Chapter Summaries

Naruto manipulated Kurama into doubting its fashion sense and tricked it into considering lace dresses. After returning from his trip, Sasuke mastered the Rasengan and vowed to use it against Naruto.

• Naruto and his friends covertly criticized Kurama's outfits, making Kurama question its taste.
• Kiba brought Akamaru over in a lace dress, and Naruto, Hinata, and Kiba praised Akamaru's clothes while calling Kurama's ugly.
• Naruto gave Kurama lace dresses and claimed they showed good taste, then left to laugh at the waterfall while Kurama examined them.
• Sasuke returned from his three-day outing with Sakura and Ino and went to train in the Back Mountain.
• Sasuke successfully performed the Rasengan, created a huge crater, and celebrated by declaring he would use it to beat Naruto.

Naruto learned a force-stacking method from the system and continued tempering his body while Sasuke waited by the riverbank, eager to test his newly mastered Rasengan. The two prepared to fight, but Sasuke had to pause because his feet had gone numb from standing for hours.

• The system taught Naruto a force-stacking method and urged him to focus on strengthening his body rather than collecting techniques.
• Naruto cultivated by using his vital energy and blood to temper his internal organs.
• Sasuke arrived at the riverbank with the Flying Thunder God Technique and waited for Naruto to finish cultivating.
• Naruto realized Sasuke had mastered the Rasengan and intended to use it to beat him.
• Sasuke challenged Naruto, but admitted his feet were numb and asked for time to recover.

Naruto beat Sasuke in a fight after Sasuke challenged him, then caught Kurama secretly trying on Hinata’s lace dress the next morning. Naruto and Sasuke went to the Hyuga Clan estate, where Naruto promised Hanabi another ride through the air while asking her to fetch Hinata.

• Sasuke challenged Naruto to a fight, but Naruto dodged his Rasengan and beat him until his face was bruised.
• The Nine-Tails called Naruto and Sasuke to dinner after the fight.
• Naruto and Sasuke caught Kurama secretly trying on one of Hinata’s lace dresses and praised how it looked.
• Naruto and Sasuke traveled to the Hyuga Clan estate, where Hanabi ran to Naruto asking for a hug and to be lifted high.
• Naruto asked Hanabi to fetch Hinata and promised to take her flying again afterward.

Naruto and Hinata left Hanabi to gather their friends for a staged fashion show that persuaded Kurama to accept his white dress. Three years later, twelve-year-old Naruto had grown into a towering, immensely powerful fighter, and the chapter ended with him surveying his perfected strength.

• Naruto sealed a pinky promise with Hanabi, then played with her while Hinata watched.
• Naruto took Hinata to the Back Mountain, where Sasuke brought Sakura and Ino, and the group gathered to praise Kurama in his dress.
• Kurama accepted Naruto and Sasuke's sense of aesthetics and agreed to make lunch while they trained.
• Three years passed as Naruto trained daily, reaching Three-Hundred-Thousand-Jin Strength and developing a ten-meter Indestructible Body form.
• Naruto dismissed his giant form and examined his six-foot-tall body, whose presence faintly harmonized with nature.

Naruto and Sasuke prepared for their Ninja Academy graduation exam, while Naruto admitted that Sasuke's Shadow Clones had been attending school in his place. Hiruzen Sarutobi began assigning the graduating students to teams and decided that Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura Haruno could all follow Kakashi.

• Naruto returned from the forest and found Sasuke training to master Sage Mode and Kurama cooking their meal.
• Naruto and Sasuke learned that the graduation exam would take place the next day.
• At the school gate, Naruto told Iruka that Sasuke's Shadow Clones had attended classes as Naruto and Sasuke.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi reviewed the graduation list and assigned Naruto Uzumaki, Sasuke Uchiha, and Sakura Haruno to Kakashi.

Naruto and his classmates completed their graduation assessments and received their team assignments. Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura joined Team 7, where Kakashi Hatake introduced himself as their teacher.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi assigned Asuma to lead Ino, Shikamaru, and Choji, and Kurenai to lead Hinata, Kiba, and Shino.
• Choji and Sasuke passed their graduation assessments and received their Konoha headbands.
• Naruto passed the assessment using little chakra but accidentally blasted a hole in the wall while throwing a Kunai.
• Iruka announced the teams, placing Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura together in Team 7.
• Kakashi Hatake introduced himself to Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura as their new teacher.

Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura met their new teacher, Kakashi, for their first team assignment. After visiting Obito’s memorial and arriving late, Kakashi began the team’s introductions, leaving Naruto to speak next.

• Kakashi told Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura to meet him the next morning and warned them not to eat breakfast.
• Iruka avoided Naruto’s request to celebrate their graduation, and Naruto joked that he would treat Iruka to a whole roasted lamb next time.
• Naruto and Sasuke ate breakfast despite Kakashi’s warning, then met Sakura at the appointed place.
• Kakashi visited Obito’s memorial, reflected on his promise to teach Naruto and the importance of comrades, and then went to meet the team.
• Sakura and Sasuke introduced themselves to Kakashi, who turned his attention to Naruto.

Naruto and his new Team 7 teammates began Kakashi’s bell test, but Kakashi’s attempt to use Thousand Years of Death on Naruto ended with his fingers fractured. After leaving Kakashi in the hospital, Naruto went to find Hinata while Sasuke returned to training.

• Naruto hinted at resentment toward Kakashi for not approaching him during the five years since Naruto learned about him.
• Kakashi introduced the bell test, saying the three students had to take his two bells or go without lunch.
• Naruto deliberately acted like an ordinary Genin, and Kakashi broke the bones in his index and middle fingers on Naruto’s hardened body while attempting Thousand Years of Death.
• A doctor treated Kakashi’s fractures and told him to rest for about a year, leaving him unable to read Icha Icha Paradise normally.
• Naruto laughed over a joke about a cow giving birth to a calf, then went to find Hinata while Sasuke returned to the Breeding Farm to train.

Naruto asked Hinata whether he should forgive a relative who had abandoned his lonely friend, and decided he could forgive Kakashi. During Team 7’s afternoon mission and Kakashi’s staged kidnapping test, Naruto accidentally killed Tora and dislocated Kakashi’s shoulders, leaving Kakashi injured, out of pocket, and lamenting to Obito that leading Naruto was too hard.

• Naruto asked Hinata whether she would forgive a relative who had avoided a lonely friend, and Hinata suggested the friend already wanted to forgive them; Naruto accepted that answer for Kakashi.
• Kakashi told Obito he planned to test Team 7 by having them search for Tora, then later pretending to kidnap Sakura.
• Kakashi assigned Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura to find Tora, but Naruto accidentally hugged the cat to death, forcing Kakashi to pay Lady Shijimi one hundred thousand.
• Kakashi disguised himself and abducted Sakura to test whether Naruto and Sasuke would rescue her; Naruto and Sasuke used the Substitution Technique to confront him.
• Naruto rescued Sakura and dislocated Kakashi’s shoulders, and Kakashi fled to the hospital, where Doctor Nara treated him for dislocations and minor fractures.
• Kakashi paid his medical fees, went to the Memorial Stone, and told Obito that leading Naruto was too hard.

Naruto brought Kakashi a bento after dislocating his arms, then visited him at home and found signs of a hidden scent and magazine. While feeding Kakashi, Naruto described the robber whose arms he had dislocated and pointed out how much the injury resembled Kakashi’s.

• Naruto picked up Kakashi’s dropped kunai and left with Sasuke, while Sakura watched them go.
• Naruto asked Kurama to prepare eel rice, then carried the bento to Kakashi’s home.
• Kakashi claimed he had fallen and tried to hide a white bundle after Naruto followed a strange scent into his bedroom.
• Naruto gave Kakashi the bento and fed him because his injured arms kept him from eating.
• Naruto told Kakashi about the robber who had taken Sakura hostage and remarked that the robber’s injuries matched Kakashi’s.

Naruto revealed that he had recognized Kakashi’s bandit disguise and reaffirmed that he would never abandon his friends. The next day, Naruto and Sasuke trained while Shadow Clones handled Kakashi’s mission, and Naruto tested the limits of his Impact Force by pulverizing a massive boulder.

