As you might recall, our quota of people exploding from snakes was more than filled last episode, and both people who did so are about to go at it. Sasuke yells at Naruto to run, since Snake Girl is out of his league, but naturally Naruto isn't having any of it. Sasuke points out rightfully that things generally don't get better when Naruto rides in to save the day, and he's at a loss as to what to do. He pulls out his team's scroll and offers it to Snake Girl, and everybody's wondering what his angle is. Snake Girl approves of this new sense of pragamatism in Leaf Village Genin. He tosses it to her, but INTERCEPTION by Naruto! Also wicked haymaker by Naruto for Sasuke's trying to throw in the towel, and asks if Sasuke's not an imposter. Heh. Naruto makes a valid point - there's no telling if Snake Girl would let them go after getting the scroll, then does a creepy thing with her tongue. She cuts her thumb and puts blood on a tattoo - summoning jutsu! It is not Ninja Dogs and it is not adorable, but a giant-ass snake.
Elsewhere, the Proctors find the bodies of the FreakNinjas - or at least who they killed to replace, and head off to get help. Anko's chilling with some lunch, and also perfecting her throwing skills. One of the proctors brings her to the corpses, and they're Grass Villagers, but something's wrong. For one, they're dead, and two, they have no faces. Anko knows who or what it is, though all we get is a silhouette of somebody with a snake and twin swords. Anko immediately calls in the Anbu special forces to come assist, and is going in herself right now. This, my friends, is a kunoichi. Face Robber taunts Naruto from the top of her giant snake, splintering the branch he was standing on and bashing him around for kicks. Naruto opens his eyes as he falls towards the snake, and his eyes are looking a bit Demon Foxy. He starts wailing on the snake, though not to any appreciable effect. Snake Girl gives him a face full of fireball to put him down. It's Sasuke's turn, and we get a jump-cut before impact. Bastards!
Anko's tree-leaping her way in to help, but it might not be needed. Naruto's brought the snake down with a kunai and everybody's a tad bit startled. This is Sasuke's first time with Demon Naruto, if I recall right. It's a harsh, jarring, comfortless experience for Sasuke. Snake Girl grabs Naruto with her tongue, and apparently knows more about the Nine-Tailed Fox than we do. She taunts Naruto a bit before Chakra-sealing the Demon Fox back into Naruto, who goes limp. Snake Girl goes on about how they're starting to act in synch, but that's not the issue for her. She grabs the Wind Scroll form Naruto's pack and casually tosses her away. Sakura of all people makes the save with a well-placed kunai throw to pin Naruto to a tree, and it's Sasuke's turn to go catatonic. She starts in on Sasuke, and it's awesomw, saying that Naruto is kind of useless and in the way, but at least he's not a coward. Sasuke flashes on his brother, who called him much the same, only worse. That's enough to get Sasuke's head back in the game, and Snake Girl knows about the Uchina clan, too. Sasuke starts to gather his Chakra to him as we end things.
By the by, not a huge fan of the ending song.
Next Episode: Sasuke vs. his brother, with the snake girl as proxy!
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