Chapter 16: Gaara's Reason To Exist
Naruto walk towards ebisu's fallen body and shook him.
"He's totally knocked out... I knew it this guy's a weakling" Naruto said shaking his head, he stood up and pointed at the huge frog "what's that huge frog and who the hell are you?."
"Alright, hold on, thanks for asking mt. Myōboku-sama's holy master sennin also known as toad sennin remember" the guy with the white hair announce while doing a weird posing.
"Se-sennin?" Naruto said the word in an unfamiliar way, "hey you perverted sennin! What did you do? He was suppose to train me, look what you did to him."
"It's because he got in the way of my work" the man said jumping off the frog's head.
"Work?" Naruto ask confuse.
"I'm a writer, I'm working on a novel... This" the man said pulling out a familiar book and showing it to Naruto.
Naruto's eyes widen when he saw the same book his sensei was always reading "That's..."
"Oh you know about this? It's getting pretty famous" the man said excitedly.
"I know about it! That's a nasty book!" Naruto said pointing at the book like its contagious, "anyway what the hell do you mean by "work"?! All you were doing was peeping into the women's bath, you pervert! If you were my age it might be just a prank, but an old guy doing that is totally a crime!" He yelled angrily.
"Baka! I am not just a pervert! Peeping gives me inspiration to write a better..." The man yelled defending himself but Naruto cut him off.
"You liar! What a lame excuse! Now what the hell are you going to do about my training!?" Naruto ask glaring at him.
"Training? What are you talking about? That water walking?" The man said raising an eye brow.
"You know about it?" Naruto said before pointing a finger at him, "then take responsibility and help me with my training."
"I hate disrespectful and rude brats! And I don't like men!" The man yelled angrily.
Naruto's eyes widen "umm that icha icha paradise is so cool..." He said scratching the back of his head sheepishly.
"Liar this book is only for adults" the man said smirking at him smugly, "Compliments will get you nowhere with me."
"Kuso... Then I'll just..." Naruto thought doing a familiar hand seal.
"I'm a sennin I'm not stupid enough to be fooled by a shrimp like you, geez what an annoying brat" the man said glaring daggers at him.
"Oiroke no Jutsu" Naruto transform himself into a nude girl with smokes covering her privates.
The man's eyes were wide as a dinner plate with blood dripping from his nose "I like you."
"Baka" Naruto thought sweat dropping.
"Just my type of girl... What's this Jutsu?... Huh!? Eh!?" the man ask grinning stupidly while checking out every inch of the nude 'girl' in front of him.
"Oh I call it Oiroke no Jutsu, but..." Naruto said scratching the back of his umm 'her' head.
"Oh what creativity! You're a genius!" The man yelled with stars in his eyes.
"I get the feeling that all adults are weak against this Jutsu..." Naruto thought mentally sweatdropping, "then you'll help with my training..." Naruto said in a flirty voice.
"Hai... But there's a condition" The man said mischievously.
"Condition? Nani?" Naruto ask confuse.
"In my presence... You must always be like that..." The man said rubbing his hand together sheepishly.
Naruto transform back to his old self and glared at him "Inspiration! Yeah right! I knew it you are a pervert you nasty sennin!"
"No it's not true, I'm not just a pervert..." The man said assuringly.
"Nani? Yeah right" Naruto said not believing him.
"I am... A SUPER PERVERT!" The man said crazily.
"Kuso... He's totally crazy" Naruto said blinking a couple of times.
"Heh well that was just a joke, I'll look over your training... Kid continue what you were doing earlier again" the man said.
"Alright!" Naruto yelled punching his fist in the air before running towards the bath water, "hmmm" he said focusing his chakra on his feet, he walk carefully on top of the water and tries to balance himself and focus at the same time, but sadly for him it didn't work.
The man narrow his eyes suspiciously.
"I don't need this clothes, Kuso" Naruto said removing his clothes except for his boxers.
"Oi! Pull out your chakra again" the man said.
"H-hai" Naruto said a little confuse.
"Just hurry and do it" the man said.
Naruto did what he was told to do, the moment he did a seal appear on his stomach.
"So this is the kyūby's seal method... It's set up so some of the kyūby's chakra can be combine with the kid's chakra... It's to protect this kid, right the 4th?" The man thought, "but that has been stopped by a five part seal... His chakra and the kyūby's are unable to mix... No wonder he can't control his chakra properly... Most likely another person did this one... The style is rough... Heh well looks like Orochimaru's work" a small blue-like flames appeared on the man's finger tips on his right hand.
