Chapter Summaries

Naruto and Kazahana Koyuki reached a devastated village, where Touma Touju captured Naruto and demanded Koyuki's Hexagonal Crystal. After Koyuki ordered Naruto to fight instead of surrendering, Naruto defeated Touma Touju with Shadow Clones and returned the crystal to her.

• Naruto and Kazahana Koyuki traveled toward the village, avoiding traps and discussing their keepsakes as Naruto carried her through the snow.
• Naruto and Kazahana Koyuki found the village burned and its defenders dead, and Touma Touju appeared to demand the princess.
• Touma Touju's armor neutralized Naruto's Rasengan, and he beat Naruto while Koyuki handed over her Hexagonal Crystal to protect him.
• Naruto obeyed Koyuki's earlier instruction not to resist until she ordered him to fight and defeat Kazahana Dōtō.
• Naruto used Multiple Shadow Clone Jutsu to overwhelm Touma Touju with physical attacks, then returned the Hexagonal Crystal to Kazahana Koyuki.

Naruto and Kazahana Koyuki traveled toward Snow Village and battled Nadare Rōga, who attacked them with the Land of Snow’s technology. Naruto broke through Nadare’s Chakra Armor, but another Snow Village ninja kidnapped Kazahana Koyuki and flew away.

• Kazahana Koyuki bandaged Naruto’s wounds, and he carried her across the snowy plain toward Snow Village.
• Kazahana Koyuki explained the Land of Snow’s Chakra Armor as a train approached across the snow.
• Nadare Rōga attacked Naruto and Kazahana Koyuki from the train with a barrage of kunai.
• Naruto used Shadow Clones and a pair of Rasengan to overheat Nadare Rōga’s Chakra Armor.
• A pink-haired Snow Village ninja carried Kazahana Koyuki into the sky while Naruto prepared to finish the fight.

Naruto chased Kazahana Koyuki to Snow Village, where Kazahana Dōtō captured them after taking the Hexagonal Crystal. Imprisoned together, Naruto and Koyuki discussed the treasure her father left behind: spring.

• Naruto lifted Nadare Rōga's white whale and hurled it at him, then pursued the airship carrying Kazahana Koyuki.
• Kazahana Koyuki stabbed Kazahana Dōtō but could not defeat him, and Naruto arrived at the hall as Tsurutsuki Fubuki attacked.
• Kazahana Dōtō drained Naruto's strength with a Chakra control device and knocked him unconscious while taking the Hexagonal Crystal.
• Naruto awoke chained in an ice cell across from Kazahana Koyuki, who explained the device and told him Kazahana Dōtō had taken the crystal.
• Kazahana Koyuki revealed that her father's treasure was spring, and Naruto said he believed her father had not lied.

Naruto escaped captivity with Kazahana Koyuki and defeated Tsurutsuki Fubuki despite his chakra being sealed. They reached the Rainbow Ice Wall, where Naruto promised to tell Koyuki about Sasuke.

• Naruto broke his shackles, then used a guard’s mistake to escape the cage with Kazahana Koyuki.
• Naruto and Koyuki fled toward the Rainbow Ice Wall, but Tsurutsuki Fubuki ambushed them along the route.
• Naruto used shuriken threads and the clash between their chakra barriers to disable Fubuki’s armor, then knocked her unconscious.
• Naruto and Koyuki continued through the forest, and Naruto told her Sasuke was the friend he had lost.
• Naruto and Koyuki arrived at the Rainbow Ice Wall, a basin with three towering walls shining in rainbow colors.

Naruto defeated Kazahana Dōtō despite being unable to use chakra, and the geothermal generator brought spring to the Land of Snow. After collapsing from his injuries, Naruto fell asleep as Kazahana Koyuki stayed by his side.

• Kazahana Dōtō revealed that the Kazahana family's secret treasure was a geothermal generator meant to warm the Land of Snow, then declared he would seize the country by killing everyone present.
• Naruto attacked Kazahana Dōtō but was struck down by his Black Dragon Storm Kill while unable to use chakra.
• Kazahana Koyuki stood up to Kazahana Dōtō and urged Naruto not to give up, prompting Naruto to rise and fight again.
• Kazahana Dōtō unleashed Twin Dragon Storm Kill, but Naruto endured the attack and turned the black hurricanes into two Rasengan with the Nine-Tails' help.
• Naruto smashed Kazahana Dōtō's Chakra Armor with Twin Rasengan and sent him flying, completing the mission as spring spread across the Land of Snow.
• Naruto collapsed from his wounds and fell asleep while Kazahana Koyuki knelt beside him.

