Naruto, Sasuke and Sakura have passed the final test to become junior ninja and become bodyguards for Tazuna the bridgebuild, who is the target of elite ninja assassins.
While the ninjas recover from their fight with Zabuza, the ninja assassin, Kakashi puts them on a strict training regimen to protect Tazuna's family and prepare for Zabuza's next attack.
The three ninja-in-training have signed up for the Journeyman Ninja Selection Exams, but they learn to late how grueling and dangerous the exams can be.
Peace has returned to the village of Knohagakure, but a troublemaking orphan named Naruto is struggling to graduate from the Ninja Academy, not knowing that a terrifying force lies within him.
After many adventures, the time has come for Naruto, Sakura, and Sasuke to face their most difficult challenge yet--the chunin examination that will determine whether they are ready to become journeymen, the next level of ninja.
While training to be a ninja, jokester Naruto fails his final exam, but when a crisis occurs in the ninja village, he realizes that he has what it takes to become a ninja.
