Naruto and Gaara continue their fight. Naruto begins to get an advantage, and Gaara transforms into the final form of Shukaku of the Sand. As he begins to put the squeeze on Naruto, Naruto summons Gamabunta Oyabun, and his comeback begins. Once again, Naruto begins to get an advantage, but Gaara casts the technique of fake sleep, releasing the full power of Shukaku. Now that the demon is free, what will Naruto do?
Gaara continues to talk about his past. When Gaara states that Naruto can\'t become stronger when he fights for everyone else, Naruto recalls that if he didn\'t meet his friends, he would be the same as Gaara. Realizing that he has to protect his friends, Naruto overcomes his fear and decides to take on Gaara. To defeat Gaara, Naruto must summon Gamabunta, but instead gets one of his children. Meanwhile, Sarutobi continues to try to pull out Orochimaru\'s soul. Can Naruto stand a second against Gaara?
As Sasuke is about to be defeated, Naruto and Sakura show up to save him. With this, Gaara begins to have flashbacks of his childhood. What happened in Gaara\'s past to make him experience so much suffering?
Sasuke struggles to keep up with Gaara\'s monstrous capacity. Only able to use Chidori twice on normal circumstances, Sasuke remembers the tragic day that his family died. After failing to defeat Gaara, Sasuke realizes he must risk the use of Chidori beyond his limit if he\'s to defeat Gaara. That is, will he make it?
While Shino and Kankuro fight the match they should\'ve fought back during the Chuunin Exam, Naruto, Sakura, and Pakkun slowly catch up to Sasuke. Meanwhile, Sasuke has finally caught up with Gaara and Temari, but is he ready to face true horror when Gaara reveals his demon form?
The battle between the Third Hokage and Orochimaru rages on. While they continue their battle, Jiraiya returns and joins in the battle against the Sound and Sand ninja. Meanwhile, Naruto and Sakura continue to track down Sasuke and at the same time, Sasuke catches up with Kankuro and Gaara. Temari returns to the scene and escapes with Gaara while Kankuro fights Sasuke. As they prepare to battle, an unexpected ally comes and fights him in Sasuke\'s place, allowing Sasuke to continue to chase down Gaara. Meanwhile, Sarutobi prepares to make the ultimate sacrifice to rid his village of Orochimaru.
Naruto and Sakura continue to catch up to Sasuke. At the same time, Sasuke catches up to Temari, Kankuro, and Gaara. Temari tries to stall Sasuke long enough for Kankuro to get Gaara to safety, but Sasuke doesn\'t have time to waste on her. Meanwhile, the Third Hokage continues his battle with Orochimaru, and is ready to use a move that not even he knows.
A battle of kings has begun as Orochimaru has summoned the bodies of the First and Second Hokage, using a forbidden technique. They have no choice but to fight. Now the Third Hokage not only has to deal with Orochimaru, his student and one of the Legendary Sannin, but two of the greatest Hokages of all of Konoha as well. Meanwhile, Sasuke finally catches up with the Kankuro, Gaara, and Temari. Will the Third be able to beat the these killing puppets? And, what will become of Sasuke?
Naruto, Sakura, Shikamaru, and Pakkun are being chased down by several Sound ninja. Shikamaru decides to stop and try to hold them off so the others can catch up to Sasuke without fear of pursuit. Shikamaru is the logical choice because of his Shadow Possession Jutsu...needless to say, Shikamaru\'s not too thrilled by this.
Naruto, Sakura, Shikamaru, and Pakkun are being chased down by several Sound ninja. Shikamaru decides to stop and try to hold them off so the others can catch up to Sasuke without fear of pursuit. Shikamaru is the logical choice because of his Shadow Possession Jutsu...needless to say, Shikamaru\'s not too thrilled by this.