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Previously…
"It's about time we met, Kazekage-sama," he said, looking at Gaara with a smirk, trying to recognize the guy.
"You don't know me." he said, smirking, "Uchiha Itachi is my name"
"When was the last time you saw your mother, Ino-chan?" he said, narrowing his eyes at her.
She looked at him with a fearful look in her eyes, "What have you done to her?" she yelled, taking a step closer to her.
"Hmmm, wasn't it when I first arrived? Or was it just this morning? Didn't you notice something strange in her behavior?" he asked, stopping his hand from moving around the bag.
Ino wasn't quite following him; instead, she remained silent, wondering where that was going.
"Your mother is dead, Ino," he said, making Ino's eyes widen, "I killed her"
Please Remember, Chapter 26
Ino's eyes widened. She couldn't believe what she's heard. 'Mom is dead?!' she thought. Her breaths started to shorten, her heart started to beat faster than it already was. She couldn't comprehend that thought. Ino kept looking straight into Deidara's eyes.
"You're a liar!" she yelled, throwing her hand to the side, "That's a lie, my mother is still alive!"
"Yeah, right, she's at home, cleaning the house and fixing your lunch" he mocked, rolling his eyes. Ino's eyes started to fill up with tears, yet her tears didn't fall down. She held them back, looking at Deidara who was chuckling. She gulped, her breaths were quickly shortening till the point were she was almost gasping for breath.
"C'mon Ino, let it out!" he said, shaking his head. "You want to cry, get it out. Your mother is FREAKIN' DEAD!" he yelled, forcing her tears to stroll down her cheek. She took a deep breath, and slowly reached for her Kunai holder.
Deidara noticed her move and disappeared, appearing behind her in a swift move, holding her right arm behind her back, twisting it.
"Ah-ah-ah," he said, waving his index finger in her face. "I won't let you, Ino-chan" he said, still holding her right arm with his left hand. He moved his right hand on her cheek then to her neck where she felt a sharp pain, followed by a warm form of liquid on her neck. Deidara moved her fingers across her neck and then held them in front of her.
"See, Ino-chan?" he said, showing Ino her own blood. "I can hurt you, and I did. Don't you dare think that I can't!" he said, laughing. Ino grimaced as she felt something move inside her neck, around her shoulders and resting somewhere inside her chest.
"W-What did you do, Deidara?!" she spat, making Deidara twist her arm a bit more, causing her to scream.
"Nothing much," he said, turning her around and forcing her to look at him in the eye. Deidara grinned once he saw the fear in her eyes, "it's just that you're a bomb ready to blow up at any minute." he said, raising his right eyebrow at her.
Deidara turned Ino around him to face the mountain, "See Ino, no one is around. Haven't you wondered why?" he said, pushing her along as he walked, twisting her hand in the process.
Ino had no idea what was going on. She was losing it every time that thing moved inside of her. She narrowed her eyes as she thought of her mother.
"What have you done to my mother, De-AH!!" she yelled as he twisted her arm, almost making it past vertical position against her back.
"Shut up and keep walking!" he yelled. Ino's tears slowly flowed down her cheek as she realized she wasn't able to do anything with her broken arm.
'Mom, Gaara, everyone,' she thought, closing her eyes. 'I've failed, I'm sorry'
At the mountain…
Gaara narrowed his eyes once he heard the name, 'Uchiha Itachi?' he thought, "Uchiha Sasuke's older brother" his inner voice said, making Gaara narrow his eyes as the fact was very clear to him.
"What do you want, Uchiha?" he asked, crossing his arms. Itachi laughed, narrowing his eyes as they slowly turned deep red.
"I want what's remained of Shukaku." he said, raising his index and middle finger in front of his face, "That's why, I'll kill you" he said, his body dissolving into dozens of ravens, flying away. Gaara looked up, uninterested of the parade Itachi was holding.
As the ravens went down and tried to hit Gaara. The latter narrowed his eyes and smirked when his ultimate defense was activated, protecting him with a shield of sand. Gaara knew he was in some kind of genjutsu, yet he wasn't terrified with the idea. Nothing scared the hell out of Sabaku no Gaara.
"Is that all you got?!" he said, looking at the bevy of ravens roaming over him. Gaara grinned as the birds started to lunge down at him again, trying to find an opening. Gaara shook his head and grinned. The birds gathered again, forming Itachi's body.
