Hiruzen Sarutobi Jiraiya

The first ever story arc for Naruto. We meet all the young ninja and are introduced to Team 7, kakashi, Sasuke, Sakura, and Naruto. Team 7’s first mission brings them to the Land of Waves and quickly becomes dangerous. The introduction to the Legendary Sanin. After the Konoha Crush the Hidden Leaf needs a new Hokage. Naruto heads out with Jiraiya in search of Tsunade in hopes that she’ll take the position and help the Leaf recover. Sasuke is out free with his own small team now, Taka. He has assembled his own crew to finally hunt down Itachi and exact his revenge. Naruto and his own team are also after Itachi, but in the hopes of using him to bait Sasuke back to them.