The Final End

'What the hell?' Shikamaru jumped rushing to his sons room to calm the young infant, 'this is going to be a complete drag' he thought, trying to shush the child, while walking towards the window to see what caused the explosion.

Looking outside, his eyes widened, 'defiantly not good!'

"Kazekage-sama! We—"the male ANBU was quickly silenced at the site before him.

The young Kages office was completely trashed. Missing half its walls to be more exact. In the middle of the room was a ball of sand, inside-the ANBU male could only assume-was the young Kages, his sea-blue eyes slightly widened, 'how could this happen. We still have one more day.' Thought the young Kages, his sand slowly falling to the ground around him.

"Kazekage-sama, are you okay?"

As the sand feel to the ground, Gaara looked over to the male ANBU, "Get to my house and escort my bother, Shikamaru and the infants to the underground tunnels, I do not want them injured." He demanded.

With that, the ANBU nodded and disappeared from Gaara's office.

"You are early." Gaara stated, closing his eyes. He didn't need to see who was in the room, there was no way he could ever forget this chakra signature, "What do you want?"

"Have you come up with an answer?"

"I still have another day."

"True…but the boy is no longer in the village, so I want to know if you are either extremely stupid, or you are sending the child to my village."

Gaara's eyes snapped open, looking at the pale figure, sending sand his way, "by coming to my village, and causing such a disturbance, you have started a war between our villages." With that said, a wave of sand crashed down on the pale body, causing the body to disappear in a poof of smoke.

"Alright, here is what we need to do" the dark haired Jonin whispered, her emerald eyes looking at the set of violet and green eyes sitting across from her, "When Hissori calls for you," she looked at the small white haired boy, "tell her she needs to let you go and call me." She then looked up at the blonde woman, "Once she calls me, I'll need you to watch-"

"I'm sorry, but I cant" Temari interrupted placing her hand in front of Awaii's face, "he's messing with my family, I will be the one she summons, and I'll be the one to finish this. " the blond got a very serious look on her face, "I need you to get back to Suna as soon as you can." Before the dark haired female could protect, Temari looked her straight in the eyes, "You have to do this. I've got a bad feeling that something is about to happen-or has already happened, and I need you to go there and protect the village."

"What about me, Onee-Chan?" the white haired child asked, looking up at his older sister, "If Hissy-Chan cant handle calling two people at once, then how can I help?"

Temari gently placed a hand on the small boys shoulder, "You're going to have a very important job." She smiled, and then began explaining to the child what his 'important' job would be.

"I don't like leaving you alone, Temari". Awaii stated, her arms crossed, leaning on the wall behind her, "what if this is Orochimaru's plan?" the dark haired female looked at the blonde, "this could be a suicidal mission, and you know it." She then sighed, looking back down t the ground, "Something just doesn't seem right about this…"

"I know, and that is exactly why you have to go home." Temari looked at Awaii, "it has been a couple days since we sent Gaara the letter hawk, he should have written back with his plan by now." The females green eyes had a hint of worry in them. "Something is going on back home. I'd go back, but I need to do this, for my family."

With that said, the two went their ways. Temari preparing for her fight, while Awaii got her things ready for her trip.

Makoto decided it would be best to leave the two women alone. They both seemed like they needed some time to think.

Sighing to himself, the young Subaku sat outside, looking up at the cloudy sky. 'I knew onee-chan told me I'd be doing something important, but I can't help but feel like I need to do something more.' He then laid his head back on the cool grass, closing his eyes he let out one last sigh, 'I gotta stick with what one-Chan said to do…but I don't want either Red-Chan or Hissy-Chan to get hurt anymore…' his tiny fist clenched at his side, grabbing a handful of damp grass, 'this isn't fair!'

'Makoto-kun!"'

The boy's violent eyes snapped open, as his body stiffened, 'Hissy-Chan?'

'Makoto-kun, I'm sorry! Please…help me' the small girl cried, 'he said tonight was going to be the end for everyone…and I don't know what he means'

The young boy shook his head, even though the girl couldn't see him, 'I don't know, but…we're going to help you, I promise!'

Silence.

The young boy began to worry as the silence grew.

'Hissy-Chan'…

Still nothing.