"You want to kill me, yet you don't know about this?!" he said, thrusting his palm towards Itachi, sending his sand at an incredible speed. Itachi was hit, sending him flying almost eleven meters away. Gaara grinned as the sand surrounded Itachi.
Gaara's eyes widened at the following action.
Itachi's body disappeared in a storm of Leafs, leaving Gaara astonished, wondering where he went. He turned his head to the side to see him standing far away from him with a smirk on his face. Gaara gritted his teeth, sending his sand towards the Uchiha. The latter simply dodged the attack and stood still. As Gaara readied himself to send another attack, he paused as he felt someone's presence behind him.
"You didn't expect this would finish me off, eh?" Gaara widened his eyes as Itachi's voice was heard behind him. Gaara turned his head to the side to see Itachi looking as calm as ever. He rested his hand on Gaara's shoulder, his eyes narrowing at the latter as he moved his lips to speak.
"Bunshin Daibakuha" Itachi whispered the name of his 'Clone Great Explosion' technique. The following happened in a flash as the sand made its way towards its owner in time for Itachi's body to explode, sending Gaara a couple of feet in the air and smashing into the ground with a loud hit, his sand dusting the area. Itachi made his way towards Gaara, looking patronizingly at him.
"You didn't think your pathetic sand will work against me, did you, Gaara-kun?" he said, the dust clearing off the area to reveal Gaara, lying on a carpet of sand, his body cracked in several places.
"Suna no Yoroi, eh?" Itachi said, admiring Gaara's 'Sand armor'. "Your moves are getting pretty old, don't you think?" Itachi said, reaching out to get Gaara off of the ground. As soon as his hand touched Gaara's body, the latter dissolved into millions of grains of sands, catching the Uchiha off guard.
"Sabaku Kyū!" Gaara yelled out of nowhere, his sand increasing its speed to surround the Uchiha. The latter remained calm, not breaking a sweat as Gaara appeared a couple of feet away from him in a twister of sand.
"You're slow" Gaara said, raising his palm towards Itachi, "This is the end," Gaara said, smirking. He closed his fist gradually.
"Sabaku Sō−"
"−not so fast," the voice made Gaara's fist stop moving, "Kazekage-sama".
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((WE'RE BACK!!))
Gaara turned around, looking at the source of the voice. His eyes widened when he saw Ino, her eyes puffed, her right hand broken and her left was twisted behind her back by his blonde arch enemy.
Gaara gritted his teeth, narrowing his eyes "Deidara" he mumbled, closing his fist gradually at the Uchiha. Deidara twisted Ino's arm a bit more, making her scream in pain and fall to her knees, forcing Gaara to become distracted.
"Pay attention to your opponent! Forget about her!" his inner voice said, making Gaara wince. Ino looked at him, shaking her head as Deidara pulled her back up on her own feet and closer to himself, placing a Kunai knife on her neck.
"Move a muscle and she dies" he exclaimed, making Ino wince as Deidara slightly pushed the Kunai on her neck. Gaara stopped, having no idea what to do.
'If I don't finish off Uchiha, he'll kill me, but if I don't, then Ino...' he thought, narrowing his eyes as they met Deidara's fox-like ones.
"Kill him! She's of no good to you" his inner voice said, causing Gaara to move his left hand to his head.
"STOP IT!" he yelled, leaning forward, causing all three to carefully watch his moves. His right hand was still facing the Uchiha. Gaara turned his head Sharply to Itachi, then to Deidara and Ino.
"What will you do, Gaara-kun?" Itachi mildly asked, making the sand tighten against him. Deidara smirked and pushed the knife harder on Ino's neck, making her wince.
Gaara turned his head to look at her. Deidara smirked, moving the knife a centimeter away from her neck.
"I told you, move a muscle and she dies!" he frustratingly yelled. Gaara stood up straight looking at Ino, noticing that she moved her vision to the ground once his eyes met hers.
"You already hurt her. There's no use of keeping her alive" The inner voice said, causing Gaara to breathe deeply, closing his eyes. A few seconds have past and he hasn't moved a muscle
"Alright" he said, opening his eyes and smirking at Deidara. The latter knotted his eyes brows as he noticed that Gaara tightened his grip a bit more. Deidara widened his eyes.
'Is he really going to sacrifice this girl?' he thought as he tightened his grip on Ino's twisted left arm and the Kunai knife. Gaara smirked and stopped his hand from moving. The area went silent as the wind blew again; the only sound was heard was the whiff of the trees around them.
