Chapter 346: Chapter – 342 A new purpose to live
After flying all the way to Ancor Vantian for a few hours, Kuroto temporarily placed Gaara in an empty room and said, "Get comfortable here kid, I have to leave for a while because of somethings, in the meantime, I will be sending someone here, she will be the one to place the new seal."
Gaara nodded and silently sat in the room while Kuroto left.
With him now left alone, Gaara had some time to process all the events that have happened since Yashamaru's death.
On the other side, after Kuroto left, he went to his laboratory room and used Tenseigan Soul Descend to transfer his soul into the Tsukihi Clone. Kuroto does not have any plans to reveal all the abilities to Shukaku, who knows if he can communicate with other Bijuu, so unless the Torii seal is placed on Shukaku all the abilities of Tenseigan will not be revealed.
With the soul transferred, Tsukihi made some preparations and then went back to the room Gaara was in.
Tsukihi looked at Gaara's thoughtful look and said, "So you are the one Kuroto-sama mentioned?"
Broken out of his thought, Gaara looked at the opposite Onee-san and asked, "You are?"
Tsukihi smiled, "I am Uchiha Tsukihi, you can call me whatever you feel like, and I will be the one to change the seal of Bijuu sealed within you."
Gaara asked, "Can you really do that?"
Tsukihi smirked and directly activated her Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan, "How about I show you?"
Gaara was shocked, those eyes are similar, yet different to the ones that the other person who was with him had, "Your eyes? They are similar to the other one?"
Tsukihi nodded, "Hmm, you are probably talking about Shisui, the ones he has are called Mangekyou Sharingan, dojutsu that only the people of the Uchiha Clan can have, few exceptions aside, my eyes are a bit different, but anyway, let's get started as I don't really have much time."
Without waiting for Gaara to react, Tsukihi entered into Gaara's subconscious plane.
Tsukihi of course made sure to cast a Genjutsu over the soul body in order to not give away the obvious identity.
The purpose of using Tsukihi Clone is simple, that is to not reveal all the abilities of Tenseigan to Shukaku.
Anyway, after entering Gaara's Subconscious plane, Tsukihi looked around.
She wasn't much surprised with the state of Gaara's subconscious plane, after all, the seal placed on him earlier was too to actually seal a Bijuu safely.
Compared to what was shown about Uzumaki Naruto's subconscious plane Gaara's subconscious plane is much worse.
It seemed to begin at a cave filled with thorns and pointed stones all around… Tsukihi curiously watched everything, purple vines, walls filled with holes, sand all around, and whatnot. Overall, it wasn't a pleasant sight to behold.
'Subconscious plane is the clear indication of one's mental state, this devastated plane showcases Gaara's devastated psychological state, it might take quite a while to heal the kid of these psychological wounds. Perhaps a friend can help?' – mused Tsukihi.
After some time of walking, she finally came to the middle of the cage the cave where the main part of the mental plane exists.
The main plane was further divided into two caves, Tsukihi does not yet know what's inside of the first cave, but she can see the young figure of Gaara curiously looking at the inside of the other cave, which means that Shukaku is sealed there.
This other cave is obviously noisy… because it houses none other than Shukaku, and Tanuki's continuous shouts even made Tsukihi feel annoyed.
Tsukihi walked towards Gaara, and said, "You want to look at the state of Shukaku, right? Come on, follow me, as long as I am here, the Ichibi wouldn't be able to do you anything." – Leaving this sentence, she did not wait for Gaara's response and continued walking forward.
Gaara seemed to have some hesitation, if it were up to him, he would rather always stay away from Ichibi but upon looking at the confident expression of her, he somehow summoned up the courage and followed her silently.
Upon walking inside, the two finally got the sight of Shukaku.
The Tanuki was restricted within this cave as there were specific seals designed at the entrance of the cave that restricted Shukaku to come outside, and being restricted here was obviously unacceptable to him, so he kept shouting and raging out loud.
Perceiving the arrival of intruders, he roared and rushed over towards Tsukihi and Gaara.
