
Chapter 252 launches the race to save Gaara, with Temari joining Team 7's dash toward the Sand while Naruto rages against the Akatsuki hunting jinchuriki, and back in the village Chiyo learns her own grandson poisoned Kankuro.
When Team 7 tells Temari that the Akatsuki have abducted Gaara, she throws in with them and they hurry toward the Sand Village. Naruto vents his loathing for an organisation that hounds both Gaara and himself simply for being jinchuriki, a cruel fate heaped on people already shunned their whole lives. Temari takes comfort that Naruto can understand her younger brother so well. Sakura, meanwhile, points out that Itachi, the very man Sasuke abandoned everything under Orochimaru to destroy, also stands among the Akatsuki, so thwarting them serves the interests of Naruto and Sasuke alike.
Within the Sand Village, Baki pleads with Chiyo to treat the poisoned Kankuro. She stays indifferent right up until she learns the culprit behind the poison was Sasori, her own grandson.
Temari joins Team 7 in racing back to Sunagakure after hearing of Gaara's capture. Naruto condemns the Akatsuki's pursuit of jinchuriki, and Sakura notes that Itachi's membership ties the group to Sasuke's goals. In the village, Chiyo becomes willing to save Kankuro only after realising Sasori poisoned him.
The chapter belongs to the Kazekage Rescue Mission storyline and was collected in the twenty-eighth volume. Viz Media titled it Feelings Run Wild…!!, matching the surge of emotion driving both the rescue party and Chiyo.

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In this chapter, Temari joins Team 7 as they race to Sunagakure after learning the Akatsuki captured Gaara, while in the Sand Village, Chiyo learns her grandson Sasori poisoned Kankuro.
Temari joins Team 7 after they tell her the Akatsuki have abducted her brother Gaara, prompting her to rush back toward the Hidden Sand Village with them.
Naruto expresses his hatred for the Akatsuki, condemning how the organization hunts jinchuriki like Gaara and himself, people who have already been shunned their whole lives.
Chiyo initially remains indifferent to treating the poisoned Kankuro, but she becomes willing to help once she learns the poison was created by her own grandson, Sasori.
"Feelings, Running Wild…!!" is chapter 252 of the Naruto manga and belongs to the Kazekage Rescue Mission arc, collected in volume 28.
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