Chapter 17

Preparing for Battle!! (戦いの準備!!, Tatakai no Junbi!!) is chapter 17 of the Naruto manga.

Summary

Kakashi, suspicious about how the battle with Zabuzaended, tells Team 7 that Zabuza may still be alive ashunter-nin do not typically take a body elsewhere when destroying it. Since the masked boy did not only this but "killed" Zabuza with senbon, an unusual choice of weapon, the boy was probably saving Zabuza by putting him in a temporary death-like state. In case he is right, Kakashi decides to start training Team 7 to improve theirchakra control for another encounter with Zabuza.