Chapter Summaries

Hiruzen Sarutobi used the Reaper Death Seal to stop Orochimaru, dying after crippling his arms and forcing him to flee. As Konoha struggled with the aftermath, Danzo sought to become the next Hokage, but Jiraiya opposed him.

• Baki led the panicked Sunagakure forces away with Rasa’s body after learning their Kazekage was dead.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi unleashed the Reaper Death Seal, restrained Orochimaru and his puppets, and crippled Orochimaru’s arms before dying.
• Jiraiya mourned Hiruzen Sarutobi, while Hyuga Matsuba explained to Uchiha Izumi that the God of Death was connected to the Sage of Six Paths.
• Hyuga Matsuba took Uchiha Izumi and Hinata to the ninja tool shop to shelter from the destruction in Konoha.
• Danzo proposed himself as Hokage to Mitokado Homura, Utatane Koharu, and Jiraiya, but Jiraiya rejected the proposal.

After Danzo tried to claim the Hokage position, Jiraiya agreed to take it instead, following the advisors’ claim that Sarutobi Hiruzen had chosen him. Danzo left furious, while Jiraiya struggled to accept his new responsibility.

• Danzo argued that Konoha needed a leader and demanded the advisors’ support for his bid to become Hokage.
• Mitokado Homura and Utatane Koharu claimed Sarutobi Hiruzen had chosen Jiraiya as his successor.
• Jiraiya agreed to become Hokage but insisted the succession ceremony wait until after his teacher’s funeral.
• Danzo stormed out, vowing to make Jiraiya and the others remember his anger.
• Jiraiya remained confused and uneasy about taking on the Hokage’s responsibilities.

After becoming Hokage, Jiraiya stabilized Konoha, arranged its reconstruction, and settled matters with Sunagakure through an alliance and aid. Hyuga Matsuba then left Konoha with Hinata, Sakura, Hanabi, and Tenten, while their families worried about their daughters going with him.

• Jiraiya reassured Konoha's civilians, apologized to visiting merchants and officials, and began overseeing the village's reconstruction.
• Sunagakure chose not to seek war over Rasa's death and instead signed a friendly alliance with Konoha, receiving supplies from Jiraiya.
• Ino spotted Uchiha Itachi and Kisame Hoshigaki in the village, but Hyuga Matsuba told her not to get involved and teased her about her lack of training.
• Hyuga Matsuba left Konoha with Hinata, Sakura, and Hanabi after packing their belongings.
• Tenten joined the group after Hanabi revealed she had told her about their plans in exchange for candy.
• Yamanaka Inoichi and Hyuga Hiashi were unhappy that their daughters had left the village with Hyuga Matsuba.

Jiraiya learned that Second Pillar had defected to seek out Orochimaru and began assembling teams to retrieve him. Uzumaki Naruto insisted on bringing his friend back, while Danzo argued that Second Pillar should be killed.

• Jiraiya learned from an Anbu ninja that Second Pillar had defected and that Orochimaru's subordinates had left traces.
• Jiraiya told Hyuga Hiashi and Yamanaka Inoichi that he was too busy to help them search for their daughters, and both men left his office.
• Jiraiya ordered Team Seven, Team Ten, and Might Guy's team to come to the Hokage's office.
• Danzo entered and argued with Jiraiya, but Uzumaki Naruto rushed in and asked whether Second Pillar had run away.
• Jiraiya confirmed Second Pillar's defection and restrained Uzumaki Naruto from going after him alone.
• Danzo declared that Konoha should kill Second Pillar rather than bring him back.

Jiraiya sent Naruto, Shikamaru, Kiba, Neji, and Lee to retrieve Second Pillar without injuring him, while warning Danzo not to interfere. On a ship bound for the Land of Water, Sakura, Ino, Hanabi, and Hyuga Matsuba bickered and joked as Sakura ended up eating food Hanabi had secretly saved for her.

