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Hokage Office, Konohagakure, 19 Hours After Bandit Raid
"Lady Tsunade!" Tsunade heard the sound of rapid footsteps. She quickly lifted her head off the desk. Shizune burst into the room.
"Lady Tsunade, the Anbu teams—"
Shizune stopped to catch her breath.
"I looked…for the Anbu teams at the Anbu headquarters….I didn't see them...but the new leader of the Foundation was there….and he told me…he told me that the Anbu teams were at the training field….so I went and looked there….but then the supervisor of the training field...she told me that the Anbu had already received a message from you, and were waiting at the village gate. So then I hurried to the village gate...and I heard a scream. One of the rookie genin teams had found a dead body behind some bushes….and I went closer and looked. I found a whole pile of dead bodies. The Anbu teams."
"Shizune—"
"But that's not all, Lady Tsunade…..carved into the bodies of the Anbu with a kunai knife was a message."
"What did the message say?"
Shizune lowered her eyes.
"This is your final warning."
Kazekage Office, Sunagakure, 20 Hours After Bandit Raid
"Kankuro, that's enough."
Kankuro momentarily stopped pacing, and then started again.
"Worrying never helps."
Kankuro whirled around to face Gaara.
"What else can I do?"
He stared into emotionless eyes.
"Nothing."
"Gaara! If we don't do anything to help Temari, she'll – she'll—"
"Temari won't die. I have faith in her."
The Festival of the Ten-Tails, Kikai Heights, 20 Hours After Bandit Raid
The preparations were done.
The bandit leader stepped into the center of the circle. The bandits on the outside of the circle made their handseals.
"Begin."
The bandits molded their chakra, sending it up to the sky, towards the moon.
One.
"Ichibi Shukaku!"
A dome of sand formed over to the bandit leader.
Two.
"Niibi Matatabi!"
A wall of fire encased the dome of sand.
Three.
"Sanbi Isobu!"
A wall of water surrounded the wall of fire.
Four.
"Yonbi Son Goku!"
A pit of lava opened under the dome of sand.
Five.
"Gobi Kokuo!"
Inside the dome of sand, the leader sprouted a pair of horns.
Six.
"Rokubi Saiken!"
A cloud of poisonous gas filled the air; the bandits continued as though unaffected.
Seven.
"Nanabi Chomei!"
The leader grew a pair of wings.
Eight.
"Hachibi Gyuki!"
The leader sprouted tentacles.
Nine.
"Kyuubi Kurama!"
The leader's hands became claws.
Ten.
"Ten-Tails!"
Silence.
So you're here again, Gisei.
"Yeah."
And the leader opened his eyes, and they were the eyes of the Ten-Tails.