As he moved, the entire cave shook, and dust rose.
Compared to the huge size of Shukaku, the Tsukihi figure was too small, yet there was no sign of fear within her eyes. She looked at the incoming Tanuki condescendingly.
Shukaku noticed Tsukihi's eyes, and his tail immediately rushed towards Tsukihi as he shouted, "I am so gonna kill you Uchiha!"
The immensely large tail of Shukaku fiercely rushed towards Tsukihi and Gaara.
But Tsukihi's face remained unchanged, she weaved hand signs at an extremely fast speed, and as soon as she completed, Torii gates fell from out of nowhere.
Two gates fell on Shukaku's tail, then three large gates fell on the main body of Shukaku.
With the Torii gates placed, Shukaku's all movements were instantly restricted, he couldn't even move, but that was not the end, as an extra-large structure of Torii gates kept forming that completely isolated Shukaku even inside this cave.
Being suppressed instantly, Shukaku raged and tried whatnot, but Tsukihi paid him no mind, in fact, she completely ignored him and further observed Gaara's subconscious plane.
Gaara's subconscious plane was indeed a mess, completely different from Naruto's, where large iron doors isolated Kurama, 'It seems that his psychological care has to be put to focus at first.'
"I am going to kill you, kill you, this seal will not last permanently, I am going to break this and then I will take over his body, after that, I am going to kill you!" – Shukaku's roar.
Tsukihi shook her hand, and said, "Yeah, go ahead and try all you can, but you won't even be able to put a single scratch on these Torii Gates… even Kyuubi is helpless in the face of these high-level, and you are just a measly Ichibi, the Bijuu with the least amount of Chakra…"
However, it seemed that Tsukihi's words fell upon a deaf ear, Shukaku kept roaring and struggling but to no avail.
However, those shouts have started to tick off Tsukihi, she snapped her fingers and suddenly chakra chains extended out of the several Torii gates and entwined around Shukaku's mouth. These chakra chains seemed to be a combination of countless small Torii gates joined together.
With the chains entwined around Shukaku, he no longer had the freedom to even open his mouth, so the cave entered a silence.
With everything returned to silence, Tsukihi sighed, "Like seriously, do you even know just how annoying you are? Now stay there quietly or else your state will only worsen, then more struggle you put, the more you will be restricted, behave like the good giant dog you are, do your job that you are supposed to do, the job of being a chakra battery and you will be allowed to exist, otherwise, only death awaits you!"
It seemed as if Tsukihi was casually speaking these words, but given the serious look in her eyes and the burning temperature in the cave, it did not feel as if she is simply joking.
Honestly, Tsukihi was really surprised at just how annoying this tanuki is, at the same time she is really glad that her Ryuumyaku is a good and honest Dragon who mostly sleeps if he doesn't have to give out chakra. If Ryuumyaku had been like Shukaku, then Kuroto would have always had a headache.
After dealing with Shukaku, Tsukihi turned towards Gaara, who was shocked looking at everything happening before him. He honestly isn't himself, overnight, his entire world has started to change, and whatever he believed has started to crumble.
Ichibi, who is feared by all the people of Sunagakure was called a pet? A battery? If that's not hilarious then what is? The fact that Tsukihi so easily subdues Shukaku?
Putting no mind to Gaara's shock, Tsukihi questioned, "Do you know how to become a perfect Jinchuriki?"
Gaara looked at Tsukihi with a complicated expression, then shook his head, "No, I do not."
"Communication with the Bijuu and gaining his acceptance. These things are critical to becoming a perfect Jinchuriki… to perfectly use the Chakra Cloak, the Jinchuriki and the Bijuu must be in sync, a bond of trust with one another is necessary." – Taking a pause, Tsukihi waited for Gaara to digest the information, then continued, "Treat them as monsters they will be monsters, treat them as friends they will be friends… I know it sounds too cliché… but it's the hardcore truth… But even with all that true, you must make them understand that you do not fear them… make them understand that you too are not someone to be looked down on… A bond of trust can only be formed when both parties understand and respect each other as equals… if one party has a too high evaluation of the other while the other party has a too low evaluation of the other, an equal bond will never form… so before becoming a perfect Jinchuriki, you must make him realize that you are no weakling." – As Tsukihi said so, flames of Amenooshihomimi (Oshihomimi for short) suddenly emerged in Tsukihi's hand.
