Well, it's been a little while coming, but i had to take 4 test in just two days last week, so i was a bit busy, but thanks to that extended time period, and a couple PMs from Gir101 gave me the idea i needed to make an early Gaara and Naruto connection that i thought made some sense. I hope that guys like this chapter okay I kinda felt that i rushed over some of it a little too much, but at the same time, i didn't want to delay this scene any more, where Karua dies and Naruto is given to the Namikaze's, not to mention the sand sibs realizing that they now have a new sibling.
Anyways, next chapter will have the Kyuubi attack, and starting now, i'd like to start another poll option. I already have this one posted. The question is, since i feel so bad for Kakashi, is does Rin survive the Kyuubi attack? Keep in mind while voting that jsut because she lives doesn't mean that Kakashi doesn't think that she dies. If she lives, he will think that she's dead. But hey, please vote on that, and don't forget to review this chapter, too!
disclaimer-don't own Naruto
The next morning Kakashi sat up and shook his head.
"Huh? Where am I?" He was utterly confused about what he was doing sitting the middle of the street. Turning his head around he saw Rin looking at him in surprise.
"Kakashi? Why are you still wearing your clothes from our date last night? And why in the middle of the street? Is that dried blood on your face?" Memories of the past night (especially the kiss) flooded Kakashi's mind and he promptly fainted again, blood pouring down his nose again.
"Kakashi-kun!" She rushed him to the hospital where he spent the next day recovering from pleasure shock.
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A small red haired child was crying. His wanted his mother, but she wasn't there. Other people came, but none of them felt the same. Even those two that looked like him didn't feel the same, even if they were a little better. At only about nine months, that was all this child could really sense was feelings, and he especially didn't like that man who had been around his mother so much. He missed her warm feeling. Where was she? He curled over in a ball, resting on his left side, covering his face with his hands, crying into them. Then he removed his hands from his face in shock. He had seen her! He looked around, trying to find her again, but no, she wasn't there. His tears resumed, his face covered, and all he could think about was her, and then there she was again! Right in front of his eyes! She was wearing different clothes, talking with strange people, but he knew that feeling. It was her… it felt so nice here, in this place. Those others felt like his mother did. It was so… safe… He wished he could see better…
Getting tired he let his right hand fall down to rest, and then he saw his sand gathering outside his crib. It was weird feeling, looking at his mother with one eye, and looking at his room with the other. How did that work? Then he realized that his sand was making what his other eye saw. He started to let go of his eye again, but as the image started to fall, and he quickly put his hand on his eye again. So, he stayed there, just looking as his mother smiled and laughed, rubbing her large belly…
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The Kazekage sat in his chair fuming. He still had to find his wife, otherwise his trip to Konoha would be pointless. He was still going to use the excuse that he wanted his children to see a little bit of the world. How dare she run away like this! He slammed his fist down and stood up to pace.
He was the Kazekage, one of the most powerful men in the world, with one jinchuuriki child, and he had almost had another until that fool of a woman left. She wasn't going to have to suffer for too much longer! After all, Chiyo had said that she wouldn't survive another child birth. When she'd heard that she was pregnant again was when she'd gone into retirement. She never responded to his summons anymore and when he'd go to see her only her brother, Ebizō, would be the one doing the talking, and even he regarded the Kazekage coldly.
Still, there was a small chance that his wife would be found, and so he kept planning as if his plan would be working out. He frowned at the interruption in his plans. If he had known this was going to happen, then he could have prepared another container, but now there was not enough time. And he was angry. No, the flaw was not his planning. The flaw was no one appreciated his plans, and so they tried to stop them. Could they not see the power that would come to them from the two jinchuuriki? Two jinchuuriki that would be under his thumb and power?
He paused to look out the window, and gave a small smile. To anyone else it would have been seen as one of insanity. He would be leaving in two more days for Konoha. Things would favor him, he decided. After all, what he willed, was!
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Two children, two and three in age, were walking down the hallways in their home. The three year old was a blond girl and was wearing a small purple robe with a red sash tired around her waist. She was dragging along the two year old, a boy, who was brown haired and looked much like his father. He was already wearing a black shirt and pants like what he would wear in his later years. He'd only been doing it the last week or two though, after mother left. He said that until she came home, he was only wearing black. Someone had told him about funerals once and wearing black, but since he was only a two year old he didn't really understand too well what it meant. Hence his odd reason for wearing black. Right now, though, he really didn't want to go where his big sister was taking him.
