Naruto: Naruto's Uchiha girlfriend is too arrogant

Chapter 593 Dreams Come True

A terrifying thought surfaced in Temari's mind, making it difficult for her to breathe.

Her younger brother didn't create any puppets. Instead, he kidnapped a real girl and erased her memories, making her believe that she was a puppet.

However, Temari's thinking this way isn't necessarily due to a lack of trust in her family. Kankuro isn't exactly a good person in the traditional sense.

The reason is that Temari still vividly remembers her childhood memories. Kankuro's childhood was really not good, at least not on a spiritual level.

At his most insane moment, Gaara didn't consider Kankuro family. In the eyes of that demon who only knew killing and bloodshed, Kankuro was nothing more than someone he could kill at any time.

At that time, Gaara had no concept of "brother," no concept of "family," and nothing that could be described as "warmth."

Kankuro endured the killing intent emanating from his younger brother every day, living in constant fear of being killed. He dared not show any weakness in front of Gaara, dared not lower his guard in front of Gaara, and dared not close his eyes in front of Gaara. He lived like that for many years.

Even though Gaara and Kankuro are now getting along like true brothers, Temari still worries when she thinks about things from many years ago.

"Wh...what?! Kidnapped?!" Kankuro's voice was shrill and urgent, every cell in his body screaming "I'm innocent!" "I didn't! How could I do such a thing!"

He really didn't know why the puppet he designed suddenly turned into a real person!

He doesn't consider himself a good person, but he's not an animal!

"Calm down! Nothing like that happened!" Naruko quickly stepped forward, reached out, and grabbed Temari's hand. "I'll explain everything! Just let me finish!"

After pulling Temari away, Naruko turned around and noticed that Gaara, who had been silent all along, was staring at her with a particularly disappointed look in his eyes.

"What's wrong, Gaara?" Naruko asked, puzzled.

Then, Gaara actually turned his head away.

His voice rose softly, little by little, "...Don't get too caught up in it. When you wake up...you'll never see it again."

Naruko fell silent. She stepped forward, reached out her hand, and extended it toward Gaara's cheek.

"it hurts!"

After Naruko released his grip, Gaara covered his reddened cheek, then froze, realizing he was in pain!

"See? This isn't a dream," Naruko said in a helpless tone, as if talking to a child. "In this respect, you really are like a child."

"……untie!"

However, Gaara quickly formed a hand seal in front of his chest with his fingers closed.

"It's not an illusion! Honestly! Why won't any of you listen to my explanation?!"

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"Where should I begin...?"

Naruko sat on the other side of the table, her gaze sweeping over the three people opposite her. Gaara sat in the middle, Temari to his left, and Kankuro to his right. The three of them sat side by side, leaning slightly forward, waiting for her to speak.

"Let's get to the conclusion first. I'm definitely not a puppet, but a real life form."

"A real life?!" Kankuro's voice suddenly rose, his neck craning out. "But I remember very clearly, you were made by me and Granny Chiyo! I personally adjusted every part, I personally polished every joint, and! You've never eaten a single thing! How can anyone live without eating?!"

"Don't get excited." Naruko pressed her hand in the air, her smile unaffected by Kankuro's rebuttal. "I can explain it step by step. You've asked so many questions at once, I don't even know which one to answer first."

"Then tell me first why you're not eating!"

"Because strictly speaking, I can't be considered a human being in the traditional sense. So I don't need to eat."

"Of course, at the beginning, I had no consciousness of my own. At that time, I was just a puppet, an inanimate object made of special materials and mechanisms. But later, I awakened my consciousness. At the same time, my body also became a real flesh and blood body."

After she finished speaking, she suddenly raised her bandaged hand and, before the three of them could react, reached out with her other hand and carefully removed the white bandage, wrapping it around and around.

"Wait, what are you doing?!" Gaara sprang up from his chair, reaching out to stop Naruko and re-wrap the bandage around her wound to protect it.

But before he could reach out to Naruko, a hand reached out from the side and pressed down on him. Kankuro tightened his grip, pressing him back into the chair.

The bandages were completely removed. Naruko held her arm up in front of the three people, and there wasn't a single scratch on it.

There was no redness, swelling, blisters, or any marks left from the burn. The skin was smooth and fair.