• Danzo called Second Pillar a rogue ninja who should be killed, but Jiraiya stopped him from provoking Naruto and promised to bring Second Pillar back safely.
• Jiraiya assigned Shikamaru to lead Naruto, Kiba, Neji, and Lee on a mission to retrieve Second Pillar, and secretly arranged for Anbu to watch over them.
• Jiraiya warned Danzo against interfering, then worried that Orochimaru intended to use Second Pillar as a vessel for reincarnation.
• On the ship to the Land of Water, Sakura pushed Ino toward the sea, pulled her back, and traded threats with her.
• Hanabi teased Hyuga Matsuba about her father, then secretly offered Sakura roasted chicken and desserts while Sakura avoided Ino.

Ino and Hanabi tricked Sakura with anesthetic, leading to a cruel prank and a fight between Sakura and Ino. Hyuga Matsuba watched the chaos while Tenten unexpectedly caught a huge fish, and the chapter ended with the others relaxing nearby.

• Ino revealed that Hanabi had helped her drug Sakura in exchange for lollipops, then tied Sakura up as the anesthetic took effect.
• Hanabi threatened to make Sakura eat the entire packet of anesthetic, but relented after Sakura apologized and Ino objected.
• Ino tossed Sakura overboard while holding the rope to frighten her, then pulled her back, untied her, and gave her an antidote.
• Sakura recovered and pinned Ino down, and the two fought while Hanabi cheered them on.
• Hyuga Matsuba questioned Tenten's fishing luck, but she caught a huge fish despite being a beginner.
• Hyuga Matsuba declined to intervene in Sakura and Ino's fight while Temari relaxed and Hinata served her tea.

Hyuga Matsuba arrived in Kirigakure with the girls and reunited with Anko, who asked him to avenge her for being tricked into errands. Kushina realized Anko had brought him home and tried to flee, but she dragged Kurenai and Yugao into facing him with her.

• Hyuga Matsuba and the girls reached Kirigakure after traveling through the foggy sea.
• Anko ran into Hyuga Matsuba, dropped her shopping, and claimed Kushina and the others had tricked her into losing at cards and doing their errands.
• Hyuga Matsuba promised Anko he would avenge her, while Anko and Ino glared at each other.
• Kushina heard Anko return without the requested items, then spotted Hyuga Matsuba and hurried back inside.
• Mikoto, Tsunade, and Mei Terumi refused to help Kushina, so she pulled Kurenai and Yugao into facing the situation with her.

Hyuga Matsuba let Kushina, Kurenai, and Yugao off with a warning after Anko accused them of cheating at cards. Kushina then confronted Matsuba about the girls he had brought home, and the others later dragged her into the bedroom after he carried Tsunade inside.

• Hyuga Matsuba questioned Kushina about Anko's complaint, and Anko explained that Nohara Rin had told her the others teamed up against her.
• Hyuga Matsuba warned Kushina, Kurenai, and Yugao not to repeat their behavior, and Kurenai and Yugao took Anko away.
• Kushina demanded to know who the girls behind Hyuga Matsuba were, and Tsunade threatened him before he carried her to the bedroom.
• Hanabi and Yamanaka Ino introduced themselves to the other girls, while Shizune took the younger girls outside.
• Mikoto, Konan, and Otsutsuki Kaguya restrained Kushina and threw her into the bedroom, where Tsunade was moved by what she thought was Kushina's sisterly support.

Kushina and Tsunade fought over their grievances until Hyuga Matsuba intervened and scolded them. The two women remained hostile, and Hyuga Matsuba prepared to punish them under the family rules.

• Kushina refused to forgive Mikoto, who left with the breakfast, and Tsunade blamed Kushina for what had happened.
• Tsunade scratched and pinched Kushina while Kushina refused to apologize or back down.
• Inside the system space, Hyuga Matsuba played cards with Ralts, teased her, and kissed Yuki before leaving.
• Hyuga Matsuba found Tsunade and Kushina fighting and grabbed them to stop the brawl.
• Kushina blamed Tsunade for starting the fight, and Hyuga Matsuba criticized Tsunade before warning both women that he would teach them a lesson.

Hyuga Matsuba repeatedly spanked Kushina and Tsunade while they argued over fairness, leaving them to recover together. After the other girls teased them, Kushina confronted Konan about helping trap her, then recruited her to catch Mikoto and Kaguya.

