Naruto: If I ask you to kill Sasuke, you will become a succubus?

Gaara wants to become the Kazekage!

But... isn't there something a little wrong with the reason why he wants to become the Kazekage?

However, maybe Gaara is just such a protective person.

Maybe he originally wanted to become the Kazekage not to protect the village and the villagers, but to protect the people he cared about, such as Kankuro-sama and Temari, and then slowly in the process, his heart gradually accommodated more people.

Thinking of this, I don’t think there is any need to care too much about the decision he makes at this moment.

I just need to respond to his feelings at the moment.

I looked into his eyes and said sincerely, "Thank you."

Gaara looked at me, and suddenly his tone became a little cautious and uncertain.

He asked for confirmation: "We...are friends now, right?"

Seeing him like this reminded me of my initial clumsy attempts to make friends, and I laughed, "Yes. You said before that the scroll was a gift for friends, and since I accepted it, I also consider you a friend."

"Do you still want to say that?"

"what?"

"Can I stay with you forever?"

That childish ritual was a stupid thing I did a long time ago.

I scratched my cheek a little embarrassedly, and felt my ears burning: "That was when I was very young!"

Seeing that I was a little embarrassed, for some reason, Gaara smiled.

That was the first time I saw him smile, and it was like a flower blooming in the desert.

It’s amazing! Many people look scary when they have no expression on their faces, but once they smile, they become more gentle than each other.

There are also people who look noble and dignified on the outside, but are very cruel in their actions.

How exactly are a person's appearance and inner heart composed? It's like an unsolvable mystery.

I said, "However, although we have become friends, we have just met and we need to get to know each other slowly."

"I already know you well."

"Then I have to get to know you a little better. I haven't seen your six years of memories."

The first scene I saw in his memory that impressed me the most was the assassination of Yashamaru, and then tracing back to the earliest memory, it was his mother's love. Although these two memories were enough to make me realize that Gaara was a pitiful person, when it comes to my understanding of him, there are definitely many details missing.

For example, what does he like to eat, what color does he like, when is his birthday, what does he hate...

"What if after you get to know me," Gaara's expression became a little more serious, "you don't want to be friends with me?"

"Have confidence in yourself. I have confidence in you!" I encouraged him, "The book says that when one person is interested in understanding another person, the two people are likely to develop a further relationship. It would be terrible if I had no interest in understanding Gaara at all!"

"Really?"

"Ok!"

"So Chaolu wants to get to know me better, which is a good thing?"

"Right! So the first question we need to know is, when is Gaara's birthday?"

"November 1."

"Ah... so this year is over."

"Ah."

"My date is September 9rd."

"Asaro's birthday hasn't come yet." Gaara said, "I can prepare a gift."

"Gaara should have returned to the Sand Village by then. It would be too much trouble to prepare gifts..."

"No, I need to get ready."

Because this was his first time preparing a birthday gift for a friend.

Feeling his persistence, I said, "So... should I start looking forward to it now?"

"Ok!"

"What does Gaara like to eat?"

“Grilled beef tongue.”

“I love tempura and grilled meat!”

"I know. You also like strawberries."

"Hmph, you're the one who knew the answer in advance. So what does Gaara hate?"

“Yokan and candied chestnuts.”

"Hey, doesn't Gaara like sweet things? Candied chestnuts sound delicious!"

"Chaolu hates fish, right?"

"Actually, I can eat the delicious fish."

Without the pressure of snatching the scroll, Gaara and I walked forward side by side, just like we were taking a stroll after dinner, without any of the urgency and rush of the exam.

But Naruto and Sasuke, I wonder how they are doing now...

Shikamaru promised to take care of them, but Naruto is not the kind of person who will obey orders obediently, so he didn't cause any trouble to Ino Choji and the others...

Shino shouldn't have any problems. With Kiba and Hinata here, they should be able to avoid any danger in advance...

Just when I was slightly distracted, Gaara suddenly pulled me towards him: "Stay closer to me, there are blood-sucking bugs that will fall here."

Blood-sucking bugs are a specialty of the Konoha Forest. If you are not familiar with the environment, it is easy to get bitten.

I saw his sand kick up and deflect a few bugs that fell from the trees.

I leaned my shoulder against his, watching the sand form a semicircle to enclose Gaara and me, and I couldn't help but want to reach out and touch his gravel.

Gaara's sand can even automatically defend against blood-sucking bugs...

“朝露？”

"Look, doesn't it look like our mother hugging us?" I turned to him and said, "So I was wondering, does the sand feel special to the touch? Does it feel like our mother's fingertips?"

"No." Gaara lowered his eyes, "Although I know that my mother is protecting me, no matter how you touch it, the gravel is just ordinary gravel."

I was silent for a moment.

Since my mission target is Uzumaki Naruto, the information about Naruto on the scroll is very detailed.

It is said that Naruto has his parents' chakra in his body, but they are more like guarding the seal of the Nine-Tails than protecting Naruto.

What's more, even if Naruto met them, even if they said, "Although you don't know it all these years, we have always been with you", would Naruto's loneliness and solitude change?

"When I miss my mother, I ask someone I trust to become her... Gaara, do you want to try it?"

"No need." He said, "Just having you here is enough."

"really?"

"You let me know my mother's love for me, and you were sent to me by my mother to become my first friend... To me, you are the embodiment of my mother's love. When the sand is blown up, seeing you by my side and being able to touch you is like touching my mother."

Gaara held out his hand to me, "Can I touch you?"

"of course."

He gently held my fingertips and said, "So, after I collect all the scrolls, will you leave?"

"With your strength, you can collect all the scrolls in no time, so I think the point of our being together should be to accompany you."

"Accompany me..."

Gaara was not used to this kind of treatment, but he felt very happy.

He paused, "Will you stay with me for the five days?"

"I'm a little worried about Naruto, and I can't just leave Sasuke alone... Three days at most."

"Three days..."

"Yeah. Three days okay?"

Although Gaara said before that he wanted me to stay with him all the time, which seemed very overbearing, as long as I explained it to him properly, he nodded very reasonably: "I will take you back."

"thank you so much!"

I tilted my head so I could get a better look at his expression.

"how?"

"It's just... I think what Shikamaru said before, that people's hearts and actions are inconsistent, is really amazing. Gaara is so good... but his behavior at the beginning was so horrible."

"..."

"Sometimes I wonder if all the misunderstandings, disputes and pain in this world are caused by people's inability to understand each other. If we can understand other people's pain and anger, can we get along with each other in a friendly way?"

"That kind of thing can't be done."

"I used to work part-time at a bookstore in Konoha, and I read a science fiction novel that said there was a kind of aliens whose minds were completely transparent, and everyone could know what other people were thinking. This counts as mutual understanding, right? But even though there are no disputes, there is no privacy... It's a bit annoying when I think about it."

"Science fiction?"

"Hmm! Gaara, do you like reading? Do you have any other interests besides training?"

"Hobbies... shaping sand into different shapes, does that count? But it's not because I like it, I'm just good at it." Gaara said, "As for books, I haven't read much before, I will try to read more in the future."

"If you don't like it, you don't have to read it. After all, there are people who don't like reading." I said, "Can I see the sand you made?"

"What do you want to see?"

"Flowers, okay? Flowers like Gaara's!"

"like me?"

"Yeah! When Gaara smiles, he's as beautiful as a flower. I finally understand what Ino meant when she said 'it feels great to watch a flower bloom.'"

Gaara hesitated for a moment, then stretched out his hand towards me. The fine sand swirled, condensed, and took shape in his palm...

He handed me a rose made of sand.

"I don't know what flower I look like, but I have red hair, so... a rose is okay?"