Battle of Kikyō Pass

The was a battle between Konohagakure shinobi and an unknown group. The battle took place at the end of the Third Shinobi World War. In the aftermath of the battle a captain of the Konoha Medic Corps found a single survivor from amongst the dead enemies: the infant Kabuto Yakushi. However, this was a lie fabricated by Orochimaru in order to trick Root, giving Kabuto Yakushi another identity as the son of Nono Yakushi.

This battle was first mentioned by Anko Mitarashi before the preliminaries of the Third Exam in the Chūnin Exams just after Kabuto announced that he would not battle.