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When Hidden Rock invaded the Grass Country on its path towards Fire, Taiseki served as an advanced guard who scouted the territory for enemy movements. He and a fellow ninja noted the movements of the three man Leaf team consisting of Hatake Kakashi, Uchiha Obito and Rin. Seeing the opportunity to gather information about their opponents movements, they attacked the group and kidnapped Rin. Later the two Rock-nin's used a genjutsu technique to try and break Rin's will and reveal her mission. When Obito and Kakashi came to save Rin, this ninja used his camouflage technique to sneak up on Obito. Jumping in to save his teammate, Kakashi moved in front of Obito and took a kunai swipe to his left eye. Thinking over their predicament, Obito grew hardened and activated his Sharingan for the first time. Using its ability to see through ninjutsu techniques, Obito was able to reveal Taiseki's location and stab and kill him.

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When Iwashi was watching the Genin teams arrive at the central tower in the second test, he brought one specific team to the attention of Anko. Gaara and his team managed to make it to the central tower in one and half hours, breaking the old record of four hours.

Months after the invasion of Leaf, Iwashi was assigned to a mission team consisting of himself, Shizune, Raidou and Genma. When the Four Sounds were leaving Leaf with Sasuke, Raidou and Genma went and confronted them. When the Sound ninjas used their Cursed Seal Level 2 forms, the two Jounin were defeated. Shizune and Iwashi came to their aid. Iwashi stated he wanted to continue by himself after them, but Genma warned him such action was foolish and would result in his death. The Four Sound were simply too powerful.

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During the invasion of Leaf Village by Sand and Sound, Tayuya served as one of the corners of the barrier which contained the battle between Orochimaru and the Third Hokage. Later when the Four Sounds were going to deliver Uchiha Sasuke to Orochimaru, the five Leaf Genin led by Shikamaru followed in pursuit. After Jiroubou and Kidoumaru stayed behind to fight Neji and Choji, Tayuya was forced to battle Nara Shikamaru. It was then revealed that she had been granted a cursed seal by Orochimaru.

Tayuya does not battle her opponents directly, she actually utilizes a flute which allows her to control the Doki she summons. This flute also allows her to cast special illusion techniques. Using his battle wits, Shikamaru was able to bind Tayuya with his shadow. Tayuya was about to overcome the bind with her powerful curse seal level 2 chakra, but at the last moment, Temari from Hidden Sand appeared and blasted Tayuya away, slicing her flute in two. Tayuya did not apparently survive the attack.

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Tazuna is a bridge builder in the Wave Country. His goal was to build a bridge to connect the islands to stimulate commerce. However the local corrupt shipping magnate named Gatô attempted to prevent the bridge from being completed. To do that he hired missing-nins from the Wave Country to threaten Tazuna. Forunately with the help of Team 7, Tazuna was able to end his problem with Gatô and complete the bridge.

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Temari is the daughter of the Kazekage. In the third preliminary matches of the Chuunin Exam, Temari is placed against Tenten. Utilizing her wind techniques, Temari is able to totally nullify Tenten's ranged weapon attacks. In the third test Temari is placed against Nara Shikamaru. When Shikamaru utilized his strategic genius, she was captured by his shadow bind jutsu. Though she thought she was going to lose, Shikamaru gave up because he was almost out of chakra. Later during the invasion of Leaf by Sand and Sound, Temari and her siblings undertook their mission to protect Gaara as he did his full transformation into the Shukaku demon. Gaara was able to accomplish his task but he was stopped by Uzumaki Naruto. Coming to her exhausted brothers aid, Temari and Kankurou helped their younger brother escape.

Months after the invasion and the surrender of Sand, both Leaf and Sand became allies again. After Uchiha Sasuke left Leaf to seek out Orochimaru, Shikamaru and a Genin team left to retrieve him. When Shikamaru and the Genin were in a dire position facing the Four Sounds, Temari and her siblings arrived out of nowhere to lend support. They had arrived under the direction of the Fifth Hokage Tsunade who had requested assistance from Sand. Temari lended assistance to Shikamaru and defeated the tiring Tayuya with ease. Temari and her siblings then returned to Konoha with the injured Leaf ninja.

After the time skip, Temari advanced in rank to Jounin. During this time she began serving as a liaison to Leaf to help plan the Chuunin Exams. When she learned that her younger brother Gaara had been captured by Akatsuki, she quickly returned home to lend help. She arrived too late and remained behind to guard her village when Naruto and his team began to track down Gaara's abductors. When Kankurou was sufficiently recuperated, she and he alongside numerous other Sand ninja raced to help Gaara. They arrived in time to see Chiyo bring him back to life. She was greatly relieved and later wished the Leaf ninja goodbye when they left Hidden Sand.

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TenTen made it to the preliminaries of the third round but was defeated by Temari from Hidden Sand. Though Tenten had great accuracy, Temari's fan blew away any weapon thrown at her. Temari then used her cycling winds technique to hold and slice Tenten. The injured Tenten then fell through the air and landed back first on Temari's folder fan. Unconscious, Tenten was eliminated from the Chuunin Exam.