"Kid come over here" he said motioning Naruto to walk towards him.
"This guy sure makes a lot of demands" Naruto thought walking towards the man.
"Raise your hands like this" the man said raising but hands in the air with Naruto copying him.
"Why?" Naruto ask suspiciously.
The man smirk before slamming his right hand on Naruto's seal "Gogyō Kaiin", the seal Orochimaru place on Naruto's stomach vanish.
"Wha-what are you doing?" Naruto ask dropping on his knees while clutching his stomach.
"I hit a pressure point that relaxes you, just try to walk on the water again" the man said smirking at him.
Naruto gave him a questioning look but did what he was told to, when he step on the water he didn't sink, "Huh? I don't understand but it worked" he yelled happily.
"It's about time, he's taught how to control the kyūby's chakra" the man thought smirking, "alright kid come over here, I'm going to teach you a special Jutsu."
"Nani? Nani?" Naruto ask bouncing on his feet excitedly.
"First there's something you need to understand... You have two types of chakra..." The man said crossing his arms on his chest.
"Two types...?" Naruto ask confuse.
"Have you ever felt a special chakra?" The man ask raising an eye brow.
"Now that you mention it... It seemed like there was a time when my chakra suddenly appeared and I got really strong... Though I don't remember it very well..." Naruto said.
"I see" the man said nodding his head.
"But... I do remember it felt different than the normal chakra I release it's hard to explain but... If I put it in a color I'd say that normally it's blue but this felt red I guess" nartuo said shrugging.
"Alright" the man said smirking, "actually it's getting late, lets save the fun tomorrow, I'll take this guy in... Meet me here tomorrow."
Gaara was sitting on the roof on the tail of a giant fish statue.
"You sure got me... Don't you sleep?" A voice ask below.
"What do you want?" Gaara ask glaring at Dosu.
"I was planning on killing you while you sleep... Now we can just fight here... Then I'll have a higher chance of fighting Sasuke" Dosu said revealing his melody arm, "besides I would rather fight you than Haruno Sakura."
Gaara remain silent.
"I know about your sand attack... I wonder if its faster than my sound..." Dosu said smugly.
"He gets blood thirsty during the full moon..." Gaara said closing his eyes.
"Na-Nani?" Dosu said his eye widening.
"Sorry about that ebisu, taking your pupil from you" the man with the white hair said.
"Not at all I was just surprise... Hokage-sama has been looking for you for a long time without even a trace, nobody expected you to be in the village" ebisu said "So it's because of Orochimaru..."
"No sorry but that isn't the reason why I'm here" the man said.
"Huh?" Ebisu ask confuse.
"I just came here to work on my novels... I'm the type that doesn't like to stick his neck into trouble" the man said shrugging.
"You must understand... Against one of those 'Sannin', Orochimaru, another of the three is needed, we need your strength... Jiraiya-sama" ebisu said.
The Next morning... (I'm not going to write what happened to Dosu since you guys already know it, for those who doesn't read the manga or watch the episode.)
"SAKURA FOCUS!" Konan bark at her adopted daughter.
"This is goddamn hard woman" Sakura said gritting her teeth while glaring at Konan.
"No it's not, you just have to focus your chakra on the pieces of paper, sharpen and harden it and throw it at that bolder of rock, piece of cake" Konan said giving Sakura a pointed look.
Sakura glared daggers at her loving mother before taking a huge breath "focus Sakura focus... Focus... Focus... Kuso I can't focus, what the hell is wrong with me?"
"You miss Sasuke-kun and its only been a week" her annoying inner said smirking at her.
"Seriously? Kuso... I have to focus... I can't let a guy not even a guy like Sasuke to ruin my focus."
Sakura sigh and focus her chakra on the pieces of paper on her hand and threw it at the bolder of rock, the papers went through the rock.
"You did it" Konan said proudly.
"Aa" Sakura said smirking before taking a huge gulp of water.
"Now for the fun part" Konan said squealing excitedly.
Sakura mentally groan but on the outside she was completely expressionless, Konan's waist down turn into pieces of papers and took the form of an angel wings on her back.
"Now in order to do the Shikigami no Mai..." Konan started to explain while hovering in the air.
Time skip... (Way too lazy to write *sheepish*)
"Oi... Finally awake" Shikamaru said smirking lazily at Naruto.
"Where am I?" Naruto ask looking around the room "Why am I here? Where's Ero-sennin" He ask confuse.
