Recaps

Kabuto Yakushi, Guren, Rinji, and Yukimaru attempted to suppress the Three-Tails, but Yukimaru collapsed after taking the pills and the beast broke free. Guren dived after Yukimaru as the Three-Tails turned its attack toward him.

• Kabuto Yakushi led the group by boat through the fog toward the sleeping Three-Tails and gave Yukimaru a bottle of pills.
• Guren tried to stop Yukimaru from taking the pills, and she attacked Rinji after he questioned her motives.
• Yukimaru swallowed the whole bottle, and Guren used Crystal Release techniques to try to restrain the awakened Three-Tails.
• Yukimaru collapsed into the water, and Guren plunged in to rescue him while the Three-Tails sent waves that wrecked the boat.
• The Three-Tails charged underwater toward Yukimaru as Kabuto Yakushi surfaced far from the wreckage.

Guren rescued Yukimaru from the Three-Tails and escaped with him, while Kakashi's team searched the coast for the beast. After three days of searching for Tobi, Uzumaki Hane finally spotted him and began following him.

• Guren shielded herself and Yukimaru in crystal as the Three-Tails struck, and a wave hurled them onto shore before the beast returned underwater.
• Guren woke beside Yukimaru, learned the Three-Tails had left, and departed with him before Kabuto Yakushi and Rinji arrived to search for them.
• Kakashi led Naruto, Sakura, and Sai to the devastated coast, then chose to search for the Three-Tails rather than follow traces left by Orochimaru's subordinates.
• Uzumaki Hane searched for Tobi for three days, then spotted him in the forest and quietly followed him.

Uzumaki Hane followed Tobi into a hidden underground base, where Tobi’s trail led him to Orochimaru. Hane attacked Orochimaru, and their fight continued as Orochimaru countered with snakes.

• Uzumaki Hane followed Tobi to a concealed entrance in a giant boulder and entered the underground passage after him.
• Uzumaki Hane killed a ninja guarding the passage and followed Tobi’s deliberately obvious trail through an empty stone hall.
• Uzumaki Hane entered a stone chamber and discovered Orochimaru waiting there.
• Uzumaki Hane attacked Orochimaru with Hell Hound, but Orochimaru dodged and escaped onto a stone pillar.
• Orochimaru sent a giant python to coil around Uzumaki Hane, but Hane turned to magma and burned it to ashes.
• Uzumaki Hane attacked Orochimaru again, and Orochimaru dodged and countered with Hidden Shadow Snake Hands.

Uzumaki Hane and Orochimaru fought through the collapsing stone chamber, with Hane repeatedly attacking using magma while Orochimaru relied on snakes and the Kusanagi Sword. Orochimaru escaped during the collapse after saying he would return once he had Sai’s body, leaving Hane searching for him amid the ruins.

• Orochimaru attacked with snakes, but Uzumaki Hane burned them with magma and struck Orochimaru with magma-based techniques.
• Orochimaru pierced Hane with the Kusanagi Sword, but Hane transformed into magma and healed after the sword was withdrawn.
• Hane unleashed Great Eruption, shattering the chamber’s pillars and triggering its collapse.
• Orochimaru said he would return after obtaining Sai’s body, while Hane dismissed his venomous snake trick.
• Hane smashed the boulder blocking Orochimaru, but Orochimaru had already disappeared.

Might Guy and his team reached the Three-Tails, but the beast swept them away with a massive wave as Guy charged to fight it. Meanwhile, Uzumaki Hane searched Orochimaru’s collapsing base and retraced a suspicious escape passage, while Sasuke confronted the weakened Orochimaru.

• Pakkun led Might Guy, Neji, Tenten, and Rock Lee through the fog to the Three-Tails.
• The Three-Tails sent a colossal wave crashing over Guy’s team, and Guy charged toward the beast as it attacked again.
• Uzumaki Hane broke through a hidden stone door and followed a long passage out of the base, then returned to search it for something unusual.
• Orochimaru reached a stone chamber and rested in a chair after his fight with Hane.
• Sasuke emerged from the shadows and faced Orochimaru with his hand on his sword.

Might Guy fought the Three-Tails while Sasuke confronted Orochimaru before Orochimaru could take his body. Sasuke revealed his strength and fought Orochimaru in his White Phosphorus Snake form, with the battle still underway.

