So people have asked me in the past.

What do you think of Karin?

lolaDawn I wanna devote this oneshot to you.

In the past, I hated her for how clingy she was with Sasuke and how I thought she was more obsessed with him than even Sakura was. And especially in a more sexual sense. But that's if you asked me a year ago. But if you asked me what I thought of Karin now, this is my response.

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Sasuke-kun...

Karin Uzumaki casually walked through the halls of Orochimaru's hideout. Thoughts ran endlessly through her mind.

"Karin."

"S-Sasuke-kun?! Is that you?! Wow, you've really--" She froze. "y-you..."

"Karin, right?"

That pink-haired girl... Karin swallowed hard, "you're Sakura... Sakura Haruno."

"Yeah." She grinned.

"What..." She stared at the couple, "you two are... Married?"

"Yeah." Sasuke replied with his usual blunt response.

She pursed her lips to keep from doing what? Crying? Screaming? Laughing? She didn't exactly know. Instead, she crossed her arms, "Sasuke-kun, what makes you think you could bring her here? This is Orochimaru's hideout, may I remind you. Not a hospital."

"Yes, I know that." Sasuke nodded, "but I knew you'd be here."

What?! Karin stared at them, "... m-me?"

"We don't have time to go back to the village." Sakura explained, "but he said he knew someone that could help."

"You're such an idiot, Sasuke-kun..." Karin muttered to herself, "she's pregnant, for goodness sake..." She peeked into the small room.

"Karin?"

"Ah, Sakura." Karin looked around the empty room, "did Sasuke-kun go out?"

"Yes." Sakura sighed then chuckled, "he needed to send something to Naruto back at the village. I'm certain it's about me."

"Ah." Karin chuckled, "are you okay? Do you need any meds?"

"Not yet." Sakura replied, "it's not painful yet. I can handle it so far. Heh." She shut her eyes and leaned her head back.

"You're lucky Suigetsu isn't here." Karin scoffed, "he'd make this whole thing a living hell if he were here."

"Oh really?" Sakura laughed, "I'd love to meet him, though. Sasuke-kun did tell me a lot about you three."

"Did he?" Karin laughed, "then I'm surprised you'd want to meet him!"

"Oh yeah." The two women had their share of laughs before Sakura continued, "can I ask you something?"

"Sure."

"You loved Sasuke-kun too, didn't you?"

Karin paused. She pursed her lips, "how could you tell?"

"When we got here. Also when I saw you for the first time." Sakura smiled, "the way you looked at Sasuke-kun seemed too familiar to me."

"Heh. I thought the same thing about you, honestly." Karin chuckled, "but, I did. He's married now, so I can't do anything about it. I mean, our years of traveling together from hideout to hideout and all, I could tell, he loved someone else. I guess that someone else happened to be you." Karin smiled softly to herself, "but how can you trust me if I loved him too?"

"I don't know." Sakura shrugged and chuckled, "you did save me."

"Well, you saved me too!"

"Ha, I guess so." Sakura chuckled, "you know, my friend from the village, her name is Ino Yamanaka. When we were younger, we both loved Sasuke-kun. So we ended up becoming rivals and enemies, fighting for him. But I can't do that with you. I mean." Sakura smiled, "if Sasuke-kun can trust you, then of course I can, right, Karin-chan?"

Karin stared at her, "'chan'..."

"Is that okay?"

She shook her head and beamed, "of course! Sakura-chan!"

The two laughed again until the door opened behind them, "what's going on?"

"Oh, Sasuke-kun!" Sakura smiled.

"You two..." Sasuke narrowed his eyes at the two women, "you'd better not be talking about me."

"Of course not." Karin giggled, then leaned down next to Sakura and whispered loud enough for him to hear, "did you know... When he was away, he would always say your name in his sleep."

"What?" Sakura laughed, "really? He would always snore in his sleep! I've never heard that before, though!"

"I'm right here..." Sasuke muttered, only making Karin and Sakura laugh even more.

Not too long after that, Sakura-chan went into labor. Surprisingly, I was able to deliver their baby girl safely. That was a surprise to me, too, as I'd never had experience in delivering a whole lot of babies in my time. Karin paced back and forth in the hallway just outside the shut door and bit at her thumbnail, anxiously waiting.

The door opened and Sasuke peeked out at her, "Karin, Sakura wants you to come in."

"How is she?" Karin asked as she walked past him and into the room. She stopped and smiled when she saw Sakura holding the adorable baby, "Sasuke-kun..."

"Her name's Sarada." Sasuke smiled.

Sakura looked up at Karin and held out the girl, "would you like to hold her?"

"Y-yeah..." Karin took the baby and held her gently, "wow, she's got Sasuke-kun's hair color, but everything else about her is you, Sakura-chan."

"I guess so, huh?" Sakura chuckled, "thank you."

"Naruto replied." Sasuke spoke up after a few moments, "he insisted we come back."

"He's right, you know." Karin nodded, "it's dangerous for you two to be travelling with a baby. You should go back and raise her."

"I don't know.." Sakura crossed her arms, "Sasuke-kun...?"

"She's right." Sasuke joined them and sat at a chair next to the bed, "we don't want Sarada to get caught in the crosshairs of any fight. That's too risky, no matter how strong we are."

"Yeah, you're both right." Sakura chuckled, "we'll head out as soon as we can."

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And so here I am. Standing in front of the hideout, ready to send these two lovebirds, and their child, off. It was so much fun hanging out with Sakura-chan like this. It was only a few days, but we bonded so well. After Sakura-chan and I left Sasuke-kun in the room with Sarada, ten seconds later and she was crying. The two of us peeked into the room and watched as he tried to calm her down, but she kept crying and crying. It was mean, but us women had our laughs before we went in to help him. Sasuke-kun is so clueless on how to be a father. But I'm sure Sakura-chan will teach him. She's more than capable of doing that. And I know she'll take care of both him and Sarada.

"Karin." Sasuke smiled, "you've been a big help."

"Heh, it was nothing." Karin grinned, then pointed at him, "I swear, though, Sasuke-kun, if you ever hurt Sakura-chan or Sarada-chan, I'll never forgive you!"

Sakura laughed at Sasuke's startled reaction, "thank you so much, Karin-chan!"

"Come visit again when Sarada's older, okay?" Karin smiled.

Sakura nodded, then what she did next shocked Karin: she hugged her, "you've definitely been like my own sister these past few days."

"Sisters?"

"Yep!"

"Heh. I'll see you soon, then." Karin hugged her back, patting Sarada's head in the process.

"See you!" Sakura waved as she and Sasuke turned to walk off.

I'm not jealous at all. Karin smiled. After all, she's my sister, now. I'm happy for all three of them.
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This oneshot is called Sisters. And yes, I see Sakura and Karin like sisters now. They're both relatable and have saved each other in the past. And I've learned to love Karin. And ultimately in the end, as far as ships go, I ship Sakura with Sasuke and Karin with Suigetsu.

So there you have it! That's what I think about Karin. No need for hate comments, but if you have something you'd like to add, go ahead. But I will not allow hate comments or fights.