Chapter Summaries

Naruto made Shikamaru his friend and shared lamb skewers with him and Choji. The next day, Choji left school looking troubled, while Hinata followed Naruto and stopped to thank him.

• Choji persuaded Shikamaru to become Naruto's friend, and Naruto helped Shikamaru up after their confrontation.
• Naruto took Shikamaru and Choji to the Back Mountain, where they prepared and ate lamb skewers.
• The next day, Naruto noticed that Choji had left school without eating, so he sent Shikamaru after him.
• Naruto sensed someone following him on the way home and found Hinata hiding behind a tree.
• Hinata bowed and thanked Naruto.

Naruto remembered that he had helped Hinata when she fell three years earlier, and the two cleared up the misunderstanding about her Byakugan. Hinata visited Naruto’s hut and petted Kurama before going home, while Kurama ended the chapter angry that Naruto had let her treat him like a pet.

• Hinata thanked Naruto for helping her at the market three years earlier, and he remembered pulling her to her feet.
• Naruto realized he had mistaken Hinata’s Byakugan for her rolling her eyes at him, and Hinata tried to explain herself.
• Naruto invited Hinata to his hut, where she petted Kurama despite Kurama’s reluctance.
• Hinata told Naruto about her strict father and left when she feared being scolded for staying out too long.
• Naruto walked Hinata partway home, then realized he had forgotten to ask her to become friends.
• Kurama accused Naruto of breaking his promise by handing him over for Hinata to pet.

Shikamaru learned that Choji was upset because Choza had beaten him after Choji tried to introduce him to Naruto as a friend. Shikamaru and Choji returned to Naruto's Breeding Farm, where Choji happily ate while Naruto listened to the story.

• Shikamaru caught up with Choji and took him to their hill to talk.
• Choji explained that he had told Choza about Naruto and his dream of making friends with everyone.
• Choji asked Choza to become Naruto's friend, then described the friendship process, which meant Choza would have to be beaten; Choza beat Choji instead.
• Choza's Mother arrived, and Choza took her away to make another child.
• Shikamaru cheered Choji up by suggesting they visit Naruto, and Choji eagerly went to eat.
• Naruto heard Shikamaru recount Choji's story and sighed, calling them a loving father and filial son.

Naruto invited Hinata to visit his Breeding Farm, where they talked while Sasuke practiced nearby. When Hinata asked if they were friends, Naruto insisted they had to spar first, and her quick surrender left him calling her insincere.

• Naruto asked Sasuke, Choji, and Shikamaru to help sell the first batch of pigs from his Breeding Farm, and they agreed.
• Naruto noticed Hinata following him again, and she insisted they formally introduce themselves before asking to visit the Breeding Farm.
• Hinata joined Naruto at the farm and asked to pet the Nine-Tails, but Naruto claimed the fox was too shy around strangers.
• Sasuke arrived to practice Fire Release Jutsu and privately resented finding Naruto chatting with Hinata.
• Hinata asked whether she and Naruto were friends, and Naruto demanded a spar before agreeing; Hinata surrendered, prompting Naruto to say she was not sincere.

Naruto became friends with Hinata after sparring with her, and Hinata’s father praised her for showing courage. Later, the Nine-Tails sensed the Masked Man near Sasuke’s home, and Naruto rushed toward the danger despite the Anbu Ninja blocking him.

• Naruto accepted Hinata’s offer to spar, and Hinata endured his punches until he declared them friends.
• Naruto boiled eggs to reduce Hinata’s swelling, and she returned home pleased with their new friendship.
• Hyuga Hiashi saw Hinata’s injuries, praised her for sparring, and ordered her to practice the Gentle Fist.
• Sasuke told Naruto he would finish learning the Shadow Clone Jutsu that day so they could train together on the Back Mountain.
• The Nine-Tails sensed the Masked Man and a battle near Sasuke’s home, so Naruto ran toward the fighting despite the Nine-Tails staying behind.
• Two Anbu Ninja blocked Naruto on the Third Hokage’s orders, and Naruto charged at them with both fists.

Naruto knocked out two Anbu Ninja and had Kurama erase their memories, while Sasuke returned to the Uchiha compound and discovered his parents had been killed by Itachi. Itachi admitted the murders and overpowered Sasuke, leaving him gravely wounded and demanding to know why.

