Naruto bounds up, asking what's going on, and Sumaru says just looking at the stars. We find Sumaru brooding over a necklace, and he favors us with a musical number about his mother, who apparently left him behind, because as must recall parents are a real mixed bag on Ninja earth. The Hyuga Genin will hit the bricks and do some legwork, Lee and Ten-Ten get Akahoshi and Naruto can go bother Sumaru. Question Akahoshi who went so pale when they mentioned the bandit rocked the Hidden Peacock. Lee presents the problem they don't have any clues to start, but Neji says they indeed do. Outside, Naruto asks if the ones who the thief knocked out are okay, but Sumaru snits it's none of their concern since they're outsiders. Akahoshi tells Sumaru to tend to his comrades and the Konoha ninja will take care of it. Sumaru begs Akahoshi to let him track the star down, and naturally Neji wants to help, too. Ten-Ten asks about it, but we don't talk about secret techniques out in the open, silly kunoichi. Hoshikage is troubled by reports that the thief's technique came from Star Village. Back to Star Village, Akahoshi is livid to find out the star's stolen, probably thinking the Leaf has the worst genin EVER. There's a rumor people who train near the thing die.

Apparently the last Hoshikage suspended training around the star, but when he died, they kicked it back up again. Thanks, Shizune-neechan! The ninja who discovered it was the first to be called the Hoshikage, and the Star Village has been using it to throw his wait around. Finally somebody besides me calls the star a meteorite. Let's check in with Tsunade and her paperwork. Having had the story substantiated by somebody not a knucklehead, the other genin speculate about the thief over Naruto's outrage at being thought of as untrustworthy. They find his report of a ninja who can fly using chakra just shy of ridiculous, but Neji uses his Byakugan and verifies the claim. We open with Squad Guy on the move, having arrived a bit too late to help. Seeing all the squads in action is always cool.

Naruto as sumaru