"I'll kill him," he said, narrowing his eyes. "unless you let her go" he completed, making Ino look at him, eyes widened.
Deidara smirked, "No way. You'll let him go, or I'll kill her" he said, waving the knife a couple of inches away from Ino's neck, making her move her head backwards, almost hitting Deidara in the process.
"She's nothing to me," Gaara said, "not after what she's done!" he continued, narrowing his eye at her.
"Let me guess," Deidara said, "the kiss, right? You didn't let her explain, and neither did I" he continued, making Gaara listen carefully.
"I was the one who started it. It was all part of this whole plan" he said, laughing. Gaara went pale. 'Part of the plan?' he thought, looking at Ino who was in tears, looking at the ground.
"I knew you were there, that's why I kissed her. See, I figured that if you saw your own girlfriend kiss someone else, you'll think she's cheating on you. Of course with your psychotic history in murder and violence, I figured you might kill her. So, that small, almost unnoticeable part of Shukaku would be awakened. That would leave the village with one less ninja. In other words," Deidara said, smirking before looking at his team-mate.
"you were a great help to our plan. A main element, may I say" Itachi continued, making Gaara turn his head towards the Uchiha who was smirking. Gaara moved his vision back and forth between the two. 'Then that means I-I hurt her, because of them' he thought, looking at Ino who was in tears. 'What have I done?' he narrowed his eyes, not angrily, but softly at Ino, the one who loved him, the one he's hurt. Deidara's annoying voice broke his thoughts.
"but unfortunately, FOR US, two of her friends saved her" he said, breathing sharply through his gritted teeth, moving his lips next to Ino's ear. "What were their names? Oh, yes. Nara Shikamaru and Hyuuga Neji" He said, chuckling. Ino closed her eyes, 'God, please, let this be over.'
Gaara narrowed his eyes at the blonde who sighed, letting go of Ino's twisted arm, and pulled her closer to his body, holding his left arm around her shoulder, moving the knife to her temple.
"and now that you fought those two, I believe one of them is already out of Chakura. That also shows that you were a great assistant to us." he said, smirking. Ino froze as he started moving the tip of the knife lightly from her temple, across her cheek and down to her neck, sickly enjoying every single moment of it. Ino's breath stopped in its tracks as he mentioned that one of them was almost out of Chakura, and then she remembered:
"There isn't much time, Ino. I can't get a grip on him much longer!" Shikamaru said, his hands shaking out of their calm status.
Shikamaru gritted his teeth. He was nearing his limit. "Ino, get out!" he yelled, releasing Gaara from his technique
"Shikamaru." she mumbled, closing her eyes, wishing her friends would be ok and blaming herself for the whole situation. Her thought were cut once she felt herself being shook
"Wake up, I didn't bring you here to fall asleep on me now, did I?" he said, pressing the Kunai on her neck again, forcing her to move her head backwards. Gaara was watching the whole scene, and he didn't like it.
Deidara moved his vision towards Gaara, "Look, we'll make a deal. I'll let her go, and you let him go, how about that?" he said, narrowing his eyes. Gaara smirked, "What's the catch?"
"There's no catch!" Deidara said, moving his knife away from her head and pushing Ino a couple of feet away from him.
Gaara knotted his eyebrows as he saw his actions, not daring to move a muscle. "Move!" he ordered, Ino took a couple of steps towards Gaara. "STOP!" Deidara said, forcing Ino to stop a couple of feet away from both of them. She looked at Gaara with a worried expression on her face as if she was trying to tell him something, but he couldn't get it.
"See?" Deidara said, shrugging his shoulders. "Now, Let him go" he said, angrily. Gaara looked between the three. Itachi had a sick smirk on his face; Deidara wasn't worried at all while Ino was terrified for some reason.
"And you," he said, making Ino turn around to face him, "be a good girl" he said, narrowing his eyes. Ino knew he was talking about whatever he planted inside her body. She turned to face Gaara, again with that horrified expression on her face. Gaara looked at the ground, thinking about everything he's done.
He was torn between killing Itachi to save his own life, and letting him go to save Ino's. He closed his eyes, taking a deep breath.