• Naruto sent two Anbu Ninja flying and asked Kurama to erase their memories and hang them back on the tree.
• Kurama grew to enormous size, struck the Anbu Ninja unconscious with a brick, erased their memories, and rehung them.
• Sasuke returned to the Uchiha compound, found it in ruins, and discovered Uchiha Fugaku and Uchiha Mikoto dead beside Itachi.
• Itachi admitted killing their parents, taunted Sasuke, and said weakness was the reason.
• Sasuke awakened one Tomoe and attacked Itachi with Fire Release: Phoenix Sage Fire Jutsu, but Itachi struck him down and lifted him by the throat.

Itachi used Tsukuyomi to torment Sasuke, then attacked Naruto when he came to help. Itachi escaped before Hiruzen Sarutobi and Shimura Danzō arrived, and he met the Masked Man outside the Uchiha Clan Grounds to leave Konoha.

• Itachi provoked Sasuke with accusations about his parents and clan, then used Tsukuyomi to make him relive their deaths.
• Naruto arrived and refused to abandon Sasuke, deflecting Itachi’s Shuriken and fighting him with Taijutsu until Itachi withdrew.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi and Shimura Danzō arrived after Itachi had left, and Naruto carried the unconscious Sasuke to the hospital.
• Hiruzen ordered the White-Haired Anbu to pursue the killer while he told Shimura Danzō to deal with the destroyed Uchiha Clan Grounds.
• Itachi met the Masked Man outside the clan grounds and reluctantly prepared to leave, asking to take along a streetlamp he had often stood beneath.

Naruto brought the injured Sasuke to the hospital, learned he would recover but remain unconscious for several days, and returned to the Breeding Farm to discuss Itachi and the forces behind the Uchiha massacre with the Nine-Tails. The next day, Naruto stayed by Sasuke as Iruka and their classmates visited; near midday, someone familiar called out at the ward entrance.

• Naruto rushed Sasuke to the hospital, where a doctor treated his internal injuries and fractures and predicted he would need about a month to recover.
• Naruto returned to the Breeding Farm, told the Nine-Tails that Itachi had attacked Sasuke, and suspected others had pulled strings behind the Uchiha massacre.
• The Nine-Tails said it had beaten the two men who had been following Naruto, and Naruto resumed training before visiting Sasuke the next morning with millet porridge.
• Naruto found Sasuke still unconscious and helped Iruka organize quiet, individual visits from their classmates.
• Iruka took the students back to class after they visited, while Naruto remained at Sasuke's bedside.
• Near midday, a familiar voice called to Naruto from the ward entrance.

Naruto stayed by Sasuke as he recovered from the massacre, and Hiruzen Sarutobi visited to check on him. Hiruzen promised that Itachi Uchiha would be hunted and explained how Konoha would handle Sasuke’s home, clan assets, and expenses.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi visited the hospital, asked Naruto about Sasuke’s injuries, and left without discussing Naruto’s appearance at the Uchiha Clan Grounds.
• Sasuke woke after three days and cried as he remembered Itachi killing their parents and clan.
• Naruto fed Sasuke millet porridge, reassured him as a friend, and told him about the gifts and visits from their classmates.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi returned and promised Sasuke that Itachi Uchiha had been declared a rogue ninja and that people had been sent to hunt him.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi told Sasuke that the Uchiha had been buried, the clan homes were being repaired, and Konoha would safeguard the clan assets and provide Sasuke with monthly living and academy expenses.

After Sasuke agreed not to return to the Uchiha Clan Grounds, Naruto invited him to live at his place and told him his suspicions about the massacre. Sasuke agreed to wait until they were strong enough to seek answers, while his classmates continued visiting him in the hospital.

• Sasuke accepted Hiruzen Sarutobi's proposal for his inheritance but said he would not return to the Uchiha Clan Grounds for now.
• Naruto invited Sasuke to stay at his home after he was discharged, and Sasuke accepted.
• Naruto told Sasuke that an Anbu Ninja had stopped him from reaching the Uchiha Clan Grounds and that Hiruzen Sarutobi had arrived only after the fighting ended.
• Naruto urged Sasuke to keep his suspicions about Hiruzen Sarutobi to himself until they became stronger, and Sasuke agreed.
• Sakura Haruno, Ino Yamanaka, and Hinata Hyuga visited Sasuke during his hospitalization, though Hinata spent most of her time chatting with Naruto.

