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You're no longer a Jinchuriki, Gaara?

What do you mean?

Some time ago, those who control you, removed Shukaku the One Tail from me.

And in doing so, killed me.

[raspy gasp]

Sealing Jutsu: Nine Phantom Dragons!

[low moans]

Is that me? What am I anyway?

But thanks to the assistance of Granny Chiyo and my friends, I was revived and am still alive today.

You mean Granny Chiyo did that for you?

Wait, hold on. You said friends?

Are you telling me that you actually have friends?!

Up until this point in time, everything I've done in my life has been wrong.

But at least, here in my final hour...

...I can finally do something right for a change.

The sand...

...And the leaf.

May the future that awaits them, be different from the way things were in our time.

Gaara! Gaara...

Naruto...

[shocked gasp]

[quiet breath of disbelief]

What is this...?

They all came running to help ya.

You've had everyone worried!

You didn't think he'd have any friends?

Did you really believe that your son would just be alone this whole time?

He was a kid! Everyone has friends at that age.

Six, father. You made six attempts to kill me.

And each time, my fear and hatred of you increased.

But I no longer harbor any hatred for you father.

Now I'm even able to understand why you did it.

I've become the Kazekage.

It is a leader's duty to eliminate threats against one's village.

We must protect it.

[gasp] What did you say?

You are... Kazekage?!

And that's not all of it!

He's also been named the commander in chief of the Allied Shinobi Forces' Main battle Regiment.

Despite his young age, he not only calls himself Kage...

...But has the respect of the other Kage as well.

Now it all makes sense...

I thought it was odd that I sensed chakra types from various villages, all mixed together.

Just imagine, shinobi united in an allied force!

Well, apparently what you lack in eyebrows you more than make up for in charisma!

Hm...Actually come to think of it I'm just the same!

Then explain that sorry excuse for a mustache.

Hmph!

If you're going to kill us, then I suggest you guys start with the mummy, here!

I'll be more than happy to cheer you on!

So he's your son, then, is he?

He's a fine shinobi.

He's so small...

He's premature... Are you really sure he's going to be alright?

I'm not certain, but he's adapting.

This is the third child. So far he's the only one that's compatible.

His upbringing is going to require a good deal of care.

[heavy breathing] Please let...let me see my... baby's face...

Are you alright, Karura?!

[heavy inhale] He's so... just so tiny!

It's lady Karura's heart rate. It's dropping sir!

[worried reaction] Then do something about it now!

[fearful gasp]

That child's a failure, too...

The rampage's have begun like before.

[frustrated grunt]

We are at a point...

...Where if we can't maintain our defenses anymore the Sand will be weakened beyond all hope of repair.

What we must do is figure out how to negotiate with the other lands.

But something must be done about Shukaku as well!

The new Jinchuriki remains unreliable.

So for the moment, we have to depend on Lord Kazekage's development of new jutsu...

...And in our gold dust trade for village stability.

And now as for Gaara...

Yashamaru, I need to speak to you later.

Yes, sir.

But Lord Kazekage, Lord Gaara...

...Is still just a child!

In my time as Kazekage, I've had to judge the value of many things.

And I'm going to have to test his worth as well.

[defeated sigh]

We shall assess Gaara tomorrow.

After the village has been evacuated, go and corner him.

Tell him about his mother, and provoke him emotionally.

If he doesn't go Berserk after that, then I will spare his life.

Tell him... about my sister, are you sure?

I am well aware that he loves and respects his mother Karura with all of his heart!

If that's taken from him, and he can still suppress his rage...

Only then will he suffice as a Jinchuriki!

Huh?!

What are you?

But why? Why come after me?!

Why always me?!

Who are you? What do you want?!

[shocked gasp]

You did well Gaara...You did very well.

Yashamaru...

[agonized scream]

[quiet sobs] I don't understand!

Yashamaru... Why did you do it?

It was an order.

[soft gasp]

You see, I was ordered to kill you Gaara.

[shocked gasp]

By Lord Kazekage... By your own father.

My father...

[sickened reaction]

[heavy panting]

But why would... My father... Want me dead?

Before you were born, the Sand Spirit Shikaku, was planted inside of you.

All these years you've been watched and studied as part of an experiment.

It became clear that you could never control it...

...This Shukaku that possesses the power of the sand itself.

The day is coming when your existence will be too dangerous for the village.

It had to be done before then.

You-You had to obey my father. You didn't have any choice.

You're wrong. I actually had a choice.

Yes, Lord Kazekage made his wishes known to me. But...

Still I could have have refused to do this if I had chosen to.

I suppose it's because...

...Deep in my heart...

...I hate you, Gaara.

[quivering]

My sister died bringing you into this world.

I can't forgive you for that.

[quiet quivering]

You were all that was left of her.

And so I kept telling myself that since I loved her, I should love you as well.

I tried...

...But I never could.

It wasn't her choice to have you, to be made a human sacrifice.

And so she died, cursing this village.

The day she died...

...I felt a wound in my heart that I knew would never heal.

The name you have, is the one that your mother gave to you.

Your name is Gaara...

...A demon that loves only itself.

As you must love no one else.

Care for no one's existence but your own.

In that way, you will be sure to survive.

This is the dying gift, your mother left you.

However...

It was not done out of maternal affection, it was not because of love that she gave you your name.

She wanted you to survive-not as a kindness, but as a punishment.

