Gaara's determination

Naruto mode! It was from this scene that my eyes welled up with tears. :-P

Kankorou: Gaara, give it up. I don’t want to say this… the village only thinks of you as a menacing weapon. You’ll have a really hard time if you leave us and join a regular squad. The higher-ups don’t think much of you. And most of the villagers are still terrified of you.

Gaara: I know. I know, but just sitting around waiting will cause more fear and suffering. In order to escape a path of loneliness, I have no choice but to work hard and make my own path. If I do that, then someday… someday… I can be like him. That’s why, as a shinobi of the Sand, I’ll aim to be the Kazekage. So I can live a life connected to my village.

Kankorou: Gaara…

Gaara: I want to work hard so that others will accept my existence. That’s what I thought when I looked at Uzumaki Naruto. Up until now, my bonds with others have only been ones of hatred and murder. But, seeing him fight so hard made me wonder what a bond really is. I think I understand a little now. Suffering, sadness… and joy. To be able to share it with another person… Uzumaki Naruto… when I fought him, I feel that is what he taught me. He experienced the same type of suffering as I. And he taught me that you can change how you live your life. Someday, I want my existence to be necessary to others. Not as a weapon to be feared, but as the Hidden Village of Sand’s Kazekage.