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The Outskirts of Suna…

Ryuzaki stood frozen in place. Saya lifted her head slowly. Her eyes were swirling all different colors. The thing actually looked frightened. Ren spoke up.

"Saya…if I come out…you'll die…" she said in a whisper.

"I-I n-need to protect m-my s-son…" she answered weakly.

Saya pulled the sword deeper into her so she was face to face with the thing. She grabbed its face with her hand and the flesh began to peel off. The thing screamed and screamed and began the squirm.

Saya held on for as long as she could before letting go and watching the thing fall to the floor. She pulled the sword out of her stomach and stabbed the thing repeatedly. She hoped it was dead. She turned to her son who had tears streaming down his face. She smiled slightly and took his hand.

"I-I think…we can walk…from here…" she said barely able to get the words out.

Ryuzaki squeezed her hand tightly and nodded. They had made it halfway to the gates when Saya's legs buckled and she dropped to the ground with a thud. Ryuzaki stood near her and tears began to fall again.

"M-Mom, we're almost there…mom…" he mumbled through crying and tugged on her hand.

Saya struggled to get up but she couldn't. She was just too damn tired.

"Ryuzaki…go…go get help…the gates aren't that far away…I'll wait here for you…" she said quietly before shoving something in his hand.

"Give this to your father okay…it's really important…" she said as blood seeped out of her mouth.

Ryuzaki closed his eyes and nodded.

"Go then…now…run!" she said and he took off running towards the gates.

Saya lay down on the sandy floor. Ren spoke to her.

"Who do you want me to go to when you die?" she asked sympathetically.

Saya chuckled. She was exhausted and numb and just wanted to sleep.

Gaara flew out of the Kazekage tower quickly with his siblings. He just wanted his family home and that would be that. It was only when he reached the gates and saw his son making a mad dash for him covered in blood that his heart stopped.

Gaara raced towards his son, his siblings not far behind him. When he reached him he dropped to his knees grabbing the little boy by the shoulders and looking him over. Ryuzaki was shaking and looked into his father's eyes.

"M-Mom…" he murmured and Gaara's eyes widened.

Only when he heard a scream off in the distance did he stand up quickly. He turned to his siblings.

"Stay with him!" he yelled and took off from the gates.

A figure was stumbling towards him and as he got closer his eyes widened. Saya had been dozing off due to the blood loss and pain. Her healing chakra plus any other chakra she had was gone. She had been slipping into a sleep she would probably never wake up from. But then she had heard a sickening twist and pop. She had lifted her head up some and saw the thing she had just killed was getting back up.

She decided that she wasn't going to get eaten so she forced herself up and limped away. It was when she saw Gaara that relief flooded her and she struggled harder to get to him. When they met she cried out and fell into his arms, clinging to his body. She was crying hysterically. He held her tightly and let his knees fall to the sand with her.

"Saya…Saya what happened? Who did this to you?" he asked trying to remain calm but failing.

She coughed up blood and looked out into the desert.

"I-It won't d-die…" she choked out panicking.

Gaara looked up and saw the thing coming towards them. It truly was an ugly son of a bitch. He pulled her to him tighter and the thing charged. Sand immediately wrapped around it.

"If it won't die then I'll just bury it alive…" he said, his tone icy cold.

The thing shrieked out loud as the sand buried it. Gaara slammed his hand into the sand.

"Sabaku Sousou," he seethed as the ground shook.

He turned his attention to Saya, whose breathing came out in short gasps.

"Hang on, you're going to be alright," he said trying to convince himself as well.

He pressed his hand against her stomach and she winced.

"I-I have to stop the bleeding," he said his voice cracking.

"R-Ryuzaki…where is he?" she murmured and he nodded quickly.

"He's fine, scared, but fine. He's with Temari and Kankuro," he said quietly.

Saya nodded.

"I'm not going to make it…" she whispered.

Gaara was trying to comprehend what he was hearing.

"Don't say that…don't give up so easily…" he murmured feeling complete dread in his chest.

Saya smiled faintly.

"I didn't, t-trust m-me. I'm so tired Gaara…I-I don't have any more strength left in me…" she gasped out.

Gaara shook his head.

"Then I will be your strength," he said lifting her up carefully.

She gripped onto his vest and he took off to the Suna hospital. The siblings had never seen him so frantic. He flew past them and up the stairs to the hospital. He came through the doors and Rooks, who was sitting at her desk, flew up in shock and ran to his side.

"What happened to her?!" she yelled calling for more medical ninja.

They ran to him with a gurney and he gently placed her on it. They wheeled her off quickly and Gaara turned to Kankuro and Temari.

"Temari, get a letter out to Konoha now. Tell them we need Tsunade and Sakura as soon as possible."

Temari nodded and took off to the tower. Gaara turned to Kankuro next.

"Kankuro…just…stay here with me…" he said desperately.

