Alrighty, this is the final chapter of the cleaning lady :)
I really enjoyed writing this very much, and I really like how it turned out :)
Please enjoy and let me know what you thought :D
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p.s i put extra spaces between pov's cause i switched it up quite a bit throughout this chapter.

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Kimimaro's final blow was blocked by a wall of sand. A new piece of trash had blocked his path to serving Orochimaru-sama.

"Sabaku no Gaara... As your name implies, I assume you use sand."

He watched as the sand poured out of the large gourd that was on the new opponents back. He has a strong sand based defence. He's not gonna be a close ranged fighter. He lifted his hand and Gaara noticed the slow movements and sent an attack of sand. Kimimaro jumped out of the way sending a set of bone bullets out of his fingers. Kimimaro had to do a series of jumps, twists and dodges to avoid the strikes of sand from Gaara. During this he tried to send miniature attacks to test his skills. Defensive and Offensive. He can both attack and defend using his sand? But, the volume of sand he can control is probably limited to the amount in that gourd. He jumped out of the way from a few more strikes, as he tried to jump away again his feet were stuck to the ground.

"As long as I have sand, I can do anything. You're the one who is a fool!"

It wasn't long before Kimimaro was subdued and blanketed in sand. Gaara closed his fist to finish off the bone user.

"Looking at him reminds me of that guy. Uchiha Sasuke. They have the same eyes."

"Same eyes?" Lee questioned.

"Eyes that wish to prove the worth of their existence."

Kimimaro sat in the sand coffin as the life in his body began drain. He was sick, and weakening, 3 battles after one another was too much for him to take. The orange lines of his Earth Seal began to spread over his body. Fighting... Fighting is the only thing I can do now. The wounded man pushed his hand through the sand, slowly crawling out the death trap. Gaara noticed the patches of skin missing from around the boy, the lines of blood dripping down him.

"If I hadn't made these masks under my skin, I would have been crushed."

Lee flinched back at the jaw bones that shifted when the boy talked.

"Those bones, he's a monster."

"What a troublesome body."

Vivid green eyes narrowed at the two boys standing before him.

"Monster? Troublesome? I used to believe that about myself as well. Well, I underestimated you, bu tI will not be caught by your sand again."

Gaara steadied himself and did a small string of hand signs. He focused his chakra and the sand from the ground began to rush out of the ground like tsunami wave. Kimimaro took a step back in surprise at the massive wave. He tried and tried to jump out of the way but the sand was fast, it caught him and the massive weight buried him once again. As much as he tried to push himself out the top the sand just spread over him, dragging him down again and again. Dammit, I can't lose like this. Rai-chan.

"A-Amazing. You did it-"

"No. Not yet."

Vibrations went through the sand, more and more pressure was put on Kimimaro. The guy still managed to hold on, if just barely. I'm, I'm still alive. If I'm alive that means I still have a reason to live. Images of the small girl went through his head. It flashed between her as a child, and the images of her at the base. Guilt washed over the dying man as he began to activate his Level 2 Seal. For so long I have treated her wrong. As his body turned into a dinosaur like form, he managed to crawl his way out of the sand.

Rai packed pouches of weapons and scrolls and a bag of her clothes. She wasn't sure what Kabuto was talking about, but there was no way she could just let Kimimaro go and get himself killed. Hang on Kimimaro-kun. She grasped the small vile in her hand and held on tight. She paused at the doorway to take one last look in the dark, stone room. Somewhere in the depths of her heart, she would miss this place. She turned to leave when she ran into something. She looked up to see cold black eyes.

"Kabuto-kun!"

"If it's too late... I want you to return. If you make it one time. You must never come back. Not even close, you will run to the farthest corner you can."

"Kabuto-kun..."

He rested his palm against her cheek and closed his eyes.

"Now leave before I change my mind."

Rai nodded and ran off down the hall, not slowing down, not turning back, she ran as fast as she could until she was out of the base. Even then she never looked back. This was what she had to do and she will not allow Kabuto's sacrifices to be made in vain. Go south toward Konoha and I should notice the battles or run into Kimimaro himself. Tears were welling up into her eyes as she tried to fit everything together. It seemed it was all going by so fast. All she wanted was time to slow down, so she had enough time to save him.

"Tessenka no Mai!"