"Kankurō-san, come on, we have to check on Gaara." The small brown haired boy shivered.
"But Temari-sis, little brother is scary! His sand hit me!" Temari shivered, too. She could remember when Kankurō had tripped the last week, running into the room their brother was playing in with his toys. He had been in direct line for their brother when sand had come up and thrown Kankurō hard into the wall. He had been put in the hospital for the day, but he was fine.
"I know he is, Kankurō, but he's our brother! And we need to make sure that his nurse in there!"
"Pleease, sis? I don't wanna!" Temari sighed, but not in defeat.
"Fine, I'll get you a cookie later." Kankurō smiled.
"A cookie?" The little boy didn't need much time to think that over. "Okay! But-but not too long. He's still really scary." Temari nodded.
"Sure, not too long." They reached the door and she started to slowly push it open. "Just remember not to… not to…" She broke off as she looked in their brother's room and saw the moving sand that he was watching, seeing her mother in the image.
"Temari, what are you looking… at…" Kankurō had been pushing his way in, trying to get their visit over and done with quickly so he could get his cookie. He also paused, seeing the image. "Ma-mama?" He whispered, staring at the image. He slowly walked into the room, holding a hand up to the sand. Before he touched it, though, Temari had followed and put a hand on his shoulder.
"No, don't touch it." Kankurō looked at his sister in confusion.
"Huh?" She pointed at Gaara in his crib.
"Brother is doing this somehow, and if you touch it, it might stop." Kankurō shivered slightly, thinking about his brother's power, and then nodded, listening to his sister. So, the siblings just sat there, watching their mother in this strange house. The older two only saw her because the others had left and she was sitting in her room, humming and sewing. She didn't notice the little sand eye that was hovering in the air, too distracted to care about little details like that. She was happy.
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"Sister, we have to tell daddy! He needs to know that we can see-" Temari put a hand over her brother's mouth, looking around as he struggled to try and talk again.
"NO, Kankurō, no, we can't tell dad a word about that, got it!" He looked at her in confusion, but he stopped trying to talk, so she let go. "Kankurō, you see, if we tell dad, he'll bring mom back, but also, it will make mom sad again. Didn't you see how sad mom was when she was home? And how happy she is now? We can see her, with Gaara's help, so we'll just do that, and we won't tell dad. Okay?" Kankurō looked sad. He knew his sister was right, but he still wanted his mom…
"Okay," he said sadly. "Okay; we don't tell daddy. Temari sighed in relief. Now she just needed to make sure that dad never found out.
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Karura was sitting on the table at her new home with the Namikaze's. She'd just met a nurse named Rin, Kakashi's friend, and she was being given her inspection. Rin would have been by sooner, but she ended up getting a couple emergency patients, and with Tsunade Senju no longer in the village, they needed the skills of Rin and several others to attend to the patients. Finally, however, Kakashi was sent to collect Rin and introduce her to her new patient. Rin bowed when she met her.
"Greetings, Karura –san. Kakashi has told me a lot about you." Karura smiled.
"Of course." She looked at the two as the young woman stood up. She grinned. "So, how long have you two been a couple?" Kakashi started coughing violently and Rin blushed a deep red.
"C-c-couple? Wh-who said anything a-about that?" Karura giggled.
"It's pretty obvious, the way you two are around each other. Besides, Kakashi keeps sneaking glances at you-"
"Karura-san! HOW HAVE YOU BEEN?" Kakashi quickly tried to change the subject, fearing Rin's wrath. He couldn't help it if she had a cute butt after all, could he? Karura laughed at his reaction, while Rin's eyes widened and she looked suspiciously at her boyfriend.
"We'll be talking about this later," she said quietly, turning back to her patient. "Anyways, let's see how your child is doing, shall we? Kushina-san and Minato-sensei should be home soon and then I'll check on her, too." Karura nodded, sitting through the examination. She noted that Rin was a good medic-nin. She had very gentle hands, much as elder Chiyo had when Karura had been in pain during her last couple of pregnancies. Chiyo was still years more advanced than this girl, of course, but one day, she just might match her. Rin finally stepped back, frowning slightly.
"Kakashi-kun, could you get me one of my bottles of water? I think I left my bag in the living room." Kakashi nodded and left. Rin waited a moment. "You know, don't you?" Karura looked down.
