Before the Ten-Tails arrived, Naruto and Gaara briefly told the people around them what had happened not long ago.
Hearing this, Naruto and Gaara's friends and family secretly breathed sighs of relief.
They had never imagined that not only would Naruto and Gaara be unharmed, but even the tailed beasts inside them would still remain. When they had first seen the Ten-Tails revive, such an outcome had been beyond their wildest dreams!
Among them, Naruto's mother, Kushina Uzumaki, and his sister, Karin, made no attempt to hide their feelings as they pulled Naruto into their arms and thoroughly checked him over.
Their actions made Naruto blush furiously. He struggled for quite a while before finally breaking free from his mother and sister's embrace.
Hinata watched that scene with considerable envy.
If only I could be that close to Naruto... Ah! What am I thinking? How can I think something so embarrassing?
Her cheeks burning, Hinata quickly turned her head away to keep the others from seeing her flustered state.
Sakura and Ino, who had been secretly watching Hinata, walked over to her and pulled her aside to whisper.
No one knew what the three girls were talking about, but Hinata was nearly burying her head in her ample chest.
"Hmph, I knew Naruto would be fine!"
After muttering that in a particularly tsundere manner, Sasuke turned his head away.
The friends: "..."
Yes, yes, you're always right. Your face definitely hadn't changed color just now like your beloved had died!
They were already used to Sasuke's temperament.
More often than not, what Sasuke said out loud was not what he truly felt!
They all lived in the same village and had grown up together, so by now, they knew this brat's tsundere personality all too well.
And that tsundere nature