Chapter Summaries

Beizawa performed his first difficult surgery on Yashiro Uchiha and reassured Itachi Uchiha that Tsunade would oppose Root’s reckless actions, hoping to keep Itachi from siding with Shimura Danzō. Afterward, Beizawa and Kurenai Yuhi chose a mission in the Land of Grass, where he hoped to find Karin and learn more about Sealing Jutsu.

• Beizawa recruited Sakura Haruno as his assistant at Konoha Hospital, where Yakushi Nonō approved her appointment.
• Beizawa led an emergency surgery on Yashiro Uchiha with Yakushi Nonō assisting, and completed the first of his nine required difficult surgeries.
• Itachi Uchiha told Beizawa that Yashiro Uchiha had been ambushed by Kirigakure ninjas and that Root denied providing faulty intelligence.
• Beizawa promised to pass Itachi Uchiha’s offer of help to Tsunade and hoped to prevent the Uchiha Clan Downfall by keeping Itachi from trusting Shimura Danzō.
• Beizawa returned to the Ninja Academy, then discussed taking a mission with Kurenai Yuhi and planned to speak with Hiruzen Sarutobi about a Student Council.
• Kurenai Yuhi selected a mission in the Land of Grass, and Beizawa considered searching for Karin and pursuing knowledge of Sealing Jutsu.

Beizawa secured Hiruzen Sarutobi’s approval to trial a Student Council and prepared First Year Class A for its monthly exams. After Sakura Haruno topped the written exam and Tsunade came to observe the combat exam, Kiba Inuzuka drew the same first-round number as Yakumo Kurama.

• Beizawa proposed a Student Council to Hiruzen Sarutobi, who approved a trial operation but postponed the selection of members.
• Beizawa invited Tsunade to observe First Year Class A’s monthly exams, and she agreed to attend the combat exam.
• Beizawa announced Tsunade’s visit to his students before their written exam, while Shikamaru Nara planned to place in the top ten and Sasuke Uchiha focused on winning the combat exam.
• Beizawa trained Wind Style: Vacuum Wave, then gave Hinata Hyuga extra combat and genjutsu training after the exam.
• Beizawa reviewed the results and saw Sakura Haruno take first place, Shikamaru Nara fall to tenth, Yakumo Kurama place ninth, and Kiba Inuzuka drop to thirteenth.
• At the combat exam, Kiba Inuzuka drew number one and discovered Yakumo Kurama had drawn the same number.

Yakumo Kurama defeated Kiba Inuzuka and advanced through the exam as Sasuke Uchiha and Hinata Hyuga reached the third round. Sasuke and Hinata began their match, which ended with both waiting for an opening.

• Yakumo Kurama trapped Kiba Inuzuka in two genjutsu and made him concede, then Choji Akimichi also lost to her.
• Naruto Uzumaki defeated Sakura Haruno, Ino Yamanaka surrendered to Sasuke Uchiha, and Shino Aburame defeated Shikamaru Nara.
• Sasuke Uchiha, Naruto Uzumaki, Shino Aburame, Yakumo Kurama, Hinata Hyuga, and Shikamaru Nara advanced to the third round.
• The draw matched Sasuke Uchiha against Hinata Hyuga, Naruto Uzumaki against Yakumo Kurama, and Shino Aburame against Shikamaru Nara; Shikamaru surrendered.
• Sasuke Uchiha opened his match with the Great Fireball Technique and Genjutsu: Foam, but Hinata Hyuga avoided the genjutsu and deflected his shuriken.
• Sasuke Uchiha switched to the Phoenix Sage Fire Technique while Hinata Hyuga saved the Konoha Body Flicker Technique, and the match settled into a stalemate.

Hinata Hyuga defeated Sasuke Uchiha with the Konoha Body Flicker Technique and Gentle Fist, completing Beizawa’s mission. Naruto Uzumaki then faced Yakumo Kurama, whose genjutsu-based attacks thinned his Shadow Clones as he tried to reach her.