"Kill him, Gaara. You're a monster, kill him!" the inner voice yelled. Gaara simply ignored it as he smiled, releasing the Uchiha out of his sand coffin, lowering his hand to his side. Itachi stood on his two feet, unharmed and calm. Gaara raised his head to face Ino, who was shaking her head, tears making their way down her cheek. "G-Gaara…" she mumbled, her lips pouted, forcing Gaara to soften up.
"That was the worst choice in the world, Gaara!" Deidara said, moving his index and middle fingers in front of his face. Ino took a couple of steps backwards, away from Gaara as soon as she felt the thing inside of her move around in her chest and moving towards her right shoulder. Deidara smirked, "Hmmm!" he said, activating his special ability, The C-3 inside of Ino.
It wasn't long till Ino right shoulder sprayed blood all over the place, and in Gaara's face. She looked at him, tears slowly making their down her cheek before she fell to her knees, and fell face down. Gaara's eyes widened, seeing Ino drowned in her own blood, not moving. He reached his hand to touch his face, looking at his fingers.
'Blood,' he thought. His hands were shaking, 'her blood' he thought, looking at Ino's unconscious body. He took a step closer, wanting to check her, wanting to hold her and apologize for being such a jerk. His steps stopped after hearing the laughter of Deidara.
"You should thank me for not making it a little bit bigger, otherwise, her arm would've been torn off" he said, pointing at Ino's right injured arm. Gaara gritted his teeth, looking at Deidara and taking a step closer.
"You Bastard, I'll kill you!"
"No you won't!" Itachi said, forcing Gaara to look at him straight in the eye, and that was a terrible mistake.
Gaara eyes widened as he felt his body being paralyzed by just looking at him, at his blood-red, Sharingan activated eyes.
Deidara looked at his team-mate then looked to his right, at the village. "Soon, this whole village will be destroyed" he said, narrowing his eyes as he noticed several people standing on one of the far away houses. Deidara reached for the hair covering his left eye and moved it away, using his eye-scope to get a better look.
"Ino's friends, eh?" he said, focusing his vision on two Dōjutsu (eye technique) users. He smirked, narrowing his eyes at the two.
"They'll be able to see everything if they looked our way, there's gotta be away to keep things to our advantage" he said, moving his hair back to its place. "It's time to mess around" Deidara said, closing his eyes and taking a deep breath. Once he opened his eyes, tears strolled down his cheek.
"INO!" he said, running towards her and kneeling besides her. Itachi, while looking at Gaara, smirked. 'This boy is sick' he thought, catching Gaara in his famous jutsu.
"Gaara-kun," he started, "are you familiar with Tsukuyomi?" he continued, making the former wince at the hint of irony in his voice. Itachi chuckled, "You're about to witness it" he said, raising his index and middle fingers in front of his face. "It's one of my Mangekyo Sharingan abilities" he said, just when the world around the two became dark, the sun became black and the clouds became grey as the sky turned into a dark shade of red.
Gaara suddenly found himself in another world, in another dimension. He looked around to find nothing around him. There was only Itachi, standing in front of him. Gaara tried to move but found himself tied to a wooden platform, his arms and legs were spread and paralyzed. Itachi smirked, taking a step closer to the Suna Shinobi.
"I'm going to torture you for seven days, until you give up" he said, raising his palm in Gaara's face. "Ever wondered how your victims felt before they were crushed by your sand?" he said, just in time for Gaara's sand to start moving around his arms and legs.
Gaara's eyes widened as his own sand tightened around his body. Itachi smirked, "You'll have that feeling too, Gaara-kun. But now, no matter how many times I crush you, you'll stay alive and feel every ounce of pain running through your body until you beg me to stop" he said, closing his fist, causing the sand to close in on Gaara. The latter gave out a blood-curdling scream as he felt his own arms and legs being torn out of their place.
Outside the whole illusionary world, Deidara was holding Ino in his arms, waiting for the others to show up. He wanted them to show up as fast as they can, so he knew what he had to do.
Deidara raised his head up and took a deep breath before yelling on top of his lungs
"SOMEBODY HELP!" he yelled, lowering his head and looking at Gaara who was frozen in place.
A few seconds later, for Deidara, Itachi lowered his hand, looking at Gaara who was panting, eyes widened and sweating like crazy. It wasn't long before he fell backwards, collapsing on the ground.
'W-What in the world?' he thought, trying to move at least one muscle but couldn't. Gaara knew that he was defeated, and that's a fact.