'Please….be okay'

A small blue haired girl sat on the cold hard ground of the mettle cage, hugging her knees as she allowed a small tear fall down her bruised face/

"I don't want to hurt him," she cried, hugging her knees closer to her check, "What…do you w-want with him?" she asked, slowly looking up at the pale figure in front of her.

"Tsk Tsk" the male shook his head, his snake like eyes looking down at the girl, "I don't have to explain myself to the likes of you child." He then allowed a sly smile on his face, "But don't worry, if you do as told, then I'll be sure to keep you alive long enough to find out."

With that said, he left the small child alone, in the dark cold cage, only to walk into another room.

This room held a petite woman, with long red hair and hazel eyes.

"Are you enjoying your stay, Red-Chan?" he asked, walking up behind the bruised and beaten girl, "I hope you did have a nice trip." He smiled.

The medical ninja glared at the male, "They won't fall for your tricks." She then looked at the man, dead set in the eyes, "They aren't so naive" she spat.

"Oh?" he walked closer to the female, "I don't think you know my plans, so how do you know if they'll fall for it or not?"

"What do you want with Makoto?" she asked, trying to pry more information out of the male.

Orochimaru laughed at little, "Everyone is so curious as to why I need young Makoto-kun." He walked closer to the red head, causing her to back up against the wall behind her, "Would you really like to know?"

She nodded slowly, causing the male to smile again.

"Then I guess I could let you in on my little secret." With that said, the male began explaining, "I plan on claiming what should have been mind 6 years ago." Before the red head could say anything, Orochimaru continued, "The child should have been in my care from the moment he was born, but his parents had other plans." Noticing the confused look on the females face, he decided to continue, "Makoto-kuns parents worked for me. The father was to become my next vessel. I was going to gain his kekki-genki and finally be able to crush leaf!"

Red's eyes widened, "you mean you-"

"Young Makoto will become my next vessel, and I'll finally be able to crush Leaf!"

Shaking her head, the red heads eyes began to water, "h-he has to want to be your vessel! Or else…you both die!" she shouted.

He'll join me, and become my vessel if he wants his little friend to stay alive." Orochimaru thought for a minute, then sighed, "Well this has been fun, but now that you know too much, you must—"

The male's snake eyes widened, as a small trickle of blood puddle out of his mouth, "what-"

"You won't hurt Makoto-kun!" shouted the young girl behind him. "H-He's my friend!" Hissori yelled, her yellow eyes shut tight as she jammed the rusty bar deeper into the males lower back, blood pouring down her small hands.

"Orochimaru-sama!" Kabuto shouted, his grey eyes glaring at the young girl, his hand now glowing blue, "I'll kill you!" he declared, running towards the small 6 year old.

Shutting her eyes, Hissori awaited the pain that was to come her way, only to feel nothing. The small child slowly opened her eyes, turning her head to see why she didn't feel any pain.

Her yellow eyes widening at the site before her, "W-why?" she asked, looking at the red haired female in front of her, "Why'd you…pro-protect me?"

Red smiled down at the young girl, blood flooding down her mouth, her hazel eyes glazing over, "Friends….help e-each other."

With that said, the females body went limp, hitting the ground.

"Well…that was unfortunate." Sighed Orochimaru, shielding his wounded body, "Kabuto, chain the girl in her cage, and this time make sure she doesn't get out." He demanded, knocking the girl out, "And get someone in here to clean this mess up…we have much to do." He stated, stepping over Reds bloody body, handing Hissori to his lackey.

As the day moved on, Awaii and Temari continued to get ready for their journey. The Dark haired female packing her gear while the blond summoned her fan-which she had to keep hidden in order to stay undercover.

"Are you completely sure about this?" Awaii asked, breaking the silence, "I can stay and help incase something goes wrong."

Temari shook her head, "you have to go home, and we've been through this before." The blonds eyes meet with Awaii's, "Don't make me repeat myself again."

Sighing, the dark haired female nodded, "Fine, then I'll be taking my leave now."

That being said, the two females went their separate ways.

That night, the two Subaku siblings were the only ones in the large house. Awaii on her way to Sand, Felicity working at the hospital, and Red missing.

Temari looked at Makoto, a soft look in her eyes, "Don't worry, we'll get through this, and I promise I'll bring Hissori back, and Orochimaru won't be able to harm anyone in our family ever again!"

