The Worst Three-Legged Race

is episode 194 of the Naruto: Shippūden anime. Sakura and Naruto see Kiba and Akamaru delivering items. Sakura commented on how Naruto and Sasuke were inseparable those days and Naruto suddenly remembers the early days when they were on a mission to retrieve a golden statue which was stolen by a band of thieves from a Feudal Princess. Naruto and Sasuke are competing against each other because of that, Sakura was captured by the group of bandits. And Naruto and Sasuke's hands are stuck together by rubber. At first, Sasuke and Naruto argue. But they get along in the end and finish the mission together.