to avoid more confrontations with Sakura. Before returning to the future, Sasuke uses his Sharingan to erase the memories of everyone he and Boruto came into contact with.

Back in the present, Sasuke arrives home late at night and finds Sakura sleeping at the table waiting for him. Sasuke wakes her up and she greets him, she decided to make him some food, which Sasuke warmly thanked her. Sakura encourages Sasuke to keep working to make Konoha a happy place and Sasuke smiles.

Kara Actuation Arc
After Boruto and Sarada were defeated by Deepa, Sarada asks her father about the Mangekyō Sharingan when they take a break from training. Sasuke dismisses her and when Sakura arrives, both are worried about it as they don't want their daughter to go down the path that obtaining the Mangekyō Sharingan involves: parting ways with their loved ones. Sakura is visibly more concerned than Sasuke, but he reassures her that she isn't weak as it's the usual behavior from a parent. The next day, Sakura decides to test Sarada's training developments. When Sarada drops down on the floor exhausted from her training with Sakura, both hug filled with emotions as Sasuke watches with a smile on his face.

Sasuke Retsuden: The Uchiha Descendants and the Heavenly Stardust
At some point, Naruto started suffering from an unknown illness that prevented him from using his chakra and faint. Sasuke travelled to the Land of Redaku to investigate the Sage of Six Paths legends. Days later, when Sasuke was attacked by Menō's deadly poison, Sakura saved him, revealing that she too had infiltrated the Land of Redaku to help him. Reluctant to have his wife on such a dangerous mission, Sasuke asked Sakura to return home as this was more than an infiltration mission: some individuals were immune to genjutsu and Zansul's schemes. Sakura refused and told him that his mission had changed and they would be searching for the polar particles that the Sage of Six Paths hid somewhere in the prison, as well as convincing him that he would need a partner to complete a mission of that caliber. Sasuke didn't doubt of Sakura's skills so he gave up on trying to persuade her, but told her to stay out of danger.

When Jiji arrived at Sakura's medical office Sasuke hid behind a curtain and witnessed as his cellmate began flirting with Sakura. He stopped Jiji from touching Sakura's hair, giving himself away and telling him that the doctor is his wife. Sakura excused herself saying that the prison didn't allow visitors so she landed herself a job as a doctor to see him more often. Jiji bought the lie. Later, Sakura would give Sasuke a new red cloth to avoid Menō. While walking with Jiji in the hallway, Sasuke asked him not to reveal to anyone that Sakura was his wife. While talking about married couples, Jiji said that Sakura had infiltrated to be with Sasuke because married couples must always being together, but Sasuke brought up about how they away from each other a lot due to their duties to their village. It was in that moment that Sasuke remembered Jiji's comment about married women wearing a ring on the fourth finger of the left hand.

The next day when Sasuke and Sakura met at the library and schemed challenging Penjira, one of Sasuke's cellmates and the librarian, to a card game to obtain the key to the basement and study the polar particles. Sasuke told Sakura that he would use genjutsu on Penjira but Sakura refused and said that was cheating, feeling proud of her gambling skills as Tsunade's student.

When Sakura won and both went to the library at night, Sakura asked Sasuke about Jiji's condition, saying that he went to the infirmary often. Sasuke responded saying Jiji was faking pain. Sasuke asked Sakura if she's worried that he's away for so long many times even though they're married, but she responded that it doesn't worry her even though sometimes she wishes to be with him all the time.

Remembering the ring, Sasuke took Sakura's hand and created a ring using his own chakra for a peace a mind in hopes that no one would go after Sakura while he's away from the village. After discovering more information about the polar particles, Sakura would be in charge of deciphering the Map of the Heavens and also remembered that a messenger from the King of Redaku wold arrive tomorrow and she schemed a plan. Sasuke told her that he could always count on her. When the messenger, Fandal, arrived Sakura and Sasuke knocked him out and disguised themselves with Sakura as the messenger and Sasuke as his staff. While disguised as Fandal in Zansul's office Sakura had distracted the director while Sasuke went looking in his secret basement.

The next day, Sasuke and Sakura met up in her office. Sasuke said he had found the location of the polar particles and Sakura told him that she solved the riddle of the Map of the Heavens being that of the hand signs representing the zodiac signs. Later that night, Sasuke and Sakura met up and headed to the lake. Under the stars, Sasuke expressed his desire to show her Sarada this view and Sakura tells him that Sarada is obsessed with astronomy lately. Sasuke asked Sakura if she would like a ring that isn't made out of chakra but a real one. Sakura says she wishes sometimes, but she's unsure if it would be ideal for her hand as she's always working at home, healing patients with her hands, using disinfectant of upbending the earth. It made Sasuke realize that Sakura's hands are his pride. He also pointed out how Sarada becomes taller and how Sakura's hairstyle had changed when he comes home. Sakura mentioned Sasuke had grown wrinkles visible when he smiled and he noted that Sakura never changes but she's allowed to have wrinkles. Sakura would get the polar particles from the lake head back to the observatory as Sasuke had finally figured out on what Zansul's plan was.