Gaara stared at the flickering golden flames on Tsukihi's hand, and for some reason, he felt instinctive danger from these flames.
Tsukihi paid no mind to Gaara's change and continued, "But that advice is for you, for me as well as most of the other people you will be meeting from here on, Bijuu may be considered terrifying and forces of nature but in our eyes, they are just batteries of Chakra, and there is no need to fear batteries, right?"
"But… but he is a sand demon…" – Gaara was puzzled, what Tsukihi said is completely different from what Sunagakure has taught him about Shukaku.
In Sunagakure, Shukaku is considered the strongest weapon and their ultimate trump card. He is kept in Suna as a necessary evil, one that you do not want but need to maintain deterrence against other villages.
"That's actually wrong perception…" – Tsukihi shook her head with a smile, "Their essence is Chakra, for this reason, they are even immortal and will be eventually reborn even after their death… how about I tell you a secret that is known to very few people, these Bijuu are in reality pets of a certain Oji-chan... so I am not really making things up… but anyway, they are nothing more than batteries for me." – as she said so, the flames of Oshihomimi were suddenly shot towards the trapped Shukaku in the form of a Fire Fist (The attack is a copy of Portgaz D. Ace's Fire Fist from the One Piece series).
Under Tsukihi's control, the flames of Oshihomimi completely engulfed Shukaku. His entire body was now full of golden fire.
Boom… Boom… Boom…
Bijuus are masses of chakra and the flames of Oshihomimi literally burns Chakra, as such, Tsukihi is the worst enemy for any Bijuu.
Being burned by the flames of Oshihomimi, Shukaku's struggle became more violent, and he frantically tried to break free of the Torii gates and escape but to no avail.
Looking at the frantically struggling and crying Shukaku, Gaara for once had an incredible expression.
After a while, Tsukihi turned around and squatted down to Gaara's eye level, then put both her and Gaara's shoulders and asked, "Do you see that? Shukaku is tied up, burning, he is even crying and struggling but still to no avail… now tell me, is there any reason to be afraid of someone like him anymore?"
The entire reason why Shukaku is being tortured is to completely wipe out the fear Gaara has of Shukaku. After if you are restricted by fear, then how can you grow? Fear is never a healthy motivation.
Gaara looked at Tsukihi for a while, then at Shukaku's pathetic state… and for a moment he felt numbed…
Tsukihi urged Gaara to walk forward and take a deep look at Shukaku, while she faintly spoke, "Look at that sight and burn it down in your memories… you have no need to be afraid of him… he can't do anything…"
After looking at Shukaku for a while, Gaara turned to look at Tsukihi and asked with an eager expression, "Will I… will I be able to do something like that in the future?"
Tsukihi thought for a while as she tapped her finger on her chin, all the while Gaara looked at Tsukihi with a nervous expression.
Looking at Gaara's nervous expression from the corner of her eye, Tsukihi chuckled, then spoke, "It depends on how much effort you are willing to put, although you wouldn't be able to do something like burning down Shukaku as your element is different… but if you truly try, you can definitely control the deserts, make sandstorms… and everything along the lines."
Gaara may not have understood what that really means, and what extent the power here reaches but for some reason, he had stars shining in his eyes.
He asked with a more eager expression, "R…really…?! Can I… can I really do something like that?"
Tsukihi nodded, "Kuroto-sama brought you here because he recognizes your potential, so obviously he has expectations from you… if you train and work hard, then you will eventually be able to attain such levels of strength."
