Chapter 2: Monster
"Stay away from us, you monster."
They didn't understand.
"She never loved you! Your the reason why she died!"
Why me? Why did it have to be me?
"Come on Gaara. Listen to your big sister...'
"Yeah. Listen to your big brother..."
Siblings. how were they my siblings. They never cared for me. Did they?
"It hurts doesn't it?"
Hurt? Nothing hurts me.
"The feeling of complete lonliness?"
Yes. It does. But...
How did he know?
He had friends.
He had people that cared for him.
"We both have monsters inside us."
Him? A monster? He was not a monster. He was the light. The light that can shine through even the darkest of dark. The kind of light that brings you to life.
"I am going to be hokage!"
He wants to be a kage? Why protect those that hate you. That shun you. That want you to die. Why protect them?
"My friends are precious to me. They acknowleded me. I will protect them no matter what! And if you ever harm them again...!"
I get it. The whole time we fought... he didn't fight me because he thought i was a monster. He fought me to protect the ones he cared for. The ones that cared for him.
"You! You want to become Kazekage! Why! The whole village hates you! Gaara..."
"He doesn't care. His village hates him and yet... he wants to protect them. Gain their acknowledgment. That's what i want."
"Gaara..."
Yes. I will protect them. I will do anything to protect them. They are my village. They are the people i care about. even if they dont care about me. I have a friend now.
Wait...
a...a friend?
no...
I have friends.
To smile. To... be happy. Is this what it's like? To no longer be in the darkness. To have been helped into the light. To have people who... care... about you.
Is that happiness?
"haha!"
He has such a stupid grin. A stupid laugh. He would have been the first one I would kill. But... even if I had decided to kill him. Would i have been able to?
"I am Uzumaki Naruto!..."
No. I don't think i would have been.
it's almost funny.
I think he doesn't even notice how he helps people. Just his presence alone... You can't be mad. You can't be lonly. You can't hate. He won't let you.
"You need to be careful. There's people out there called the akatsuki. They are trying to gather all the tailed demons. Watch your back."
Where was the old man getting at? i will never fall to such people. there's... others... hn. I he found out... If he found out that any of them were captured... He would save them. He wouldn't even have to know them. And i'll help him. I'll help him save them. After all... their almost... family... aren't they.
"I've come to bring you to the akatsuki."
Akatsuki? Over my dead body.