Kimimaro crouched down and pulled on his spine, tearing it from his own back. The look on Gaara's and Lee's face was absolute disgust and shock. He whiped the column of bone around and wrapped it around Gaara and his shield of sand.

"Flower!" A sharp bone began to push out of the palm of Kimimaro's hand and the blade on his forearm began to grow and twirl. Eventually growing into a large spiral spear over his arm. "This is the thickest bone in my body. It'll easily pierce through your sand defence."

He coughed up blood as he spoke, his body was beginning to tremble lightly as well. I don't have much time left... As Kimimaro got himself together, Gaara put up an extra layer of defence, his ultimate Shuukaku Shield. The large fat, cat/raccoon type body sprung up from the ground and wrapped around the spine that held onto Gaara. The sand animal stood like a wall in between the two fighters. Kimimaro jammed the spear into the animal and began to pierce his way through the ultimate sand defence. Slowly inch by inch, he pushed it through the sand, as he pushed in, Gaara used his chakra to keep the spear from cutting through. I will not give up. I cannot break my promise anymore. I will do this for her. Cracks began to form, and sickening crunching sounds could be heard... Soon enough, the thickest and most reliable weapon Kimimaro had, just shattered like glass.

"You... That special jutsu... It's a Bloodline Limit right?" Gaara questioned.

"The Kaguya Clan's... Now it's my ability alone."

"You're the last of your clan? Then the last of your clan will be finished off here and now."

"That may happen. Because of my illness, I don't have much time. But... I will not be destroyed... because I am not alone."

"You're not alone?"

"That's right. As a life that protects Orochimaru-sama's ambitions, I will remain in his heart forever."

"Is that Orochimaru's brainwashing? You're pathetic."

Gaara put up a seal and the sand around Kimimaro's feet began to pool down and suck him underneath. Further and further, Kimimaro was dragged under the sand. He just waited to finish sinking. There was no need to fight it. He was not going to give up yet. He had a promise to finish.

"Sawarabi no Mai!"

Kimimaro sat calm underneath the ground as bone spikes began to pierce through the ground, searching for their targets. I will never leave Rai-chan again. The more he realized that it was never Orochimaru that he truly fought for, the faster the spike came out of the ground, the more furious he began to feel. Gaara used his sand to carry both him and Lee above the height of the spikes, and in safety for now. He had reached his limits, and his chakra would give out at any time.

"Rai-chan... Please forgive me..."

"He was stubborn, but he won't be coming up again." Gaara hissed in pain as his limit came closer and closer to being passed. "I'm at my limit. We're going down."

"What are you doing Kimimaro? Hurry up and go!"

Kimimaro stood in front of his father as the rest of the two clans ran off to battle.

"But what should I do?" He asked the older man.

His father stood bold, proud in front of him. His eyes itching for a fight.

"You don't have to think much about it. Go and kill everybody from the Mist Village." He began to chuckle menacingly. "You should just act on your instincts."

Instincts...? It was if his instincts, his father's blood had pushed him past death and to move on. He began to push himself into the bone and bring himself up and out of the sand grave.

"It was never Orochimaru's brainwashing!" Kimimaro used the last of his strength to point another spear at Gaara's back. "There is a person... One who looked passed the monster inside of me! What would you know about love!"

He pushed his arm forward and froze, right before striking through Gaara's skull.

Kabuto watched the dying candle flame flicker for all of it's might. His mind was so preoccupied that he ignored the words Orochimari was speaking. When the flame finally died, Kabuto had a heavy feeling push on his heart. Did, did he actually...

Rai pushed through the trees into a large clearing. She froze in shock at the sight of the battle field. The entire place was filled with bone sticking out of the ground. A sudden fear of realization struck and her body went into a panic. She jumped around, looking through the graveyard for a particular body.

"Kimimaro-kun! Kimimaro!"

Her screams and shouts were strained as tears rushed out and it began to become hard to breath. Her head whipped left and right until her yellow eyes landed on a half body suspended in the air. She ran over to examine it.

"Ki-Kimimaro?"

She stood on a bone in front of him and held her hand over his heart. Blood dripped from his mouth down to the ground. She couldn't breath, she couldn't think, she was frozen. I'm, I'm too late... H-He's dead. She began to panic and shake his shoulders, his arm and head dropped and he hung there out of the bone.