• Hyuga Matsuba alternated spanking Kushina and Tsunade as their complaints about fairness led to more slaps, until he left them sprawled on the bed.
• Kushina and Tsunade recovered, emerged from the room, and faced teasing from Mikoto, Sara, and Mei Terumi.
• Kushina remembered that Mikoto, Otsutsuki Kaguya, and Konan had thrown her into the bedroom, and she grabbed Konan to demand an explanation.
• Konan admitted she had participated, and Kushina let her go on the condition that she help catch Mikoto and Kaguya.
• Mikoto and Kaguya tried to persuade Konan to join their side, while Kushina accepted that Konan would help neither group.

Kushina turned the tables on Mikoto and Otsutsuki Kaguya after they restrained her, then the group gathered to eat roast chicken on the island. Otsutsuki Kaguya escaped her ropes and joined the meal, while her feud with Kushina resumed.

• Kushina failed to escape Mikoto and Otsutsuki Kaguya’s hold, so she summoned Hyuga Matsuba and promised him a reward to get his help.
• Hyuga Matsuba trapped Mikoto and Otsutsuki Kaguya, sealed their powers, and helped Kushina tie them up and hang them from the ceiling.
• Hyuga Matsuba let Mikoto down after she offered to fulfill Kushina’s promise, while Otsutsuki Kaguya refused to yield and remained hanging.
• Otsutsuki Kaguya regained her power, broke free, and found Hyuga Matsuba and the others roasting chicken.
• The group ate together, and Otsutsuki Kaguya arrived looking for food before she and Kushina resumed their confrontation.

After Naruto failed to bring Sasuke back, he began training under Jiraiya while the Akatsuki Organization prepared to capture the Tailed Beasts. Two years later, Nagato dispatched teams to seize several targets and personally set out after Rōshi.

• Naruto lost to Sasuke at the Valley of the End, then resolved to train with Jiraiya and bring Sasuke back.
• The Akatsuki Organization spent two years locating the Tailed Beasts and preparing a rapid capture plan.
• Pain assigned Sasori and Deidara to capture Gaara and the One-Tail, and ordered Kakuzu and Nawaki to target the Two-Tails.
• Pain sent Kisame Hoshigaki and Uchiha Itachi after the Three-Tails.
• Nagato took the Six Paths of Pain and went to capture Rōshi, the Four-Tails' Jinchuriki.

Sasori and Deidara attacked Sunagakure and captured Gaara after defeating him. Chiyo and Ebizo arrived to find Gaara gone and decided to ask Konoha for help.

• Sasori and Deidara reached Sunagakure, where Deidara went ahead to capture Gaara.
• Deidara attacked the village with clay explosives, and Gaara defended Sunagakure from the assault.
• Sasori joined the fight, and the two Akatsuki members overwhelmed Gaara.
• Deidara knocked Gaara unconscious, lost his left arm, and fled with him alongside Sasori.
• Chiyo and Ebizo found Gaara missing and decided to seek Konoha's help.

After the Akatsuki captured Gaara and extracted the One-Tails, the Sand Village asked Konoha for help, and Jiraiya sent a team to assist. Hyuga Matsuba learned that Gaara had been revived but the Akatsuki had captured several other Tailed Beasts, then returned home to more teasing and quarrels.

• Chiyo agreed with Ebizo that the Sand Village had to ask Konoha for reinforcements to rescue Gaara.
• Jiraiya sent Kakashi and Might Duy with Uzumaki Naruto, Hyuga Neji, and others, along with one of Asuma's squads.
• Kushina asked Samui whether she was gentle, and Samui and Yugito passed the question to Pakura before fleeing.
• Hyuga Matsuba found that the One-Tails had already been extracted, Gaara had been revived with Living Corpse Reincarnation, and Deidara had escaped while Sasori lost to Grandma Chiyo.
• Hyuga Matsuba noted that the Akatsuki had captured four Tailed Beasts in a few days, then returned home and carried Mei Terumi to the bedroom after Kushina and Mei teased him.

