A/N-Thanks to those who reviewed the last chapter- ShadowPrincess-Shekailaia, Kyiri Makrono, MyNameIsKelsie13, duckichan87, supershark1, Loki Zentra, Seyann, Loku, and Kyuubi92. Voting is still open for what story is going to be next, to see the summaries check out chapter 45…read and review!

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Chapter 46

Gaara strode the length of the patio to where his wife was captive in his sand. "What the hell were you thinking using the counter jutsu?" he snarled, sticking his face right up in hers, his anger clear and evident. Seyann and Michelle were both surprised-they had never seen Gaara and Mika truly fight before. "This." Said Seyann to Michelle under her breath. "Must be what goes on when Keiko is sent to Konoha to stay with Kakashi and myself."

Gaara took in a deep breath to try and calm himself down. "Mika by the time I sensed anything…the blood wasn't fresh anymore. Blood…. On that note, what caused you to bleed?"

The sand that was holding Mika created a branch and scooped up the kunai that had been first imbedded in Mika's shoulders, then abandoned by Kenji/Luka and carried them to Gaara. At the sight of this weapon (which had the name Luka written on it no less...) his blue-green eyes narrowed extremely dangerously.

"He was here." He breathed. Seyann and Michelle saw Mika flinch and seemingly prepare for the worst. "HE WAS HERE AND THE SAND WAS INHIBITED?" he roared at the top of his lungs. His eyes were flickering gold…Seyann and Michelle had never seen him this infuriated. As Gaara fought for control over Shukaku, Mika started to struggle, attempting to bring her hands together through the constricting sand.

"Mika." Said her husband, still angry, but not enough to release the raccoon. "He could've killed you and I'm inclined to think that that was your exact intent…are you that eager to die…if you had what…what would Keiko and I have done? Because I can't live without you, I know she can't and I know Shukaku would go insane." his anger had almost completely faded, however, he still held her within the sand.

"But…" Mika shook her head violently. "You're wrong Gaara… you're wrong!" Tears began to come out of her eyes and fell into the sand. "He couldn't…Gaara, he couldn't."

Gaara felt his anger rise once again at his wife's refusal to accept that their son wanted to kill her, at her seemingly denying at the truth. The sand squeezed her gently to try and make her understand, to remind her the pain that Kenji/Luka had put her through.

Mika continued her struggle to bring her hands together and perform the required hand seals, ignoring the pain from the sand, all the while continuing her protests to her husband. "He wouldn't, Gaara he couldn't…. and I inhibited the sand because it was a horrible invasion of privacy."

Michelle leaned over to Sey and said; "Only she would mention something like that at a time like this."

Gaara could feel his wife struggling beneath the sand and knew that her anger was building at being trapped within his sand-he knew his wife all to well.

Finally she managed to bring her hands together and form the seal. This wasn't any ordinary hand seal, rather it was a seal that she had seen in a book she read about the history of the Yourusashi clan- a part of her Kekki Genkai.

She only used this particular move when Gaara held her in his sand, to try and get him to let go. It was the move Kakashi had told her about when he had first informed her of her abilities as a Kunoichi-the one where she could move her chakra thorough the air itself…and she used the sand as a transmitter.

Forcing her chakra outwards, she dispelled the sand in a quick, swift blow. "Get this OFF OF ME!" she yelled, pushing her arms outwards as hard as she could.

She had used the sand itself as a weapon, her power leaping from sand grain to sand grain, doing a dual job-pushing the sand off of her and creating a diversion so that her husband's attention would be taken off of her and the fact that she had applied the counter jutsu.

After the sand, which had billowed up when Mika stirred it around, finally settled to reveal the black haired girl on the ground, on her hands and knees sobbing. Blood ran down her arms from scratches the sand had created on top of the partially congealed blood from her shoulder wounds. "I'm sorry to use that jutsu on you Gaara…but I had to get your attention and I can't talk to you when you're angry like that…But Gaara." Mika looked up at her husband with tears in her hazel eyes.

