
"You!!" - Naruto was surprised to see his former classmates.
"Yo, long time no see, Naruto! How's it going? I'd love to talk to you, but unfor-" - Eiji was interrupted by an angry Naruto
"Not only did you tarnish Hokage's reputation but now you are with Akatsuki as well?" - Naruto summoned two shadow clones while saying that.
"Is that really you Eiji?" - Sakura and Chiyo finally caught up with Naruto and confronted Eiji as well.
"You know him?" - Chiyo
"Yes, he is a former classmate of the Ninja Academy.." - Sakura is not sure how she feels.
He was never close to Eiji, but he was not only a former classmate, but also a shinobi from Konoha.
When Naruto and he heard that he became Hokage, they were surprised but did not pay much attention because they did not interact with each other during that period.
But when word suddenly broke out that he killed a council member and ran away, it became very strange.
Since Naruto's dream is to become Hokage one day, he is furious that a Hokage would do such a thing.
On the other hand, Sakura was training under Tsunade.
During that period, Tsunade sometimes hinted that Danzo was not without fault, but never discussed anything specific, so Sakura concluded that it was not as simple as others thought.
But now that it seemed like he was with Akatsuki, they had no choice but to fight him.
"Naruto, you are still as energetic as ever. I'm not with Akatsuki. I'm here as Shi-"
"I DON'T HAVE TIME FOR YOUR REASONS!! I HAVE TO SAVE GAARA!! I WILL PUNISH YOU AND I WILL MAKE YOU TELL ME WHERE GAARA IS!!" - with that Naruto charged with the Rasengan in Eiji.
'Sial ... I forgot how annoying he was ... didn't even let anyone else finish .. shit, it seems like I had to make them retreat somehow ...' - Eiji sighed and placed his hand on his sword grip.
Then when Naruto was about to hit him with the Rasengan, he suddenly split in two.
With the smoke, the two halves disappeared - it was a shadow clone.
The real Naruto suddenly appears behind Eiji.
Eiji moved his finger and was about to do something, but Naruto was suddenly pulled away from him: "WHAT?!"
It was Chiyo who used chakra threads to pull him back.
"He looks like a Kenjutsu user and is very good at it. So attacking close range is the wrong tactic. I will attack him from a distance, while you two support me!"
Sakura and Naruto, who were a little calm, nodded.
Meanwhile, Team Guy was standing in front of a giant rock with a seal on it.
"Gaara is in these rocks." - Pakkun
"!" - Lee
Suddenly a loud voice sounded.
And then the stone broke into pieces while two figures came out of the cave.
"Mm, looks like there are some people waiting for us outside.well, I'll go to the nine-tails while you can play with them Sasori." deidara summoned a giant clay bird and got up before flying away.
"Tsk, this little bastard." - Sasori looked towards the male team, then at Gaara's corpse inside the cave.
"I don't want to waste much time, so I'll make it quick." - Sasori suddenly attacked with his iron tail, aiming for the weakest looking member: Tenten.
But stopped by Guy's kick.
"Lee, Tenten, Neji, the other Akatsuki might fly towards Kakashi's location. The three of you follow him and strengthen Team Kakashi!" - Guy in his usual fighting pose and gazing at Sasori.
"BUT WHAT ABOUT YOU, GUY SENSEI?" - in his usual loud voice, Lee asked.
"I'll face it alone. Go now!"
"Sensei.." - Lee.
"Lee, come. Kakashi's team may be in trouble, so Sensei entrusts it to us.." - Tenten.
"...All right." - Lee
"It looks like the boys are gone. It makes it easier to get this done quickly." - Sasori
"Sorry, but it won't be fast. And it won't be easy!" - Guy attacked Sasori.