Naruto 498: Mom's Red Hair

Naruto came face to face with his mother Kushina while fighting the Kyubi.

At first Naruto didn't recognize his mother since he never saw her since birth. Both were eager to catch up but they need to fight the Kyubi first before it gets Naruto's chakra. Kushina explained that Naruto's dad, Minato, included Kushina's chakra to help Naruto in fighting the Kyubi. Meanwhile Yamato and Bee were baffled why Naruto's transformation stopped. 

Kushina used her chakra to hold down the Kyubi. Naruto was able to ask a question he has always wanted to ask about his parents. Kushina told the story how his dad and her ended up together. Naruto's dad was Konoha;s Yellow Flash and Kishina has a red hair thus ending up into an orange haired Naruto. Naruto shouted out that he would be Konoha's Orange haired Hokage.

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Naruto 497: Kyubi vs. Naruto

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With Bee's help Naruto faces the Kyubi. Naruto must steal the Kyubi's chakra and make it part of his in order to control it, but if it is the other way around it might be the end for Naruto. 

Bee is helping Naruto fight the Kyubi but it wasn't enough. Naruto was able to get a hold of the Kyubi's chakra but in the process hatred started to surface and Naruto begins to see hatred in his heart. But at the last minute Naruto's mother appeared.

Naruto 496: Reunion with the Kyuubi

Naruto, Bee, and Yamato entered the waterfalls and are now in a new place. Bee explained that it is where Naruto will fight the Kyuubi. Naruto has to break the seal in order to face the Kyuubi inside him and in order to win he has to steal the Kyuubi's chakra byn using his chakra. It is a dangerous task because there is a possibility that the Kyuubi will steal Naruto's chakra.

When  Naruto entered the training place Bee explained that the beheaded status were former host who did not open the door. In order to open the door the host must place his or her head in the mouth of the wall statue. If he is his/her true self the door would open but if not the wall statue will bite off one's head. Naruto was determined to go to his training and placed his head. He suddenly shouted and Yamato rushed to pull out Naruto and Naruto's head was gone.

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Naruto defeats the Dark Naruto

After hearing the story of Motoi and Bee, Naruto begins to understand why Bee was able to control the Hachibi. At the same time Naruto and Bee started to trust and each other. Naruto returns to the falls of truth and faces Dark Naruto. He realizes that in order to defeat his dark side Naruto has to accept the fact what he is and should be proud instead of sulking or berating himself because of what he is. He now looks as himself rather than the Jinjuriki.

Bee now accepts Naruto as his student and invites him now for training. They both re-entered the Falls of truth and upon entering it Bee told Naruto that he will fight the Kyubi.

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Motoi tells Naruto the story of Bee and the Hachibi.

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The Hachibi was put to Bee when he was just 5 years old. Back then the Hachibi was uncontrollable and has brought great destruction to the Kumogakure. Motoi's faher was killed in one of those incidents when the village was rampaged by the eight-tailed. 

Motoi and Bee were best friends but the thought of Bee being the Jinchuriki consume Motoi and planned to kill Bee. His attempt foiled but keeps his distance from his friend. The other villagers as well distance themselves from Bee but in the end just like Naruto and Gaara the villagers see them as their heroes.

Naruto 493: Dark Naruto

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Finally after quite sometime, Onemanga.com has posted the latest Naruto episode.

Episode 493 is about Naruto facing the dark inside him in the Waterfall of Truth. He faces the dark inside him in which the Kyubi clings because the Kyubi itself is of the full of hatred. Naruto has to surpass his darkside to control his emotions and eventually control the Kyubi just like Bee-san. Motoi explains why Bee was able to surpass the dark side inside him and tame the Hachibi by being confident even being the host. He has to be a good host because he is the Raikage's brother thus bringing greatness and fame to his village.

