Chapter Summaries

Chiga took his team on an A-Rank mission to infiltrate Kusagakure, despite Hiruzen Sarutobi’s concerns about the danger. After setting out, the team stopped to make camp while still traveling through the Land of Fire.

• Chiga asked Hiruzen Sarutobi for a mission in the Grass Country, and Hiruzen offered him several assignments to choose from.
• Chiga selected an A-Rank mission requiring infiltration of Kusagakure and assured Hiruzen that the Flying Thunder God Technique would help the team escape if discovered.
• Hiruzen approved the mission, then asked Chiga what Kushina had been doing; Chiga said she was studying a cookbook.
• Chiga told Asuma, Kurenai, and Shizune to meet at Konoha’s entrance in an hour, and the team departed for the mission.
• Three days later, Chiga stopped the team in a forest and assigned himself to set traps while the others put up tents and started a fire.

Chiga and his team camped on the way to Kusagakure, where they planned to sabotage Grass Seed’s supplies and search for Misa Uzumaki. After arranging the night watch and setting up a second tent, Chiga stayed awake by the fire.

• Chiga studied the map and estimated that the team was about a day from Kusagakure, while explaining the conflict between Grass Seed and Grass Flower and the mission to destroy Grass Seed’s supplies.
• Chiga said he had not yet worked out how to infiltrate Kusagakure, and assigned the team’s night watches despite Asuma’s complaints.
• Kurenai and Shizune objected to being given a shorter watch, but Chiga insisted on his orders as captain.
• Chiga realized Asuma had set up only one tent and offered to pitch another, prompting a furious Asuma to throw a kunai at his feet.
• Chiga helped Kurenai and Shizune set up another tent, then watched the fire while the others went to sleep.

Chiga encountered a Grass ninja squad traveling through the Land of Fire and saw a chance to use them to infiltrate Kusagakure. He killed two squad members, captured their captain Sabu, and let Ichiro flee so Sarutobi Asuma’s team could gain combat experience.

• Grass captain Sabu stopped Ichiro from wasting a kunai, warning that they were still in the Land of Fire and could encounter Konoha ninja.
• Chiga detected the four Grass ninja with his crows and recognized Sabu’s squad as Grass Seed ninja returning to Kusagakure.
• Chiga silently killed two Grass ninja from the rear using a kunai and the Flying Thunder God Technique.
• Chiga caught Sabu in a Genjutsu and teleported him away, leaving Ichiro to discover the attack and panic.
• Chiga decided to let Ichiro escape so Sarutobi Asuma’s three-man team could get practical combat experience.

Chiga and the three young Konoha ninja defeated a Grass ninja team and gathered intelligence about Kusagakure. After deciding to infiltrate the village disguised as Grass ninja, Chiga opened a flaw in its barrier for them to enter.

• Yuhi Kurenai trapped Ichiro with Genjutsu, and Sarutobi Asuma and the others killed him with a Fireball Jutsu and senbon.
• Chiga emerged with Sabu, revealed that the other Grass ninja were dead, and interrogated Sabu before killing him and sealing his corpse in a scroll.
• Chiga learned from Sabu that Misa Uzumaki was being held with the Grass Seed and proposed disguising the group as Grass ninja to infiltrate Kusagakure and sabotage its supplies.
• Chiga, Sarutobi Asuma, Yuhi Kurenai, and their companion traveled to Kusagakure, where Chiga identified a flaw in the village barrier and opened a passage through it.

Chiga and his teammates infiltrated Kusagakure in disguise and headed to the Medical Department to find a healing Uzumaki woman. They learned where she was being kept and went upstairs to reach her.

• Chiga disguised himself and his teammates as Sabu and his injured companions, then led them through Kusagakure’s barrier.
• Chiga fooled a Grass ninja patrol by claiming they had been attacked by Konoha ninja and that Ichiro needed urgent treatment.
• Chiga told Shizune, Kurenai, and Sarutobi Asuma that their target was an Uzumaki woman whose bite healed injuries.
• Chiga convinced the Medical Department captain to reveal that the woman was in the Second Floor, Third Medical Room.
• Chiga and his teammates went upstairs while the captain complained about Sabu’s arrogance.

Chiga and his team found Misa Uzumaki and convinced her to accept their rescue by telling her that Kushina Uzumaki was alive in Konoha. They brought Misa to her hut, where she began to doubt whether Konoha would treat her better than Kusagakure, and Shizune examined her injuries.

