Chapter 344: Chapter – 340 Gaara’s Execution
Next Morning, Sunagakure.
Inside a dark prison cell, a young kid sat in the shadows with his hands around his knees and his face buried between his legs.
This kid is obviously Gaara, the youngest child of Yondaime Kazekage, the Jinchuriki of Ichibi.
After his maternal uncle's failed assassination attempt and the poisonous words from him, Gaara fell into darkness and swore to live only for himself, to only love himself.
It matters not if he was hated by the world for being a monster…
If they think he is a monster then he will be the worst monster they could have ever imagined.
When the two messengers from Konoha came to Sunagakure Gaara once spotted them from afar. From the way they were being treated it seemed as if both of them are pretty important. And when Gaara wanted to destroy Sunagakure he thought to start with by killing the two important Konoha Shinobi, this way even if he fails to destroy the village on his own, Konoha will obviously not forgive Suna.
But unfortunately, his big plan stopped even before it began. His impenetrable sand armor was easily broken through by one of them while the other suppressed him using a mere Genjutsu.
What happened today made Gaara feel powerless and hopeless, with the utter defeat Gaara even lost the qualifications to be a monster that he is feared as.
At the same time, he fell into confusion… He is unable to think anything, he can't understand why he was born? What is the purpose of his existence? If he doesn't have any qualification to be loved and also doesn't have the qualification to be hated, then why does he exist in the first place?
Does it really matter whether he is alive or dead???
Gaara can't think of anything, nothing matters to him anymore… life, death, love, hate… nothing… he felt empty within… it's as if his spiritual sustenance has already collapsed.
If Gaara was in such turmoil then why did Ichibi not take over?
Two reasons:
First, because Gaara's chakra is currently sealed, and until that seal is lifted nothing can be done, not even the Bijuu's chakra can be accessed.
The second reason, Ichibi was obviously afraid of the Mangekyou Sharingan of the shinobi named Uchiha Shisui, so he dared not take over the boy's body and silently sat within while he also watched the boy's thoughts who seemed to be in deep thoughts pondering over the purpose of his existence.
At this moment, the gate of the cell was opened and Kazekage Rasa walked in.
Nobody followed him, he wanted some time alone with the child.
Gaara heard the sound of the cell opening but he did not bother to raise his head to see who has come, it didn't matter to him.
Kazekage looked at Gaara, who was curled up in a dark corner, it seemed that the child had already blended with darkness, became part of the emptiness.
Rasa had a surge of various emotions on his face, for a moment there was a cold face, filled with killing intent to execute Gaara here and now, then at the next moment, there were traces of hesitation.
Rasa's responsibilities as the Kazekage were conflicting with his identity as Gara's father.
Gaara's loss of control over his emotions disappointed him, and the disappointment was only worse when he was casually suppressed by Uchiha Shisui alone.
As the Kazekage, Rasa knows that Suna can no longer afford Gaara's existence. Every time Gaara rampages it brings great losses to Suna. The only excuse he has been using to keep Gaara alive was his worth as a weapon… but that too seemed useless.
'It's time to finish this all!' – Rasa suppressed his parental side for his duties of the Kazekage, for the sake of his village Gaara can no longer be allowed to live.
With his expression turned into indifference, Rasa asked Gaara, "Are there any lasts words that you have?"
But Gaara was silent, he did not even bother to lift his head, nor did he care, or perhaps he did not even notice Rasa's existence because his mind was clouded with emptiness.
Rasa waited, but receiving no reply from Gaara, he turned around and left.
Around half an hour later, a team of Anbu came to the prison cell and took Gaara outside. The indifferent Child posed no resistance, nor did he have any power to resist.
Being dragged along all the way, the team of Anbu brought Gaara outside the village and tied him to a wooden pillar in the middle of the desert.
On a distant Sand Dune, Rasa, Chiyo, Ebizo, Pakura as well as some other elders of the Suna Council stood, looking at the child tied to the wooden pillar.
This part of the desert is Suna's execution rounds, and Gaara is brought here to be executed of course.
If it was a few days ago, even if Gaara had failed the test, Rasa might not have been so much anxious to execute Gaara, but with him agreeing to participate in the "Joint Chunin Exams" Suna will make declare open enmity towards Akatsuki Organization, and who knows how much troubles will be followed then. In such a Suna can not keep Gaara who can so easily lose control over himself alive, the danger of Uchiha Shinichi is too much. Moreover, with one of the Jonin being a traitor, there is no telling what might happen. So Gaara has to be executed.
After tying Gaara to the wooden pillar, the Anbu team immediately rushed back.
At this time, Rasa spoke out loud for Gaara to hear, "Gaara, for the act of killing shinobi and the people of the village, you are to be executed, are there any last wishes that you have before y our death?"