"What if she doesn't summon me tonight?" he asked, a worried look on his face, "She…never answered me when I called for her." He then looked down, his small thoughts drifting off to the worst possible result as to not getting a respond from the girl.

"Don't worry, she's not hurt." Temari assured the young boy, and then smiled, "Not its time for you to get some rest and remember." She continued, helping the boy lay back in his cot, "When she calls for you, please make sure you have her summon me and release you, so you can do your important job."

With that said, the young boy laid back in his cot, looking up at the ceiling, 'please…be okay Hissy-Chan.'

That night was pretty tough for the young boy; he had no idea how he was supposed to fall asleep when his best friend was in trouble, and her last words ringing in ears. Rolling to his side, he closed his eyes, 'I'm gonna help you, Hissy-Chan. I promise' He thought to himself, sighing.

'Makoto-kun'

The 6 year olds violet eyes snapped open, only to notice he was no longer in the room he was supposed to be in. Makoto slowly began sitting up, looking around, 'Hissy-Chan?' He looked around, finally locating the young girl, whom was now chained up in a cage. The white haired child got up and rushed over to his friend's side, 'we...have to get outta here, Hissy-Chan' he then looked around for a key. The only thing on his young mind was freeing his friend, and making all the bad things go away.

Hissori shook her head, 'You cant' she then looked up at the boy, 'he's going to be here soon, there's…nothing we can do' Tears began to fall from her yellow eyes, 'I don't want you to…to get hurt like…red-Chan was.' She thought, then sniffled, 'I only…called for you, so I could…say goodbye.'

Makoto shook his head, 'We...got a plan, and you gotta call onee-chan, so she...can help you out!'

'How?' The young girl asked, a curious look on her bruised face, 'I don't want…anyone else to get…hurt'

Makoto shook his head, 'onee-chan is strong…she'll help you and Red-Chan out' he then looked around the room, 'where is red-Chan?' He asked, blinking a few times.

"She's in another place now"

The young boy jumped, slowly turning around, looking to see who had spoken to him. Standing behind him was the pale male whom had started this entire mess. The man who took his friend and threatened his family.

"But, don't worry young Makoto-kun" Orochimaru walked closer to the boy, "now that you're here, everything can end, and you can finally be with your friend." He smiled, holding out his hand, "If you stay with me, you will be able to stay with your friend."

Makoto shook his head, taking a step back, "I don't wanna stay here with you. You're mean and…you hurt my family!" the young boy's fist clenched at his side. 'Hissori, if you…me and onee-chan, then, summon her.'

Right in front of Orochimaru's eyes, the young boy began to vanish, and replacing his tiny body was Sunas wind mistress, glaring at the figure in front of her.

Not even giving the male a chance to react, she took her large fan and drew it out, slamming it against his body, causing him to fly against the wall. Before he could recover, the female threw a couple shurikens at his body, while also sending a large wave of wind his way.

Hissori's eyes widened, as she watched how fast Temari had reacted. She never thought anyone could move that fast.

Temari stood there, glaring at Orochimaru's body lying on the floor, "This ends here."

She then began walking up to the snake lovers body, biting her thumb, preparing to summon her final blow when all of the sudden Orochimaru's body began to melt leaving the two females in the room alone.

"W-What happened?" Hissori asked, almost whispering, still shaken up by what she had just seen, "Where…where did he go?"

Temari shook her head, and looked at Hissori, "I'm going to look for him, if anything happens," she stated, walking up to the girl, finishing her summon of Kamatari, "Kamatari here will protect you, okay?"

Hissori nodded, and then watched as Temari ran out of the room in search for Orochimaru, or any sign of where he might have gone.

As time passed, Temari found no sign of anyone-or anything for that matter, almost as if everyone had just vanished in thin air.

"Where the hell could they have gone?" Temari asked herself, searching more empty rooms. "There has to be some kind of evidence that they were here…"

She then walked up to one last room, hoping to find something there, any evidence would be better than nothing. As Temari walked in the room, her emerald eyes widened, as she froze right where she stood. This was defiantly not the evidence she wanted to see.

