Naruto 154

Kabuto confesses to being a medical specialist like Tsunade, knowing of her past. Naruto finally cracks the second stage of training with help from an old lesson of Iruka’s. The Konoha head protector symbol comes from an old training method of holding a leaf on the forehead with chakra by focusing it into one spot. Naruto picks up on the idea and modifies the mark Jiraiya painted to look like the Konoha symbol. An explosion of energy signals that Naruto has passed the second stage! Jiraiya tells him he will explain the basics of the third stage on the way into the town as they go to find Tsunade. The lady in question is nervously admiring a castle with her aide, when the walls crumble… and atop a giant snake ride Kabuto and Orochimaru.