"You could tell?" Rin nodded.
"What are you going to do? You're child won't have a mother for very long." Karura looked up.
"I had hoped that no one would know, and that then Kushina and Minato could take it and raise it together. They would be good parents for my child," she said. Rin nodded, smiling sadly.
"Yes, they would, but I think that you should tell them-"
"RIN! RIN! Kushina needs you now!" It was the voice of Minato, crying out desperately. Kakashi and Run almost ran into each other as they ran into the entryway. There was Minato, frantic looking, and Kushina was in great pain, moaning loudly, and gripping, sometimes clawing, hard into Minato's arms. The two ran up to him to help him carry her.
"We were just walking down the street, almost home, and she stopped! She was smiling for a second, and then she's been like this the last couple of minutes! Is it normal, is she okay?" Rin tuned out the desperate father as she'd been trained to do, even if it was sensei. Kakashi helped her direct them to the living room where they had set up a birthing table. It was nice and soft, and strong enough to support even Kushina's powerful blows, should she labor pains get that powerful or her.
Over the next few minutes Rin looked on, doing quick diagnostics, checking Kushina's progress, and softly reassuring the two soon to be parents. That is, until she suddenly stopped moving in shock. Kushina was still in pain, but Rin was simply too shocked to react for a moment.
"Ka-Kakashi-kun… please, hold up Minato-sensei." Kakashi quickly did so, though both wondered why Minato needed holding up.
"Rin? What's going on?" Rin sighed, looking sad.
"Sensei, your child got caught around the neck with it umbilical cord and has died. The pain Kushina-san is experiencing from the pull on the cord and the child's unnatural position inside her. I'm going to sedate her and pull the child out." Minato wailed in despair, and would have fallen to the ground had not Kakashi been holding him up. Rin sadly went to work. Kushina was soon asleep, still moving somewhat from the pain she'd had, but now Rin moved to remove the child that had almost been borne. Minato sobbed and asked to hold it anyways as Rin finished her work. Rin nodded and Minato cried, holding the small body to his.
"Oh Naruto, Naruto, I'm so sorry. We should have been more careful…"
"It's… dead," came Karura's voice. Minato looked over at his guest and nodded, tears blurring his eyes. Karura slowly walked over. Kakashi was helping Rin to clean up, and Kushina was no longer in pain. It would be a few hours before she woke up, however. Karura reached Minato.
"May I?" Minato looked at her confused. She held out her hands. Minato looked at his would have been child, and slowly handed it to her. He looked down at his wife, and leaned over to kiss her forehead.
"I'm sorry, Kushina. We lost him."
"Maybe… maybe not quite." He looked at her surprised to see her gathering chakra and placing her hand on his child's body.
"Karura-san, what are you doing?" Sweat glistened on her forehead.
"I'm giving your child a second chance at life." Minato quickly stood up.
"No! Not at the cost of your life!" He made to take the child away, but she turned quickly.
"It will not risk my life, I promise." He stopped.
"What will it do?" She didn't answer for a moment. "What will it do?"
"I'm sorry, wait until I'm done. It will be fine." Kakashi lifted his headband, revealing his sharingan, to watch what she was doing. It was amazing the chakra flows, but he didn't understand why they were flowing back and forth between the child, through her arms, and to her belly. He still saw no life in the child, though. What was she doing?
After some minutes, she gasped and dropped into the couch behind her, exhausted. Rin came up to take the child away, sealing it till it could be put into a small coffin and buried, or cremated if that's what her sensei and his wife wanted. Minato walked over to her, taking a hand in his own.
"Karura-san, what did you do? I know you didn't bring my child back to life, so what was it you did?" Karura took in a couple deep breaths before answering.
"Minato-sama, first, to understand, I must tell you something I've been withholding, but Rin found out today." She took another breath. "I will not survive giving birth to my child, Minato-sama."
"What? Why not!" She looked up to the ceiling.
"In truth, I should not have survived giving birth to my third child, Gaara. His was a hard pregnancy, especially with the sealing of Shukaku into him. I should have died, but elder Chiyo, gifted as she is, saved my life. She, at least, was kind to me. But even she knew that she could not save me from another pregnancy, no matter the conditions. So, I had hoped that after I gave birth, you would care for my child."
