The retired old lady’s determination
Team Kakashi heads out to Akatsuki’s hideout along with Chiyo. On the way, Chiyo tells them about the Tailed Beasts. Meanwhile Pakkun heads out to Team Guy and informs them that they are quite close to the Akatsuki hideout. The Akatsuki send out Kisame and Itachi to stop Team Guy and Team Kakashi respectively.
Episode 10: Sealing Jutsu: Illusionary Dragon Nine Seal
Naruto Shippuden 8: Team Kakashi deployed
Kankuro’s attacks are all nullified by Sasori’s scorpion-like tail. He eventually pierces Kankuro with his tail, inflicting him with a slow poison. Kankuro is puzzled at how easily Sasori counters his fighting style. Sasori reveals that he himself used to be from Sunagakure and that Kankuro’s puppets are his own creations. In response to the Akatsuki assault, Sunagakure sends a distress call to Konoha.
Naruto Shippuden 9: The JinchÅ«riki’s tears
Kankuro is brought back to the village but he is feeling the effects of Sasori’s deadly poison. The village’s medics are helpless arriving at a cure. Baki decides to seek help from the village’s elders, Chiyo and Ebizo. Meanwhile, Konoha receives the emergency message from Sunagakure. Tsunade chooses to send Kakashi, Naruto and Sakura to respond to the Sand’s need. Along the way, Sakura learns for the first time that Naruto’s body contains the demon fox.
Naruto Shippuden Episode 6: Quota Cleared
Deidara is determined to capture the Kazekage. Unfazed by the loss of his arm, he unleashes a massive clay bomb onto the village. Gaara is able to deflect the bomb by using his sand to create an enormous shield over the village. However, this leaves him open to a sudden attack, and he inadvertently uses sand that had been seeded with Deidara’s clay to defend himself. Deidara then detonates the clay-infested sand, which knocks Gaara unconscious. Deidara captures him and flies away.
Naruto Shippuden Episode 7: Dash, Kankuro
As Deidara carries an unconscious Gaara out of the village, Gaara’s older brother Kankuro chases after them. At the village entrance he discovers that all the guards there have already been killed. Upon catching Deidara and Sasori, Kankuro initiates his Puppet Technique by summoning his puppets Karasu, Kuroari, and Sanshouo. Sasori sees this as an opportunity to demonstrate his skills, and he allows Deidara to go ahead so that he can battle Kankuro alone.
