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== Plot ==
=== Part I ===
{{See also|List of Naruto chapters (Part I){{!}}List of ''Naruto'' chapters (Part I)}}

A powerful fox known as the [[List of Naruto characters#Kurama|Nine-Tails]] attacks Konoha, the hidden leaf village in the Land of Fire, one of the Five Great Shinobi Countries in the Ninja World. In response, the leader of Konoha and the Fourth Hokage, [[Minato Namikaze]], at the cost of his life, seals the fox inside the body of his newborn son, [[Naruto Uzumaki]], making him a host of the beast.{{efn-lr|The host is known as a ''jinchuriki'' in the story. The secret that the fourth Hokage who sealed the beast in Naruto is his father is revealed in Part II. It is a human being in the Ninja World who has a Tailed Beast inside of them. A Tailed Beast is a giant creature that contains a large amount of chakra (energy) inside of their bodies.}} The [[Hiruzen Sarutobi|Third Hokage]] returns from retirement to become the leader of Konoha again. Naruto is often scorned by Konoha's villagers for being the host of the Nine-Tails. Due to a decree by the Third Hokage forbidding any mention of these events, Naruto learns nothing about the Nine-Tails until 12 years later, when Mizuki, a renegade ninja, reveals the truth to him. Naruto defeats Mizuki in combat, earning the respect of his teacher, [[Iruka Umino]].{{efn-lr|In ''Naruto'', a ''jutsu'' is a skill or a technique involving supernatural abilities.}}

Shortly afterward, Naruto becomes a ninja and joins with [[Sasuke Uchiha]], against whom he often competes, and [[Sakura Haruno]], on whom he has a crush, to form [[List of Naruto characters#Team 7|Team 7]], under an experienced ''[[sensei]]'', the elite ninja [[Kakashi Hatake]]. Like all the ninja teams from every village, Team 7 completes missions requested by the villagers, ranging from doing chores and being bodyguards to performing assassinations.

After several missions, including a major one in the Land of Waves, Kakashi allows Team 7 to take a ninja exam, enabling them to advance to a higher rank and take on more difficult missions, known as Chunin Exams. During the exams, [[Orochimaru (Naruto)|Orochimaru]], a wanted criminal, invades Konoha and kills the Third Hokage for revenge. [[Jiraiya (Naruto)|Jiraiya]], one of the three legendary ninjas, declines the title of Fifth Hokage and searches with Naruto for [[Tsunade (Naruto)|Tsunade]] whom he chooses to become Fifth Hokage instead.

During the search, it is revealed that Orochimaru wishes to train Sasuke because of his powerful genetic heritage, the Sharingan.{{efn-lr|{{anchor|Sharingan}}The {{nihongo|Sharingan|写輪眼||{{lit}} "Copy Wheel Eye", English manga: "Mirror Wheel Eye"}} is a special ability of the eye that the Uchiha clan holds. The Sharingan can copy any type of ''jutsu'', can see rapid movements, and can cast an illusion on its victim, and Sasuke being the last member of his clan as he holds the Sharingan.}} After Sasuke attempts and fails to kill his older brother [[Itachi Uchiha|Itachi]],{{efn-lr|He destroyed their clan and joined a criminal organization called [[Akatsuki Members|Akatsuki]].}} who had shown up in Konoha to kidnap Naruto, he joins Orochimaru, hoping to gain from him the strength needed to kill Itachi. The story takes a turn when Sasuke leaves the village: Tsunade sends a group of ninja, including Naruto, to retrieve Sasuke, but Naruto is unable to persuade or force him to come back. Naruto and Sakura do not give up on Sasuke; Naruto leaves Konoha to receive training from Jiraiya to prepare himself for the next time he encounters Sasuke, while Sakura becomes Tsunade's apprentice.

=== Part II ===
{{See also|List of Naruto chapters (Part II, volumes 28–48){{!}}List of ''Naruto'' chapters (Part II, volumes 28–48)|List of Naruto chapters (Part II, volumes 49–72){{!}}List of ''Naruto'' chapters (Part II, volumes 49–72)}}

Two and a half years later, Naruto returns from his training with Jiraiya. The [[Akatsuki (Naruto)|Akatsuki]] starts kidnapping the hosts of the powerful Tailed Beasts. Team 7 and other Leaf ninja fight against them and search for their teammate Sasuke. The Akatsuki succeeds in capturing and extracting seven of the nine Tailed Beasts, killing all the hosts except [[Gaara]], who is now the Kazekage. Meanwhile, Sasuke betrays Orochimaru and faces Itachi to take revenge. After Itachi dies in battle, Sasuke learns from the Akatsuki founder [[Obito Uchiha|Tobi]] that Itachi had been ordered by Konoha's superiors to destroy his clan to prevent a coup; he accepted, on the condition that Sasuke would be spared. Devastated by this revelation, Sasuke joins the Akatsuki to destroy Konoha in revenge. As Konoha ninjas defeat several Akatsuki members, the Akatsuki figurehead leader, [[Nagato (Naruto)|Nagato]], kills Jiraiya and devastates Konoha, but Naruto defeats and redeems him, earning the village's respect and admiration.

With Nagato's death, Tobi, disguised as [[Madara Uchiha]] (one of Konoha's founding fathers), announces that he wants to capture all nine Tailed Beasts to cast an illusion powerful enough to control all humanity and achieve [[world peace]]. The leaders of the five ninja villages refuse to help him and instead join forces to confront his faction and allies. That decision results in a Fourth Shinobi World War between the combined armies of the Five Great Countries (known as the Allied [[Ninja|Shinobi]] Forces) and Akatsuki's forces of [[Revenant|zombie-like]] ninjas. The Five Kage try to keep Naruto, unaware of the war, in a secret island turtle near Kumogakure (Hidden Cloud Village), but Naruto finds out and escapes from the island with [[Killer Bee (Naruto)|Killer Bee]], the host of the Eight-Tails. At that time, Naruto—along with the help of Killer Bee—gains control of his Tailed Beast and the two of them head for the battlefield.

During the conflict, it is revealed that Tobi is Obito Uchiha, a former teammate of Kakashi's who was thought to be dead. The real Madara saved Obito's life, and they have since collaborated. As Sasuke learns the history of Konoha, including the circumstances that led to his clan's downfall, he decides to protect the village and rejoins Naruto and Sakura to thwart Madara and Obito's plans. However, Madara's body ends up possessed by [[List of Naruto characters#Kaguya Ōtsutsuki|Kaguya Otsutsuki]], an ancient princess who intends to subdue all humanity. A reformed Obito sacrifices himself to help Team 7 stop her. Once Kaguya is sealed, Madara dies as well. Sasuke takes advantage of the situation and takes control of all the Tailed Beasts, as he reveals his goal of ending the current village system. Naruto confronts Sasuke to dissuade him from his plan, and after they almost kill each other in a final battle, Sasuke admits defeat and reforms. After the war, Kakashi becomes the Sixth Hokage and pardons Sasuke for his crimes. Years later, Kakashi steps down while Naruto marries [[Hinata Hyuga]] and becomes the Seventh Hokage, raising the [[Boruto: Naruto Next Generations|next generation]].