Author's Note: OMG! It's the epilogue! IT'S THE END! I did a formal thank you, a timeline, and other things like that in the final author's note. I worked really hard on it, and it took me hours, yes, hours, to do. I hope everyone likes it! GOD IT'S OVER+tear+ for a short time anyways...

Flashback-

Orochimaru spoke in a quiet whisper. "You must be Shukaku."

The raccoon face gave a cruel grin. "That I am."

Orochimaru smirked. "I see you've come out. Why would that be?"

The raccoon looked malevolent laying there. "I have a proposition for you."

"What could one such as you possibly gain from me?" Orochimaru said, crossing his arms over his chest, smirk still in place.

"Sit down and I'll tell you a story." Shukaku said with a grin.

Orochimaru sat on the bed and raised a brow. "I'm listening."

"As I can imagine, you're probably wondering why my Gaara is pregnant and just exactly how such a thing could happen."

Orochimaru chuckled. "You could say that."

"Well, I'll tell you. Five months ago, my little Gaara had, how should we call, a 'run-in', with another shinobi. As everything was happening, I came up with an idea. You see, I've been trapped in this wretched human body for a long time now and to say I'd like my freedom is an extreme understatement. And that is where it all started.

"I'm sure you know, within Gaara I can basically do anything I please. So, I changed, well I should say, 'added', female organs to give myself the opportunity to have my children born, who would, in turn, free me once they were of age. But this is where I made my mistake. Naturally, since Gaara is my host, his babies became the container for my children.

"I thought that while still in the womb, I could extract my children and reverse their places; thus giving my child control and making my child dominate. I was wrong though. Although my power can do the act of the switch, the babies were not strong enough to sustain it. The baby I attempted it on died, killing my child along with it."

"This is all very fascinating," Orochimaru cut in, "but what do you want me to do about it?"

Shukaku gave a sly smile. "So glad you asked. Here's my deal. You fuck Gaara so I can create a new child, but instead of my previous mistake, I will switch the roles at conception. I will control the fusion between demon and host and fuse them together myself. This way, I can attach the human baby to mine, so although human in form, it will have the mind and powers of a demon. And since the demon is the dominate one, the child will develop in the womb like a demon, like a raccoon demon. No one will ever suspect a thing."

Orochimaru looked at Shukaku expectantly. "That's all well and good, but what do I get out of this."

"A powerful heir that's half demon along with Gaara and his other children. Besides, from what I've seen, you'd enjoy having Gaara all to yourself very much indeed. However," Shukaku's voice deepened and turned a blood curdling cold, "you only get to keep them permanently after I'm free."

Orochimaru looked down at Shukaku and a deadly sneer lit his face. "Deal."

Author's Note: And low! It is done!