This chapter is going to be short, because I just wanted to do a dramatic ending. xDDDDDDDDDD

Kukukuku .. . .

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Chapter 11: Birthing.

Doctors hung around me like bees to honey, and every time I tried telling them I was fine, they gave me this look that said,' Are you completely crazy?'

But I was fine. Sure, every few minutes ( for the last five hours) I'd have a contraction, but that didn't matter. I was still strong enough to pull through, and I knew that. The letter I had wrote for Gaara the day before was given Tamari; I had told her if anything happens to me, give that to Gaara. I also told her with a reassuring, yet devilish smirk, that if she read it, I'd tell the Gods she wasn't aloud in heaven. Although the joke wasn't caught, Tamari agreed, and disappeared in the waiting room.

She was my family.

Kankuro was my family . . .

Everyone, and anyone was my family at this moment, and I don't care if they did a bad deed. Everyone should be forgiven.

I glanced down at my large belly, beads of sweat rolling down. Suddenly, pain ripped through me again, and I wince, trying to hold back that loud groan that would get everyone's attention. A blur of red caught my eye, and I tried forgetting the pain, looking over to my right to spot Gaara, who eyed me in such guilt that made me glare. Yes, glare.

" Stop having such a pity party, Gaara. I'm fine. Us women usually have contractions, Gaara. Just calm down. I'm gonna be-" Great. Just when I was trying to reassure him, the baby in me gave a little kick, and I kept my teeth together, hard, to keep from crying out loud. It had to be soon.

" I'm not having a 'pity party'," He hissed, glowering at the pink haired girl in bed.

" Sure, sure." I whispered, placing a hand on my belly, where I rubbed gently. I noticed Gaara glaring directly at my belly, and I hoped, with all my heart, that Gaara understood that it wasn't the baby's fault. I wouldn't die like his mother, and I promised him that.

" S-Sakura." A familiar voice caught my attention, and I glanced over toward a girl who was carrying a baby within her arms, the baby's hair shining like gold, and her light, light lavender eyes eyeing Sakura with interest. On her cheeks were marks that looked oddly like Naruto's, graced her cheeks, and when she noticed Sakura lifted her arms out to hold the baby, a foxy grin broke out across the beautiful baby's face.

" I want to hold, Nariko!" Sakura whined, watching as Hinata stepped forward, and placed the baby girl into Sakura's arms. As a way to ignore the pain, she concentrated on Nariko's face, ignoring Naruto as he came in loudly, shouting," Sakura-chan!"

Gaara growled at him, telling him to be quiet in silent communication.

" She's beautiful, Hinata. The last time I saw her, she was as bald as a tomato." I joked, holding the grimace in check. Hinata smiled, before lifting the baby out of Sakura's arms, cradling the baby softly. Sakura smiled at the two, before looking at Gaara, saying," See! That's going to be us soon."

Gaara scowled, before pulling himself away from the seat, and disappearing from view.

" Isn't he going to be such a family man?" Naruto joked, before leaving to follow his best friend, even though Gaara wouldn't admit that. Hinata grinned at Sakura, before looking around for her husband, that seemed to be no where in sight. Sighing, she left Sakura, saying," Bye", before she left.

Left alone, Sakura glanced back down to her belly, and stroked it softly." You're going to be a beautiful child," She whispered, smiling to herself.

And that's when the pain came.

It was like something ripped in her, making her scream so loudly, that the nurses who surround her before shot toward here, holding her down gently, before calling the doctor.

" It hurts!" I cried, gripping the seats beneath me. I noticed, as my head thrashed from side to side, Gaara was at the entrance already, his face paled considerably than what it already was. I didn't expect this, but at least I was prepared as I had written. It really, really hurt.

" She's losing blood!" I heard someone cry.

I couldn't see anything. It just was blurred by red, and suddenly, the pain started once more, ripping through my belly, pulling, stretching . . .

" Gaara!" I cried, my voice breaking at the very end from the loud tone. Suddenly, I felt a warm hand on mine, and I looked up toward Gaara, whose face was full of emotion; for the first time I had ever seen in my life.

My eyes clenched, as someone beside me whispered," Push!"

And I tried . . . but it just hurt too much.

" She really is losing a lot of blood! Doctor, what do I do?" One of the nurses cried.

Suddenly, a snarl penetrated the hair, blocking out my screams," Do something."

I squeezed Gaara's hand, while I pushed, and pushed as the nurse had told me.

It seemed like it could go one forever - it really did.

And all of it just hurt so much!

Then, suddenly, the pain stopped . . . my breathing becoming harder . . . the sound of a baby's cry piercing the air.

" It's a baby girl," Someone whispered.

" What's wrong with Sakura?" I heard Gaara asked, as my eyes drifted shut, my heart beat slowing . . .

" She's . . . dying," Someone said in regret, and a loud hiss of anger resonated throughout the room.

" Save her!"

But I couldn't be saved, and I knew that. Gaara had to know that.

And I uttered," I"m sorry, Gaara, I tried." I paused, taking a deep shuttering breath, feeling the hand on my shaking," Ai . . . " I whispered, a small smile gracing my face, before the pain just dulled, and vanished completely, my heartbeat disappearing from my ears . . .

And then it was black.

-O.o

Hehe. xDD Ish she dead? Or ish she alive?

GAASPPP!! 8D

No, seriously, I'm having confusion on if she'll be alive, or not.

Next chapter may be in Gaara's Point Of View. -Wink-