The Feudal Lords agree to formally ratify the Allied Shinobi Forces during a limited televised conference, sending their messengers to the ninja as the Gaara, Mei, and Onoki returned to their villages. Gaara proceeds to hold a meeting among the Hidden Sand Elders to explain what happened at the Five Kage summit and the threat that the Akatsuki now pose to the world, learning of Danzo's death through one of the ninja dogs that Kakashi is sending to the other villages out of good faith. But even as everyone prepares for battle, some of the ninja are reluctant of forming an alliance with their former enemies. At the Hidden Leaf Village, after Shikamaru informed Ino and Choji of what his father told him before they and Team Ebisu welcome home Naruto and the others. Naruto tells Shikamaru to gather all their friends so he can tell them of what occurred while promising to let Team Ebisu interview him later for their newsletter, Konohamaru realizing something is different about Naruto as the youth smiles seeing how much of the village had been rebuilt in his absence.