"I-Ino" he said, trying to move his hands, his head, his whole body but couldn't. Gaara closed his eyes and gave in, losing consciousness.
A couple of minutes ago, somewhere…
"Any sign of him?" Shikamaru asked the group, consisting of: Naruto, Hinata, Chouji, Kiba, Kankurou and Shino. Chouji shook his head, "No, we've looked everywhere. No sign of him." he said, the others were as disappointed. Neji nodded, looking at Shikamaru who was in some sort of trance.
"Hey, are you ok?" Neji asked, making Shikamaru look at him. "Yeah, I'm good" he said, looking at his teammates: Sasuke, Sakura, Tenten, Lee and Temari as they all looked exhausted from looking around for nothing.
"It's like he disappeared!" Temari said, turning around in frustration. All of the attention turned to her. Shikamaru sighed, shaking his head.
"Of course he didn't. He's somewhere, I can tell" he said. Suddenly, they all heard a distant voice.
"SOMEBODY HELP!"
"Who's that?!" Sakura asked, looking at the guys who started to look around. Hinata and Neji looked at each other and nodded.
"Byakugan!" they both said, activating their Kekkei Genkai, Looking around. Everyone waited for their reaction, until Hinata gasped.
"There!" she yelled, pointing at the Hokage Mountain. Neji narrowed his eyes, noticing four people.
"Gaara is there! Along with Ino, Deidara and Itachi" he said, looking at his team-mates. Sasuke knotted his eyebrows. 'Nii-san? What are you doing up there?' he thought, looking at the ground. Naruto narrowed his eyes, 'Did Deidara make it there before us?' he thought, gritting his teeth.
"What are we waiting for? Let's go-ttebayo!" he yelled, jumping from roof to roof towards the Hokage Mountain, followed by the others.
The Mountain…
Deidara grimaced, seeing that the ninjas were on their way. They reached the place at the same time, shocked of the whole scene. Ino was injured badly in Deidara's arm while Itachi stood away in front of a defeated Gaara.
"INO!" Shikamaru yelled, running as fast as he could towards her, followed by Sakura and Hinata. Deidara cried, his tears falling down on Ino's unconscious body. Shikamaru froze once he saw Ino's critical condition. His hands shook as he reached to touch her pale face. Instead, he tightened the grip on his hands and looked at Deidara.
"Who did this?!" Shikamaru yelled, grabbing Deidara by the collar. Sakura grabbed his shoulders, trying to calm him down.
"Shikamaru, please, now is not the time." She said, pushing him aside and sitting next to Ino. "I'll try to help her as fast as I can!"
"No! We have to take her to a hospital!" Deidara yelled, holding Ino's body closer. 'If they manage to get her back, she'll ruin the plan' Deidara thought as he was glared at by Shikamaru.
"There isn't much time!" she said, "Lay her on the ground, now!" she ordered with an angry face. Deidara narrowed his eyes and did so. Sakura held her hands above Ino's body, particularly her right shoulder. Greenish Chakura formed around her hands as she tried to heal her arm. Hinata was watching over, activating the Byakugan.
"Her Chakura circulation is still flowing, yet slowly, but that's a good sign that she's still alive. What happened here?" she asked, looking at Deidara who was spacing out.
"It's him, that Gaara. He's done this to her." he said, narrowing his eyes at him. Hinata turned his head towards Itachi and Gaara. Shikamaru looked at the wound, then at Deidara, and then moved his vision back to the wound.
'That doesn't look like a wound made by Gaara. Her arm would be fully crushed if it was by him, but the wound is in one particular place, not her arm as a whole' Shikamaru thought, trying to find a logical explanation for this. He looked at Deidara, 'I don't trust him' he thought, turning his attention back at Ino.
Gaara could hear three sets of footsteps around him, one of them going towards Itachi and the other two towards him. Gaara slowly opened his eyes and looked up to see his siblings, looking down at him. Temari kneeled, looking at Gaara with teary eyes.
"Why did you do that, Gaara?" she said, looking at her brother. Gaara opened his mouth to speak up, but couldn't. He turned his head to the side to see Sakura trying to heal Ino. Deidara was there, looking right at him.
"D-Dei…" he mumbled, "Deidara!" he managed to get out, raising his hand towards him. Kankurou held his hand and slammed it down to the ground.
"Oh no, you won't" he said, looking at his brother. Gaara widened his eyes, as if he was trying to say the truth.