• Sasuke Uchiha used fire techniques and genjutsu against Hinata Hyuga, but she dodged his attack with the Konoha Body Flicker Technique and struck him with Gentle Fist.
• Hinata Hyuga defeated Sasuke Uchiha, and Beizawa confirmed Sasuke was unharmed; the mission reward, Genjutsu: Foam, was issued to Beizawa.
• Naruto Uzumaki’s encouragement lifted Sasuke Uchiha’s spirits, while Tsunade and Beizawa wagered on the outcome of Naruto’s match against Yakumo Kurama.
• Naruto Uzumaki created a hundred Shadow Clones, surprising the spectators and forcing Sasuke Uchiha to reconsider challenging him.
• Naruto Uzumaki’s Shadow Clones pushed through Yakumo Kurama’s lightning, flames, and wind attacks, but many disappeared before they could reach her.
• Naruto Uzumaki created fifty more Shadow Clones as Yakumo Kurama continued attacking with lightning.

Naruto Uzumaki endured Yakumo Kurama’s illusion until the Nine-Tails’ chakra broke him free, winning their spar and deeply affecting Tsunade. After the match, Naruto told Beizawa he had seen an orange tail, and Beizawa received a task to tell him about the Nine-Tails.

• Yakumo Kurama trapped Naruto Uzumaki in Demonic Illusion: Nightmare, where he persisted through wave after wave of attacks despite severe mental exhaustion.
• Yakumo Kurama and Naruto Uzumaki both neared collapse, but Naruto kept trying to stand and fight while Tsunade watched, shaken by his resolve.
• The Nine-Tails’ chakra disrupted Naruto’s chakra and shattered Yakumo Kurama’s illusion, allowing Naruto to return to reality.
• Beizawa caught the exhausted Yakumo Kurama, treated her, and declared Naruto the winner; Yakumo accepted her defeat.
• Naruto told Beizawa he had seen an orange tail during the fight, and Beizawa received a task to tell Naruto about the Nine-Tails.

Beizawa told Hiruzen Sarutobi about the orange tail Naruto had seen, and Hiruzen revealed that Naruto was the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki while asking Beizawa to watch over him. Afterward, Beizawa found the drunken Tsunade at an izakaya, where their drinking game ended with her passing out on him.

• Beizawa announced the exam results: Naruto Uzumaki placed first in the Combat Exam, Hinata Hyuga took first overall, and Sasuke Uchiha finished second overall.
• Naruto showed Hiruzen Sarutobi his report card and described how an orange tail had helped him break Yakumo Kurama's genjutsu.
• Hiruzen told Beizawa that Naruto was the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki and instructed him to report any leaking Nine-Tails Chakra, but not to tell Naruto yet.
• Hiruzen approved Beizawa's path toward becoming a medical Jonin by allowing him to document his surgeries instead of relying on mission counts.
• Beizawa found Tsunade drinking at an izakaya and asked her about Naruto and Nawaki during a drinking game.
• Tsunade forced Beizawa to drink, then passed out while leaning on him.

Beizawa established a trial Student Council at the Ninja Academy while continuing to train Kabuto and teach his students. After spending time with Kurenai and discussing Naruto's Nine-Tails chakra with Tsunade, he prepared to leave with Kurenai on a mission to the Land of Grass.

• Beizawa carried the apparently drunk Tsunade home, and she later admitted to Shizune that she had pretended to be asleep to avoid his questions.
• Beizawa announced a trial Student Council, taught Kabuto Wind Release: Great Breakthrough, and appointed Sasuke, Neji, Naruto, and Rock Lee as its first members.
• Naruto and Rock Lee promoted a youth-themed academy, while Sasuke and the other students opposed their idea during Combat Class.
• Beizawa practiced Wind Style and flirted with Kurenai, who was preparing a route map for their upcoming mission to the Land of Grass.
• Beizawa told Tsunade that Hiruzen had explained Naruto broke Yakumo's genjutsu using Nine-Tails chakra, then said he and Kurenai would leave on a B-rank mission.
• By Saturday, the Student Council roster had reached forty students, but Beizawa turned his attention to the mission in the Land of Grass.

Beizawa and Kurenai Yuhi captured the rogue ninja Kenichiro during their mission in the Land of Grass, while Beizawa’s Shadow Clone located Karin and her mother in Kusagakure. After returning to Konoha, Beizawa went to see Tsunade to report what he had found.

