Naruto: Shippuden

Two and a half years after undertaking Jiraiya's training, Naruto returns to Hidden Leaf Village and catches up with Sakura and Konohamaru, who demonstrate their new abilities.

Jiraiya has completed his new novel; Jiraiya has news that the Akatsuki is on the move; Naruto and Sakura team up and challenge Kakashi to a survival challenge.

Naruto's and Sakura's combined skills force Kakashi to use his Sharingan.

Gaara detects Deidara's presence, and an aerial battle ensues.

Naruto and Sakura defeat Kakashi in the survival challenge; Tsunade assigns them to a three-man squad led by Kakashi; Gaara and Deidara continue their fierce battle.

To protect his village from Deidara's explosive clay, Gaara uses his chakra to create a giant sand shield. The village is saved, but Gaara is left vulnerable to attack.

Gaara is whisked away by Deidara and Kankuro sets out in pursuit.

Temari encounters Kakashi and his team; Kakashi admonishes Naruto; Naruto understands Gaara's suffering.

Word of the Akatsuki's kidnapping of the Kazekage reaches the Hidden Leaf Village.

The Sand ninja fight against time to treat Kankuro, even Granny Chiyo is baffled. The only hope lies with the reinforcements sent by Tsunade. But Naruto, Sakura and Kakashi are delayed by a sandstorm.

Sakura treats Kankuro and amazes everyone with her sure, steady hands.

Pakkun finds the hideout of the Akatsuki; team Kakashi and Temari prepare to set out to get Gaara back, when Temari is ordered to stay behind and help guard the village. Granny Chiyo volunteers to take Temari's place.

Team Kakashi encounters Itachi Uchiha; Kakashi warns everyone not to look into Itachi's Sharingan eyes; Kakashi prepares to battle Itachi alone and tells Naruto to cover him from the back.

Guy regrets his blunder as his three students are imprisoned by the Water Prison. Determined to stop Kisame, Guy challenges him using the nunchaku, his favorite weapon. It's super taijutsu versus super-human strength.

Granny Chiyo and Sakura rescue Naruto; Kakashi begins a counterattack.

Kisame and Itachi turn out to be doppelgangers; Chiyo and Kakashi realize that the attack was a diversion.

Teams Kakashi and Guy rest and Granny Chiyo is reminded of Sasori as a child.

Team Kakashi and Team Guy work together to take down the seal around the Akatsuki hideout.

Breaking the five-seal barrier sets off a trap causing Team Guy to battle amazingly accurate copies of themselves. Back at the Akatsuki hideout, Deidara and Sasori struggle to take the Nine-Tail Jinchuriki.

The showdown between the old woman and her grandson begins. Sakura is confused by Sasori's strange appearance, and Granny Chiyo explains that this is Hiruko, the body that Sasori uses for self-defense.

Granny Chiyo and Sakura manage expose Sasori, who looks no older than he did twenty years earlier.

Sakura is surrounded by a poison cloud and uses a Paper Bomb to blow herself free from the fumes.

One great advantage of the puppets created from humans is that one can take over the jutsu the human used while alive. The puppet of the Third Kazekage has the special ability to convert chakra into magnetic power.

Sakura's defense causes a cave-in in the lair; Sasori tries to kill the apparently helpless Sakura with the Third Kazekage puppet.

Sakura reveals that she brought an antidote to the poison; Deidara tries to split up Naruto and Kakashi.

Sakura and Chiyo continue to battle Sasori using a number of puppets; Sakura intervenes when Chiyo is being attacked from behind.

Chiyo injects Sakura with the final antidote; Sasori tells Sakura about meeting one of his spies; Kakashi and Naruto pursue Deidara.

Team Guy aids Sakura and Granny Chiyo.

Sakura rushes to get to Naruto with Granny Chiyo, who has been poisoned; members of Team Guy rush to assist Team Kakashi.

Naruto loses all reason and is taken over by the Nine-Tailed Fox Spirit.

Granny Chiyo performs the Reanimation Jutsu on Gaara and passes on wisdom to the young ninja.

Gaara and his rescuers return to the Hidden Sand Village.