Naruto has to pee and Sakura hits him and makes him go pee in a bush. When he comes out, Sasuke starts hitting him and explains to Sakura that this person is not Naruto because Naruto had a scar on his cheek. With his identity being compromised, the Ame ninja ditches his disguise and fights Sasuke, who defeats him while spotting the real Naruto, freeing him after he beats the Ame-nin.
Sasuke tells the others that Team 7 needs a password, although the one he chooses is too long, with Naruto struggling to remember it before a powerful gust of wind separates him from his team. Just as he reorients himself, Naruto finds himself swallowed by a giant snake.
When Sasuke and Sakura later meet up with who they thought was Naruto, Sasuke suspects something is wrong when "Naruto" repeats the password word for word. Sasuke explains that the real Naruto would not have recited such a difficult password, hence why he chose a lengthy one, and the impostor revealed to be the Kusagakure ninja Shiore.
Swallowing his scroll, Shiore paralyses Sasuke and Sakura with visions of their deaths. Sasuke succeeds in regaining his composure by stabbing himself, getting himself and Sakura away from Shiore.
Meanwhile, Naruto uses his Shadow Clone Technique to burst out of the snake. Once freed, Naruto quickly comes to his friends' aid as Shiore corners Sasuke and Sakura.
While all that was going on, Gaara had crushed somebody with his sand. The ninja's blood splattering everywhere. Some blood went on Gaara and his team as well.
"Easy Gaara, your going to scare the kid" Temari said
"She doesn't look scared" Gaara said turning around to look at Aika who was brushing the blood out of her hair.
"Blood doesn't bother me, I'm used to it. I was basically born in blood" Aika said emotionless
"Great, now we have two people to worry about" Kankuro whipered and Temari shook her head
Gaara whiped some blood off Aika's uniform and in return Aika brushed the blood out of Gaara's hair. Aika finished and Gaara stood back up.
"They have the same scroll as us, useless" Kankuro said
"I'll keep it" Aika said taking the scroll
"Why?" Temari asked
"Well this way we can get rid of more then half if the teams" Aika said darkly
Kankuro looked at her "If they never find the other scroll..."
"Then they can't finish the 2nd stage, goos thinking Aika" Gaara said
"He's never that nice to us" Temari whispered
"Lucky" Kankuro whispered back
Gaara patted Aika's head and she smiled. Garra turned away "Let's keep moving"