Naruto took Gaara shopping around Konoha. Even at night, Konoha's commercial district remained bustling.
Gaara was deeply puzzled. "Naruto, didn't you say there was something important?"
"I want you to hand over the One-Tail, Shukaku." Naruto's words were shocking.
Gaara froze instantly, standing rooted to the spot.
"Naruto, what do you mean?"
"How much pain has a tailed beast caused you? Why keep it? You might as well give it to me."
"Naruto, what exactly are you trying to do?"
Naruto touched his stomach. His three-year agreement with the Nine-Tails was nearing its end. If he did not subdue the other tailed beasts soon, the Nine-Tails would likely backlash against him.
Naruto raised his head and gazed at the sky. "Have you heard of an organization called Akatsuki?"
"Akatsuki? What's that?"
"Akatsuki is an organization made up of a bunch of guys who are handsome, cool, and especially deadly. They won't be easy to deal with." Naruto spoke worriedly. "The Akatsuki might attack Sunagakure."
"What?!" Gaara was shocked.
Meanwhile, in Sunagakure, Land of Wind.
Deidara, one of Akatsuki's members, sat atop a massive white clay bird as it flew over Sunagakure.
"First, force out the One-Tail, hmm!" Deidara spread his hands, revealing a large number of Clay Bombs in his palms. These Clay Bombs looked somewhat like tiny white bugs.
Deidara scattered the Clay Bombs like flowers raining from the sky, dropping them into Sunagakure.
"Detonate!" Deidara shouted, and more than a dozen violent explosions erupted within Sunagakure.
Not far away, Yamato stood atop a rooftop, watching Sunagakure come under attack. "Hey, hey, what's going on?"
"Enemy attack!"
"He's in the sky! Use crossbows to shoot him down!"
"Fire the giant arrows! Bring him down!"
Sunagakure's ninja began organizing a counterattack, using all sorts of large crossbows and weapons to