Sorry to everyone who has waited so long for this final chapter. My computer was improperly shut down by my little brother and it wiped the entire two thousand words I had started on, so naturally I was a little peeved and wasn't excited about re-writing it all.

I also wanted to take a second and thank you all so much for reading Tears of Acid. I know it was a disappointment compared to Motherhood and More. I really do appreciate all of you who have read this story to the end and I apologize for putting you through that torture. This last chapter will get my fullest attention and hopefully it will be the best chapter to end on a high note. Again, thank you all so much. *bow*

~Lady Toorima

~Chapter Ten~

Final Chapter

This was it. This was going to be the battle that decided the fate of the young mother, Toorima. She would either kill Sasuke here, or die trying. After taking a breath to steady herself she reached up and pulled her long hair into a high ponytail. Her tail secured itself around her waist for now and her ears lowered to eliminate their weakness.

Sasuke watched with an amused look on his face. It was easy to tell he was enjoying this. "You will never touch my son." Toorima spat at the over confident male. "So it is a boy." He replied with an overwhelming air of satisfaction around him. It was a mistake on her part, but his reaction only fed her anger.

"Die maggot." Toorima said before performing a complex set of hand signs and spreading her arms wide. After focusing a large amount of chakra to her arms she brought them together swiftly. A large gust of air was produced by the jutsu and it blew Sasuke back through the wall. Toorima smirked evilly and followed him out of the building.

Sasuke was already upright before the gust cleared. He had an odd look on his face, like he was seeing her for the first time or something. The reason clicked on her mind and she cackled. "Did you honestly believe my only ability was summoning? How stupid. My chakra nature is wind and I have found many good uses for it." She yelled to make sure he could here from his distance.

None of that mattered. She was just insulted that he believed her to be a one-trick-pony. Sasuke was a flash as he moved, eyes never leaving his prey. He was behind her in a second and slashed the back of her knee before moving away quickly. Toorima fell to her knee and cursed loudly. "Oh you bastard!" She screamed and his arrogant chuckle was carried through the wind.

Toorima rose to her feet and put most of her weight on the opposite leg. It wasn't a very deep cut, he was toying with her. Sasuke stopped moving about fifty feet in front of her with his hand lazily on the hilt of his sword and his face unemotional.

He moved again but unlucky for his her ears could hear him. Just as he approached her left she pulled a kunai from her pouch and hurled it at him which he easily dodged. She only succeeded in buying herself more time. He was still moving, trying to find an opening.

Toorima lowered into a crouch and cut off all her senses except her hearing. Her ears twitched from side to side as they listened for even the quietest movement, quietest whoosh of the wind. Left. She threw her fist out feeling it connect hard with flesh. Sasuke was knocked back breathless. Her other senses returned and she widened her smirk sure she had gotten him in the rib cage. Blood oozed from her knuckles from the force of the impact.

Sasuke coughed harshly for a moment and spit a sizable amount of blood into the dirt when he had recovered enough to stand up straight. All signs of play were gone from him now. He would be serious now. He had reached back and pulled his sword from it's' sheath once again.

This was bad. There was no way she could dodge his attack when the back of her knee was injured like this. That's the only reason she had been staying in one place. Moving would be painful and difficult. Sasuke seemed to deduce that and was going to use that weakness to his extreme advantage.

Toorima took a deep breath to steady herself. She couldn't help it. She was scared. He was coming for her, she was out of kunai, and her leg wouldn't allow any fast movement. Sasukes' face was emotionless when he disappeared again. It was odd; even though she knew it would do her no good Toorima braced herself for his attack.

The sound of a thousand chirping bird filled the air around her and only then did she realize she had shut her eyes. The sound grew louder and louder until finally it was so close it hurt her sensitive ears. Blood splattered onto her, this was her end. There was a large grunt from the victim and Toorima was puzzled. Did she grunt? She never grunts. Taking a chance Toorima opened her eyes.

Toorima let out a deranged scream that was almost a strangled growl. Kisame was standing in front of her with Sasukes' sword through his side and into her own chest. The shark-nin had managed to get Samehada down onto the Uchihas shoulder and left it there. As soon as Sasuke felt his chakra being drained he jumped away shredding the place the weapon rested while he did so.

Kisame coughed and groaned as the sword left his body. Toorima didn't even feel the pain. Her mind was numb as it tried to catch up to the situation. She was about to die, and Kisame saved her. Now he was hurt because of her. Why did things have to be this way? Her breath hitched in her throat and tears threatened to spill over but this wasn't the time to freak out and Toorima took another deep breath running over to Kisame who was a few feet in front of her as fast as she could. The pain from her leg constantly reminded her she was losing a lot of blood.

Toorima rummaged through her small pack and pulled out what gauze she had. Kisame through a quick glance at her to make sure she was alright then turned his attention back to Sasuke. "Take your shirt off." Toorima demanded him urgently and he obeyed sort of. He didn't want to chance Sasuke attacking while he was pulling his shirt over his head, so instead he ripped it from his iron chest letting the pieces fall to the ground. She had to remind herself of the situation as she stared at his perfection. Reaching up to wrap his wound an aching pain struck her chest. Her head whipped around but Sasuke was right where he had been, clutching his shoulder reassessing the situation. It seemed he didn't plan on Kisame returning so quickly.