• Beizawa and Kurenai Yuhi traveled to the Land of Grass, where Beizawa quickly subdued Kenichiro with a genjutsu.
• Beizawa sent a Shadow Clone to Kusagakure, where it found Karin and her mother and discovered that Kusagakure was exploiting Karin’s chakra.
• Beizawa and Kurenai Yuhi returned to Konoha with Kenichiro and handed him over at the Hokage Building.
• Beizawa visited Tsunade’s residence early the next morning, and Shizune invited him inside while she went to wake Tsunade.

Beizawa told Tsunade and Hiruzen Sarutobi that Kusagakure was holding a surviving Uzumaki Clan ninja, prompting Tsunade to lead an Anbu team there. Beizawa deliberately provoked Kusagakure while delivering Konoha's demand, leaving the village's response pending.

• Beizawa reported finding a red-haired ninja with enormous Chakra in Kusagakure, and Tsunade and Hiruzen Sarutobi identified her as a likely Uzumaki Clan survivor.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi agreed to rescue the Uzumaki Clan ninja and sent Tsunade with eight Anbu to deliver a letter demanding her release.
• Beizawa accepted a mission to escort Karin and her mother to Konoha, then joined Tsunade's team on the journey to Kusagakure.
• Tsunade ordered Kakashi Hatake and Itachi Uchiha to enter Kusagakure and locate the Uzumaki Clan member without alerting the village.
• Beizawa and Shizune delivered Hiruzen Sarutobi's letter, and Beizawa provoked the gate guards until one went to report his words to Kusagakure's leader.

Beizawa, Tsunade, and their Konoha team fought Kusagakure after Morimoto Shin refused to hand over Rina Uzumaki and Karin, then rescued the two and escorted them back to Konoha. After arriving, Beizawa received his mission reward and Tsunade summoned him to meet Hiruzen Sarutobi.

• Morimoto Shin refused to surrender Rina Uzumaki and Karin, so Beizawa attacked Kusagakure's forces at the village entrance.
• Tsunade joined the fight, badly injured Morimoto Shin, and Shizune poisoned several Kusagakure ninja while Beizawa battled the others.
• Kakashi Hatake and Itachi Uchiha returned with Karin and her mother, and Tsunade ordered the Konoha group to end the battle and leave Kusagakure.
• Tsunade treated Rina Uzumaki, promised that she and Karin would be safe in Konoha, and the group escorted them there over two days.
• Beizawa received the Fire Sealing Method as his completed mission reward, and Tsunade asked him to accompany her to see Hiruzen Sarutobi.

Beizawa helped settle Rina Uzumaki and Karin in Konoha, earned mission rewards, and chose Water Style Ninjutsu while receiving new system missions. He brought Karin to the Ninja Academy, where she met Hinata Hyuga and the other students.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi welcomed Rina Uzumaki and Karin to Konoha, arranged Karin’s transfer to First Year Class A, and promised support for Rina’s treatment.
• Beizawa accepted a mission to help Karin place in the top ten of the theory exam, and Hiruzen Sarutobi awarded the mission team two million ryō and Beizawa three B-rank and one A-rank Ninjutsu.
• Beizawa selected Water Style: Great Waterfall Technique, Water Style: Water Wall, Water Style: Water Dragon Bullet Technique, and Water Style: Instant Water, then accepted a mission to learn them by the third semester.
• Beizawa returned home and trained with Kurenai Yuhi, who resolved to become a Jonin as soon as possible.
• Beizawa took Karin to the Ninja Academy, where Hinata Hyuga welcomed her and Naruto Uzumaki, Sasuke Uchiha, Sakura Haruno, and Ino Yamanaka met her.

Karin began catching up on her missed lessons at the training ground while Beizawa taught Kabuto and praised Hinata’s progress. Beizawa then entertained Naruto and Sasuke with fabricated tales about Madara Uchiha and Hashirama Senju, making the Nine-Tails laugh so hard that Beizawa confirmed it had been eavesdropping.

