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The Next Day…

Saya groaned softly as she felt something warm and soft press against her cheek. She smiled still having her eyes closed and turned around slowly, stretching as she did. Warm lips pressed against hers tenderly. She cracked her eyes open slightly coming face to face with her husband. She turned and buried her face in his chest trying to go back to sleep.

"Sai-chan, do you have work today?" he asked in a whisper.

"H-Hai…" she mumbled into his chest still trying to get some sleep.

He smirked at her stubborn demeanor.

"Sai-chan…" he trailed off as she turned him over so she was sitting on top of him, pinning his arms down with her hands.

She kept him pinned with her legs on each side of his waist. He smirked up at her as she grinned down at him.

"I've got you," she said seductively in his ear.

He smiled softly, his eyes never leaving hers.

"You have me," he said confirming her statement.

She smiled at her husband lovingly.

"I love you, you know that?" she said smiling slightly.

Gaara's body tensed but then relaxed. It still affected him when she said those words even after all these years.

"Yes I know that. I love you too," he mumbled, a small blush on his cheeks.

Saya smiled and leaned down kissing his cheeks and then his nose before finally connecting with his lips. She nipped at his neck about to go down further when her pager went off. She groaned and slipped off of him and walked to the dresser. She picked up her pager smiling and looked at it. Her eyes widened.

"Gaara!" she said in shock.

He quickly got out of bed and was by her side in seconds looking at her.

"What is it?" he asked quickly.

She looked up at him.

"Two of your elite ANBU were admitted into the emergency room five minutes ago. I need to get down there…" she said hurrying and throwing on her clothes quickly.

Gaara grabbed his Kazekage robes and ruffled his hair.

"I have to go with you. This could have something to do with what I'm working on…" he said calmly.

She nodded quickly.

"Of course," she said and rushed out with him.

They both came downstairs where Temari and Kankuro greeted them. Shikamaru waved a hello while sipping some tea.

"Hey Sai, Gaara, join us for breakfast before you head out," Temari said sweetly.

She was enjoying her morning. Gaara turned to Kankuro.

"Two of our elite were found five minutes ago in critical condition. We have to get to the hospital," Gaara stated bluntly.

Kankuro knew what that meant and stood up grabbing his tea and chugging it.

"Then let's go," he said already ready.

Temari's eyes widened.

"Our sand ANBU have been attacked?!" she said standing up quickly.

"I'm coming too," she said plainly looking to Shikamaru who nodded and stood ready to go.

They all headed out to the hospital. Saya walked in quickly followed by everyone else. She headed to the front desk. No one was there.

"Saya-senpai, over here, we need you in emergency room three! One of the patients has stopped breathing and we are continuing to try to bring him back!" Rooks said clearly out of breath.

Saya finished tying her string for her hospital wear and put her cap and mask on. She ran towards the ER quickly and went through the doors. Rooks walked over to the group.

"Kazekage-sama…you and your family can wait in the other room. Saya will be out when she's finished," she said as kindly as she could.

Gaara nodded.

"You saw the wounds inflicted on the ANBU?" he asked politely.

He knew Rooks was a close friend of Saya's and had been in the village for some time. He would be as kind to her as he could. It wasn't much but he offered what he could.

"H-Hai Kazekage-sama, I wrote up some of the reports since I don't practice much in medical jutsu…" she said lowly.

Gaara nodded softly.

"What did you write in the reports?" he asked her softly.

Rooks went behind her desk and pulled out two folders.

"Here we go, the two ANBU reports…" she said flipping open both folders.

"The first ANBU had extensive injuries to his arms and legs but the second seemed to take the worst of it. He has a serious injury to his abdomen and probably a concussion…" she said softly.

Gaara processed all of the information. Rooks knew what he was thinking.

"If you want my opinion, I'd say the second guy knew more then the first and that's why they wounded him more then the other guy…" she murmured.