Naruto asksMotoi to help him know what was Bee's secret in conquering his dark self but instead starts to tell how he attempted to kill Bee 30 years ago

Ninja Ranking in Naruto

 
Academy Students - This is where everyone interested in becoming a Ninja must first start. It's almost like a pre-school stage. You aren't officially considered a ninja yet, but you're in the training of becoming one. This is usually the stage where you'll see all the little kids. Academy Students usually graduate around the age of 12. During the training of the academy, students don't do any missions, but learn about what becoming a ninja means and practicing basic techniques that everyone should know before becoming a real ninja.
 

Genin(Lower Ninja) is the stage an Academy Student reaches after successfully graduating the Academy. They are now considered an official ninja. When this happens the passing students from the academy are split into groups of 3; each group with their own Elite Ninja instructor. The instructor will supervise them on missions and help prepare them for becoming a Middle Ninja. Lower Ninja's missions usually consist of more tedious / unskillful tasks like weeding, finding lost pets and so on.

 

Chuunin(Middle Ninja) once becoming this level of a Ninja, much more skill and responsibility is required. Middle Ninja's now not only protect themselves in a mission, but the team assigned to them. Middle Ninjas usually have less time to train themselves, and spend their days serving the Kages and teaching Academy Students. Becoming a Middle Ninja is an extremely hard thing to do, and if accomplished shows a great amount of skill in a ninja.

Jounin(Elite Ninja) is level of Ninja that is extremely hard to achieve, and is quite an accomplishment if achieved. This is the next level above a Middle Ninja, and just like the jump from Lower Ninja to Middle Ninja, the jump from Middle Ninja to Elite Ninja is big. It hasn't yet been shown how to achieve this rank of Ninja, but judging by how powerful an Elite Ninja is, it's got to be extremely hard. Elite Ninjas take on the highest ranked missions and are sometimes required to teach Lower Ninjas (i.e. Kakashi with Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura).

Anbu Ninjas specialize in 3 categories; Assassination, Espionage, and Protection. You could almost think of this ninja level, as a sub-ranking within Special Elites. Like Hunter-Nins, the identity of these ninjas are never revealed, but we do know Sasuke's older brother Itachi used to be one. Like Genins, Anbu Ninjas are split into groups of 3 and lead by a higher ranking ninja, which in this case is a Special Elite.

Special Elite - The same as an Elite Ninja, but specializes in a certain field, like medicine or chakra manipulation. In some ways this can be easier to achieve than a regular Elite Ninja, because you only need to be really good at one aspect of being a Ninja, where regular Elites need to be really good and lots of different things. Anbu captains would fall under this category since they are also very specialized.

Missing-Nin - This is the title given to any ninja, regardless of whatever rank they currently belong to, that have left and abandoned their home village. Because they have left their village, and could leak out important information to enemy villages, they are hunted down and killed. Leaving a village is acceptable, as long as you are to stay affiliated with it.

Hunter-Nin - Also known as Body Erasers, these Ninjas are trained for the soul purpose of hunting down Missing-Nins and killing them. This is to prevent a Missing-Nin from ever leaking out important information about their home village. Hunter-Nins when trained are taught how to kill people, and learn things like where the weak points in a person's body is. All Hunter-Nins wear face masked and they're identity is not revealed.

Sennin is rank the of Ninja consists of Ninjas who are close to, or possibly stronger than that of a Kage Ninja. This type of Ninja will usually choose to live outside of their own village, but are forced to keep in touch with it, so not become a Missing-Nin and get hunted down. 3 examples of Ninjas who fall into this rank of ninja are Jiraiya, Tsunade (Who is now a Kage), and Orochimaru.

Kage - The highest level of Ninja that can be achieved, Kages are extremely powerful, and know many different techniques. There can only be one Kage per village, and this Ninja is the one in charge of that village. Having strength matched by virtually no one (except perhaps a Sage), they are extremely respected by others. Each of Ninja villages calls their Kage a slightly different name. Here are the names used by the villages, along with what that name means. Ho (Fire), Kaze (Wind), Mizu (Water), Rai (Lightning), Tsuchi (Earth). Each of those names is put infront of the word Kage. For example, Ho (Fire), would be Hokage, and Kaze (Wind), would be Kazekage.