• Naruto returned Kakashi’s kunai, exposed his disguise, and told him that he knew everything.
• Kakashi explained that the bandit encounter had been a test of whether Naruto would abandon a companion, and Naruto said he would never give up on his friends.
• Naruto and Sasuke sent Shadow Clones to attend Kakashi’s mission while they trained in the Back Mountain.
• Sasuke made charcoal for Kurama, who picked a goat to roast and watched Naruto train beneath the waterfall.
• Naruto used one-fold Impact Force to destroy a ten-meter boulder, then estimated that his body could withstand only about one and a half times the force.

Naruto trained with Impact Force, while Kakashi discovered that Naruto and Sasuke had skipped class and visited Naruto’s Breeding Farm. Naruto showed Kakashi around and indirectly teased him about masturbating, leaving Kakashi embarrassed after realizing Naruto had recognized the scent in his room.

• Naruto tested the destructive power of his strength and speed, then resumed training until lunchtime.
• Kakashi learned that the Naruto and Sasuke attending class had both been Shadow Clones and asked Sakura to take him to Naruto’s home.
• Sakura told Kakashi about Naruto’s early business success as she led him to the Breeding Farm.
• Naruto greeted Kakashi and gave him a tour, explaining how the farm had grown to more than ten thousand livestock and earned over one hundred million annually.
• Naruto pointed out bulls rubbing themselves against a tree, and Kakashi realized Naruto had identified the scent in his room and was mocking him.

Kakashi trained Team 7 in tree-walking and offered to find Naruto a Taijutsu instructor, then treated Naruto and Sasuke to lunch and spent a fortune on Naruto’s ramen. He accepted a C-rank escort mission to the Land of Waves, and Naruto eagerly celebrated the chance to leave the village and make friends.

• Kakashi hid and locked away Icha Icha Paradise to protect his dignity as a teacher.
• Sakura, Sasuke, and Naruto trained at their usual ground, and Kakashi taught them tree-walking; all three managed the exercise.
• Kakashi praised Naruto’s physical training and offered to bring a friend to teach him Taijutsu.
• Kakashi treated Naruto and Sasuke to Ichiraku Ramen, where Naruto ate so much that Kakashi had to pay fifty thousand.
• Kakashi told Team 7 that they would leave Konoha the next day to escort a target to the Land of Waves, and Naruto shouted excitedly about making friends.

Naruto prepared to leave for the Land of Waves and visited the Hyuga family to see Hinata and Hanabi. After Hinata and Hanabi urged Neji to accept Naruto’s friendship, Naruto beat him in a spar and called him a friend, leaving Neji resentful of how much his sisters adored Naruto.

• Kakashi explained Team 7’s mission to escort bridge builder Tazuna to the Land of Waves and told the team to meet at the village entrance the next morning.
• Naruto made a box of woven banana-leaf animals for Hanabi and brought it to her at the park, where Neji had been flying a kite with her.
• Neji left the park after Naruto arrived, then vowed to keep little sister Hinata Longxue from becoming attached to Naruto too.
• Naruto gave Hanabi the woven animals and sat with her and Hinata until sunset, telling Hinata about his upcoming mission.
• Naruto asked Hanabi to call Neji over so he could become friends with him, and Hinata and Hanabi urged Neji to agree.
• Neji reluctantly accepted Naruto’s offer, and Naruto beat him in a spar before happily declaring them friends.

Naruto left for the Land of Waves with Team 7 while Kurama secretly hid in his backpack to follow him. The team encountered two Mist Ninja disguised as a puddle, and Naruto accidentally stomped one to death.

• Naruto said goodbye to Hinata, Hanabi, and Neji, then returned to the Breeding Farm and learned Team 7 would leave for the Land of Waves.
• Kurama asked to accompany Naruto, but he refused, so she secretly arranged for Shikamaru to watch the Breeding Farm and hid inside Naruto's backpack.
• Naruto and Sasuke met Kakashi, Sakura, and Tazuna at the village entrance and began the escort mission.
• Kakashi noticed a suspicious puddle on the road, but Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura did not react to it.
• Naruto stomped into the puddle, revealing two disguised Mist Ninja; one died, and the other angrily accused Naruto of stepping on his companion.

