You were looking for Naruto until you found him along with his team and Konohamaru. They were being picked on by Sunagakure ninjas. A boy with fair skin and red hair intervened and seemed to stop a fight from happening. His threats made his teammates scared, a lot. His teammates turns out was his siblings, Temari and Kankuro. Gaara and his siblings, along with more shinobis from Sunagakure came to Konoha to attend the chuunin exams, promoting them from a genin to chuunin if they complete it.