HELLO! As I said in the previous chapter, this is the final chapter of Revenge. What I accidentally neglected to mention in the previous chapter is that there will be a time skip of 10 years… SURPRISE! Sorry about that, but I hope you enjoy!

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Sakura jerked from her dream to an extremely loud cry. She rubbed at her eyes as she jumped from the bed and quickly walked to the room next door. As she walked in she noticed window was open, which would explain why it was so cold! She quickly shut the window and turned to the cot in the corner of the room, where a small baby lay there, bawling its eyes out. Sakura smiled as she approached it.

"There there now Daichi, it was just the wind, see? Mama closed the window so you can be nice and warm again!" She picked up the baby and bounced him around for a while but he wouldn't cease his cries. She huffed out in irritation and walked out of the room and down the hall towards the kitchen downstairs to prepare a bottle for him. Halfway down the hall, a door opened, causing Sakura to jump slightly.

"Mama? Daichi is too loud. Make him shut up!" Came a sleepy but whining voice. Sakura chuckled at the appearance of her five year old daughter. She was rubbing at her eyes with a pissed look on her face. Sakura approached her, carefully shifting Daichi so she could hold him with one hand as she ruffled her hair.

"Ah, don't be mean to your baby brother, Karura. You were even noisier as a baby. You screamed like a crazy person!" Karura snickered, which gave way to a yawn. All the while, Daichi was still crying.

"How am I supposed to go back to sleep if he won't be quiet?" She resumed whining. Sakura sighed and held her daughters hand as she continued her journey to the kitchen.

"Come on, I'll let you have something to eat." Now Karura looked apprehensive.

"But Papa said that I shouldn't have any midnight snacks!" She whispered fiercely. Sakura rolled her eyes and looked out the window to see a steadily rising sun.

"Well, it's not midnight, so we could call it an 'early breakfast'…" Karura contemplated this.

"If I eat 'early breakfast', do I still get to eat normal breakfast too?" Sakura smiled as they made their way down the stairs.

"Of course sweetie."

When they entered the kitchen and Karura immediately sat down, waiting to be served. Sakura set to making some miso soup while Karura decided what she wanted. Eventually she decided on ramen, which caused Sakura to sigh unhappily as she thought of Naruto. Finally, both meals were ready and Sakura began to slowly feed Daichi while Karura slurped loudly, much to Sakura's irritation.

"Mama, where's Papa?" Karura asked with a mouth full of noodles, making the once clean table messy.

"Out." Sakura answered evasively, concentrating on not choking her son.

"Out where?"

"You know what your Papa does, so why ask silly questions. Go get dressed; your uncle will be here shortly." Karura huffed and stomped upstairs. Daichi giggled and threw the spoon Sakura had been feeding him from. She paused for a second, wondering how in the hell he had managed to snatch it from her without her even noticing. Eventually, she sighed, stood up and carried Daichi upstairs to change him. She couldn't be bothered to clean the kitchen. Besides, it could be cleaned later. As she was changing Daichi into a clean one piece, Karura entered the room dressed in a pair of shorts, a pair of ankle socks and a baggy short sleeved t-shirt. Sakura growled.

"Karura, what have I told you about wearing that damned shirt! You have plenty of clothes that fit you, why wear that?" Karura just smile innocently.

"I like it."

Sakura growled quietly as she once again picked Daichi up and walked downstairs into the living room. She placed the infant into a playpen she had set up in the warmest corner of the room and lifted up her oldest child, placing her in it as well.

"Watch your brother and be nice, I have to go get ready." Karura nodded obediently and set to keeping her brother occupied, as he was trying to pull himself the side walls of the playpen in an attempt to stand.

While Sakura was in her room getting ready, she took a look outside her window, where the sun had finally risen and she could see the village. She could even see the building where her husband was. Smiling lightly, she made a note to pay him a quick visit.

At this point, the sun had fully risen and she could hear civilians moving around nearby. Soon enough, there was a knock on the door. Karura's face lit up and she jumped out of the play pen, running as fast as she could to the door. She wrenched it open and propelled herself into the awaiting arms of her uncle.

"UNCLE KANKURO!"

