Episodes List 2

27 "The Chunin Exam Stage 2: The Forest of Death"

Anko briefs the candidates on their goal for the second portion of the exam. All teams will be given one scroll (either heaven or earth), with the objective being to take the other scroll from another team and proceed to the castle in the centre of the forest and the next stage of the exams. The proctor hands out scrolls and opens the forest gates. As they enter, Naruto's team is attacked almost immediately.

28 "Eat or Be Eaten: Panic in the Forest"

Sasuke drives away the attacking Rain Genin. A powerful gust of wind then separates Naruto from his team. Just as he reorients himself, Naruto is swallowed by a giant snake. In the meantime, Sasuke and Sakura are disabled by a Grass ninja. Before they even fight, Sasuke and Sakura have visions of their own deaths upon looking into her eyes, paralyzing them with fear. Regaining his composure, Sasuke flees with Sakura. The ninja pursues them, but Naruto, having killed the snake, arrives in time to save both of them.

29 "Naruto's Counterattack: Never Give In!"

Despite Naruto's timely appearance, Sasuke offers the grass Ninja the scroll in exchange for their lives. Sasuke then throws the scroll to the grass Ninja but Naruto intercepts it. Naruto punches Sasuke during his attempt to convince him into giving the scroll up. Naruto accusses Sasuke of being an impostor as Sasuke would never be so weak and cowardly. Meanwhile, three corpses are discovered by the proctors of the exam. The corpses belong to the original Grass Ninjas who have had their faces stolen. Proctor Anko clearly has a history with the jutsu used to rob the Ninjas faces. The grass Ninja summons a giant snake and engages Naruto. During the fight Naruto begins to utilize the chakra of the nine tailed fox. The Grass Ninja notices this during the fight and tries to end it quickly. The grass ninja believes Naruto to be defeated and moves on to the next target. Naruto stops the attack on Sasuke and once again rails at Sasuke for his lack of courage. Recognizing Naruto as the demon fox's container and that during moments of excitement the energy leaks into Naruto, the ninja suppresses the Kyuubi's chakra with a new seal and Naruto seemingly faints. Naruto's body is dropped and Sakura pins it to a tree with a Kunai in mid air. Sasuke seemingly reaches a decision to fight.

30 "The Sharingan Revived: Dragon Flame Jutsu!"

Sasuke and the Grass ninja engage in combat. After a protracted battle, Sasuke traps the ninja and creates a new jutsu on the spot in the heat of battle. blast of fire to the ninja's face. However, the ninja awakens with his face partially melted off, revealing another face underneath. Extending his neck, he bites Sasuke and leaves behind a cursed seal. The ninja reveals himself to be Orochimaru, and leaves. Anko finds Orochimaru, her former teacher, and unsuccessfully tries to kill him.

31 "Bushy Brow's Pledge: Undying Love and Protection"

Sakura takes care of her teammates, both of whom are still unconscious from Orochimaru's attack. The three Sound Genin that attacked Kabuto in the test room, sent by Orochimaru to kill Sasuke, observe their target from a distance, and eventually approach Sakura. Despite Sakura's best efforts, the Sound Genin evade her obstacles and prepare to attack. Rock Lee appears to protect Sakura. Though he holds his own for a while, he is eventually knocked out.

32 "Sakura Blossoms!"

With Naruto Uzumaki, Sasuke Uchiha, and Rock Lee all unconscious, Sakura fights by herself. One of the Sound Genin, Kin Tsuchi, takes hold of her hair and ridicules her for spending so much time on her looks while giving her a bloody beating, and Sakura remembers her past with Ino Yamanaka and remembers why she grew her hair so long and so focus's on being a strong ninja rather than just an attractive one and cuts her hair to free herself from Kin's grasp. Freed, Sakura battles Zaku Abumi, though he quickly gains the advantage. Moved by Sakura's determination, Team 10, Shikamaru Narra, Ino Yamanaka and Choji Akimichi arrive and attack the Sound Genin.

33 "Battle Formation: Ino-Shika-Cho!"

Team 10 battles the Sound Genin, each using their unique techniques to battle. However, the Sound Genin regain the advantage. But suddenly, Sasuke awakens after being in a coma in the heat of battle. As Sasuke awakens, engulfed in Orochimaru's cursed seal. Sasuke, empowered by the seal, easily defeats Zaku. But Sasuke's power was ruthless and evil and almost left the Sound Ninja without an arm while having a cruel and evil smirk. Terrified by Sasuke's extremely cruel brutality, Sakura stops him before he can kill and instruct fatality on either of the Sound Genin. The Sound Genin leaves a scroll and retreat.

34 "Akamaru Trembles: Gaara's Cruel Strength!"

As Team 7, Team 10, and Team Guy recover, Team 8 witnesses Gaara mercilessly kill a team of Rain Genin. Although Gaara prepares to turn his attention to Team 8, his siblings persuade him to leave them alone. Gaara's team beats the previous record for getting to the tower by a gigantic margin, and none of them are even remotely injured.

