Track Down the Top-Secret Archives!

Tsunade hands Izumo Kamizuki and Kotetsu Hagane the job of recovering a confidential document bound in a red cover. During the search the two spot Jiraiya passing Naruto a book that matches the description, and, assuming it was meant for the Hokage, they ask the boy to surrender it.

Naruto bolts instead, and the pair give chase, eventually enlisting Team 10 to help corner him. By the time they catch the boy the scuffle has ruined the book, and a closer look reveals it was never the one they wanted. Later, Naruto slips the battered volume, now stuffed into an envelope to hide its state, into Kakashi's hands and runs off before it can be opened. Kakashi discovers his own Icha Icha databook stained and half burned, to his irritation, while back at the Hokage's Office Izumo and Kotetsu turn up the genuine article buried in a stack of books.

This ani-manga style short ran in the Jump Heroes special magazine. It was made to build anticipation for the coming Mizuki Tracking Mission, with the page margins carrying teasing messages from various characters that hinted at what lay ahead.