July of Konoha's 46th year.
Rasa welcomed his first child since coming into this world.
Just as he had guessed, Rasa and Karura's first child was indeed a daughter.
"Temari!"
Inside a delivery room at a crude hospital in Sunagakure.
A relieved, reassured smile tugged at the corners of Rasa's mouth as he lifted the tiny baby, who was sucking on her thumb with her eyes closed as if asleep.
"Her name will be Temari!"
Toward the end of the war, as the ninja gradually returned, the villages also began entering a baby boom. Sunagakure was no exception.
The maternity department of Sunagakure had already seen several smiling women coming and going. Some barely showed, while others... already had slightly rounded bellies.
The fierce war also meant a higher casualty rate among the ninja. At the same time... during this Great Shinobi War, the number of disabled ninja in every major village had continued to rise. Perhaps for these ninja, they would... never be able to continue being ninja again.
In some villages with well-developed welfare systems and strong economies, even if disabled ninja retired, the compensation provided by the village could help them scrape by until their children grew up and became ninja themselves!
As for Sunagakure... that simply wasn't possible. Having long hovered around the poverty line, becoming disabled meant that a family might never have another source of income. The compensation the village could provide... amounted to only so much. On top of that, with the village taking a large cut from missions, most ninja had very little savings. Looking at it now, the fact that Sunagakure... had been able to survive for so long probably had a lot to do with how much it loved taking advantage of people.
Therefore, afterward, some disabled ninja who could