Lying before her was the body of Red, the female that had stolen her brother's heart and took care of her youngest brother while he was in the hospital.

Slowly walking up to the body, Temari kneeled down, 'We were too late' she thought to herself, balling her fist tightly at her side. She swore she wasn't going to lose anyone in this battle, and yet here was the site she didn't want to see laying before her. 'He will pay for this'

The blonde was about to cover the red head with her over cloak, but suddenly stopped when she heard a clanking sound coming from where she left Hissori and Kamatari. Quickly standing, Temari rushed towards the sound, not wanting to lose anyone else.

As Temari entered the room, only to see that Hissori was attempting to break out of the chains that were holding her in the cell she was trapped in.

"We…we gotta get outta here." Hissori stated a worried look on her face.

Temari nodded, walking up to the girl, "hold on, and let me help you out." She then began attempting to pick the locks that were holding the young girl.

Once Hissori was unchained, Temari picked her up and they ventured out of the cave.

"How much longer can you hold me in this form?" Temari asked, looking down at the girl in her arms.

The young blue haired girl shook her head, "only…for a little bit longer, but." The young girl looked up at Temari, "I'll try to keep hold of you…as long as I can."

With that, Temari nodded her head, and then began to rush back to the Mist village.

"Onii-chan! Onii-chan!" shouted a white haired 8 year old boy, as he rushed in a sand filled office. "Onii-chan, I passed my test!" the young boy proudly stated, holding out a piece of paper, showing it to the older male in the room.

The older male looked down at the paper, his sea-green eyes scanning over it, and then looking back up at the small boy, "I see. Good Job Makoto."

"Onii-chan…" Makoto's young face looked down at the ground, "I was…wondering if you would come with me to show…Red-Chan." He asked, in a lower voice, almost sounding like a whisper.

Gaara turned in his chair, now looking out the lone window, "I'm sorry, but I have paper work to do."

Makoto shook his head, then walked closer to his brother, "but…you don't have anything left…on your desk."

The room was quickly filled with a sad silence as Gaara knew he couldn't lie to the young child, but he also knew he couldn't stand to see the female he had failed to save.

"You didn't fail her, Onii-chan." Makoto stated, breaking the sad silence, "she protected Hissori-Chan…"

The 8 year old then hugged his brother, causing the red heads body to stiffen slightly, "you...dont have to come with me…but if you change your mind, we'll be waiting for you." With that said, the young child left the room, heading off to visit Red.

Leaving Gaara in his office alone, to think about what the young child had said to him. Even though everyone kept telling him it wasn't his fault, he couldn't help but feel like he had failed. It had been 2 years since Makoto, Hissori, and Temari returned to the village and he still hadn't found the snake that had put his family in danger. Orochimaru hadn't even attempted to make a move in the years that had passed. Since then, Gaara had tripled the security at the gates, and had someone, he trusted, always following his young brother-the last without the young boy knowing it.

Gaara looked at his desk, down at the two pictures sitting on top. The first was of his growing family. Temari, his oldest sister and her husband Shikamaru with their son Shiamari; next to them was his older Brother, Kankuro with his fiancé Awaii and their daughter and son; Kei and Rei, in the center of the picture was Gaara and a 7 year old Makoto.

The Second picture was of a smaller group, this picture had just Gaara and Red, the red haired medic nin that he found himself close to. This picture was taken just before everything had happened, before Orochimaru had threatened his family, before he blew up Gaara's office, and before he had taken away one of his precious people.

The red head picked up the picture, looking at the smiling red head, a sad look on his face.

"Are you alright?" asked a females voice.

Gaara looked up, coming face to face with his blonde haired sister, then looked back down at the picture to make sure he put it down in its right spot, "fine."

Temari sighed, walking to the front of her younger brothers desk, "I know today is hard for you, why don't you take the day off? I can cover for you." She stated, a sincere look on her face, "I promise not to pass any laws while you're out." She smiled, trying to lighten up the mood in the office.

The young Kage shook his head, "I have things to take care off, and meetings to go to."

"All of which I can do." She then crossed her arms, "Go spend time with Makoto…" she then took a seat in the chair in front of her, "He feels like you're mad at him."

Gaara blinked a few times, looking at his sister, "he did not say anything to me."