• Might Guy opened the First Gate and repeatedly kicked the Three-Tails, whose attacks sent him flying.
• Sasuke entered Orochimaru's hideout and attacked him with a blade of Lightning Release Chakra.
• Sasuke broke Orochimaru's stone chair and pinned him with a Chakra blade, declaring that he would not become Orochimaru's vessel.
• Orochimaru shed his body and revealed his true form as the White Phosphorus Snake.
• Sasuke cut through Orochimaru's attacking snakes and transformed with wings on his back before resuming the fight.

Orochimaru remembered how Nawaki and Dan died in the Second Shinobi World War, which drove him to seek immortality, as he fought Sasuke and tried to claim his eyes. Meanwhile, Might Guy battled the Three-Tails, but its sound-wave attack sent him crashing into the sea.

• Orochimaru recalled seeing Nawaki and Dan die and how their deaths inspired his search for eternal youth and immortality.
• Sasuke dodged and cut through Orochimaru's White Phosphorus Snake attacks, taunting him as too weak to land a blow.
• Orochimaru continued attacking Sasuke and insisted that Sasuke and his eyes belonged to him.
• Might Guy opened the Second and Third Gates and repeatedly kicked the Three-Tails, driving it backward.
• Might Guy opened the Fourth Gate and charged again, but the Three-Tails struck him with a powerful sound wave and sent him into the sea.

Kakashi and his team found the Three-Tails, but its attack scattered them across the sea. Kakashi reunited with Might Guy, and the two joined forces to wound the beast as it glared at them from a distance.

• Kakashi struck the Three-Tails with Chidori, and Might Guy hurried to attack after seeing it fire a pillar of light at Kakashi’s clone.
• Kakashi told Might Guy that he, Naruto, Sakura, and Sai had found the Three-Tails half an hour earlier and that its wave and light attack had separated him from the others.
• Naruto, Sakura, Sai, and Kakashi had tried to approach the Three-Tails quietly, but it spotted them and sent a huge wave surging toward them.
• Naruto broke through the wave with Rasenshuriken, but the Three-Tails fired a pillar of light that scattered the team across the sea.
• Might Guy kicked the Three-Tails while Kakashi attacked with Chidori, and they wounded its forehead again before it retreated and glared at them.

Sasuke cut Orochimaru into pieces, but Orochimaru’s paralyzing poison left Sasuke vulnerable to his attempt to take over his body. Uzumaki Hane reached the chamber and found Sasuke standing over Orochimaru’s White Phosphorus Snake form, while Might Guy pursued the Three-Tails underwater.

• Orochimaru lunged at Sasuke, who cut his body into several pieces with his sword.
• Orochimaru revealed that the White Phosphorus Snake’s fluids had poisoned Sasuke and charged at him to seize his body.
• Kakashi protected Might Guy from the Three-Tails’ attack, and Might Guy used Morning Peacock to knock the beast into the sea.
• Might Guy dove underwater to pursue the sinking Three-Tails as Kakashi retreated toward shore.
• Uzumaki Hane crossed Orochimaru’s trapped escape passage, reached the stone chamber, and found Sasuke beside Orochimaru’s severed White Phosphorus Snake form.

Sasuke left Orochimaru’s hideout after killing him, rejecting any return to Konoha and declaring revenge his remaining bond. Meanwhile, Might Guy fought the Three-Tails underwater, and Kabuto Yakushi learned of Orochimaru’s death and let Sasuke go.

• Sasuke told Uzumaki Hane that he would not return to Konoha and left to pursue revenge against the man he sought.
• Uzumaki Hane chose not to follow Sasuke and went in search of Tobi instead.
• Might Guy discovered that the Three-Tails had feigned unconsciousness and attacked it with Morning Peacock before charging into battle again.
• Kabuto Yakushi returned to the hideout, found Orochimaru’s White Phosphorus Snake corpse, and rushed after Sasuke.
• Sasuke trapped Kabuto Yakushi in an illusion that showed Orochimaru’s death, then left while Kabuto trembled and did not stop him.
• Kabuto Yakushi returned to Orochimaru’s corpse and laughed sinisterly.

Kakashi joined Might Guy’s underwater battle against the Three-Tails and used his Mangekyō Sharingan to absorb its attacks. Tobi arrived to capture the beast while Might Guy continued attacking it.