Said person smiled as he lifted her onto his shoulders, entering the house. Daichi squealed in the corner, though Sakura was pretty sure it was a coincidence. He wasn't even five months old yet. Karura had already started yapping away about how Daichi wouldn't shut up. Sakura nodded and smiled at him, motioned to a note on the table and left. Kankuro read the note, trying to ignore the constant pulling at his hair.

You know the drill. Their lunch is at 12, the food is in the top left hand cupboard. MAKE SURE you remember to change Daichi's nappy this time. If he gets another rash, I'll kill you. End of. Don't forget to put them for a nap and DON'T let Karura snack on ANYTHING!

Be back as soon as possible, and thanks again for babysitting.

p.s Matsuri says she'll drop by sometime around 11. We found out the gender of the baby and she's been dying to tell you.

Kankuro smiled softly at the mention of his wife and unborn child. He focused on the child on top of his head and grinned at her.

"So Karura, what do you want to do today? Puppets or weapons?" Karura grinned back evilly.

"Weapons."

"Fine, but don't tell your mother. I still don't think I'm fully healed after she found out I lost you…"

…

Sakura didn't even bother knocking on the door. He knew it would be her; he would've been able to sense her. She walked straight over to his desk, sweeping his paperwork off as she made room for herself. Luckily for him, he only had a short stack left to do, but still.

He groaned softly and hung his head briefly. Sakura let a soft smile come over her face. He would never be so open around anyone else, except for her and their children. As he brought his head up, she schooled her expression into a stern scowl. She poked him hard in the chest, feeling slight satisfaction as he winced.

"You didn't come home last night."

He nodded in confirmation.

"It was supposed to be your turn to take care of Daichi if… when he woke up. ALL the times he woke up." He raised an (non-existent) eyebrow at this.

"Why do you think I didn't come home?" Sakura scowled at him. However, this soon faded to a sultry smile as she slid into his lap and wrapped her arms around her neck.

"I missed you last night." She purred softly. Gaara wrapped his arms around her and pulled her closer, positioning his lips at her ear.

"As much as I missed you, my love, I'm working so stop it." With that, he pushed her off. She pouted, but moved behind him, draping her arms over him.

"Come on! It's not like we haven't done it before!" In fact, if memory served her correctly, it was during a similar moment to this that Karura was conceived… and maybe Daichi.

"Besides, it only seven and I'm pretty sure no-one is allowed to disturb you until nine…" She trailed off suggestively. It was silent for a moment, and before Sakura could comprehend what was happening, she had been flipped over and was lying on the table, Gaara looming over her, smirking dangerously.

"You know Sakura; I do believe you are right…"

…

It had been ten years. Sakura sighed dreamily, licking her ice cream as she sat in the park. She balanced Daichi on her knee and watched as Karura played with her cousin, Chie. Beside her sat Temari and Shikamaru. When they had announced their engagement, everyone had been happy for them but, to be honest, no-one had been surprised. It had been decided long ago by Sakura, Ino, Ten Ten and even Hinata that the two had had chemistry since the first Chuunin exams. Sakura of course had married Gaara. It had been a long process as once she had been rescued, she had been returned to Konoha. They had to run all sorts of tests on her to make sure she wasn't suffering from any sort of stress or even Stockholm syndrome. Once she was cleared, they forced her to take a break from any sort of work.

It took ages for Sakura to be able to see Tsunade, but once she did, she immediately told her about Gaara and her. Tsunade had known of course, she just didn't want to let Sakura go yet. After a somewhat heated, but pointless, argument, Tsunade relented and within the week, Sakura was on her way to Suna. She brought Ino along. She had to. It was her fault, well sort of.

Kiba had died while being treated in Suna. She hadn't found out until they had returned a few days later. She felt horrible. She wasn't foolish enough to place all the blame on herself, but she did know that if she hadn't off left, then they wouldn't have sent anyone out and no-one would have gotten hurt. She also knew that if she hadn't of left with Sasori, Kiba wouldn't have been the only one to die. Akamaru was completely lost without Kiba. He had been returned to Konoha with the others but would simply sit and stare at the door as if Kiba were going to come back. Eventually, he recovered from his depression, but he wasn't as lively after. Tsunade had been the one to tell Ino, who had been dating him at the time, and after she had been told no-one saw her until Sakura requested her company on the trip to Suna. She looked absolutely awful, with red eyes, undone hair and a miserable look in her eye. Sakura had invited her not only to visit Kiba's grave, but also as a little holiday. One she really needed.

