Recaps

After an accident at Rōran sends Sakura into the past, she intervenes during the Uchiha massacre and learns that Itachi acted under Danzo’s orders. Back in her own time, she investigates the Uchiha’s plans, builds a hidden laboratory, completes a string of missions, and begins her Jonin assessment.

• Sakura killed Deidara and reunited with Naruto, while Jiraiya confronted Orochimaru and Sasori before the hostile groups withdrew.
• Sakura returned to Konoha, reunited with Naruto and Sasuke at the festival, and later traveled to Sunagakure for the Chunin exams.
• Sakura explored Rōran’s ruins and was transported to the night before the Uchiha coup, where she confronted Itachi and Obito and learned Danzo had ordered the massacre.
• Sakura returned to her own time, warned Sasuke about the masked Uchiha survivor, and discovered the Uchiha’s rebellion supplies and records in their hidden warehouse.
• Sakura established an underground laboratory, cultivated cloned hearts to store Chakra, and completed missions while Akatsuki ordered its members to lie low and Tobi joined Sasori’s team.
• Sakura transferred the stored Chakra into her Yin Seal, returned to Konoha, and began the Jonin combat assessment after Tsunade reviewed her missions.

Sakura passed her Jonin assessment, trained in the Land of Snow, and took charge of Konohamaru, Udon, and Moegi. After learning more about the Masked Man’s role in the Uchiha conflict, she confronted Orochimaru at Zabuza’s grave and left the battle still facing him.

• Tsunade declared Genma Shiranui, Namiashi Raidō, Kiji Aso, Kijo Aso, and Sakura Haruno successful in their Jonin combat assessments after Sakura fought Might Guy, who opened the Sixth Gate.
• Sakura celebrated with the Jonin and learned from Yamato that Orochimaru had implanted Hashirama’s cells in sixty children, leaving Yamato the sole survivor.
• Hiashi asked Sakura to become Hanabi’s Jonin instructor, and Tsunade and the Third Hokage encouraged her to lead a team of students.
• Sakura accepted Konohamaru, Udon, and Moegi as her team, received her Jonin registration, and traveled to the Land of Snow to train and track Akatsuki clues.
• Sakura developed Cherry Blossom Impact Stage Three (Pseudo) and completed the second stage of her Yin Seal before returning to Konoha in February.
• Sakura trained her new team through tests and low-level missions, then traveled with Yuki Haku to Zabuza’s grave, where Orochimaru and Suigetsu tried to take Kubikiribōchō and seize Haku.
• Sakura fought Orochimaru and learned he knew about her experiments in the Land of Snow, while Konoha’s leaders used her report about the Masked Man to reconsider the events behind the Uchiha Clan Massacre.
• Sakura refused Orochimaru’s invitation to join his village and froze the surrounding sea, then fought Manda and Orochimaru as he prepared another attack.

Sakura defeated Orochimaru in the Land of Waves, then trained her students and led them to Kirigakure on a diplomatic mission. There she learned of the Mist’s divisions and its connection to Akatsuki, rejected the Suikazan Clan’s overtures, and faced a public challenge to Konoha’s standing.

• Sakura defeated Orochimaru and Tobirama in the Land of Waves, refused Orochimaru’s offer to join him, and returned with Haku to discuss Zabuza’s grave and Kubikiribōchō.
• Sakura trained Konohamaru, Moegi, and Udon, taught them battle tactics and Illusory Sound of Silence, and accepted a mission to Kirigakure.
• Sakura’s team reached Kirigakure, where Pakura explained the village’s political divisions and escorted them to meet Mei Terumi.
• Sakura challenged Pakura’s Water Release and won, after which he explained that Kirigakure planned to oppose the grand elder’s faction and cooperate with Konoha against Akatsuki.
• Pakura told Sakura that Kisame Hoshigaki had controlled the Fourth Mizukage, while Kirigakure planned to gather evidence of the elder’s family smuggling strategic resources.
• The Suikazan Clan elder tried to win Sakura’s support for keeping Kirigakure closed to Konoha, but Sakura rejected him and subdued Tomoaki Aono when he drew his blade.
• At a meeting of the Mist Ninja, Tomoaki accused Konoha of sending low-ranking envoys, and Sakura invited anyone who doubted her rank or strength to fight her.

Sakura helped Mei Terumi defeat the Suikazan faction and secured closer ties between Konoha and Kirigakure. As Sakura and Sasuke traveled to Gaara’s inauguration and then Takigakure, Akatsuki’s plans for the Tailed Beasts came into sharper focus, and the Takikage’s efforts to hide Fū were exposed.

• Sakura killed Suikazan Harisenbon, then joined Mei Terumi in defeating the grand elder’s rebels and ending the immediate threat to Kirigakure.
• Mei accepted Konoha’s proposals for cooperation, including trade, intelligence sharing, Chunin Exams participation, and discussions about Isobu.
• Sakura returned to Konoha and trained Konohamaru, Moegi, and Udon for the Chunin Exams, while Sasuke sparred with them and later fought Sakura using his Chidori Demon Body Form.
• Obito and Pain discussed Akatsuki’s plans to capture the Tailed Beasts, assigning Obito and Sasori to pursue the Five-Tails and Itachi and Kisame to pursue the Seven-Tails.
• Gaara became the Fifth Kazekage, and Sakura and Sasuke attended his inauguration, presented Konoha’s invitations, and negotiated with him over mineral exports.
• Sakura warned Gaara that Akatsuki was resuming its activity, then she and Sasuke left Sunagakure for Takigakure.
• Sakura pressed the Takikage about the Seven-Tails and offered Konoha’s protection, but he denied having a Jinchūriki and sent Shibuki to escort the envoys.
• After Sakura and Sasuke departed, the Takikage learned Fū had left the village and ordered his subordinates to retrieve her before she met the Konoha envoys.