• Kakashi dove into the sea to help Might Guy fight the Three-Tails.
• Tobi watched Kakashi leave, and White Zetsu reported that Uzumaki Hane was fighting Orochimaru at his base.
• Tobi declared that Kakashi no longer mattered to him and said he wanted to destroy the world before diving into the sea to capture the Three-Tails.
• Might Guy struck the Three-Tails repeatedly, but it hit him with a tail and fired a beam at him.
• Kakashi appeared before Might Guy and absorbed the beam with his Mangekyō Sharingan, then urged Might Guy to defeat the Three-Tails quickly.
• Kakashi absorbed another beam as Might Guy kicked the Three-Tails away, and their underwater fight continued.

Kakashi and Might Guy fought the Three-Tails, but Tobi intervened after Guy knocked the beast unconscious. The Three-Tails escaped while Tobi pursued it, and Kakashi regrouped with Naruto, Sakura, and Sai on shore as they set out to find Neji, Tenten, and Rock Lee.

• Kakashi shielded Might Guy from the Three-Tails' attack, and Guy opened the Seventh Gate and struck the beast with Daytime Tiger.
• After the Three-Tails fell unconscious, Tobi appeared and kicked the exhausted Might Guy away, leaving Kakashi to catch him.
• Tobi attacked Kakashi, but the Three-Tails suddenly fled; Tobi chose to pursue the beast instead of continuing the fight.
• Kakashi carried the unconscious Might Guy ashore and met Naruto, Sakura, and Sai, who had been searching for him.
• Kakashi told them that Neji, Tenten, and Rock Lee were missing, and they agreed to search for them.

Kakashi led the injured Might Guy and the others to regroup while Yamato’s team captured Rinji. Tobi left with the Three-Tails to seal it, Guren and Yukimaru departed, and Sasuke freed Suigetsu and set out to recruit Jūgo and Karin.

• Kakashi reassured Neji, Rock Lee, and Tenten that Might Guy would recover, then led the group to find Yamato and the others without explaining his worry about Tobi and the Three-Tails.
• Yamato’s team defeated Rinji’s bats, bound him with wood, and left a Wood Clone to guard and interrogate him before continuing their search.
• Tobi told White Zetsu that he had captured the Three-Tails and left with him to find a safe place to seal it, choosing not to confront Guren and Yukimaru.
• Yukimaru recognized the Three-Tails’ chakra with Tobi, but Guren declined to pursue him, and the two left together.
• Sasuke freed Suigetsu from a laboratory cylinder and told him they would recruit Jūgo and Karin next.
• Suigetsu briefly pointed at Sasuke’s temple, but backed down when Sasuke turned his Sharingan on him, then followed him out.

Uzumaki Hane returned to the coast to look for the Three-Tails, while Kakashi’s teams searched the forest for Tobi. Hane found no trace of the beast and unexpectedly reunited with Naruto and Sakura.

• Uzumaki Hane found a scroll in a hidden room in Orochimaru’s base and left to search for the Three-Tails.
• Might Guy woke up, and Kakashi continued searching with him despite his weakness.
• Kakashi’s group reunited with Yamato’s group, then split into pairs to search for Tobi and leave signals for backup.
• Uzumaki Hane returned to the coast but found only wreckage where the Three-Tails had been.
• Kakashi and Sai learned from a confidential report that Sasuke had killed Orochimaru, but decided to focus on finding the Three-Tails.
• Uzumaki Hane encountered Naruto and Sakura while searching along the coast.

Uzumaki Hane told Naruto and Sakura that Sasuke had killed Orochimaru but refused to return to Konoha, and the three resumed searching for Tobi. In Konoha, Tsunade and Jiraiya reflected on Orochimaru’s death before deciding to go for a drink together.

• Uzumaki Hane met Naruto and Sakura on the coast and learned that Tobi had captured the Three-Tails.
• Uzumaki Hane told Naruto and Sakura that he had found Orochimaru’s base, where Sasuke had killed Orochimaru.
• Uzumaki Hane said Sasuke did not intend to return, and Naruto vowed to bring him back while expressing relief that he was safe.
• Uzumaki Hane, Naruto, and Sakura set out together to search for Tobi and stop the Akatsuki from sealing the Three-Tails.
• Tsunade and Jiraiya discussed Orochimaru’s death in the Hokage’s office and agreed to go for a drink.

After failing to find Tobi, Uzumaki Hane returned to the village and joined Naruto in seeking help to bring Sasuke back. Tsunade then sent Hane to support Jiraiya, who had gone to investigate the Akatsuki's base in Amegakure.

