Naruto: Shippuden - Season 5 (2009)

The Leaf ninja learn that Naruto is inside the Three-Tailed beast. With no other alternative but to trust Yuukimaru's mystical senses, Kakashi and the others follow the boy's guidance and attempt a rescue mission.

Despite the Leaf ninja rescue attempt, Naruto and Guren do not return. Frustration builds among the group, but as Three Tails wakes from its sleep, the Sealing Team makes a second attempt at the Four Corner Sealing Barrier.

Kabuto plots to have Three Tails crush the Leaf ninja by sacrificing Yuukimaru's power and life. Controlled by Yuukimaru, Three Tails' awesome power is about to break free from the seal, when an unexpected ally saves Shizune's sealing team.

Kabuto finally appears before Naruto. Learning that Orochimaru used Guren's and Yuukimaru's feelings for his own purposes, an enraged Naruto enters battle against Kabuto.

The Leaf ninja fall back and tend to their wounds. The battle has left everyone with serious injuries. Shizune examines Yuukimaru, who is in a coma, but his body is no longer able to control Three Tails.

Orochimaru agonizes in pain at his hideout, now requiring level-ten medications just to sustain his body. Even with excruciating pain Orochimaru is preparing for his transference ritual, and Kabuto can feel Orochimaru's further potential.

Orochimaru sheds his old body and transforms into a white serpent. As he attacks Sasuke to obtain his body, Orochimaru remembers the time he found the slough of a white snake in front of his parents' grave.

Sasuke has defeated Orochimaru. He then frees Suigetsu, a man trapped inside a water tank, and tells the man to join him. But Suigetsu does not immediately take up Sasuke's offer...

Sasuke and Suigetsu visit the southern hideout to recruit their next member, Karin. Suigetsu is surprised at the hideout's low security level but is told that no prisoners can escape thanks to Karin's abilities. What is Karin's power that allows her to maintain order and an iron defense?

Sasuke and his team head for the northern hideout to recruit their next member, Jugo. On the way, Karin explains that the northern hideout is a site for conducting horrific human experiments. A ninja with abnormal homicidal impulses, Jugo is the sole carrier of the enzyme necessary to create Orochimaru's curse mark...

Slipping past the riot, Sasuke arrives at Jugo's cell. But Jugo refuses to be released, even going as far as to say he rather die a lonely death than to leave the hideout.

More than ten years ago, the rule of the Five Great Shinobi Nations was destabilized, throwing the world into a conflict later to be known as the Third Great Ninja War.The future Fourth Hokage Minato Namikaze assigns young Kakashi, Obito of the Uchiha clan, and Rin, a medical ninja, on a mission to Kannabi Bridge...

Obito ignores Kakashi's order to continue with the mission and leaves to save Rin, who was kidnapped by the Rock ninja. But the enemies detect Obito's arrival and defeat him. Kakashi arrives at the last minute and saves Obito...

The Nine-Tailed Naruto Clone mutates into a hydra-tail nearly completely taking over Naruto's consciousness. Meanwhile, Dokku and Shiseru decide to sacrifice themselves to deactivate the Ama no Hoko.

Naruto enters the battle to defeat the white zetsu's impostors. Naruto uses a range of new techniques.

Gaara engages the four Kage including his father. Gaara updates his father on his life. Gaara's father is in shock and chooses to test Gaara's strength.

Nagato and Itachi meet Naruto and Killer Bee while under Kabuto's control. They are forced into battle and Itachi is able to free himself from the control of Kabuto.

Naruto is on the verge of losing his soul to Nagato. Killer Bee and Itachi come to his rescue.

The Second Mizukage and the Third Raikage unleash havoc on the Shinobi forces. The Second Mizukage summons a giant clam that creates a mirage. Gaara faces of against Mu and the shinobi platoon fight the Second Mizukage. Naruto attacks Mu with his Planetary Rasengan. Meanwhile, the Second Mizukage argues with the platoon that they should not attack what they see him and the clam. Gaara arrives and manages to sense the location of the giant clam and Onoki delivers a powerful Earth style punch despite running low on chakra. However Onoki gets exhausted and the Second ...

A viscous battle against the third Raikage begins. Can the Shinobi Forces seal one of the strongest shinobis of all time.

The battle against the Second Mizukage rages on. Elsewhere, everything has come to a standstill in the face of many White Zetsu clones infiltrating shinobi ranks, especially at the Logistical Support and Medical Divisions.

Otogakure's Sound Four is reincarnated on the battlefield. The now grown up members of the Sasuke Retrieval Team dominate their opponents. However, a seal activates around the defeated shinobi and Kiba, Akamaru, Neji, Shikamaru, and Choji.

Neji, Shikamaru, Choji, Kiba, and Akamaru arrive in another location surrounded by the sound four. Whom seem a lot stronger than before.

Time is running out for the Leaf shinobi whose souls are trapped inside the Sound Four's barrier. Ino and Shino exhaust their own chakra to keep their friends alive.