Kankuro's eyes softened and he nodded and took a seat in the waiting room with his brother. Kat walked in a few minutes later with Ryuzaki, who was cleaned up, bandaged and changed. Gaara thanked Kat weakly and continued to stare at the wall. Ryuzaki walked over to his father.

"Dad…is mom going to die?" he asked sadly.

Gaara looked at his son and Kankuro scratched his head.

"Ryuzaki, your father really isn't—" he was cut off by Gaara.

"—no…she is not dying…" Gaara said his voice stone cold.

Ryuzaki nodded slowly and sat next to his father.

"The ninja from Konoha are coming?" he asked.

Gaara nodded slowly. Ryuzaki stared at the wall. His eyes were blank and he didn't speak again. Kankuro walked over to Kat and sat down by her.

"How are you?" he asked softly.

Kat didn't look at him but instead looked down.

"Someone I love is hurt badly and could possibly…" her voice trailed off as tears came to her eyes.

Kankuro hugged her tightly as Temari walked in with Shikamaru and the twins. The two kids ran over to Ryuzaki.

"Ryuzaki, can we sit with you?" Hisa asked sweetly.

Ryuzaki nodded calmly and the twins sat with him keeping him company. The whole family sat down in the waiting room.

Some Hours Later…

Sakura came running in with Kakashi, Naruto, and Tsunade. They all looked worried and ran to the waiting room. Gaara stood quickly seeing that the help had arrived.

"Where is her room?!" the two medical ninja asked simultaneously.

Gaara showed them the room and they took off getting prepped while running. Gaara wanted to follow them but a hand on his shoulder made him turn around. He came face to face with Kakashi.

"She'll make it," he said confidently.

Gaara nodded weakly. They sat down in the waiting room again and Kakashi went over to Ryuzaki. Ryuzaki loved seeing Kakashi but this time he sat silently staring at the wall. Gaara was fidgeting and thousands of questions ran through his head. What the hell happened out there?

He stared at Ryuzaki. What did his son see? Was it an assassination attempt? Gaara grabbed his head and closed his eyes. Kankuro saw his brother's pained expression and patted his back softly. Gaara was dying slowly inside but he kept his composure.

Later That Night…

Sakura walked out of the emergency room pulling off her garments and tried to take a deep breath before she entered the waiting room. She tried to put on her best doctor face before the large group. Gaara was ahead of them all standing and waiting.

Sakura looked at the kids. She called a nurse over and the nurse took all the kids to the cafeteria for free snacks. Sakura turned her attention back to the group.

"How bad is it that you had to send the kids out of here to tell us?" Kakashi asked softly.

Sakura closed her eyes as they betrayed her and tears streamed down her face. She wiped them away quickly and turned around trying to compose herself. Gaara whirled her around holding her shoulders shakily.

"How bad is it?" he demanded unsteadily.

Sakura sniffed.

"I'm so sorry Gaara…there was nothing else we could do…" she choked out.

When the words hit him he let go of her shoulders and backed away like she was contagious. His eyes were wide and his mouth hung open slightly. Kakashi stood still taking in each and every word she had said.

His face held so much emotion but at the same time his expression never changed. Naruto backed away and sat down burying his face in his hands shaking. Kankuro held onto Kat as her knees buckled and Temari buried her head in her husband's shoulder. Shikamaru closed his eyes feeling the hot liquid stream down his cheeks. Gaara stared at Sakura in shock for what seemed like hours before he spoke.

"I-I don't understand…what?" he said shaking his head.

Sakura shook slightly letting the tears fall her for friend.

"We lost h-her Gaara…she's g-gone…" she said as more tears streamed down her cheeks and she held her hands up in front of her.

Gaara heard the words and processed them in his head slowly.

"She was talking…she was talking to me no more then a few hours ago. H-How could she be…" his voice trailed off as the impact of her words hit him.

"No…go back in there and try again…" he said trying to compose himself.

Sakura bit her lip.

"Gaara, there's nothing more we—" he cut her off.

"—Tsunade is the best medical ninja of all the villages! How could she not heal her?! She was talking to me no more then a few hours ago! How are you telling me she's gone?!" he yelled obviously not caring what emotions showed on his face.

It was basically just the family anyway. Sakura stood there completely lost, having no idea what to say.

"I-I…" her voice trailed off as she failed to find words.

"Go back in there and do something!" he yelled and Sakura whirled on her heels and headed back in crying as Tsunade came out.

Her eyes were tired and her fingers were wrinkled because her aging technique was fading. Her face was still young though. She walked up to Gaara. Her cheeks were red and puffy.

"Gaara…please don't be angry with Sakura. We did everything we could. The wounds, the blood loss, that and the infection running through the woods, her body just couldn't handle it all…" she said softly trying to hold back her emotions.

Gaara felt the pain in his chest intensify.

"She—we—what am I supposed to tell our son?" he asked genuinely curious as to what the hell he was supposed to do.

