Ep 41: The Time to Fight Has Come!
Naruto Shippuuden Special of Fate (Part 2)

In the nine tail fox prison within Naruto, the fox demon hears Naruto's rantings and awakens.

Kabuto tries to attack from behind and he gets hit by what appears to be a rasengan from Naruto's mouth. It's a ball of pure chakra. Kabuto gets knocked all the back into a tree while knocking out Sakura on the way. The bridge falls apart. Oro leaps to safety followed by Naruto whose chakra forms an arm to grab at him. Sai activates a scroll drawing but instead of saving Sakura from falling, he rides on his bird to follow Oro

Yamato has to hold up the bridge and save Sakura at the same time. Sai follows Naruto's destructive path. Naruto destroys one of Oro's arms but he is still not impressed. Suddenly Oro doubles over and another whole Oro comes out of the mouth saying he's still inferior to Sasuke. A fourth tail forms.

Break: Sai draws the third word "to."

Naruto appears before the imprisoned fox. He sees Sasuke crossing by and runs after him. The water rises up and carries Sasuke away while Naruto is covered by the water and unable to reach him. Flashbacks to his fight with Sasuke. He thinks how Sasuke wouldn't listen to him because he was too weak and how he has to get stronger to protect that bond with Sasuke. Naruto drifts into the cage of the fox. The fox appears to imprison him in a ball. Back in reality it seems the fox has taken over his consciousness. His skin peels off. Blood and chakra flow out of him. Black chakra envelops him.

Oro remarks his chakra feels different this time. Yamato wakes up Sakura. They are on the other side of the bridge while Sai circles above Naruto and Oro. Sakura and Yamato see the black smoke. Yamato summons a wood clone to observe Naruto and Oro. A blast from Naruto destroys Sai's bird. Yamato clone summons mokuton, mokujou Heki: Wood Element Wood Locking Wall a protective spherical shell. Oro flattens himself against the ground. Yamato clone races toward Naruto and climbs on top a tree. He sees that four tails have formed and Naruto looks like a miniature Kyuubi.

Break: Yamato forms the last keyword "n" from wood.

End: Youth Exercise Club - Kiba, Sakura, Ino, Lee (in pink T-shirt!) and Naruto narrate how shinobi train. Step 1: Building Stamina; Sakura says good cardiovascular health is the most important thing for a ninja to have: Lee vertical pushups, Kakashi mountain climbing, Gai laps around village on hands. Sakura wonders if they heard of antiperspirants. Step 2: Tree Climbing concentrate chakra to bottom of feet. Step 3: Water walking - continue releasing steady stream of chakra from feet and balance body on top of water.

Review: Four-tail Naruto-kyuubi looks nicely demonic.

Notes: mokuton, mokujou Heki: Wood Element Wood Locking Wall

Thoughts: Sai threw out all pretenses of teamwork and allowed Sakura to fall and possibly die. He's not going to be able to return to the team after that!