—Fire Release: Great Fireball!
—Wind Release: Gale Palm!
The powerful union of wind and fire collided with the raging sand waterfall... and both attacks died out!
At the end of the wind and flames, two figures flickered into view!
Temari was stunned. "Who! Who could possibly stop Gaara's torrent of flowing sand?!"
"The rejecter of Konoha's Will of Fire, Namikaze Naruto, has arrived!!!" Naruto withdrew his Gale Palm, standing with one hand behind his back and a brazen grin on his lips.
On the other side, Sasuke released the hand signs for Great Fireball, snorted coldly, and glanced at the pink-haired girl in the distance. "Naruto, that prematurely mature brat... I really don't want to admit that he's my partner..."
"..." Kaede stood atop a tree between them, a lone bloom!
"It's him! That brat who got handsy with me in the bathroom during the day! I even forgot to ask his name!" Kurotsuchi beamed.
"Naruto! Sasuke!" Sakura's face lit up. "And... Kaede!!!"
"Kaede!?" Takigakure Kaede was utterly shocked. She stepped forward and asked, "Sakura, the Kaede you mean... is that boy standing in the tree?"
Sakura nodded shyly. "Yes, Kaede, his name is Kaede too... Uzumaki Kaede!"
Her little heart pounded. Could it be that Kaede knew I was in danger and came specifically to save me? Honestly, does that mean he's been secretly watching over me all this time?
"Uzumaki... Kaede." Takigakure Kaede thought, The Rain Daimyo's daughter, Nannan, is named Uzumaki Nannan. Uzumaki Kaede... could he be some kind of relative of hers?
"No, probably... not? Otherwise, Sister Lily Bell would have told me beforehand. But our names are both Kaede. I wonder if we could become good friends of the opposite sex?"
Hearing their conversation, Kurotsuchi thought, *So his name is Uzumaki Kaede... I did hear