Chapter 2
One week had passed since that fateful night. Karura had gotten too attached to the child they had found to let her go to another family. She had named her Suzume and told Temari and Kankuro that she was their baby sister now. Temari was more than happy to have another girl to be around while Kankuro was still a little confused about how they had a new sister but their mother had still not had the baby that was in her belly. Rasa had accepted his new daughter and was happy that his other children had accepted her as well. The elders were another matter though. They had asked where she had came from and when Rasa explained they told him to take the child back and leave it there. Rasa was confused and angered that they would tell him to do such a horrible thing. When he asked why they stated.
"It will not look good on the kazekage family to have an illegitimate child in the house."
Rasa snapped back stating that she had not been an illegitimate child, but that she had been abandoned and that it was his job as kazekage to make sure every villager stayed safe. Rasa turned on his heel, told the elders to have a nice day and left with Suzume in his arms.
After that day the elders did not talk with Rasa about his new child. They had accepted the fact that the girl was here to stay no matter how much they did not like it. They agreed that as long as she knew her place at the bottom of the kazekage family they would not do anything to her.
Karura loved watching Temari play with Suzume. She would hold her and make faces to get her to laugh when she was crying, or help Karura with feeding or changing her. Kankuro would try to make faces and get her to laugh too but, it wasn't always successful. Most of the time it would usually end up with Suzume in more tears. Karura told him that it wasn't his fault and that when his baby brother got here he would have a special bond with him just like Temari had with Suzume. He smiled and looked at his mother's belly and put his head against it.
"You better hurry up and get here little brother."
Karura laughed and told Kankuro that he wouldn't have to wait much longer. She looked up at all her children in the nursery and smiled. Thinking about all the good times they were having and all the good times they would have in the future.
But, the good times were short lived. As soon as Karura had gone into labor the medical ninja knew something was wrong. The unborn child was early and it was taking a great toll on Karura's body. By the end of the labor Gaara had been born at the price of his mother's life. Cradling her new son Karura made her promise to always protect him and named him Gaara.
