(Namie returns)

Namie stepped through the doors that led to the corridors, her snake wrapped around her neck like an elegant scarf. Manten quickly followed her and demanded to know why she was here.

"You're not supposed to be here, An-chan didn't even send for you..."

"Shut up, you oversized reptile." Namie snapped. "Where's Hiten?"

Manten tried to think of an excuse so that Namie wouldn't question about Hiten's whereabouts; but seeing as he didn't answer as fast as she had wanted him to, Namie proceeded down the hallway.

Meanwhile Sakura lay on Hiten's floorbed, patting her bulging stomach. She winced as she felt a few kicks in there a couple of times, but tried to ignore it. She couldn't feel the pain that much, either.

The happiness that she had was overcoming her fears about her baby, the fact that she would become a mother of a child; Hiten's child, to be exact.

"I guess he was serious when he said demon babies grow fast..." Sakura muttered under her own breath and had to admit; he was right after all. It had only been three weeks of pregnancy and she was told that it would last only five more weeks.

At the moment, the sliding door slid open with a violent crash, revealing Namie standing by the doorway.

"Where's Hiten?" she demanded in the snappy manner that she did to Manten. "Where is he?"

"He'll be back soon, he's just gone hunting." Sakura explained to her as Namie snorted. 'So that girl's still here...' she thought to herself, glaring at the unsuspecting Sakura.

"He left this morning, so he should be..."

"Are you carrying a child?" Namie cut in suddenly with her eyes flashing and finger pointing towards Sakura's stomach. Sakura didn't know what to say. This demon girl might try something. After all, she knew what Namie's motives were. Get the man, the house, and the money.

She didn't care about love. All she cared about was her own well-being. Smiling, Sakura nodded her head and told her that she was, in fact, carrying a child.

"Who's the father?" Namie said sarcastically. "Is it Hiten?"

"Yeah." Sakura shot back, putting Namie into a state of shock. "I am, actually, and I'm not going to let anything happen to her."

"It's a girl?" she leered as the snake hissed its venom. "How do you know?"

"I don't, Hiten does." She said. "He can tell whether it's a male or female."

Struggling not to grasp Sakura around the neck and choke her until her last breath, Namie plastered on a phony smile and tried not to grimace at the new news. "I'll be leaving." And with a flash of her long black hair and her pet snake, she slammed the door. With firmly clenched teeth, she stomped back down the hallway in anger.

Manten was there standing beside the door. He shrunk back in intimidation when his eyes met with hers, although he didn't have any good reason to do so.

"Call me when Hiten gets back." She said sleazily. "I'll be back for him."

"Hiten An-chan won't be keeping women like you around here anymore." Manten stated. "He's now a father of a child to be born."

"But if I bear his child, won't that make me his spouse as well?"

Manten leered at the impudent demoness. "Why do you want to be An-chan's spouse so much?" he shot back to her. "Surely one must have a reason..."

"You don't need to know." Namie snapped back. "I have legitimate reasons."

And with a huff she left, leaving Manten to wonder about what she meant by 'legitimate.'

"Manten, help me get this thing." Hiten called out at the front doors as Manten hurriedly opened the doors.

'So much for waiting outside..." he thought. After the hunt was brought into the storage and was locked up, Hiten then turned to Manten.

"Was anyone here?" he asked, wiping a drop of sweat off of his cheek. Manten didn't dare to say that Namie had been here. Knowing his An-chan, he could be the one in trouble for not looking after the house and allowing her to aggravate Sakura. Manten shook his head defiantly and said,

"No...no one was here, An-chan."

"Oh, really?" Hiten said with a cocked eyebrow. He seemed to doubt Manten's stutter in speech, but let it go anyway. The younger thunder brother silently wished that Sakura wouldn't mention Namie's short but disturbing visit. He knew that she was up to plot something, but decided not to tell Hiten...yet.

With its presence, the sheer moonlight shone on it creating a faint glow. The moon had taken over the skies with its abundance of the stars, and the light that it gave off was beautiful. The light shone upon Sakura and Hiten, who were sleeping in each other's arms so intimately; not knowing that they would be traumatized in a while when they found out. But the unknown figure knew for the moment.

It knew who its target was; it knew that its master had ordered it to dispose of a 'special person.' How soundly were they sleeping in each other's arms...and the woman bearing the child who was wincing now and then was its target. It made its way soundlessly across the cool floor, raising its head high, beady eyes flashing; fangs sheathed and ready to strike at any given moment.

With a swift movement it dug its fangs deep into the girl's palm and didn't dare to move until it was sure that she didn't thrash. Digging in further, it spread its poison to where it wanted it to go. All its master had wanted it to do was to dispose of the child, for she had said that she would take care of the female.

It deadly poison seeped throughout Sakura's body as the figure slithered back out of the porch where its master awaited.

Um...a bit sad, ne? So you can probably guess what's going to happen in chapter 13...and even if I wanted Namie to be in the story, I'm hating her so much!

But I guess it adds up and it's me who made the fic, so blame me for making...(gasps) I'M SAYING UNWANTED THINGS AGAIN! SPOILER ALERT! BYE BYE!

(bounces away)