Kapitulo Kinse

Gaara grabbed his sister's outstretched arms.

Temari had the 'What?' look while Gaara was like 'Are you for real?' before Temari gave in and lowered her head.

"Let's not rush, so like what are you hearing right now? What is it saying?"

"Its asking if I am its mother. Its hungry. It wants to eat."

'Fucking creepy. Hahaha'

"What does it want? I have beef, pork, chicken, some vegetables and fruits. Oh wait does it want some tasty souls? Human blood and flesh? You know we still have that Knorr guy."

Temari was looking accusingly at Gaara, she didn't know whether he is seriously making some suggestions or plainly just messing around with her by spewing random thoughts out loud. She lifted her hands helplessly. She didn't know. The thing didn't even know for sure.

"Wait what?"

Temari suddenly said.

"What do you mean what?"

Gaara looked at Temari who looked like she is listening to some old fashioned radio communication device. The transmission must be really bad, or the reception is the problem. Either way both means there's a problem. Gaara looked at the JAR which is now surrounded by his clones with a bunch of equipment for testing and detection energy, signals, transmissions, electricity, life, and many other things. A single CCTV perched in a tree about one hundred meters away was solely dedicated into recording everything they are doing for future reference and evaluation.

"Its afraid of you. Take a few steps backwards. Its saying that that guy is feeding him some form of energy but that alone is insufficient."

'Oho? Another one of those? So that's what, three now? Is it sadness like zero? Fear like the box? Or something else like jealousy, envy, wrath, anger? Hehehehe this is exciting.'

"Ahem... Shouldn't we feed it? Its acting like a baby from the way it conveyed its message. Can we bring it to some place? I might know a place you see."

Temari nodded and looked towards the JAR and closed her eyes probably to further focus on the conversation occurring only in her head.

"She's saying she doesn't know for sure."

Gaara grinned and commanded his clones to quickly pack up.

The JAR is then secured under the yet to be named drone before it took to the darkened skies. Gaara is planning to visit places with many people, for instance there are plenty of sad people in Hidden Rain and the small wars all around between small villages should be abundant with fear.

There's also prisons, hospitals and other special places where negative emotion thrives. With that the brother, sister, and prisoner trio went out on a tour to look for baby food. Gaara fist chose an area closest to their position somewhere where there's famine due to an ongoing conflict between the lords of small villages where one wanted another's territory. Not a new thing in the Shinobi world, one might say 'as expected' or something similar.

The baby in the JAR seems to be able to eat the energy just fine but Gaara wanted it to have some kind of gourmet experience and took it to many different places. He focused on places where there's a general mood when it comes to the mental states of people.

"That should be a wide enough selection. So which one did it like the most?"

Gaara excitedly asked Temari who had eyebags under her eyes. Her brother took her on a three day journey looking for the most depressing places in the Shinobi world. Temari listlessly looked up and became even more tired looking at her brother, she's never seen him sleep at all these three days. No nap, no food, no rest at all. Maybe he's on some kind of drug?

Temari shook her head and refocused.

"What were you saying?"

Gaara frowned and came to a realization. He has long since forgot what its like to feel sleepy or tired like a normal human being. He is the embodiment of life energy just meditating on a chair for a short time will refresh his mental energies to full power while his body never truly get tired normally anymore.

"Which one?"

"Oh yeah that. All of it. She liked all of it and is now saying 'thank you scary uncle'. Oh... Not the scary uncle part? Bah I'm freaking tired take me back to Suna I freaking need a bath, good food, money, and umm.."

Gaara tapped her forehead and she collapsed like a sack of potatoes.

'This piece of crap. I'll be sure to feed you until you explode next time hehehe. Interesting... She is somewhat similar to the core component of the gathering array on the engine of Ankor Vantian. Are there some kind of relation between the two? Hmmm... No use in thinking about it now, I need more proof and research findings.'

Gaara placed Temari on a mattress and went to the controls to steer Haribon (his new ride) towards Sunagakure. There were some minor changes to his plans with this unexpected development. He however enjoyed the event that occurred that the show in his previous life did not show. This is something to be expected as the show mostly focused on the life of Naruto, hence the title.

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Kankuro was escorted to Sunagakure by the border patrols who immediately came to assist him when they saw him in such a terrible state. He was taken to a hospital and taken care of. His wounds are mostly healed due to Gaara's technique only some lingering mental trauma from the loss of his arm is bothering him from having a nice long nap. It's been a few days since his return.

He silently prayed for blessings and protection from the ancestors as he gazed at the setting sun that placed a golden hue to the drifting sands. Perhaps entranced by the beautiful scene outside he felt a little mellow but nice and peaceful inside. He closed his eyes and felt the warm wind caress his cheeks.

"Are you going to cry? Coz like... I'm gonna scoot. You know. Maybe you want some ALONE time with the fantastic view outside. Hehehe Yeah I'm going."

He would have popped a vein if this was an anime and coughed out blood if this is a cultivation novel. What's up with the lungs of those people? They coughed blood all the time. Maybe that is something similar to 'emotional damage' in this world.

"Gaara wait. Come here for a second, I actually wanted to ask you something."

Gaara nodded and locked the door behind him and went as far as casting an anti-eavesdrop seal on the ward they are in.

"Ask away Kankuro."

"I... I just wanted to know what really happened back there. We clearly left you behind. Well you asked us to, and we believed you sacrificed yourself back there. So how are you so far ahead of us, flying in the sky in some machine, unblemished. I tried wrapping my head around it and came up with nothing, so I thought I might as well ask you since its you who should know what really happened."

"Oh its about that. This is one of my secrets dear brother so don't go around telling everybody."

"Kagebunshin no jutsu!"

He slowed down the casting and even named the technique out loud like normal shinobi would when casting their jutsu. Of course any Shinobi worth his salt is more than capable of 'chantless casting' or 'silent casting' or seal-less or whatever. In short, naming a technique is just some kind of mnemonic or crutch to aid a beginner's chakra control as they get better and better through practice the utility slowly disappears and one would look like someone with eight grade syndrome.

So if you are old and still announces your favorite techniques out loud, you are a chuni. There could be lots of chuni in the show but in their defense, those guys must have been projecting their thoughts in a monologue instead of truly saying the technique's name out loud.

"So... The one who was accompanying us the whole time was in fact a clone? No way... he got attacked on many occasions and he did not turn to smoke."

Gaara stabbed the clones heart before speaking.

"Well this kagebunshin is very different from normal ones. As you can see, as long as it has chakra in its system, it will not perish."

"And the flying thing?"

"Its mostly a puppet made with the purpose of transportation. Yes it can also be used for war but I'm less than inclined to engage in one. I can give you some tips if you'd like."

'I'll still sell the weapons though.'

"Oh! Might as well now that I'm here. I made this for you. I hope you like it."

Gaara is holding a metallic prosthetic arm with a big smile.