The world?s most popular ninja comic!Naruto is a young shinobi with an incorrigible knack for mischief. He?s got a wild sense of humor, but Naruto is completely serious about his mission to be the world?s greatest ninja!Deep within the Forest of Death, Naruto, Sasuke and Sakura are still reeling from Orochimaru?s attack?and now they must battle his minions, the mysterious Sound Ninja. And as Sasuke struggles with the strange force growing inside him, spreading like an infection from the curse-mark Orochimaru burned into his neck, time is running out for the student ninja to collect the scrolls they need to pass the Chûnin Exams!