Later, in the destruction caused by the reanimated dragons, Sakura found herself buried under a pile of rumble after being betrayed and poisoned by Jiji. When Sasuke arrived, he desperately called Sakura's name in the hopes she would still be alive and, due to the flaring chakra from Sasuke's ring, he was able to find her with his Sharingan. Sasuke recovered Sakura from under the rubble and healed her. She started helplessly crying but Sasuke wiped her tears away and asked her to not cry while she was in that state. Sakura later trapped Jiji questioned him. They would learn that he was a missing-nin from the Land of Wind and had been invited by Zansul to carry out this plan. He had met a young woman named Margo, who became his fiancé. Jiji tells them that Zansul told him that Margo was dead and he was promised that he could bring ber back with Edo-Tensei. When Jiji asked if they wanted to bring someone back if they died, Sakura revealed that she might want to bring someone back and Sasuke thinks the same, but Sakura told Jiji that it wasn't the correct way to handle things and they have friends in Konoha that would guide them through the right path.

Upon hearing Margo's name, he recognized her from one of Kakashi's letters and told Jiji that she was indeed alive. Jiji felt betrayed and decided to undo the Edo-Tensei. One of the last remaining dragons attacked him out of spite and Sakura rushed to heal him. Jiji looked at Sasuke and Sakura and wished he was as strong as them. At the end, Sakura and Sasuke retrieve the polar particles and return to Konoha.

Days later, Ino congratulated Sakura for her successful long-term mission and pointed out Sakura's new ring as she's not one to wear jewelry. Sakura said that Sasuke had made the ring for her and reminds herself about how the ring had saved her life. As they talked, Sasuke passed by on his way to the Hokage Office and Sakura blushed saying how handsome his husband was. Ino agreed with her saying that Sasuke was as hot as ever and expressed jealousy that Sakura remained a woman in love after being married to Sasuke for so many years.

At night, the Uchiha family had dinner together that was made by Sarada. Sarada had added Sasuke's favourite tomato in the dinner. Sakura lightly kicked Sasuke under the table hinting him to compliment Sarada and so he does. At the end, Sasuke and Sakura enjoyed the moonlight and Sakura teased Sasuke about the ring, saying that she learnt that it was a symbol of marriage in the Land of Redaku and he wanted her to wear it to scare off other guys. Sasuke choked and smiled while the couple enjoyed their time.

Naruto Retsuden: Naruto Uzumaki and the Spiral Destiny
When Naruto gathered his close friends Shikamaru, Sakura, Sasuke and Kakashi to explain his sudden illness, Sasuke decided to investigate the Sage of Six Paths in the Land of Redaku. Sakura would later follow his steps. Naruto initially didn't want his friends to change their plans to bother with his condition, expressing that Shikamaru, Sasuke, Sakura and Kakashi were Konoha's most valuable people, and that he should fix his own problem. Later that day, Naruto remembered that Sasuke usually took Sakura and Sarada to visit his family's graves.

After arriving, Sakura and Sasuke learnt that Naruto had accidentally destroyed the polar particles and the team decided the scheme a new plan: Naruto, Sasuke and Sakura would travel up to the sky to reach the celestial body containing the other half of the polar particles while Kakashi erected a pillar upwards and Shikamaru infiltrated Kengakuin's headquarters. Sakura stayed with Chihare to practice with the motorbike and Sasuke headed home to rest.

The next day, Sakura picked Naruto up with her motorbike much to Boruto's surprise and Team 7 used a pillar made by Earth Release and Wood Release of Kakashi and Yamato. Wedged between Sasuke and Sakura, Naruto travelled up the pillar. Sasuke was in charge of supplying chakra to Naruto, while Sakura was in charge of chakra control to keep the motorbike on track upwards. While travelling through the clouds, a lightning struck the motorbike and Sakura disappeared momentarily. Naruto panicked but Sasuke said that she would be back soon. As the trio approached the celestial body, they realized that they were too late and Sasuke would need to open the comet with his sword, resulting in his death. Sakura took her hands off the bike and turned around, grabbed Sasuke by the collar and kissed him on the lips saying "I believe in you". Then took Sasuke's headband from his pocket and throw it in the comet's direction which Sasuke used Amenotejikara on.

Team 7 succeeded the mission and celebrated the next day. Sasuke, Naruto and Kakashi were drinking by the Hokage Rock in short sleeves. Sakura joined later dressed in her work clothes and the team drank together.

