"Run, Dodge, Zigzag! Chase or Be Chased!"
How will three tied up ninja ever possibly escape? Oh, you mean they are about a million ways they could do it since their chakra wasn't sealed? Well anyways, Naruto calls their idea dumb. Kiba agrees, four of them versus the Leaf village? The fakes say that a certain someone told them exactly where to attack. Naruto offers up Orochimaru as a suggestion. Maybe, maybe not says the nameless client. Fake Kiba wants to do the sensible thing and kill them now that they know the plan. Fake Hinata lights a flare and asks if they can see them. Hmm, maybe the villains do know what they are doing. They're going to detonate them when they leave. Fake Kiba tells them there is nowhere to run and no one is coming to save them. Client tells them its better than being sent back to the academy and Fake Hinata wants them to rest in piece...or pieces. Fake Naruto says gotta run, thanks for the face as the paper bombs ignite and the villains walk out calm as cucumbers. Kiba is pissed off, all they had to do was find the dumb treasure but when Naruto is involved even the easy stuff will kill you. Naruto wants him to save his complaining for later as everyone is going to blame them for the trouble they cause. Kiba asks him how he is going to get out and Naruto only knows three tricks at this point so he suggests the Rasengan. Yeah, like they wouldn't notice that. What about Fang over Fang? Same thing, they'd know and jump them. Hinata suggests her Protective Eight Trigrams. They'll use it to survive the cave in without the fakes knowing. She needs her bonds a bit looser and Naruto says it is knot a problem.
Oh. Oh my. Kiba joins in with his teeth and even Akamaru gets in the action with Hinata. She's free just as the ceiling starts to explode. Protective Eight Trigrams, 64 Palms. She crushes the incoming rocks. Evil Client does an Evil Ninja roll call and they head to the village.
Hinata succeeded, but she feels a bit faint. That won't help anything. Kiba tells her she can faint all she wants after she cuts their ropes. Kiba checks with his animal ears and is sure the bad guys are gone...but also that the roof won't hold for very long. Akamaru notices a box though. A treasure chest! It might be booby trapped. Doesn't matter says Naruto, it was their mission after all. Hinata does the smart thing and uses her Byakugan, noticing nothing at first...oh wait there's a piece of paper in there. Kiba asks if it is a paper bomb but Hinata says no. Hinata brings up a fair point; the chest will distinguish the real Naruto. Akamaru will do for Kiba (how the fake ninjas will get away with this is yet to be determined) and before they can talk about it anymore the cave start collapsing. Fang over Fang time, Naruto and Hinata follow behind. Naruto is worried about Hinata's ankle and she says she will keep up but then falls over. Naruto got her though. Both Naruto and Kiba are worried about her leg. She says she's fine again but they get the truth out of her, she didn't want to worry the team or hold it back so she pushed herself. She didn't mean to worry them. Kiba gets to the root of their issue as a team; Hinata worries too much about the two of them while Kiba and Naruto growl at each other. They'd be an awesome trio if they worked on that one issue. Kiba comes up with a plan; The boys will go oh ahead while Hinata follows along behind at her own pace. Naruto has his own plan, which is Kiba's plan with different words. Kiba asks if Naruto was paying attention but he zoned out. Hinata blushes over Naruto's concern as Kiba pulls him along.
Fake Naruto has made it to the gate where who should be guarding but my favorite Proctors. They even have a ninja dog which is smart as hell considering they teach 8 year olds how to transform near perfectly into other people. The dog yawns though as these are perfect copies and the ninja walk into the village along with evil client. The proctor is shook when he sees them again a few minutes later. Did myself just come by? Yep. Those are impostors bro. But their ninja hound didn't notice. Even Akamaru got snowed. Luckily their perfect clones can't hide the scent of that tricky Agari, who finally gets a name. I swear I didn't miss it in episode one. Shizune warns the Hokage of the crisis. Fake Naruto is waving his hand at everyone when fake Hinata notices someone is coming. It's Akamaru! Afternoon Fakers, you miss us, taunts Kiba. Naruto promises real pain for the fakers. Agari is impressed that they are still alive but is confident in his fake. This ain't no cave, they have home turf advantage. The fakes laugh, even the local favorites get tossed a curve ball says Fakuto who throws a smoke bomb. Hey it's Hinata who is holding his hand! She's going to tell the Hokage while you stop those imposters. Naruto gives her the thumbs up! Then he remembers what the fuck is going on and goes to deliver some justice.
Fake Naruto to the rescue. How dare you take a swing at her? Fake me is defending fake her from real me? It's making his head hurt. Kiba shows up and fake Naruto denounces real Naruto as an impostor. Kiba is going to take a swing at the legit shook Naruto who claims to be the real deal. This guy isn't real as the real Kiba punches him in the gut. Kiba says that while they can copy smell, looks and voice they probably can't copy Ninjutsu. Let's go Akamaru Fang over...