• Karin enjoyed her first day at school, and Beizawa arranged for her to study first-semester textbooks at the training ground with his Shadow Clone guiding her.
• Beizawa taught Kabuto Yakushi the B-rank Wind Style: Shuriken and praised Hinata Hyuga for learning to strike twelve palms in a row.
• Beizawa summoned Sasuke Uchiha to activate his Sharingan, then began telling Naruto Uzumaki and Sasuke unofficial stories about Madara Uchiha and Hashirama Senju.
• Beizawa claimed Madara Uchiha had been raised as a girl and invented a tale in which Hashirama beat him in a contest to pee farther with Tobirama’s help.
• The Nine-Tails laughed uncontrollably at Beizawa’s stories, and Beizawa examined Naruto Uzumaki and confirmed that the Nine-Tails had been listening.

Beizawa established the Will of Fire Club as the Student Council’s first activity, and Sasuke Uchiha became its president while Naruto Uzumaki led a sponsorship drive. The club gained support from Hiruzen Sarutobi and the Uchiha Clan, and the story left off with October’s Monthly Exam a week away.

• Beizawa gathered the trial Student Council and proposed forming clubs, then organized the Will of Fire Club for students who wanted to become Hokage.
• The students elected Sasuke Uchiha as club president, while Beizawa assigned Hana Inuzuka to Events and Naruto Uzumaki to External Relations.
• Naruto Uzumaki led students to Hiruzen Sarutobi, who sponsored the club with fifty thousand ryo.
• Mikoto Uchiha and Fugaku Uchiha agreed to support Sasuke Uchiha’s club role and urged him to pursue the Student Council presidency.
• The Will of Fire Club spread through the Ninja Academy and became popular; October’s Monthly Exam was seven days away.

Beizawa helped lead a successful Revival Technique surgery and returned home to find Kurenai waiting for him. Tsunade then proposed a final bet: Yakumo would try to cure her hemophobia, and the result would decide whether Tsunade stayed in Konoha.

• Beizawa and the Student Council agreed to hold a Will of Fire knowledge competition after the October Monthly Exam.
• Yakushi Nonō asked Beizawa to join a Revival Technique surgery, and Beizawa brought Shizune from the casino to help.
• Tsunade decided to gamble one last time for Konoha and resolved to face treatment for her hemophobia.
• Beizawa and four other medical Jonin successfully treated a Hyuga Clan ninja using the Revival Technique.
• Beizawa found Kurenai waiting for him at the hospital, and they returned home together after sharing a kiss.
• Tsunade told Beizawa she planned to leave Konoha, then bet that she would stay if Yakumo cured her hemophobia and leave if Yakumo failed.

Beizawa completed his Wind Style mission and used his new chakra control to rig the combat exam’s lot drawing. Sasuke Uchiha defeated Kiba Inuzuka, but Naruto Uzumaki overwhelmed Sasuke in the next round, leaving Sasuke bruised and confused after breaking free of his genjutsu.

• Beizawa completed his mission to learn four Wind Style ninjutsu and received Proficient Level Wind Style Chakra Nature Transformation.
• Beizawa arrived at the combat exam, where Karin watched as the students prepared to compete.
• Beizawa manipulated the drawing slips with Wind Style, and Kiba Inuzuka drew the same number as Sasuke Uchiha.
• Sasuke Uchiha defeated Kiba Inuzuka with Fire Style ninjutsu after Kiba showed improvement from training.
• Naruto Uzumaki used the Multiple Shadow Clone Technique against Sasuke Uchiha, who tried to catch him with Genjutsu: Foam.
• Naruto Uzumaki broke free of the genjutsu and his clones beat Sasuke Uchiha until Beizawa stopped the match.

Sasuke Uchiha lost to Yakumo Kurama after remaining trapped in her genjutsu, then lost again to Naruto Uzumaki in the illusion. Beizawa told Sasuke that his Sharingan had grown stronger and that he was close to awakening its Two Tomoe form, then accepted a mission to help him achieve it.

• The eight students drew lots, pairing Sasuke Uchiha with Yakumo Kurama and Naruto Uzumaki with Shikamaru Nara.
• Yakumo Kurama trapped Sasuke Uchiha in her genjutsu, where he believed he had defeated her before challenging Naruto Uzumaki.
• Sasuke Uchiha realized he was still under genjutsu when the illusory Naruto never shouted about youth, but Yakumo Kurama defeated him and dispelled the illusion.
• Shikamaru Nara, Kiba Inuzuka, and Ino Yamanaka forfeited their matches, and Beizawa ended the Combat Exam.
• Beizawa told Sasuke Uchiha that his Sharingan had grown stronger and that he was close to awakening the Two Tomoe Sharingan.
• Sasuke Uchiha asked Beizawa for stricter training, and Beizawa accepted a mission to help him awaken the Two Tomoe Sharingan.