"Huh? How would I know?... Well it's sucks but I came here to see Chōji and they said you were sleeping here so..." Shikamaru said shrugging.
"Where's teme?" Naruto ask feeling sad on the inside since his own best friend wasn't in the room.
"Sasuke? He was here earlier but kakashi told him you would be fine and they have to continue their training... Sasuke didn't want to leave but be doesn't have a choice, he told me to tell you that once you wake up don't do anything stupid" Shikamaru said in a bored tone.
"Oh" Naruto said smiling slightly "matte, you said Chōji is here... Why?."
"Chōji ate so much meat after his fight... That he injuries his stomach" Shikamaru said shrugging.
"Hahaha that's just like him" Naruto said laughing.
"Heh you two aren't the type to have girls come visit you so... Oh yeah it's stupid but I brought Chōji a fruit basket but the doc said no, so I thought we could eat it" Shikamaru said holding a fruit basket.
"Oh really? You're a pretty nice guy" Naruto said a little flattered.
"Baka, it's just because it would a waste if it spoiled" Shikamaru said indignantly.
Naruto started to laugh.
"Nani?" Shikamaru ask raising an eye brow.
"Hihihi we should eat it in front of Chōji" Naruto said laughing like a little girl.
"You're tiring me out..." Shikamaru said boredly.
Lee was sleeping peacefully inside his room in the hospital, when the door open revealing Gaara.
Gaara started at lee's sleeping form before clutching his head in pain, he remember lee's sensei stopping him from killing lee.
"Why" he thought still clutching his head while slowly walking towards lee's bed.
"I'm so hungry" Chōji said lying on his own hospital bed, his legs outstretched while his arm behind his head.
Someone knock on the door, the door open and an arm holding a fruit basket poked out.
"Damn you Shikamaru stop teasing me" Chōji said.
Sand started to surround lee's body, Gaara suddenly stopped what he was doing "my body... Can't move."
Naruto punched his jaw, causing his head to turn to the side with Shikamaru copying Gaara.
"What are you doing here you bastard?" Naruto yelled demandingly.
"Oi Naruto while I'm using Kagemane no Jutsu I move the same as him" Shikamaru said rubbing his jaw.
"Sorry Shikamaru" Naruto said sheepishly.
"Feeling better Chōji?" Ino ask smiling at him while holding up the fruit basket.
"Oh Ino" Chōji ask a little shock to see her, "hehehe I'm also the type that gets girls to visit him, take that Shikamaru."
A small crack appear on Gaara's jaw the place where Naruto punched him.
"You what are you up to?" Naruto ask glaring at him.
Gaara remain silent which cause Naruto to be even more mad.
"Oi what are you trying to do to bushy brows?" Naruto yelled in outrage
"... I was trying to kill him" Gaara said in monotone.
"Nani...?" Shikamaru said his eyes widening, "how can he be so calm? He shouldn't be able to move from my Kagemane no Jutsu."
"Why is there a need to do that? You won the fight, do you have a personal grudge against him?" Shikamaru ask.
"I don't..." Gaara said in a calm voice, "I'm going to kill him just because I want to kill him."
"What the hell are you talking about?! Bastard!" Naruto yelled in disbelief.
"You must have had a messed up childhood, how self-centered can you be?" Shikamaru said, "this guy is weird I'm getting chills if he starts something Naruto and I would be in trouble... Geez What to do?."
"If you get in my way... I'll kill you too" Gaara said in a warning tone.
"Nani? Go ahead and try" Naruto yelled like an idiot.
"Oi Naruto shut up" Shikamaru yelled at Naruto, "I'll try to bluff him...." He thought.
"We know from your fight with him that you're strong... But we're not too bad ourself either and we didn't show our 'special moves' in the prelims" Shikamaru said in an even tone, "plus it 2 on 1 you're at the disadvantage if you listen to what we say... We'll let you leave quietly."
"I'll say it again... Get in my way and I'll kill you" Gaara said in a dangerous tone.
"Th-this guy..." Shikamaru thought starting to get nervous.
"I won't be killed by the likes of you" Naruto yelled confidently.
"I told you to stop it! His strength is like a monster don't you understand that?" Shikamaru said trying to stop Naruto from saying anything the would provoke Gaara to kill them.
"I have a real monster in me... I won't lose to the likes of him" Naruto said grinning evilly.
Gaara remain silent.
"Stop provoking him Baka" Shikamaru said.
"A monster, eh?" Gaara said closing his eyes.
Naruto and Shikamaru gave him a questioning look.
