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Chapter 29

Finally chapter!

Two red eyes stared at their target from behind their shelter. They slowly edged closer. The eyes narrowed when the target turned around. A little closer... Just a little more...

NOW!

Sakura got a hart attack when a ten-year-old Mikoto jumped out of the shrubs and tackled her.

"Ha! Gotcha!" Mikoto stood up and pointed at her twenty-six year old mother. Sakura grinned.

"You're a master in masking your chakra, Mikoto-chan." She said, and stood up as well. Mikoto grinned back, a little sheepishly. "Thanks."

For a ten-year-old girl, she was very pretty. She had long black hair, and dark eyes, now replaced by red. She could use the Sharingan at the age of six, and to everyone's surprises, she used the Mangekyou Sharingan at the age of seven, when Kisame tried to steal her cookies. It seemed the Mangekyou Sharingan was hereditary.

Mikoto switched off her Sharingan and straightened her brand-new Akatsuki cloak. She was an Akatsuki member since her ninth birthday. She wore Deidara's ring, since she was his 'replacement'. Tobi was her partner. And she always was as cheerful as her mother.

"Are you done?"

Sakura and Mikoto both turned around to see a thirty-two year old Itachi walking up to them, with their four-year-old son on his arm, who was called Sasuke. Scary enough, when the little boy's hair started to grow, it got similar to Sasuke Senior; long at the front and spiky at the back, and a raven black colour. The only change: the tips of his hair were slightly pink. His eyes were Uchiha-eyes, just like his father's; two onyx orbs, although they were deep red now. Little Sasuke had obtained the Sharingan at his last birthday, so, at the age of four. He always kept them on though.

"Otou-san!!!" Mikoto ran at Itachi and flung her arms around his waist. Itachi petted her on the head, a soft smile playing on his lips.

Lately he smiled more. Sakura was really happy about that. Most of the time he still acted like a cold-hearted ice-cube, but not always. His new family had cheered him up.

"It took me less then a minute to catch okaa-san!" Mikoto told her father proudly.

"Good doing." Itachi praised her.

Sakura looked at him. When she used to be twelve, only hearing Itachi's name had frightened her so much she couldn't eat for a day straight. Now she didn't love anyone else more then him. She actually used to fear him while she didn't even know him. Of course, it was because of his past, and Sasuke, but still.

... Sasuke.

Sakura knew Sasuke was doing fine on the moment, thanks to Ino – they still wrote to each other. Sasuke had one young daughter, but his girlfriend had died when giving birth. Sakura felt really badly for Sasuke, that he, again, had lost someone close to him, but Ino had written Sasuke had gotten over it and was raising up his little daughter.

Yes, Ino and Sakura still wrote. The only one who knew was Itachi, but he didn't tell anyone. (Akatsuki weren't supposed to contact others; in cause they'd spill Akatsuki secrets or whereabouts.) Shikamaru had finally asked Ino to marry him. Naruto had become Hokage and had already married Hinata. Neji and Tenten were married as well, and Tenten was pregnant. Sakura was so glad she knew about everything going on in her village. Even though it wasn't her village anymore, she still saw it as her first home.

"Sakura?"

She looked up from her thoughts, seeing Itachi look into her eyes. He slowly put Sasuke down, next to Mikoto. Then, he walked up to Sakura, his footsteps making no noise, his cloak drifting on the wind.