35 "The Scroll's Secret: No Peeking Allowed"

Kabuto Yakushi, separated from his team, accompanies Team 7 to the tower in the center of the forest. Along the way, the group encounters a disorienting genjutsu set by the teammates of the Rain Genin Sasuke had earlier defeated. By the time they realize that they are not getting any closer to the center of the forest, they are attacked by a number of clones.

36 "Clone vs. Clone: Mine Are Better Than Yours"

The team realizes they are in another genjutsu. In order to draw out the assailants, Naruto disguises several of his shadow clones as his teammates and fights the enemy clones all night. When the Rain Genin believe that Team 7 exhausted from combat, Kabuto, Sakura, and Sasuke corner them. After a brief struggle, Naruto knocks out the enemies and takes their scroll, at which point they head to the tower and meet with Kabuto's team. Unknown to Team 7, Kabuto submits all of the data he gathered on them to Orochimaru.

37 "Surviving the Cut: The Rookie Nine Together Again!"

Team 7 opens its scrolls inside the tower, summoning Iruka to inform them that they made it in time. He observes their growth, then allows them to enter the main room, where they meet with the other passing teams: Team 10, Team 8, Team Guy, Gaara's team, Kabuto's team, and the Sound Genin. The Third Hokage briefly speaks about the exams and leaves Hayate Gekko in charge.

38 "Narrowing the Field: Sudden Death Elimination!"

Hayate reveals that an unusually large number of Genin got through the second stage of the exam. A series of one-on-one preliminary matches will be held to reduce the number of people meaning that there will be a tournament for the next exam eliminating the loser and promoting the victor. Kabuto drops out immediately upon the notice, blaming his withdrawal on an injury sustained from an earlier part of the test. The preliminary matches are randomized with a machine and the dials end at Sasuke vs Yoroi. Beginning with Sasuke Uchiha versus Yoroi Akado. But before Sasuke heads into battle, Sakura tries to stop him saying that he will lose and get hurt severely if he doesn't use any chakra because it will surely awaken the cursed seal's power.

39 "Bushy Brow's Jealousy: Lions Barrage Unleashed!"

Sasuke fights Yoroi, but is handicapped by his inability to use chakra due to the danger of activating the cursed seal. Yoroi's ability to absorb chakra gives him an advantage, but Sasuke in the heat of battle, invents a new signature jutsu on the spot that can only be used by him, and uses a new taijutsu technique, The Lion's Barrage. A jutsu that consists of Sasuke launching his opponent in to the air usually with a kick on the neck, Sasuke tricks his opponent with a pretend attack and does a real one. Sasuke instructs three more blows with lion rage and then kicks his opponent down, and for the finishing blow, he does a frontflip kick down to the ground. Sasuke, after using the barrage, he even still manages to suppress his cursed seal in the process. And Sasuke wins his exam match. Kakashi takes him to an isolated location to hinder the cursed seal, only to be confronted by Orochimaru as he finishes. Back at the tower, Shino Aburame and Zaku Abumi begin the next match.

40 "Kakashi and Orochimaru: Face-to-Face!"

Kakashi threatens to kill Orochimaru, a threat that Orochimaru takes lightly. Despite this, Orochimaru leaves, with Kakashi terrified at his foolishness. Meanwhile, Shino and Zaku Abumi continue their match, with Shino ultimately winning his match through the use of his destruction bugs, leaving Kankuro and Misumi Tsurugi to fight next.

41 "Kunoichi Rumble: The Rivals Get Serious!"

Kankuro easily wins his battle against Misumi by tricking him into attacking Karasu, Kankuro's puppet. In retaliation, Karasu snaps Misumi's neck, though he survives due to his ability to contort himself. The fourth match is between Sakura Haruno vs Ino Yamanaka. After the two exchange insults, they have flash backs from when they were kids. They then decide to take the battle seriously.

42 "The Ultimate Battle: Ino vs Sakura, Cha!"

Sakura and Ino are evenly matched. They both use illusion clon jutsu's, chakra string jutsu's and others. Finally, Ino tries a desperate move, her Mind Body Switch Technique. She succeeds and takes control over Sakura's body. As she prepares to force Sakura to forfeit, Naruto, believing in Sakura has her teammate, and cheers Sakura on and like a voice of reason or a spiritual hand, Naruto's cheering voice awakens Sakura and inadvertently awakens her Inner Sakura, who forces Ino out of her body in a brutal and physical force. Both drained of their chakra, Ino and Sakura decide to end the battle with a giant final Cha Blow. They dash towards each other with all they're power inserted into One fist each. The rivals both at the same with a punch on their both of their faces each and knock each other out, resulting in a double knockout tie, and eliminating both from the finals.

43 "Killer Kunoichi and a Shaky Shikamaru"

The next match is between Temari and Tenten. Tenten's weapon summonings are negated by Temari's wind-based attacks, and she is defeated. Shikamaru Nara and Kin Tsuchi are chosen for the next match. Although Kin ensnares Shikamaru in a genjutsu, he captures her in his Shadow Imitation Technique. He forces her to knock herself unconscious. The next combatants are randomized putting everyone into awaiting excitements and in the end are revealed to be Naruto and Kiba Inuzuka.

