Chapter Summaries

Naruto and the Nine-Tails completed their fist-bump ritual, giving Naruto a perfect Nine-Tails Chakra Mode. Sasuke, Sakura, Makoto, and Karin also gained the same form, leaving Orochimaru surrounded by five glowing fighters.

• The Nine-Tails confronted Naruto about meeting Minato Namikaze and Kushina Uzumaki, and Naruto said he felt his parents could see what he was going through.
• Naruto and the Nine-Tails fist-bumped, and Naruto activated his golden Nine-Tails Chakra Mode.
• Sasuke Uchiha and Sakura Haruno each used their own Nine-Tails Chakra to transform as well, shocking Orochimaru.
• Orochimaru nervously asked Makoto Ito what he wanted to discuss, and Makoto appeared in Nine-Tails Chakra Mode.
• Makoto gave Karin Uzumaki a small Nine-Tails and used the Four Symbols Seal to give her a matching tattoo, allowing her to transform too.

Makoto Ito revealed that he knew the details of Orochimaru’s Konoha Destruction Plan and offered to prove he could truly revive the dead. Orochimaru became intrigued by Makoto Ito and left to continue his plan, while Makoto Ito said he would wait to see it unfold.

• Orochimaru recognized the Nine-Tails Makoto Ito had produced and became fascinated by him.
• Makoto Ito told Orochimaru he knew about his alliance with Danzo, Otogakure, and the plan to destroy Konoha.
• Makoto Ito said he would not stop Orochimaru and claimed he could revive the Third Hokage through a method superior to Impure World Reincarnation.
• Makoto Ito described Orochimaru’s plan, including killing the Kazekage, unleashing Shukaku, and summoning the First and Second Hokage.
• Orochimaru accepted Makoto Ito’s offer to wait and see the promised revival, and suggested they could become partners.
• Makoto Ito corrected Orochimaru by calling him a beloved friend and brother in arms, then let him leave to carry out the plan.

Makoto Ito and the other Konoha rookies completed the second Chunin Exam and gathered in the tower, where Hiruzen Sarutobi gave a long speech before Gekko Hayate announced the preliminary matchups. Seeing Gekko Hayate reminded Makoto Ito of Uzuki Yugao, and he began plotting to pursue her.

• After gathering before the tower, Makoto Ito teased Temari while Gaara avoided provoking him, and the Konoha rookies entered the tower with the scrolls they had seized.
• Iruka appeared when the Heaven and Earth Scrolls were opened and congratulated the students on passing the exam.
• The assessment ended, and Hiruzen Sarutobi arrived with the jonin instructors to see that six Konoha teams, including Makoto Ito alone, had passed.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi delivered a lengthy Will of Fire speech, drawing complaints from the observers watching through Makoto Ito's shared vision.
• Gekko Hayate announced that the preliminary opponents would be chosen by lottery, and Makoto Ito thought about pursuing Uzuki Yugao.

Makoto Ito decided to hire a female ninja as his close-protection secretary and asked Hiruzen Sarutobi to post a long-term mission. He left the chapter proposing a three-year assignment with a reward of ten million.

• Makoto Ito told the Chat Group that its members were elders of the Soul Palace, and they began competing to laugh the most evilly.
• Makoto Ito went to Hiruzen Sarutobi and asked to post a mission for a personal secretary.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi teased Makoto Ito about his girlfriends and Karin Uzumaki, who lived with him because of her trauma.
• Makoto Ito requested a three-year close-protection mission for a female ninja, offering ten million as the reward.

Makoto Ito persuaded Hiruzen Sarutobi to assign Uzuki Yugao to protect him for three years, disguising his desire to pursue her as a mission. Uzuki accepted the lucrative assignment and went to arrange her Anbu handover, leaving her set to become Makoto's personal protector.

• Makoto Ito asked Hiruzen Sarutobi to assign Uzuki Yugao to protect him for three years, offering a reward of ten million.
• Hiruzen summoned Uzuki Yugao and explained that the S-rank mission was to personally protect Makoto Ito within Konoha.
• Uzuki Yugao accepted the mission after hearing the reward and was told to begin that day.
• Uzuki Yugao left to complete her Anbu handover, while Madara Uchiha, Tobirama Senju, Kushina Uzumaki, Mikoto Uchiha, and Hizashi Hyuga criticized Makoto's motives.

Makoto Ito discovered that he would face Temari in the Chunin Exam and flirted with her during their match. He surrendered after teasing her, leaving Temari flustered and suggesting they might talk about romance later.

