"Naruto, Sasuke and Sakura have passed the final test to become junior ninja - but now the challenge begins. Tired of menial tasks, the young ninja ask for a tougher assignment, and find themselves - together with their teacher, Kakashi - body guarding a cranky old man from the Land of Waves. But Tazuna the bridgebuilder is in more danger than anyone realizes : he's the target of elite ninja assassins, including Zabuza, 'the demon', and our heroes...

"In another world, ninja are the ultimate power--and in the village of Konohagakure live the stealthiest ninja in the world. But twelve years ago Konohagakure was attached by a fearsome threat--a nine-tailed fox demon which claimed the life of the Hokage, the village champion. Today, peace has returned, and a troublemaking orphan named Uzumaki Naruto is struggling to graduate from the ninja Academy. His goal: to become the next Hokage. But unknown...

Through Naruto's pluck and a healthy dose of luck, Naruto, Sasuke and Sakura passed the written portion of their Journeyman Ninja Selection Exams ... but that was only the beginning. They're now in the thick of the exam's second portion, help in the aptly named Forest of Death, and instructor Mitarashi Anko has promisd to cut the number of advancing teams by half! Each team is turned against the others, using stealth and cunning to purloin the scrolls...

Twelve years ago, a giant fox demon with nine tails attacked the ninjya village of Konohagakure. Defeated by the Hokage, the village champion, the mighty demon's soul was sealed into the body of an innocent orphan child, Naruto Uzumaki. Now Naruto is a 12-year-old ninjya in-training, struggling to be the best with his classmates Sasuke and Sakura.

In the village of Konohagakure, school is literally a battlefield where classmates are ninjas in training competing to become the greatest ninja in the land.