Gaara realized she was right. Just as he nodded to show he heard her there was a loud commotion from inside the ER. Gaara looked up to see a doctor coming out ripping off his mask and throwing it in the trash. Saya came out two seconds after him jogging to keep up with him and stopping him, pulling her mask down.

"You can't just walk out of the surgery like that!" she yelled at him turning some heads.

The other doctor turned around looking furious.

"Hey listen Saya, I have kids alright! I have two kids and a wife to think of! That guy in there is threatening all of that!" he roared making everyone curious as to what the hell was going on.

"Hey, let me inform you of something…I have a kid too...and a husband! You think I want to be in there with him?! You want to know why I'm in there?! It's my job to be in there! Now get your ass back in there!" she yelled angrily.

"No! That guy has six damn explosive tags inside of his gut!" he spilled out.

Everyone's eyes widened.

"Would you shut your mouth?! Why don't you scream it a little louder I don't think the shinobi in Konoha could hear you!" she whispered angrily.

The male doctor shook his head.

"I can't Saya…with all the things that have been going on around here…I have to put my family first. Let's be honest with each other, you know something is seriously wrong with these two patients," he said lowly.

Saya furrowed her eyebrows. She did think something was off. She wasn't expecting the explosive tags. This attack was not ordinary.

"See? You think that there is something off too," he murmured.

Saya snapped out of her thoughts and looked up at him.

"Then go, I'll finish the surgery myself. Maybe I'll send everyone out of the room just to be safe. Obviously you can't handle it…" she seethed and put her mask back on.

She turned on her heels and headed back through the doors to the emergency room. The male doctor sighed heavily and walked through the front doors of the hospital leaving it behind. Gaara watched him leave and then turned back to look at the ER doors. This was definitely what he was working on. No regular attacker would think ahead and put six explosive tags in the guy. Especially since the guy was supposed to be visiting him that day…so it was a spy targeting the Kazekage…he knew that much.

The only question now was what village the spy was working from. He thought about it. He didn't think Konoha would send a spy especially with Saya and Shikamaru here. The Mizukage had his brother to find out any information. The Raikage and the others were on the same terms as of the moment. The only one it could be was the Tsuchikage. Gaara felt someone tapping him and came out of his thoughts looking at Temari.

"Gaara, are you even listening to me?! I said, what are we going to do about the situation with…the spy?" she whispered the last part.

Gaara furrowed his eyes.

"We will wait to see if the two ANBU have made it out of surgery and then we will proceed…" he said quietly.

Temari nodded and everyone took a seat to wait.

Two Hours Later…

Saya walked out looking tired and weary. She pulled down her mask and threw it out in a bin nearby. She pulled off her gloves, which were bloody and pulled off her head piece letting her brown hair fall down to her shoulders. She ruffled her hair and walked over to the waiting room. She dragged her feet through the door and walked up to the Kazekage. For the first time in his life he could not decipher her face. He watched her carefully, studying her movements. She brought her eyes up to his and smiled slightly.

"They're both going to make it…" she said tiredly.

His eyes widened. He had hoped that at least one would make it. He was shocked to hear that the two would live after he read their files. His wife had really become quite brilliant at the art of medicine. He looked down at her thoughtfully.

"How are they doing?" he asked softly.

She scratched her head gently.

"Well one is sleeping right now…hopefully comfortably since we gave him enough medicine to knock out Naruto's Jinchuuriki. He'll be asleep for a while. The other one is awake but I was hoping you could save your questions until tomorrow. He's been through quite a lot today and should rest, but that's just me being a doctor. If you really need to see him I could probably bend a few rules," she murmured quietly.

Gaara shook his head.

"I need to speak with them first thing tomorrow," he said seriously.

She nodded. Kankuro looked around.

"Hey where's that chick Rooks-chan?" he asked softly.

Saya looked to see the desk was empty.

"She's on her lunch break. She'll be back shortly if it's the reports you want," she said and Kankuro nodded.

