[Naruto] Can one still die without the Sharingan?

Uchiha Shizu knew a lot of things. Even before she became their teacher, she had taught him a lot of things inadvertently. But Gaara was never a blind person, he knew that there were some things she said that were not right.

Shukaku.

He still remembered that she called it a kitten.

But Shukaku, it's not actually a cat at all.

This was the third night after Uchiha Shizu left. Gaara closed the book, stood up, turned off the light, and was about to rest when he suddenly felt a familiar feeling.

In his body, there was a powerful force that had been dormant for more than two years, and it stirred slightly.

Along with this strangeness, Gaara's heart also twitched. At the same time, a familiar voice sounded in his mind.

‘Uh...ah! That hateful guy is gone. ’

'Hey! Looks like you're doing pretty well, kid! ’

Gaara's heart sank.

Shukaku, Shukaku, who had been dormant for more than two years, became active again this night.

Why is this happening? Could it be that it really agreed to him in the first place just because of Uchiha Jing's presence, and that the two years of silence were just its delaying strategy?

"If I died, you should have known about it, right?" Facing the behemoth in front of him, Gaara did not show any panic. He appeared in front of Shukaku so calmly, making Shukaku frown.

"Why do you look more and more like that bastard? This is such an annoying situation." Shukaku's tone actually sounded a little broken.

"Is there any?" Gaara was startled.

"Yes!" Shukaku answered very firmly, "The greetings are over, brat, I want to go out. It's been two years and it's suffocating me."

Gaara's eyebrows twitched slightly, and before he could formulate his words, Shukaku spoke again.

"You brat!!" His tone began to sound a little angry, "Two years! Two years! Two whole years! What else do you want?!"

Gaara suddenly understood. He understood that Shizuo Uchiha's little kitty words were not necessarily wrong. Because that's probably an adjective.

This look is just like a little kitten that did good things but didn't get rewarded and started to act badly.

"Can you do it without hurting people or causing damage?" Gaara compromised.

"Stop talking nonsense! Let's start, let's start."

Just as his consciousness was about to recede, a picture slipped through Gaara's mind.

Two years.

"Ha, kid. You have found a good supporter for yourself." Lying on his side, Shukaku propped up his chin and looked at the child standing far away.

He looked thin and small, probably no bigger than his fingernail, and seemed to be crumbling under his unrestrained pressure.

Tottering, but not falling.

"Can we talk?" Shukaku heard the kid say.

"Chat? Hahahahahahaha..." Shukaku held his stomach, and his entire conscious space was filled with its laughter, "Talk? Kid, what do you want to talk to me about?"

"Do you have the strength to talk to me? Or are you stupid enough to want to talk to me based on that woman's strength?" Shukaku's voice was low and sinister.

"I don't have the strength to talk to you, but I really want to talk to you." Instead of being scared, the kid in front of him seemed to have regained his composure. He looked at Shukaku with an expressionless face, "Not only do I want to talk to you, I still want to ask you for something."

"Sure, kid, you have the guts." Shukaku smiled instead of getting angry, "Tell me, what do you want?"

"I want your time." Gaara looked up and met Shukaku's eyes firmly, "Ten years."

"Hey! Brat, you seem to have become a lot stronger."

Facts have proved that Gaara was overly worried. Shukaku never showed its original form, but only took over the dominance of this body and directed Gaara's body to run around like a psycho.

‘Keep your voice down. ’

"What?" Shukaku replied with a smile in Gaara's voice.

‘It’s easy to be regarded as a psychopath. ’

"Then go to the mental hospital!" Shukaku laughed loudly, "I'll go back to sleep then."

‘Please, please. ’

"...Hmph." Shukaku twisted his head and finally fell silent.

"You want my time? Haha..." Shukaku smiled a little coldly, "My time is indeed worthless, very worthless. It means nothing to me. But why should I give it to you? What chips are you going to use in exchange for the time I give you?"

"I have nothing to rely on and no leverage." Gaara said.

"You don't have anything, so you want to get it for nothing? Kid, I really don't know whether to call you naive or stupid." Shukaku snorted, "Go away, I don't want to talk to you anymore."

