This chapter is like really short but whatever I kind of ran out of ideas.

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Chapter 12 Resolution

Miko crouched in front of Toru kunai in hand. The snake slithered out of the cave. It was easily thirty feet tall with black scales.

"Well s***!" Miko mumbled under her breath. It slithered high in the air it's tongue flicking in and out. For a moment it didn't seem to react at all then it looked down. It's tongue slithered in and out and then without warning attacked her.

Miko never had time to move and even if she could she wouldn't be aloud because of Toru clinging to her legs screaming. The snake's fangs lodged in her back, and she screamed.

"Toru GO!" Miko screamed.

~*~Gaara~*~

"Gaara-sama, this is where we've tracked her to." A sand ninja said bowing to Gaara. The caves before him were somewhat gaudy to look at.

"Kankuro-san, Temari-san, and Tike-san with me, Tike-san be prepared if they are injured."

"Hai, Kazekage-sama!" Tike chirped. The ninja entered the building.

~*~ MIKO ~*~

Her back bleeding and her body not even working, Miko was running on pure determination. The snake arched its back and his and tried to strike again. Miko used her body weight to pull both herself and the child away.

"Miko! Miko, what's going on! You're bleeding! MIKO!" Toru cried. Her mind already bogged down the demon inside her spoke, red scales flashing bright.

Miko-chan ~ Dralo sung Your bleeding to death Miko-chan you know what'll happen if you die! No one's going to save you, use my power Miko-chan it's your only choice.

Miko's eyes began to droop down. Not even a shred of resistance was placed between her and the red demon. The blood lust filled her body the wound on her back began to close with a hiss. The blue in her eyes turned red and the pupils turned to slits. Miko's teeth sharpened to a harsh point and the freckles that adorned the bridge of her nose faded.

"Well, well, well if it isn't my flightless cousin!" Miko\Dralo laughed. Miko leapt into the air leaving Toru behind. In mid-air the snake struck her down with the back of its tail. Miko crashed into the ground shaking the entire cave.

She pulled out paper bombs on kunai and launched it at the snake it struck blowing some scales off. Angered the beast threw itself at Miko. Its body crashed into the floor by the pool. Leaping into the air again Miko breathed out a jutsu,

"Ultimate Fire Style: Consuming Fire!"

When the fire hit the snake, the snake disappeared into a giant cloud of smoke.

A summon? Miko/Dralo wondered. She had begun to walk away when the sound of footsteps could be heard echoing through the caves. Her entire body began to slow and the sudden pang of the demon burying itself further into her mind then she herd moaning. Miko turned and her face became stricken in horror.

Toru lie on the ground by the pool bloody and broken. Her mind rewound like a tape watching again in horror as the snake's tail crashed down.

"Toru…" she breathed and ran to him. He was still alive blood dripping out of the corner of his mouth.

"Toru, Toru baby, wha-what's going on?" Miko felt tears slip down her face.

"M-Miko?" he slurred.

"Quiet don't speak!" she begged.

"N-no Miko-ch-chan I have to say s-something…" Miko blubbered at his coming words.

"Miko-chan you are the bravest person I know, but I have something to tell you, no something to ask you. I don't know all about your past, or the things you've done but today is a new day. Stop living in the past and move forward. I remember when the Kazekage came and spoke to our class he told us what he was like before his friend Naruto saved him. He suffers from insomnia, but he's worked hard to overcome it, it's hard sometimes but he still tries. Miko don't you think it's time you've stopped trying to relive the childhood you've lost? You are an adult in a powerful position s-stop" he choked on blood for a moment "stop acting like your bi-polar Miko I'll be watching you from the other s-si…" and like that the light in Toru's eyes faded.

"Toru!" Miko sobbed "I swear to you Toru-kun I'll find whoever did this, I'll change Toru I swear I will be what you wanted me to be Toru!" Miko gripped his cooling body tight.

~*~ Gaara ~*~

He heard Miko before he saw her. The sobbing sound had led the shinobi right to her. The ground surrounding her was cracked and broken to an unimaginable degree, but his eyes were glued to the wheat haired girl who was shaking and trembling.

"Medic!" Gaara snapped not even caring enough to remember his name. Without words he crept up behind the sobbing Miko and stunned her with a medic jutsu. He then pulled her off and began to examine the cuts and bruises.

Gaara saw no major wound so he walked forward to examine what she had been crying on. He remembered the adult looking boy from only a month or so ago, he remembered his name… Toru.

~*~ Flashback ~*~

A boy jumped out of his seat hand raised high in the air somewhat reminding Gaara of Naruto but this boy had nothing but serious written all over his face.

"Kazekage-san," he said with more familiarity than anyone but Miko had ever spoken to him. "If you met someone who was like you back when you killed what would you say to them?" the Kazekage had stopped for a moment to think,

"I would say… It doesn't matter what you did in the past it's what you do in the present that matters."

"Does that mean that if we kill Toru-kun but don't murder our classmates in the future it's okay?" a snobby looking boy asked, and the class snickered.

"No, the past will always catch up with you, you may come to terms with it in your heart but you will still be scarred. Every time you kill in cold blood a piece of your soul is ripped away. It's like drowning in a pool of tar, you sink until it consumes you. Sometimes even in the present that tar will begin to cling to you and bring you down. Even though I stopped killing innocent people doesn't mean that when I close my eyes I don't see their faces that look of horror. Your past is what the present is made up of, but if you strive to make the present pleasant, than the future will be pleasant as well.

The class was for the first time that day silent.

~*~ Present ~*~

I wonder if he was talking about Miko. Gaara thought numbly. After the medic was done with Miko Gaara ordered him to seal the body into a scroll, and soon they returned to Suna.

TIME SKIP A WEEK LATER

The monsoon season kicked of the day of Toru's funeral. Those who were present consisted of Miko, the Sand Sibling, a few teachers, and the Lost Kids. Each wearing black to symbolize the dread in their hearts.

Miko let the wind and the rain hit her with all its force and no one tried to tell her otherwise. Toru had been like her child and ever since his death she had remained stoic faced and silent.

After she had sobbed her heart out in the cave she hadn't shed a tear. As for the children trapped in venom Gaara figured that out easily and they were quickly free the worst case only spent five days in the hospital. Miko knew that some hadn't made it out alive, but the lost children never mentioned anything.

"They did a good job repairing the body." Miko commented for the first time in a week. It was after the funeral with only her and Gaara left.

"Indeed." He commented and they both remained silent for a moment.

"I've been meaning to tell you this Gaara but I just couldn't find the words. That snake that was there was a summoned. I have every intention of finding out who did it, will you stop me?"

"No, you just have to promise me one thing," he said as stoic as ever.

"What?"

"You must take me with you."