Author's Note: Hello Everyone! Here's the final chapter to the Flower of Life. By now, I assume you know why all the chapters were named after different flowers. If you didn't, each flower has a special meaning and those meanings are the meanings behind each chapter. Thank you for all your support! Without further ado let's get to it!
Also. I realized when I posted 'Rose', it was Sunday...Quarantine has really got my days mixed up. So...I'm sorry if you guys expected a follow up chapter but didn't see one.
Six Years After the War
In the middle of the Hidden Leaf Village and Hidden Sand Village situates a single house surrounded by flowers and a beautiful waterfall. The once scorched land has now revived itself to be beautiful and mesmerizing with its many flowers.
"Gaara! Let go of your brother's arm!" a woman yelled from the kitchen, watching her two young sons argue. Two children ran around in the front courtyard as their mother cooked in the kitchen, watching them through the window. The little boy known as Gaara bit onto his older brother's arm, trying to snatch the teddy bear out of his brother's hands.
"Nii-san won't share!" the younger cried, running to his father once he let go of his brother. His father placed a hand on the younger's head and turned him back around to face his brother.
"If you want it back, you get it back."
"Sasuke…." the female hissed out from the window, watching the interaction between her husband and two sons. Sasuke felt a chill down his spine as he heard his wife's low tone, chuckling nervously as he stood up and followed his youngest son to where his older son stood, looking down sadly.
"Itachi...play with your brother." his father ordered, kneeling in front of him. Itachi shook his head, holding onto the teddy bear even tighter than before. Sasuke, not knowing what to do, rubbed his temple and glanced at his eager younger son. "How about you play with something else?" he questioned
"You guys always give Itachi new things. I never get anything! " his younger son yelled, shoving his older brother before storming back inside the house. Hinata sighed and turned the stove off as she finished cooking, plating the meals and setting them on the dining table.
"Gaara, come here." Hinata smiled, looking at her son and holding her hand out. Little Gaara took her hand and mumbled an apology for being mean to his brother, hoping his mother wouldn't be upset at him. "Gaara, you know Mama loves you right?" The little boy shook his head as if saying he didn't know if his mother loved him or not.
"Mama and Papa only loves Itachi." he muttered sadly, looking as his father gave his brother a piggyback ride. Hinata took off the ornament that she wore on her head, placing it into the little boy's hand as he looked at it confusingly.
"I don't want this." he muttered quietly. "It's for girls..."
"There were two men Mama was indebted to." his mother smiled, pulling the little boy onto her lap as he nodded his head.
"I know, Papa and Uncle Itachi. That's why you love Nii-san more than me! He's smart like Uncle Itachi, handsome, tall, everything I'm not! " he replied, using the fork on the table to spoon himself a mouthful of rice, chewing at it angrily. Hinata turned her youngest child to face her before gently poking his forehead with her finger.
"No. It wasn't papa." looking at the male's white orbs that resembled hers, however with a tinge of red. "It was actually a very powerful man, someone Mama will always remember. His name was Gaara."
Hearing the name, he pointed at himself, "Me?"
Sasuke carried his oldest son inside who was an exact replica of himself when he was younger with deep black eyes and spiked black hair.
"No." he spoke softly, looking at his wife. "The Fourth Kazekage, Gaara of the Hidden Sand. Your mother named you after him because he gave his life for your mother. Don't say your mother doesn't love you. She probably loves you more than she loves Itachi." chuckling as his oldest son thrashed around angrily.
"Mama loves me too!" the older son yelled back, climbing down from his father's back.
"Itachi. Your Uncle was a great man, both your father and I loved him dearly. Gaara. The Fourth Kazekage gave us this and we're indebted to him." Hinata motioned to their house and the peaceful land they lived in. Her two sons looked at her as she held out her hands to them. They placed the items they were holding into her hands silently.
"I want the teddy bear mama..." Gaara muttered, eyeing the teddy bear instead of the crown she gave him.
"This crown is an heirloom. Grandpa gave it to grandma, then Papa gave it to me. You sure you don't want it?" she questioned her youngest son.
"Heirloom...?" they asked together. Sasuke knelt beside his wife and nodded at the two children.
"Mama and Papa love you both equally. We're still learning, so I hope you two can help mama and papa. Okay?"
Hearing this, Itachi took the crown out of his mother's hand and took off the Uchiha fan before handing the three circles to his brother, grabbing the teddy bear and also handing it to little Gaara with a smile.
"Can I do this Papa?"