"Of course we would have! Why didn't you just tell us?" She looked at him.
"Minato, you forget what I've had to live with. My husband is insane now. I have trouble feeling completely safe and secure, even if my heart knows that it is so. The same goes for these assurances.
"Back to what I did, well, I used a combination of a jutsu I once assisted elder Chiyo in developing, she called it resurrection jutsu, and also the jutsu that sealed Shukaku into my son. What I did was I took what remained of your child's life force, and I put it into my own. Now, even though I give it birth, my child shall be our child; the three of ours. Into your own child, I took out all that I could that was my husbands. She will be a free child." Minato stared at her.
"That-that's amazing! You are that talented?" She chuckled.
"Well, I'm just well studied is all." She looked him deep in the eyes. "Please understand that I did not do this to try and make you take care of my child, I-"
"KARURA!" The woman was shocked into silence. "Karura, all I want to say, is thank-you. Thank-you for what you're doing for us. I promise, we will take care of your child with all the care we can." She smiled.
"Thank-you. I just hope Kushina-chan feels the same way." He chuckled.
"Without all those extra hormones running through her body? Easily. Though she'll take the news of Naruto's death pretty hard…" Karura thought for a moment.
"You know, I never did decide on a name for my child. You… you could call her Naruto, if you want…" Minato smiled. Rin and Kakashi sighed with relief that things would work out, even if they were a bit sad.
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The procession neared the great walls of the village hidden in the leaves. In the front was a man in the robes of the Kazekage. He preferred to walk rather than ride on a horse or in a carriage or wagon. His three children, though, were all in the same wagon. Kankurō and Temari seemed to be getting along with their little brother a little better the last few days. It didn't matter yet, and may even be to his advantage later, if he could use them to make Gaara into a greater weapon. He was still fuming, of course, that his wife was still missing. His project had been so carefully timed. It should have worked perfectly, but that woman forgot her place. No matter. He was the Kazekage. He would make sure that things worked out.
Temari, meanwhile, was trying to calm his youngest brother. He wasn't enjoying the chill morning air. The desert, being dry, did hit him with its cooler air in the same way. She was having some success, at least. He wasn't wailing anymore, but she had also learned over the past few days that she or Kankurō needed to keep an eye on Gaara to make sure that no one would be around whenever they looked at their mother. It was hard finding any time to do it, especially on this trip. It was unbelievably hard to do it at any time other than the middle of the night, when no one would be awake to see.
Kankurō was getting used to his brother. He was still unsure of him, but his brother seemed more… cute now, than he had before. Of course, it helped that Gaara was able to show them their mother. They'd even been able to get some sound, somehow, when Temari had held him as he was doing his trick with his eye and sand. It was so nice to hear her voice again. Kankurō hoped that while they staying in this weird wet place that they would be able to have more time to look at their mother. Maybe they could talk with her, too…
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Minato looked around before getting up. It was the morning of the Kazekage's arrival. Kushina was in her night dress, sleeping beside him. She had taken the news really hard, and after hearing of Karura's gift to them, she had burst into tears of gratitude. Of course, being an Uzumaki, she had recovered fairly quickly. She was happy now, and they'd spent the last night like it was their honeymoon again. Which was why anbu were now at the door yelling for the Hokage to get up. He kissed his sleeping wife on the forehead before getting up and quickly dressing. He would have to tell the Anbu that they shouldn't be so loud. Of course, he really should have been ready to get up this morning…
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The Kazekage received the expected reception at the gates, thought that Minato fool was a little more tired than he'd expected, even if he was grinning like a fool. He mentally rolled his eyes.
"Welcome, Kazekage-sama! We've been awaiting your arrival! We have some festivities planned, of course, to celebrate your visit with your family." He frowned for a moment, then leaned over to speak to him softer. "Though I am sorry that we have not received word of your wife. One of our shinobi reported seeing someone would looked like they were from Suna by the border between our nation and the river country, but they didn't know of the search, and despite returning to that area, we have failed to find anything. I'm sorry, my friend." The Kazekage almost let himself show surprise. He hadn't really expected Minato to do much besides keeping an eye open. He laughed inside. This man would be his own doom.
"That is fine. I thank-you for your efforts. I presume we have breakfast waiting?" Minato smiled again, nodding.
