"Raiga's Counterattack"
The storm is going to hit any moment so Naruto, Neji and Lee bring the supplies back the shop. Neji notices that the lightning struck right where the Katabami Gold Mine is. Hmmmmm....
Oh shit it's Bio-Raiga! Karashi is LEGIT SHOOK. Ranmaru is down! Raiga needs his little buddy. Raiga blames Karashi, but Karashi turns it back on Raiga. He gave his chakra to you. Someone with a pale and girlish hand starts rousing.
It's Twenty! She sees Raiga and can't let him escape. Raiga roars in anger and turns his blades on Karashi...nope, deflecting all of the objects Tenten threw at him.
Tenten ninja runs down the wall and summons a weighted chain, wrapping him up and then throwing a ton of Kunai at him. Raiga summons a lightning bolt to his sword and repels all of the metal around him.
He then summons another bolt to break the chain and touches the sword with the broken end to shock Tenten, who is flung into a waiting boulder. He recognizes her as Naruto's teammate and goes for the kill. Twenty uses her summoning scroll to block...by summoning a wooden staff. Won't conduct electricity but she can't hold it too high. She gets some licks in, first to the unprotected foot, then the jaw, then the stomach repeatedly!
She then spins it into the ground at an angle to throw sand in his face. What a heel move! Can Twenty solo Raiga? Raiga has had enough and goes for a face stab but Twenty catches one of his swords and sends it flying, landing right next to Karashi's hand and almost taking it off!
She goes to catch the other one but it splits her staff! He calls her a gnat and tells her to buzz off! What a heel! He blows her staff away and walks over to Karashi...to get his other sword. Raiga cuts a heel promo on...Karashi. He's not that smart and doesn't get how Ranmaru died. Did Karashi kill him? Karashi lays the blame on the Leaf villagers! Karashi knows where they are, maybe. Get up and take me to them! He then promises to give Ranmaru a funeral with their corpses at his feet!
Twenty wakes up and walks over to Ranmaru, sad that such a brave kid would give his life for a piece of shit like Raiga. Ranmaru speaks the name of Raiga and Tenten cannot believe it. She's going to save the little guy as she scales the ravine with him on his back. The rain is coming as they head for a little shack.
The rain is starting over at the Curry of Life shack as the boys finish their work storm proofing it and Granny Sansho thanks them. Karashi comes running in with unbelievable news; Twenty fell off the cliff! He makes up a story about how Karashi wanted to train with someone and went running with Tenten. When they got to lightning pass however a tree was hit by a bolt knocking her off the cliff. Naruto and Lee want to head off right away while Neji gives Karashi the stank eye. He's going to get the first aid kit while Team Guy-1+Naruto head off. Karashi takes his mom (Granny Sansho is his mother after all) aside and tells her to run away with him. He'll explain later. Raiga is waiting, if he doesn't bring the ninja to him it'll be him and his mother at Ranmaru's feet! Granny Sansho is appalled! She won't leave until the ninja come back. Neji is talking with the boys. "Would Lightning and some tree really be enough to send Tenten over a cliff?" Probably not. Naruto doesn't quite understand. Neji theorizes that Karashi's training might not have stuck and Lee apologizes. Neji thinks its a trap, Lee thinks it is probably blackmail. Naruto thinks its blackmail.
Cut to Twenty and Ranmaru. Ranmaru is worried about Raiga, Tenten is worried more about Ranmaru considering Raiga is just fine. Ranmaru tells her not to worry as he'll be dead soon but Twenty has no time for weak men and won't let him give up, cutting an excellent promo. "All the people you killed wanted to live but you didn't give them that choice!" He doesn't get to decide this time, and he needs to take responsibility for his actions. The shack won't hold through the storm so she's going to Granny's place.
The boys come jumping into frame after seeing Raiga standing there. Naruto was right (so were Lee and Neji) and they are going to take him down for good. Raiga charges up as Naruto goes for him with a Kunai. Neji calls out for Lee who...shoves Naruto aside! The Kunai was lightning bait! This lightning is much stronger because of the storm as he was just using his Chakra before. The power of nature might make him unstoppable as he sends a field of bolts after him. Byakugan. Shadow clones and more shadow clones to try and get close to him. Lots of dead clones. Shadow clone Jutsu x eight until finally...
Naruto is there and Neji...snuck up behind Raiga. Gentle fist!
Oh my...that did not turn out well for Neji. Naruto gets zapped as well. This isn't chakra, it's lightning baby! Quit disrespecting Naruto quips Lee, who is getting rid of his training weights. No funeral for Lee after all. "I am very angry" what a bad ass.
Twenty made it to Granny Sansho's as Karashi was attempting to drag his mother away. They head inside and Granny gives him the business after Twenty tells her what really happened. He had no choice! Twenty ain't leaving and she's saving this boy. Granny has the cure, the CURRY OF LIFE! Karashi leaves after saying to not blame him if Ranmaru gets worse.
Back to Lee and Raiga. Lee is too fast for Raiga as he jacks him in the jaw. Granny is making curry and Karashi is worrying until he remembers Lee sleep running in the rain. Raiga is getting his ass kicked by Lee until he charges up for a double Lightning Fang. Karashi smells something, the curry of life. Ranmaru won't eat it though. Karashi knows why, the spices are wrong! Granny is shook, he memorized the spices for the curry of life!
Twenty tries to feed him the genuine article but Ranmaru refuses. Can't even eat without Raiga. He wants to know why she'd help him. She doesn't want to see him die and Granny Sansho and Karashi put everything into it. Only a horrible person wouldn't respect that. People help each other, saving lives and stepping in. Karashi heard those words too and encourages Ranmaru to take a bite...and then he eats the whole thing. That feeling...it's the feeling of life! He cries and wants Raiga to eat it too!
Naruto and Neji are down. Lee got Zorched, but is still going as the episode ends.
NEXT EPISODE: "Run! The Curry of Life"