Chapter 26! Gaara and Shuukaku!

-Hello friends.

One fine morning, as I was drinking tea after a hard training session, I was called outside. It was Gaara. That's right!

He just knocked on the gate and pressed the bell.

I went outside and saw him.

-Gaara! Have you come to visit? Come on in! - I invited him in.

-Are you not afraid of me? -He asked me. I stopped.

-No Gaara, I'm not afraid of you. Now come inside and we'll talk over a cup of tea.

We walked to my garden and sat on the veranda. It's a garden I've grown many different flowers myself. We even have a greenhouse!

There we grow rare plants that are needed for medicine. And there are some plants that don't usually grow here. For example: coconut, mango, pineapple, kiwi, and others. We sell these plants. Even though I have plenty of money, I want my children to have an inheritance in the future! Money is never plentiful.

We also have many other projects that Alice, Tsunade, and Kurama do. I always provide them with my clones as assistants, so that after dispersal, all knowledge is passed on to me.

-It's beautiful here. -Suddenly Gaara said.

-Yes. Thank you. It's quite peaceful, isn't it? I see you finally got some sleep and are thinking quite adequately.

-Yes, I feel light in my whole body. I don't have a bloodlust in my head.

-Shukaku's still asleep?

-Yes, she is. -..... How do you know? -He asked.

-You see, Gaara, there's a demon in me too!

-What? -He seemed shocked.

-I'm a nine-tailed jinchuriki.

-So you're just like me!

-Yes. -But that's not all. Your mother was of the Uzumaki clan. So welcome back, brother. -I smiled at him.

-What? -Emotions tell me he's shocked. But his face is as stony as ever.

-I'm your cousin! Or second cousin? Or distant? It doesn't matter as long as we're brothers! I'm glad you came.

-You're not lying.

-What makes you think that? -I asked with a raised eyebrow.

-I can just feel it. That tune you were playing in the park, is that what put Shuukaku to sleep?

-Yes. -It was me.

-Can you teach me? I want to learn how to soothe Shuukaku.

-No! -I looked at him seriously. Gaara didn't show it, but he was upset in his heart. His thoughts were like this:

-I thought he would help me as a brother and a friend, but he doesn't seem to want to be my friend. It was a mistake to come here!"

-I'll talk to Shuukaku. And he won't threaten you anymore! -I smiled and touched his forehead.

-What? -Gaara started to roll over. I caught him and put him down on the couch. And then I reached into his inner world.

Gaara's inner world.

I found myself in the vast desert. It was so dry and uncomfortable everywhere. Thanks to my super hearing, I heard someone crying. I flew to where it was coming from. From a bird's eye view, everything was monotonous, an endless ocean of sand.

Finally I saw a little boy crying on the ground. It was Gaara! He was already waist-deep in the sand. The sand seemed to represent hatred for Shuukaku. I landed behind him and called out to him.

-Gaara! - He turned around and saw me.

-You're not alone anymore, I'm your friend! Come with me! -I was conveying all the emotions I had right now.

-Till! -He raised a shaking hand and cried. I picked it up and pulled it out. Gaara was surprised and stopped crying.

And when I rubbed his head and smiled, he became an adult again. You could see the surprise in his eyes now.

-Tila. Did you come for me?

-Certainly! What else are friends for?

-We're friends?

-Yes! We are friends. You're not alone anymore. Let's go find your bully. At that moment, there was a deafening and disgusting scream. We turned around and saw a huge creature out of the sand.

-Hahahahahahaha I'll kill you Gaara! How dare you put me to sleep!

-Shuukaku!

-Hahahahahaha.-This raccoon dared to ignore me?

-Shuukaku!

-I'll kill you, I'll kill you. KILL! -I'll kill you myself!

-SHUUKAKU! Motherfucker! -I shouted.

-What? -Some bug dares to call my name? -He's so arrogant. He started attacking me with a vacuum spit? Shuukaku seems to be underestimating me. A wave of his hand and there are no wind blades. Gaara, who had fallen to the sand, stood up and watched with his mouth open as I fended off Shuukaku's attacks with my hand.

-Try this! "Biju bomb!"

Biju's bomb flew at me. I took out the sword "Killer Gods" and, pumped with energy, swung it.

The bomb split in two and disappeared. It was my sword that absorbed all the energy. It has this function. The sword swallows energy and can distribute it evenly across the blade or eject all the energy in one blow!

-What? -It shocked him?

-Where's the explosion? -shouted the man.

-That's enough. -A split second and I was already hovering in his face. I activated the Rinnegan and looked into Shuukaku's eyes. He flinched.

-These eyes! Who are you?

-You know who I am.

-Oh-father?

-No, retard! Brother. I'm Asura!

-Who? -He tilted his head. And I hit him with all my might. He rolled over a cube and didn't get up. Gaara fainted from that.