• Hashirama Senju regretted not appointing Madara Uchiha as his secretary and planned to have Tsunade appoint him if she became Hokage, but Madara refused.
• Makoto Ito learned that Temari was his opponent, while Shikamaru Nara teased him about borrowing his catchphrase.
• Sasuke Uchiha easily defeated an Otogakure opponent to earn Konoha's first victory.
• Makoto Ito called Temari his darling and casually parried her attacks during their match.
• Makoto Ito slapped Temari's butt, then surrendered and told her he could not bear to defeat her because she was his woman.
• Temari blushed and left after Makoto Ito asked her to have a romance with him, saying they would talk about it later.

Makoto Ito surrendered to Temari in the Chunin exams, turning the remaining qualifying matches into a farce and advancing her to the next round. After the exams, he gathered his allies at his villa, where new recruits and a mission-bound Uzuki Yugao joined his household, stirring jealousy among the girls.

• Makoto Ito hugged Temari and surrendered, letting her advance while he and Madara Uchiha traded insults.
• Makoto Ito's surrender demoralized the rookies, and the remaining qualifying matches devolved into quick surrenders before the final round was set for a month later.
• Hinata Hyuga defeated Neji Hyuga but surrendered to spare him embarrassment, and Neji, Tenten, and Rock Lee joined Makoto Ito's group.
• Makoto Ito hosted a party at his villa with the rookies, Zabuza, Haku, Karin Uzumaki, and Uzuki Yugao, who had accepted a three-year mission as his personal secretary.
• Ino Yamanaka and Hinata Hyuga grew jealous of the apparent rivals, while Uzuki Yugao worried that living with Makoto Ito would make people think they were involved.

Naruto Uzumaki told Makoto Ito that a white-haired pervert had been peeping at the women's bathhouse, and Makoto recognized him as Jiraiya and led a group to confront him. On the way, Sasuke Uchiha asked Makoto whether his Mangekyō Sharingan meant he was an Uchiha.

• Naruto Uzumaki woke Makoto Ito and reported that a white-haired man had been peeping at the women's bathhouse.
• Makoto Ito recognized the man as Jiraiya and gathered Karin Uzumaki, Uzuki Yugao, Sasuke Uchiha, Zabuza, and Haku to go after him.
• Jiraiya peered over the women's bathhouse wall as the group headed toward him.
• Sasuke Uchiha asked Makoto Ito where his Sharingan came from and whether they belonged to the same clan.

Makoto Ito explained his Sharingan to Sasuke Uchiha, then confronted Jiraiya while he was peeping at the women's bathhouse. Makoto revealed Naruto Uzumaki's connection to the prophecy and Minato Namikaze, and Jiraiya left with the group after taking Naruto as his disciple.

• Sasuke Uchiha asked Makoto Ito about his Sharingan, and Makoto said he had Uchiha blood but was not a member of the clan.
• Makoto Ito caught Jiraiya peeping at the women's bathhouse, and Naruto Uzumaki accused him of being a pervert.
• Jiraiya tried to leave, but Makoto stopped him and explained that he was the Third Hokage's disciple and Jiraiya's junior brother.
• Makoto Ito told Jiraiya that Naruto Uzumaki was the Child of Prophecy and Minato Namikaze's son.
• Jiraiya followed Makoto and the others home and took Naruto Uzumaki as his disciple.

Makoto Ito arranged for Naruto Uzumaki to learn Mount Myōboku's Summoning Jutsu and encouraged Sasuke Uchiha to seek out Ryūchi Cave's Senjutsu through Orochimaru. Naruto's first attempt at summoning sent him to Mount Myōboku by Reverse Summoning, and Jiraiya followed to check on him.

• Makoto Ito offered Sasuke Uchiha a chance to learn from Orochimaru and explained that Ryūchi Cave's Senjutsu could help him fight Itachi Uchiha.
• Sasuke agreed to seek out Orochimaru, but Makoto Ito told him to wait until Orochimaru came to them.
• Jiraiya took Naruto Uzumaki to learn Mount Myōboku's Summoning Jutsu, and Naruto vanished in a Reverse Summoning.
• Sasuke activated his Mangekyō Sharingan and threatened Jiraiya, but Makoto Ito reassured him that Naruto had likely reached Mount Myōboku.
• Jiraiya used Reverse Summoning to follow Naruto, while Madara Uchiha and Tobirama Senju argued and Madara damaged part of Konoha.

