Naruto Episode Guide
(Season #1)
These are short episode descriptions of what happened in each episode. If you do not want to know we advise you not to read ahead. If you click on the Episode you will be taken to the pictures from that episode.
We are first introduced to our hero Naruto. What will happen to this young prankster and his dreams of one day being the greatest ninja (hokage) of them all? Naruto quickly finds a new admirer, the 3rd Hokage's grandson, who has aspirations himself of defeating his grandfather and becoming Hokage. What will become of these two? Ninja classes begin and Naruto quickly finds his first love in Sakura and his first rival in Sasuke. He uses his transformation technique to transform into Sasuke and talk to Sakura. What will develop between these three? We meet our team's Sensi (teacher) in this episode. His name is Kakashi and he is often late and a difficult trainer. Will our three lower ninjas be able survive his first test?

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Episode #7 - The Assassin of the Mist!

Episode #8 - Decision Sworn on Pain

We rejoin our team in the middle of Kakashi's survival training. Though Sasuke is very talented he is obviously no match for his new sensei. Does our newly formed team have enough teamwork to impress their Sensei? Our team is now officially performing ninja tasks. Unfortunately for Naruto he believes these tasks are below his skills. The team now must undertake a bodyguard assignment. Will our ninjas be up for this task? After surviving their first real attack the group finds out that their mission is much more dangerous than it seems. Kakashi must fight a powerful ninja to defend the group. Will they be able to survive this new threat? This new attacker is more powerful than he seems. He catches Kakashi in a water trap and then quickly makes for our ninjas. Naruto, after swearing to never run away, finally develops a strategy and attacks with Sasuke in a desperate attempt to free Kakashi. Will this attack work?

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Episode #12 - Battle at the Bridge! Zaibuza Once Again!!

Kakashi is now freed thanks to the teamwork of Naruto and Sasuke. He now continues the battle with Zaibuza and proceeds to show him and his students the full power of his Sharingan. Will this power be enough to defeat this powerful ninja from the Hide in the Mists school? After the apparent defeat of Zaibuza it is time for our ninjas to rest and practice their skills. Forever rivals both Sasuke and Naruto practice hard to run up a tree using their energy. Sakura showing her masterful control scales the tree in one try. Naruto and Sasuke continue their training to learn how to control their Chakra and Sakura explores the town and we learn more about the family that our ninjas are staying with. Can Naruto prove to this young boy that heroes do still exist? Finally Naruto and Sasuke have completed their training. We learn a little bit more about the enemy ninja from Hide in the Mists Zaibuza. We find out that he is still alive and now has a very powerful ally. Will our group be able to fend off this new enemy?

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A battle rages on and it seems that Sasuke has the upper hand on this new enemy. Haku finally releases his true power and traps Sasuke in a prison of ice. Our great ninja Naruto saves our little boy and finally appears to save Sasuke. Can he break Sasuke free of this icy prison? We review what has happened to our ninjas and then we continue the battle between Naruto & Sasuke vs. Haku. No matter how much they fight they can not seem to catch up to Haku's speed in the prison of ice. How much longer can they survive this battle? As the battle continues with Sasuke and Naruto, Kakashi is forced to fight Zaibuza and it seems that Zaibuza has figured out the trick of the Sharingan. Can our team of ninjas survive this new assault? With the fight looking grim Sasuke finally develops his own Sharigan very similar to Kakashi's. Unfortunately this new talent is not enough to save him. As Naruto watches the apparent death of Sasuke the seal containing the immense power within him begins to break. Can Naruto control this new power, will Sasuke survive?

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The battle rages on with Sasuke lying dead and Naruto exploding with power the ice prison is shattered. Kakashi sensing the trouble with Naruto quickly summons dogs to trap Zaibuza. As he prepares to finish him off we learn more about the mysterious Haku's past. Does Naruto have the strength to kill Haku, and can Kakashi finally destroy Zaibuza? With a last death strike Kakashi plans to eliminate Zaibuza. But with his last ounce of energy Haku sacrfices himself to save Zaibuza. After the death of his student Zaibuza continues to attack Kakashi, but to no avail. Kakashi defeats Zaibuza, but is that the end of our ninjas problems? Zaibuza is defeated, but with his last bit of strength manages to fight his way through the mercenaries to kill their leader. With a little magic and help from the town the ninjas manage to scare away what is left of the mercenaries. With his last breath Zaibuza is brought back to his student Haku. Sasuke is alive and the ninja team bury Haku and Zaibuza. The teams' mission is fnally complete. Riding high off of their mighty victory in Country of the Wave our group of young ninjas discovers that they are put back to typical lower ninja tasks. They meet some very dangerous new ninjas who are in town for the Chuunin (Middle) ninja exam. Is our ninja group really ready for the middle ninja exam?

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We meet many new ninjas in this episode and discover that while Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura are very talented young ninjas they are far from being the best. Kakashi explains to them that they are to take the middle ninja exam, but can first can they pass the pre-test? LeeRock challeges Sasuke to a fight. As talented as Sasuke is he can not keep up with the extremely fast and powerful Lee. Even after using his Sharingan he still can not keep up. The fight is iterrupted by Lee's sensei Gai. If this is one of the ninjas they are facing in the middle ninja exam is our team really ready? We are introduced to many our of the new ninjas taking the middle exam. Lower ninjas come from all over the country to take this test. Many of them much more powerful than our group. They are introduced to the administrator of the first test. How many of these talented ninjas will pass the first exam of the middle ninja test? Our ninjas are all set to take their first test. Only to find out that it is a written test, and a written test that is nearly impossible to complete. Our ninjas must use all of their available skills to search out and determine the correct answers. Will our ninjas be able to pass this test, or will Naruto ruin the chance for his team to continue?

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With the time running out in the test, and Naruto failing to answer any questions he decides to stake the entire test on the last question. The instructor has some new rules for this last question, answer correctly and you will be ok, answer incorrectly and you will stay a lower ninja the rest of your days. Will Naruto answer the question, or forefeit for the entire group? Welcome to our review episode. If you missed the first season this one will get you up to speed. Before our ninjas can take the next part of the middle ninja exam they must complete an interview for the school paper. The next part of our exam begins. The mission survive the Death Forest, capture two scrolls, and make it to the center. With everyone out to get our 7th team, and danger around every corner how long will they be able to survive?  

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