Naruto: Shippuden
Main articles: Plot of Naruto: Shippuden and List of Naruto: Shippuden episodes
Reintroduction: Episodes 1–Present, Chapters 245–247: Two and a half years later, an older and stronger Naruto returns to Konoha. This arc focuses on reintroducing the main characters, Naruto, Sakura and Kakashi, and displaying how much they have grown via the infamous bell test. Others reappearing in this segment include Jiraiya, Tsunade, Konohamaru, Iruka, Shikamaru, Gaara, and Temari.
Rescue Gaara:   more...Chapters 248–281: The Fifth Kazekage, Gaara, is kidnapped by Akatsuki. Team Kakashi is sent to Sunagakure as backup. The mission turns into a rescue mission as Team Kakashi, with Chiyo of Sunagakure and Team Guy as their backup, chase after Gaara's kidnappers.
Exposition: Chapters 282–284: Naruto runs off to find a substitute team member to intercept Sasori's spy. Naruto reunites with Shino, Kiba, Hinata, Choji, Ino, and Shikamaru again. Team Kakashi temporarily gets two new team members, Yamato (replacing Kakashi as leader) and Sai (replacing Sasuke). Meanwhile, Tsunade has to deal with distrust from the villager elders.
Sasuke and Sai: Chapters 285–310: The new Team Kakashi follows up on some information received from Sasori about a meeting with a spy among Orochimaru's followers. The meeting fails, when the spy, Kabuto Yakushi, turns out to be still loyal to Orochimaru. Later, Team Kakashi invades Orochimaru's base in pursuit of Sai, who had betrayed the team on the orders of his Root superior, Danzo. Naruto and Sakura finally meet Sasuke for the first time since his defection from Konoha roughly 2½ years earlier. Sasuke, however, is far from what he used to be.
Current: Chapters 311–Present: After returning from the Grass Country, Kakashi and Yamato begin training Naruto so he can create his own jutsu. Meanwhile, Akatsuki begins getting more active, capturing two tailed beasts at once. When two Akatsuki members, Hidan and Kakuzu, make their way into the Land of Fire, Tsunade mobilizes 80 of Konoha's ninja to deal with the threat. However, when Asuma Sarutobi is killed by Hidan in battle, Team 10 teams up with Kakashi to confront the two powerful ninja on their own.
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