While Gaara was trying to get out his words, Sasuke walked towards his brother who was still looking at Gaara.
"I never thought you'd fight with us" he said, raising his fist to bump it with his brother's. Itachi smirked and returned the gestured. "Just trying to do what's the best for Konoha" he said, looking at the collapsed Suna no Shinobi. Sasuke turned around and looked at Deidara, then at Ino and grimaced.
"Did he do that to her?" he said, narrowing his eyes at the scene. Itachi didn't reply, instead, he stealthy got out a Kunai knife, making sure no one is to notice. Sasuke wasn't aware as well.
"Ah, Gaara hurt his own girlfriend" he said, raising his knife towards his brother. "What a tragedy" he said, lunging his Kunai down at his brother.
"Yeah," Sasuke said, turning around quickly, and blocked his brother's knife with his own, both looking at each other's Sharingan-activated eyes "it's even more tragic when it's family, ne, Itachi?" he said, pushing his brother away before jumping a couple of steps back.
Everyone turned their vision towards the scene. Sakura gasped, "Sasuke-kun!" she yelled before turning her attention back at her best friend's body. "Sakura, please, stay focused on Ino and don't worry about Sasuke-kun" Hinata said, running towards the rest of the group.
Tenten, Neji, Chouji, Kiba, Shino and Lee were standing there along with Naruto. "Naruto-kun!" she started, noticing that Naruto was angered by Itachi. He turned his head at her, still looking at the scene before moving his vision at her "I believe we should help Sasuke-kun!"
"You're right, let's―"
"AHHHH!"
The ninjas turned their heads towards Sakura and Shikamaru as they were both thrown away. Chouji and Lee ran towards Shikamaru and Sakura while Shino ordered his bugs to be on alert and Kiba let Akamaru jump out of his sweater. They all stared at Deidara who slowly stood up.
"You guys are pathetic" he said, throwing a small clay figure on the ground and soon turned into a huge clay bird. He hopped on it, ordering the bird to hold Ino's body with its tail.
"I'll make sure Ino is dropped at the hospital" he said, laughing as the bird flew away. Shikamaru gritted his teeth and got up onto his feet.
"Ino!" he said, running after the bird, skipping his steps, trying to catch up to Deidara. Neji looked at the others.
"I'm going with him. Tenten, Chouji, Come with me. The rest of you, help Sasuke." he said, running off to follow Shikamaru. The rest of the gang nodded and ran towards Sasuke. Lee held Sakura by her shoulders. "Are you ok, Sakura-san?" he asked, worriedly. Sakura looked up at him and nodded. "I'm ok, Lee. Let's help the others." She said, getting up on her feet, and ran towards the others.
Lee ran towards his friends, but stopped upon seeing Gaara. He took a deep breath and walked towards him, stopping next to him. Temari and Kankurou looked up at him as he looked down at their younger sibling.
Gaara narrowed his eyes as he noticed the anger in Lee's eyes, "What in the world happened to you? Don't you remember that you promised you'll be good and you won't hurt anyone?" Lee scolded him, forcing Gaara to close his eyes.
"And Now Ino's probably dying, because of you" he said, running off to assist his friends. Gaara opened his eyes slowly, looking at nothing in particular. Temari and Kankurou looked at each other before looking at their brother.
"I can help you, ask for my help and I'll never say no" his inner voice said, forcing Gaara to squeeze his eyes shut.
'Ino's probably dying, because of you' Lee's words played over and over again in his head as the sand started to gather from every side of the area, moving towards Gaara. Kankurou and Temari looked at each other before getting up, taking a couple of steps away from their brother. The sand gathered beneath Gaara and helped him up to his own feet.
He stood silent, crossing his arms. Though feeling exhausted after being tortured by his own sand for seven days in Itachi's illusionary world, he had to make things right.
"Temari, Kankurou, help them out" he said through the pain, nodding towards the rest of the gang. His siblings turned their heads towards Itachi before turning back towards their brother.
"What are you going to do, Gaara?" Kankurou asked, knotting his eyebrows. Gaara smiled, and turned around.
"I'm going to save Ino" he said, disappearing into a twister of sand.
CLIFFIE! And I thought this chapter would never end.
If you guys are wondering about something, you'll have to wait for the next chapter.
Again, I remind you, the story is nearing its end but I can't believe it. I think I'm going to cry. I got so attached to this story that I can't let it go.
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