Tsunade closed her eyes.

"He's young Gaara. It will be hard for the both of you but you have all of us. We'll help you in any way we can…" she said trying to make him feel any kind of relief.

Gaara stared at her. He hadn't realized the tears that had slowly trickled down his face as he spoke.

"There is nothing you can do?" he asked helplessly.

Tsunade slowly shook her head.

"We've tried everything Gaara—" she said but he cut her off.

"—no you couldn't have possibly tried everything because if you did she would be breathing right now and waiting to see her family!" he roared putting his face in his hands shaking.

Tsunade flinched slightly at his tone. It held so much pain and anger and rage. She didn't know if it was all for Saya or for her not being able to save her.

"Gaara—" she started but he stopped her.

"—don't. Don't say anything…just…don't…" he said not even thinking properly.

Temari reached out for her brother but he pulled away.

"Don't touch me…" he said not looking at her.

Temari cried harder feeling her brother's pain. Gaara stared at the floor for what felt like an eternity before looking up to meet the tear stained faces of her friends and family.

"I—I can't be here…" he said quickly and headed towards the door.

He was about to grab the knob when he heard a small voice behind him that stopped him dead in his tracks. He turned around and saw Ryuzaki standing there a few feet away.

"Dad, mom wanted to give you something," he said sticking his hand in his pocket.

Gaara waited as his son pulled out a piece of paper.

"The Mizukage gave this to her and said to get it out to all the Kages because he was going to die…" he said softly.

Gaara's eyes widened and he looked down at the piece of paper carefully. His eyes grew wide and his son's voice broke him out of his daze.

"Father, is mom awake yet?" he asked sincerely.

Gaara felt pain explode in his chest and he looked down at his son.

"No…Ryuzaki…she's going to be sleeping for awhile…" he said not really ready to tell his son the truth.

Ryuzaki furrowed his eyebrows.

"She'll wake up soon?" he asked slowly.

Gaara felt a knot in his throat.

"H-Hai…she's just resting now…" he choked out.

Ryuzaki nodded and gave a faint smile.

"Good because I was really scared something bad would happen to her. I'm glad she's sleeping," he said smiling for the first time in a while.

Gaara winced and turned around not being able to look his son in the face anymore. He leaned his head against the cool cobble stone wall of the hospital. Ryuzaki looked worried.

"Father, are you alright?" he asked concerned.

Temari walked up behind him.

"Your father is going to be fine; he's just tired right now. Come on its way past your bedtime. Let's get you back to the tower," she said scooping him up and everyone walked out leaving just Gaara, Tsunade, Kakashi, and Kankuro in the room.

Kankuro walked up to Gaara slowly, careful not to touch him.

"Gaara, what did Ryuzaki give you?" he asked gently.

Gaara handed the piece of paper to Kankuro uncaringly. Kankuro scanned the piece of paper and his eyes widened.

"This paper says that the Waterfall Village is going to war with us and our allies against the Mizukage's wishes! They overruled him? Who can overrule the Mizukage?" he yelled panicking.

Gaara still rested on the wall.

"It doesn't matter anymore…" he said weakly.

Kankuro's eyes widened.

"Gaara, we're not prepared for war!" he shouted and Gaara turned to him.

"Well I wasn't prepared for a lot of things that happened today but they still happened didn't they?!" he roared back silencing his brother.

"There won't be any war…" he finished calmly heading towards the door.

Kankuro furrowed his eyebrows in confusion.

"What?" he said confused.

Gaara looked back, his eyes holding rage.

"I'm going to the Waterfall Village tonight…and tomorrow…there won't be a Waterfall Village…and that means no war…" he said heading for the door.

Everyone's eyes snapped open. Tsunade thought now would be a good time to speak.

"Gaara, you can't go there by yourself! You're not in a rational state of mind!" she cried and Kankuro turned to her.

"He won't be going alone. I'm going to," he said and Gaara stared at him.

Kakashi stood up.

"I will be accompanying them as well…" he said his voice void of any emotions.

"I will too…" said a small voice behind her.

Sakura stood ready in her fighting attire.

"And we are going as well…" a voice came from behind Gaara, who turned around coming face to face with his sister and Shikamaru.

"We already have Kat watching the kids…even though she protested…" Temari said quietly.

Gaara looked at the group. It would do.

"Fine…but don't get in my way…" he said firmly and headed out with them following close behind.

Tsunade sighed softly and headed into Saya's room. She sat in a chair and stared at the lifeless body of her apprentice. While she was trying to heal Saya she didn't feel the presence of the Phoenix within her. This meant Ren could be anywhere in anyone. Things really needed to start looking up.

Meanwhile, Ryuzaki was in his room looking out the window.

"So mother, how can I help you wake up?" he asked no one in particular.

"Just follow my instructions and I'll wake up in no time…" said a very familiar voice.

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