A Journey to the Heavens Beginning with Pirates

In the training ground, Moonlight Hayate was wielding a long sword and fighting fiercely with Ma Ji. He was one of the few ninjas who practiced sword skills.

But without exception, those who are proficient in sword skills are not weak, and they are even more efficient than ninjas in killing people.

For example, Konoha White Fang is famous in the ninja world!

Next to these two people were Gaara and Naruto, who were confronting each other.

As for Temari and Kankuro, they were already lying flat on their backs and were knocked down by Naruto in the first place.

Now, these two people who had lost their fighting ability could only lie on the side, looking at Gaara with difficulty, while attacking Naruto with their eyes.

And Gaara, at this time, no longer looked human.

A large amount of sand covered his upper body, but the sand had a very strange texture, like some kind of creature, with black and blue patterns on it.

At first glance, Gaara at this moment looks like a tanuki that has become a spirit.

The Kyuubi lying inside Naruto yawned and said:

"You kid, you can't do it. That stinky tanuki is the weakest among the tailed beasts. It took you so long and you didn't get it..."

Naruto rolled his eyes in his mind and said:

"Hey, I tried very hard to cut it, but the sand is really difficult to handle!"

At this time, the surrounding sand began to roar again and attacked Naruto. Naruto dodged repeatedly and left the attack range of the sand.

Gaara's expression at this moment was extremely ferocious, and his eyes were full of violence.

"You nasty bastard!"

Seeing Gaara's murderous intent that seemed to have solidified around his body, Naruto frowned.

What the hell is going on with this man?

He was certain that it was not the will of the tailed beast in Gaara that was causing trouble, but the will of Gaara himself.

Because before this, Naruto felt that Gaara often had murderous intent in his eyes, and the more he saw stronger characters, the stronger the murderous intent in Gaara's eyes.

This made Naruto very confused, what kind of guy is this...

Naruto thought for a while and said:

"Gaara, I don't have any grudge against you, do you? You really want to kill me?"

When Gaara heard this, he seemed angry and smiled, and said:

"Hey - killing a strong man like you will definitely make your presence felt!"

Maybe it was because he was a Jinchuuriki like Gaara, so Gaara was willing to talk to Naruto. Before Naruto could respond, he spoke again:

"I have always lived in fear of being assassinated at any time..."

Gaara's first words made Naruto's heart tremble.

Just imagining it, Naruto could feel how hopeless it was.

To be honest, Naruto thought he was miserable enough.

When he was a child, because the Nine-Tails was sealed in his body, everyone in the village regarded him as a scourge.

The sight of adults is disgusting, hateful, and frightening.

Children don't want to play with Naruto because of what adults say, and even talking will be disliked.

So since childhood, Naruto has been alone.

Walking on the street, everyone avoided him like a snake or a scorpion. In comparison, the indifferent eyes were probably the softest.

Usually when other children were playing together, all he could do was sit on the swing in the corner and watch lonely.

To be honest, ignoring Naruto may be the greatest kindness to Naruto.

So you can imagine how dark Naruto's childhood was.

But today Naruto discovered that there was someone worse than himself.

Although everyone hates him, his life can be guaranteed at least.

Although everyone wants to make themselves disappear, no one knows how to do it themselves.

Everyone secretly prayed that one day they would suddenly have an accident and die outside the village, but they would not kill themselves.

But, what about Gaara?

Just like him, he has a seal within his body that can destroy the village, or rather, the existence that once brought pain to the village, Ichibi Shukaku.

Everyone hates him and is afraid of him.

Because unlike Naruto, Gaara had been violent.

However, Naruto did not expect that Gaara's life would be threatened.

Naruto simply couldn't imagine what it would be like for a child to always have people lurking around who want to kill him...

In comparison, he was extremely lucky.

Not only because I am safe, but also because I can meet Mr. Iruka!

Iruka-sensei is as important to him as the sun.

It was Iruka-sensei who lit up Naruto's dark life.

However, in Gaara's life, there is no...

The same thing about Gaara and Naruto is that their mother died when they were born.

But there is a difference, because his father, the fourth Kazekage Rasa, is still alive.

(Of course, it’s getting cold now)

However, it was he who wanted to kill Gaara!

In other words, Gaara thought that his father wanted to kill him.

Of course, what Luo Sha did was hard not to be misunderstood, and it was also very stupid.

He sent someone to assassinate Gaara just to prove his talent when Gaara was stimulated.

