Lingering Snow

is episode 315 of the Naruto: Shippūden anime.

Summary
Naruto discovered 4 Yota clones in the battlefield,allowing him to reveal the other 3 are White Zetsu clones,prompting their opponents to easily defeat all of them.Back from past,Yota was kept by ANBU Torture and Interrogation Force under questioning,while Shikamaru,Kiba,Ino,Sakura and Choji planned to help Yota escape.Naruto acts as a decoy while others enter the holding area.But soon an ANBU member counters Shikamaru's Shadow Possession Technique.As Naruto tried to halt the man,he was punched,prompting Yota to paralyze the ANBU members.As Naruto and the gang tried to cross the deep river,the gang went separated due to strong current.Yota saved Naruto,at the cost of being drowned.They found Yota lying in the riverside.As they try to talk to Yota,they became stunned and suffered forced amnesia.Back from the present,Naruto faced off with the real one.He revealed that he was already dead,under Edo Tensei of Orochimaru.He died during his clan's travels.He was resurrected using a young female villager,hence the word difference.As Naruto tried to reason with him, he heard Yota's voice and he sealed himself in snow and lightning struck it,leaving Naruto and others shocked.