Jonas' life assignment is as the Receiver of Memory, where he will apprentice the Giver and become a storehouse of all the things humanity left behind when it entered utopia: color, emotion, and even more complicated secrets.

As the preliminaries to the third phase of the Journeyman Ninja Selection Exams begin, the student ninja face off against each other in no-holds-barred, one-on-one bouts. Deaf to Sakura's pleas to withdraw from the contest and despite the crippling effects of the curse placed on him by the nefarious Orochimaru, Sasuke enters the first match against one of the vicious Sound Ninja spies. But with his signature fighting techniques suddenly off-limits,...

Zabuza, the ninja assassin, was stopped from his first try at killing Tazuna the bridge-builder - but Zabuza still lives! While the ninjas recover from their injuries, Kakashi puts Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura on a strict training regimen to protect Tazuna's family - including Tazuna's embittered grandson Inari - and prepare for Zabuza's next attack. But the next time won't be easy, because joining Zabuza is his deadly apprentice, Haku. And as the bridge...

Emily and her friends think they'll find the help they need in Cielis, but something isn't right. Streets that were once busy are deserted, and the townspeople who are left live in fear. Emily is soon escorted to the Academy, where she's expected to compete for a spot on the Guardian Council, a group of the most powerful Stonekeepers. But as the number of copetitors gets smaller and smaller, an awful secret is slowly uncovered--a secret that, if...

"When Roxas disappeared, Sora awakened from his deep slumber along with his allies, Donald and Goofy. Now the trio continues its mission to save the worlds fromt he forces of darkness and to find King Mickey and Sora's best friend Riku. But this time a new menage to the peace of Kingdom Hearts bears down on Dora and his friends--the Nobodies and Organization XIII!"

Strange things keep happening around Roxas, who is whiling away the last days of his summer vacation in Twilight Town. Mysterious creatures appear, and he is plagued by dreams of a boy names Sora, whom he has never met. Bewildered, he begins to search for answers.