Team
Gai and Team Kakashi prepare to remove the barrier
protecting the entrance to the Akatauki hideout. But inside the cave,
the ritual to extract Gaara's tailed beast is already complete.
The Akatsuki leader dismisses everyone except Deidara and
Sasori and orders them to stay behind and capture Naruto.
Neji locates the five seals creating the barrier and Team
Gai takes on the task of locating and simultaneously removing the
seals. However their actions trigger a trap and a strange
shape emerges out of the ground beside each member of Team Gai.
Once the barrier is down, Sakura breaks the boulder blocking
the entrance with one punch and everyone enters the cave.
Naruto becomes enraged when he sees Deidara sitting on
Gaara's lifeless body and prepares to attack.
Episode 17 