Kawaki Arc
After bringing a mysterious boy with the same mark as Boruto back to the village, the Uchiha family has dinner together at home. Sakura asks Sasuke if he likes the food and Sasuke replies positively, prompting Sakura to smile and blush. Sarada is embarrassed and says her parents still act like newlyweds. She asks Sasuke to train her with Chidori and Sasuke seeks Sakura's approval, which she responds with a smile.

After Naruto and Sasuke fought against Jigen, Sasuke escaped the dimension and teleported himself to Sakura's locations. Sasuke was in critical condition and Sakura rushed to heal Sasuke at the hospital. Much later, after Team Konohamaru fought Boro to rescue Naruto, Sakura asks Sasuke about him being outside of the hospital room. While visiting Sarada in her hospital room, she tells her parents about the new evolutions of Boruto's Kārma and how they were able to defeat Boro. She even tells them that Boruto even manifested something similar to a Byakugan in his right eye with a massive increase of power and that he was acting differently while transformed. Sarada wonders if Boruto was going to be alright, but Sakura responds that she needed to rest of she wanted to be at full capacity to help Boruto when he needed it and Sasuke agrees with her.

Several days later, after the fight with Isshiki Ōtsutsuki means the loss of Kurama and Sasuke's Rinnegan, Sakura and Katasuke test Naruto and Sasuke's body to only learn that they are no remaining traces of their old Six Paths powers.

Chūnin Re-Examination Arc
After the Chūnin Exams, Sakura and Sasuke express their happiness for Sarada's promotion to chūnin rank. Days later as Sarada is preparing for her formal chūnin appointment, both Sasuke and Sakura advice their daughter about her new responsibilities as team captain.

Labyrinth Game Arc
While Sakura trained Sarada in shurikenjutsu, Sarada expresses that her father was spending time with Boruto and not her. Sakura says that Sasuke's hawk, Garuda, was retiring and Sasuke was on a mission to get a replacement hawk with Boruto. Despite the fact that Sasuke tends to leave often, Sakura is used to it.

Children
Sarada Uchiha Sarada is the only child and daughter of Sasuke and Sakura. She was born while her parents were traveling together and was raised solely by Sakura after Sasuke left home for a mission that lasted for several years, although Sasuke starts visiting home more often after seeing how his absence affects Sarada to the point she believed he didn’t care about her. Sakura and Sasuke are affectionate and protective parents towards their daughter, and is seems Sasuke tends to spoil her while Sakura is more strict.

Her name is a portmanteau of her parents’ and uncle’s names. ‘Sa’ is for Sasuke and Sakura, ‘Ra’ is from Sakura, and ‘Da’ is from the takakana of ‘Ta’ from Itachi. Is is speculated that Sasuke named her after his brother.’ Sarada also has her mother's Chakra Enhanced Strength and the Sharingan she inherited from her father. Sarada also has the same catchphrase 'Shannarō' as her mother.

Fanon
SasuSaku is one of the most popular ships in the Naruto fandom. It has been very popular since the beginning of the series with Sakura growing genuine feelings for Sasuke after getting to know the real him and his past, as well as the bond they shared throughout the series. At some point, many assumed that the pairing had no chance after Sasuke left the village and especially when Sasuke attacked Sakura under the influence of the Curse of Hatred. However, many celebrated when it became canon. After the ending of the manga, Naruto Gaiden revolved more about Sasuke and Sakura's relationship with their daughter, Sarada and the ending scene showing Sasuke and Sakura are connected despite the distance made the ship even more popular and beloved. The pairing is known in the fandom as a "power couple" and since Sasuke Retsuden they're stated to be the strongest married couple of Konoha. SasuSaku's most common rival ships are the NaruSaku, SasuKarin, and SasuNaru pairings.

Fandom
FAN FICTION
 * Sakura/Sasuke on FanFiction.Net
 * SSsnippetaday hashtag on Twitter
 * SSsnippetaday hashtag on Twitter

FAN ART
 * tag on Pixiv
 * SasuSaku tag on Lofter
 * twitter@ceejss
 * twitter@szmallow_xx
 * twitter@inknigella
 * twitter@ni23ku

TUMBLR
 * notable tumblr pages:
 * tumblr@sasusakumomentslist/
 * tumblr@bleu-et-rose/
 * tumblr@dailydoseofsasusaku/
 * tumblr@sasusaku-daily/
 * tumblr@everydaysasusaku/
 * tumblr@dailydoseofsasusaku/
 * tumblr@sasusaku-daily/
 * tumblr@everydaysasusaku/

TWITTER
 * notable twitter pages:
 * twitter@sasusakujpg
 * twitter@uchihassasusaku
 * twitter@sasusakuarchive
 * twitter@DailySSManga
 * twitter@sasusaku__loops
 * twitter@haruknow
 * twitter@resplendentsaku
 * twitter@uchihafamsss
 * twitter@sasusaku__loops
 * twitter@haruknow
 * twitter@resplendentsaku
 * twitter@uchihafamsss

