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Mari asked them, "Do you see this too?" Kakashi is so shocked all he can do is nod his head. Gaara replied, "Yes Mari we see your demon as well."

The color for Mari's face slowly started to drain away Gaara sent his sand towards her while he slowly approached her. The two-tailed cat returned into Mari with a sly cat grin, and Mari's world went black. Gaara had managed to catch her with his sand before she had fainted. He picked up her limp form and started carrying her towards the closest hospital so that she can be checked out.

Kakashi follows Gaara to the hospital a little shaken by what he saw but more concerned about Mari then anything. Kakashi rushed into the hospital first saying, "We need medics for her stat."

Medics rush into the lobby taking Mari from Gaara putting her into one of the medic's arms. The medic takes her and rushes her back to an exam room where they start to work on her. Once she's taken away Kakashi rushes over to Tsunade's office to report on the situation. Kakashi barges into her office saying, "Mari reached her Bijuu but afterward she turned pale and collapsed." Tsunade got up, and said, "Shizune take care of anyone that comes here. I have urgent business to tend to at the hospital."

Tsunade rushes to the hospital where they lead her to where they took Mari. She's taken to Mari where there are at least three medics working on her. Tsunade walks over to Mari just as she's starting to open her eyes. Tsunade asks, "What the hell happened?" Mari looks at her confused replying, "Last thing I remember is Neko my Kunbi being outside me right after saying something about me being pregnant, and not wanting to share space for nine months."

Tsunade looks Mari over placing her hand over Mari's stomach her hand glows as she checks Mari for pregnancy. She removes her hand to look over Mari's chart she sighed Mari was at least three months pregnant now but she and Choji hadn't been married that long. Tsunade figured that the Bijuu must have accelerated the baby's growth somehow. Tsunade said, "It looks like your Bijuu has helped your baby grow, and age to three months which is most likely why not only you fainted but you look so pale."

Mari asked, "Will the baby be ok?" Tsunade replied, "Yes they're fine but you will need to stay here awhile so we can restore your health." Mari had concern flash across her face then she whispered, "How do I explain this to Choji." Tsunade pats her shoulder, and says, "I'll explain everything to him don't you worry." She writes something down and hands it off to the medical ninja then leaves. She heads to the waiting room she sees Gaara and says "She's fine it seems her Bijuu has accelerated the growth of the babies she's carrying."

Gaara looks at her, and says, "Perhaps training should halt for now. My part is complete she is ready to train with Naruto, and Kakashi if you think that's best." Tsunade says, "I'll take that into consideration." Gaara leaves to head back to the sand village.

* Thanks to Guest Jasmine for pointing out a mistake*