Naruto woke after three days and learned that his battles in the Land of Snow had been staged as a movie, though Jiraiya had watched over him and kept the danger real for his training. The revelation left Naruto feeling betrayed as Kazahana Koyuki and Kazahana Dōtō visited him.

• Naruto woke in the hospital and asked whether Kazahana Koyuki was safe, then berated Jiraiya for abandoning him during the mission.
• Jiraiya praised Naruto for facing the Snow Village ninja without calling for help, and Naruto was moved by his master's approval.
• Kazahana Koyuki and Kazahana Dōtō visited Naruto, and Koyuki explained that the rebellion had been a movie about her life.
• Jiraiya admitted he had filmed Naruto throughout the battles and rescued him from the cliff fall, while Kazahana Dōtō praised Naruto's strength.
• Jiraiya explained how he had met Kazahana Koyuki's family and helped stop Dōtō's earlier rebellion, then revealed that he had arranged for Naruto to act in the movie.
• Naruto hid under his blanket and called the adults filthy after learning they had deceived him.

Naruto confronted Kazahana Koyuki about whether the courageous woman in their movie was truly her, and she explained that he had inspired her to stop running away and accept her role as ruler of the Land of Snow. Koyuki teased Naruto and proposed marriage, but he refused because he loved Hinata, leaving him embarrassed that their movie would be shown across the continent.

• Kazahana Koyuki found Naruto in the men's hot spring and explained that the courageous version of herself in the movie reflected who she really was.
• Koyuki said Naruto had inspired her to stop avoiding responsibility, and Naruto encouraged her to take over her father's position.
• Koyuki teased Naruto by dropping her towel to reveal a swimsuit, and her touching him startled Naruto into transforming into Naruko.
• Naruko and Koyuki joked together, then Koyuki asked Naruto to marry into her family, but he refused because Hinata was more important to him than his own life.
• Naruto told Koyuki how he had met and fallen in love with Hinata, and he rejected Koyuki's request to pretend to be her partner.
• Koyuki revealed that their movie would be shown across the continent, leaving Naruko worried that everyone in Konoha, including Sasuke, would see it.

Hinata, Neji, and Hanabi watched a movie starring Naruto and saw his adventures with Princess Koyuki, while Tsunade realized the film had earned Naruto a fortune. At Orochimaru’s base, Sasuke watched the movie and was shaken by Naruto’s continued belief in their bond.

• Hinata and Neji stopped training when Hanabi brought them a flyer for Naruto’s movie, and the three went to see it at Konoha’s cinema.
• Hinata watched Naruto’s scenes intently, then grew jealous after seeing his cave conversation with Kazahana Koyuki and hearing that she had asked him to marry into her family.
• Tsunade praised Naruto’s resolve and estimated that the movie had earned around ten million Ryo, prompting her to think about borrowing money from him.
• Sasuke reported that he had defeated about a hundred people at Orochimaru’s base, then stayed to watch the movie when he heard Naruto’s voice.
• After the film, Sasuke cut off Orochimaru’s teasing and demanded a new training plan, while Orochimaru noted that Sasuke seemed to be in a good mood.

Kazahana Koyuki became ruler of the Land of Snow, and Naruto reunited with Haku, who had become ruler of the Land of White. Haku helped Naruto reconsider Sasuke’s defection, and Naruto left with a promise to come to Koyuki’s aid; two months later, the Land of Snow and the Land of White entered a political marriage.

• Kazahana Koyuki took the throne as the people of the Land of Snow celebrated.
• Naruto discovered that Haku had arrived as the ruler of the Land of White to arrange a political marriage with Koyuki.
• Haku explained that Zabuza had used Gato’s fortune to establish the Land of White and had made her its public ruler.
• Haku told Naruto that Sasuke had left Konoha to pursue revenge and that forcing him to return could have been cruel; she encouraged Naruto to speak with him after his revenge was complete.
• Naruto gave Koyuki a marked kunai and promised to come to her whenever she was in danger, then Haku kissed his cheek before he left.
• Two months later, the Land of Snow and the Land of White formally entered a political marriage.

Naruto and Jiraiya traveled to the Land of Earth, where Jiraiya left Naruto outside Iwagakure while he gathered intelligence. Naruto explored a cave and was attacked by an old man with Lava Style and a one-tailed chakra cloak; the fight escalated until both were buried beneath a crater after Naruto lost control of his three-tailed power.

