People continued disappearing presumably for Kabuto's experiments. The villages could no longer sit back and accept the situation. They went out hunting for Kabuto full force. At least 24 teams between the two villages swept the woods. They wound up locating his lab, but Kabuto was already gone. They kept guard over the facility and brought in research teams to find a way to synthesize a cure for the virus. They were fortunate that Kabuto was in a hurry to leave and a lot of his work got left behind. They even recovered some of the missing villagers. With the movement of the Sand and the Leaf hunting down Kabuto, the Allied Shinobi Forces took a renewed interest in Kabuto as well and he was forced to return to hiding.
After tireless work for weeks, they eventually found a cure. Keiko remained with Kakashi back in the Hidden Leaf for those weeks. Gaara visited a couple times to coordinate with the Leaf in the research and recovery efforts, and he checked in on Keiko.
After she was on the mend from the cure, Gaara and Keiko divorced quietly to lessen the upset. Gaara had explained to the council the truth, at least in part. Keiko came to them out of duty when she thought Kakashi was dead, and although she loved Gaara very much, the conflict of her heart was just too difficult. Gaara decided to let her go and they would remain friends. The council were not thrilled at first, the Leaf breaking this tie. However, Keiko's continued presence in the future between the villages and the academy set them at ease. In time, the tension between the tensions between them all began to soften again.
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Reverberations (Kakashi x OC, Gaara x OC) -- Book 3
FanfictionAfter creating the multi-village shinobi academy, Keiko falls ill with an unknown virus. Suspicions that Orochimaru is to blame begin to circulate. She turns violent before nearly tearing the villages apart. It's a race against the clock before thei...
