"A Lesson Learned: The Iron Fist of Love"
We head straight into the action as morning breaks over the mine town. We start with a graveyard that looks straight out of Fist of the North Star and the runaway villager guy is clawing with his hands at his friend's grave. He vows to get him out. A man asks him what the fuck he is doing.
Suddenly surrounded. Such is the way of the ninja I suppose. He's piss his pants shook as we cut to the curry of life shop. Granny is working her trade and is optimistic that they'll bring back Karashi unharmed.
Team Guy+1 have finally arrived at the Katabami gold mine. Naruto suggests instead of just doing the mission that they save everyone right now. Neji doesn't agree and Naruto wants to know the plan, genius. Sick burn there. Lee whips out his notebook and is worried about what Guy said. Naruto explains it for those who weren't paying attention last week, they might be lead by an ex seven swordsman of the mist. Twenty gives out because she doesn't think Guy is all that reliable but Lee has loud words with her. Investigation time.
The seven cloaked dudes bring the man to Raiga. They want to know where the ninja are from. Karashi boots him to the ground, what a heel! Raiga wants him to calm down. Why did Rokosuke betray Raiga and his clan? They only worked you to death and murdered a third of the people. Raiga is full on crazy here. Another funeral will straighten him right up. Raiga explains in insano logic why he loves funerals; people spend all day betraying and hurting one another, envy and hatred. But funerals bring everyone together despite their differences! The whole team can't wait for the funeral!
Miners are mining. Looks pretty busy. They need to work faster. Lee explains how gold mining works to Naruto. You need to melt it away and refine it. Naruto thinks its a bit much but Neji says he doesn't have to understand it. Such sass. An old man collapses in a bit you've seen a million times. Better work harder or he'll be the next funeral. Neji orders patience and Tenten agrees. Lee however has that hot blood of youth inside him and agrees with Naruto and he springs into action!
Lee gets to work taking out this guy then two more like he was a ninja or something and then waves to the group. Naruto is happy but the old man they saved is pissed. He won't take water and wants to be beaten. He doesn't want to die! A gong sounds though, it's time for a funeral! He goes over what we already know, if you displease the clan, you're buried alive at a funeral. Tenten is shook, the old man continues though that Raiga weeps like it was his best friend dying. Naruto thinks he is nuts and Neji wonders whose funeral it is. The old man heard Rokosuke was caught.
Oh shit, knew we forgot something. Raiga starts eulogizing the body from the top of the cliff as we hear a young girl's voice answering him. He goes on about the first day they arrived here and how happy he was meeting Rokosuke. The young voice asks "will you be happy at my funeral?" and Raiga answers no, you'll never die to the young boy we still haven't seen. Aww shit, no way, they didn't do this again... The boy warns Raiga that they are coming soon. Some sort of psychic?
Naruto wants to save him and asks Neji for permission. He uses his Byakugan to find the funeral. He's alive! Gonna draw the guards away and get him out.
The man in the coffin wants out as cut rate Ataksuki laugh. Suddenly smoke bombs. Karashi books it the other way as the rest prepare for battle with wolverine claws. Tenten takes the two on the right with her segemented staff while Neji whoops a bunch with his gentle fist and Naruto owns another three dolts with an Uzumaki Barrage. Neji warns of the other three he sees and Naruto and Lee take two of them out, Leaving only...
Karashi. Lee wants the truth. Apparently Karashi is a gigantic moron, thinking Raiga is a liberator of this village. Back to Granny with one of the men who remained behind. Her pace seems a bit off. The man tries to talk to her about something but she won't have any of it, calling him out for not helping on the mission. He was just trying to tell her the curry burned...and he's right! She's off her game! Naruto starts to cut a promo about hustle, loyalty, respect but Lee cuts in. That curry saved him! Don't give up that gift to join bandits! Like a lot of gang recruits though he wants to be powerful, looked up to and feared. Most of all he wants to be a somebody and not stuck in a curry shack, though henchmen are the ultimate nobodies. Naruto has had enough and punches this filler character like he was Renton, knocking him down.
SWERVE, it was Lee who did it. Tough love! Lee learned a lesson in hard work from this boy that if you put your heart and soul into your work anything is possible! He was inspired! He was a better man before joining these thugs as we FLASHBACK to the making of the Curry of Life. Karashi can't handle these feels! He begs forgiveness! They forgot about the coffin man AGAIN!
Whoops. Rokosuke just wanted to save his friend and went a little crazy. Neji notices something. A dangerous feeling. It's Raiga on the top of that cliff. They leave Karashi to look over the coffin man as they climb the cliff. No one is there as a mist forms. Ninja Art: Hidden Mist Jutsu! Lee asks Neji to use his magic eye...and it doesn't WORK! They're all pretty shook. Neji has never heard of a jutsu stronger than the Byakugan (hint, hint, Sharingan) as we finally get a name for the little boy he is talking to. It's Ranmaru. He can tell what Neji's power is but assured Raiga that they still can't see them. Raiga is a hero of the people though so he is going to protect the mine. No funeral for strangers though as he has no fond memories. Ninja Art: Lightning Fang!
Kaboom. They're obviously dead as we end the episode!
NEXT EPISODE: "The Enemy of the Byakugan" 