After Jiraiya returned with Naruto, he shared the Great Toad Sage’s changed prophecy and took Naruto to Mount Myōboku to learn Senjutsu. Meanwhile, Makoto Ito spent his days with his companions and went shopping with Uzuki Yugao, ending up with her inside a music store.

• Jiraiya returned with Naruto, and Sasuke Uchiha checked that Naruto was unharmed.
• Jiraiya recounted the Great Toad Sage’s prophecy about many tailed beasts, old rivals joining forces, the dead returning, a powerful king, and outsiders.
• Jiraiya resumed teaching Naruto the Summoning Jutsu, then took him to Mount Myōboku to learn Senjutsu.
• Sasuke worried that Naruto was advancing while he still waited to learn Ryūchi Cave’s Senjutsu from Orochimaru.
• Makoto Ito spent time with Hinata Hyuga, Ino Yamanaka, Karin Uzumaki, Temari, and his brothers-in-law during the following month.
• Makoto Ito took Uzuki Yugao shopping, and the two entered a music store together.

Makoto Ito sang a love song to Uzuki Yugao in a music store, winning her over with his performance. He kissed Yugao and asked her to be his girlfriend, and she challenged him about his existing girlfriends.

• Makoto Ito bought a guitar-like instrument and announced he would show Uzuki Yugao that he could sing.
• Makoto sang Yugao a love song while the others reacted to his voice and teased him about his girl-chasing.
• Yugao became captivated by Makoto's song and his attention.
• Makoto kissed Yugao after finishing the song and asked her to be his girlfriend.
• Yugao protested that Makoto already had girlfriends, and Makoto replied that they were all his wings.

Makoto Ito gave the conflicted Uzuki Yugao a tiny Nine-Tails as a gift and explained that it could be sealed inside her to grant her power. Yugao was astonished to learn the adorable creature was the same terrifying tailed beast she had witnessed as a child, while Makoto teased her about being his girlfriend and taking responsibility for his first kiss.

• Makoto Ito took Uzuki Yugao home after singing to her and gave her a tiny Nine-Tails named Kurama.
• Kurama greeted Yugao as its mistress, and Makoto placed it in her arms.
• Makoto told Yugao that the tiny creature was the Nine-Tails and explained its abilities and how sealing it inside her could increase her strength.
• Yugao recalled seeing the enormous Nine-Tails during its attack when she was a child and struggled to believe the creature in her arms was the same beast.
• Makoto called Yugao his girlfriend, then teased her that she had stolen his first kiss and had to take responsibility for him.

Makoto Ito teased Uzuki Yugao by claiming their kiss was his first, and she believed she had won his first kiss despite his other girlfriends. The conversation ended with Hashirama misunderstanding ordinary expressions until Mito Uzumaki restrained him with Adamantine Chains.

• Uzuki Yugao accused Makoto Ito of stealing her first kiss, and he offered to kiss her again.
• Uzuki Yugao secretly felt pleased that she had supposedly received Makoto Ito's first kiss and grew confident that she was more charming than his younger girlfriends.
• Madara Uchiha and others called out Makoto Ito's claim, and Makoto insisted he had meant his first kiss of the day, then the afternoon, then the evening.
• Hashirama Senju misunderstood Madara Uchiha's figures of speech, while the others mocked his confusion.
• Mito Uzumaki complained about Hashirama Senju's stupidity and used Adamantine Chains to restrain him.

Naruto Uzumaki arrived at the Chunin Ninja Exams using Reverse Summoning and was matched against Gaara. The two argued about their painful pasts before Gaara threatened to kill Naruto.

• Makoto Ito's toad turned into smoke, and Naruto Uzumaki emerged in Sage Mode after arriving late to the exams.
• Orochimaru, disguised as the Fourth Kazekage, spoke with Hiruzen Sarutobi while Madara Uchiha and Tobirama Senju recognized his chakra and discussed the real Kazekage's fate.
• Hyuga Hiashi questioned Neji Hyuga about Makoto Ito, and Neji explained that Makoto had surrendered to Temari during the preliminaries while chasing girls.
• The exam matchups were announced, placing Naruto Uzumaki against Gaara in the first match.
• Naruto Uzumaki criticized Gaara for mistreating his family, and Gaara insisted Naruto could not understand his pain.
• Naruto Uzumaki described being hated by the village and said he now cherished his friends and bonds, while Gaara vowed to show him true pain.

