Welcome to the Village Hidden in the Leaves, where deadly serious ninja roam the land and the seriously mischievous Naruto Uzumaki causes trouble everywhere he goes.

Naruto finally graduates from the Ninja Academy and claims to know it all.

On the way to becoming a ninja, Naruto must team up with his classmates, the pretty Sakura and the pretty serious Sasuke.

Now that Naruto, Sasuke and Sakura are a team, they meet with their sensei, the enigmatic and aloof Kakashi.

With the threat of failure hanging over their heads, Naruto, Sasuke and Sakura try everything they know to pass the grueling survival test.

Naruto and his squad start their first ninja missions with boring and menial tasks. Weary and angry, Naruto vents his frustration at the Hokage.

Naruto and his squad arrive in the Land of the Waves and learn that an evil businessman named Gato has taken over the land.

Kakashi has the upper hand in his battle with Zabuza.

Thanks to Naruto's ingenious plan, Kakashi is freed from the water prison.

Recuperating at Tazuna's house, Kakashi is dissatisfied with the outcome of the battle.

Sakura goes into town with Tazuna and sees the hardships that the people of the Land of Waves suffer under Gato's rule. Meanwhile, Naruto and Sasuke continue to train, using chakra to climb a tree.

While Naruto concentrates on the training to control his chakra, a mysterious person suddenly appears before him.

Once again, the time has come to fight Zabuza, and this time he's got company--the tracking ninja who supposedly killed him.

Sasuke finds himself in a pinch inside of Haku's Crystal Ice Mirrors, but Naruto comes to the rescue.

Realizing time is of the essence, Kakashi decides to use the Sharingan once again to defeat Zabuza.

Naruto and Sasuke continue to receive punishing attacks from within Haku's Crystal Ice Mirrors.

Naruto finally explodes! His anger against Haku, who defeated Sasuke, unleashes the power of the Nine-tailed Fox.

Naruto strongly questions Haku's philosophy of existing only to fight and win. Meanwhile, the battle between Kakashi and Zabuza approaches its climax.

Thinking of Haku, Naruto angrily confronts Zabuza. Zabuza is devastated by the loss of Haku, the only person he could trust in the world.

Naruto and his team return to the Village Hidden in the Leaves after their battle in Land of Waves.

Naruto, Sasuke and Sakura are among those chosen to take the Chunin (middle rank ninja) Qualification Exam.

As Naruto, Sasuke and Sakura prepare for the exam, a ninja with short bobbed hair and thick eyebrows named Rock Lee appears. Lee proceeds to challenge Sasuke to a duel.

Naruto, Sasuke and Sakura officially register for the Chunin Exam. In this examination, three ninja form a team, and in order to pass, not a single member is allowed to fail. Teamwork becomes absolutely vital for success in this test.

Naruto and his team begin the first exam, a written test. The exam proctor is a special jonin (upper rank ninja) named Ibiki Morino, who is an infamous expert in interrogation.

The hardest part of the first exam comes with question 10. Before the ninja hear the question, Ibiki declares what seems like a harsh and unreasonable rule for that problem.

Konohamaru, the grandson of the Leaf Village's Third Hokage, shows up at the Chunin Exam site.

Naruto and his fellow participants arrive at the Forest of Death, the site of the second part of the Chunin Exam.

The second exam starts in the Forest of Death. Sasuke notices that an enemy has disguised himself as Naruto.

The Grass ninja that attacks Sasuke and Sakura has more power than the two can handle.

Seeing Naruto furiously fight back against the Grass ninja, Sasuke realizes that he was wrong to think about fleeing the scene of a battle.

After receiving the report from her staff, Anko senses that Orochimaru has snuck into the examination.

Protecting Sakura, who can no longer move, Lee battles the three Sound ninja himself.

While Sakura fends off the Sound ninja attack by herself, the rival Ino team appears!

The Sound ninja depart after witnessing Sasuke's intense power. Naruto's team finally gets a moment of peace to recuperate.

To heal their wounds, Naruto and his team take a much-needed rest after their battle against the Sound ninja. But it has already been four days since the start of the exam and there is only one day remaining until time expires.

Naruto’s team joins Kabuto on their journey to the tower, but on the way, they are trapped by the genjutsu (illusion technique) of the Hidden Rain Village’s genin (low rank ninja), Oboro's team.