Episode 1 "Homecoming"
Naruto Uzumaki allotment to Konoha afterwards a two-and-a-half-year training adventure with Jiraiya. He is reintroduced to his peers, who accept all avant-garde to Chunin rank and beyond, clashing Naruto who is still a Genin. Elsewhere, two associates of Akatsuki arch appear Sunagakure to abduction Gaara, who has back become the Kazekage, the apple leader.
Episode 2 "Akatsuki makes its move"
Jiraiya tells Kakashi Hatake that Akatsuki's plan to aggregate the tailed beasts is underway. Because of the Demon Fox central him, Naruto is in crisis any time he leaves the village, so Jiraiya relinquishes Naruto's training to Kakashi, who can ensure his safety. Kakashi gives Naruto and Sakura Haruno a analysis to see how far they accept mproved. Meanwhile, the Akatsuki associates Deidara and Sasori access at the access of the Sunagakure. They ascertain that Yura, their sleeper agent, has already austere the guards.
Epsiode 3 "The Results of Training"
Kakashi challenges Naruto and Sakura with the alarm test, in which they accept to angrily yield from Kakashi two chime accretion application whatever agency necessary. Sakura and Naruto both authenticate their anew acquired skills. At Sunagakure, Deidara reveals his adeptness to dispense exploding clay. He takes to the skies aboard a behemothic adobe bird and begins his aeriform advance by casting exploding adobe spiders assimilate the guards, instantly killing them. As anon as he makes it to the Kazekage building, however, he finds Gaara there cat-and-mouse for him.
Episode 4 "Jinchuriki of the Sand"
Naruto and Sakura both apprehend that even admitting they accept awfully improved, they are still no bout for Kakashi's above techniques, as he too has become stronger, and adjudge to resort to added anarchistic means. They win the claiming by aggressive to blemish the catastrophe of Kakashi's new novel, banishment him to awning his aerial and shut his eyes because of the Sharingan's adeptness to apprehend lips. Meanwhile, Deidara and Gaara activate their battle. Deidara finds a appalling claiming in Gaara's abilities to ascendancy and dispense sand.
Episode 5 "As the Kazekage...!"
Deidara sees that abuse the Kazekage is not as simple as he thought. He hurls exploding adobe at Gaara to no effect, as Gaara can bound arouse a absorber of beach about him with about ease. Gaara again commands his beach to advance Deidara who has no best but to try to evade. Gaara's beach eventually catches up with Deidara and crushes his arm.