• Chiga revealed his identity to Misa Uzumaki and explained that he had come to rescue her.
• Misa stopped resisting after Chiga told her Kushina Uzumaki was alive and living in Konoha.
• Misa left the Medical Department with Chiga and his teammates, using the excuse that she needed to rest.
• At Misa's hut, Sarutobi Asuma reassured her that Kushina was safe in Konoha and that their captain could use the Flying Thunder God Technique to escape.
• Shizune examined Misa's bite wounds, and Misa explained that the Grass ninja bit her to use her special Uzumaki constitution to recover their injuries and Chakra.

Misa Uzumaki told Chiga and his team how the Grass ninja had exploited her as a source of blood, enraging the young Konoha ninja. Chiga agreed to help them retaliate while completing their mission to destroy the Grass supply depot, and the team prepared to act before dawn.

• Misa Uzumaki recounted how the Grass ninja had repeatedly drawn her blood and bitten her to treat their wounded, prompting Yuhi Kurenai and Sarutobi Asuma to condemn them.
• Sarutobi Asuma and Yuhi Kurenai urged Chiga to punish the Grass ninja beyond destroying their supplies, while Shizune revealed a deadly poison given to her by Lady Tsunade.
• Chiga drafted a Hidden Grass Village Destruction Plan and explained how he and Sarutobi Asuma would target the supply depot, residential areas, and important facilities while Shizune and Yuhi Kurenai guarded Misa Uzumaki.
• Chiga scheduled the operation for around three or four in the morning and told the team to rest.

Chiga and Sarutobi Asuma infiltrated Kusagakure to destroy the Grass ninja’s supplies and escape with Misa Uzumaki. After Asuma accidentally alerted the village, Chiga detonated the Exploding Tags and teleported the group away as the Grass ninja launched a search.

• Chiga left Yuhi Kurenai and Shizune behind to watch Misa Uzumaki, then departed with Sarutobi Asuma.
• Chiga used Shadow Clones to kill four Grass ninja sentries at the supply depot, and Asuma planted Exploding Tags.
• Asuma stepped on a dry branch while they headed toward the Grass ninja’s living area, alerting the guards; Chiga blocked their Kunai and teleported them back to Misa’s room.
• Chiga detonated the Exploding Tags, destroying the supply depot as Grass Seed leader Takao ordered the village gates sealed and the area searched.
• Chiga reassured Asuma, then teleported himself, Asuma, Misa, and the others away from her room.

Takao learned that Chiga had taken Misa Uzumaki and led hundreds of Grass ninja in pursuit. Chiga brought Misa and the Konoha ninja to a cave, where he refused her healing offer and apologized for Konoha’s failure to aid the Uzumaki Clan.

• Ichigo sensed that Chiga was escaping with Misa Uzumaki using the Flying Thunder God Technique, and Takao ordered the Grass ninja to pursue them.
• Takao identified Chiga as Uchiha Chiga, whom the Land of Earth wanted captured, and led three to four hundred Grass ninja after him.
• Chiga reached a cave with Sarutobi Asuma, Shizune, another Konoha ninja, and Misa, then rested after the long-distance teleportation exhausted him.
• Misa offered Chiga her healing ability, but he refused and reassured her that Konoha would not treat her as the Grass ninja had.
• Sarutobi Asuma’s comment about Konoha and the Uzumaki Clan being allies upset Misa, and Chiga apologized for Konoha’s failure to help her clan.

Chiga and his companions continued toward the Land of Fire with Misa Uzumaki, but Takao and six Grass ninja caught up and attacked them. After escaping with the Flying Thunder God Technique, Chiga discovered that a strange mass of Chakra in Misa’s head was letting the Grass ninja track them, and he prepared to confront their pursuers.

• Misa Uzumaki learned that Kushina Uzumaki was Chiga’s teacher and grew closer to Chiga and his companions as they traveled.
• Takao and six Grass ninja ambushed the group in a meadow, and Takao revealed that Chiga had a twenty-million-ryo bounty.
• Chiga used a swarm of crows as a distraction and escaped with the others using the Flying Thunder God Technique.
• After a day and a night of pursuit, Chiga found a strange mass of Chakra in Misa Uzumaki’s head that was allowing the Grass ninja to sense them.
• Misa Uzumaki urged Chiga to leave her behind, but he refused and silently recovered his strength and Chakra before deciding to fight back.

Chiga recovered his Chakra with Misa Uzumaki’s help and prepared to face the pursuing Grass ninja, sending his teammates to protect his Shadow Clone. The Grass ninja’s vanguard attacked, and Chiga opened the counterattack with a massive Fire Release technique.

