After seeing Shikamaru and Choji in action, Lee attempts to strengthen his friendship with Neji. Later, the Leaf ninja are scheduled to take an IQ test, but on the way to the exam, Lee's team discovers Guy Sensei collapsed on the ground!
Neji's cousin Hinata is trying to get some training in, but it's not easy with Lee constantly getting in the way. Later, Lee and several others don a familiar orange outfit.
Lee's team is pulling bodyguard duty for the Fifth Hokage Tsunade while she's off on a gambling binge. Later, Orochimaru summons Manda to swallow Tsunade, Naruto, and even Guy-sensei whole!
Lee and his team are on guard duty at the front gate, but they'll have to be extra vigilant. Later, Lee is flummoxed by Guy-sensei's new "Smooth Operator Fist."
The Hidden Leaf Village is holding a sports meet! Lee is called to read the Athlete's Pledge of Fair Play, but screws up in front of the entire stadium.
Konohamaru usually practices ninjutsu with Naruto. But now he's sought out Rock Lee to learn better hand-to-hand combat skills. Later, Lee and the others are ordered to undergo a routine physical exam.
Lee's beloved Guy Sensei is arrested for lewd behavior! Lee promises to clear his master's name. Later, Kakashi Sensei's secret move defeats Guy, and Lee decides to follow Kakashi and become as powerful as he is.
Lee's teammate Neji Hyuga is a talented ninja referred to by many as a genius. He is so talented that he took out an enemy boss from the Hidden Grass Village in one strike!
Rock Lee has a crush on Sakura Haruno. He mounts numerous "love offenses" his target, but Sakura manages to easily brush them off.
One day, Rock Lee, the hardest working ninja in the village, rescues a young girl. Later, Rock Lee is on a mission to get a special cake from a bakery where only limited quantities are made daily. Suddenly, Naruto appears with the same goal.
Gaara transforms into Shukaku the Sand Spirit but uses his own power to suppress Shukaku and manage an impressive win. Naruto leaves on a training journey with Jiraiya, who has finally returned.
Gaara and Naruto corner Hoko, the last of the Four Celestials, in a gully. They find out that their goal is to steal the Sand Spirit Shukaku's chakra in order to gain the power to challenge the Five Great Nations.
The assailants are membes of the Kurama Clan of Hidden Leaf Village. Naruto and company rush to the villa to protect Yakumo.
Naruto has a dream about Yakumo wishing to become a ninja and Kurenai threatens to seal her power.
Naruto encounters a young girl named Yakumo drawing a strange picture. The ANBU Black Ops and the Medical Corps arrive and whisk her away.
Naruto, Uzumaki, and Sakura take the microphones as hosts and then the program begins.
Naruto confronts Genno, and Shikamaru realizes that all the traps are all diversions. Genno's intention was to bury the village in a rockslide. Can the 11 ninja save the village from destruction?
Naruto and the others are shocked at the number of paper bombs placed throughout the village. While removing the seals, unexpected help arrives in the way of Homura and Koharu.
While looking for the scattered blueprints, Naruto and his team realize that Genno's actions is a diversion.
ANBU Black Ops puts Naruto under retro-hypnosis to extract Genno's motives. Without much success, Hidden Waterfall Village will be conducting maneuvers close to the village borders.