"He. Couldn't. Kill. Me. Something stopped him. He had the kunai held up, he had me pinned beneath him, right where he wanted me…but something held him back. He wanted to kill me, I will not deny that…but I have hope…because he couldn't." Tears fell down her already stained face. "Gaa-Kun our baby couldn't kill me."

Immediately, he regretted hurting her, as he did whenever they got into a similar fight. Kneeling on the hard concrete, he gathered his wife into his arms and began to tenderly wipe the blood away. "Is this true?" he asked quietly of Sey and Michelle. They both nodded and Seyann put forward a suggestion.

"It's almost as if…his mind cannot remember who you are but his heart and soul cannot forget…"

Immediately the Kazekage's eyes widened. He had heard of this jutsu.

"I know…what jutsu it is." He sighed and tried to help Mika to her feet but she waved him off and stood up by herself. "It's a forbidden technique…the scroll was stolen from Hokage tower last week. The particular jutsu he stole is used to age children…I don't know why it was even created but it was…However there's a catch…"

Gaara let out a dry chuckle. "That idiot Itachi forgot to take the scroll of warnings and the counter jutsu scroll…the jutsu cannot be used to pit a parent against a child…the bond is just too strong. If the child would try to kill his parent-mother in particular- he would be unable too…"

"Something would hold him back…" he finished. "Mika, if you're okay, I'll go to Hokage tower and get the counter jutsu from Kakashi." "Wait Gaara."

As Gaara helped his wife sit in a chair, he glanced over to his cousin, red bangs falling in his eyes. "What is it Sey?" "Why didn't my husband tell me of this?" Gaara stood up straight and said "You'll have to take that up with him."

He was gone in a swirl of sand.

As soon as he was gone, Mika grimaced in pain. "Mika why do you have to be so stubborn girl?" question Michelle as Seyann ran inside for the first aid kit. "I have no idea what you're talking about 'Chelle." Said Mika in a dry voice.

"Even now, six years after you married him, you still won't show any weakness in front of him. What's with that?" Seyann was back and she started to tend to Mika's various cuts and scrapes. "Because…" Mika hissed as the alcohol hit her cuts. "I'm just like that…I don't like him seeing me weak." As Seyann continued to tend her cuts and scrapes, Michelle healed her shoulders.

"Umm…Mika, I've never seen him that angry?" Mika's eyes were closed and she seemed oblivious to the world around her, caught in a trap of pain. "Oh that? We fight like that, at the very least…once every couple months…when I know it's going to happen…I send Keiko to Konoha so she doesn't have to see us fight."

As Seyann finished bandaging up her friend Mika slowly sat up. "'Chelle why don't you go get some food…I think Mika's lost a bit of blood."

As the girls sat out back and relaxed after that whole mess, they got back to talking about fighting and making up. Seyann's story was that, whenever Kakashi and herself got into a fight, Kakashi would do some chores around the house to make up for it.

Her favorite, she said, was when he would dress in an apron and cook for her.

After the fits of laughter at the image of Kakashi in an apron had subsided, Michelle had said in a dreamy voice "Neji and I haven't fought yet…well except for that blip in the beginning… but I don't think we're ever going to fight…we get along so well."

Mika and Seyann exchanged a look. "Newlyweds." They chorused.

"Listen 'Chelle." Said Mika in a serious voice. "Sometimes fights happen. And that's all well and good."

"That's all well and really good…" said Seyann with a smirk on her face. "Sey let me finish."

"Let me put it this way about why, exactly, we send Keiko to Konoha whenever we get into a fight. The only way we can decently make up, if you know what I mean, is when the house is empty…"

Mika was abruptly cut off when a hand slid over her mouth. In his silky, sexy voice, Gaara said "And that's enough of that Mika-Koi…I don't think they need to hear about that…" Noone had seen him appear with the massive scroll strapped on his back.

The other two burst out laughing as Mika turned beet red.

A/N-There you go. Tomorrow I'll write a one-shot that goes more in depth about the true powers of the Yourusashi clan…but right now I'm hungry…read and review!