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chapter 1 A BROKEN PROMISE

TWELVE YEARS AGO A DESTRUCTIVE NINE-TAILED FOX SPIRIT ATTACKED THE NINJA VILLAGE OF KONOHOGAKURE. THE HOKAGE, OR VILLAGE CHAMPION, DEFEATED THE FOX BY SEALING ITS SOUL INTO THE BODY OF A BABY BOY. THAT BOY IS NARUTO, ONCE THE BANE OF THE KONOHOGAKURE NINJA ACADEMY. DESPITE THE ROUGH START, HE AND HIS FRIENDS SASUKE AND SAKURA, SUCCESSFULLY JOIN THE RANKS OF THE NINJA.
DURING THE CHUNIN SELECTION EXAMS, THEY ARE ATTACKED BY OROCHIMARU, WHO VANISHES ONLY AFTER HE PLACES A CURSE MARK ON SASUKE. HALFWAY THROUGH THE THIRD EXAM, HOWEVER, OROCHIMARU AND HIS HENCHMEN LAUNCH OPERATION DESTROY KONOHA! THE ATTACK IS THWARTED WHE THE THIRD HOKAGE SACRIFICES HIS LIFE. AFTER A DEADLY BATTLE WITH OROCHIMARU, TSUNADE BECOMES THE FIFTH HOKAGE.
LURED BY THE POWER OF OROCHIMARU, SASUKE DEPARTS KONOHA IN THE COMPANY OF THE SOUND FOUR. IN PURSUIT OF BATTLES. NARUTO CLASHES VIOLENTLY WITH SASUKE BUT HE FAILS TO STOP HIS FRIEND...