"this……"

"See? This kind of injury will heal for me in a little while. My vital signs... how should I describe it? Although I look human, my structure is more like that of another kind of creature."

"What kind of creature?" Gaara's voice squeezed out from his throat.

"Tailed Beasts".

Naruko gave the answer.

"My body is entirely made of chakra." Naruko lightly traced her fingers on her arm. "So I don't need to eat, I don't need to consume food, and I don't age."

She raised her hand, pointed to her cheek, and her lips curled up even more, a sly glint in her eyes. "It's a skill that's very enviable for girls, isn't it?"

"This is ridiculous!" Kankuro's voice exploded again. "You mean you were originally a puppet? But you came to life after being injected with chakra? The principle doesn't make any sense! Something can become a real life just by being injected with chakra. Ninjas have existed for thousands of years, why has there never been a precedent? If it's that simple, then wouldn't everyone be able to create humans with chakra?!"

"That's because," Naruko's voice didn't rise with Kankuro's excitement, "the chakra that makes up my body and my soul doesn't come from this planet."

"...What?" Kankuro heard something that was completely beyond his comprehension.

"It's hard to understand, isn't it? But chakra can indeed be converted into life, that's true. And the principle behind my life is almost exactly the same as that of the tailed beasts."

She paused for a moment, then read out a name.

"Naruto Uzumaki"

When those three words came out of her mouth, Gaara's body trembled violently.

"This is the source of my chakra, and he didn't even realize that he had created a life form similar to a tailed beast."

"Naruto's...chakra?!" Gaara's voice was filled with barely concealed excitement. His hands gripped the table. "Could it be—that night?!"

"That's right." Naruto nodded. "That's when. Because the puppet itself needs chakra to operate, Gaara, you asked Naruto for his chakra. And he generously gave it to you—starry sky chakra that he had refined in the universe, completely of the quality of a 'Chakra Fruit'."

"That very night, I woke up. And I had a clear memory of it." She tilted her head, her gaze falling on Gaara's face with a mischievous smile, as if she wanted to tease him. "Back then... Gaara was really impatient." She raised her hand to cover her mouth, her eyes curving into two crescent moons.

Gaara's face flushed instantly. His gaze shifted from Naruko's face to the table, his body trembling slightly with excitement.

Kankuro and Temari listened, their minds still processing the complex and comprehensible information about "Starry Sky Chakra." They still didn't quite understand what it was.

However, they wanted to answer another question more than that.

"But since you are a real life..." Temari began hesitantly, "I am truly grateful for everything you have done. But, why?"

Why?

"Since you are a real life form, why are you still pretending to be a puppet and staying by Gaara's side? If it's just a matter of time... what can we do to beg you not to leave Gaara?"

After those words were spoken, the entire room fell silent.

Gaara's body tensed abruptly. Temari was worried—worried that Naruko would leave, worried that she was only temporary, that her existence had a time limit, and that she would one day disappear. And she was willing to do anything to make Naruko stay.

"Uh...leave Gaara?" Naruko blinked twice, stunned. "I've never even considered that."

The three men remained silent, their faces tense as they waited for her to speak.

Naruko thought for a moment and then spoke.

"Every living being possesses an irresistible instinct at the moment of birth. It doesn't need to be learned or taught by parents. It's a capability that the world bestows upon every life."

Spiders are born knowing how to weave webs; no one ever teaches them. Sea turtles are born knowing how to crawl towards the waves; no one ever tells them where the sea is. Migratory birds migrate in the right direction every year; no one ever draws a map for them.

She paused for a moment, her gaze falling on Gaara's face, on those green, slightly reddish eyes, where something seemed to be swirling within them.

"And my instinct, back then, when Naruto was channeling chakra, was all I could think about was you, Gaara."

Gaara's breath caught in his throat. He couldn't think of anything, couldn't react to anything, only his ears were still working, still receiving every word that Naruko was saying.

"My care, worry, friendship, protection, concern, and affection for you... At that time, Naruto Uzumaki channeled his chakra with these emotions in mind."

She looked up and gave a bright smile.

"In other words—my instinct is to love someone named 'Gaara'."

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(I felt it wasn't right to keep persecuting Gaara, so I wrote it like this... but the plot somehow feels like something out of a doujinshi.)