Beizawa announced the Monthly Exam results and promised Sasuke special training to strengthen his Sharingan. As Naruto gathered the class to plan a birthday gift for Beizawa, Beizawa began Sasuke’s new training by sending chakra-sharpened leaves at him to dodge.

• Beizawa promised Sasuke gentler special training and announced that the next Monthly Exam would be the final exam in mid-December.
• Naruto won first place in the Combat Exam, while Yakumo placed second, Sasuke third, and Hinata fourth.
• Kiba treated Naruto to ramen, and Naruto later showed Hiruzen Sarutobi the counterfeit Flying Thunder God kunai Beizawa had given him.
• Naruto gathered his classmates to plan a birthday present for Beizawa, whose birthday was December twenty-first.
• Beizawa met Sasuke at the training ground and began training his Sharingan perception by attacking him with chakra-coated leaves.

Sasuke Uchiha trained to awaken his Two Tomoe Sharingan while Beizawa helped Shikamaru Nara master Shadow Tentacles and pushed Kiba Inuzuka through water-walking practice. Beizawa proposed that Kiba use Shadow Clones to imitate a ninja hound, and Hinata Hyuga invited Beizawa to dinner to learn what he liked.

• Naruto Uzumaki and the others watched Sasuke Uchiha train his Sharingan and then dispersed to their own practice.
• After Sasuke Uchiha exhausted himself, Beizawa assigned him leaf training in the morning and physical training with Guy in the afternoon.
• Shikamaru Nara mastered Shadow Tentacles, received permission to rest for the day, and fled when Beizawa announced his next training would begin tomorrow.
• Beizawa attacked Kiba Inuzuka with a Water Dragon while he practiced water walking, then suggested Kiba use Shadow Clones to develop a technique without a ninja hound.
• Beizawa accepted a mission to help Kiba develop a new technique, with a 10% Senju Clan Bloodline as the reward.
• Hinata Hyuga invited Beizawa to a barbecue restaurant and asked about his favorite foods so she could learn more about him.

Beizawa taught Kurenai Yuhi the basics of Sealing Jutsu while the students prepared their first Student Council event, which was scheduled for the next day. As Beizawa went to invite Hiruzen Sarutobi, his completed mission to teach Kabuto Yakushi Wind Style earned him Earth Style.

• Hinata Hyuga reported Beizawa’s food preferences at Naruto Uzumaki’s secret meeting, and the students planned birthday gifts for him.
• Beizawa approved Hana Inuzuka’s event proposal and set the Student Council’s knowledge competition for the following Friday, with Hiruzen Sarutobi expected to attend.
• Beizawa began teaching Kurenai Yuhi to draw the sealing formula for the Fire Sealing Method, but her first attempt went astray.
• Sasuke Uchiha and Naruto Uzumaki led the students in promoting the event, which attracted registrations from nearly the whole Ninja Academy.
• Beizawa received Earth Style as the reward for completing the mission to help Kabuto Yakushi learn three Wind Style ninjutsu.

Beizawa agreed to lead Kabuto Yakushi in the Chunin Ninja Exams and began considering teammates who could help the team earn the top score. He approached Shino Aburame about special training, leaving open whether Shino would join Kabuto’s team.

• Beizawa told Hiruzen Sarutobi that Tsunade had agreed to treatment for her Hemophobia, and Hiruzen promised him a generous reward if she recovered.
• Beizawa taught Kiba Inuzuka the Shadow Clone Technique and Kabuto Yakushi Wind Style: Vacuum Blade.
• Kabuto Yakushi asked Beizawa to serve as his team leader for the Chunin Ninja Exams because he lacked teammates, and Beizawa agreed.
• Beizawa considered recruiting Dan Kato from Root and decided to speak with Shino Aburame about helping him.
• Beizawa asked Shino whether he was satisfied with his exam ranking, and Shino asked to join Beizawa’s special training.