Waking up late, Naruto hurries to the stadium where the Chuunin matches will be held, along the way he stops at his old training ground and meets up with Hinata. Naruto tells Hinata that he's afraid he'll lose, but with Hinata's encouragement and sort-of-confession of her feelings, Naruto is filled with renewed confidence and proceeds to the stadium leaving a shellshocked Hinata in his wake. Now Naruto must try to make it the stadium before it's too late, and Konohamaru has a plan to help him out.
Elenco: Shinji Kawada , Hidekatsu Shibata , Masashi Ebara , Kazuhiko Inoue , Kōichi Tōchika , Unshō Ishizuka , Noriaki Sugiyama , Nana Mizuki , Showtaro Morikubo , Akeno Watanabe , Toshiyuki Morikawa , Hideo Ishikawa , Tomoyuki Dan , Akira Ishida , Toshihiko Seki , Nobutoshi Canna , Kujira , Hôchû Ôtsuka , Junko Takeuchi , Keiko Nemoto , Chie Nakamura , Mayumi Asano , Kentaro Ito , Ryōka Yuzuki , Kōsuke Toriumi , Yōichi Masukawa .