Sorry that chapters haven't been updated in any sort of time schedule. The story isn't forgotten I will promise that. I already have a couple chapters planned. Just getting the drive to write has been hard and when I do write sometime it is my new SessxKag Inuyasha fanfiction I have been working on. Already have 5 chapters written on that so far. Not sure when I will upload it though. Maybe once I finish this one.

Kimiko. The female counsel woman. I knew she seemed to know more than she was letting on. Who was she leaking information to? What did Akio have to do with all of this? What did they want with our kid?

Gaara stopped at the entrance to the holding cells nearly causing me to run into him. "Sorry lost in thought."

He didn't say anything to me but spoke to the two shinobi standing guard at the door. They released the jutsu, allowing us to pass. The path was dimly lit and led to a set of stairs. I have been to the holding cells in Konoha before. Most of them had been built well before even my parents had been born and it looked like these were no different. You could see the wear on the stairs from people walking up and down them over the years. The slight dip in each step, the slight groove in the walls from hands touching them.

Each step we took echoed off the walls. The only light was a dim glow from the bulbs lining the ceiling. Suna cells were empty, well except the one closest to the stairs.

Kimiko was slumped over in a corner, her long greying hair no longer in its bun, now falling in front of her face.

"Look who has decided to grace me with his presence. Our gracious Lord Kazekage." She raised her head and turned towards me. "Decided to bring your play thing and bastard child I see. I must be really lucky today." She turned back to Gaara.

"What are your plans."

"Oh they already know my plans. Their interrogation got plenty out of me." She let out a laugh. "You wanted something else didn't you? Why did I betray my village maybe? They didn't really press on that topic too much. More concerned with the safety of you and your demon spawn." She sat up and you could hear the sickening crack of her bones popping back in place. "I have been giving them information for years and you were too dumb to notice. The almighty Kazekage couldn't even notice a simple mole." Her voice echoed off the walls. "Plans got pushed ahead though. No one planned for you to get her of all people pregnant. A weak Konoha kunoichi. It was a perfect distraction though. You lose control and your people start questioning if you are fit to rule. Your family that has stained the Kazekage name since your father."

I could see Gaara tense at the mention of his father. It would forever be a tender spot for him. I grabbed his hand and started rubbing circles trying to calm him down. He gave me a gentle squeeze but his eyes remained focused.

"Too bad she got free this time though. Someone couldn't do their job properly and will be punished for it."

I hope they left her alone. She did nothing wrong. The nameless girl who saved me.

"Your child could be a powerful tool for us. Something new for us to study and mold into a powerful weapon. Her chakra control makes it even more powerful. Overthrow the Kazekage, create a new government. Repay you for what you took from us."

I gave her a confused look. What did Gaara do to her? "Deary you know the monster he is. What he did when he was younger? Do you know how many people he killed? What do you think happened to those families? Those who suffered because of the loss of the ones he killed." She let out a murderous laugh. "Gaara you killed my husband all those years ago. You stole my sweet Akio from me and now it is time for you to lose something precious."

My eyes widened. Akio was the name of the leader. No one knew anything about him but if they were using Akio as a code name that could be making it even harder to find out anything about him. He was good and genjutsu which is how he overpowered Gaara that one day but that's all we seemed to know about him. This just made it all more complicated.

"Lord Kazekage you won't even know what to expect next."

Gaara led me out by my hand as Kimiko's laughter echoed against the walls on our way out. He seemed eager to leave, his footsteps forceful and quick.

Everything Kimiko said was running through my head. This was all because of Gaara's childhood. Something that happened so long ago. Something that he couldn't even control.

"Sakura."

I shook my head and looked up to see Gaara's concerned eyes. "Sorry. What did you say?"

" We should get something to eat. What do you want?"

What did I want? Food hadn't been settling the best with me honestly. "Something mild would be best. Maybe some ramen?"

He nodded before we headed through the streets to a small ramen stand that Temari had taken me to before. It wasn't as good as back in Konoha but it was a nice substitute.

"Naruto should be here by nightfall. I sent news of your retrieval once we arrived back to Suna."

I leaned back in my seat and sighed. "If Naruto is coming Kakashi will probably be as well. They are not going to go easy on you." Gaara gave me a confused look. "Sasuke wasn't the only reason I never had a boyfriend. Naruto and Kakashi scared off any guy who tried. Just don't kill them okay?" They really did make it hard to get over Sasuke. Hard to forget a guy when every guy you even glance at gets chased away or mysteriously goes missing.

I knew tonight was going to be interesting and it meant I was probably going to get little sleep.

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