Itachi is Sasuke’s older brother and these two are the only ones left in the Uchiha clan. The entire clan was murdered by Itachi about four years prior to the start of the series. Itachi seemed to hold a grudge against his clan and the only reason he gave for his crime was he wanted to test his strength.

Rock Lee challenges Sasuke to a one-on-one fight. Naruto grows angry and attacks him, only to be beaten in one attack. Sasuke realizes the challenge and eagerly accepts. But will Sasuke be defeated just as easily by this mysterious ninja? Sasuke’s only advantage seems to be his Sharingan, but what happens when not even that will work?

Starts with a recap of last episode, Neji asked Sasuke what his name is but he didn’t reply. Then Sasuke, Sakura, and Naruto leave. Neji and Tenten decide to leave as well but Lee says that he will catch up to them later.

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When Naruto takes out his rage with Kyubi’s chakra for killing his friend Sasuke on Haku, he doesn’t stand a chance. He realizes that Haku was the boy he met at the forest sometime ago. Haku tells Naruto the story of his past how he was hated because of his power, and asks for Naruto to do one favor for him to kill him. Since he took away his dreams, he wants Naruto to kill him. Will Naruto do the one thing he could never do, kill another person, and do as Haku wishes?

Continuation from the last episode where Kyubi’s Chakra was released from Naruto. Naruto rushes over to Haku and Haku tries to stop him by throwing senbon needles. It was useless though as the chakra deflected his attacks. Hake decides to move to a different mirror and tries to attack again but this time it hits Naruto in the back.

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On their way to Tazuna’s home, they run across a ninja named Zabuza Momochi. Using the Sharingan, or Mirror-Wheel Eye, Kakashi started to fight him. Is the Sharingan enough to defeat Zabuza? Or is Team Kakashi’s first mission over already?

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