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Now preparing for the finals of the Chunin Selection Exams, Naruto studies with naughty new mentor Jiraiya and struggles to harness the power of the nine-tailed fox chakra locked within him. Meanwhile, other ninja villages are forming a secret alliances against Konohagakure…
10~A Splendid Ninja
Chapters: 82-90
In the Village of Konohagakure, ninja reign supreme, and school is literally a battlefield. Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura are teenage classmates and ninja-in-training working together (sort of) towards a common goal: to become the greatest ninja in all the land!
With only a few matches left to be fought in the preliminaries to the third portion of the Chunin Selection Exams, the highly anticipated bout between mysterious Sand ninja Garra and intense, earnest Konoha ninja Rock Lee begins. Will Garra's bloodlust and his strange powers of sand manipulation be too much for Lee to handle? Or could Lee prove that dedication and an amazing work ethic are enough to make him a splendid ninja?
9~Turning the Tables
Chapters: 73-81
In the Village of Konohagakure, ninja reign supreme, and school is literally a battlefield. Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura are teenage classmates and ninja-in-training working together (sort of) towards a common goal: to become the greatest ninja in all the land!
Still in the thick of the Chunin Selection Exams, the student ninja unleash their signature techniques as they spar in a series of one-on-one elimination matches. The heated battles bring out a new side in many of opponents as they fight to advance to the third stage of the test and, in some cases, struggle to survive! Naruto looses an explosive new move on his foe… but will it be enough to win? And when Hyuga clan members, Neji and Hinata, are pitted against one another, will old family grudges make their duel even more vicious then the others?
8~Life-and-Death Battles
Chapters:64-72
In the Village of Konohagakure, ninja reign supreme, and school is literally a battlefield. Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura are teenage classmates and ninja-in-training working together (sort of) towards a common goal: to become the greatest ninja in all the land!
As the preliminaries to the third phase of the Chunin Selection Exams begins, the student ninja face off against each other in no-holds-barred, one-on-one bouts. Deaf to Sakura's pleas to withdraw from the contest and despite the crippling effects of the curse placed on him by the nefarious Orochimaru, Sasuke enters the first match against one of the vicious Sound Ninja spies. But with his signature fighting techniques suddenly off-limits, how can Sasuke possibly prevail? And even if he manages to survive the violent brawl, Orochimaru's curse is threatening to change Sasuke forever!
7~Orochimaru's Curse
Chapters: 55-63
In the Village of Konohagakure, ninja reign supreme, and school is literally a battlefield. Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura are teenage classmates and ninja-in-training working together (sort of) towards a common goal: to become the greatest ninja in all the land!
Deep within the Forest of Death-the site of the second stage of the Chunin Selection Exams-Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura are still reeling from Orochimaru's attack… and now they must battle this unrelenting monster's minions, the mysterious Sound Ninja. As the fight rages on, Sasuke struggles with the strange force growing inside of him-spreading like an infection from the curse-mark Orochimaru burned into his neck-that could leave him dead…or send him on a bloodthirsty quest for power. And tie is running out for the student ninja to collect the scrolls they need to pass the test!
6~The Forest of Death
Chapters: 46-54
Though Naruto's pluck and a healthy dose of luck, Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura passed the written portion of their Journeyman Ninja Selection Exams…but that was only the beginning. They're now in the thick of the exam's second portion, held in the aptly named Forest of Death, and instructor Mitarashi Anko has promised to cut the number of advancing teams by half! Each team is turned against the others, using stealth and cunning to purloin the scrolls they need to pass the test while trying to survive the forest's many perils. And if that’s not enough, there's a mysterious imposter among the students who has it in for Sasuke!
5~Exam Hell
Chapters: 37-45
In the course of their training, student ninja Naruto, Sakura, and Sasuke have fought deadly assassins, learned incredible feats of magic and martial arts, and danced along the brink of death. Now they're facing the most terrifying challenge of all: exams!
The Three ninja-in-training have signed up for the journeyman Ninja Selection Exams, which they must pass if they ever want to advance to the rank of full-fledged shinobi. They learn too late how grueling the exams are… and how dangerous. If the test of skill, stealth, and battle prowess don't kill them, their fellow junior ninja will. And, since the three pass or fail as a group, they're only as strong as their weakest link… Naruto!
4~The New Opponents
Chapters: 28-36
There comes a time in every ninja's training when he must put aside his morals and face the truth: ninjas are tools for killing. For Naruto, seeing Sasuke dead, that time is now. Rage awakens the nine-tailed fox spirit within Naruto, giving him the strength to overcome Haku-but can he bring himself to finish the job? As the battle for the Land of the Waves comes to a tragic ending, our heroes return to the village of Konohagakure in time for the chunin (journeyman ninja) exams. But junior ninjas from around the world have gathered to take the exam, bringing their own strange ninjutsu and mysterious goals…
3~Bridge of Courage
Chapters: 18-27
Zabuza, the ninja assassin, was stopped from his first try at killing Tazuna the bridge builder-but Zabuza still lives! While the ninjas recover from their injuries, Kakashi puts Naruto, Sasuke, an dSakura on a strict training regimen to protest Tazuna's family-including Tazuna's embittered grandson Inari-and prepare for Zabuza's next attack. But next time won't be as easy, because joining Zabuza is his deadly apprentice, Haku. And as the bridge comes closer to completion, our hero must be willing to die-or kill-to protect the ones they love…
2~The Worst Client
Chapters: 8-17
Naruto, Sasuke and Sakura have passed the final test to become junior ninja – but now the real challenge begins. Tired of menial tasks, the young ninja ask for a tougher assignment, and finds them selves-together with their teacher, Kakashi-body guarding a cranky old man from the Land of the Waves. But Tazuna the bridge builder is in more danger than anyone realizes: he's the target of elite ninja assassins, including Zabuza, "the demon," and our heroes are about to face a trial by fire…
1~The Test of the Ninja
Chapters: 1-7
In another world, ninja are the ultimate power-and in the village of Konohagakure live the stealthiest ninja in the world. But twelve years ago Konohagakure was attacked by a fearsome threat - a nine-tailed fox demon which claimed the life of the Hokage, the village champion. Today, peace has returned, and a troublemaking orphan named Naruto is struggling to graduate from the Ninja Academy. His goal: to become the next Hokage. But unknown to Naruto or his classmates, within him is a terrifying force…