We basically get a forgive and forget type of attitude from Rock Lee. It seemed highly unbelievable that after the physical and emotional pain that Rock Lee went through that he wouldn't hold any animosity towards Gaara at all.
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Instead Rock Lee tells Gaara he holds no grudges. You would think this be the most interesting when it comes to interaction considering Gaara is the whole reason why Rock Lee isn't one hundred percent. The destruction that the jutsu caused to the forest was a cool scene. It just seemed a bit anti-climactic that Temari was able to kill Tayuya with such an easy one hit kill. It's understandable though, because I guess we can't have a big battle anytime a confrontation happens between two people. Yeah there was really no big fight scene here which is always disappointing. After Temari is able to assess the situation and get the info on Tayuya she's able to basically obliterate Tayuya (and the rest of the forest) with her summoning jutsu. The pairing of these two is almost perfect considering that they were opponents in the Chunin exams and that both of them are highly intelligent. Kankuro Temari ends up saving Shikamaru from Tayuya. The move is called Iron Maiden and visually it ends up being one of the more gruesome moves we've seen on the show, but is awesome at the same time. The Black Ant's arms then turn into knives that end up killing both Sakon and Ukon. Using the Black Ant, Kankuro is able to trap them. Kankuro is back with his puppets only now there's a new one called the Black Ant, which is apparently used for trapping the enemy within the puppet itself. Kankuro ends up saving Kiba which of course ends up leading to a confrontation with Sakon and Ukon while Kiba is recovering. While we get some interaction between the pairs this episode it's a bit disappointing, but not horrible. We wanted to watch these sand ninja fight and see what new moves they've learned since the Chunin exams. To save Shikamaru's team the sand ninja are forced to split up which ends up pairing a sand ninja with a leaf ninja. The only difference is that they are allies instead of enemies this time around.
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Yep Temari, Kankuro, and Gaara are all back. At the end of the last episode Shikamaru, Kiba, and Rock Lee were all spared certain death due to the arrival of out favorite sand ninja.