Power (Arc)

This article is about the anime arc. For the daimyō, see Chikara.

The Chikara Arc (literally meaning: Power) is the sixth filler arc from Part II of the series consisting of six episodes. This arc is to commemorate 500 episodes total of both parts of the Naruto anime. In this arc, set a short while after the Five Kage Summit amidst the looming threat of a Fourth Shinobi World War, Team Kakashi is sent on a mission to investigate the massacre of Tonika Village by Kabuto Yakushi and his reincarnated shinobi, who are searching for a treasure consisting of great power.

Summary

Investigation into the Incident

The Hole

The reborn Team Kakashi is sent out on a mission by Tsunade to a location known as "The Hole" to investigate an incident where its people were killed. Regretting that she could not assign more people to the mission because of recent incidents elsewhere, the team sets out nonetheless. While there, they split up into two man teams, with Yamato and Sai encountering officers from the neighbouring Hachō Village where Shiseru and her team, after finding out who the Konoha shinobi were, escorts them to their village leader Disonasu. Elsewhere, Sakura and Naruto, who are at The Hole's water spring, encounter Kabuto Yakushi who reveals that he had reconstructed Hidan and reincarnated several shinobi, and uses the water of The Hole to perfect the body reconstruction. As a fight ensues, between the two sides as Yamato and Sai rejoin with their team-mates, a flashback of the destruction of the village shows the reincarnated shinobi as the cause. The flashback ends with two young children, Leo and Miina, being rescued by their teacher Dokku and escaping with a few survivors.

Unexpected Meeting

Naruto saves Dokku and Miina from falling

Team Kakashi continues to investigate the recent attack by Kabuto and the reincarnated shinobi when Naruto gets swallowed by a giant snake, but manages to escape using shadow clones, and accidentally ingests snakes that were present in the pond which Kabuto uses to summon Hidan. When Naruto surfaced, Kabuto retreats and leaves with his puppets, using Deidara as diversion, after revealing a village guard corpse in the snake's mouth. Meanwhile, Dokku takes care of the orphans, while Miina, due to trauma, became mute. After the attack, Naruto and Sakura join up with Shiseru, Yamato and Sai going with the rest of the guards. While Yamato and Sai investigate why Kabuto destroyed the village, Sakura and Naruto follow Shiseru to Dokku's house. When Dokku and the orphans see them and seeing Naruto wearing the same forehead protector as the reincarnated shinobi, Leo kicks Naruto and they run until they reach a broken bridge. Leo crosses first and when Dokku and Miina run, they fall down the ravine, but are saved by Naruto. Yamato and Sai ask about information when the nearby village leader showed them a book revealing the origin of The Hole, where the Tonika Village resides. Some power resided on the hole many centuries ago. Naruto dreams again, this time inside his subconscious, in front of the Nine-Tails' cage, showing his feet oozing with the snakes he ingested earlier. Naruto and Dokku talk about Dokku's failure to save a girl in his prime and all his failures in life, unlike Naruto, who became famous even in the Hachō Village, a rural area. Yamato and Sai discuss what will happen next, including "Saezuri" and an institution that will take care of the orphans. Kabuto, along with Hidan and Deidara, converses using scrolls in a graveyard, before putting another talisman in Deidara's head.

A Hidden Ability

A clone of four-tailed Naruto is revived

After having what was seemingly a bad dream, Miina runs to Dokku in the night to seek comfort. Elsewhere, in a graveyard, Kabuto Yakushi prepares to reincarnate someone. When day broke the next day, Leo, Faz, and Lando are eager to start their ninjutsu training with Naruto who was feeling under the weather. However, after being chided by the boys since he had made a promise to them. Naruto emphatically begins the training which even Shiseru decides to partake it, having found it interesting. While elsewhere a reincarnated Deidara and Hidan's genetic clone argue over their predicament having killed several members of the Hachō Village militia, and are later confronted by several more members along with Yamato, and Sai. Plagued by vivid images all day, when the reach home Miina goes to Naruto and begins saying "get out" repeatedly. Thinking that Miina was simply being rude, Shiseru punishes her and Miina runs off. later Disonasu visits their home and to everyone's surprise, the Tonika Village Head is with him. Greeting his grandchildren, he notes that he had injured his eyes but presses on past that, asking Dokku for the piece of the treasure he had given to him the night of the invasion of the village. However, Miina alerts everyone to the fact that there was something strange about her grandfather and it is revealed that he had been reincarnated. As a fight subsequently breaks out when Kabuto makes an appearance, Naruto soon begins writing in pain. Rushing towards him, Miina once again tells the young man to get out, before being able to force something out of Naruto through unknown means. The black pool soon forms into a four-tailed Version 2 form of Naruto which Kabuto tries to take control of with a talisman, to no avail. As the creature beings attacking indiscriminately, everyone looks on in fear.

Episodes

#	Episode Title	Japanese Airdate	English Airdate
290	"Power - Episode 1"	22 November 2012	18 April 2015
291	"Power - Episode 2"	29 November 2012	25 April 2015
292	"Power - Episode 3"	6 December 2012	2 May 2015
293	"Power - Episode 4"	13 December 2012	9 May 2015
294	"Power - Episode 5"	20 December 2012	16 May 2015
295	"Power - Episode Final"	10 January 2013	23 May 2015