• Chiga ordered Sarutobi Asuma, Yuhi Kurenai, and Shizune to hide with Misa Uzumaki, but Misa chose to help him restore his Chakra so she could avenge herself.
• Chiga bit Misa Uzumaki’s arm and regained his strength, leaving her severely weakened.
• Chiga summoned a Shadow Clone and two thousand crows, then told Sarutobi Asuma and the others to protect the clone while he faced the enemy.
• Sarutobi Asuma, Yuhi Kurenai, Shizune, and the Shadow Clone hid in the grass as the Grass ninja vanguard caught up with Chiga.
• The Grass ninja attacked with shuriken, Kunai, and Exploding Tags, and Chiga countered with Fire Release: Great Fire Annihilation.

Uchiha Chiga used Fire Release to stop the Grass ninja, then exploited the mist and his Sharingan to slaughter most of the nearly hundred enemies who rushed him. When the mist cleared, Grass Seed leader Takao arrived and ordered the surviving Grass ninja to attack.

• Chiga's Great Fire Annihilation clashed with the Grass ninja's combined Water Release, and the techniques canceled each other out in a thick mist.
• Sarutobi Asuma joked about Chiga's strength, while Yuhi Kurenai told him she and Chiga were as close as brother and sister.
• Seventy or eighty more Grass ninja arrived, learned Chiga was alone in the mist, and charged him at close range.
• Chiga activated his Sharingan and killed Grass ninja one by one with Gale as the mist concealed his movements.
• A Grass ninja scattered the mist with Wind Release, revealing that Chiga had killed most of the attackers and left only a little over sixty unharmed.
• Takao, the leader of Grass Seed, arrived and angrily ordered the surviving Grass ninja to take Chiga down.

Chiga faced Eagle Minister and more than three hundred Grass ninja after discovering how they had exploited Misa Uzumaki’s healing ability. He entered Sage Mode and began his Sage Art: Crow Secret Technique as the crows surrounded the enemy.

• Eagle Minister arrived to find Chiga standing among the bodies of Grass ninja and realized Konoha had used Misa Uzumaki to recover.
• Chiga taunted Eagle Minister and said he intended to settle matters with Grass Seed rather than flee.
• Ichigo sensed that Misa Uzumaki was nearby, while Eagle Minister gathered his roughly three hundred ninja and ordered them to attack Chiga.
• Chiga activated Sage Mode, shocking Sarutobi Asuma, who recognized it as the state associated with the First Hokage.
• Chiga summoned crows with Two-Tomoe Sharingan eyes and began Sage Art: Crow Secret Technique: First Movement—Hatred.

Chiga used a powerful crow-assisted Sharingan Genjutsu to make Grass Seed's ninja slaughter one another, then killed the surviving Takao and collapsed from exhaustion. His teammates carried him toward Konoha, while two White Zetsu revealed they had both been monitoring him for Lord Madara.

• Chiga unleashed his Crow Secret Technique, driving the Grass ninja into violent illusions that caused them to attack one another.
• Takao succumbed to the Genjutsu and killed many Grass ninja before Chiga struck him down.
• Chiga checked for survivors, then collapsed after exhausting his Chakra; Shizune examined him and said he was not seriously injured.
• Yuhi Kurenai carried Chiga as the group hurried back toward Konoha.
• White Zetsu emerged after the group left and met another Zetsu who had been gathering intelligence on Grass Seed.

Uchiha Madara learned that Uchiha Chiga had defeated more than four hundred Grass Seed ninja and watched the battle through a White Zetsu’s memories. He discovered that Chiga could use Senjutsu, then kept the Grass Seed White Zetsu nearby to investigate further.

• The White Zetsu monitoring Chiga told the Grass Seed White Zetsu that Chiga had wiped out more than four hundred Grass Seed ninja, and the two traveled to Uchiha Madara’s cave.
• Uchiha Madara woke and watched Chiga’s battle through the monitoring White Zetsu’s memories, praising Chiga’s Fire Release and comparing his fighting skills to his own.
• Uchiha Madara was shocked to see Chiga use Sage Mode and questioned the White Zetsu about when Chiga had learned Senjutsu.
• The monitoring White Zetsu explained that Chiga’s Senjutsu Genjutsu had kept him at a distance, leaving the later images blurry.
• The Grass Seed White Zetsu offered clearer memories, so Uchiha Madara assigned him to stay nearby and examined Chiga’s Sage Mode markings.

Uchiha Madara watched Uchiha Chiga use an immense crow-based Genjutsu and considered him as a possible pawn, but chose Uchiha Obito for his plan instead. He ordered Zetsu to monitor Obito, help plunge the Shinobi World into chaos, and find a chance to kill Chiga.

