Thanks to Naruto's ingenious plan, Kakashi is freed from the water prison.
Welcome to the Hidden Leaf Village, where ninja roam the land and the mischievous Naruto Uzumaki causes trouble everywhere he goes.
Naruto finally graduates from the Ninja Academy and claims to know it all.
On the way to becoming a ninja, Naruto must team up with his classmates, the pretty Sakura and the pretty serious Sasuke...
Now that Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura are a team, they meet with their sensei, the enigmatic and aloof Kakashi.
With the threat of failure hanging over their heads, Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura try everything they know to pass the grueling survival test.
Naruto and his squad start their first ninja missions with boring and menial tasks. Weary and angry, Naruto vents his frustration at the Hokage.
Naruto and his squad arrive in the Land of the Waves and learn that an evil businessman named Gato has taken over the land.
Kakashi has the upper hand in his battle with Zabuza. But the tide turns when Kakashi is trapped inside Zabuza's Water Prison!
Recuperating at Tazuna's house, Kakashi is dissatisfied with the outcome of the battle.
Sakura goes into town with Tazuna and sees the hardships that the people of the Land of Waves suffer under Gato's rule.
While Naruto concentrates on the training to control his chakra, a mysterious person suddenly appears before him.
Once again, the time has come to fight Zabuza, and this time he's got company—the tracking ninja who supposedly killed him.
Sasuke finds himself in a pinch inside of Haku's Crystal Ice Mirrors, but Naruto comes to the rescue.
Realizing time is of the essence, Kakashi decides to use the Sharingan once again to defeat Zabuza.
Naruto and Sasuke continue to receive punishing attacks from within Haku's Crystal Ice Mirrors.
Naruto finally explodes! His anger against Haku, who defeated Sasuke, unleashes the power of the Nine-Tailed Fox.
Naruto strongly questions Haku's philosophy of existing only to fight and win. Meanwhile, the battle between Kakashi and Zabuza approaches its climax.
Thinking of Haku, Naruto angrily confronts Zabuza, but he learns that cruel reality is the fate of a ninja.
Naruto and his team return to the Village Hidden in the Leaves after their battle in Land of Waves.
Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura are among those chosen to take the Chunin (middle rank ninja) Qualification Exam.
As Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura prepare for the exam, a ninja named Rock Lee appears and challenges Sasuke to a duel.
As Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura prepare for the exam, a ninja named Rock Lee appears and challenges Sasuke to a duel. Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura officially register for the Chunin Exam.
Naruto and his team begin the written test. The proctor is a jonin (upper rank ninja) named Ibiki Morino, who is an infamous expert in interrogation.
Ibiki declares what seems like a harsh and unreasonable rule for the hardest part of the first exam...
Konohamaru, the grandson of the Leaf Village's Third Hokage, shows up at the Chunin Exam site.
Naruto and his fellow participants arrive at the Forest of Death, the site of the second part of the Chunin Exam.
