After the 4th Great Ninja War the shinobi world covered itself with peace, or at least that's what was shown. Within each village, the Kages worked diligently for their sake. This story will center on the Sunakagure Village, a city on the other side of the desert, away from the others but with many mysteries. The current Kazekage is revolutionizing it, to the point of leaving the past out in the open, no more betrayals, no more secrets, he wants to create a village based on the ideals he has, but... will he achieve it? He is not yet fully aware that he is a growing man, he still has much to live. Feelings sometimes win over reason. But even so, it is more than sure that, he will give his everything su his ideal is fulfilled.
This story will have pairs, but there won't be GaaMatsu, GaaHina, GaaSaku, GaaSari and much less GaaIno. The main canons of the story will be mostly respected. The original series/manga along with the known characters are property of Masashi Kishimoto but the story here narrated is of my own authorship.
The current cover was a work in collaboration with the cartoon artist "Sasaki NH".
I thank Lucero Isabel for helping me with the translation work.
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I do not want adaptations. No translations into other languages, if I see that this is requested I will do it myself.
INTRODUCTION
IF YOU KNOW THE NARUTO SERIES COMPLETELY, I RECOMMEND YOU JUMP THIS INTRODUCTION, WHICH IS TARGETED FOR THOSE WHO JUST STARTED THE SERIES OR HAVE NOT COMPLETED IT, OR ANY OTHER PERSON WHO WANTS TO READ MY STORY BUT DOES NOT KNOW WELLREFERENCES, OKAY, LET'S START.
To begin, I would like to make a small review of Gaara, who will be one of the main protagonists of this story. And put a point of reference, in which the story, that I will narrate, will begin.
Gaara (我 愛 羅, Gaara) is a shinobi of Sunakagure and the Fifth Kazekage (五代 目 风影, Godaime Kazekage), he was the Grand Commander of the Great Shinobi Alliance Army and Commander of the Fourth Division. He was part of the ex-team Baki, he is the youngest son of the Fourth Kazekage and Karura, youngest brother of Temari and Kankurō.
STORY
While Gaara had initially tried to be kind to others, despite the fear of his people, Yashamaru's actions and false words changed him. Realizing that no one loved him, Gaara used his sand to create a tattoo in his forehead with the Kanji for "love" (愛, ai), as a symbol of what he is, "demon who loves only himself" The height of his name, as his mother Karura supposedly believed. Gaara became emotionally withdrawn, almost silent, and was gradually consumed by a bitter hatred for all, but at the same time he was convinced that he only cared for himself and his "mother": the voice of the Shukaku in his head. He learned to find pleasure and finally a reason to live in annihilating the multiple murderers sent to kill him and by extension, anyone who threatened his existence. This was made worse by the Shukaku who did not let him sleep and as a result, Gaara sought to quench his thirst for blood, which resulted in a ruthless Gaara; Demonstrated when he murdered Bai and Midare and ignored their pleas. Gaara's insomnia was driven by the fear that the devil within him would eat his mind while he slept, it just fed into his instability and increased his desire to kill. In fact, his hatred extended towards his sibilings, since he never saw them as such, and he was completely willing to kill those who stood in his way, even his family if necessary to satisfy his desire to reaffirm his existence.
Gaara was, in many aspects, similar to Naruto Uzumaki, though unfortunately in his case, he had no one to call friend, although he had a family like his brother Jinchuriki (although he would not discover it until much later in the series), both felt alone and wanted to be loved, cared for and recognized as a human being, they wanted to be know as themselves, not like the demons they were forced to "contain" and both were led to a state of despair. While Naruto consequently developed the misconception that jokes and mischief would bring him the attention he sought, Gaara came to the conclusion that he could preserve and confirm his own existence by killing anyone who challenged him, thereby achieving an extreme form of existentialism as a key feature of his personality. In the absence of recognition from the others, Gaara could compensate this act by valuing himself, excluding all the others in a strange form of narcissism. On the other hand, while Naruto finally had Iruka, Kakashi and his friends who accepted and acknowledged him, Gaara had no one to bond with, not even his father or his sibilings, since they all despised him and feared for the Shukaku dwelling within him. The person who was closest to being friendly with Gaara was Yashamaru, his uncle, who was ordered to kill him (although in reality he could resist and he loved him truly), but with this a sociopathic and solitary Gaara was created. As such, Gaara does not understood the concept of struggle for something more than himself until his confrontation with Naruto.
After being defeated by Naruto, Gaara became surprised to see that Naruto knew very well the pain that Gaara had endured during all his life. He was even more surprised that his first friend never lost hope, that Naruto was to be recognized as a person and ultimately find friends who really cared about him. Seeing the determination that Naruto had to protect his friends and the village, made Gaara the question of his own path in life.
Realizing that he gave up so easily, Gaara decided to go on the same path as Naruto, and become Kazekage of Sunagakure so that he could be connected to his people, and he hope they finally recognized his existence as a person. In the next few years, Gaara's determination to finding happiness was evident from his decision to rely on his own power instead of that of his inner demon. Gaara Eventually formed a close friendship and brotherhood with Naruto.