Hinata remembers the time that Neji protected her when they were younger, when Neji was left in charge of Hinata's training.

Summoning a confused Hayate Gekko, who died at the time of the Chunnin exams, Kabuto pairs him up with a cloud and sound ninja and sends them into battle.

Hayate fights against Yugao in a battle of swords.

Naruto arrives to help a team of Allied Shinobi Forces led by Karui, who are struggling against a reanimated samurai, whom Naruto recognizes as a man named Tatewaki he met on a previous mission. A flashback entails.

Naruto's flashback of Tatewaki continues.

This episode is a Prologue to the Naruto Shippuden movie 'Road to Ninja'. It begins with Tobi speaking with Zetsu about testing out a limited, trial-version of the "Infinite Tsukuyomi".

Still searching thoroughly for any remaining factions of the enemy, the Third Division came across another reincarnated shinobi: Master Chen - a renown hero of Konohagakure who was thought to have died during the Third Shinobi World War.

A young boy called Yota appears in three different places in front of the people he once knew. Yota is gifted in regards to weather abilities.

Another Yota appears in front of Naruto who suspects the one in front of him is the only real Yota.

The flashbacks of Yota continue until the leaf ninja finally put an end to the story of Yota.

Kabuto summons his group of 'failed attempts' to recover his power ninja who have been sealed.

Shino verses a gifted reincarnated relative from the foundation.

Fukai, the previous host of the eight tails, appears to fight Bee.Killer Bee is overconfident until Fukai reveals that he still has the eight tails chakra.

The Fifth Division led by Mifune is confronted by the reanimated Kimimaro. While Kankuro fights against lady Chiyo.

Thousands of White Zetsu overrun a group of ninja. Seven child ninja from the cloud head towards the battle as reinforcements. When Omoi hears this he runs of to find the children.

Naruto's Kage Bunshin finally arrives at every battlefield to help identify the White Zetsus. An unexpected and shocking surprise is revealed.

Madara is revived through Edo Tensei, Kazekage Gaara and Tsuchikage Ônoki are forced to fight him.

Hokage Tsunade, Raikage A and Mizukage Mei joins Kazekage Gaara and Tsuchikage Ônoki in the battlefield to fight against Edo Tensei Madara.

Naruto and Killer B meet Tobi and the six former Jinchûriki revived through Edo Tensei. The story of how Akatsuki captured the Rokubi Jinchûriki, Utakata, is shown (filler).

Naruto and Killer B fights against Tobi and the six Jinchûriki that now holds the power of the six Pain.

Naruto, Killer B and the Hachibi receives aid from Kakashi and Gai to fight the Jinchûriki in biju mode. Meanwhile, Sasuke decides to go outside and test his new eyes.

Kurama the Kyûbi recalls his struggle to release himself from the seal through Naruto's life.

For years, Naruto was the target of Nine-Tails' undying hatred. But their time together has made Nine Tails understand Naruto more than anyone.

Naruto uses up the last of his chakra trying to free the Tailed Beasts from Madara's control. When all seems lost, the Nine Tails finally acknowledges Naruto as its jinchuriki and offers its help.

The tide of battle is shifting in the Allied Forces' favor, but many are uncertain that they stand a chance against Madara Uchiha. To help boost their spirits, Shikaku orders Inoichi to send out a message to every member of the forces.

Suigetsu finds something interesting and alongside Jûgo they go look for Sasuke. Sasuke is able to test once again his new Mangekyo Sharingan against White Zetsus and learns about the war.

Tsuchikage Ônoki remembers how he inherited the Will of Stone and gather strength to fight Madara. Sasuke encounters his late brother Itachi (revived through Edo Tensei) and pursue him looking for answers. Madara reveals something that enrages Tsunade.

Tsunade leaves her post as Medic Ninja to join the other Kage in fighting Madara. Meanwhile, Sasuke goes after Itachi and learns that his brother intends on stopping Kabuto's Reanimation Jutsu alone.

Sasuke and Itachi team up to stop Kabuto's Reanimation Jutsu. But Kabuto's new ability to use Nature Energy has made him a difficult target for the brothers to land their Susano'o attack.

Sasuke and Itachi fight Kabuto. Kabuto rememorates his early childhood.

Yakushi Kabuto rememorates how he has become who he is now through the different events in his life.

Sasuke and Itachi continue their fight against Kabuto. Itachi uses the Izanami.

Itachi explains to Sasuke how the Izanami works and how it is related to the Izanagi.

Thanks to Itachi, the Reanimation Jutsu is released, and all the Reanimated Shinobi are returned to their resting places. But to everyone's surprise, the real Madara still remains.

Suigetsu and Jugo finally catch up to Sasuke. In order to learn the truth behind the Leaf's actions, Sasuke decides to resurrect the one man who can help him find the answer-Orochimaru.

Having absorbed the chakras of all nine Tailed Beasts, the Gedo Statue begins its transformation into Ten Tails.

Kakashi is disturbed to discover a strange connection between the masked man's Transportation Technique and his own Kamui Jutsu.