44 "Akamaru Unleashed! Who's Top Dog Now?"

Kiba Usually fights with his ninja dog due to his clan's tradition, but because he looks down at Naruto, he tries to finish him off in one painful knock-out blow. But he soon discovers that Naruto is not an easy person to finish. Due to Kiba fighting with his dog, Akamaru, Naruto complains that this is against the rules and he is at a disadvantage. Although he takes advantage of Kiba's overconfidence, Kiba and Akamaru consume special pills that double their chakra. With a combination of efforts, they overwhelm Naruto with their special signature jutsu into they're jutsu barrage.

45 "Surprise Attack! Naruto's Secret Weapon! Uzumaki Barrage!"

Using the Transformation Technique, Naruto tricks Kiba into believing that he had hit Akamaru and possibly sent him in a coma and then, enraged, Kiba accidentally knocks out the real Akamaru trying to get Naruto. Kiba manages to knock Akamaru unconscious leaving just Uzumaki and Inuzuka. Naruto, however, is still at a disadvantage due to Kiba's pill-enhanced chakra and superior speed. With Kiba's speed, Kiba gets behind Naruto as he was almost finished chakra charging. But Naruto says that he wished he could say he planned it after he farts in Kiba's face while attempting a sneak attack behind him. Kiba can smell 1,000 times better than any other ninja that is not from the Inuzuka, because of this Kiba is affected by this 1,000 times worse than a usual non-Inuzuka would handle it. Naruto then knocks Kiba out with a barrage of clones.

46 "Byakugan Battle: Hinata Grows Bold!"

The next match is Hinata Hyuga against Neji Hyuga, her cousin from the branch house of the Hyuga clan. Neji intimidates and berates his cousin, and she seems ready to forfeit. Tired of his taunts, Naruto cheers Hinata on, giving her the strength to fight back. Hinata and Neji fight each other using Gentle Fist style, which uses bursts of chakra to damage the opponent's internal organs.

47 "A Failure Stands Tall!"

Neji reveals that he had been toying with Hinata, and he disables her ability to use chakra with the Gentle Fist style. Hinata, inspired by Naruto, refuses to give up. She tells Neji that she believes that he is suffering more from fighting his destiny. Angered, Neji attempts a fatal blow, but four observing Jonin halt him. Hinata collapses into cardiac arrest shortly after, and Naruto vows to avenge her.

48 "Gaara vs. Rock Lee: The Power of Youth Explodes!"

The next set of matchups is Rock Lee against Gaara. At first, Lee's Strong Fist taijutsu is ineffective against Gaara's wall of sand that automatically rises to protect him. Lee then removes the heavy leg weights he was wearing, drastically increasing his speed and allowing him to bypass Gaara's defense. Lee then uses his Primary Lotus, but only succeeds in destroying a clone made of sand.

49 "Lee's Hidden Strength: Forbidden Secret Jutsu!"

Gaara reappears and attacks Lee, who is weakened from using his Primary Lotus again. Lee recovers by opening the Second Gate, shocking the Jonin observers in the audience. He then proceeds to open the third and fourth gates, shocking Gaara.

50 "The Fifth Gate: A Splendid Ninja is Born!"

Lee's increased speed overwhelms Gaara's sand defenses. Lee opens the Fifth Gate and uses his most powerful attack, Hidden Lotus. Lee's power, accuracy, strength and speed increase outstandingly, allowing Lee to inflict extreme injuries on Garra with a 5th gate barrage of his. Unfortunately for Lee, Gaara survives by softening his fall with sand and uses his sand coffin to crush Lee's left arm and leg. Gaara moves his sand to finish Lee, but Guy blocks the final attack. Lee, though unconscious due to the pain and covered in blood, rises to continue the battle, his desire to win fueling his broken body. At the end of the match, Rock Lee is crippled to the extent that he is unable to fight again. Guy regrets teaching Lee such dangerous techniques, but vacates the ring for the final match between Choji Akimichi and Dosu Kinuta

51 "A Shadow in the Darkness: Danger Approaches Sasuke"

Despite having formulated a strategy beforehand, Choji quickly loses to Dosu, concluding the preliminaries. The nine qualifying Genin are assigned opponents, and they are all allowed to leave for a month of training before the finals. Elsewhere, Kabuto prepares to kidnap Sasuke under Orochimaru's orders, but he is stopped by Kakashi and is forced to retreat. Naruto later meets with Kakashi in hopes of training with him, but is given Ebisu as a replacement.

52 "Ebisu Returns: Naruto's Toughest Training Yet!"

Naruto reluctantly agrees to train under Ebisu, and Ebisu tries to teach Naruto how to walk on water. As Naruto practices, Ebisu catches an old man (later revealed to be Jiraiya) spying on a women's bathhouse. As Ebisu rushes to apprehend him, Jiraiya knocks him out with a single hit, leaving Naruto without a tutor.