I thought Kisame was a shark, not a thorny devil...

We start this week off with Naruto thinking about all the things his mother said to him back when he was a newborn, Kushina having just disappeared from his inner world. He promises to eat more than ramen, and says he loves hot baths and sleep, so that’s fine. He then moves onto his friends, and that he has many, even Shino, who is in the background, and that he wishes she could have met them, but there is one that is giving him grief, being Sasuke. He says she was right about school, but he doesn’t let it get him down, and that whilst it wasn’t smooth sailing, he now respects his teachers. Even Ebisu, who is in the background. He then goes on to say that Jiraiya taught him about the vices of a shinobi, but that he was a great man who taught him how to be a true shinobi. He then finishes saying that he will become the greatest Hokage. Haven’t heard that before. Naruto then finally wakes up from his inner world and is greeted to a fist bump from Bee. Yamato is pretty tense, and asks Naruto continuously if he was able to control the Kyuubi. Yamato then freaks out completely when Naruto and Bee discuss the whole thing using “this” and “that” as description. Meanwhile, outside, Might Guy is told about Naruto’s training gets very hyped up, and Aoba Yamashiro tells Motoi that that is just the way he is. Inside, Naruto tells Yamato and Bee that the Kyuubi’s chakra is sealed away inside him somewhere else, and he isn’t automatically using it all of the time. He then draws it out and becomes his sparkling fox boy mode, for lack of better words, to show them. Yamato’s Wood Style techniques then react to Naruto’s chakra, growing rapidly, and Yamato notes how full of energy Naruto is.

Naruto then senses someone inside with them, and tracks it down to the Samehada on Bee’s back. He says that it isn’t a chakra, more of an evil presence. Kisame, who is hiding in Samehada, is surprised to say the least, and tries to escape in his fused Kisame-Samehada form. However, he looks more monstrous now, more like how an Akatsuki member should look. Bee is confused, since he thought he killed Kisame, but Kisame replies that Bee beheaded a clone, thinking of Zetsu. He then compliments Naruto’s sensing abilities, then escapes, but Naruto chases after him with an extremely quick “Yellow Flash” and knocks him down. However, Naruto gets stuck at the same time, so Kisame attempts to escape. Yamato tells Bee to chase after him, whilst he helps Naruto. Outside, Aoba dares Guy to go under the same ‘Dark Side’ training that Naruto did. Guy does, and his ‘Dark Guy’ side starts to tell him that his “youth” is starting to get old, and that no-one wants to hear about it anymore. Guy gets irritated, and orders his dark side to attack, but instead, Kisame jumps out from behind the waterfall. Guy takes Kisame as his ‘Dark Guy’, and attacks anyway, even though he is disgusted. Even though Aoba tells Guy that Kisame isn’t his dark side, Guy uses Konoha Kaiganshou to blast Kisame away. Suddenly, Bee jumps out too, just as Kisame hits a cliff.

This is getting fun, Kishimoto. Good work. I was wondering when Kisame would reveal himself, and now that he has, this arc may get a little more interesting. Naruto shows off his uber form, which I’m still not impressed with. He looks pretty stupid, to be honest. I was expecting something a little more badass, like the Six-Tail form was. Well, not exactly like that, but you know what I mean. Nice little comedy moments with Guy too. The running gag of him not remembering Kisame is still active I assume. Anyway, nice use of a random Konoha ninja in Aoba. Well, I say nice use, but he did just magically appear out of nowhere didn’t he? Naruto also seems to have picked up his father’s speed and “Yellow Flash” technique, or a variety thereof, but he isn’t that good at it yet. Anyway, this is interesting, and I’m assuming Kisame will actually die this time around, so that the only two Akatsuki left will be Zetsu and Madara. Let’s see how this goes then…