Part II

The time skip in which Naruto left on a two and a half year training trip to make him stronger to face up against Akatsuki. While on this trip all of the Rookie Nine and many other ninja improve there skills. Also this is the time when more and more things are explained.

Reintroduction Arc
Episodes 1-2: Two and a half years later, an older and stronger Naruto returns to Konoha. This arc focuses on reintroducing the main characters, Naruto, Sakura and Kakashi. Others reappearing in this segment include Jiraiya, Tsunade, Konohamaru, Iruka, Shikamaru, Gaara, and Temari.

Rescue Gaara Arc
Episodes 3-32: The Fifth Kazekage, Gaara, is kidnapped by Akatsuki.Team Kakashi is sent to Sunagakure as backup. The mission turns into a rescue mission as Team Kakashi, with Chiyo of Sunagakure and Team Guy as their backup, chase after Gaara's kidnappers.

Expositon Arc
Episodes 33-35: Naruto runs off to find a substitute team member to intercept Sasori's spy working as Orochimaru's subordinate(This Information they gathered in their previous mission),with a hope of a reunion with Sasuke. Naruto reunites with Shino, Kiba, Hinata, Choji, Ino, and Shikamaru again. Team Kakashi temporarily gets two new team members, Yamato (replacing Kakashi as leader) and Sai replacing Sasuke). Meanwhile, Tsunade has to deal with distrust from the villager elders.

Sasuke And Sai Arc
Episodes 36-54: The new Team Kakashi follows up on some information received from Sasori about a meeting with a spy among Orochimaru's followers. The meeting fails when the spy, Kabuto Yakushi, turns out to be still loyal to Orochimaru. Later, Team Kakashi invades Orochimaru's base in pursuit of Sai, who had betrayed the team on the orders of his Root superior, Danzo. Naruto and Sakura finally meet Sasuke for the first time since his difection from Konoha roughly 2½ years earlier. Sasuke, however, is far from what he used to be.

Twelve Guardian Ninjas Arc
Episodes 55-71(FILLER ARC): This arc starts with Naruto's chakra manipulaton training(This isn't a filler).A group of rebels rob the fire temple of the corpses of former twelve guardian ninjas to stop these rebels and to investigate their activity the newly formed Team Kakashi is sent to Fire temple.

Immortals Arc
Episodes 72-present: Kakashi and Yamato begin training Naruto so he can create his own jutsu. Meanwhile, Akatsuki begins getting more active, capturing two tailed beast.After capturing the two tailed beast Hidan and Kakuzu attack a fire temple which was involved in the previous arc.