Sasuke poked the forehead of the two little boys' and nodded in agreement, remembering how his brother had done the exact same thing. The two brothers grinned at their parents, kissing their mother on the cheek. Sasuke seeing this, yanked the two's collars and placed them into their respective seats on the dining table.
"Only I can kiss your mother." he joked with his two sons, leaning into his wife to kiss her on her lips to which their two sons gagged. Hinata watched as her two sons ate together, Itachi picking out his little brother's food for him and taking whatever his little brother didn't like to eat onto his own plate.
"Gaara Uchiha. Eat your veggies." Hinata narrowed her eyes and scooped another spoonful of veggies to her younger son.
"Honey…" Sasuke looked at his wife, smiling while looking outside, seeing familiar figures walk into their courtyard.
"Yo~!" a loud voice called out as a little girl peeked out from behind the two adults. Naruto and Sakura waved to the family, Hinata smiled from her spot, stepping out from the house to greet their friends.
"Nii-san..." Gaara glanced at his brother. The older quickly taking his plate and wolfing down the veggies much to their father's astonishment, laughing at the two.
"If mama knew...she won't be too happy." Sasuke warned
Itachi glanced at his brother before smirking, "Papa wouldn't dare tell. Mama's going to yell at you for not stopping me. So if you do tell, I guess all three of us will get in trouble." Sasuke's eyes widened at his boldness, wondering where he learned to talk like that.
"Naruto. Sakura." Hinata led her two friends back inside the house as her two boys ran out to their pink haired friend.
"You didn't finish!" Hinata yelled to which her husband grabbed her wrist, pointing to the empty bowls. Sighing, Hinata let her two boys play as she and Sakura sat on the steps near the courtyard to watch over their children.
"They've grown." Sakura smiled, looking at her little girl playing with the teddy bear the two brother's were fighting over just seconds ago.
"Time flys, Sakura." Hinata smiled, looking at her friend.
"I'm sorry Hinata." her friend apologized, not taking her eyes off of the children. "When we were younger, I was just thinking of myself. I didn't understand the bigger picture."
Hinata shook her head. "It was destiny. If we weren't meant to be, no matter how hard we tried. We wouldn't have ended up together."
Sakura nodded her head, glancing at the female gratefully. "Do you still think about them?"
"Always. But they'll always be a part of me." Hinata smiled, tilting her head towards her kids.
"How'd Sasuke agree with you naming them Gaara and Itachi." Sakura chuckled.
"Same way you stopped Naruto from naming her Ramen." Hinata laughed.
They observed the two brother's trying to prove who was better by trying to walk up the tree in front of the little girl and little Itachi being able to do it, made the little girl clap with excitement.
"Itachi Uchiha, be careful." Hinata called out, seeing her older son jump down from a branch.
At the same time, Sasuke and Naruto smiled at their wives interaction, sipping their tea and enjoying the peaceful atmosphere.
"Itachi's going to be entering school soon, huh?" Naruto asked.
"Yeah. He's quite like nii-san himself…" Sasuke nodded, glancing at his friend. "I wonder...what will happen to those three."
Sasuke walked up to his wife taking a seat next to her as Naruto did the same with Sakura. Sasuke smiled at his beloved wife, kissing her cheek as they both turned to watch their two little boys. Naruto smiled seeing his two friends as they finally achieved their happiness after all they've been through; slipping his hand into his wife's and looking at their beautiful little girl.
THE END
Author's Notes: Cough scene pans out and Gaara and Itachi are looking down at them from heaven with a smile.
Well this is it friends. I hope you enjoy the last chapter! To tell you all the truth, midway writing this story, I had a 75% heart of changing the lead to Itachi instead, but the already 25% written in the description as a SasuHina made me stop. I'm so sorry to those who had ItaHina syndrome or GaaHina syndrome!
Explanation: Little Gaara resembles Hinata alot and the reason why his eyes have a tinge of red in it is because amongst the two brother's, he has the ability to use both Byakugan and Sharingan whereas Itachi only got his father's side, the sharingan. It is also true that Sasuke favors little Itachi more. The house they live in was built on the land where Itachi died and was buried in, that's why they knew more about their Uncle Itachi than the Kazekage, Gaara. They also rarely talk about the war and the death of people because Sasuke doesn't want Hinata to relive those moments again, also one reason why their children don't really know much about their parent's past.
PS: If you haven't already checked it out, I started a new GaaHina Fanfic, I promise that one is more lighthearted and funny. No crazy deaths in that one.