"As you said I had a messed up childhood... I was born into this world by taking the life of the women I would have called my mother... To become the ultimate shinobi... With my father attaching the incarnation of sand upon me through ninjutsu... I was born a monster" Gaara said emotionless.
"Incarnation of sand...?" Shikamaru said shock.
"Called Shukaku, it was sealed within a kettle... It's the living spirit of an old Suna priest" Gaara said in monotone.
"A possession Jutsu that allows one to be possessed before birth... To go that far... That's crazy" Shikamaru said in disbelief.
"... He also... Has something inside him...?" Naruto thought shock to know that he wasn't the only one who has a monster inside him.
"Heh... That's something a parent does? What a strange expression of love" Shikamaru said scoffing.
"Love?... Don't judge me with you're measuring stick... Family... You wanna know what kind of connection that is to me..." Gaara said.
Naruto and Shikamaru gave him a confuse look.
"It's simply pieces of meat... Connected to me with murderous intent and hatred... By sacrificing my mother's life... I was created as the village's greatest master piece as the son of the kazekage... My father taught me the shinobi's secrets... I was spoiled and allowed to do as I pleased... I thought that was love... Until that incident occurred..." Gaara said closing his eyes as if remembering the incident.
"What incident?..." Shikamaru ask afraid to hear the answer.
"What was it?... What happened?..." Naruto ask staring at him.
Gaara started to grin evilly "for the last 7 years since I was 6 years old... My own father has tried countless times to assassinate me."
Naruto and Shikamaru's eyes widen in shock.
"Nani? You just said your father spoiled you... What do you mean?" Shikamaru ask utterly confuse.
"I being too strong can become an existence of fear" Gaara said clenching his fist, "born through Jutsu my spirit was unstable... Seems the idiots in the village finally realized there was a problem... To my father, kazekage I was the village's trump card, but... At the same time I was a dangerous being... It seems that by the time I was 6, it was determined that I was too dangerous... As the village's dangerous tool... I was only being used care... To them I am simply an object form the past that they wish would disappear... Then why do I exist? Why am I alive? When I thought about this I could find no answer... But as you live you need a reason, otherwise it's the same as being dead."
"What is he talking about..." Shikamaru ask swallowing.
"I... I can understand..." Naruto thought knowing what he was talking about, "he... He's the same as me..."
"I then came to this conclusion... 'I exist to kill every human besides myself'... I finally found relief within the fear of death, of never knowing when someone would try to assassinate me... By continually killing the assassins... I understood the reason to continue living... Fighting only for yourself, living while loving only yourself... If you think that everyone else simply exists to allow you to experience that feeling, nothing is better than that world... As long as there are people in this world for me to kill and continue that joy of living... I will never disappear" Gaara said grinning evilly.
"What is this guy? This is really bad" Shikamaru thought.
"I was also alone... I couldn't find a reason to live and was in pain, but after teme and Sakura-chan acknowledge my existence... I finally experienced what it means to be alive... Yet he... He continued to be alone... And experienced what it means to live by killing others... Guys like this exist...? Our worlds are too different... There's no way I could beat a guy like this" Naruto thought as he started to shake.
Shikamaru notice this "what's wrong Naruto?"
Sand started floating around Gaara, "now let me feel it..."
Before his sand could attack Naruto and Shikamaru a voice stop him.
"Well that was a lovely story" a familiar female voice said.
The three turn their heads to the door and saw Sakura leaning on the door frame, her arms cross on her chest with a smirk on her face.
"Sakura?" Shikamaru said trying not to blush when he saw what she was wearing.
"Aa" Sakura said slowly walking towards them, she was wearing red crop top bra with a short sleeve black fitted hooded crop top that was zip up to her chest, black skirt 2 inches above the knee with red lace, black and red arm warmers, black knee high boots with 3 inches hills, her hair was wavy and was tied in a half ponytail bun her bangs was also wave and still framing her face.
"Sakura-chan, what are you doing here?" Naruto ask confuse.
"I thought you want me to come back..." Sakura said raising an eye brow.
Naruto's eyes widen "of course I do... What I meant was what are you doing here in the hospital."
"I sense your chakra along with Shikamaru and Gaara, I decided to see what you guys were doing" Sakura said shrugging before walking towards gaara until she was 1 feet away from him "Get Out of here... The finals are tomorrow I'm sure suna's plan involves you killing a lot of shinobis"
Gaara's eyes slightly widen but he remain silent as he slowly walk towards the door before he left, he turn around and said "I'll definitely kill you guys... Just wait."
Chapter finish :)
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