Summary:
The ninja bandits have a meeting with
their leader about the Forbidden jutsu. Elsewhere Team 7 tricks Hotaru
into staying as her bodyguards until they reach her village. After
reminiscing about the past, Utakata wakes up to come across the ninja
bandits and fights them until he is cornered by their barrier jutsu
which soon explodes. Team 7 finally reach Hotaru's village and they
leave her in their care, but Naruto senses something troubling and
heads back to the village, suspicious of the villagers attitude toward
Hotaru.
Episode 144