Gaara turned back to look at the wailing and weak figure of Shukaku, the timidness, and uneasiness within his eyes started to disappear… and the flames of determination started to burn within him as he muttered, "I will not let him down, I will make sure that he never feels disappointed in me or regret saving me… I will become someone strong enough to control the deserts!"
This was the moment Gaara found himself a new purpose to live… and his eyes were no longer as empty as there were before.
Tsukihi just smiled looking at Gaara's changes that were also slowly affecting his Subconscious plane.
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Chapter 347: Chapter – 343 Time to bring in an Assistant
This is only the first step to building up Gaara's Psychological advantage over Shukaku, this will work but for Shukaku to submit to him there is still a long way to go and in that regard, Tsukihi's role is not much, it will all depend on Gaara's own fortitude and perseverance.
However, even if that is the case, the gap in strength between the kid Gaara and Shukaku who has lived for nearly a millennia is too great.
Therefore, Gaara's path of growth has to be designed for stable growth so that he doesn't become overwhelmed in the face of power. Otherwise, the psychological advantage he might have gained over Shukaku will become meaningless.
'I suppose it is time to stop grilling the Tanuki…' – although Tsukihi thought so, she did not immediately stop.
After being burned by the flames of Oshinomimi Shukaku's struggle has gradually weakened…
Although the golden flames of Oshihomimi are not as overbearing as the black flames of Amaterasu that represent the Material World and Light, the flames of Oshihomimi still have their advantage. Even if inferior, they have the special attribute of burning chakra… that is to say, as long as a chakra source is present they can continue to burn indefinitely.
And what is a Bijuu? A Bijuu is nothing more than a large aggregate of chakra with consciousness, the point here is that they are 'nothing more than large aggregates of Chakra'.
As such, once the Golden Flames are ignited the flames will continue to burn indefinitely the Bijuu, there is no need for Tsukihi to do any extra hard work, the chakra of Shukaku will keep the flames lit.
Next, she waved her hand under the command of which the Torii chains that entangled over Shukaku's mouth loosened, finally giving Shukaku some ability to speak.
But it seemed that Tsukihi expected too much out of this annoying Tanuki, even if he was weakened and crying that did not stop it from cursing and shouting, "Damn you Uchiha… I will… I will not forget this… sooner or later I will-…"
Tsukihi did not wait for Shukaku to finish, she added the ocular power of her Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan to intensify the golden flames while coldly saying, "It seems that you have yet to learn your place…"
"Ah… dammit-dammit-dammit… hot…!" – Immediately Shukaku's wailing and crying in pain intensified, the sounds echoed throughout the cave.
While Shukaku cried, Tsukihi asked Gaara, "What do you think, isn't he just a pet, or better yet, he doesn't even have the qualifications to become a pet unless he becomes honest and learns his true place?"
Gaara nodded nervously, but there was still excitement in his eyes.
With Gaara's nod, Tsukihi smirked at Gaara and said to him to deliberately incite the Tanuki, "You have to get used to this… do not fear him, if you fear something you will never be honest with him… treat the other party as what he is… Besides, such things will be common from now on."
Gaara asked curiously, "Does that mean you are going to punish him like this all the time?"
Hearing Gaara's question Shukaku's wailing stopped for a moment and he looked at Tsukihi, waiting for her answer… or rather her sentence for him…
Tsukihi cackled upon noticing Shukaku's resentful glare focused on her, and she revealed with a mocking tone, "I will let you know that these Golden Flames are called Oshihomimi, I bet you have already noticed this Shukaku, but these Golden Flames are not ordinary… they can continuously absorb and burn chakra… and you are a Bijuu, you are mass of Chakra meaning they will continue to burn endlessly unless extinguished, be that a month, a year, a decade, half a century, a century or even millennia. And the good thing is that I have set them in such a manner that you will never run out of chakra, meaning you will continue to burn for all eternity…"
Of course, that's a bit of an exaggeration, once he is freed of the Torii Seals, Tsukihi believes that Shukaku will be able to extinguish them but meh, Shukaku doesn't know this.
And since he doesn't know this, he suddenly started panicking and shouted, "D-damn it, extinguish them immediately!"
