Sasuke made a late appearance with Kakashi at the Chuunin exam. He had missed Naruto's fight with Orochimaru and other opponents. Naruto must have gotten much stronger, or adopted a new jutsu to win these fights. Sasuke is not doing too great himself. He looses against Gaara and Itachi. Bummer! Sasuke may not be ready for his revenge just yet. The title of next Naruto episode of Naruto Shippuden 259 is "Rift". Enjoy Naruto 259 ! Download Naruto 259 HD ! See us in Naruto Forum for discussions!Gaara goes against Sasuke in this Chuunin exam. Gaara thinks Sasuke is weak, because he doesn't hate enough. Power of hatred is power to kill! Power to kill is power to revenge!
Gaara seems to overpower Sasuke when Naruto jumps in along with Sakura. Sasuke isn't pleased with this, especially since he lost the entire family. He does not want to lose his only friends. Naruto signed his clones and with his signature Uzumaki barage sent Gaara flying. Sasuke admitted to himself that Naruto sometimes scares him; that the power inside him makes him get stronger very quickly.
Sasuke needs to get stronger real bad. He remembers Itachi Uchiha telling him that he is too young to be killed. Sasuke couldn't take his hatred boiling inside him and he attacked his older brother. Itachi just snapped his hand cooly. Jiraiya sensei showed up just when Kisame charged at Naruto. Sasuke stood up and told Jiraiya to leave Itachi alone, that he wanted to be the one to kill him. Itachi just turned and side kicked Sasuke so hard, he just tumbled down the hallway until he hit the wall. Naruto wanted to jump in, but Sasuke stopped him. Itachi charged at his brother and punched him number of times. The he told him in a calm voice "you are weak, because you don't have enough hatred in you".
[GoogleAd]When Naruto couldn't take this any longer, Jiraiya signed Toad Mouth Trap to seal Naruto off.
Now, they're all in digestive tract of Giant Toad of Mount Myoboku. Jiraiya wanted to feed both Kisame and Itachi to the rock toad, but they have escaped.
Naruto asked Jiraiya why Sasuke was so dosile. Pervy Sage explained that Itachi use his Sharingan to weaken Sasuke's will to fight. They must find Tsunade 'the queen of slugs and elixirs' to help out Sasuke. As they walked Naruto asked why Akatsuki is after him so badly. Erosenin explained that it is his Nine Tails Akastuki is after.
Sasuke opens his eyes in the hospital. The first thing he wants to do is fight Naruto. Naruto insists that Sasuke uses his Hidden Leaf headband. Equal terms as Leaf ninja he says. They both started running towards each other. Sakura jumped in and when it looked like she was going to get a piece of it, Kakashi jumped in and separated them. Kakashi asked Sasuke why he wanted to kill Naruto. That Chidori would certainly have killed him.
Kakashi and Jiraiya discussed this altercation. Jiraiya defended Naruto saying he would not take this to his friend. Kakashi recognized the rivalry between the two and said that more than anything Naruto needs to be recognized by Sasuke as equal. Sasuke on the other hand feels that Naruto is progressing much faster and recognizing Naruto as his equal would make him feel inferior.
At night Sasuke is faced with four ninjas that came on orders from Lord Orochimaru. Orochimaru left a Curse mark on Sasuke's body once. They convince Sasuke to leave the Hidden Leaf village and go see Orochimaru, who promised to give him power. Power that Sasuke needs to defeat Itachi. Sasuke must cut his ties with Hidden Leaf village. The title of Naruto Shippuden 260 is "Parting".