The blonde shook her head, "He's not going to tell you something like that, Gaara, he's still just a kid." She leaned on her brother's desk, "I want to help you out, so please…just take the rest of the day off." Before her brother could protest, she put a hand in the air, "If you won't do it for your comrade, then would you please do it for your family. At least…for Makoto."

With that, Gaara nodded, and then stood, leaving the office, not sure where he should go to.

As Gaara walked the sandy streets of Suna, his mind wondered to when his sister had returned to the village 2 years ago.

"Kazekage-sama!"

Gaara looked up at the dark haired ANBU female, whom had returned a couple days before, "What is it?" he asked. He would rather not be interrupted; he had many things to take care of, and not enough time to deal with them all.

"I'm sorry" She bowed, "but, Temari-san, Makoto-san, and Hissori-san have all returned."

The male quickly stood, "what are their conditions?" Gaara was already heading out the door, not wanting to wait for a response.

"Hissori-san was admitted to the Hospital, but both Temari-san and Makoto-san are okay." She stated, following the young Kage.

Gaara nodded, "you're dismissed. You may go back to your post."

With that, Awaii disappeared, leaving the young Kage to head to the hospital to get more information from his sister.

While heading to the hospital, Gaara began to wonder why the dark haired female had not brought up Red.

Once he had reached the hospital, he saw his sister and young brother sitting in the waiting space. Nodding to himself, he walked over to the pair.

The young boy looking up, noticing his brother, he jumped up and ran crashing into Gaara's legs.

"Onii-chan…I-I'm s-sorry" he cried, burying his face into Gaara's stomach.

Blinking a few times, the male looked up at his sister, whom had a sad look on her face. She then shook her head, and looked down at the ground.

Before Gaara could question what was going on, he noticed a table being rolled away with a white sheet on top, covering a body.

It didn't take long for the Kage to figure out what was going on. His fist clenched beside his side, He would make Orochimaru pay for what he had done.

As Gaara's thoughts brought him back to reality, he noticed where he was standing. Exactly where he didn't want to be, or at least he thought he didn't want to be here, but apparently his mind had other plans.

"You came."

The red head looked over to see his white haired brother sitting in front of the rock.
The young boys violet eyes looked as though he had been crying. In his hands was his test he had passed.

"I'm...sorry onii-chan." Makoto apologized, once again, looking down at the sand.

"For what?" Gaara asked, looking at his younger brother, "You have done nothing to be sorry for."

Makoto looked up at the red head, "I…did something to make you mad…" a lone tear feel from his eyes, "You keep thinking about her and…how things would have been different if…I never came along."

Gaara blinked, a slightly confused look on his face, "You believe I was thinking about you?" he asked, now standing beside the child, looking down at him. "Makoto, I am not upset with you." The Kage then sat on the ground beside the white haired boy. "I was not thinking about you, when I was thinking that."

The violet eyed child looked up at his brother, "then who?" he asked, a slightly confused look on his young face.

"I was thinking of someone different." He then looked at the stone in front of him, "I am not upset with you, Makoto." He looked at his brother, "You are family, and I could never be upset with you."

"But, because of me…Red-Chan's…."

Gaara shook his head, "this is not your fault, Makoto. You did not hurt her. You did nothing wrong."

Makoto looked up at his brother, tears welling up in his violet eyes, he wrapped his arms around his brother, "I wish…I could change it…I wish we could…bring her back."

The young Kage blinked, then placed a hand on his brothers back, "it is something we all wish, but…" he moved so Makoto was looking at him, "If…she did not do what she did, then Hissori would not be here, and…everything would have changed. Everything happens for a reason."

Makoto wiped his eyes, nodding slightly, "I…I know."

"I will make sure something like this never happens again." Gaara stated, now looking at Reds tomb stone, "I will also never forget what you had done for my family."

-So I know this took forever, but I wanted to make sure I had everything finished before I posted anything. Please let me know what you think?
I know I kind of just left things with Orochimaru, but he is still out there (in my story), he's just planning other things, that being said. I don't know if I'll start up a new story. If I have slow time I might do something, if not then I wont.

I really hope you guys liked the ending. I wanted to end it with a family Gaara Makoto moment. Lol. Reviews are awesome! Who knows, if I get enough, I might just start another story.

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