Recaps

Sakura and Sasuke escorted Fū toward Konoha, but Itachi and Kisame ambushed them to capture the Seven-Tails Jinchūriki. Sakura defeated Kisame and joined Sasuke against Itachi, then endured Tsukuyomi without breaking as the confrontation continued.

• Sakura and Sasuke discovered that Fū was Takigakure’s Seven-Tails Jinchūriki, and Shibuki considered sending her to Konoha for the Chunin Exams.
• Itachi and Kisame confronted the group at the border and demanded that they hand over Fū, while Itachi knocked Fū unconscious with Tsukuyomi.
• Sasuke stayed to fight Itachi as Sakura took on Kisame, who used Samehada to absorb chakra and heal his injuries.
• Sakura froze Kisame’s massive water sphere and detonated it, then fought off White Zetsus who tried to rescue him.
• Sakura sensed Sasuke’s chakra weakening and rushed to his battlefield, where she caught him as he collapsed and attacked Itachi’s Susanoo.
• Itachi trapped Sakura in Tsukuyomi and repeatedly stabbed her, but she endured the pain without reacting because her Ninjutsu training had strengthened her mental power.

Sakura outmaneuvered Itachi in their encounter, then defeated Danzo and Root while protecting Sasuke and uncovering Itachi’s message for Konoha. Back in the village, she faced questions about the Akatsuki and the Land of Fire’s problems, reunited with friends, and Naruto confronted Akahoshi over the Star.

• Sakura broke free of Itachi’s Tsukuyomi, learned he was Konoha’s spy, and agreed to make their real-world retreat look convincing.
• Sakura and Itachi staged their injuries, then she escaped with Sasuke as Itachi retreated, and she later defeated Danzo and Root, took Shisui’s Sharingan, and carried Sasuke away.
• Sasuke woke and pressed Sakura for the truth about Itachi, but she withheld details and explained the danger of Itachi’s abilities before they returned to Konoha.
• Sakura told Tsunade that Akatsuki had captured the Seven-Tails, then used Itachi’s crow to deliver his intelligence about the organization while keeping Shisui’s eye secret.
• Tsunade treated Sakura’s injured arm, and Sakura challenged Konoha’s inaction toward a parasitic disease afflicting poor communities, though she accepted that revolution posed serious practical risks.
• Sakura visited Hinata, watched her train Sakura’s students, and later relaxed with Hinata and Ino at a hot spring, where they teased her about Sasuke and her appearance.
• Natsuhi accused Akahoshi of killing the Third Hoshikage and endangering villagers, while Naruto challenged Akahoshi’s claim to power and faced his Chakra dragon with a four-tailed cloak.

Naruto helped Natsuhiboshi end Akahoshi’s rule in Hoshigakure, while Sakura investigated Star Chakra, confronted Danzo, and began preparing for Senjutsu. As Sakura trained away from Konoha, Sasuke faced the truth about Root’s stolen Sharingan and reconsidered how he fit into the village.

• Naruto defeated Akahoshi, who died after asking Natsuhiboshi to spare his children, and Natsuhiboshi took leadership and banned training with the Little Star.
• Naruto returned the sealed Star Meteorite to Sakura, who studied its dangerous effects and decided to focus on her Konoha duties before pursuing Yang God Mode.
• Sakura exposed Danzo’s role in the deaths of seven Root ninja, and Tsunade stripped him of his positions, imprisoned him, and disbanded Root.
• Sakura summoned Itachi’s crow, recovered Shisui’s Sharingan, and tested the eye in a living clone that awakened Mangekyō Sharingan and Kotoamatsukami.
• Sakura prepared her students for the Chunin Ninja Exams, then left Konoha with Katsuyu to begin Senjutsu training in Shikkotsu Forest.
• Sasuke joined the operation on Danzo and learned more about Root’s treatment of the Uchiha, then apologized to Kakashi for his past behavior.
• After Sakura urged Sasuke to trust her, Tsunade showed him the Sharingan recovered from Root and allowed him to take the identified eyes, including Fugaku’s.
• Sasuke accepted Tsunade’s explanation that he had wrongly treated the Uchiha and Konoha as opposing sides, handed her the eleven Sharingan, and asked her to notify him if she identified his mother’s eyes.

Sakura mastered Sage Mode in Shikkotsu Forest, then traveled with Sasuke to another world, where she faced Danzo and obtained Shisui’s Sharingan. The arc ended with Obito demanding the remaining eye and Sakura refusing unless he traded his life for it.

• Sakura trained under Sage Katsuyu, enduring repeated failures before mastering Sage Mode and learning to sense Natural Energy independently.
• Raikage A halted plans for war with Konoha and sent Darui’s team to invite Tsunade to Kumogakure, while Akatsuki sealed Yugito Nii and began plotting against the allied villages.
• Sakura used a motionless Clone Duplicate to absorb Natural Energy, completed her Sage training, and returned to Konoha.
• Sakura took Sasuke to Rōran and used its ley lines to travel with him to another world, where they learned that Pain had destroyed Konoha and that Sasuke had defected there.
• Sakura and Sasuke searched for their counterparts, but Sakura found the other Sasuke fighting Danzo and joined the battle as Sasuke declared his revenge on Konoha.
• Sakura fought Danzo with ice, water, and Sage techniques, while Sasuke hid from Naruto’s group after witnessing Sakura confess her feelings to Naruto.
• Sakura formed a Giant God Warrior and wore Danzo down, then used Shisui’s Mangekyō Sharingan and an infrasonic Genjutsu to paralyze and kill him.
• Sakura retrieved Shisui’s Sharingan from Danzo, transplanted it into her left eye, and buried Danzo before refusing Obito’s demand for the other eye unless he traded his life.