• Uzumaki Hane and Naruto visited Tsunade, and Naruto explained that he was worried Sasuke had not returned despite Orochimaru's death.
• Naruto suggested targeting Uchiha Itachi to find Sasuke, while Tsunade and Kakashi discussed the difficulty of capturing Akatsuki members alive.
• Kakashi asked for time to prepare a search for Uchiha Itachi, and Tsunade agreed to leave the task to him.
• Tsunade told Uzumaki Hane that Jiraiya had gone to infiltrate the Akatsuki's base and asked Hane to support him.
• Uzumaki Hane agreed, and Tsunade revealed that the Akatsuki's base was in Amegakure.

Uzumaki Hane joined Jiraiya on the way to Amegakure, while Kakashi led a separate team to search for Uchiha Itachi. At Amegakure’s outskirts, Hane warned Jiraiya that the village’s rain might be used to detect intruders, but they decided to proceed cautiously.

• Uzumaki Hane left Tsunade and said goodbye to Yamano Koromo before setting out to support Jiraiya.
• Uzumaki Hane met Jiraiya at a tavern, and they traveled together toward Amegakure.
• Kakashi led Naruto, Sakura, Sai, Yamato, Hinata, Shino, and Kiba out of the village to search for Uchiha Itachi using Ninja Dogs.
• Jiraiya prepared to infiltrate Amegakure inside a summoned toad, but Uzumaki Hane warned that the rain could expose them to surveillance.
• Uzumaki Hane and Jiraiya decided to enter Amegakure carefully despite the risk of facing a powerful opponent.

Naruto and Hinata encountered Kabuto Yakushi, who gave Naruto Orochimaru’s Akatsuki intelligence and escaped after revealing his plan to merge with Orochimaru and confront Sasuke. Meanwhile, Jiraiya and Uzumaki Hane infiltrated Amegakure, where they suspected their presence had already been noticed.

• Naruto, Hinata, Yamato, and Shino confronted Kabuto Yakushi as he followed Naruto and Hinata through the forest.
• Kabuto gave Naruto a booklet of Orochimaru’s intelligence on the Akatsuki and confirmed that Sasuke had killed Orochimaru.
• Kabuto revealed his Orochimaru-merged body, escaped Yamato’s wood technique, and said he would deal with Sasuke before meeting Naruto again.
• Yamato and Shino continued searching for signs of Uchiha Itachi, while Naruto and Hinata resumed their search for Sasuke.
• Jiraiya and Uzumaki Hane emerged from a frog in Amegakure and entered the village after noticing that the rain had stopped.
• Jiraiya suggested that he and Uzumaki Hane split up to gather intelligence faster.

Uzumaki Hane and Jiraiya infiltrated Amegakure and captured two patrol ninja to question them about Pain. After learning that Pain had killed Hanzō, Jiraiya sent Hane back to Konoha and went to find Pain, where Konan confronted him.

• Jiraiya persuaded Uzumaki Hane to split up and went into a shop, while Hane secretly followed him.
• Jiraiya summoned a toad that transformed into a sake shop, and he and Hane used it to trap two Amegakure ninja.
• Jiraiya questioned the captives about their leader, then learned that Pain had killed Hanzō but gained no information about Pain's abilities.
• Jiraiya ordered the toad to send Hane back to Konoha and continued on alone to seek Pain.
• Konan appeared in front of Jiraiya after he sensed someone nearby.

Jiraiya confronted Konan and Pain in Amegakure, discovered that Nagato was Pain, and summoned Toad Ken as the battle escalated. Elsewhere, Uzumaki Hane attacked Konan as she fled, while Sasuke sensed Orochimaru and rushed into the forest alone.

• Jiraiya recognized Konan, fought her paper attacks, and questioned her about Nagato and Yahiko.
• Pain appeared, revealed that Yahiko had died long ago, and broke free of Jiraiya’s hair before summoning giant creatures to attack him.
• Jiraiya summoned Toad Ken and began absorbing Natural Energy, while the three-headed dog split into three creatures.
• Uzumaki Hane escaped the toad’s belly, struck Konan from behind, and burned away her paper wings before she re-formed them and attacked him.
• Sasuke sensed Orochimaru nearby and rushed into the trees, leaving Karin, Jūgo, and Suigetsu behind.

Sasuke confronted Naruto, Yamato, Shino, and Hinata after sensing Orochimaru’s presence, and refused Naruto’s plea to return to Konoha. The battle escalated until Sasuke’s wire-guided shuriken struck Gamakichi, leaving Naruto alarmed.