Because only those who can control the power of tailed beasts can be called jinchūriki, and those who will go berserk if they are just stimulated are not qualified.

It was Rasa's self-righteous approach that left Gaara with huge psychological trauma.

"...I will continue to kill those assassins to feel the feeling that I am alive...This is the meaning of my life, living for myself..."

"As long as there are people in the world that I should kill, my existence is meaningful..."

Listening to Gaara's whispers, Naruto was afraid for a while. Without the existence of Iruka-sensei, maybe he would be the same as Gaara now...

He suddenly felt that the ferocious-looking man in front of him was a little pitiful.

Perhaps Naruto's performance was too obvious, which seemed to hurt Gaara's sensitive heart, and his head began to hurt again.

However, because of the stimulation of pain, he became even more violent and rushed towards Naruto.

Sure enough, do you still want to fight...

Looking at Gaara charging towards him, Naruto sighed, but changed his steps and easily avoided Gaara's collision.

"You guy, you don't live for ridiculous things like killing people!"

As Naruto spoke, he rolled up the balls, then suddenly ducked behind Gaara who had just stopped the car, and pressed him directly on his back before he had time to react.

With a bang, a powerful chakra storm erupted, and Gaara was blown away.

The sand covering his body was blown away by this blow and flowed down his body.

Ma Ji, who was fighting with Moonlight Gale on the side, saw this scene, and his expression suddenly changed.

But because of this distraction, Moonlight Gale caught the flaw and slashed his arm with a knife, causing blood to spurt out.

Maki quickly stabilized his offensive, but because he was concerned about the situation on Gaara's side, he was unable to concentrate on the battle. For a moment, he was suppressed by the moonlight blast.

He was not worried about Gaara's safety, he was just worried that this plan would not be completed.

Gaara, who had eaten a Rasengan, had already realized the strength gap between himself and Naruto.

He felt that there was no way he could defeat Naruto with his own strength.

He felt that Naruto was as strong as a monster.

This is also how others feel when they face him on a normal day.

He felt that monsters had to be dealt with by monsters, and he should let the monster living in his body come out...

Gaara looked at Naruto, showed a perverted smile, and then made a fierce seal with his hands.

And when he saw that seal, Ma Ji knew that the plan was completely ruined.

"Fake Sleeping Technique!"

boom--

The huge smoke suddenly spread to all directions with Gaara as the center, and soon enveloped the entire martial arts arena.

When Maki saw Gaara forming the seal, he had already taken the opportunity to retreat.

Seeing the other party's strange behavior, Moonlight Hayate naturally followed him.

When Naruto came to the wall of the martial arts arena, he felt as if something big had come out.

Then, is Shukaku the same as the Nine Lamas?

The existence in the smoke suddenly shook its front paws, tearing a gap in the white mist, revealing its true appearance.

That was a super-large civet cat with a desert-like color. There were black and blue patterns on its skin. What was eye-catching was its big tail full of barbs.

This is Sand Shukaku!

Shukaku's huge size made the originally large martial arts arena become cramped.

Of course, Sakura and others who were bombarding the barrier also noticed the situation here.

Kakashi stared at Shukaku solemnly: "Now...there is some trouble..."

Sakura looked at Shukaku's exaggerated body shape and oppressive aura, and for the first time she had a concrete concept of tailed beasts.

At the same time, he couldn't help but worry, could Naruto handle such a terrifying existence.

"Woohoo! Uncle, I'm finally out!"

Shukaku has been locked up for too long, so this just came out and he was a little excited.

Its big tail was swinging wildly in the air. The walls and stands made of solid rocks seemed to be made of foam in front of its tail, and they shattered at a touch.

Fortunately, ANBU ninjas had already moved the spectators who had fallen into the illusion to a safe place.

Otherwise, if this tail goes down, no one will survive.

This is the destructive power of the tailed beast. Not to mention other abilities, the terrifying size alone is a disaster for ordinary people.

Due to Shukaku's excitement, he not only danced his limbs wildly, causing the ground to tremble, but he also kept firing Wind Release and Air Bombs in the air.

The amount of chakra contained in those huge wind balls may be able to drain an ordinary jounin dry in an instant, but Shukaku just regarded it as venting and playing around.

But this is not surprising. After all, the tailed beast is chakra itself, and the amount of chakra is so terrifying that it cannot be quantified.

And what a coincidence, one of the air cannons flying in the air hit the four-purple flame array that was already flashing.