The Successor’s Feelings

is episode 146 of the Naruto: Shippuden anime.

Synopsis
After returning to Tchucigumo village Hotaru was tricked by her uncle(putting her in the room with the bandits and looking her). The bandits were looking for her scroll but instead the real one, they took a decoy. After the decoy exploded Hotaru finally had time to escape the locked room. After runing into the forest, thiefs catched her but on her luck Utakata arrived claiming he was to interested in hidden jutsu. After escaping the bandits Utakata brought Hotaru next to a river to rest, where they had a little talk.Then Hotaru revealed some mysterios thing on her back, which caused sorrow in Utakata. A moment after that Kirigakure hunter ninjas came and took Hotaru as a hostage claiming they will kill here if he doesnt surrender. After claiming that he doesnt have anything with here they bind him. Naruto Uzumaki arrived and killed one of the hunters with clone.