No sooner then she had said it did Rooks walk in smiling happily eating her sandwich. She hadn't eaten all day and was starving. She locked eyes with Saya and grinned throwing her an extra sandwich.

"See I think of you," she said laughing.

Saya caught the sandwich happily.

"Thank you Rooks-chan!" she said as the young nurse walked by.

Saya nodded to Kankuro, who walked over to Rooks to get the reports. Saya was about to speak when a sand shinobi came stumbling in bloodied and battered. Saya's eyes widened as the shinobi fell and she ran to him with Gaara not far behind. She kneeled down and turned him over grimacing at the sight before her.

"Someone…mutilated him…" she said in shock.

Gaara stared at the shinobi intently. Rooks ran over with a gurney and some other nurses trailing behind her.

"Saya-senpai is he…" she was about to ask but Saya shook her head sadly.

"He's dead…" she said checking his pulse.

Just as she said it his hand shot up wrapping around her wrist and she let out a yelp of fear as she stared at the shinobi wide eyed.

"S-S-Spy…is…h-h-here…" he said before collapsing dead on the floor.

The grip on her wrist loosened and she tried to get her heart rate steady. She looked up at Gaara.

"May I speak with you privately for a moment?" she asked softly and he knew no would not be an option.

They walked somewhat away from the nurses cleaning up the body and the people and into a small corner.

"So the spy rumors…they're true?" she asked already knowing the answer.

Gaara nodded slowly.

"When were you planning on telling me?" she asked a little angry.

Gaara stayed silently thinking.

"I wanted to make sure it was one hundred percent fact before I told anyone. I didn't want rumors spreading…" he said calmly.

Saya stared at him.

"Well what now?" she asked seriously.

"Now…you finish what you have to do and then come home. Forget you ever heard about the spy. Do not get involved…" he finished and Saya glared at him.

"If there is a spy in Suna he could be anywhere, I want to help," she said quietly.

Gaara stared at her, his face void of any emotions as it usually was in public.

"No…" he said sternly.

Saya's eyes widened.

"Since when can I not help with a matter concerning the village?" she asked shocked.

Gaara looked around casually before meeting his eyes with hers.

"Since the spy could be anyone in the village. No one is safe, not even you," he said calmly.

"Be on guard but do not get involved," he finished watching her intently.

Saya huffed angrily and was about to walk back to check on her patients when a strong hand grabbed her arm. Gaara leaned in to her ear.

"I mean it Saya. Do not do anything to put yourself in danger," he said calmly but she knew he was upset.

She sighed loudly and he looked at her.

"I won't do anything…for now…but I can't help it if he goes after you or our son. You cannot ask me to sit back on that," she said sternly.

Gaara released her arm slowly and she walked off to the ER. Gaara ruffled his messy hair while Shikamaru walked over to him.

"Sai-chan being a bit difficult Gaara?" he asked smirking.

Gaara looked at his brother-in-law thoughtfully.

"She doesn't understand. I don't want her involved because…I don't want her hurt…" he said quietly.

Shikamaru grinned.

"She knows that. Let me tell you, women are so troublesome. They want to be protected but then they want to do the protecting…what a drag…" he said sighing defeated.

Gaara smirked slightly at Shikamaru's explanation. He had to admit the genius was right. Shikamaru turned to Gaara quickly then and stared at him.

"Gaara, another thing you should know. The dead shinobi had traces of rock sediment on him and in his blood like something tore him up internally first then mutilated him afterwards…" he said seriously.

Gaara looked at the ER doors and then headed towards the front doors.

"Where are you going Gaara?" Temari asked curiously.

"I have paperwork and meetings to get done. I'll return here tomorrow and then I may have to make a small trip…" he said and Kankuro furrowed his eyebrows.

"Where are we going Gaara?" he asked curiously.

Gaara stopped and turned some.

"I am going to have a small talk with the Tsuchikage. I think he'll be expecting me…" he said and then walked out of the hospital.

Kankuro followed a few minutes later with a confused Temari and a godly Shikamaru.

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