It was part of her curse.

It was from her undying rage at this village. That you should survive and grow.

Her hate, lives on in you.

You were never loved, Gaara.

Never.

[angry roar]

It's another failure.

Gaara is useless to us now.

[angry roar]

It's seems this Reanimation Jutsu...May actually have something of merit to it after all.

Come! show me!

Let me determine once again what you may be worth, Gaara.

Can you defeat me or can't you?!

Yes, Ohnoki...You must stop me.

Against Particle Style, the number of opponents doesn't matter.

You're the only one who can stop me.

I'm aware of that.

And also...

...You must remember what I taught you about what happens to allies after a victory.

Once the war is over, the alliance is too. It becomes a fight for the spoils of victory.

That is what truly decides which village is the victor.

Hey! Knock it off, Tsuchikage! You're just playing dirty now!

I won't let that happen!

I have no intention of doing any such thing, Lord Mu. Not at all!

[in unison] Hm?

I see!

So it seems that you didn't actually turn into a stubborn old geezer.

Pft. I wouldn't be so sure yet.

In any case, we aren't in control of our own bodies right now.

We've been set to automatically counter whatever jutsu the enemy tries to use against us.

So hurry! Kill us and return us to the netherworld!

We'll even tell you all our powers and weaknesses.

But still, it's going to be up to you to stop us. And it isn't going to be an easy task.

Move in! Everyone!

Let's go! [cheers and battle cries]

Now, Sand Hail!

[grunt] Damnit!

Sand Hail was just a diversion!

He used it to force me to life the gold dust!

[grunting and struggling]

Karura... You still live on inside this child.

That really is father!

You have truly grown up, Gaara.

[emotional gasp]

What parents need to do, is to believe in their children.

That one simple thing...

...Is the real treasure.

[stunned gasp]

Isn't that the whole truth of it, Karura?

Now I see it clearly.

I didn't posses the ability to judge the true value of things.

What do you mean by that?

No matter what, the Sand will always protect you.

But that is not Shukaku's power...

...It belongs to your mother!

It's Karura's!

He's so... just so tiny!

No matter what happens...I will always protect you, Gaara.

Your mother... Loved you!

[shocked gasp]

Father did-did you really just say my mother loved me?!

But that day long ago...when Yashamaru came after me!

You were never loved, Gaara. Never...

I told Yashamaru to lie to you then, he was merely following orders.

I had to see if you'd lose control of the tailed beast inside you if you were distraught.

For the sake of the village.

If there was anyone Yashamaru truly hated...

...It would've been me, and not you.

I'm the one who forced Yashamaru's pregnant older sister Karura...

...To suffer the sealing of Shukaku, the Sand Spirit.

But Yashamaru was a consummate shinobi.

He was loyal to me, and a reliable ANBU Black Ops for the Sand.

He followed me orders for the sake of the village.

[shocked gasp]

It was all a mistake.

Sometimes it seems that every single thing I did was a mistake.

I burdened you unnecessarily.

I arbitrarily decided that you held no true value to our village-or to anyone.

I took away your future by making you a Jinchuriki, robbed you of your mother, and poisoned you against her.

I took away everything.

Your ability to know or love others.

I even tried to take your life.

In the end, as a parent...there's just one thing that I gave you.

The only thing you got from me was a broken heart.

[stunned reaction]

I know I'm not bleeding...But lately I've felt a lot of pain here.

[gasps]

You wound your body, and blood is going to flow.

Following fast on the heals of pain.

But as time passes, the pain eventually fades away.

And with a little help from medicine, it can heal even faster.

But even more dangerous is a wound dealt to the heart.

'Cause there's nothing that has more trouble healing.

A wound to the heart?

Wounds to the heart are a little different from wounds to the flesh.

Unlike an injury to the body, there is no medicine for a wounded heart.

And sometimes it... never heals.

But don't worry, there is one thing that's capable of mending a broken heart.

[gasps]

But, that cure... is a very complicated remedy.

It can only be administered by another person.

[light surprised gasp]

What is it?

It's love, Gaara.

It's love.

Yep.

But-But how am I supposed to get it?

Don't you know, Gaara?

It has already been given to you.

Huh?

My mother...

There's no question that my older sister always loved you.

Shukaku, the Sand Spirit is a living soul bent toward the purpose of war.

But when the sand that you wield automatically rushes in to protect you...

That is your mother's love.

I believe your mother's will is carried in every grain of that sand.

My sister... even after death...

Wants more than anything to protect you.

[quiet sobs]

Karura...

Mother's are powerful.

Yours believed in you and protected you even after death.

She's the one who made you what you are today.

She allowed you to reach your destined role as Kazekage.

And to make friends. She gave you bonds with your siblings and community.

All the things that I took away from you.

But as your father, all I ever did was torment you.

I don't even deserve to be called your father.

My mother... is amazing!

[shocked gasp]

Thanks to her... I have now received medicine from you father.

Gaara...

My son!

You surpassed me long ago.

I leave the village to you, Gaara!

Itachi Uchiha?! Nagato?!

You know these guys, Naruto?

Yeah! I know both of them!

Never did I think I would have to battle you again, Naruto.

You now command the power of the Nine Tails?

I'm impressed with your development.

Next time on Naruto Shippuden: Contact! Naruto vs. Itachi!

Naruto, there's something I must ask you.