* Ready to kill and still aiming his Chidori at Kinoe, Kakashi demanded that his rival denounces his loyalty to the Foundation. Kinoe would not waver forcing Kakashi to arrest him with plans to take him to Hidden Leaf for interrogation. Enjoy Naruto Shippuden episode 356 entitled “A Shinobi of the Leaf” and join us in Naruto Forum for a discussion on this episode.Apprehended, Kinoe describes the life at the Foundation. Anbu fighters are taught to show no emotions, have no past, future, or names. All they’ve got are missions and code of conduct.
As they started for the exit, Kakashi heard a glass breaking sound nearby. He turned around and spotted Orochimaru’s snake spewing out small and very hungry snakes out of its mouth. Kakashi was forced to jump aside to escape the monster snake, but Kinoe wasn’t so lucky. With hands bound behind his back he could not defend himself. Snake devoured the entire body of Kinoe in one go. Kakashi attacked with his Lighting sword a second later and severed the snake’s body in the section when Kinoe was slowly being digested.
Freed though they were, the snake started letting out poisonous fumes and Kakashi made a mistake of inhaling some. Kinoe grabbed his capture and dragged him into another room. We see kinoe holding out his kunai above Kakashi’s left eye. Then we see him showing a Sharingan eye to his comrade just outside the hideout. When Kakashi came to, his left eye was intact and a note, pinned down on a nearby wall, read “I’ve become confused about the whole mission, where I was expected to kill a friend. I will tell Danzo that I failed.”Nidaime heard Kakashi’s report including all that happened to Kinoe. Kakashi feared that, once Kinoe reveals his fake wooden Sharingan eye to Danzo, that his life would be in danger. The second Hokage scribbled something on a sheet of paper and asked one of the shinobi to deliver it to the Foundation at once. Kakashi decided to join Yugao and save his friend Kinoe.
As feared, Danzo saw through Kinoe’s fake wooden Sharingan eye and he smashed it on the floor. Kinoe tried to explain that he did not feel comfortable killing his own countryman and a friend. Convinced that he would not live a life with no name, no past, and no future, Kinoe stood up and yelled with a resounding voice “I am a Shinobi of Hidden Leaf village”. Danzo uncovered his right Sharingan eye and Kinoe fainted. His comrade Kinoto was ordered to take him to the infirmary and have Kinoe bound with a Curse Mark.Kakashi would not be turned around at the gates of Foundation. Using his Sharingan, he got himself straight to the infirmary, where Kinoe was already being tied down. They ran through the corridors and came to the main passage, where they were both confronted by raging Danzo and his Anbu guards.
Thing may have gotten dire where it not for sudden appearance of Hiruzen. The homage accused Danzo for taking grudge against Kakashi, but Danzo dismissed the accusation by saying that he has nothing personal against Kakashi, other then the fact that he trespassed. “He did not trespass! He was dispatched by me carrying my summons”.
Settling the matter with Kakashi, the Third Hokage moved onto the issue of Wood Style user, Kinoe. Naruto is now four years old and Wood Style Sealing Jutsu is crucial to survival of Hidden Leaf. Hiruzen pleaded with Danzo, who conceded after a while with just one condition. The Curse Seal mark will not be removed. For Danzo, this will instil some sort of control of his pupil. Kinoe thanked Danzo for everything and bowed. Later at the Anbu headquarters in Konoha, Kakashi introduced the newbie as Tenzo.
Next Naruto episode will show how Itachi entered the Anbu fighters joining Kakashi and Tenzo. The title of Naruto Shippuden 357 is “An Uchiha ANBU”. Not much is apparent from the short preview, but when Itachi got accepted into Anbu, he said “Sooner or later, someone will show up”. What do you think he meant? Discuss this Shippuden episode in our Naruto forums.