- 243Land Ahoy! Is this the Paradise Island?
- 244Killer Bee and Motoi
- 245The Next Challenge! Naruto vs. The Nine Tails!
- 246The Orange Spark
- 247Target: Nine Tails
- 248The Fourth Hokage's Death Match!
- 249Thank You
- 250Battle in Paradise! Odd Beast vs. The Monster!
- 251The Man Named Kisame
- 252The Angelic Herald of Death
- 253The Bridge to Peace
- 254The Super Secret S-Rank Mission
- 255The Artist Returns
- 256Assemble! Allied Shinobi Forces!
- 257Meeting
- 258Rivals
- 259Rift
- 260Parting
- 261For My Friend
- 262War Begins
- 263Sai and Shin
- 264Secrets of the Reanimation Jutsu
- 265An Old Nemesis Returns
- 266The First and Last Opponent
- 267The Brilliant Military Advisor of the Hidden Leaf
- 268Battleground!
- 269Forbidden Words
- 270Golden Bonds
- 271Road to Sakura
- 272Mifune vs. Hanzou
- 273True Kindness
- 274The Complete Ino-Shika-Cho Formation!
- 275A Message from the Heart
The Nine Tails, having been released from Madara’s control, continues to wreck havoc in the city. The Third Hokage summons the Monkey King Enma and drives the Nine Tails away from the city. Minato then returns to the city and with the help of the toad Gamabunta is able to restrain the Nine Tails long enough for him to teleport it along with his family to the outskirts of the village. Kushina binds the Nine Tails and as Minato prepares to do the Reaper Death Seal to seal away half of the Nine Tails Chakra and seal the rest inside Naruto using the Eight Trigrams Seal. He also seals a bit of Kushina’s chakra to help Naruto tame the Nine Tails. All of this is witnessed by the Third Hokage and a few other ninja.