She later watched her teammate Neji in the Exam's third test. She complemented Naruto's strength but felt there was no way he could lose to Naruto. She was surprised when he eventually did get defeated, but recognized Naruto's strength. She and her team continued to train and she assisted Neji in pushing himself even further. As the years passed she and her team eventually passed the Chuunin Exam. When a request came in from Hidden Sand to help rescue their Kazekage Gaara, Guy and his team were sent to help. TenTen and her team faced off against Hoshigaki Kisame. Kisame managed to get the drop on the team and imprison TenTen, Neji and Lee in water prisons. Neji broke them free and Guy managed to eventually defeat their opponent, who would turn out to have been a lower powered Kisame in a different body.

The team then proceeded on to Akatsuki's base. When they removed the seal guarding the cave, they were faced with doppelgangers who emerged from the earth itself. The team managed to eventually defeat the guardians and assist Naruto and Kakashi, who were chasing the fleeing Deidara. TenTen's team stopped Deidara and gave Kakashi enough time to send the Akatsuki member to another location using his Mangekyou. With Deidara stopped, they took control of Gaara's corpse, which allowed elder Sand kunoichi Chiyo to use her resurrection technique to revive Gaara. They returned to Sand, then wished their comrades goodbye and returned to Konoha.

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The night before Naruto is to particpate in the third round, he goes to Ichiraku Ramen to buy some dinner. He is about to order when Ayame presents him with a big expensive meal. Naruto is surprised at first, but Teuchi says it's on the house. A reward for one of their favorite customers.

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After Sasori was killed in battle, Tobi was eager to replace Sasori as a new member of Akatsuki. Tobi was very eager to please Zetsu, however he maintained a strained relationship with Akatsuki member Deidara. Eventually Akatsuki allowed Tobi to become a member, taking over Sasori's spot. Tobi was then assigned to capture the Three-Tailed Turtle bijuu. With Deidara's help the duo managed to subdue the beast and tow it back to their base. Tobi boasted that he took out the beast with a one-hit KO jutsu.

Tobi later traveled with Deidara to hunt down Uchiha Sasuke. Deidara hoped to one day defeat Orochimaru himself, and saw Sasuke, the man who defeated Orochimaru, as a worthy replacement. When they initially confronted Sasuke, the young man quickly cut through Tobi with his sword. He fell but quickly rose again with not a cut on him, much to Sasuke's surprise. Tobi stated he was caught by surprise. Tobi sat on the sidelines for most of the fight, until Deidara needed his help placing his explosive mines underground. Deidara then had Tobi flee while he unleashed his deadly explosive jutsu. Tobi was eventually caught in the blast of Deidara's most explosive clay, C4. Zetsu informed the group of his death, and the leader Pain stated that Tobi was easily replaceable.

A short time later Pain met with a mysterious figure who gave him orders. This figure was seen to be Tobi, speaking with an ominous voice. Tobi was revealed to possess the Sharingan. He then claimed to be Uchiha Madara. Whether Tobi himself is the original Madara in the flesh or something else is unknown.

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Mizuki held his own evil ambition. Ever since he was a young boy, Mizuki had always despised the weak. Seeking to remove any such hinderances, he would even go so far as to secretly kill an injured comrade on a mission, just so they would not have to worry about finding him medical attention. Shortly before the start of the series, Mizuki was on a mission when he was met by Orochimaru. Orochimaru placed a formula onto Mizuki's skin in the form of a skull tattoo. The formula was one of Orochimaru's many experiements he had worked on while in Konoha. As a result, Mizuki sought to gain favor with Orochimaru for the "gift".

After Naruto had failed the graduation exam he told Naruto of another way to graduate. He tricked Naruto into stealing the forbidden scroll of seals. Iruka discovered Mizuki's ambition and attempted to stop him. Mizuki told Naruto that the reason everyone hated him was because he had the Kyuubi inside him. He was about to kill Naruto when Iruka jumped in front of the large shuriken Mizuki had thrown. Naruto was surprised to see Iruka putting his own life on the line for him. Angered that Mizuki had attempted to hurt Iruka in such a manner, Naruto created a massive amount of Kage Bunshin clones, who then hurled a load of punches on Mizuki.

After this incident, Mizuki was sent to the Konoha ninja prison. During the next year he would spend his time training and planning his revenge. Approximately a year after incarceration, Mizuki made moves to break out. Aided by the help of the brothers Fuujin and Raijin, Mizuki escaped and sought out to utilize the chakra enhancement formula Orochimaru had given him. Mizuki met with his former fiancée Tsubaki, who hoped Mizuki could turn away from the path of evil. Mizuki knocked her out, ignoring her pleas.