Tsukihi's intimidation obviously took effect, against someone who can subdue him so easily Shukaku did not seem to be as strong or dangerous as Gaara had previously imagined.
Tsukihi snorted coldly and said, "Is this the attitude to have when begging someone? Did no one teach you manners?"
Although Tsukihi has never been in Shukaku's place, she understands Shukaku's current state, and for some reason, it was giving her a unique pleasure, and she was really enjoying torturing Shukaku. She is also sure that Shukaku will soon give in, the only question is how long will he endure before finally submitting, and wag his tail like a good little dog.
At this time, Shukaku said with an unwilling expression, "W-well, Uchiha-san, you win, please just stop!"
Tsukihi said with an indifferent expression, "You seemed to be begging the wrong person here…"
Realizing what Tsukihi meant, Shukaku eyes widened but they soon changed into angered, he was furious, "What? You want me to beg this brat? He is nothing more than a mouse with a runny nose, he is not qualified!"
Succumbing to an Uchiha, who are the descendants of Rikudo Sennin is barely acceptable to him, he knows that all the Bijuu, including the strongest Kyuubi, are helpless in the face of the power of the Mangekyou Sharingan. But begging to the kid Gaara? This is completely unacceptable!
Tsukihi folded her over her chest then laughed, "Hahaha, that's funny coming from you, because the last I checked you are the same in front of me! Nothing more than an annoying Tanuki You are not qualified to put forward your terms in front of me. Either submit or burn to eternity!"
Shukaku was bewildered by what the Uchiha girl said, and he tried to incite Tsukihi, "Kill the brat, become my Jinchuriki, you can have all of my Chakra."
Hearing Shukaku's words, Gaara looked at Tsukihi's face only to see her yawn in boredom, "Don't you have anything else to say? Anyway, I have no interest in acquiring your chakra…"
Shukaku looked at Tsukihi with a more shocked expression, "You-you…!"
Tsukihi interrupted Shukaku midway, "Decide fast, I don't have much time to waste on you, there are more important that I have to do rather than looking at your pathetic state… if you don't hurry then I will leave you as is." – After a pause, Tsukihi said coldly, "And once gone, who knows after how much time will I come back… so be fast, you only have ten seconds before I take my leave…"
Shukaku was now caught in entanglement, being burned for days and more is really unbearable… but begging a brat is also unacceptable to him.
"8"
"7"
"I…I wa-." – Shukaku tried to speak something but suddenly stopped.
"6"
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"3"
"2"
"1"
"Zer-…" "Please wait!"– Before Tsukihi could count down the last digit, Gaara suddenly interrupted.
Tsukihi stopped and looked at Gaara with a curious expression. She was interested in what Gaara had to say.
"Please wait…" – speaking so, Gaara started walking towards Shukaku, and spoke, "Shukaku… I… I am no longer afraid of you… and I also understand that you do not want to accept me now because I am too weak. It's fine if you do not want to with the way I am currently, but I promise Shukaku, I will work hard and train, and finally gain your recognition, if one day, I personally defeat you, and also free you of all the cages, will you… will you recognize me? Will you help me then? Will you agree to lend me your strength then?"
'Heh, that's a surprise, but I suppose that's to be expected of the next Kazekage… and the best Kazekage…' – Tsukihi was a little surprised by Gaara's sudden actions, but not much considering Gaara's character.
Shukaku was also surprised by Gaara's sudden action, and he was silent for a while, afterward, he snorted, "Don't overestimate yourself brat…"
Gaara did not back down, and continued, "Answer my question Shukaku, whether it really happens or not is another matter altogether… but if it really happens, will you approve me to be your Jinchuriki or not?"
Shukaku was again surprised, and he suddenly laughed, "Hahaha… you will never become strong enough… but I suppose that there is no problem in agreeing with you… at least I will be able to watch you fail miserably!"
Gaara said, "It won't happen, I will not fail…!"
Shukaku finally sighed, and said, "And what happens if you fail…?!"