Once she had reached Suna, she had waited until dark to visit Gaara, where they sat and had a looooooong in which she had ensured that she would not do something so reckless and worry everyone again. After a week's break in Suna, Sakura and Ino, who looked considerably healthier and happier, returned to Konoha where Sakura could talk to Tsunade about marrying Gaara. Understandably, Tsunade was worried. What if something went wrong and messed up the treaty between Konoha and Suna? After another long chat, once again with Sakura ensuring another person, Tsunade agreed. She congratulated Sakura and set to denouncing her as a Konoha shinobi. Sakura messaged Gaara, arranging to have the wedding organised in Suna. The arrangements were done quickly, in about two months. Everyone was worried that something else would go wrong.

Thankfully, everything went to plan and Gaara and Sakura were married in June. She was given a Suna headband and the party continued to the next day where she had an extremely tearful goodbye with her friends. After at least 10 minutes of crying, hugging and repeatedly saying goodbye, they left and she began her life in Suna with Gaara. It was bliss. For a year.

Soon enough, Konoha was attacked (though it was resolved relatively quickly, thanks to Naruto), and a threat that went by the name of 'Madara' appeared and she found herself accompanying Gaara and Kankuro to the Kage Summit, while Temari stayed at home, having just found out she was pregnant (much to Gaara and Kankuro's displeasure.) Once there, Sakura was shocked to see Danzo there instead of Tsunade. She was curious, wondering if this was the reason Naruto hadn't contacted her for a while, but kept quiet and remained by Gaara's side, ready to fight.

Pretty soon, she was fighting and she honestly couldn't say she was surprised when she found herself fighting Sasuke. It didn't bother her though. While she still had feelings for him, he was the enemy, and he needed to be stopped. All was going well, until he snuck up behind her, pinned her to a wall and whispered into her ear.

"Shouldn't you be thanking me instead of fighting me?"

He was gone as soon as he said it, and she whirled around, catching Gaara's face. She'd never seen him look so panicked. She sent him a quick smile to let him know she was okay, and resumed fighting. She noticed that Danzo had disappeared, the coward.

When it was over and she had returned to Gaara, she asked him if he knew what Sasuke had meant. Gaara had sighed wearily and told Sakura of how he assisted the rescue team months prior. Sakura was completely baffled, but did not dwell on it… much.

Soon enough, they were at war. She was assigned to the medical division, obviously, and was glad to meet up with Shizune. She was kept busy for another year, occasionally being sent out to fight, until they received word of Naruto fighting, and everyone ran to his aid. She stood by and watched as Naruto defeated Madara and fought an insane Sasuke. Naruto had won, but was severely injured. She was by his side in seconds, healing as best as she could, refusing to let anyone near him, nor leave his side until he woke up. A week and a half later, he did wake, but he didn't seem to remember much. Sakura felt lost. She tried to help him remember but it was useless. She had nearly lost hope had it not been for Hinata, whose gentle and caring nature helped him on the road to recovery. Within a year, he had remembered most of his live, including his love for ramen. Also within the year, they had married. They now had a five year old son named Yasuo.

Sasuke, interestingly enough, remained alive. He, like Naruto, couldn't remember much only with him no-one attempted to amend this. Sakura had assigned herself to caring for both him and Naruto. Once when she visited him, he asked her why it was best he didn't remember anything. Sakura had gently told him that the old Sasuke had turned into a monster and that this was everyone's way of trying to help him start a new life. He had accepted this and within that year, to Sakura's astonishment, he had recovered, married a civilian and was on his way to becoming a father. He now had three children; a six year old daughter named Momo, and two boy. The oldest was four and was named Keiji and the youngest was only one and named Itachi. Many people panicked, thinking it would spark some kind of memory, but Sasuke continued as normal.

After Naruto had been married, she returned to Suna, desperately missing Gaara. When she arrived, she was greeted by Shikamaru and his one and a half year old daughter. He had escorted her home and left her there. He had obviously gone to Gaara's office as within five minutes, a swirl of sand appeared in front of her and she was scooped into someone's arms. She hugged Gaara back fiercely and they retreated to their room to rest and catch up. After a few months, they decided they wanted children and (very) soon, Sakura was pregnant with a baby girl, who Gaara was adamant they would call Karura. When Karura reached three and a half, they decided to give her a sibling, and so, around 10 or 11 months later (the first few being the attempts) Sakura had given birth to a boy whom she called Daichi. If Gaara got to name their daughter, then she would name their son.

