The episode starts with a girl collecting herbs in the forest. We realize that this girl is actually Haku when he recalled the time when Naruto screamed at him for killing Zabuza back in the first encounter. As Naruto was lying there on the floor unconscious, Haku moves up slowly and seemed them he was going to choke Naruto to death, woke him up instead. A flashback of Haku appears showing how Haku met Zabuza in the first place. Haku then had a conversation with Naruto and told him that only when he is protecting someone he cares about will he be truly strong. Haku then walks away and tells Naruto that he's actually a boy. Naruto shocked thinking to himself that how could he be more beautiful that Sakura. Naruto did not return for breakfast and Sasuke went looking for him. It was shown then that both Sasuke and Naruto has managed to control their Chakra well. Later, Tazuna asks Kakashi why he stayed even though he had lied to them. Kakashi quoted from the 1st Hokage that to abandon one's duty is not courageous and below courageous is nothing. Inari then had a flashback of his father then asks them why they try so hard to go against Gatou and started crying. Naruto screamed at Inari then told him that he's being weak and a character like him should go on crying forever. Kakashi later went and talk to Inari, telling him that the words of Naruto are actually an advice to him. Kakashi told Inari that Naruto was a loner since he was born and he never cried or complained bout it. He tells that Naruto truly understand the meaning of being strong and that the word he told Inari earlier were probably the same he tells himself numerous times. The next morning, the group left without Naruto allowing him to rest. When Naruto work up, he learnt that the group has left without him and races after them. Arriving at the bridge, all the other working lay there unconscious and wounded. As the bridge became misty, Kakashi realize that Zabuza is still alive. Zabuza attacks with water clones but Sasuke takes them all down. Two henchmen made their way to Tazuna's house and as Naruto hurried to the bridge, saw some suspicious environment.