Mizuki traveled to the Nara clan medicinal compound where he broke in and stole the needed ingredients for his formula. He then traveled to a secret cave lab, where he was able to mix the ingredients. After ingesting the compound, he was given a burst of power. His body changed to resemble that of a tiger, and gave him more power than ever before. The formula was revealed to have spliced the genetic traits of animals in with humans. Naruto and Iruka who had been tracking down Mizuki began to battle him. They were no match for Mizuki at first, but Mizuki's power soon was exhausted after a Naruto Rasengan. Like all of Orochimaru's test subjects, Mizuki was a guinea pig, as the formula was not perfected. Mizuki was left a shriveled and broken man, less powerful than he had ever been before. He was taken away to be interrogated, and he has yet to be seen again.

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After Kabuto joined forces with Akatsuki, he resurrected many dead ninja to fight at their side using Edo Tensei. Nidaime Tsuchikage was dispatched along with Sandaime Raikage, Nidaime Mizukage and Yondaime Kazekage. As Muu walked through a desert cloaked, he came across sensor sand belonging to Gaara, who lead his division of the Joint Shinobi Army. Dropping his camouflage Muu congratulated the young man for locating him. With Muu's presence now known, information was sent from the front to central command and Sandaime Tsuchikage. Hearing that his former teacher was once again on the move, the Tsuchikage reluctantly explained that he alone would have to face him. As his Kekkei Touta Jinton ability, was passed on to him by his predecessor Muu. And only a fellow user had any chance against him. Sandaime then took his leave and travelled to the front to once again meet Muu.

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Tsuchikage and his attendants Akatsuchi and Kurotsuchi attended the Five Kage Summit.

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The granddaughter of the First Hokage, Tsunade was taught by the Third Hokage when she was a Genin. Later in life she would lose her younger brother Nawaki and her boyfriend Dan in battles. These two events made Tsunade distraught. Both men had stated before they died that they dreamed of becoming Hokage. This made her feel such a desire was foolish, driving people to take actions they shouldn't. As she aged Tsunade began to use jutsu to alter her appearance and always appear in her twenties.

She and her apprentice Shizune left Konoha behind and traveled the Fire country to satisfy Tsunade's gambling addiction. It was during this period she was approached by Orochimaru for help. Orochimaru told her that in exchange for her healing his damaged body, he would bring her boyfriend and little brother back from the dead. Tsunade was given a week to determine what she wished to do, during this period she was tracked down by Jiraiya and Naruto to ask her to be the new Fifth Hokage.

She felt the position was not worth the trouble and that it is only a fools desire to take the job. Tsunade was tempted at first to help Orochimaru, but the honesty and determination Naruto exhibited in facing Orochimaru and his strong desire to become Hokage reaffirmed her loyalty to Leaf. It quickly became a three-way Sannin brawl with Orochimaru, Tsunade and Jiraiya fighting. Orochimaru was defeated and he retreated. Tsunade then accepted the offer and became the Fifth Hokage. She thanked Naruto and challenged him to never give up his dream to replace her some day.

When Tsunade formally became Hokage she and Naruto shared a tenuous relationship. Naruto often became frustrated with the respect she gave him when assigning missions; however she never really lost faith in the boy. When Naruto came back to Konoha after training with Jiraiya, her advisors recommended Naruto be kept within the village to protect him from Akatsuki. Tsunade believed Naruto could handle himself and his history as a Jinchuuriki meant he was best suited to help others like him in the world. Only time will tell whether this important decision as village leader will be the best for Konoha...

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Gatô's hired samurai Waraji and Zouri were ordered to take Tsunami hostage. When they arrived at her house they found Inari and threatened to kill him, Tsunami told them though that if they were to harm him she would bite off her tongue and kill herself, thus ruining their chance to take her hostage. They left Inari alone and took Tsunami with them. Inari finally got up the courage to go protect his mother and he chased after the two men. By the time he caught up the two samurai were about to kill Inari when Naruto was able to show up and save both Inari and his mother.

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Tsurugi Misumi subjected his body to surgery to grant him the ability to manipulate his body. He can pop his bones out of their sockets and use his chakra to move his soft muscle tissue. When Misumi and his team make it to the third round preliminaries, it is revealed he and his team are actually Hidden Sound spies acting under the direction of Orochimaru. Misumi is matched against Kankurou from Hidden Sand. He uses his unique abilites to quickly surprise Kankurou, but Kankorou had surprises of his own. The body Misumi had wrapped himself around was actually Kankurou's puppet Karasu. Karasu surprised Misumi and quickly wrapped itself around him. Kankurou then used Karasu to squeeze and injure Misumi. He was then taken away by the medical team.

Shortly afterwards both Misumi and his teammate Yoroi left the Fire Country behind and headed south for the Sea Country to assist Orochimaru's former scientist Amachi. There the two former Sound spies began attacking gold boats destined for the Water Country. In the guise of a dangerous sea monster, the two ninja were able to steal the gold. When ninja from Konoha were sent to investigate, Yoroi and Misumi did battle with them. Misumi moved to attack the ninja in one of Orochimaru's former mountain labs. As the structure began to collapse raining rock from above, Ino used her mind control jutsu to force Misumi to tie his arms to pillars inside the compound. The Konoha ninja fled, leaving Misumi behind to be crushed in the rubble.