Chapter Eighteen: Gaara, awake
Gaara looked through the town of Konoha. Everyone seemed to be asleep. He decided that this felt much like his own 'Forced sleep no jutsu'. Naruto woke him up by punching him, so Gaara decided to return the favor.
After tracking Naruto down, Gaara gave him a good, hard whack. Naruto still lay there. Then Gaara thought that maybe this sleep was more involved, and possibly included dreams, which of course change everything.
Gaara noticed that everyone was asleep in Konoha, and that every character that mattered would probably be sharing the same dream. Thus, Gaara concluded that to wake everyone up, they had to be together in their dream and in real life too.
Gaara decided to enter Naruto's head for a while to relay the message.
"Naruto." he said, coming up from behind Naruto. Naruto shrieked and hid behind Tenten.
"Hello, Gaara. What brings you to these strange parts?" asked Tenten.
"I have to tell you something. Can you gather everyone here together? Otherwise you won't be able to wake up from this dream." said Gaara.
"Will you stay and help?" asked Naruto.
"No, I have to gather your bodies together in real life." said Gaara.
"Why?" asked Tenten.
"Because I can." said Gaara. With that said, Gaara left the dream and refused to give everyone a break and take them along with him. Then he started to gather bodies to Naruto's training area. Only the characters that mattered, obviously.