• Sasuke arrived and demanded to know where Orochimaru was, while Yamato explained that Kabuto had fused with Orochimaru’s power.
• Naruto urged Sasuke to come back, but Sasuke drew his sword and challenged him, prompting Yamato, Shino, Hinata, and Naruto to attack.
• Sasuke countered their techniques, escaped Yamato’s wooden cage, and traded blows with Naruto without either gaining the upper hand.
• Sasuke used fire techniques against Yamato, Shino, and Hinata while Naruto summoned Gamakichi and Gamatatsu and launched a water cannon at him.
• Sasuke avoided the water cannon and redirected his wire-guided shuriken toward Naruto and the toads; Gamakichi shoved Gamatatsu clear but was struck and began bleeding.

Uzumaki Hane and Jiraiya fought Pain’s summoned creatures and Konan atop the building. Hane burned three of the giant dogs but was pinned down by the survivors and Konan, while Jiraiya and Toad Ken faced the bull and the invisible chameleon.

• Toad Ken battled the splitting giant dogs along the wall and reached the rooftop, where Uzumaki Hane was fighting Konan.
• Hane burned Konan’s paper attacks and wounded her, but dodged the giant chameleon’s tongue and a giant bird before Gamaken crushed the bird.
• Jiraiya joined Hane, and Pain surrounded them with Konan, the giant chameleon, and five giant dogs.
• Hane used Great Eruption to engulf the five dogs, burning three while two continued attacking him alongside Konan.
• A giant bull and the chameleon’s tongue knocked Toad Ken from the rooftop, while Hane struggled to fend off the remaining dogs and Konan’s paper attacks.

Naruto, Yamato, and Shino cornered Sasuke with clones, wood strips, and insects, but Sasuke broke free by awakening his Cursed Seal wings. Elsewhere, Toad Ken defeated Pain’s giant chameleon, and Jiraiya entered Sage Mode before discovering that Pain had summoned two more Rinnegan-wielders.

• Gamakichi shoved Gamatatsu out of the giant Shuriken’s path and was wounded, while Yamato restrained the Shuriken with wood strips.
• Naruto sent his Shadow Clones after Sasuke as Shino’s insects and Yamato’s wood strips pressured him, but Sasuke used fire and lightning attacks to destroy many of them.
• Naruto’s Shadow Clones trapped Sasuke with Yamato’s wood strips, but Sasuke’s Cursed Seal spread and his wings burst out, breaking his restraints.
• Toad Ken pulled Pain’s invisible giant chameleon down with him, made it visible, and defeated it before collapsing.
• Pain summoned two more people with Rinnegan eyes as Jiraiya entered Sage Mode with the two great sages of Mount Myōboku; Jiraiya realized there were three Rinnegan-wielders, and one charged at him.

Jiraiya fought Pain’s summoned Paths and discovered that the Preta Path could absorb his attacks, while Uzumaki Hane battled Konan and the giant animal summons above them. After Hane fell into the battlefield, he and Jiraiya faced the three Pains together as the fight was about to escalate.

• Pain summoned two more Rinnegan-wielding figures, and Jiraiya struck the Human Path before testing the Preta Path’s ability to absorb his flames.
• Uzumaki Hane fought Konan and the giant bull and dogs, destroying the summons with magma attacks and collapsing the building beneath him.
• Jiraiya attacked the Preta Path with an Ultra-Big Ball Rasengan, but it absorbed the technique, and the Human Path blocked Jiraiya’s counterattack.
• Magma poured down from above as Uzumaki Hane fell into the battlefield, and Jiraiya landed beside him.
• The Animal Path addressed Uzumaki Hane, and Hane and Jiraiya prepared to fight the three Pains side by side.

Uzumaki Hane and Jiraiya fought the Paths of Pain while Naruto's team battled Sasuke. The fights continued with Yamato wounded and Naruto preparing a Rasengan as he charged Sasuke.

• Uzumaki Hane warned Jiraiya that the Pains shared their vision, then attacked Human Path while Jiraiya targeted Animal Path.
• Uzumaki Hane caught the giant bear's paw, burned its face with lava, and defeated it with a lava hound.
• Jiraiya used Fukasaku's oil and his hair to bind Preta Path, then struck Animal Path with a Rasengan.
• Sasuke activated his Cursed Seal and destroyed Naruto's Shadow Clones before knocking Naruto into a tree.
• Sasuke evaded Yamato's Wood Release and stabbed him in the shoulder with his sword.
• Naruto charged Sasuke with four Shadow Clones, while two clones attacked and the others formed a Rasengan.