• Uchiha Madara recognized that Uchiha Chiga's Sage Mode differed from Hashirama Senju's and marveled at the Eye Power behind Chiga's Genjutsu on the Grass ninja.
• A White Zetsu showed Uchiha Madara an indecent scene, and Madara angrily struck the White Zetsu clone into pieces.
• Uchiha Madara weighed Uchiha Chiga, Uchiha Obito, and Uchiha Shisui as possible pawns, then chose Obito because he was kind-hearted, easy to deceive, and more practical to manipulate.
• Uchiha Madara ordered Zetsu's main body to intensify surveillance of Uchiha Obito and said the Shinobi World needed to descend into chaos.
• Uchiha Madara dismissed Yuhi Kurenai's one-sided affection for Chiga as a useful source of emotional pain and ordered Zetsu to find an opportunity to kill Chiga.

Chiga recovered from exhausting his Chakra and returned to Konoha with his teammates and Misa Uzumaki. At the village gates, he met Minato, Kakashi, Obito, and Rin, and learned that Obito and Rin were dispirited after their first outside mission.

• Chiga woke after two days at a Fire Country border stronghold, where Yuhi Kurenai told him his Sharingan was unharmed and Shizune was caring for Misa Uzumaki.
• Yuhi Kurenai praised Chiga's Genjutsu and Crows, but angrily left after he offered her a hundred Crows and promised to teach her Hundred Crows Funeral.
• Chiga recovered for another day, then set out for Konoha with his teammates and Misa Uzumaki.
• At Konoha's registration area, Chiga greeted Minato, Kakashi, Obito, and Rin, then learned from Kakashi that Obito and Rin were dispirited after their first outside mission was a Rank B Mission.

Chiga returned to Konoha with Misa Uzumaki, while Obito and Asuma traded taunts about their missions. Minato welcomed Misa, and he and Kakashi noticed Chiga looked weak, leaving Chiga to add them to his list of people to get revenge on.

• Obito bragged to Asuma about completing a Rank B Mission, but Kakashi mocked his performance and Kurenai revealed their team had completed an A-Rank Mission.
• Asuma turned Obito's own taunt back on him, leaving Obito unable to respond.
• Chiga introduced Misa Uzumaki to Minato as Kushina's childhood friend, and Minato welcomed her to Konoha.
• Minato noticed Chiga looked pale, and Kakashi teased him about what had gone wrong during their previous team-up.
• Chiga silently marked Minato and Kakashi for future revenge as he registered upon entering the village.

Chiga brought Misa Uzumaki to Konoha, where Hiruzen Sarutobi welcomed her and rewarded Chiga Team for their mission. Meanwhile, Sasori of the Red Sands perfected a Human Puppet that retained the Kaguya Clan’s Bloodline Limit, then met a masked White Zetsu who offered to help him fulfill his wish.

• Chiga took Misa Uzumaki to Hiruzen Sarutobi for approval to meet Kushina, and Hiruzen welcomed her as a valuable Uzumaki Clan member.
• Chiga reported the mission, and Hiruzen awarded Chiga Team three S-Rank Mission rewards for defeating the Grass Seed ninjas and bringing Misa to Konoha.
• Chiga told Kushina that Misa had arrived, and Kushina hurried to meet her old friend.
• News of Misa’s arrival spread through Konoha, and the village’s higher-ups saw her as a potential asset in the struggle over the next Nine-Tails Jinchuriki.
• Sasori of the Red Sands completed a Human Puppet that retained the Kaguya Clan’s Bloodline Limit.
• A masked White Zetsu appeared in Sasori’s laboratory and offered to help him fulfill his wish.

White Zetsu, calling himself A Fei, struck a deal with Sasori of the Red Sands to help him kill the Third Kazekage in exchange for killing Uchiha Chiga. After receiving Emotion Points from Sasori, Chiga suspected the Third Kazekage was in danger but chose to rest until Kushina arrived.

• White Zetsu revealed that he knew Sasori of the Red Sands had turned the Third Kazekage into a Human Puppet and offered to help him obtain the Kazekage.
• White Zetsu asked Sasori of the Red Sands to kill Uchiha Chiga, then told him Chiga had defeated four hundred Grass ninja.
• Sasori of the Red Sands accepted the deal on the condition that White Zetsu help him handle the Third Kazekage.
• Chiga received twenty Emotion Points from Sasori of the Red Sands and guessed Sasori planned to target the Third Kazekage before seeking revenge on him.
• Kushina came to Chiga's home, and he asked why she had not gone shopping with her best friend.