"No! You can't do this to me!" She grasped the body and began to sob on his shoulder. "Y-You promised me..."

"With enough training, you could even bring back a recently dead man. No that you're anywhere close to that."

A sudden hope found itself inside Rai as Kabuto's words rang through her mind. She fumbled around in the pouches until she pulled out the syringe Kabuto had prepared. She took the cap off and looked at the instrument.

"Now, when you get to him, insert the syringe directly into his heart. It should be only a few inches to the left of his seal and a few centimetres down." Kabuto pointed on him, where Kimimaro's heart would be. "Now, with it directly in his heart, your blood should be able to pulse through fast enough from there that there is a high chance it will eat away the virus and save his organs from further damage."

Rai just nodded, still slightly bewildered at all the information Kabuto was pushing into her head.

"Now, this isn't going to be a permanent heal. If this works you will have to do this a few more times. Here are some extra cartridges for you to collect blood."

Rai took the syringe in her mouth and dropped down to the ground. She set her palms to the ground and in second the graveyard began to disintegrate and melt out of existence. Soon enough Kimimaro's body broke off and he sprawled out in front of Rai. She quickly rolled him over, pushing all of her emotions, and fears back long enough to properly follow the directions Kabuto had given her.

"Alright Kimimaro-kun... You better get through this. I can't lose you!"

She jammed the syringe into his chest and pushed the blood into his own heart. Nothing happened, he just laid there stiff. A random idea popped into her mind and she began to push his chest, pumping it as the heart would. Every so often she would blow air into his lungs. This went on for a few minutes before she began to choke on her own tears and she just couldn't do it anymore. Everything they had fought through, had fought for... it was all a waste. He threw it all away for a worthless snake. Rai could hear footsteps from behind her and she gasped before umped up and holding a defensive position. Two boys stood there, looking as if they had seen a ghost.

"Wh-Who are you!" She called out.

"What ha-happened to the bones?"

She narrowed her eyes at the two.

"You're the ones who killed Kimimaro-kun?"

"You work for Orochimaru as well?" Gaara questioned.

Rai scuffed and put her one hand into a seal, "As if I would follow that snakes order's. I'm here for Kimimaro-kun."

Lee just stood, baffled at everything that was happening. Gaara stared into her eyes, remembering something.

"Your... the one Kimimaro truly fought for. The one who saw past the monster inside of him?"

"Tsh, what are you babbling about, Kimimaro-kun is nothing close to a monster! And I will kill you for hurting him!"

Lee watched as the tears streamed out of her eyes. It pained him to the core to see such a girl in such pain. When she charged for Gaara, he jumped in front of her and grabbed her wrist. She growled and was gonna do something but Lee spoke up first.

"I'm truly sorry. It was not us who killed him."

"You're lying! If you didn't battle he wouldn't have strained his body so much!"

She tried to pull her arm away but Lee was stronger, her hysterics were zapping away her strength.

"He was a good man to fight for you, it was an honour to be his opponent."

Rai's head dropped down and her hair shadowed her face. Lee's looked at her confused and watched as she put her other hand onto his chest. That's when Gaara noticed her laughing. The laugh of a mentally unstable girl. One Gaara knew all too well.

"You shouldn't get close to an enemy... You never know what tricks they have up their sleeves."

"Watch out!" Gaara warned.

"Rai-chan... Stop."

The girl's eyes almost popped out of her head as a hand grasped her leg. Both Lee and Gaara gasped. Kimimaro laid there, breathing once again, holding onto her leg.

"There is no need to continue fighting... Please, just stop Rai-chan."

Rai cried out and threw Lee to the ground before she knelt down by Kimimaro's side. Lee looked down at the palm print burned through his shirt and the burn mark smoking from his own chest. Fear was the only thing in his eyes.

"Ki- Kimimaro-kun! You're, you're alive!"

"I, I don't know how but yes..."

The girl broke out into hysterics once again as she threw herself on the man. His skin was once again the normal pale colour and the bones the protruded his skin had vanished. The Earth Seal on his chest was no longer their as well.

"I'm so sorry Rai-chan... Please..."

"Shut up you jerk!"

Kimimaro smiled and wrapped his arm around her as she knelt still crying over his injured body.