WIKIS
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Trivia

 * Sasuke is named after Sasuke Sarutobi, the old manga and anime character. Sasuke Sarutobi's wife was named Sakura.
 * In an interview from Naruto 's First Fanbook, Kishimoto revealed that Sakura was the 6th character be created, right after Sasuke. In a 2014 interview with Shōnen Jump, Kishimoto talks about Sasuke and Sakura's debut in chapter 3 and said one of his editors told him to create a rival and heroine and establish a love triangle between them and the hero.
 * In an interview from Jump Festa 2010, when the interviewer asked Kishimoto about Sakura's feelings for Naruto and Sasuke, he stated that although Naruto is close to Sakura and she worries about him, Sakura loves Sasuke.
 * Kishimoto revealed in an interview that he wrote Naruto wondering whether Sasuke and Sakura would end up together.
 * In a Davinci Magazine interview, Noriaki Sugiyama, Sasuke's voice actor, confirmed that they had been told that Sasuke and Sakura would be the endgame couple before they started recording for Naruto anime in 2002.
 * Despite the contrary, Kishimoto stated that Sasuke has always been grateful to Sakura for loving him and he realized he loved her after she healed him following his final battle with Naruto.
 * In Sasuke Uchiha's profile from the Second Databook, Kishimoto stated that "the one that filled his lonely existence was Sakura".
 * In Akatsuki Hiden, Sasuke compares Sakura with the sunshine spring in his own dark life and that she has dedicsted her love for him.
 * According to Kishimoto, deep down Sasuke has always been grateful to Sakura for loving him. Despite not reciprocating her feelings until the conclusion of the manga, Sasuke has always had deep feelings for Sakura, which were eventually restored and grew stronger once his hatred and desire for revenge faded away. In addition, Kishimoto said that Sakura is the last person Sasuke ever wanted to hurt.
 * According to a 2015 interview, Sasuke’s Japanese voice actor, Sasuke is ’fearful’ of Sakura due to her temper and how she acts like the boss in their relationship and marriage. He later revealed that Sasuke realized he loved Sakura after his final battle with Naruto.
 * In Otonafami Issue #25 Kishimoto revealed that Sasuke and Sakura's parting scene from chapter 181 was one exceptionally hard for him to draw: "If I had to mention a difficult scene, it would the the parting scene between Sakura and Sasuke. The scene when Sasuke leaves the village of Konoha. Sakura, the heroine, stops him and shouts "I love you" at him. It made it sound a bit like they were lovers, which felt rather embarrassing (laughs)."
 * In an interview from Jump Festa 2011, Kishimoto confessed that he consulted a co-worker before writing the parting scene since he didn't understand women's hearts. He also said that, while drawing Sakura's crying face, he was making the same face.
 * Sasuke and Sakura's scene in Chapter 181 is voted as the best scene in Databook 2's entry "Most emotional scenes".
 * According to Fandometrics, SasuSaku is the most reblogged Naruto pairing and the only one to make it to the "Ships" list every year (except 2022): 2015 - #7th, 2016 - #14th, 2017 - #17th, 2018 - #30th, 2019 - #28th, 2020 - #29th and 2021 - #50th.
 * SasuSaku is the 2015 Couples Bracket winner.
 * Sasusaku is the only Naruto couple listed as one of the "50 of the most popular ships in fandom culture".
 * In an interview for Entermix Magazine, Kishimoto stated that Sakura was always devoted to Sasuke.
 * In Naruto Special Talk Show in Japan, the forehead poke is described as "The Ultimate Expression of Love".
 * In an interview for Seishi Kishimoto x Masashi Kishimoto brothers mangaka, Kishimoto stated that Sasuke and Sakura are connected to each other: "Although they're a couple who rarely see each other, their feelings are connected. I think readers will understand the meaning of her [Sakura] words when they read through the Gaiden till the end, so please read from cover to cover and let the connection between Sasuke and Sakura sink in".
 * "Sasuke Retsuden: Mr. & Mrs. Uchiha and the Starry Heavens" got it's 2nd reprint in Japan after it's initial release on August 2nd, 2019.
 * According to J Jump Books in 2019 and Weekly Shōnen Jump Magazine in 2023, Sasusaku is "the strongest married couple of Konoha".
 * Sasuke's promise to Sakura "I'll see you next time" is considered as one of Top 5 best scenes from "NARUTO to BORUTO THE LIVE 2019" ranked 3th.
 * Sasuke and Sakura are the only members from the same squad to end up together.
 * Sasusaku was the only pairing to get several moments of their most populad scenes together in the 20th Anniversary "Road to Naruto". The parting scene took 30 seconds of the video.

Variations

 * SasuNaruSaku refers to the ship between Sasuke, Naruto Uzumaki, and Sakura