"Gyarados, charge!"
"Roar!"
Chapter 93: Gaara's Sleep Problem
One boy and one dragon charged through a hail of attacks, steadily closing the distance to Shukaku. The effects of the Whirlpool were also beginning to fade.
That meant Shukaku was about to break free!
Keiichi's attention was entirely on Shukaku—or, more precisely, on the Gaara atop its head.
This would decide everything.
Smack!
Suddenly, a blade of wind struck Gyarados. Its speed dropped sharply, and it stumbled.
Luck couldn't stay on Keiichi's side forever.
As it happened, though, the wind blade had hit Gyarados's reverse scale. Its eyes turned completely red, and it let out a furious roar as it accelerated.
Well, look at me, losing my temper!
Keiichi's heart nearly stopped. Several wind blades whizzed past his head, close enough that even the slightest miscalculation would have killed him.
Fortunately, the enraged Gyarados reached its top speed. It finally broke through to Shukaku, and Keiichi leaped down onto the beast's head.
Shukaku didn't dare swat him away. Gaara was right there, so it was afraid of killing its host.
If its host died, Shukaku wouldn't fare well either. Even if it returned to the world three years later, would the newborn Shukaku really still be him?
This wasn't like sleeping through three years. It would truly experience its own death.
So it began shaking its head as hard as it could, trying to throw Keiichi off.
Keiichi's face twisted into a grimace as he clung tightly to Gaara's arm, refusing to let go no matter how hard Shukaku shook.
At last, when the shaking eased, he gritted his teeth and tore open Gaara's outer clothing.
The Sharingan activated!
Through the Sharingan, he clearly saw a strange chakra constantly flowing out from Gaara's abdomen.
There was no doubt about it—that was