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Ninja trainee Sasuke, suffering the effects of a curse placed on him by Drochimaru, enters the first match of the Journeyman Ninja Selection Exams over the protests of his friend and classmate Sakura, and finds himself facing one of the formidable Sound Ninja spies.

"It's been more than two years since Naruto left to train with Jiraiya, and his first mission sends him to the Hidden Sand to help rescue Gaara. As both Gaara and Naruto come face to face with the Akatsuki, Sakura takes her place at the front of the fight to save them. With Granny Chiyo at her side, she must battle Sasori, who can create golems from the dead. But Granny Chiyo is a puppet master too-- only it could be Sakura's strings she's pulling!"--Back cover.

Hades is awakened in the form of Andromeda Knight Shun, who struggles with the lord of the underworld to reclaim his own body while Seiya takes on the Specter Harpy Valentine, despite his injuries, as the Greatest Eclipse approaches.

Battling their way through the Twelve Palaces of the Gold Knights, the Bronze Knights lose strength while their enemies gain it, but Princess Sienna may just be able to save them with a secret weapon.

Naruto, Sakura, Granny Chiyo, and Kakashi are pulled into a deadly conflict with Sasori and Deidara that may become the final battle for one of Naruto's closest friends.

Follows the adventures and misadventures of race car Lightning McQueen.

As the bridge nears completion Naruto, Sasuka, and Sakura train heavily while they await Zabuka's next attack on Tazuna's family.

Naruto, enraged when Sasuke is killed, seeks vengeance upon Haku, but he is not that sure he can finish the job.

Naruto knows that the only way he will be able to defeat the Akatsuki is to decipher to code left behind by his mentor, but as Naruto struggles to unlock the hidden message, he begins to doubt his powers.

Naruto's antics amuse his instructor Kakashi and irritate his teammates, but he is still serious about becoming the greatest Ninja.