"Of course, my friend. We have a number of dished from both of our countries…"
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The rest of the day passed easily. The Kazekage never suspected that his wife was so close to himself at that very moment, and Minato played his part perfectly. The only possible hitch was the sand siblings' secret occupation in the middle of the night. The still had not been caught, and Karura never noticed the little eye hovering in the air as she hummed and passed her time, preparing what she could for her daughter. She had never asked what it was, but she had noted that Rin used that word she when she'd been giving Karura her examination. It wasn't hard to figure out. So, she started making little clothes for a baby girl.
She was receiving even more attention, of course, from Kushina, not to mention apologies for her attitude while pregnant. However, despite the previous nights… activities, she wasn't in very good health, either, and so she would be staying home, the excuse being that she was pregnant. That way they would never have to pretend that Naruto's birthday was a different day than it was. Besides, if people that thought she'd delivered at all, they would want to come over. So, for the next few days, Rin and Kakashi were assigned to watch over the house to keep everyone out. A couple people came by, insisting to be let in, and for those, Kushina would put on a henge to fool them, and lie on the couch and act the part of a moody pregnant woman. No one ever stayed for very long, and then the four people in the house would laugh at Kushina's antics.
For her part, Karura did notice that her baby had been livelier than ever since she'd performed her unique jutsu. She thought it meant that her Naruto would be as lively as her other mother, Kushina. She didn't think that that was particularly a bad thing, of course. It meant her daughter would have a lot of fun in life. She giggled, thinking about the laughs that would be had, though sad that she would miss them. She looked up from her knitting and leaned her head back, closing her eyes and smiling. It was night time now, and about the time that she usually went to bed. She'd heard Minato come in and get greeted by Kushina (not that it had been exactly hard to hear… even right at that moment) and she shivered for a moment at the thought of being so close to her husband.
She sighed, opening her eyes. Her eyes widened and she gasped, but surprise turned to confusion. Looked all around the room in detail. She could have sworn she'd seen an eye staring down at her… what was going on?
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"Quick, someone's coming! Gaara, stop it," Temari was trying to say to her brother. He was just giggling and smiling as he saw his mother. She was desperately trying to get him to stop without antagonizing him. She knew that if she did, she'd get hurt, but they were getting closer!
Kankurō looked at his sister. He knew she was trying hard to do things right, but their brother wasn't listening. Just as his sister knew they were about to get caught, he knew it, too. He took a deep breath, then jumped at his brother and sister, already bracing himself.
It worked. Seeing his brother get his by his sand, Gaara was startled into letting go of his eye, the sand picture falling away, and Gaara starting to wail. Then their father came in.
Temari was looking at Kankurō in shock and Kankurō was bleeding a little on his left arm where he'd hit the wall. The Kazekage rolled his eyes.
"Can't you children do anything right? Temari, take your brother to the household medics and put Gaara in his crib. I'll have a nurse look after him after all." Temari got scared that they would get found out, but she just did as their father said. After they were down the hallway a ways, her brother spoke up.
"I'm sorry, but I couldn't think of anything else!"
"That's alright. After all, it was really brave of you." Kankurō looked at her hopefully.
"You think I was brave?" She nodded, smiling, and so did he.
"Sweet! Maybe I'll be able to be a shinobi after all!" She laughed and messed up his hair as the kept onto the infirmary.
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The week past by quickly. It was now the tenth, and the morning after the sand group left. Minato could tell that the Kazekage was in an exceptionally bad mood, but he couldn't tell why. He had just shrugged it off and returned home for the day. Karura was getting very close. She had told them that she thought it would be the next day from them, the tenth, so he asked Rin to stay the night.
As for the sand siblings, Gaara did have a nurse the rest of his time there, though she learned very quickly to be very careful with the child. She was almost at her wits end by the end of the week. She'd had to share time with a couple of other nurses when she'd learned that the child never slept. The details have been vague, but suggested some sort of medical condition, and he was constantly active. They needed to watch him all that time. The sand sibs never got another chance to look at their mom. That is, until they were on their way home, the morning of the tenth. They had taken turns sleeping and waking the other up until they were sure that the adults were all asleep. Finally, they snuck into Gaara's tent and helped him set it up. And there she was… but who was that little child with her?
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Everyone got woken up about midnight when Karura's scream let them know that she was going into labor. Minato quickly put up a ward to keep their sounds from escaping. Rin had come running up, half asleep and having to put her shirt back on. Kakashi ran up soon after carrying several wet clothes as Rin had told him to do before.
