Lee decides to use the forbidden move, Hidden Lotus, as a last resort.
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!
Thanks to Naruto's ingenious plan, Kakashi is freed from the 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.
The second exam starts in the Forest of Death. Sasuke notices that an enemy has disguised himself as Naruto.
The Grass ninja that attacks Sasuke and Sakura has more power than the two can handle.
Seeing Naruto furiously fight back against the Grass ninja, Sasuke realizes that he was wrong to think about fleeing the scene of a battle.
After receiving the report from her staff, Anko senses that Orochimaru has snuck into the examination.
Protecting Sakura, who can no longer move, Lee battles the three Sound ninja himself.
While Sakura fends off the Sound ninja attack by herself, the rival Ino team appears!
The Sound ninja depart after witnessing Sasuke's intense power. Naruto's team finally gets a moment of peace to recuperate.
To heal their wounds, Naruto and his team take a much-needed rest after their battle against the Sound ninja.
Naruto's team joins Kabuto on their journey to the tower...
When Naruto and his team open the two scrolls after reaching the tower, Iruka suddenly appears.
The 21 ninjas that passed the second exam assemble for their next challenge.
The preliminaries of the third exam consist of one-on-one combat, and the first match is between Sasuke and Orochimaru's minion Yoroi.
As Kakashi safely releases Sasuke from the spell, Orochimaru suddenly shows up.
The preliminaries continue as the next match pits Sand ninja Gaara's teammate Kankuro against Orochimaru's minion Misumi.
The fourth match is between Sakura and Ino, who are childhood friends and competitors for the affection of Sasuke.
Tenten and Temari face off in the fifth match. The sixth match is Shikamaru versus Kin.
In the seventh match, Naruto clashes against Kiba, who brings along his dog Akamaru.
By consuming Food Pills, Kiba and Akamaru increase their chakra levels and start their counterattack on Naruto.
Cousins Hinata and Neji of the Hyuga clan confront each other in the eighth match.
Neji stops Hinata's flow of chakra, but Hinata finds courage by remembering Naruto's resilience in the face of adversity.
Gaara finally appears in the ninth match, and his opponent is taijutsu (physical technique) specialist Lee.
Lee uses the banned technique Primary Lotus to attack Gaara.
In the final match of the preliminaries, Choji fights against Orochimaru's minion Dosu.
In preparation for the third exam that starts in a month, Naruto's former mentor, Kakashi, chooses Ebisu to train the young ninja.
Jiraiya, one of the legendary Three Ninja, suddenly appears before Ebisu and Naruto.
The Sound Ninja Dosu appears before Gaara and intends on defeating Gaara.
Naruto continues training under Jiraiya to master the "Summoning Jutsu," but he has a hard time controlling the Chakra of the Nine-Tailed Fox...
