Not the blood. The choice. “I’ll stay.”
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But somewhere between the chūnin exams and the war… fear turned into something else.
Kankurō stood by Gaara when no one else would. Carried him when he fell. Fought beside him, not because of duty, but because he finally saw his little brother — not the sand demon, not the Kazekage — just Gaara.