Especially after living together for more than three years.
The three of them had truly become as warm and harmonious as siblings in an ordinary family.
Though Gaara had never once called them "big brother" or "big sister," Kankuro and Temari could clearly sense that their once cold-blooded, cruel little brother now truly regarded them as family. The care in his gaze and manner was unmistakable. Just as things were finally moving in a very good direction, this sudden calamity dealt another crushing blow to a family that had never been happy, and had suffered for much of its life. They had lost their mother more than ten years ago, their father three years ago, and now they had to watch their little brother die before their eyes.
At that moment.
In such a scene.
It struck Kankuro and Temari particularly hard.
They lost all composure and reason.
The two of them charged forward without a second thought, determined to reclaim Gaara's body and even take revenge.
Kakashi, Chiyo, and the others could only rush to cover them.
The battle with the Akatsuki broke out once more.
There was no need to dwell on what happened next.
Sasori of the Red Sands sacrificed himself.
Deidara escaped safely.
The pursuit team also paid the price, with several members seriously injured.
The events differed somewhat from the original story.
But in the end, the outcome was much the same.
Gaara was revived, too.
Chiyo was not someone who clung to life.
Nor was she truly the sort of person who, as she had claimed for more than a decade, would "never get involved in the village's affairs again." Unlike Danzo, who feigned noble ideals while harboring an intense lust for power, Chiyo was a genuinely detached elder who devoted herself to the