Epilogue: Looking to the Future

As Sakura sat on the bench over looking her garden she smiled and sighed as she held her stomach. In the garden she watched as her oldest, the heir to the Uchiha clan and prodigy of all prodigies played with her younger brother. A little boy who, though was naturally strong and powerful, used it all to help and to heal. While he would still receive training to become a shinobi somewhere deep down in her heart Sakura knew that Kenji would become a true medic; and the first in all of the Uchiha clans history at that.

"Ka-san!" Kenji cried as he ran toward his mother. In one hand he held on to his older sister and in the other he had a bundle of flowers. All of which were white roses. Sakura smiled at her children.

"Yes, Kenji?"

"Iza-nee-chan and I made you this." He said happily and handed the bundle to Sakura. Nodding Sakura took it from her son and then hugged him gently.

"Thank you, both of you." Sakura said before turning to face the back walls of the garden. Standing on the wall, perfectly balanced and waving hello was Daiske and Shin; Izakura's teammates. They were good boys, Sakura had known that from the moment she'd met them and she knew that like with Sasuke, Naruto, and herself, when they were fighting there was no breaking their bound.

"Good afternoon boys." Sakura said as she started to walk into her home. The renovations had just been completed, she and Itachi had added a couple of more rooms, one for the twins she was expecting and another for their guests.

"O-hayou Uchiha-san, Keji little man! What's up?" Daiske greeted, always doing so formally though Sakura had insisted that it wasn't necessary.

"Good afternoon." Shin responded easily as he jumped and landed silently on the porch. Izakura smiled and walked inside to get her training gear. She and her teammates had just gotten into the habit of training early afternoon to late evening with their ANBU advisor.

"I'll be back later tonight Ka-san, don't wait up." Izakura assured her as she strapped her weapons into place. Nodding Sakura just continued with putting the flowers in a vase. Then, just as she was done the front door to her home opened and in ran a small, blue eyed boy with black hair and pale skin.

"Oi, where's your mom Hachirou?" Izakura said as she picked the little boy up and tossed him in the air. Instantly his laughter filled the room, then his mothers joined in.

"You and Shisui spoil him too much." She said half heartedly. Smiling Izakura handed him to his mother as she started to leave.

"Have fun!" Ino-san called and with that Izakura and her teammates disappeared. Nodding in approval Ino watched as Sakura tried to desperately arrange the flowers that were given to her.

"You were never good with that forehead." She said tauntingly while taking the vase and fixing it herself.

"Where is Shisui?"

"Out meeting his new team, though he won't admit it he's sad about losing his old." Ino said seriously. All the while Kenji helped Hachirou into the living room and started to get all of his toys out.

"He could have just gone back into ANBU full time actively and they would have been set, how he finds teaching to be more enlightening is beyond me." Ino said with a scowl on her face. Though in all honesty she understood why and what it was that made her husband so happy about being a Jounin sensei for genin teams.

"Yea, yea, keep telling yourself that pig." Sakura taunted, knowing that her friend was aware of her realization and was just refusing to admit having gotten to understand Shisui so well. Hell who would considering the type of Uchiha he was, but he was also loyal and honest; two qualities that Ino loved in a man.

"So does Hinata know about..."

"No, she'll get a hell of a surprise. Especially with Tenten and the others coming. Kami it's been so long." Sakura said with a smile as she started to set up the appetizers on the table. She had volunteered to host Hinata's baby shower.

"Good morning Ino-san." Suddenly came Itachi's tone of voice before looking around and finding his son and his cousin drawing in the living room. They were drawing maps again.

"Seriously, how many times am I going to have to..."

"Just let it go pig." Sakura taunted as she handed her husband some rice balls. He was dressed for a day of paper work at the ANBU tower, a day of filing and reporting.

"Will you be home for dinner?"

"Hn, where is Izakura?"

"She and the boys already left. They're meeting their ANBU instructor." Sakura said, noticing a mischievous glint in her husbands eye.

"Itachi, do you know who..."

"Hn."

"You sure are a sly one, ain't ya Uchiha?" Ino taunted and with her taunt Itachi disappeared in a cloud of cherry blossoms. Smiling and remembering how he'd insisted that I teach him my teleportation jutsu I shook my head. Like daughter like father.

"What are you going to do with those two?" Ino taunted but Sakura just smiled and shook her head.

"Nothing, nothing but look forward to the future." Sakura said with a loving, warm tone of voice.

Thinking back she'd gone through a lot to get the love of her life, one she hadn't realized she had until she'd found. Then, just when they were trying to fight the clan she had been given a gift, one that she'd almost lost to protect all that she held dear. Then there was the akasuki some years back...she'd nearly lost her daughter then. But she was healthy, strong, stronger than anyone would have ever thought possible and now she was pregnant again. Pregnant and happy to face the rest of her life along side her husband.

Kenji is 7

Izakura (15) and training for ANBU

Cousin 6 1/2

Sakura pregnant again

~Fin :D

A/N: And so ends our journey ^^ Hope all liked the story and though it doesn't have a definite ending I hope it was to everyone's liking. Who knows, maybe one day I'll think of a stand alone with izakura ^^