Sasuke Recovery Mission

The Sasuke Retrieval is an arc covering episodes 107—135 and chapters 172—238.

Introduction
After Itachi Uchiha mentions Sasuke Uchiha as "weak", he wants to seek for more power. Because earlier during the Chunin Exams, Orochimaru offers Sasuke more power to kill his brother and the invitation from the Sound Four, Sasuke later on takes this offer and decides to leave Konohagakure for Otogakure.

Plot Summary
Most of the focus is on Team Shikamaru chasing Sasuke. Each member of the team fights a member of the Sound Five. Choji Akimichi fights Jirobo, Neji Hyuga fights Kidomaru, Kiba Inuzuka fights Sakon and Ukon, Shikamaru fights Tayuya, and later, after Kimimaro returns, Naruto Uzumaki battles him. The Sand Siblings, Gaara, Temari, and Kankuro, also make appearances in the arc aiding Shikamaru, Kiba, and Rock Lee who also appears to fight Kimimaro.

It also includes the highly anticipated fight between Naruto and Sasuke (episodes 128—134), which, in total, concludes the first part of the Naruto manga series. In the anime, this is the last non-filler arc.