"..." – No response.
Rasa waited for exactly two minutes and receiving no reply from Gaara, he signaled towards the Anbu vice-captain, "Execute him!"
The vice-captain of the Anbu nodded and signaled the team of Anbu waiting for the call.
Sunagakure's method of executing people is very simple.
The method involves tying the person at the wooden pillar then raining hundreds of Shuriken on him.
The Anbu upon receiving the signal immediately shot hundreds of Shuriken on Gaara.
Gaara who stood alone in the middle of the desert did not even flinch upon noticing the incoming rain of Shurikens and there was even a trace of relief on his face, 'Perhaps death is the only meaning left for me.'
But the Bijuu sealed inside him did not think the same, he did not want to die… even if nine Bijuus are masses of Chakra and will eventually come back to life but this does not mean that they are willing to accept death.
Whoosh… Whoosh… Whoosh… Whoosh… Whoosh…
Feeling threatened for his life, Ichibi roared, cursed, threatened, and struggled so much, but ultimately to no avail. He was unable to take control of Gaara's body.
Pierce… blood-splattered… cut… tuk… tuk... pierce… pierce… pierce… pierce…
First the heart… then at the hands… legs… chest… in the left eye, then the right eye… left thigh, right thigh… one after another Shuriken pierced through the child, cutting through the flesh, splattering blood… over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and… leaving no part of his body intact.
But no trace of struggle… Only a relief as his breath ceased to exist, all signs of life disappeared…
"It's over…" – murmured Rasa.
But it was far from over… as soon as Gaara died, raging winds started blowing all over the desert… soon a storm started with that wooden post as the center started… the storm soon turned into a sand storm… so large and so massive that it seemed that nothing would survive in it, yet it was not doing any damage… but the storm was uncontrollable.
"What's happening…? Did he not die?" – one of the elders questioned while trying to maintain his balance amidst the raging storm winds.
Pakura who was nearby sensed and then said, "No, he is dead… Look around, the Sand storm is not doing any damage… nor…"
Chiyo said, "Perhaps it's the result of Ichibi's death? Bijuus are forces of nature… and it's possible that there are some effects upon their death… So, it's possible that the desert is mourning Ichibi's death."
Following Chiyo's words, everyone thought about it and it seemed reasonable…
After some time passed, the sandstorm subsided and the surroundings returned to silence.
Kazekage instructed the Anbu, "Verify if he is dead or not."
The Anbu captain nodded and went forward with a team of Anbu following behind her.
Pakura went forward and verified, Gaara was still tied to the wooden pillar was indeed dead… his body no longer had any signs of life.
After verifying this, she returned back and nodded, "He is indeed dead…"
Rasa sighed and spoke with some complex emotions, "Burn his body… do not even leave the ashes…"
Pakura nodded and signaled the Anbu shinobi to do so.
With that out of the way, Kazekage and several others turned around and left.
Nobody noted the cold smirk that Pakura had at this moment, 'Manipulating the Suna elders to execute Gaara?! I hope you know what you are doing Kuroto-sama!'
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Chapter 345: Chapter – 341 What’s the worst that can happen?
Two days later, in a cave somewhere in the Land of River.
Kuroto sat on a small rock; throwing dried branches in the bonfire. This cave is around the border of the Land of Wind, as such the terrain is still deserted. For this reason, the temperature at night is extremely cold. And he is in no mood to bear the cold right now.
Staring at the fire in front of him, Kuroto had a smirk.
'Heh, Kotoamatsukami is really useful… now I have Pakura, the commander of Sunagakure's Anbu department as my spy to fill me on everything I want to know happening in Sunagakure. And the biggest benefit is obviously acquiring… him…' – thought Kuroto while he picked up sand on the ground on the floor as he stared at the unconscious figure lying on the other side of the bonfire.
A few hours later there were some movements from him, "Uh…"
Lazily rubbing his eyes, the boy got up with a sleepy expression.
It took him a few seconds to realize that he was no longer in the prison cell… moreover his head felt heavy… but slowly and steadily images started to clear up… the last thing he remembers is being stared at by three pairs of eyes, each of a different color… they were orange … and red with black pattern in them… and… and finally… shining blue with a white flower pattern… after that everything is gone… "Whose eyes were they…?"
But there is some clarity… 'Before seeing the three pairs of eyes, Otou-san came to visit me… and he said that I will be executed soon enough… and then those Anbu shinobi came to the cell and took me to take me for the execution… right execution! Does that mean I am already dead?'
As soon as this thought crossed his mind, the kid noticed a person sitting on the other side of the bonfire and asked, "Ano… am I… am I already?" – But he did not look at the face of the other person… because if he did, he might have realized that this is the same person who made him bleed for the first time.
