Departure (episode)

is episode 220 of the original Naruto anime.

Synopsis
The battle with Seimei concludes with Gaara killing Seimei. Everyone returns to Konoha and resume their training. Ino makes a request to also become Tsunade's student; Tenten is enraged by the fact that she was left out of the mission; and everyone says goodbye to Naruto, except for Hinata who fainted when she saw him all bandaged, but she was the last one to see him head off the Village, while making the promise to become stronger, then Naruto heads off for his two-and-a-half years of training with Jiraiya (who returned with information about Akatsuki's plans).