"Gaara, Shukaku isn't some kind of vengeful spirit, and you're not a monster!" Kushina explained the concept of tailed beasts and Jinchuriki to the poor child.
"What are you saying! Such a thing..." Gaara covered the 'love' character on his forehead with one hand, it was the first time in so many years that someone had said such a thing to him, "I... am not a monster?"
"Of course not, maybe some people will treat us as containers for tailed beasts, but the people who love us won't. We can still choose a lifestyle we like!"
"We?" Gaara looked up at Kushina.
"That's right, Naruto and I also have tailed beasts sealed inside us."
"Then why are you..."
"An old woman once told me, 'Perhaps becoming a container for a tailed beast is our destiny, but before becoming a container, we must first fill it with love.' I've already done that." Kushina looked at Minato, who was gazing at her gently, and at her children, "I am very happy now and don't feel any pain at all."
"Love..." Gaara recalled the moments he spent with Yashamaru:
"Hey, Yashamaru, why do people get hungry?"
"Well, it's probably to eat delicious food."
"I see, the food Yashamaru makes is the most delicious."
...
"Hey, Yashamaru, why don't I have a mother?"
"Well, Gaara-sama has me, and I will always be by your side."
"Okay!"
...
Gaara's expression twisted again: "But Yashamaru said he was lying to me, he said that even my mother didn't love me, that there's no one at all..."
"There is." Kushina put her hand on Gaara's head, smiling gently, "If you're willing, you can call me 'Mom'."
"Huh?" Gaara was stunned, feeling a warm sensation on his head, a sensation different from the cold sand. He tentatively called out, "Mom?"
"Yes, Gaara." Kushina gently hugged him and said, "You are not some Asura, you are a child loved by me, Gaara."
Naruto suspected that his mother wasn't Kushina Uzumaki, but Edward New Kushina of the Whitebeard Pirates. Did he just get another brother?
Naruto felt he should say something: "Um, Yashamaru's last words were a lie, he just had to carry out the Kazekage's orders."
"Really?" Gaara, who was starved for love, didn't care how Naruto knew these things, he just wanted to confirm whether Yashamaru was lying to him or not.
"Yeah, there's an old woman in Sunagakure Village named Chiyo, she should know the truth, but she might not be willing to tell it."
"Granny Chiyo? I understand, I will investigate it thoroughly."
"Yeah, if that old woman really doesn't want to cooperate, you can tell me." Naruto mysteriously leaned close to Gaara's ear, "When the time comes, we'll quietly kidnap her and bring her to Konoha, and have Inoichi-uncle use his Soul Searching Technique on her."
Kushina knocked Naruto on the head: "Don't have such dangerous thoughts, and Inoichi's move is called Ninja Art: Mind Reading Technique!"
Minato had pretty much gotten used to the fact that he suddenly had another godson, and waved to Gaara: "If you don't mind, can I check the seal on your body?"
Gaara cooperatively lifted his clothes.
"This isn't an ordinary Sealing Technique, but a Possession Technique that directly allows Shukaku to possess you?"
Minato first looked at the original seal, then at the seal Naruto had set up, and said:
"This Four Symbols Seal is Naruto's work, right? It's very well done."
Naruto said with a grin, "Of course, this is an ancestral skill."
This was a real ancestral skill, not some ancestral mobile phone screen protector from under a bridge.
Minato carefully adjusted Gaara's clothes and said, "That should be fine now. Gaara should be able to sleep well from now on."
"...Thank you." Gaara didn't know what he was feeling as he thanked Naruto. He had clearly been beaten up badly.
"It's good that you don't hold grudges. If we're brothers, don't try to cut me... You're welcome. Oh, by the way," Naruto asked, "How old are you anyway?"
After calculating their ages, they were the same age, but Gaara's birthday was on January 19th, making him a bit older than both Naruto and Karin. Therefore, Naruto's position as the youngest in the family remained unshakeable.
Naruto resigned himself to his fate. It was all his fault for talking big when he was three years old.
"By the way, Gaara, you can try communicating with Shukaku in the future. Maybe you can become good friends..." Kushina shared her experience, "For example, the guy in my body, although he's a bit bad-tempered, argues fiercely, and has a twisted personality, he's generally quite loyal..."
Gaara listened in a daze. Could Shukaku be communicated with?
The Red Nine Tails shouted in the Sealing Space, "You stupid woman, what nonsense are you talking about!"
Kushina said with a smile, "Don't worry about the details. Oh, Big Fox, you should also help persuade Shukaku."
"Persuade him? I'd rather beat him up." The Red Nine Tails looked displeased.
The Orange Nine Tails wasn't interested in Naruto's family drama, but was curious about Shukaku's seal: "Kid, why didn't you give Shukaku the same Eight Trigrams Sealing Style as this old man?"
Naruto thought for a moment and said, "Maybe because he's not worthy. Not every tailed beast is as strong as you."
"That's for sure." When the Nine Tails heard Naruto say he was stronger than Shukaku, he subconsciously agreed, but then the more he thought about it, the more uncomfortable he felt.
Because back then, there was a silly guy who grabbed his neck and said, Nine Tails, you're too strong, you need to be sealed.
The Nine Tails felt a bit emo. Sorry for being born not human?
...
Later that evening, Kimimaro returned home, and Kakashi also came over for dinner.
Neither of them showed much surprise at the addition of another person to the family. They introduced themselves and took their seats.
Naruto looked left and right and asked, "Aren't Tsunade-neechan and Pervy Sage coming?"
Minato was silent for a moment and said, "They... should be drinking right now..."
Outside Konoha Village, next to a certain forest, a newly built small grave and tombstone stood alone.
Jiraiya built the grave, and Jiraiya personally carved the words on the tombstone. Orochimaru was a rogue ninja from Konoha, so he was clearly not qualified to be engraved on the Memorial Stone.
Jiraiya poured a cup of sake in front of the grave, and then poured a cup each for Tsunade and himself.
Tsunade drank it all in one gulp, looking at the tombstone and saying, "From now on, there will be no more Three Legendary Sannin."
Tsunade could not forgive what Orochimaru had done, but the feelings they had as friends were not fake.
Jiraiya held his sake cup in silence for a moment, then also drank the wine in his cup: "So many years have passed, I didn't expect to meet in this way in the end, and I didn't expect it to end in this way."
Jiraiya was very melancholy. He had been chasing Orochimaru for so many years (in the literal sense of chasing), but in the end, he failed to save his former friend. Instead, he ended him with his own hands. What a failure.
The two of them silently drank in front of Orochimaru's grave, commemorating their former friend.
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