Sasuke was discharged from the hospital and moved into Naruto’s home, where Naruto teased him about his admirers and Sasuke pointed out Hinata’s feelings for Naruto. On their way to the Uchiha Clan Mausoleum, Sasuke discovered that the streetlamp where he used to see Itachi had vanished.

• Naruto packed Sasuke’s belongings and accompanied him out of the hospital, where Iruka-sensei and their classmates welcomed Sasuke’s discharge.
• Naruto and Sasuke returned to Naruto’s home, and Naruto offered Sasuke an unused room as his new home.
• Naruto teased Sasuke about Sakura Haruno and Ino liking him, and Sasuke told Naruto that Hinata liked him.
• Sasuke prepared to visit the Uchiha Clan Mausoleum, and Naruto went with him.
• At the road outside the Uchiha Clan Grounds, Sasuke found a large pit where the streetlamp that Itachi used to stand on had been.

Sasuke revisited memories of his family with Naruto and swore to bring Itachi back to his parents’ graves. Back at the breeding farm, Naruto introduced Sasuke to Kurama and revealed the Nine-Tails’ identity, and Kurama accepted Sasuke as part of their family.

• Sasuke told Naruto how Itachi used to wait for him by a streetlamp and walk home with him.
• Sasuke and Naruto visited the Uchiha Clan Cemetery, where Sasuke mourned Fugaku and Mikoto and vowed to bring Itachi back to honor their memory.
• Naruto introduced Sasuke to Kurama at the breeding farm and explained that the Nine-Tails was sealed inside him.
• Sasuke shook Kurama’s paw and asked him to take care of him, and Kurama reluctantly accepted Sasuke into their family.

Naruto and Sasuke trained separately while gradually building trust with Kurama. The system revealed Naruto’s parents’ Chakra inside his seal and brought them before him, leaving them stunned by their unusually muscular son.

• Naruto explained that Kurama’s reservations about Sasuke came from its past experience with an Uchiha, and Sasuke resolved to earn its trust.
• Sasuke practiced Fire Release and Chakra control while Naruto trained his body and Ascension Fist beneath a waterfall.
• After training, Sasuke joined Kurama in the kitchen and helped prepare seasonings for lunch.
• Naruto told the system that he missed his unknown parents, and the system offered to let him see them.
• The system summoned Minato and Kushina’s Chakra forms, and they wondered whether the muscular young man before them was their child.

Minato and Kushina relived the events of Naruto’s birth, their deaths, and the sealing of their chakra before waking in an unknown place with their grown son. Kushina tried to hug Naruto, who told her he was only seven.

• Minato and Kushina’s chakra was swept from the seal along with the Nine-Tails and carried into an unknown space.
• Minato and Kushina woke to Naruto calling them Mom and Dad.
• Kushina recognized Naruto as her and Minato’s son and opened her arms to hug him.
• Naruto told Kushina that he was only seven, or eight by East Asian reckoning.

Naruto reunited with Kushina and Minato inside the seal and told them about the hardship and loneliness he had endured growing up. The chapter ended with Naruto assuring his shocked parents that the Nine-Tails was now family and cared for him.

• Naruto embraced Kushina, then burst into tears when he recognized Minato as the Fourth Hokage.
• Naruto told his parents that he had grown up in poverty and isolation, eventually supporting himself by running a Breeding Farm.
• Kushina comforted Naruto and urged him to hit anyone who mocked him, but Naruto said he still wanted to befriend them.
• Minato regretted entrusting Naruto's care to Hiruzen Sarutobi, while Kushina blamed the Third Hokage for Naruto's suffering.
• Minato asked whether the Nine-Tails had been extracted, and Naruto explained that it was his family and cooked for him and warmed his bed.

Naruto watched the story of Minato and Kushina’s lives and learned how they died protecting him and Konoha. After they passed on their techniques and vanished, Naruto resolved to become strong enough to revive them, then faced Kurama with conflicted feelings.