Gaara thought a little and said, "I will not fail, but if I do fail to gain your approval by defeating you within the next decade, I will do anything that you ask of me… I will do everything that you want, even if it means death and more!"
Shukaku was silent, he couldn't sense any trace of deception or lie in the brat's words, as such, he finally nodded after a long silence, "Fine… if such a day ever comes… then I will give all my strength to you… I will give you access to my entire chakra… but do not forget your condition kid, you only have as much as a decade as you said… anything more and you will fail!"
With Shukaku's nod, Gaara turned to look at Tsukihi and said, "Tsukihi-san, please extinguish the flames…"
Tsukihi hummed, "Since the kid is asking so I am forgiving you… but do not try to step out of your bounds. If I as much as hear that you are acting out of your bounds there will be no next chance, being burned to the eternity will await you!"
"..." – Shukaku was silent, he did not give any reply, but his eyes showed agreement to Tsukihi''s words.
Satisfied that her point is clear to Shukaku, Tsukihi extinguished the flames.
As soon as the flames were extinguished, Shukaku's burned-up state became visible, and he finally collapsed to unconsciousness.
Tsukihi did not care, she just said to Gaara, "Come on, let's go Gaara-kun."
Gaara nodded, then started walking towards Tsukihi, and then walked towards the exit of the cave.
While walking out, he took one final glance at Shukaku then left.
After coming out of the cave, Tsukihi spent some more time in Gaara's subconscious plane.
Kuroto is already quite familiar with many Subconscious planes, the last subconscious plane that Kuroto went into was of Pakura where he entered using Tenseigan, but that's a story of another time.
What's important here is that due to her familiarity with many subconscious planes, she has learned to develop an understanding of the state mind of a person based on their Subconscious plane, and as such, she studied Gaara's subconscious plane to design a proper healing course.
Finally, after determining everything, she and Gaara left his subconscious plane.
Recovering back to their senses, the first thing Gaara did was to bow towards Tsukihi, "Thank you for everything that you have done for me."
Tsukihi said, "It's fine Gaara-kun since you will be becoming a part of us, doing the bare minimum is obvious."
Gaara nodded, he was still more than grateful.
At this time, the gate of the room opened and Sandaime Kazekage puppet walked in.
With his arrival, Tsukihi said, "Alright Gaara-Kun, I have some things to do so I will be leaving, while I or Kuroto-sama are gone, he will be your caretaker."
Kazekage puppet bowed to Gaara.
Gaara also bowed lightly.
Tsuki said, "You can ask him anything you are doubtful about, and I think he should be able to answer most of your doubts, he is also the guard of this air fortress, so you do not have to worry about safety, while you are free to roam around the entire fortress Zone-D is an exception to it, that area is off-limits. So, do not go there, understand?"
Gaara nodded as he curiously looked at the newly arrived person who for some reason reminded him of someone. It's just that he has been unable to figure out who that really is.
Tsukihi continued, "Also, your basic training will start soon enough, so rest easy so that we can begin your training plans soon."
Gaara again nodded.
After that Tsukihi explained a few more things to Gaara, then soon left the kid in Kazekage Puppet's care.
The reason for not immediately starting his training is that she wants to give the kid some time for himself to process the sudden changes and accept that he is no longer in Sunagakure, along with many other things as these are all necessary.
After leaving the room, Tsukihi walked back to her lab, after transferring back her soul to the main body, Kuroto walked towards the exit of Ancor Vantian, and muttered, "Since I have taken Gaara under my wing, and since there is a need of a friend for him, so I suppose it's time that I also bring myself an assistant who can help me in all sorts of experiments…"
But the important matter is potential, Kuroto honestly doesn't have much time to search people, and most of the kids who have the potential are either part of some shinobi village or have already been taken in by Orochimaru.
At this point, Kuroto can only think of one person who might not have been taken in by Orochimaru yet, and that one person might even become useful in many of Kuroto's upcoming plans and can be a good lab assistant if taught carefully.
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