Naruto Uzumaki used the Nine-Tails' Chakra as Gaara began releasing Shukaku, while Orochimaru revealed himself and launched the Konoha Destruction Plan. The Nine-Tails emerged to overpower Shukaku, leaving the battle between them underway.

• Naruto Uzumaki drew on the Nine-Tails' Chakra as Gaara began a ritual to release Shukaku.
• Orochimaru revealed himself to Hiruzen Sarutobi, declared his plan to destroy Konoha, and trapped Hiruzen inside the Four Violet Flames Formation.
• Sunagakure ninjas attacked Konoha after receiving Orochimaru's signal, while Shukaku emerged from Gaara's sand.
• Shukaku charged Naruto Uzumaki, but the Nine-Tails appeared, slapped Shukaku down, and pinned him with its tails.

The Nine-Tails defeated Shukaku, then nearly attacked Gaara before Temari and Kankuro protected him. Makoto Ito stopped Kurama, and Naruto Uzumaki helped Gaara realize he had family and friends; Sasuke Uchiha grew jealous of their bond.

• Kurama beat Shukaku until Shukaku retreated into Gaara, who collapsed in front of the Nine-Tails.
• Kurama raised a claw to strike Gaara, but Temari and Kankuro shielded their little brother and declared that he was family.
• Makoto Ito stepped between Kurama and the others, and the Konoha rookie squad backed him with Nine-Tails Chakra and Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Kurama backed down and vanished, leaving Naruto Uzumaki in his place.
• Makoto Ito comforted Temari, while Naruto helped Gaara up and encouraged him to smile; Gaara accepted Naruto's words.
• Sasuke Uchiha watched Naruto and Gaara grow closer and felt jealous.

Makoto Ito strengthened Gaara’s seal, freeing him from Shukaku’s constant influence, before revealing that Orochimaru had disguised himself as the Kazekage and launched the Konoha Destruction Plan. Makoto’s squad scattered to protect Konoha, while Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura led their summons and Nine-Tails into battle against Manda.

• Makoto strengthened Gaara’s seal and warned Shukaku to behave, giving Gaara relief and prompting him to thank Makoto as his brother-in-law.
• Temari realized the village was under attack, and Makoto revealed that the Kazekage was actually Orochimaru using the Sand Village to carry out his plan.
• Hashirama and Tobirama urged Makoto to protect Konoha and its civilians, and Makoto sent his squad out to stop the attackers.
• Naruto summoned Gamabunta to confront Manda, while Sasuke and Sakura released Nine-Tails to join the fight.
• Sasuke armored his Nine-Tails with Susanoo, and Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura charged toward Manda with Gamabunta.

Manda fled after seeing two Nine-Tails, while Makoto Ito arrived at the broken barrier and watched Orochimaru summon the First and Second Hokage to fight Hiruzen Sarutobi. The resurrected Hokage vanished from the Chat Group, and Makoto told Madara Uchiha they would return shortly.

• Manda saw the two Nine-Tails and the toads charging at him, canceled the Summoning Jutsu, and fled to Ryūchi Cave.
• Orochimaru told Hiruzen Sarutobi that no one was coming to save him, and Hiruzen realized his allies had abandoned him.
• Makoto Ito broke the Four Violet Flames Formation with his Complete Body Susanoo and said he had come to watch the battle.
• Orochimaru used Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu to summon Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju.
• Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju vanished from the Chat Group, and Makoto told Madara Uchiha they would return shortly.

Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju were revived and confronted Hiruzen Sarutobi, while Makoto Ito urged them to proceed with the Third Hokage’s retirement ceremony. After the two Hokage attacked Hiruzen, Makoto invited Orochimaru to return to Konoha and help cleanse its corruption.

• Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju awakened in their coffins and recognized Makoto Ito, while Orochimaru and Hiruzen Sarutobi reacted in confusion.
• Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju blamed Hiruzen Sarutobi for failing as Hokage, and Tobirama Senju criticized Orochimaru for becoming a Rogue Ninja.
• Makoto Ito reminded the two Hokage to hold Hiruzen Sarutobi’s retirement ceremony, and they charged at him with Wood Release and Water Release.
• Makoto Ito told Orochimaru that he knew the revived Hokage and offered to revive Orochimaru if he wanted to experience death.
• Makoto Ito invited Orochimaru to return to Konoha, help clean up its darkness, and support Tsunade becoming Hokage, promising him research freedom and Sasuke Uchiha as a disciple.