| Naruto Shippuuden episode 125 starts with the ending | | | | snake, is a casualty of this move. Either way, Sasuke |
| clip of episode 124. Deidara detonates himself and in | | | | is badly injured and is taken to rest in the city. |
| attempt to kill Sasuke. The blast is designed to wipe | | | | It doesn't take long before Naruto and his team figure |
| out everything in a very large radius and can be seen | | | | out the outcome of Sasuke's battle with Deidara and |
| from a long distance. Naruto's team watches the | | | | are hot on Sasuke's trail again. Meanwhile, the loyalty |
| explosion in wonder, while Sasuke's team watches in | | | | of Team Eagle shines through as they prove their |
| dismay, realizing that the explosion was close to their | | | | loyalty to Sasuke. Jugo nurtures Sasuke back to help |
| rendezvous point. In fear that Sasuke may have been | | | | while Seigetsu and Karin argue. They might not like |
| killed, Karin checks for signs how his chakra. There are | | | | each other, but neither one refuses to leave Sasuke's |
| none. Presumably, Deidara, Sasuke, and Tobi have all | | | | side. |
| been annihilated in the blast. | | | | Itachi takes a moment of silence in the rain and it |
| News gets to Akatsuki of the three deaths. There is a | | | | seems as if for a moment he is mourning Sasuke, but |
| brief look of shock on Itachi's face when he hears the | | | | his senses are strong and he reasserts that Sasuke is |
| news of his brother's death. The other Akatsuki | | | | still alive. We finally get a better look at Pein, and a |
| members seem divided on whether to mourn Deidara | | | | new unknown Akatsuki member by his side. It appears |
| or Tobi. | | | | that Sasuke killing Itachi is exactly what Akatsuki has |
| Just when you think that Sasuke might really be dead, | | | | planned all along. The last surprise twist of this episode |
| he reemerges through a summoning spell. Cut up and | | | | shows Tobi alive and well, and his true identy is |
| bruised, he managed to hide himself inside of Manda | | | | revealed as Madara Uchiha. Who would have |
| and use a transportation jutsu to avoid being blow to | | | | thought? |
| bits. Unfortunatly, Manda, Orochimaru's favorite pet | | | | |