Since Gaara has become a friend very close to Naruto, thanks to his new attitude, he has been able to change the personalities of people towards him, like Matsuri who had fear of weapons, Ōnoki at the Summit of the Five Kages, convinced virtually everyone in the alliance of discarding their old enmity and to fight together in the Fourth War, and even Naruto when he reflects on what he will choose to do as a friend of Sasuke. This seems to be a similar trait of Naruto's, a way of showing how much he's changed since before. Not only that, but by his close bond and the great gift Naruto has, he has also been shown to have no grudge or hatred against such a person, not even his father, who was largely responsible for the miserable childhood that he had.
Despite being relentless against his opponents, Gaara appears very protective of allies and innocent people, as seen when he protected his people from Deidara, and his brothers, Darui and even the Raikage against Sasuke. He also seems to understand in depth those who have endured the horror of loneliness and hatred of the past by the looks in their eyes, such as Naruto, Kimimaro, and even Sasuke.
As a Kage, Gaara believes that the ideals of previous generations, that each group has their own affairs and can solve their own problems without having to ask the help of others to maintain the appearance and honor, for him is a "ridiculous argument" and that cooperation between people is fundamental to defeating the Akatsuki (which turned out to be only a group manipulated by Obito) and save the world.
WAR SUMMARY
After the confrontation against Madara Uchiha and Obito, who had proclaimed the 4th Great Ninja War to the Five Great Shinobi Nations, which in turn formed the Great Shinobi Alliance, to face those who had defied them, being made known in the war that Obito was a puppet of Madara and at the same time was used to release from its prison the real danger, Kaguya Otsutsuki, who managed to place the world in the technique of the Infinite Tsukuyumi, for the second time, in the history of the Humanity. Except for Konha's team 7 and their mentor Kakashi, they managed to avoid the technique and save humanity from it, re-sealing that monster that was Kaguya and undoing the technique that put everyone in the infinite dream.
GLOSSARY
There will be words that I will use in the native language of the manga/anime nipon, to give understanding of ranges or kinship and to abbreviate words that would be quite difficult to use.
San: Prefix used, following the name, to call the person with a certain degree of respect, example: Temari-san, Naruto-san, Kankurō-san, etc.
Chan: Prefix that is used, following the name, to call the person with a high degree of trust, be it friendship, brotherhood, fellowship. It is mostly used in names of girls, although it is also acceptable in boys. Example: Sakura-chan, Temari-chan, Ino-chan, etc.
Kun: Similar to the prefix "Chan", but with the difference that is used for boy names, Example: Sasuke-kun, Naruto-kun, Gaara-kun, etc.
Aniue/Onee-chan/Onee: It means "older sister"
Nii-san/Onii-chan/Nii: It means "older brother"
Otouto: It means "younger brother"
Himouto: It means "younger sister"
Bijuu: Demons or beasts with tail, which are result of the division of the First Bijuu, in total there are 9 beasts, which they own according to the number equivalent in their tails.
Jinchuriki: Human container, capable of keeping a bijuu sealed inside it, and based on their ability, to manipulate it.
Sama: Prefix that follows after the name, it is used to demonstrate a high respect for the person who is being addressed, it would be the equivalent to "lord or lady", and is usually used to address the high ranks (Kages, feudal nobility, clan leaders) example: Gaara-sama, Tsunade-sama, Raikage-sama, etc.
And last but not least important the definition of Kage plus its allocation according to its village.
The Kage (影; literally meaning "shadow") is the leader of one of the five large villages and usually the strongest ninja in their respective village. They collectively are known as the Five Kages. If a Kage has held its position for several decades, as in the case of the Third Hokage, a younger ninja is likely to be stronger than them. In such cases, the Kage may withdraw and give the title to another person, the title, once granted, is maintained permanently. This creates a special case where there are two Kage at a time, but only one of them is active, as it was with the Third and Fourth Hokage. After the Fourth died, the Third left his retirement to return to his activities. The Kage is on equal footing with the rulers of their countries, supervising the activities of their villages, and are the leaders of the ninja society. Usually they are the ones who send the ninja teams out on their missions and make decisions regarding the safety of their people. The Five Kages are:
The Hokage (火影; meaning "Shadow of Fire") of Konohagakure.
The Kazekage (風影; meaning "Shadow of Wind") of Sunagakure.
The Mizukage (水 影 which means "Shadow of Water ") of Kirigakure.
The Raikage (雷 影 which means "Shadow of Lightning") of Kumogakure.
El Tsuchikage (土 影: meaning "Shadow of Earth") of Iwagakure.
Although the leaders of other hidden villages can be as strong or stronger than any if the Kage, their villages have not won enough acknowledgment to enable them such title. In the anime, Hoshigakure has nicknamed its leaders as Hoshikage (星 影:it literally means "Star Shadow"), which means that their ambition is to be recognized as an equal by the five great villages. However, this title is only a name, and the Five Kages do not recognize them as their equal.
Since the creation of the jinchüriki, it has become a tradition that the hosts of the beasts are selected from the Kage family of the village. In this way, the jinchüriki not only has strong ties of loyalty to the village and its leader, but also serve to show the power of the Kage. [1] For example, Killer B is the adopted son of the Third Raikage, Gaara is the son of the Fourth Kazekage and Naruto Uzumaki is the son of the Fourth Hokage.
Well, with this, you have everything that is necessary for you to know, in order to start reading my story. I obviously, give credit to the Naruto Wikia, since there is where I got much of the information.
See you at the end of the first chapter :D