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As Sakura, Sasuke, and Naruto train with separate sensei, they find it is difficult to perfect their ninja training without the help of their friends.

After Operation Destroy Konoha ends, a long-lost ninja returns to the Leaf Village with a dangerous entourage, placing Naruto is in more danger than ever. Then, Jiraiya tries to train Naruto to push beyond his limits, while Orochimaru threatens a legendary kunoichi into helping him.

Naruto's team has passed the written portion of their Journeyman Ninja Selection Exams, and now they must turn against one another in the Forest of Death in order to pass their final tests.

Naruto impresses the Allied Shinobi Forces with his newfound strengths and allies like Sakura rush to stand by his side against the forces of Tobi. Meanwhile, Sasuke returns, determined to take Naruto out once and for all.

Kabuto, Madara, and their horde of reanimated dead ninja skirmish with Naruto and the Allied Shinobi Forces on Turtle Island.

Naruto finds out surprising information from Sakura and begins to understand his true role in the fate of the universe.

Naruto is affected deeply by the five leaders' plan to deal with the rogue organization the Akatsuki, and the new Hokage of Naruto's village prepares to make a final move against Sasuke.

Sasuke won't return to Konoha without a fight, and it might take all of Team Kakashi to bring him down.

Two years after leaving to train with Jiraiya, Naruto is reunited with his old friends and discovers they are just as successful, if not more so, than he is, but when one of them is kidnapped, Naruto is given the chance to prove his worth.

Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura battle their classmates one-on-one to advance to the third round of the Journeyman Ninja Selection Exams. Presented in graphic novel format.