The tension between Naruto and Gaara builds, and Naruto finds himself not only understanding his rival but also sympathizing with him. But that doesn’t mean he’s gone soft. As Gaara continues to mutate, Naruto prepares for the fight of his life! -- VIZ Media

Meet Naruto, he's a class-clown, a lazy bum, a total prankster, and could just possibly be the world's most powerful Ninja! Naruto is a ninja-in-training with an incorrigible knack for mischief. He's got a wild sense of humor, but Naruto is completely serious about his mission to be the world's greatest ninja! The Last Chance Naruto is trying harder than ever to pass all his exams and get to the next level of ninja training. But a powerful and mysterious new young ninja might throw all his plans out of whack. Who is Gaara and why does he make everyone so nervous?

DEADLY NINJA WISDOM FOR THE NON-NINJA Carefully consider the joy of your soft-headed ignorance before you begin to run, flip, and jump along the Ninja Path. After much debate and in a spirit of morbid amusement, the International Order of Ninjas has chosen to produce The Ninja Handbook, the first-ever secret ninja training guide specifically designed for the non-ninja. Most non-ninjas who handle these delicate, deadly pages will die–probably in an elaborately horrific and painful manner. But whether your journey lasts five seconds or five days or (rather inconceivably) five years, all those who bravely take up this text and follow the tenets and trials laid out within will die knowing they were as ninja as they possibly could’ve been. For the true of heart or the extremely lucky, this powerful and honorable manuscript contains such phenomenal ninja wisdom as: •How to create and name your very own lethal ninja clan •The proper weapon to use when fighting a vampire pumpkin •Why clowns and robots are so dangerous on the Internet •Easy-to-follow charts showing when to slice and when to stab •How to execute such ultradeadly kicks as the Driving Miss Daisy •Why pretty much every ninja movie ever made sucks •How to make a shoggoth explode using well-placed foliage •What the heck a shoggoth is and why you’ll need to make it explode •Death Aide certification •And much more ninjafied enlightenment on every shuriken-sharp page! Remember: People do not take the Path, the Path takes people.

While training to be a ninja, jokester Naruto fails his final exam, but when a crisis occurs in the ninja village, he realizes that he has what it takes to become a ninja.

The final battle of the Chûnin Exam is at hand! Sasuke makes it to the arena in time to compete, but the anticipation has only whetted Gaara’s terrible bloodlust and strained his already fragile sanity. Can Gaara pull himself together in time to face Sasuke’s new-found strength? Or will the demon inside him take complete control and wreak havoc on Konohagakure?! -- VIZ Media

It’s ninja vs. ninja! And Sakura is caught in the middle! With the Sound Four looming close and Lee in the hospital, all three friends hurl toward an uncertain future and find that growing up sometimes means growing apart. -- VIZ Media

Death in the village! When the dust settles from Orochimaru’s attack, the shinobi find that not everyone has survived. While the ninja mourn, an unlikely candidate is chosen for greatness, a long-lost ninja returns with a dangerous entourage, and Naruto finds his life in more turmoil than ever before. -- VIZ Media