Chapter 20

Do you believe in immortality? No. One life is more then enough for me.

-Einstein

I think even if my life was short I shouldn't give up. Shukaku is still around and killing while what happens to me. I'm a pathetic wreck and got bust up by a Sand Raccoon. I do believe there is a way to stop the demon but it'll be another sin to my hands. I don't want that or the child to have to suffer. If only there was a way for there to be a way to stop it. I suppose there would be a way for that but right now we're in the worst situation for it. I don't want to die but I don't want another child to get harmed and be hated. I suppose I could adopt the child as its legal guardian but that would only inflict hatred into the other adults. Right now I have to worry about getting up. I can feel something around me. Grazing my skin and scratching it. I felt dizzy and blinked. I saw the thing holding me was Sand and was connected to something. I looked up and saw I was right in front of Shukaku. In his grasp. About to be eaten. I'll give you three guesses what I did. A) Screamed b) screamed and kicked c) fainted. If you went for b then your right. I kicked and screamed loudly as I went closer and closer to him. He growled or what ever the horrible noise was and let my go again. I noticed it was Gaara fighting and driving him away. I gasped shakily and stood leaning against the wall as Kankurou came running over.

"Amaya," he called, I waved him off and stood up properly.

"Kankurou find me a new born child," I hissed

"No you can't be doing that!" he cried frantically

"I have to if not Gaara dies along with the Village!" I shouted against the whirlwinds around us.

"We don't care not another life is being damaged for something like this!" he yelled angrily Gaara jumped back towards us and growled at Kankurou

"Do as she says!" he shouted snapping at Kankurou, he paled and nodded running. I pulled the scruffy pendant from around my neck and stared at it then clenched my fist closed. I bit my thumb as Gaara fought on and on. I had one chance at this, if not both mine and the child's life would be through. It was new. An experimental jutsu going through tests. But if proving successful could be used in other demon cases. Kankurou arrived 5 minutes later with Temari carrying a baby followed by Baki.

"You can't do this Amaya!" cried Temari

"Shut up Temari1" I yelled "What's the child's history?" I asked quickly

"His family was killed in the fight but he survived," said Baki, I nodded and took the baby. I bit my thumb and smeared it on the pendant and then leaned down and bit the newborns thumb to make it bleed. The baby started crying and I smeared the blood on the pendant as well.

"Gaara bring him over here!" I yelled as I drew out the circles with my thumb blood and put the crying child in the centre. Gaara nodded and Shukaku came closer and closer.

"Shisou fuuin!" I yelled holding the pendant up over the child. There was a bright flash illuminating the area and a large roar from Shukaku as he shrunk. I tied the pendant quickly around the baby's neck and sighed and collapsed backwards into the dark.

Success.

"Shisou fuuin!" shouted Amaya, they watched as she shouted loudly over the whirlwind of noise and saw Shukaku roar and start to shrink and disappear into the pendant. They gaped and after saw her attach the pendant to the child, who was crying. Terrified. She collapsed backwards onto the ground un moving.

"Amaya!" shouted Temari……

But she didn't move….

She was alive……..

Barely…….

They say the sweetest sound is that of a newborn child…….but not one of terror, fear and pain………..

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