The labor was relatively short, apparently. It only last a couple of hours, and by three am, there was a screaming blond girl being passed between everyone. Kushina was the one to kick everyone out after a couple of minutes.
"Hey now everyone! Don't you think that we should let the lady have some time between herself and her child! After all, the rest of us will have plenty of time, but she only has… well… Rin?" Rin looked down.
"Karura san only has between a few minutes to a couple hours." Minato grimaced.
"I'm sorry, dear, you're right, of course." He looked at Karura, moving over to her and placing the baby in her arms.
"Karura-chan, thank-you for your gift. We will do all we can to take care of you-our child. Enjoy your time with our girl. We'll make sure that she knows you loved her." Karura smiled weakly, nodding. Blond little Naruto quieted down as she was put in her birth mother's arms and everyone quietly left the room. Rin and Kakashi walked hand in hand down the stairs to the living room to the couches they had set up to sleep on, if they ever made it that far. Rin was feeling romantic at the moment, having seen such a beautiful baby, and she was wanting make-out session… not that Kakashi was going to complain.
Kushina and Minato went to their room, setting their alarm clock to go off in about a half hour, and they did that again every half hour after checking on Karura, who was just taking all the time she had to coo over her child, smiling at her and kissing her. It was some time later that she looked up to see the eye once again. She didn't gasp this time. This time she just studied it. It was made of sand…
"Gaara?" she asked, tentatively. "Is that you, my Gaara?"
Back in camp, the sand siblings gasped. Their mother could see them? But no, Temari though, she didn't know if it was them. It had been a question. Maybe there was some of Gaara sand involved. She thought for a moment then came up with an idea. Leaning over she whispered to her brother softly. Gaara didn't seem to listen, but something else happened on Karura's side. The eye expanded, though it was still there, and she could see and image of her other three children. She gasped. Temari was actually holding Gaara! And Kankurō was close as well! Maybe they would be able to help him after all…
"My children…"
"Yes, mama, we're here…"
"Of course you are, Temari." Temari and kauri were shocked.
"Yo-you can hear us?" She nodded.
"Of course I can. Gaara seems to have quite the talent." She frowned. "Does your father know about this?" The children nodded, and she sighed in relief. "Good. Never tell him about it, understand?" The nodded again, then Gaara was heard.
"Mama! Ba-bee!" She smiled, looking down, and up again.
"Yes, Gaara, baby. Her name is Naruto, and she is your little sister."
"Heeehee! Sis-a! Sis-a!"
"What? Really? I'm not the only girl anymore?"
"What! Another girl?" Karura laughed.
"Yes, another girl, but…children, you may never meet her, I don't know. But if you do, do you promise to take care of her?" Temari and Kankurō were confused.
"But, mama, can't you take care of her?" She looked at Gaara for a moment.
"Temari, help your brothers understand. I'm not going to be here much longer. I'm going." Temari, smart girl that she was, quickly caught on.
"But why, momma, why?"
"It's… complicated. Naruto's new parents may be able to tell you someday, but for now…please promise you'll… protect… her… Gaaaaraaa…." She never did finish. She died in that moment, but with a smile on her face. This scene would last forever in each of their minds, but especially in Gaara's as he came to understand that his mother died right then. He would come to decide that she was calling for him, specifically, to protect his sister, and so he vowed he would find her. It was his mothers wish, and his mother loved him. He would do it, for her, but for many years, he would think that he failed before he found her again.
Well, there it is! I hope you liked it. What did you think of that new development with that sand eye Gaara uses? Oh, and to explain the sound, that's temari's doing as a wind element when she's connected to Gaara as they do this. It was the only way that i could think of to make it work, like i said. So, what do you think? (of the chapter and story in general, i mean)
Also, just something i thought i should note, since most people don't check on DarkSakuren's, and because we all know some people can just be that gross, even though i have the two main characters listed as Naruto and Gaara, u have to remember that in this story, they are siblings. There will be no NaruGaara. If you want a heads up, read DarkSakuren's original version of Naruto of the Sand. They left a review on the first chapter, so you can reach their account by checking the early reviews. Oh, and please review their story; if they get enough, the orginal may resume, though i will keep writing my version as well, of course.
Anyways, i hoe you guys enjoyed the chapter. Have a nice week!