Naruto: The Cross Roads  

Naruto's 10th Anniversary, ナルト サ・クロスローズ, NARUTO -ナルト- THE CROSS ROADS

The search for a missing person goes wrong when Kakashi Hatake is caught in an unexpected trap and gets separated from his students Naruto Uzumaki, Sasuke Uchiha, and Sakura Haruno. To make matters worse, the group is ambushed by unknown ninjas who capture Sakura. This prompts Naruto and Sasuke to pursue them. Despite Sasukes discovery about the mission, the boys continue their efforts to reunite with the team and complete their task of finding the missing person.

Celebrating the 10th anniversary of the Naruto manga serialization, the spin-off premiered at the 2009 Jump Festa Anime Tour. It used the same CGI graphics as featured in the Naruto: Ultimate Ninja Storm game.Although the OVAs story takes place as early as Narutos episode 19, it also contains a scene set in between two of Naruto: Shippudens arcs: the end of "Fated Battle Between Brothers" and the beginning of "Five Kage Summit," or from episodes 144 to 197 respectively.