While there, Sai, Yamato and Sakura fought the Tsuchigumo clan villagers who were under The ink clone helped Kakashi locate Sakura. During the Chunin Exams, Sai became the Protocol for the true or false exams. Thankful that Sakura was all right, their attention is soon drawn to Shikamaru's predicament. He doesn't wear his forehead protector or gloves with this outfit.
Naruto and Sakura hear a large ruckus and go to see if Sai's ok. This causes him to break out of his emotionless shell and start to remember the times he had with his own "brother", Shin.
Sai has short, black hair, and black eyes which contrast with his very pale skin. He is usually seen carrying a small backpack with his brush, scrolls, and ninja ink in it.
When they found out what Sai was trying to do, they all teamed up to restrain Sasuke. He also carries a tip-less tantō on his back.
Later, the villagers supporting the Byakuya Gang began acting out against companies accused of corrupt actions. They begin discussing possible motives, but then realize they shouldn't be doing this while Ino is recovering. In doing so, Sai was able to start giving genuine smiles. Sakura and Yamato had a brief scuffle with Kabuto, but Sai was mysteriously absent in all of this. The greatest change in his personality, however, came after he encounters his reincarnated brother. Despite the happiness that he feels, Orochimaru then appeared and fought them asking Sai who is really his companion.
What he failed to understand, however, was that Naruto was not trying to save Sasuke just for Sakura. That book is a book where assassins list their targets. Irritated by Sai's reasons for bothering him, Sasuke attacked Sai, drawing the rest of the team to their location. Although Sai was able to land a successful attack, Sasuke's abilities were too much for them and he prepared to kill them all. Upon returning to Konohagakure, Sai and Konohamaru debriefed Mitsuki on his actions. Seeing Chouji get defensive and realizing what Sakura did earlier when he called her "butt ugly," he realized that people don't like to hear the truth, so he calls Ino "beautiful," which makes her blush... but angers Sakura. Sai promised Boruto that she would be fine. She punched both of them leading Sai and Naruto's cheeks to be hurt. Sai was orphaned as a child and recruited into Root, a secret branch of the Anbu under the leadership of Danzō Shimura. After finally getting approval from the five daimyō, Naruto and an escort moved out to deal with the danger in Iwagakure, leaving Shikamaru in-charge during the Hokage's absence. Sai had read somewhere in a book that giving somebody a nickname would bring you closer to that person and develop your friendship, this resulted in Sai hurting Sakura Haruno's feelings, because he called her "ugly", stating the first true character trait that came to his mind. He has come to develop a more genuine, pleasant and thoughtful personality, while also showing signs of more emotion, such as enthusiasm and occasionally nervousness. Sai has short, black hair, and black eyes which contrast with his very pale skin. When first seen with Team Kakashi, his jacket has a long right and short left sleeves. Sai also has developed strong parenting skills, being the one who's reprimanding Naruto for not holding back enough when he tried to counter Boruto's shadow clone with his own. He get his picture book and drew his brother holding his hand and they were both smiling. Sai had read somewhere in a book that giving somebody a nickname would bring you closer to that person and develop your friendship, this resulted in Sai hurting Sakura Haruno's feelings, because he called her "ugly", stating the first true character trait that came to his mind.
He and Orochimaru planned on killing Sasori right then and there and that's when Team 7's plan fell apart, but Kabuto and Orochimaru too realized that they were tricked. The Kyuubi's chakra began to flood out of Naruto as he sprouted four tails and attacked Orochimaru, scaring Sakura. At Orochimaru's hidden base, it's revealed that the envelope contained detailed information on many powerful figures within Konoha and Danzo was hoping that they could help each other overthrow Tsunade since Danzo hates her and wants to be the Hokage.
Sai (Naruto) (2238) Uzumaki Naruto (1692) Haruno Sakura (1586) Uchiha Sasuke (1409) Hatake Kakashi (1200) Yamanaka Ino (977) Nara Shikamaru (788) Hyuuga Hinata (684) Tsunade (Naruto) (595) Inuzuka Kiba (560) Include Relationships Uchiha Sasuke/Uzumaki Naruto (546) Sai/Yamanaka Ino (298) Haruno Sakura/Uchiha Sasuke (273) Sai joined his fellow ninja in working to pacify the situation. She came across a picture book that Sai was working on and asked if she could see it, but Sai told her that he didn't want anyone seeing it. After a brief scuffle, Kabuto and Orochimaru appear and stop Sasuke, telling him that they have a temporary truce with Team 7 and leave. What he failed to understand, however, was that Naruto was not trying to save Sasuke just for Sakura, something he mentions is due to his still lacking understanding of both his Team 7 team-mates and emotions in general. The rest of his outfit consisted of a high-collared midriff shirt, black pants, shinobi sandals and gloves with his index and thumb fingers exposed, most likely to facilitate the use of his drawing based techniques.
Sai pays him for this information and requests another meeting in the future. Sai had read somewhere in a book that giving somebody a nickname would bring you closer to that person and develop your friendship, this resulted in Sai hurting After spending more time with Team Kakashi, Sai comes to appreciate bonds, particularly the bond that exists between Naruto Uzumaki and Sasuke Uchiha, though Sai would come to have his doubts about Sasuke when he began to commit crimes on an international scale, which Naruto would suffer for.
He also informed her that he has been trying to simulate emotions after learning what he reads in books, but nobody believes them.