The Fighting team continues its battle. Tobi decides to go seek the
Three-Tails on his own as he had angered Deidara earlier. He discovers
the sealing team trying to seal the Three-Tails at the lake. Shino's
bugs defeat Guren, but Kakashi is stopped from killing her by Gozu, who
dies protecting Guren. The guarding team stops Rinji from interfering
with the sealing team just as Guren remembers she is the one who killed
Yūkimaru's mother. Kabuto uses this fact to manipulate Guren.
Yūkimaru falters and the Three-Tails attacks Guren. Yūkimaru uses his
power to restrain the Three-Tails, but he runs out of chakra and is
unable to do so. Guren leaves her position and protects Yūkimaru with a
Crystal Style shield. Naruto goes out to find Yūkimaru, but ends up
fighting the Three-Tails with Guren. Despite their efforts to defeat
it, the beast overpowers the two of them, and then proceeds to swallow
them. Meanwhile, Kakashi, Shino, and Sai find Yūkimaru unconscious and
fle... Continue reading ...
The teams set off. Naruto introduces Sai and Shino to each other. The
sealing team prepares a search and barrier jutsu to seal the
Three-Tailed Beast. Kakashi's fighting team is suddenly attacked by
Gozu and Guren while the guarding team begins fighting as well. Lee,
Tenten and Kiba finish off Rinji's subordinates with ease. Meanwhile,
Naruto angers Guren saying it's his fault Yūkimaru went over to 'her
side' and that he won't allow her using him as a tool.
Naruto and his teammates meet Shizune, Ino, Tenten and Lee. The ninjas
are spilt into three teams by Kakashi. The Sealing team is made up of
Shizune, Sakura, Ino and Hinata. Kakashi, Naruto, Sai and Shino form
the Fighting team and the Guarding team comprises of Yamato, Lee,
Tenten and Kiba. Tenten passes Naruto a scroll for the mission that the
Fifth Hokage gave to her. In a new development, Rinji turns out to be
Kabuto's spy on Guren.
Naruto runs into Guren while trying to find Yūkimaru, and battles her.
Yamato and Kakashi find Naruto and bring him back to the group. Kabuto
tells Guren that Yūkimaru is only a tool to control the Three-Tails,
which upsets her. Meanwhile, Shizune, Ino, Tenten and Lee meet up with
the ninjas to tell them of their new mission to seal the Three-Tails
before Orochimaru's group can capture it. They are also to rescue
Yūkimaru and bring him back to the village.
Guren is rendered unconscious and relives her past as Naruto is caught
in an illusion about Sasuke. After Kakashi finds him, Teams Kakashi and
Kurenai conclude the mist around them causes Genjutsu courtesy of the
Three-Tails. After Guren wakes up, Yūkimaru suffers another fever and
passes out. Tsunade hears of the Three-Tails and assembles Shizune,
Ino, Tenten and Lee to go and seal it before the Akatsuki do. Naruto
and Sakura talk about the home that people should return to before
Naruto he... Continue reading ...
Yūkimaru summons the Three-Tails and immobilizes it while Guren tries
to capture it, but it manages to break free and attack. Kakashi tells
Naruto to investigate the lake, while they find Rinji and the others.
Rinji and his men prepare an ambush, but Hinata, Sakura, and Sai arrive
to avert it. Naruto summons Gamakichi and Gamatatsu and approaches the
Three-Tails, where they see Yūkimaru and learn of his allegiance to
Guren. Trying to save Guren, Yūkimaru tries to suppress the Three-Tails
o... Continue reading ...
Team Kakashi arrives to help Team Kurenai and manage to retrieve
Hinata. Guren decides to retreat and rendezvous with her men at their
base. After Hinata is broken free, Kakashi tells Sakura and Sai to stay
with her until she's better, as the others chase after their enemies.
At Guren's base, Kabuto arrives and takes everyone to the lake from
before. He straps Yūkimaru to his machine and Guren creates five
Crystal Pillars around them. As the machine amplifies Yūkimaru's
chakra, the Three-Ta... Continue reading ...
In Konoha, Tsunade discovers they have an enemy using Crystal Style.
While on his mission with Team Kakashi, Naruto meets Yūkimaru once
again and talks to him. Guren puts a gigantic Crystal Prison over the
forest trapping Team Kurenai inside. Guren then prepares six Crystal
Clones and attacks Team Kurenai with them. Hinata defeats one clone but
is locked up in a Crystal Prison by another. Team Kakashi reaches the
borders of the giant prison and Naruto uses his new Jutsu with
Gamatatsu to bus... Continue reading ...
Guren and Yūkimaru arrive back at their base. Team Kakashi moves out
but Shino stays behind to try and breed more insects immune to the
Crystal Style jutsu. Guren heads back out and Yūkimaru gives her a
memento of his mother, as Gamatatsu finally learns how to use Water
Style. Naruto runs into Sai and learns about his mission with Team
Kakashi; Naruto talks Tsunade into letting him join. Team 8, led by
Kakashi, prepares to attack Guren's men as Naruto tries to master a new
jutsu before head... Continue reading ...
Kabuto entrusts Yūkimaru to Guren. Naruto tries to teach Gamakichi and
Gamatatsu how to use Water Style ninjutsu, as Kiba discovers that the
enemy may be using bats. Tsunade decides to send out Yamato, Sai and
Sakura to assist Kakashi. Yūkimaru falls ill and Guren and him are
forced to spend the night in a cabin. In the morning, Guren finds
Yūkimaru playing an instrument that his mother gave him. After giving
him a crystalized camellia that will never die as long as Guren lives,
Guren and ... Continue reading ...
Kabuto and Yūkimaru travel to a lake, where Kabuto attempts to draw out
a mysterious creature. Guren branches off from her men to find
Orochimaru, who has Sasuke fight an army of Sound Ninja as training.
Sasuke defeats them all, but declares that he wants to kill Itachi more
than them. Naruto continues his training by summoning Gamakichi and
Gamatatsu, but still doesn't understand the concept of connecting to
another person's heart. Kabuto and Yūkimaru arrive at the Hot Springs
Village wher... Continue reading ...
Guren takes twenty-one survivors from the hideout and leaves to meet
with Orochimaru. Team Kurenai and Kakashi arrive at Orochimaru's
hideout, only to discover that it has already been abandoned. Guren
uses her Crystal Style jutsu to kill sixteen of her charges when they
try to revolt. The other five align themselves with Guren. Meanwhile,
Naruto tries to find a ranged attack to use, and Jiraiya wants to train
him in synchronizing jutsu. Unfortunately, Naruto does not get along
well with Gama... Continue reading ...
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