It's a sweltering summer night, but Guy Sensei wants Lee and the boys to cool themselves off without any air conditioning. Later, Lee and Konohamaru set out to solve one of the Seven Mysteries of the Leaf, The Tears of The Great Stone Faces
Gaara, the Kazekage of the Hidden Sand Village, is coming to visit the Leaf Village. Later, an impostor of Rock Lee appears and starts causing trouble in the village. Lee's team attempts to catch him using a cross-dressing Neji as bait.
Teams Guy and Kakashi head to the beach. Lee wants to scope out Sakura's "amazing" new bathing suit, but Guy Sensei makes him train instead. Later, Lee wants to have fun by splitting watermelons.
The Leaf Village is holding a fireworks show, which includes a contest to see which ninja can make the biggest boom! Later, Tenten starts acting strange after the fireworks show.
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.
While Gaara alone seems to be gaining ground on his opponents, he is actually slowly being drawn into a trap. Gaara is caught in their secret jutsu, the Reverse Scale Position, and his sand is completely sealed.
Shino, Hinata, and Neji search out the enemy while Shikamaru waits for the right moment to attack. The true intentions of the Four Celestials is to capture Gaara.
Tsunade assigns Shikamaru a mission which is to solve the kidnapping case of the Sand Village ninja candidate Matsuri carried out by the Four Celestials. Leaf genin is called together once again.
While in battle, Naruto finds out that Menma is a member of the gang of bandits that attacked their village. Being called a traitor by the leader of the gang, Menma reveals his greatest secret.
Tsunade believes that Menma has some connection to the Hidden Sound Village, and Naruto and the others head to the Land of Rice Paddies to check into Menma's Memories.
Naruto comes upon an injured youth who has lost his memory. Tsunade is cautious about the boy's presence, but Naruto is impressed by the boys kindness and insists on allowing the boy to stay.
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.