Kuroto raised an eye at the question and asked, "Don't you remember what happened after you were taken out of your prison cell?"
Gaara shook his head, "No… there are only vague images of three pairs of eyes staring down at me… and nothing more."
Kuroto thought, 'Maybe the Genjutsu Shisui used to put Gaara in sleep was too strong for the kid to bear with his chakra sealed… or perhaps it is because this is the first time Gaara might have had a peaceful sleep ever since his birth?'
Nodding at his conclusion that seemed reasonable, Kuroto said, "Well it doesn't matter if you don't remember, long story short, I saved you…"
That entire execution was designed by Kuroto, the moment Gaara was taken out of the cell. Kuroto along with, Shisui, and Pakura (now loyal to Amatsukami because of being tortured by Kuroto and then being controlled by Shisui's Kotoamatsukami) acted together.
Since Pakura is the Anbu Commander so things were very easy, the Anbu Shinobis taking Gaara were instantly put into a Genjutsu by Shisui, after that Shisui disguised as one of the Anbu, while one of the Anbu that Shisui disguised into was turned into Gaara by Kuroto with the use of 'Shapeshifting Technique'.
Shisui who was disguised as one of Anbu made sure to continue using his Kotoamatsukami on all the elders present nearby, eliminating any chance of discovery, and when 'Gaara'(or the person who tied to the wooden pillar in the shape of Gaara) died, his body was burnt into nothing more than ashes by Pakura.
All the while the entire ordeal took place, Kuroto and Kazekage Puppet observed the entire thing from the sky.
As for the Sandstorm? It was the result of Shisui's Genjutsu, Kazekage Puppet's mastery of Wind Release… Although causing such large storms is not easy even for the Kazekage puppet, but thanks to the high level of Ryuumyaku Chakra, and the near mechanical state of the Puppet such a thing became possible. For this reason, even though there were heavy winds and raging sandstorms yet there was no damage.
Kuroto did this all to make the death of Ichibi and its Jinchuriki more believable.
Gaara was stunned, and it was at this moment when he recognized who this person was… "Why… why did you save me?"
Kuroto thought about how to answer this question without revealing many things, but he first asked curiously, "Before I answer your question, I want to ask, why do you want to die?"
Gaara was silent after hearing Kuroto's question, he did not know why but for some reason he simply couldn't resist it anymore and started speaking "My Oka-san hated me, she did not even want to give me birth… my Otou-san wants to kill me… my siblings don't like me, everyone in the village fears me… even… even, Yashamaru said that… said that he really hated me… said that my Oka-san named me from a phrase 'a self-loving carnage' to reflect her undying hatred towards the village and the monster that I am… since… since everyone treated me as a monster, I decided that I will be a monster… but I couldn't even be a monster… I can no longer find a purpose to live, isn't death better than a life with no purpose, I no longer want to feel this emptiness… it's better to just die and disappear… it's not like anyone is ever going to mourn my death… it's not like I am wanted…"
Kuroto stayed silent while Gaara revealed the pain buried inside him… midway through that Gaara also burst into tears… Kuroto let him speak, he let Gaara cry… He allowed Gaara to let it all out…
Even though it is said that only weak people cry but Kuroto doesn't believe that… Sometimes being able to cry… being able to let out all the pain, frustration, and sadness buried inside is never a sign of weakness… in fact, there are very few people who have such a luxury. Otherwise, people are sad, angry, and frustrated but they are unwilling to let it all out and hardly grow as a person.
While Gaara let out everything, Kuroto also thought about Gaara's mother. Not much was revealed about her aside from the fact that she loved Gaara too much and had an incredibly strong will to always protect her son. Perhaps it was because of this, her spirit took the form of Sand, always protecting Gaara.
But here Kuroto has a lot of information about her, more so when Pakura is already his spy. Gaara's mother was one of the strongest Kunoichi of Sunagakure, she used Sand Release Kekkei Genkai (We are assuming that Sand Release is not just associated with Ichibi), but the awakening of Sand Release in Gaara was too early. From a very young age, the kid has already been able to use Sand Release which has made everyone believe that this is because of Ichibi being sealed inside him, not because of the Kekkei Genkai he inherited from his mother.
It might be because of both reasons, but what matters here is that her spirit took the form of the Sand Armor around Gaara. Perhaps for this reason Gaara's chakra is not ordinary.
As for what Yashamaru said? That's obviously all a lie, as per the instructions of the Kazekage.
"I understand your reason… and to be honest kid, I think you are too young to figure out the purpose of your existence… I won't say that I know what your hardships have been, and even if I know what kinds of things you have gone through, I will never truly be able to understand them… but from my experience, you know too little of this world to determine anything. You asked me why I saved you, right? I will answer your question, it is nothing as fancy as you being the child of destiny or whatnot, the only reason I saved you is that I saw the potential within you… potential to become one of the strongest shinobi to walk through this shinobi world… it would have been a waste to let you die out there so silently when you could have become something more… And if you need a purpose to live, you can find it along the way… as long as you are still alive you will have a long time to figure things out… to figure out the meaning of your existence." – said Kuroto.
