| As Kakashi recovers from the ordeal of the battle, he | | | | needs to utilize a technique. The energy comes from |
| reveals that the unknown boy was part of a fire | | | | the body and is collected from every cell and from the |
| extinguishing unit, responsible for erasing any evidence | | | | spirit energy that comes from training and experience. |
| that a ninja was alive, which the corpse of Zabuza | | | | Techniques from from these two energies are |
| might otherwise reveal. | | | | squeezed out of the body and molded together, |
| Back in the forest, we see the boy in the ANBU mask, | | | | enabling one to execute techniques by forming seals. |
| but rather than attending to a dead man, he cares for | | | | Kakashi explains that the amounts of energy required |
| the now resurrecting Momochi Zabuza. The patient | | | | will be different for each technique, the energies |
| harshly removes bloodied needles, as large as | | | | coming from different elements: earth, water, fire, |
| skewers, in spite of the warning from the boy that if | | | | thunder and wind. Without control, the energy cannot |
| he removes them too roughly, he will die for real. The | | | | be used effectively and the technique will be weak or |
| boy is not an ANBU; the mask is counterfeit. He | | | | not executed at all. To practise this they must climb |
| removes it to reveal a youthful visage. Zabuza knows | | | | trees, but they must accomplish it without using their |
| he will take a week to recover, after which he vows | | | | hands. They do this by gathering their Chakra at their |
| revenge upon the Sharingan. | | | | feet and allowing it to hold them to the tree. The |
| At the same time, back at Kakashi's sick bed, the | | | | purpose is to accumulate the right amount of molded |
| teacher is awakening to the realization that Zabuza is | | | | Chakra in the right location. As the feet are the most |
| still alive. His students and the bridge builder are | | | | difficult to hold Chakra, this exercise will allow them to |
| horrified. But the logic is inescapable. The weapons that | | | | master any kind of technique. |
| supposedly killed him were needles used mostly in | | | | On their first attempt, Naruto can only gain a short |
| acupuncture healings, and were rarely mortal unless | | | | distance up the tree, while Sasuke makes it just below |
| delivered to vital spots. The boy also took the body | | | | the top. It is Sakura who is the most accomplished and |
| home, a body that was heavier than himself, when all | | | | ends up reaching a branch on her first attempt. |
| he required to complete the task of erasure was the | | | | Kakashi slyly comments to his students, "Maybe |
| head. Only Naruto appears pleased to hear that | | | | Sakura, and not someone else, is the closest one to |
| Zabuza is still alive, for he was jealous that the | | | | becoming a Hokage right now." The dart lands heavily |
| powerful enemy had been conquered by what | | | | on the boastful Naruto. To inspire Sasuke he says, |
| appeared to be a mere youth. Naruto wants to be | | | | "The Uchiha clan isn't as great as I thought, either." |
| both conqueror and hero. | | | | Back at the hut where Zabuza is recovering, a visitor |
| As they plan to engage in special training, the very | | | | appears, the powerful Gatoh and his bodyguards. He is |
| young grandson of the old man appears. The boy, Inari, | | | | sarcastic and contemptuous of Zabuza's failure. The |
| is aloof, morose, and rude, for he will not greet these | | | | mysterious boy shows a powerful force of protection |
| wondrous guests who have saved his grandfather's | | | | towards Zabuza, in a threatening display that could |
| life. He states that there is no hope, they will all die, and | | | | have destroyed Gatoh and his bodyguards, if Zabuza |
| that there is no such thing as a hero. This disturbs | | | | had not restrained him. It is here where we finally learn |
| Naruto, who plans to confront the abnormal boy, but | | | | the identity of the boy. He is called Haku. |
| finds him alone, and pining for his deceased father, a | | | | Back in the forest, the young Ninjas are still trying to |
| man who had been a hero, but who is now dead. | | | | climb trees, but without much success. Despite |
| In the next scene, the recovering Sharingan has taken | | | | Naruto's immediate limitations, Kakashi secretly |
| his students into the forest for special training of their | | | | suspects that the boastful young Ninja, above all |
| Chakra. The knowledgeable Sakura is chosen to | | | | others, even including himself, has the greatest potential |
| explain the subject: Chakra is an energy that a Ninja | | | | of all for the future. |