• Kushina and Minato reassured Naruto that removing Kurama had not harmed him, then told him about their lives and showed him scenes from their past.
• Naruto saw the Masked Man kidnap him and his weakened mother, and learned that Minato and Kushina sacrificed themselves to seal Kurama and asked Hiruzen to care for him.
• Naruto promised to protect his own Konoha, while Minato and Kushina warned him to conceal his new path and passed their Ninjutsu and sealing techniques to him.
• Minato and Kushina vanished after telling Naruto they loved him, and the system said he could revive them if he became strong enough.
• Naruto vowed to grow stronger and meet his parents again, then approached Kurama as the fox called him to dinner.

Naruto reconciled with Kurama over the Fourth Hokage’s death and returned to dinner with Sasuke, where he later shared what he knew about his parentage and Chakra training. The chapter ended with Naruto discovering the cultivation method “Shrink Yang into Abdomen” and celebrating that he had eliminated one vulnerability.

• Naruto told Kurama he knew the Fourth Hokage was his father and said he did not blame Kurama for being controlled by the Masked Man.
• Naruto returned to the cabin, and he, Sasuke, and Kurama ate together before Sasuke helped Kurama wash the dishes.
• Naruto planned to invite Sasuke and his friends to the Summer Festival to watch fireworks.
• Naruto stopped Sasuke from overtraining and explained how Chakra was produced, then revealed that Minato Namikaze and Kushina Uzumaki were his parents.
• Naruto went to the bathroom, discovered the cultivation method “Shrink Yang into Abdomen,” and celebrated eliminating one vulnerability.

Naruto explained his parents’ history to Sasuke and taught him several powerful Ninjutsu before they resumed training. Hinata went to find Naruto at the waterfall and watched him train, growing flustered as she greeted him.

• Naruto told Sasuke that Minato had taught him the dangers of overtraining and shared how Kushina and Mikoto had hoped their sons would become friends.
• Sasuke teased Naruto about being older, then accepted Naruto’s offer to teach him powerful Ninjutsu from his parents.
• Naruto warned Sasuke to balance training with rest and headed to the waterfall, while Sasuke studied the techniques he had learned.
• Choji, Shikamaru, and Hinata arrived; Hinata went to see Naruto, while Shikamaru stopped Choji from following until he shaved his head.
• Hinata found Naruto training beneath the waterfall, admired his strength, and greeted him while blushing.

Naruto encouraged Hinata to keep training, then shared a barbecue and planned to watch the Summer Festival fireworks with his friends. The next day, Sasuke sent a Shadow Clone disguised as Naruto to school while he and Naruto returned to class, and Sasuke declined Iruka’s offer of ramen because he was in a Chakra state.

• Naruto found Hinata by the shore, encouraged her to train toward her future dream, and warned her that her exposed-toe shoes could hurt her feet.
• Naruto caught the goat that had startled Hinata and knocked it unconscious with Vibration Force.
• Naruto, Hinata, Choji, Shikamaru, and Sasuke shared grilled lamb, and they agreed to watch the Summer Festival fireworks together.
• The next day, Sasuke created two Shadow Clones, sending one disguised as Naruto to school while he and Naruto attended class quietly to conserve Chakra.
• After school, Iruka offered Sasuke and Naruto ramen, but Sasuke declined because he was in a Chakra state.

Sakura and Ino decided to befriend Naruto so they could join the Summer Festival outing, while Naruto showed Sasuke his newly developed chakra control and immense strength. The chapter ended as Naruto threw five shuriken behind him, apparently striking a tree and someone nearby.

• After learning from Choji that Naruto had invited his friends to watch the Summer Festival fireworks, Sakura and Ino decided to become Naruto's friends despite believing he would beat them up.
• Sasuke and Naruto returned to the Breeding Farm, where Naruto used Transformation Jutsu and Clone Technique to make Sasuke, Itachi Uchiha, and Iruka-sensei dance.
• Sasuke asked how Naruto had learned the techniques, and Naruto explained that he could quickly refine chakra before shattering a boulder with one punch.
• Naruto asked Sasuke for five shuriken and threw them behind himself without looking, followed by a falling tree and cries of “Baa!”