Gaara kept wiping the tears running through his eyes and shook his head after Kuroto finished, "But I cannot… I can no longer bear this thing anymore!"
Kuroto thought about it and said, "The 'thing' you speak of is Ichibi, right? You do not have to worry about him anymore… if I have saved you, so naturally, I will not allow the tanuki to waste my effort… I will make him silent, and unless you on your own accord want to communicate with him, he wouldn't even be able to lift his finger or utter a single word much less taking control over your body."
In Kuroto's view, the people of Sunagakure are stupid… making a young child who is housing Shukaku of all Bijuu inside him to go through such a torturous experience.
The fact that Gaara can resist Shukaku taking control over the boy from such a tender age alone shows the kid's talent. And what are they doing? Instead of training the kid mentally as well as physically… they are imposing tests to check whether he would lose or control his emotions?
In this aspect, Konoha is still far better compared to Suna, although Naruto similar to Gaara is hated by all the villagers, he is still not forced to go through such tests. In fact, they did not even inform Naruto of the Kyuubi being sealed inside him until the Mizuki event.
After all, both kids are the same, suffer from the same treatment from the fellow villagers. But when it came to Naruto, Kyuubi could not even communicate with Naruto, much less affecting Naruto as Ichibi does to Gaara.
It was just that since no one trained Naruto to control his chakra that was influenced by Kyuubi's chakra because of the way Yondaime designed the seal, so Naruto was left at the bottom of his academy class.
Gaara pondered on Kuroto's words then asked a hesitation, "Can you really silence him?"
Kuroto smirked, "Don't you remember what happened the last time we met? He wasn't able to do anything…"
Gaara recalled it, and indeed, Shukaku wasn't able to do anything on that night, but Gaara was still a bit doubtful…
Kuroto sighed, he got up from his position and walked towards Gaara, then he lifted off the robe on Gaara's upper body.
Next, he analyzed the existing seal, after doing so… he weaved the hand signs and placed his hand on Gaara's stomach.
With that, the existing seal that sealed Shukaku was gone, and instead of that a newer one appeared, this was obviously Four-Symbols Seal, immediately afterward, an instant imprint of the seal appeared over Gaara's entire body like crawling snakes, then it disappeared and was left with the Four-Symbols Seal pattern over Gaara's stomach.
After doing so, Kuroto questioned, "How is it? Is it better now?"
Gaara immediately nodded, "His… his voice is gone!"
Kuroto thought a little and said, "That's good, this seal can work for now, and later we can use a better seal."
Gaara nodded.
The Four-Symbols Seal is good, and it has completely isolated Shukaku, but it has also made it impossible for Gaara from extracting Shukaku's chakra. If a Jinchuriki cannot even take chakra from the Bijuu sealed inside them then there is no point in having a Bijuu sealed within you.
So, Kuroto will obviously change the seal, Four-Symbols Seal is nothing compared to the Eight Trigram Sealing Style, or the Torii Seal which is probably one of the most powerful and best Fuinjutsu to seal a Bijuu inside the Jinchuriki, and Kuroto plans to use that Seal on Gaara.
Next Kuroto asked, "With that out of the way, are you going to come with me?"
Gaara looked at Kuroto with a bit of hesitation…
Kuroto noticed Gaara's hesitation, and thought, 'The kid probably still has some reservations… and it's understandable… I guess I need to push it a little.'
Thinking so, Kuroto shook his head and said, "Or let me rephrase what I said just now, are you going to willingly come with me, or do I have to take you anyway? You should understand that I have already sealed Shukaku, so he wouldn't be able to do anything… and without Shukaku, even if you can control sand, you are just a helpless kid in front of me… when you couldn't resist even with Shukaku what can you do without him? In simple words, you do not have a choice here kid… you are coming with me regardless of your willingness."
As soon as Kuroto finished his words, he stretched out his hand.
Under the traction force, Gaara obviously couldn't put any resistance, and before he could even realize it, he was already flying high in the sky.
Gaara did not put any resistance. He realized it full well that doing so was meaningless. Besides he couldn't detect any trace of hostility from this person, so maybe this is fine, right?
What's the worst that can happen? Death? But is that something Gaara fears? Not really! A few minutes ago, he had already accepted his death, so it's not like anything beyond that can happen to him, right?
Besides, he was currently enjoying the flight, it's the first time he has got to fly, although it's not on his own it is flying nonetheless and it feels amazing.
Coming out of the cage of Suna, Gaara probably felt relief.
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