The Sealing Team prepared to start sealing the Three-Tails and tell Sai to take Y?kimaru somewhere safe, but he gets attacked by Kabuto’s men. Kabuto meanwhile prepares his plans while Lee, Tenten, and Kiba are also attacked. Rinji finds his men and converts them back to his side, ordering them to attack the Sealing Team; they’re stopped by Kakashi, Yamato and Shino. Rinji then makes Y?kimaru eat the pills to control the Three-Tails, which Naruto and Guren learn about Watch Naruto Episode »

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uren tries to attack Naruto within the Three-Tails, but, in her weakened state, is unable to do so and passes out. Meanwhile, Kakashi tells Sakura and Ino to heal Y?kimaru while he, Shizune, Kiba, Sai, and Hinata search for Naruto. Naruto and Guren soon encounter a horde of mini Three-Tails that try to attack them, but they evade them and begin to argue about Y?kimaru. While Y?kimaru awakens, Naruto summons a bunch of Shadow Clones to look for a way out of the beast’s stomach. Elsewhere, Kabuto gives Curse Marks to Rinji’s men. Watch Naruto Episode »

Yukimaru falters and the Three-Tails injures Guren. Rinji tells Yukimaru to suppress the beast to save her, but he is unable to do so. Guren leaves her position and protects Y?kimaru with a Crystal Style shield. Naruto goes out to find Y?kimaru, but ends up fighting the Three-Tails with Guren. Despite their efforts to defeat it, the beast overpowers the two of them, and then it proceeds to swallow them. Meanwhile, Kakashi, Shino and Sai find Y?kimaru unconcious and flee with him, leaving Kabuto frustrated. Watch Naruto Episode »

Guren heads back to the lake with Yukimaru and Kabuto to stop the sealing. With Rinji’s help, she manages to disrupt the jutsu, and the beast begins attacking the ninja on the lake. As the beast tries to attack Guren, Yukimaru uses his power to make it stop, and Orochimaru’s plan is revealed to have been to manipulate Yukimaru to love Guren and willingly use his power for her. Tobi arrives at the lake and, noticing the beast, goes to bring Deidara to it. Watch Naruto Episode »

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The teams set off. Naruto introduces Sai and Shino to eachother. The medical ninja and Hinata prepare a sealing jutsu to seal the Three-Tailed Beast. Kakashi’s Fighting team is suddenly attacked by Gozu and Guren while the Guarding team’s fight is started as well. Lee, Tenten and Kiba finish off Rinji’s subordinates with ease. Meanwhile Naruto angers Guren saying it’s his fault Y?kimaru went over to ‘her side’ and that he won’t allow her using him as a tool. The Fighting team continues their fight. Tobi decides to go seek the Three-Tails on his own as he had angered Deidara earlier. He discovers the medical ninja trying to seal the Three-Tails at the lake. Shino’s bugs defeat Guren, but Kakashi is stopped from killing her by Gozu, whom he then kills. The Guarding team stops Rinji from interfering with the medical ninja as Guren remembers she is the one who killed Y?kimaru’s mother. Kabuto admits
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Naruto runs into Guren while trying to find Y?kimaru. Yamato and Kakashi find Naruto and bring him back to the group. Kabuto tells Guren that Y?kimaru is only a tool to control the Three-Tails, which upsets Guren. Meanwhile, Shizune, Ino, Tenten and Lee meet up with the team and tell them that their new mission is to rescue Y?kimaru and capture the Three-Tails before Orochimaru’s group can capture it. Watch Naruto Episode »

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, Y?kimaru suffers another fever and passes out. Tsunade hears of the Three-Tails and assmbles 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 heads off to find Y?kimaru. Watch Naruto Episode »

Yukimaru summons the Three-Tailed and immobilizes it while Guren tries to capture it. 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 approach the Three-Tails, where they see Y?kimaru and learn of his allegiance to Guren. Trying to save Guren, Y?kimaru tries to suppress the Three-Tails once more, before managing to escape with her. Watch Naruto Episode »