Naruto killed two Mist Ninja who had ambushed his team, then Sasuke looted and cremated their bodies. Naruto used Instant Movement to reach another person, who turned around in terror and pleaded not to be hit.

• Kakashi deduced that the Mist Ninja had ambushed the group and that Naruto had accidentally stepped on one attacker after shattering his kunai.
• The surviving Mist Chunin attacked Naruto with a chain, but Naruto remained unmoved and pulled him down, killing him with Vibration Force.
• Naruto told Sasuke to bury the Mist brothers, and Sasuke looted their belongings before burning their bodies with a Fire Style technique.
• Naruto used Instant Movement and landed with a hand on someone’s shoulder, prompting the person to raise both hands and say, “I was just passing by, don't hit me!”

Naruto confronted Zabuza, who surrendered and claimed he was only passing through, while Kakashi doubted his explanation. After the team buried the Demon Brothers, Kakashi confronted Tazuna about hiding the danger, and Tazuna offered to pay more so the team would continue protecting him.

• Naruto sensed Zabuza nearby, used Instant Movement to appear behind him, and forced him to remove his mask.
• Kakashi identified Zabuza as a rogue Mist ninja, and Zabuza insisted he was only passing through before fleeing when Naruto let him go.
• Naruto and Kakashi returned to Sasuke, who had finished cremating the Demon Brothers, and Kakashi used Earth Release to bury them.
• Kakashi challenged Tazuna for concealing that ninjas might be hired against him, and Sakura read the rule allowing the team to terminate the mission without returning the payment.
• Tazuna offered to pay more when Kakashi and the others prepared to leave, and Kakashi turned back to negotiate the price.

Team 7 continued escorting Tazuna after Kakashi negotiated an extra five million for the mission, while Zabuza retreated and warned Haku about Naruto's strength. As the group stopped for a meal, Naruto opened his backpack and found a surprise from Kurama.

• Kakashi secured an additional five million from Tazuna, and Team 7 resumed the escort mission.
• Naruto tried to befriend Tazuna, but Sasuke and Sakura rushed to stop him from putting their client at risk.
• Zabuza told Haku that the Demon Brothers had turned to ash and that Naruto was more dangerous than Kakashi.
• Zabuza agreed to let Haku approach Naruto, warning him not to show hostility.
• Kakashi sent Naruto to scout while the group prepared to eat, and Naruto opened his backpack to find Kurama's surprise.

Naruto let Kurama secretly accompany him on the journey, keeping the fox mostly hidden while it ran around and hunted. During a rest, Naruto sensed the person who had accompanied Zabuza approaching and pretended to sleep as the stranger crouched beside him.

• Kurama revealed that Shikamaru was watching the Breeding Farm, and Naruto allowed Kurama to stay with him as long as it hid in his backpack around Kakashi.
• Naruto let Kurama run through the grass, then agreed to roast the rabbits Kurama caught.
• Naruto returned to Kakashi and reported that he had found no suspicious people nearby.
• Over the next few days, Naruto handled scouting while Kurama explored and hunted, and Naruto later rested after eating roasted wild boar.
• Naruto sensed Zabuza's companion approaching, pretended to sleep, and concluded from the stranger's scent and body that he was a man who might be a cute blue boy.

Haku disguised himself as a farm girl to approach Naruto and test his weaknesses, but abandoned his plan to attack after seeing Naruto asleep. Naruto befriended him, revealed that he had seen through Haku's disguise and intent, and left Haku shaken as he walked away.

• Haku disguised himself as a farm girl and approached the sleeping Naruto, intending to attack him for Lord Zabuza's plan.
• Haku remembered his longing for a peaceful life and gently woke Naruto instead of attacking him.
• Naruto pretended to wake, called Haku a pretty big sister, and demonstrated the heat of his Indestructible Body.
• Naruto told Haku that he wanted to make friends and asked to become his friend, but Haku declined because he could not reveal his reasons.
• Haku left after telling Naruto that he was a man, and Naruto said Haku had saved his own life.
• Haku realized Naruto had known about his attempted attack and might have been strong enough to kill him.