How can you faint in your own inner world?

-How could you forget your brother. I'm going to kill you! -I began to approach Shuukaka.

He stood up abruptly and put his paws out:

-Halt! Stop! I remember you Asura! I just didn't recognize you in this guise! -He started making excuses to the sand demon.

-Yeah? -Do I need to remind you a little more? -I flew into the air. My eyes lit up and turned red. I'm gonna burn him with thermal imaging. I'll make a raccoon kebab!

-What can you do with your eyes? -I looked at the sand and started making a replica of Shuukaku. It was perfect: size, mass, hieroglyphics.

-See-said I and shot out my eyes. A beam of red pounced on Shuukaku 2 and reached its target.

After I stopped, instead of Shuukaku, there was a small pile of glass.

Now I looked at Shuukaku, who gulped. When my eyes turned red, he squealed:

-No, don't, I remember everything! I remember you and everyone else.

-Then hear me out.

Some time passed.

-I'm confused. Are you Teal or Asura? -He scratched his wok at Shuukaku.

- Both.

-So he's my brother too, if you're related? -He pointed at Gaara.

-Sort of! Let's wake him up.

-Gaara wake up! -When Gaara woke up, he first looked at me. And then he looked at Shuukaka.

-Hello! -Shuukaku smiled. But he had a horrible smile on his face. Gaara never quite came to his senses and fainted again.

-Shuukaku! You have a horrible smile!

-Why? It's my sincere smile!

-It doesn't matter. You'd better stand a hundred yards away. Otherwise he'll faint again.

-All right.

I woke Gaara up and started to explain what happened.

Again after a while.

-Gaara, it's Shuukaku. Your new friend.

-And this is Gaara. He's your new friend.

They stood silently staring at each other.

-Gaara understand. Shuukaku is not a bad biju. He was imprisoned without his consent, so he wanted to get out of here.

You two talk and work out your problems. You're forever partners now. Shuukaku will protect you Gaara.

And you will set Shuukaku free temporarily.

-Freedom? -Gaara asked.

-Temporarily? -He asked Shuukaku.

-Yes. Shuukaku can only come out in the form of a little raccoon, and all his chakra and power will stay here.

-Shuukaku. I'd like to let you out, but I can't. You won't last a day in there. You'll be hunted. And they'll seal you up again. You'd rather stay with Gaara and get out periodically twice a day?

-I agree.

-Then you two talk. And I'll go out of your world_ Said Thiel.

You're going out? How do we get out? -He asked Gaara.

-It's easy, I cleaned your world (when I killed Shuukaku 2) and now you're the boss. You can control it. Like locking Shuukaku in a cage with your mind, or getting out of here with him.

-I'm out of here. Sayonara!

Thirty minutes.

Gaara woke up and smiled. I raised an eyebrow.

He bit his finger and used the call. And soon the little Shuukaku appeared.

-Yo! -waved to me.

-Shuukaku you're so cute in your new uniform.

-I'm not cute!

-I see you guys talked. I looked at Gaara.

-Yes. -We understood each other.

-I'm glad! So, Shuukaku. Listen to Gaara, understand? If anyone finds out there's a biju in the village, you're screwed! -my eyes are glowing again.

-Wait, wait. What if I die looking at you?

-It's okay. You'll be reborn.

-But it hurts so much!

-So you don't have to make me angry.

-Okay, fine.

-I'm watching you. -I moved Simba's cells into him.

-Then go and take a walk. Gaara will show you around the village. It's very nice here, not like in your desert, Shuukaku.

-OK- he jumped on Gaara's shoulder, just like Pikachu.

I walked them to the exit.

Gaara's POV.

It turns out my brother is that strong. My father said he was an apprentice of the Chaos Rider-Manas, and it seems to be true.

I didn't expect Shuukaku to be so lonely. He was afraid, but he wanted to be free. Now we are partners. And he is my friend. I will help him.

-URAAAH! I'm free! Like a bird in the sky! -He started shouting Shuukaku to the whole street. It's a good thing there are no other people here.

He jumped off my shoulder and started running back and forth, digging at the ground, looking at butterflies, sniffing at leaves.

And that's a demon of sand? That's too cute.

-Boogahgahgahgahgahgah! -if it weren't for that creepy laugh.

-Shukaku! Be quiet or people will hear you. And then Tila will kill you.

-What will he do? Hit me with lightning? He stays at home and can't get me here. Bazinga!

Ahahahahahaha! -he laughed, but not for long!

Sparks started running down Shuukaku's body and he noticed it.

-Fuck you...-before he could finish he was struck by lightning.-I covered my eyes with my hands because of the bright light. And when the light went out I, saw a charred Shuukaku.

-H-okay... brother. I... will... listen." he said.

And there was a sign in the sand next to him, "I'm watching you!"-He got him there, too?

END.