"Really? You don't want to know at all what's the reason for me to be here?" Gaara said softly.

"That woman?"

"That's a person from another village. He can't always be by my side."

"Oh?" Shukaku didn't say it clearly, but his attitude at this time showed that he was not opposed to continuing to listen.

"It's a bet." Gaara said every word.

"Speaking of which, you kid is really bold."

"Gaara" was currently sitting on the top floor of the tallest building in Sunagakure Village in an extremely unrestrained posture. Regarding what would happen if this action was seen by the Anbu who were monitoring him, the real Gaara was too lazy to complain. He was already thankful that the old man had lowered his voice now.

‘High risk, high reward. 'He said.

"Aren't you afraid that the return will be zero?" Shukaku smiled.

‘If you insist on dragging me away, there’s nothing I can do. ’

"When that moment comes, I may not be able to care about you." Shukaku said, "Being forcibly sealed is the same as being forcibly pulled out of the seal. It's like breaking you into pieces and stuffing you into a container bit by bit. Whether you are conscious or not depends on your fate. .”

‘That’s why I asked for ten years. ’

"You are quite confident."

Gaara stopped talking. He followed Shukaku's movements and looked to the sky. There is also a full moon tonight, exactly the same as it was on the day of the summer festival two years ago.

"You don't want to be sealed, right?"

"You seem to be talking nonsense."

"Well, what a coincidence, I don't want to be a Jinchuriki either." Gaara took a step forward.

"Don't tell me that you want to sacrifice yourself to give me my freedom." Shukaku sneered, "I won't believe it."

"Of course I can't sacrifice myself." Gaara's hand moved slowly. He crossed his arm across his chest and looked at it calmly, "Actually, if you pull away the tailed beast Jinchūriki, you won't necessarily die. You know .”

"You mean that you are planning to let your strength... no, let your chakra exceed me within ten years?" Shukaku looked at the child with a somewhat disbelieving look, and then sneered again.

"Not to mention whether your goal can be achieved, even if it can be achieved, why would you choose to risk your life to let me leave you on that day, instead of directly using your strength to suppress me more easily?"

"..."

"Ha, I have nothing to say, kid. I have been deceived by you humans too many times. You can never deceive me again!" Shukaku yelled crazily, "If this is the bet you are talking about, my bet is just insignificant. Ten years, but your bet is your life! It’s so outrageous, how can you expect me to believe your bet?!”

"I never meant to make you believe me!" Gaara also yelled, "I came here today, and the words I said today, I never meant to make you believe me!"

"..." A child who suddenly loses his temper is quite scary. Shukaku didn't want to admit it. For a moment, he was stunned.

"I admit that people will change, but I don't think I will change that much. I don't think I will become the kind of person who breaks the promise. To say the least, even if I really change, I really use that A piece of strength to suppress you, then Shukaku, please think about it, what have you lost?"

"You were here originally, and you couldn't get out! Trust in humans? You just said that you don't trust humans a long time ago, right?"

"..."

"This is indeed an unequal bet, Shukaku, I am not betting with you, I am begging you, I beg you, bet with me! I have nothing to lose, only this life left. "

Gaara raised his head, stared at Shukaku, and opened his arms.

"I've already bet my remaining life, and now I'm begging you to bet your irrelevant ten years."

"Speaking of it, your attitude towards asking for help is really bad." "Gaara" said to that person, crossing his arms and looking at the moon.

‘Well, I know, so it’s a good thing I met you. ’ Two chuckles came from my mind.

Gaara didn't hold anything in his hands at all, and just picked up nice things to say. Uchiha Shizu was right, it was just a little kitten, so what if she said something nice?

"You guy..." "Gaara" was shocked, "You can actually laugh."

Then this time, there was no sound in my head.

"Hey, hello? Brat?"

‘What? ’

"Humph, I thought you were dead." "Gaara" smiled and stood up, "There are still eight years left."

'Well, eight more years. ’

The young man closed his mouth, and there was no more sound in his mind. They looked at the rising sun together and stopped talking.