• Naruto and Jiraiya entered the Land of Earth, and Naruto left a Flying Thunder God marker before they reached Iwagakure.
• Jiraiya told Naruto to camp outside the village while he went to gather intelligence, and Naruto discovered a cave nearby.
• An old man with fiery red hair attacked Naruto with Lava Style, and Naruto responded with Shadow Clones and the Flying Thunder God Technique.
• Naruto's one-tailed chakra cloak emerged, and he fought the old man, who revealed a matching cloak and overpowered him with greater experience.
• Naruto's cloak grew to two tails, and his Rasengan struck the old man before the two continued fighting to exhaustion.
• Naruto accepted the Nine-Tails' offer to use three tails, lost consciousness, and struck the old man with two Rasengan; an explosion buried them both beneath a crater.

Naruto sought out Roshi to meet the Four-Tails, but Roshi mistook him for a threat to Iwagakure and fought him before learning his real purpose. After Naruto spent a month trying to complete Roshi’s impossible task, Deidara attacked him and demanded a fight.

• Roshi fought Naruto after mistaking the Nine-Tails’ Jinchuriki for an attacker, then learned Naruto was only looking for the Four-Tails.
• Roshi refused to let Naruto meet the Four-Tails, but Naruto kept following him until Roshi challenged him to find the other half of a stone he had thrown into the mountains.
• Naruto searched for the stone for a month while training with Shadow Clones near a waterfall.
• Deidara detonated a white spider near Naruto, introduced himself as Iwagakure’s number one artist of explosive Jutsu, and attacked him.

Naruto defeated Deidara, but they became friends after Naruto praised his art and shared a meal with him. Naruto continued trying to earn Roshi’s acknowledgment, unaware that Roshi had already made the test easy for him.

• Deidara surrendered to Naruto after running out of clay, then admitted he had been watching him and asked for his opinion of his art.
• Naruto praised Deidara’s explosives and agreed to treat him to food, and Deidara described how poor Iwagakure’s cooking was.
• Deidara showed Naruto the mouths in his palms, and Naruto accepted them without judgment before telling him about Roshi’s test.
• Over the following days, Naruto and Deidara grew close and shared meals made with chickens from Roshi’s flock.
• Naruto left food outside Roshi’s cave, while Roshi and the Four-Tails discussed how Roshi had already placed a stone where Naruto could easily find it.

Naruto and Deidara brought a feast to Ōnoki’s home after Naruto used Sexy Jutsu to knock the Third Tsuchikage unconscious. Naruto befriended Kurotsuchi and left Iwagakure with a pass, and a year passed.

• Naruto waited for Deidara, who arrived floating on a rope after Ōnoki caught him stealing chickens.
• Ōnoki threatened Naruto, but Naruto transformed into Naruko and used Sexy Jutsu to make him faint.
• Naruto carried Ōnoki into Iwagakure, where Deidara claimed Naruko was his sister to get past Tsuchi-Ki.
• Naruto met Kurotsuchi, who welcomed her and later joined Deidara and Ōnoki for a roasted-chicken feast.
• Ōnoki woke, enjoyed Naruko’s cooking, and invited her to visit again; Kurotsuchi gave her a pass.
• Naruko left Iwagakure and remarked on its peacefulness, and a year passed.

Naruto trained to add Wind Release to the Rasengan and learned from Jiraiya that he belonged to the Uzumaki Clan and his father’s surname was Namikaze. In Iwagakure, Naruko discovered that a spy’s eclipse ritual would flood the Land of Earth, then Naruto used the Flying Thunder God Technique to rush toward the array.

• Naruto failed again to infuse his Rasengan with Wind Release, and Jiraiya brought him new clothes bearing the Uzumaki Clan symbol.
• Jiraiya explained the Uzumaki Clan’s history and told Naruto that his father’s surname was Namikaze.
• Naruko arrived in Iwagakure as Ōnoki and Deidara captured a spy whose ritual raised five pillars of light across the Land of Earth.
• Naruko recognized the ritual as a teleportation array that would bring the sea through during the solar eclipse and said removing one array eye would stop it.
• Ōnoki could not fly to an array eye because of his back, so Naruko declared he would stop the array and used the Flying Thunder God Technique to vanish.

Naruto confronted Mei Terumi at a teleportation array meant to destroy the Land of Earth and used his newly developed Wind Release: Rasenshuriken to destroy the array and stop the plan. Mei escaped after Naruto spared her, believing he might someday change the world.

• Naruto reached the teleportation array and found Mei Terumi waiting to stop him.
• Mei attacked Naruto with Lava Release, and he created a hundred Shadow Clones to fight while he charged at her.
• Mei questioned why Naruto would risk himself to save another country, and Naruto rejected her idea that peace could be achieved through massacre.
• Naruto unleashed Wind Release: Rasenshuriken, destroying Mei's Lava Monster and the pillar of light while leaving a massive crater.
• Naruto rescued the injured Mei and let her leave before Iwagakure's people arrived.
• Mei fled into the forest and told Naruto she looked forward to his growth as a Kage.

