Next Morning, Sunagakure.
Inside a dark prison cell, a young kid sat in the shadows with his hands around his knees and his face buried between his legs.
This kid is obviously Gaara, the youngest child of Yondaime Kazekage, the Jinchuriki of Ichibi.
After his maternal uncle's failed assassination attempt and the poisonous words from him, Gaara fell into darkness and swore to live only for himself, to only love himself.
It matters not if he was hated by the world for being a monster…
If they think he is a monster then he will be the worst monster they could have ever imagined.
When the two messengers from Konoha came to Sunagakure Gaara once spotted them from afar. From the way they were being treated it seemed as if both of them are pretty important. And when Gaara wanted to destroy Sunagakure he thought to start with by killing the two important Konoha Shinobi, this way even if he fails to destroy the village on his own, Konoha will obviously not forgive Suna.
But unfortunately, his big plan stopped even before it began. His impenetrable sand armor was easily broken through by one of them while the other suppressed him using a mere Genjutsu.
What happened today made Gaara feel powerless and hopeless, with the utter defeat Gaara even lost the qualifications to be a monster that he is feared as.
At the same time, he fell into confusion… He is unable to think anything, he can't understand why he was born? What is the purpose of his existence? If he doesn't have any qualification to be loved and also doesn't have the qualification to be hated, then why does he exist in the first place?
Does it really matter whether he is alive or dead???
Gaara can't think of anything, nothing matters to him anymore… life, death, love, hate… nothing… he felt empty within… it's as if his spiritual sustenance has already collapsed.
If Gaara was in such turmoil then why did Ichibi not take over?
Two reasons:
First, because Gaara's chakra is currently sealed, and until that seal is lifted nothing can be done, not even the Bijuu's chakra can be accessed.
The second reason, Ichibi was obviously afraid of the Mangekyou Sharingan of the shinobi named Uchiha Shisui, so he dared not take over the boy's body and silently sat within while he also watched the boy's thoughts who seemed to be in deep thoughts pondering over the purpose of his existence.
At this moment, the gate of the cell was opened and Kazekage Rasa walked in.
Nobody followed him, he wanted some time alone with the child.
Gaara heard the sound of the cell opening but he did not bother to raise his head to see who has come, it didn't matter to him.
Kazekage looked at Gaara, who was curled up in a dark corner, it seemed that the child had already blended with darkness, became part of the emptiness.
Rasa had a surge of various emotions on his face, for a moment there was a cold face, filled with killing intent to execute Gaara here and now, then at the next moment, there were traces of hesitation.
Rasa's responsibilities as the Kazekage were conflicting with his identity as Gara's father.
Gaara's loss of control over his emotions disappointed him, and the disappointment was only worse when he was casually suppressed by Uchiha Shisui alone.
As the Kazekage, Rasa knows that Suna can no longer afford Gaara's existence. Every time Gaara rampages it brings great losses to Suna. The only excuse he has been using to keep Gaara alive was his worth as a weapon… but that too seemed useless.
'It's time to finish this all!' – Rasa suppressed his parental side for his duties of the Kazekage, for the sake of his village Gaara can no longer be allowed to live.
With his expression turned into indifference, Rasa asked Gaara, "Are there any lasts words that you have?"
But Gaara was silent, he did not even bother to lift his head, nor did he care, or perhaps he did not even notice Rasa's existence because his mind was clouded with emptiness.
Rasa waited, but receiving no reply from Gaara, he turned around and left.
Around half an hour later, a team of Anbu came to the prison cell and took Gaara outside. The indifferent Child posed no resistance, nor did he have any power to resist.
Being dragged along all the way, the team of Anbu brought Gaara outside the village and tied him to a wooden pillar in the middle of the desert.
On a distant Sand Dune, Rasa, Chiyo, Ebizo, Pakura as well as some other elders of the Suna Council stood, looking at the child tied to the wooden pillar.
This part of the desert is Suna's execution rounds, and Gaara is brought here to be executed of course.
If it was a few days ago, even if Gaara had failed the test, Rasa might not have been so much anxious to execute Gaara, but with him agreeing to participate in the "Joint Chunin Exams" Suna will make declare open enmity towards Akatsuki Organization, and who knows how much troubles will be followed then. In such a Suna can not keep Gaara who can so easily lose control over himself alive, the danger of Uchiha Shinichi is too much. Moreover, with one of the Jonin being a traitor, there is no telling what might happen. So Gaara has to be executed.
After tying Gaara to the wooden pillar, the Anbu team immediately rushed back.
At this time, Rasa spoke out loud for Gaara to hear, "Gaara, for the act of killing shinobi and the people of the village, you are to be executed, are there any last wishes that you have before y our death?"
"..." – No response.
Rasa waited for exactly two minutes and receiving no reply from Gaara, he signaled towards the Anbu vice-captain, "Execute him!"
The vice-captain of the Anbu nodded and signaled the team of Anbu waiting for the call.
Sunagakure's method of executing people is very simple.
The method involves tying the person at the wooden pillar then raining hundreds of Shuriken on him.
The Anbu upon receiving the signal immediately shot hundreds of Shuriken on Gaara.
Gaara who stood alone in the middle of the desert did not even flinch upon noticing the incoming rain of Shurikens and there was even a trace of relief on his face, 'Perhaps death is the only meaning left for me.'
But the Bijuu sealed inside him did not think the same, he did not want to die… even if nine Bijuus are masses of Chakra and will eventually come back to life but this does not mean that they are willing to accept death.
Whoosh… Whoosh… Whoosh… Whoosh… Whoosh…
Feeling threatened for his life, Ichibi roared, cursed, threatened, and struggled so much, but ultimately to no avail. He was unable to take control of Gaara's body.
Pierce… blood-splattered… cut… tuk… tuk... pierce… pierce… pierce… pierce…
First the heart… then at the hands… legs… chest… in the left eye, then the right eye… left thigh, right thigh… one after another Shuriken pierced through the child, cutting through the flesh, splattering blood… over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and… leaving no part of his body intact.
But no trace of struggle… Only a relief as his breath ceased to exist, all signs of life disappeared…
"It's over…" – murmured Rasa.
But it was far from over… as soon as Gaara died, raging winds started blowing all over the desert… soon a storm started with that wooden post as the center started… the storm soon turned into a sand storm… so large and so massive that it seemed that nothing would survive in it, yet it was not doing any damage… but the storm was uncontrollable.
"What's happening…? Did he not die?" – one of the elders questioned while trying to maintain his balance amidst the raging storm winds.
Pakura who was nearby sensed and then said, "No, he is dead… Look around, the Sand storm is not doing any damage… nor…"
Chiyo said, "Perhaps it's the result of Ichibi's death? Bijuus are forces of nature… and it's possible that there are some effects upon their death… So, it's possible that the desert is mourning Ichibi's death."
Following Chiyo's words, everyone thought about it and it seemed reasonable…
After some time passed, the sandstorm subsided and the surroundings returned to silence.
Kazekage instructed the Anbu, "Verify if he is dead or not."
The Anbu captain nodded and went forward with a team of Anbu following behind her.
Pakura went forward and verified, Gaara was still tied to the wooden pillar was indeed dead… his body no longer had any signs of life.
After verifying this, she returned back and nodded, "He is indeed dead…"
Rasa sighed and spoke with some complex emotions, "Burn his body… do not even leave the ashes…"
Pakura nodded and signaled the Anbu shinobi to do so.
With that out of the way, Kazekage and several others turned around and left.
Nobody noted the cold smirk that Pakura had at this moment, 'Manipulating the Suna elders to execute Gaara?! I hope you know what you are doing Kuroto-sama!'
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