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Aired July 2, 2009
The second member of Sasuke's team is revealed to be a woman named Karin. After Sasuke and Suigetsu arrive at the Southern Hideout, Sasuke requests that Karin comes with them. Despite her hesitations and quarrels with Suigetsu, Karin ultimately accepts after remembering her very first encounter with Sasuke. Sasuke orders Suigetsu to release the prisoners, and after that, they set off to recruit the final member of the team - Jugo.

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Aired June 25, 2009
Sasuke frees Suigetsu from his hydro capsule,and requests his services. Suigetsu responds that he would gladly give them, on condition that he helps him find Zabuza's sword. They fail to find the blade at his grave, but learn that it is in the possession of a man named Tenzen Daikoku. Sasuke uses Tenzen's guarded fortress to test Suigetsu's combat abilities, and Suigetsu gets the blade without much effort. As promised, Suigetsu joins up with Sasuke, and goes with him to the Southern hideout.

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Aired June 18, 2009
Orochimaru reminisces about the memories of his past, how he became interested in reanimation and the Sharingan. Orochimaru begins the ritual to take over Sasuke's body. Later on, Kabuto arrives to see Sasuke standing over Orochimaru's snake corpse, and from the Sharingan, he finds out what happened: Orochimaru had failed in possessing Sasuke's body, as Sasuke manages to reverse Orochimaru's Jutsu and absorbs Orochimaru into his body. Elsewhere, Naruto, Tsunade, Jiraiya and Itachi at different locations all stare at the flaming, bloody-looking sunset.

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Aired June 11, 2009
The time for the Reanimation jutsu is coming close and Orochimaru's body is reaching its limit. Kabuto and Orochimaru discuss about Sasuke's growth during the Chunin Exams. Later, Sasuke makes an unexpected attack on Orochimaru having nothing else to learn from him. Orochimaru reveals his true form which is a giant white snake and makes his attempt to take Sasuke's body. Meanwhile, Tsunade discovers the Three-Tails is taken by Akatsuki.