Naruto returned to Iwagakure after his identity was exposed, but Ōnoki tried to kill him because he feared the Yellow Flash’s son would become a threat. Jiraiya, Kurotsuchi, the villagers, and Roshi protected Naruto, and he was taken to the medical room.

• Deidara offered to help Naruto escape, but Naruto agreed to return with Akatsuchi rather than fight.
• Ōnoki recognized Naruto as the son of the Fourth Hokage and pinned him down with the Ultra-Added-Weight Rock Technique.
• Ōnoki attacked Naruto, but Jiraiya rescued him and challenged the Tsuchikage.
• Naruto said he wanted to protect the bonds he had formed in Iwagakure, and Kurotsuchi rallied the villagers to support him.
• Roshi beat Ōnoki until he stopped trying to kill Naruto, while Akatsuchi pretended not to hear the Tsuchikage’s pleas.
• Jiraiya watched over the exhausted Naruto as Kurotsuchi took him to Iwagakure’s medical room.

Naruto completed the Rasengan’s Wind Release transformation, but Jiraiya warned that using it would damage his arm and forbade him from using it. As Naruto recovered, he learned more about the Uzumaki Clan, reconciled with Ōnoki and Kurotsuchi, and heard Deidara quietly share some news.

• Inside the Sealing Space, Minato praised Naruto for completing the Rasengan, and Naruto shortened Minato’s proposed name for the technique to Spiral Shuriken.
• Naruto woke in the hospital with silver needles covering his injured arm, and Jiraiya explained that the completed Rasengan had torn through his chakra pathways and would be forbidden.
• Naruto asked Jiraiya about the Uzumaki Clan and his mother, and Jiraiya described the clan’s large Chakra reserves, Sealing Jutsu, and alliance with the First Hokage.
• Ōnoki apologized to Naruto, who warmly invited him to have grilled chicken again after he recovered.
• Kurotsuchi admitted she had been worried about a possible war between Iwagakure and Konoha, and Naruto promised they would remain friends.
• Deidara said he needed to look for rocks, then quietly told Naruto some news.

Naruto found the stone Roshi had sent him to retrieve and completed the test, earning a meeting with the Four-Tails, Sun Wukong. Sun Wukong gave the Nine-Tails his Chakra and accepted Naruto, while Roshi reflected on his own strained relationship with the tailed beast.

• Naruto found the stone in Ōnoki's office, and Ōnoki let him take it after hearing it was part of Roshi's test.
• Naruto showed Roshi the matching stones, and Roshi allowed him to meet the Four-Tails.
• Naruto met Sun Wukong in the Sealing Space, and Sun Wukong warmed to him after Naruto praised his name.
• The Nine-Tails asked Sun Wukong for Chakra, and Sun Wukong agreed after learning Shukaku had acknowledged Naruto rather than being harmed.
• Sun Wukong broke free of his chains and transferred Chakra to the Nine-Tails, then urged him to treat Naruto well.
• Roshi reflected that his bond with the Four-Tails might have been different if he had been more like Naruto.

Naruto met Han, the Five-Tails’ Jinchuriki, and discovered an unexpected affinity for Natural Energy while meditating beside him. After meeting Kokuō and receiving the Five-Tails’ chakra, Naruto left the Land of Earth with Jiraiya for the Land of Lightning.

• Naruto followed Roshi’s map to Han’s home and spent three days meditating beside the silent Five-Tails’ Jinchuriki.
• Han realized Naruto had sensed and drawn in Natural Energy, which Han had studied for more than ten years.
• Han introduced Naruto to Kokuō, who thanked him and gave the Nine-Tails her chakra, marking its tail with the character for Five.
• Naruto said goodbye to Han and questioned the Nine-Tails about its respectful behavior toward Kokuō.
• Naruto and Jiraiya left the Land of Earth after saying goodbye to Deidara and the others, heading for the Land of Lightning.

Naruto traveled through the Land of Lightning and met Killer B and Gyuki at Cloud-Thunder Gorge, where Nine-Tails received Eight-Tails' Chakra. After seeing Naruto's memories and his bond with Nine-Tails, Killer B acknowledged Naruto and offered to train him.

• Naruto split from Jiraiya and followed Nine-Tails' directions toward Eight-Tails at Cloud-Thunder Gorge.
• Killer B tested Naruto by asking what tailed beasts were, and Naruto answered that they were friends.
• Naruto met Gyuki, who lent Nine-Tails Chakra after learning about Naruto and Nine-Tails' bond.
• Gyuki urged Naruto not to let Nine-Tails down, and Naruto promised to face anything alongside him.
• Killer B acknowledged Naruto and invited him to learn how to be a tailed beast.