Battle of Mount Katsuragi

The Battle of Mount Katsuragi (葛城山合戦, Katsuragizan no Kassen) was one of the early conflicts in the Second Shinobi World War, and the last battle in the "Invasion of the Leaf". It marked 's departure from the war and 's first major victory.

Prelude
After the Battle of the Fire Temple, Sunagakure decided that a march directly towards Konohagakure would be a suicide mission after the losses the sustained in the aforementioned battle. Instead, Sunagakure intelligence learned that Konoha was withdrawing its forces from the Land of Mountains, after their victory in the Destruction of the Kagerō Village. Sunagakure then decides to mount an assault on the returning shinobi, hoping to cut off Konoha's reinforcements and secure another shot at the Hidden Leaf Village itself. To do this, they decided to take, a resting point for the Konohagakure reinforcements on their way back to the village.

Battle
Though initially outnumbered, Konohagakure's shinobi, now backed by not only, but also of , overwhelmed Sunagakure's invasion force. In the ensuing fray, and without his jinchūriki techniques to aid him, the jinchūriki was killed, causing a large demoralization of Sunagakure's troops.

Jiraiya's use of wiped out two large platoons of Sunagakure shinobi in one blow, further demoralizing the Sand ninja and causing them to relocate their forces to the forest below the mountain. At some point during the battle, Jiraiya debuts his technique, which he uses to eliminate large numbers of enemy shinobi. Soon after the move, the Sunagakure forces declare a cease-fire and within three hours, the battle is declared a Konohagakure victory.

Aftermath
This battle ended Sunagakure's invasion of the Land of Fire and their involvement in the Second Shinobi World War. Sunagakure withdrew their forces from the Land of Fire over the following two weeks, during which time, Konoha prepared to launch offensives on two new fronts; the Land of Rain and the Land of Mountains, where and  had invaded respectively.