She was brought back to reality when Karura began pulling on her leg to get her attention. She blinked at looked into her daughter's impatient eyes. Funnily enough, she hadn't inherited hers or Gaara's eyes. Instead, she had Temari's. She smiled at her daughter and ruffled her hair.

"Come along sweetie. The sun's starting to set and our Konoha friends are coming down to visit. Aunty Hinata is bringing Yasuo to play for a while." Karura smiled, but then tilted her head questioningly.

"But what about Uncle Naruto?"

"Uncle Naruto is the Hokage, like papa is the Kazekage. Unfortunately, he can't com whenever he can, just like papa has to stay behind sometimes when we go to Konoha." Karura nodded her head and ran to Kankuro, who was bent over with his head beside Matsuri's stomach, cooing at his unborn son. She walked over to him and handed him Daichi.

"Here, take Daichi and Karura back home, I have to go pick up Karura's present." She whispered. He nodded, and made a big show of distracting her children so she could sneak away. She walked for a while, until she found herself at what used to be the oasis where Gaara had proposed to her. She sat down beside the small pool, dipping her feet, and waiting.

Soon enough, someone approached, and she rushed to hug them.

"Nice to see you too, yeah." Sakura chuckled at his trademark 'yeah', realising it to be nervous habit. She pulled him to sit beside her and they sat and talked for a while. Unfortunately, they never could talk for long as someone would come looking for her. After Sakura checked his health, he handed her two small packages.

"The pink one is for your little girl, yeah. It's a bracelet that doubles as explosives, incase she gets into trouble. The blue gems are explosives and the green ones are smoke bombs. When she perfects her chakra control, all she has to do is direct some chakra into the gems and they become weapons."

"The green one is for your son. It's a small stuffed animal… It won't explode, yeah, he'll only be two." He rubbed the back of his head nervously, sighing sadly. Now that Sakura was paying closer attention, she noticed he looked extremely tired.

"I don't know if I'll be able to visit again after this. I have a job to do… and there's a low chance of survival, yeah." Sakura nodded her head, eyes clamped shut.

"Well, I'll still come here, on the days we decided, every month for at least six months. If you don't show, I'll know your dead… Take care of yourself." He drew her into a hug and she clutched him tightly, trying not to cry.

"I'll try to stay alive. See you… maybe." And with those words, he departed. Sakura wiped at her eyes, walking quickly in the direction of her home. When she arrived, Gaara was waiting in the living room for her. He got up as she walked in, a suspicious look on his face.

"Where were you? Kankuro said you left to get Karura's present… Six hours ago. It doesn't take that long, especially when you said you knew what you wanted." She sighed and flashed him the presents.

"I decided to get Daichi a little something as well. Then I got a bit sidetracked. I stopped off to chat to someone, and I must have lost track of the time. I'm sorry." Technically it wasn't lying, but it still hurt to avoid answering Gaara. He searched her eyes, then sighed and pulled her into a hug.

"I'm sorry. You look tired."

"I am."

"Then let's go to bed."

They walked up the stairs, Sakura still in Gaara's arms as he supported her. After he pointed out her tiredness, it suddenly hit her full force and she found it hard to stand. She got undressed quickly, pulled on a night dress and crawled into bed, waiting for Gaara. A while later, he lay next to her, wrapping an arm around her waist.

"I received a message from Naruto. He says he will be visiting in time for Karura's birthday." Sakura smiled dreamily, already half asleep.

"Karura will be pleased." She whispered sleepily. Gaara smirked and kissed her forehead, turning out the light.

"Good night."

And it is the end. Sorry if it seemed too sketchy or rushed, and that it took so long! I've been extremely busy with college, but I'm on holiday so if I have time (I highly doubt that) I'll go over this chapter again and see if there are any mistakes.

Thank you to everyone who reviewed, favourite and alerted (…) Thank you for all your support and once again I'm sorry for how stupidly long it took to get this chapter out. Hopefully I can focus on 'How the Mighty have Fallen' and have that finished soon as well.