Darkness was creeping up on her and she didn't understand why. The pain in her chest was consuming her entire bring. It was hard to breath and something warm kept running down her body. Toorima collapsed in a bloody heap before she knew what was wrong with her. She couldn't even scream, or make any sound besides whimpers of agony. Then she was gone.

"Clear!" After the voice followed an unpleasant shock through her mangled body and Toorima didn't like it. Then back into her welcomed darkness. "CLEAR!" The voice yelled again and the unpleasant shock ran through her again and she was surrounded by light. Toorima was lying in a hospital bed, again, with hoses in arms, hand, and chest. She screamed as soon as her groggy mind cleared the fog. The pain was unbelievable. A nurse hurried forward with a syringe and injected it into one of the tubes. A pleasant stupor fell over her again and she fell back into the calm nothingness.

Beep…beep…beep…What a strange sound to wake up to. Then Toorima remembered where she was, the pain in her chest forcing her to face reality once more. Her eyes scanned the room. Serenity, Chaos , and Kasumi were lying on an ugly brown leather couch, and there he was, her savior in a maroon living room chair next to her bedside table. He was sleeping.

Toorima tried to get up, but she was still covered in hoses. "Kisame?" She called. His eyes fluttered open to the sound of her voice and he looked at her with unbelieving eyes. He quickly stood and walked the three or four steps to her side. "Y-you're awake." He said and tears formed at the corners of his eyes. Was that bad? Somehow his reaction hurt her.

"What happened?" Toorima asked noticing something strange. She could see her feet. Her baby bump wasn't big but she still couldn't see her feet when she had it, where did it go? "What happened?" She asked again more urgency in her voice. "You've been in a coma for two months." He answered. His voice was full of relief. She however, had to take a moment to process that. "Sasuke?" She asked not sure of what happened after she lost consciousness. "He decided it best to leave. Samehada got more chakra out of him than I thought and he was alone at the time." Kisame answered and placed his hand on her cheek.

Toorima pressed her cheek harder against his hand, grateful for his touch. "What about Takehiko?" She asked finally remembering that she had given birth already. "He's fine. A nurse maid has been taking care of him while you were out." He said soothingly. She tried to get up but his strong hand held her down. "Hold it, your lung collapsed after he pierced through it, three of your ribs were fractured, you lost a lot of blood, and the back of your knee couldn't be fully repaired." He said looking away to hide his despair.

Ignoring the hoses that pulled at her hand she reached up to turn his face to hers. "I'm fine. I want to see my son." She said. Kisame only nodded and left the room. Serenity had woken up and walked over to her master. 'I'm so glad you're awake. I was so afraid that we would lose you and it would be because we were not at your side where we belong.' The agony in her thoughts was distressing. 'It is not your fault. It's me, I'm a fool. I do not possess the strength to defeat Uchiha Sasuke, and I never will.' Toorima thought but her thoughts were not sad, they were relieved. While in the dark she had plenty of time to think. It dawned on her that no matter how many times she tried, no matter how many years she trained, no matter how many people she defeated, she would never be able to defeat him.

Kisame came back into the room and Serenity stayed by the bed her thoughts gushing about the bundle in the large mans arms. Toorima held her arms out and Kisame placed the baby inside them. He was sleeping. Everything about him was small just like his mother. His head was covered in a small amount of raven black hair, a fact that Toorima expected and no longer worried about.

"My little prince." The new mother whispered kissing her sons forehead for the first time. Kisame made his way back to the chair and watched as Toorima rocked the child in her arms lovingly. This boy was going to change her life, change it for the better she hoped.

Four Years later…

"Takehiko don't run too far!" Toorima yelled as she watched her little ball of energy chase Kasumi. Kisame held her cane for her as she got to her knees. "I miss you mother. I'm doing well, and so is Kisame. Takehiko is growing up to be a true genius. He just turned four and he can already do all the basic jutsu. Water walking, tree climbing, kage bushin, and he can already communicate telepathically with Kasumi. Isn't that great? You should see his little black leopard ears and tail, they are so adorable." She placed the fresh cut roses onto the grave and stood up.

She missed Hinata so very much and would give anything for her to still be here. Toorima had given up on thoughts of revenge. Not only because she knew it would be impossible alone, but she knew that Hinata would not want her to waist her life seeking revenge and have it end the way hers did.

"Takehiko I said not to go too far!" Toorima yelled looking around unable to see her son. Panic was rising in her chest but the sight of chaos coming into view with the boy on his back eased her worried heart. Serenity was right behind Chaos with Kasumi in her mouth by the scruff of her neck. Kisame placed his hand on her shoulder and smiled down at her. "Are you ready?" He asked. After looking down at Hinatas' grave one more time she nodded. "Let's go home."

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And that's it. I hoped you liked it, if not, oh well, sorry. I'm sorry that this chapter took so long to publish but now it's done and I think it may have been one of the best chapters out of the two or three that I was proud of from this particular story.

A special thanks goes out to Onileo-sama and Mischievous Lil Tink for being my most loyal readers. You both supported me even when my story was terrible. Thank you both so very, very much!

~Lady Toorima