Masashi Kishimoto

Naruto, Sakura, and Sasuke have signed up for the Journeyman Ninja Selection Exams, which they must pass as a group; if the tests of skill, stealth, and battle prowess don't kill them, the other junior ninja just might. "They've danced along the brink of death during training, but Naruto and friends now face their most terrifying challenge: exams! The ninja-in-training have signed up for the Chûnin Exams, which they must pass to advance to the rank...

A new ninja causes trouble among the ranks of Team Kakashi when they return from the battle against Sasori.

With Kakashi and Guy backing him up, Naruto appears to have the upper hand against the mysterious Tobi, but Tobi then suddenly uses pieces of the Eight and Nine-Tailed beasts to bring the enormous Gedo statue to life to use as a devastating weapon.

Naruto and his father have to team up in order to defeat Obito, who has gained the powers of the great Sage of Six Paths and become the Ten Tails jinchuriki.

"Deep within the Forest of Death, Naruto, Sasuke and Sakura are still reeling from Orochimaru's attack...and now they must battle his minions, the mysterious Sound Ninja. And as Sasuke struggles with the strange force growing inside him, spreading like an infection from the curse-mark Orochimaru burned into his neck, time is running out for the student ninja to collect the scrolls they need to pass the Chûnin Exams!" -- Publisher's description

Naruto's sensei Kakashi believes that the diablolical Zabuza survived their last battle. Now, in anticipation of their enemy's return, Kakashi puts Naruto, Sasuke and Sakura through rigorous training programs to increase their focus and control. This time, the job of protecting the old bridge builder Tazuna and his family will be a hundred times more difficult!

In the village of Konohagakure, school is literally a battlefield where classmates are ninjas in training competing to become the greatest ninja in the land.

In the village of Konohagakure, school is literally a battlefield where classmates are ninjas in training competing to become the greatest ninja in the land.

Naruto finally finds Sasuke! But Sasuke won't return to Konoha without a fight. This time it might take all of Team Kakashi to bring him down - and bring him back.

In the village of Konohagakure, school is literally a battlefield where classmates are ninjas in training competing to become the greatest ninja in the land.