No need. That sucks, he didn't hit him hard or use jutsu. Naruto also noticed that while he got jaw jacked a minute ago he doesn't feel a thing now. Their big plan to attack the village won't work because they are total weaklings. The fakes run down opposite ends of the alley. Kiba gets fake Hinata, Naruto gets fake Naruto. Right just leave me to me.
Look who the cat dragged in, it's Sakura. She wonders if she checked out too many books. Naruto runs right into her. Sakura is going straight to SSJ2 as lightning crackles under the book covering her face. "Something you'd like to say, maybe, like I don't know, sorry???" Naruto is flat on his back until he gets up to point and laugh. She landed right on her butt because it is the biggest part of her, the butt queen. He goes full on Shin Chan here. Or her forhead, more like a five head am I right? By the time she's done with Naruto he won't have a butt because she is going to kick it across the village. Real Naruto runs up at this point and if you guess this ends in a bonus gif I'll post later, you'd be right. Real Naruto is sent flying. Wait a minute...If Naruto ran off in that direction...how'd he get back there so quickly? Real Naruto is blasting off again, landing in front of Ayame who is out on a delivery. Her dad asks if she is alright. Yeah, Naruto just tumbled in and spooked her a little.
Don't spook his daughter. Naruto is legit shook and all he can say is Sakura. Ayame claims to be alright but her dad won't have it, forcing Naruto to make the delivery for her. Naruto is busy trying to save the village but more fiery background from the Mr. Ramen has him convinced, that and no more Ramen if he doesn't do the delivery. All is forgiven after he makes a two second delivery. Kiba meanwhile punches out Agari and confronts a quivering fake Hinata. Another weakling down, that's 2 out of 2. She begs forgiveness but Kiba won't take puppy dog eyes, save that shit for Naruto he hates that stuff. Just yelling at her causes her to faint. Naruto meanwhile wants his fake to show his handsome face. A big burly guy pulls real Naruto up by the scruff of his neck, Oh no you don't. Let me guess, I stopped by earlier and ate a lot of food. Yep, he really packed it in with a thousand Ryo bill, that face stealing jerk. Naruto pays the man and begins a paying montage. His frog is empty. He's about to cry, his fake dined and dashed across the entire village. The only thing he's ruined in the village is his rep and his places to eat...oh no. He Loony Toons runs to his apartment. All gone. Not all his golden delicious pure heart of fire ninja way ramen!
He transforms out of anger into his tails form and does a multi shadow clone jutsu, producing a few thousand Naruto like a plague of locusts. He's gonna take it out of his hide. Meanwhile fake Naruto put some toast on Naruto's tab. Naruto found him. Unfortunately the Shadow Clones attack each other until one of them points out that the fake doesn't have a chest and they corner him. Kiba and Naruto have the four tied up in a bunch. When it comes down to it these four weren't much after all. Naruto wonders if they are really Orochimaru's henchmen. Kiba says he isn't sure but the Hokage will sort it out. Naruto finally takes the chest off as Hinata comes limping up. Hey Hinata, we caught all the fakers. She's glad until she notices he doesn't have a chest on him.
Naruto runs up to greet her as she moves forward and gives him the gentle fist. Kiba would hate to be the real Naruto right now. WHAT, IT WAS A TEST? Shizune says that is correct. It was to see if they could work effectively together. Tsunade says that sometimes you are teamed with friends, sometimes not. Grudges will make the task impossible though. She gave them a task that seemed easy in the beginning but got harder and tossed in the village threat to up the ante. So it wasn't real says Hinata. Harsh says Naruto. Some lesson, we could have been killed out there groans kiba. Agari claims that Tsunade put strict limits on what he could do to them, the worst was some cuts and bruises. Since Kiba had Akamaru she enlisted the aid of the Kedouin clan and their perfect transformations. She asks how they did, back to the academy? Well, they did have a shakey start almost failing before the mission began but they did catch them so they pass. They are relived. Naruto delivers the chest. Tsunade says they shouldn't have but Agari is glad he did and insists she takes a look at that very important piece of paper, one of the greatest significance. The fakes and the real genin have a meet and greet at the gate. Naruto asks if they will look that way forever and Kiba tells him no. Fake Kiba told him that it'll wear off in a few days. Tsunade meanwhile is not happy with the document in the chest. It's a bill for the training. He said he'd cooperate and she thought he'd charge less. Her name is Tsunade and her debt grows day by day. When she agreed to become Hokage...what was she thinking?!?
NEXT EPISODE: "Please, Mr. Postman!"