Well, the battle in Konoha continues, with Iruka on the ground and in bad shape, and the ninjas trying to figure out the secret to Pein’s great powers. The sad part was that Chouji’s dad died to save him while they and Kakashi were fighting Pein :(. But whether Kakashi will die is still up in the air, for like the 3rd or 4th week! Talk about cliffhanger endings. At the end of the last chapter, we saw Pein coming in for the kill, and a grim-looking sillouette of Kakashi- but then this week, we just see Kakashi very weak but still alive- he tells Chouji to run and tell others what they’ve learned about Pein from fighting him, and then he resolves to give his life to help Chouji get away and do as much as he can to fight Pein. But it is still unknown whether someone will come to Kakashi’s rescue, or will he actually die after all this lead up???

Note- it seems there will be no new naruto chapter next week, so Kishimoto can work on more chapters….T_T