Gaara was walking to Matsuri's home when he saw Temari going the same way. She looks over and sees Gaara. "Well Gaara looks like you're finally going to see Matsuri." Temari said smiling. "Yeah." Gaara sighs walking next to Temari. "You have to see the baby's room." Temari said and Gaara just nods his head.

When they got to Matsuri's home, Temari sees the door open and calls for Matsuri, but there was no answer. "Maybe she is in the baby's room." Temari said taking off her shoes. Gaara takes his shoes off too.

Gaara walks in the living room as Temari walks to the baby room. "She's not here! Where can she be?' Temari asks looking around to find Matsuri.

Gaara was looking around in the living room when he saw a broke picture on the floor. He walks over to it and picks it up. Then sees it is the picture of Matsuri mother and father. "Why is this on the floor?" Gaara asks himself when Temari walks in the room. "I can't find her." she said and then she jumps back when she steps in something wet.

"Ewww! What is that?" Temari asks looking down to investigate. Gaara turns to look to 'what is that?" They see that it looks like water with a mix of blood. Color drains from Gaara's face. "We need to find Matsuri! NOW!" Gaara yells running outside. Then one of the sand Shinobi saw him. "Lord- Kazekage we found a spy in the tower." the Shinobi said. Gaara looks at Temari as she catches up. "I'll go find Matsuri. You take care of the spy." Temari said. Gaara nods and hurrys to take care of the spy. He needs to get back to trying to find Matsuri.

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The tower...

When Gaara gets back to the Kazekage tower and walks in the room where the spy was being held. "Give me one good reason not to kill you." Gaara said down at the spy. The spy looks up. "Because I know where you can find your Matsuri." the spy said. Gaara picks the spy up by the shirt to look him in the eyes. "Where is she?" he said using a voice saying 'if you don't tell me, I'll kill you slowly and painfully'. The spy flinches. " Orochimaru has her." Gaara blinks. "What does Orochimaru want with Matsuri?!" Gaara yells. "He knows about the Shukaku baby." the spy went on. "He wants to use the baby as a weapon. I was there when we kidnapped her. She is going to have that baby today." the spy added. Gaara looks at him holding him off the floor still. "Lock him up." Gaara said flinging the spy to a Shinobi. Gaara stalks out. "Matsuri where are you?" Gaara asks himself, worried.

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In a cave somewhere...

Matsuri wakes up to feeling stabbing pain in a dark room. They knocked her out of get her here without having a fight. A light comes on. She looks around to see that she is tied down with rope to a table. "She's awake." a woman voice said. She looks and sees Orochimaru and a woman. Maybe Orochimaru brought the woman as a midwife. "Let me go!" Matsuri says through clenched teeth. "My dear, you're going to have a baby soon... In a few hours by the looks of it." Orochimaru said.

"In a few …..Hours?" Matsuri not understanding what he means.

Orochimaru walks over to her and touches her stomach. "Don't touch me!" Matsuri hisses. "Don't worry it will be over fast." he said grabbing a syringe with something in it. "What is that?" Matsuri asks looking at it. "It will help eassse the pain, oh wait. No, it won't." Orochimaru said chuckling as he grabs her arm and injects her. The liquid in the syringe takes three minutes to kick in and then Matsuri screams in pain. The baby was coming.

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Gaara tried to think where Matsuri is. "If I was a crazy freak where would I hide?" Gaara asks himself when Kankuro (for the Kankuro fans) walks up to him.

"I got more info from the spy. He said she is in a cave not far from the village gates." Gaara looks at him in impatience. "OK, let's get going there and fast."

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Matsuri screams in pain. "Matsuri, quit screaming, you have to push!" the woman said loudly to her. "The pain will go away when to baby is born." the woman adds encouragingly.

The pain was too great and Matsuri continues to push. She bites her lip til it bleeds. Matsuri screams and cries out as she pushes six times as hard as she could. Just then she felt as if she was being torn in half.

She literally rips from the baby leaving her body. Matsuri catches her breath to hear a cry from her baby.

Matsuri was very weak. She was losing too much blood and no one was trying to stop the bleeding. She looks at the woman as she takes something to another table. It's her baby crying. The woman wraps the baby in a small blanket.

Matsuri lifts up her arm wanting to hold her baby. At some point they released her arms. The woman looks at Orochimaru "Please, could she her hold her daughter?" the woman asks. "Fine. She's going to die anyway." Orochimaru says looking away.

The woman walks to Matsuri handing her the baby. Matsuri was right it is a girl. The baby had little red hair and eyes the color like Gaara's. "K...Kali." Matsuri said gazing at her. The baby blinks ocean green eyes at her. Matsuri smiles gently at her daughter.

"Hurry up, we need to go." Orochimaru said to the woman. The woman starts to take the baby. "Please...please...don't ...take. My...baby...my Kali." Matsuri said in a weak voice. "I'm sorry." the woman said taking the baby from Matsuri's weakening arms. The baby starts to cry as if she knows she was being taken from her mother.

"Orochimaru, Gaara will know we're here and he going to be here any minute now." a Sound ninja said. "Let's get going then." Orochimaru said and starts to walk away. The woman walks behind him with the baby still crying in her arms.

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Gaara gets to the cave and sees three Sound ninja running at him. Gaara sand kills all three of them. He ran inside looking for Matsuri when he hears crying.

He follows the sound and soon it was gone. Just then he hears Shakaku laughing. 'I smell blood. Not just any blood. Mmm, Matsuri's blood.' This enhances his desperation and Gaara was still running. Soon he finds the room and sees Matsuri.

"Matsuri!" Gaara yells running to her and holds her in his arms. "Matsuri, you are going to be ok." Gaara said. Gaara can only look at Matsuri's greying face and all the blood leaking from her to the floor. Shakaku's voice appears again mockingly and tsks 'Look at all that good blood going to waste. Too bad.'

Matsuri looks weakly at Gaara. "They took her...Gaara...they...took...my...baby..." Matsuri said and on the edge of death. Kankuro and Temari run in.

"Temari take Matsuri to the hospital!" Gaara shouts. "Gaara...it...was...a..girl...our baby is...a girl" Matsuri whispers closing her eyes. Gaara touches at her cheek. "Matsuri, I'll go and get our baby back."

Temari gently picks Matsuri up and starts to run to the hospital. Gaara scans the cave and spots the back exit. He will save his baby

if it kills him!