Astonishing Truth! Gaara's Identity Emerges!

In the forest, the B-plot becomes the main event. Sasuke catches the Sand siblings and Gaara starts changing — sand grafting over half his body mid-transport, the Shukaku's face erupting from a boy's shoulder, Kankuro and Temari more terrified of their cargo than their pursuer. Sasuke's Chidori, rationed to two a day by Kakashi, gets spent learning that the monster heals around holes. Naruto, Sakura and Pakkun close the distance as the thing that used to be Gaara stops bothering to look human.