Naruto Uzumaki, Kakashi Hatake, Sakura Haruno, and Rock Lee are assigned to protect the prince of the Land of the Moon, Michiru, during his world trip. The Land of the Moon is a very wealthy nation, so Michiru tends to buy whatever he wants, and isn't too quick to follow the directions of his escorts. His son, Hikaru, also acts in much the same manner, annoying Naruto. When Hikaru takes a liking to a rare sabertoothed tiger featured at a circus, Michiru ends up purchasing not only it, but the whole circus as well. Now the team has to look over both their client and his newly-acquired pets. After returning to the Land of the Moon, they find that the country has been taken over by Shabadaba, one of the nobles. Having hired three powerful ninja to assist him, Shabadaba has disposed of the king and plans to do the same with Michiru and Hikaru, the remaining heirs to the throne. He orders the military forces to kill them all, but the team is able to escape with the help of some soldiers still loyal to the king. With the help of the circus Michiru purchased earlier, Kakashi's team makes a rescue attempt with Hikaru and the rogue soldiers. One by one, Kakashi and his team fight individual battles: Kakashi fights the many soldiers while each of the Genin fight one of the ninja. Using an array of chain and staff weapons, Lee defeats his opponent after some effort. Sakura is able to dispatch her poison and genjutsu-using opponent by shattering a chandelier to locate her through sound and subsequently defeat her with one punch. Naruto's battle takes the longest, as it varies between trying to rescue Michiru and actually fighting. In the penultimate scene, Naruto, his leg disabled by his opponent's strange petrification jutsu, rides on Michiru's back to attack with his Rasengan, which reflects the light of the moon in such a manner that it grows and takes on a crescent shape. With the threat over and the country now in the hands of Michiru, who plans to be a generous ruler in honor of his father, Kakashi's team sets out for a vacation...
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