Okay, I know I haven't updated for a LLLLLOOOOONNNNNGGGG time. And I know this chapter is really short. But please do not burn me for this… I have been really busy. (I do have a life… I know can u believe it!)

Here are my reasons why I haven't posted.:

I was in the school play. (I was one of the main parts so that took up a lot of time)

I'm going to Halifax with my choir from school for a competition at the end of april. And will be performing in our theatre a week before that

I have also been taking Japanese lessons on Thursday nights

I am also preparing costumes for Anime North (Can't wait!!!!!)

On top of that I have homework and all these assignments.

Combine all of these things, and you get one busy life… So, if I don't update soon, I am sorry. I'm letting you know this so you don't think the story is over. It isn't over, till I say it over!

Enjoy…

Do I look like I own Naruto?

Karinai wasn't thinking when she burst in the room filled with S-ranked criminals. All she was thinking about was what had just happened…

There she was, sitting beside her mother. Her head slightly bent, her delicate lips lightly moving, barely audible.

She was praying to Jashin. Even though her mother had never told her about the religion in full detail Cam, on the other hand, had told everything there was to know about the religion, finding that it was less annoying then playing the game goldfish for hours on end. On top of that when Cam had no stories about the 'wonderful' religion, he always had a stash full of books which he would read to her, seeing as she couldn't understand half of the words written on paper.

Karinai remembered one of the many talks she and Cam had discussed.

"Karinai, listen to me" Cam said pulling the child up onto his lap. "If ever something happens to you, or your mother, pray. Even if you think it won't make a difference. Pray to Jashin-Samma, for he will listen."

"but…I thought the key concept to Jashinism was killing. Why should I pray to someone who is all about killing." Karinai's eyes widened "Unless, he thinks that he should kill the person. I don't want my loved ones to die!" she concluded shaking her head no.

Cam sighed, lifting Karinai up onto his right knee. "It's true that the key concept of Jashinism is carnage. But, with that being said, he will reward and heal those who need it." He said in a softer tone….

Karinai was praying one of the many prayers Cam had taught her. This particular prayer, as Cam had said, was for healing of the loved who are in suffering, the "Kandio meriac" as jashinist said. When translated it went something like:

"Come to me oh spirit of grace and power

Let you grant us to use your power to heal those dear to us

May our loved one's find you strength

And feed off of it

In order to become whole in body and spirit"

It was the fith time Karinai had been saying the prayer. She paused and raised her head slightly. A few strands of hair fell between her eyes, blocking her view. She didn't make any effort to move them she knew what was before her. Her momma lied peacefully on the bed in front of her; eyes closed, hands folded over her stomach, lying in a straight line. It was the same position she had been in for the past 2 weeks.

"Please momma, you have to live." Karinai whispered, before returning to her prayer. "Come to me oh spirit of grace and power

Let you grant us to use your power to heal those dear to us

May our loved one's…

"mmmhmmm…"

Karinai looked up once more. She hadn't made that noise. She waited for one, two, three minutes before resuming.

"…find you strength

And feed off of it

In order to become…"

"mmmmmhm"

Kairinai paused again, she had definitley heard something. "whole in body and spirit" she quickly finished, only to fall out of her chair when her mother awoke screaming bloody murder.

Like a bat out of hell, she ran out of that room.