"Oh really...sounded like you did there for a minute, though then again, I can be wrong once in a while" Temari responded with a light chuckle. She was about to take her battle fan off and blow them away, but before she could, she felt a hand on her shoulder. Turning around, she saw Gaara with what seemed to be anger or annoyance in his eyes.

"Let me handle this," he said as the cork in his gourd dissolved into particles of sand. He didn't like the looks that these nin were giving to Gemini and his sister and wanted to stop whatever they were thinking. Plus, he couldn't stop his mother from telling him that he needed to impress Gemini, though he still had no idea why his mother was so adamant about it, or why it had to be her.

"You could say that Naruto-san," Shotaro said diplomatically. He knew that if Rai opened his mouth then things would go south quickly. And even though he knew that it would be the best time to "accidentally" throw a jutsu in Yugito's way, he had a feeling that the others wouldn't like it in the least, especially Naruto. "Though we have already heard about you, future Hokage," he said.