Karin accepted a mission from Hyuga Matsuba to find the Five-Tails and ask it to return with her, hoping to earn a loving kiss as her reward. She and Uchiha Izumi headed for the Land of Rain to track down the Akatsuki Organization, but they had not yet found the Five-Tails.

• Karin and Uchiha Izumi fought after Izumi repeatedly stopped Karin from entering the bedroom.
• Hyuga Matsuba offered Karin and Izumi a mission, and Karin asked him to reward her with a kiss if she completed it.
• Hyuga Matsuba sent Karin and Izumi to find the Five-Tails and bring it back if it agreed to come.
• Karin and Izumi left without asking for the Five-Tails' location, then decided to search the Land of Rain for Akatsuki members.
• Karin and Izumi flew across the sea to the Land of Rain, where Izumi remarked that she could have flown them there faster.

Uchiha Izumi and Uzumaki Karin tracked down a White Zetsu clone to learn where the Five-Tails was, prompting Pain to rush the organization toward the tailed beast. Obito Uchiha suspected Hyuga Matsuba had a hidden motive and began planning to capture the two girls.

• Uchiha Izumi and Uzumaki Karin used their sensory abilities to find a White Zetsu clone and learned the Five-Tails' location.
• White Zetsu reported the girls' inquiry to Pain, who worried it could threaten the organization's plan.
• Nawaki and Kakuzu tried to avoid the mission, while Deidara questioned Tobi's behavior.
• Pain led Deidara, Uchiha Itachi, Kisame Hoshigaki, and Tobi toward the Five-Tails' location, leaving Nagato to deal with Nawaki and Kakuzu.
• Obito Uchiha wondered why Hyuga Matsuba had sent the girls and formed a plan to capture them as leverage.

Karin and Uchiha Izumi found the Five-Tails and defeated him, but he refused to return with them to meet Hyuga Matsuba. As the Five-Tails fled, Akatsuki revealed itself and targeted the two girls.

• Karin struck the Five-Tails and bound him with Adamantine Sealing Chains after he fought back.
• Karin told the Five-Tails that Hyuga Matsuba had sent them to ask him to return, but he refused.
• Karin released the Five-Tails after he chose to stay, then noticed Akatsuki members hiding nearby.
• Nagato and Tobi targeted Karin and Uchiha Izumi, while the Five-Tails fled the scene.
• Deidara questioned Tobi, who ordered him to focus on capturing the two girls.

Karin and Uchiha Izumi overwhelmed the Akatsuki Organization during a confrontation, forcing Obito Uchiha to order a retreat. The pair let most of the organization escape and headed back together.

• Deidara threatened Tobi, but Nagato ordered him to stay focused on the mission as the Akatsuki Organization prepared to capture Karin and Uchiha Izumi.
• Karin used Sage Art: Rasenshuriken to destroy three of Nagato's Six Paths, and Uchiha Izumi used her Rinnegan to defeat the Animal Path and its summoned Tailed Beasts.
• Uchiha Izumi blasted the Akatsuki members into the air, killed Deidara with a combination of Banshō Ten'in and Shinra Tensei, and injured the rest of the group.
• Obito Uchiha ordered the Akatsuki Organization to retreat, but Karin pursued them with Chakra Chains and crushed the Human Path before Izumi called her back.
• Karin and Uchiha Izumi decided to return, and Karin eagerly anticipated a reward from her brother while Izumi teased her.

Izumi and Karin returned from their mission, but the others kept them from claiming a reward from Hyuga Matsuba. Hanabi was caught teasing the women and tried to dodge punishment by invoking Kushina, who appeared and decided to teach her a lesson.

• Izumi and Karin reported that their target had escaped, and Hyuga Matsuba said he had never expected to bring him back.
• Karin moved closer to claim a reward, but Kurenai, Anko, Yugao, and Rin intervened, and Izumi left in frustration.
• Hyuga Matsuba pinched Hanabi's cheek while the others refused to rescue her, remembering her earlier prank on Sakura.
• Hanabi tried to escape punishment by claiming Kushina had said Hyuga Matsuba could not beat her, but Kushina arrived and challenged her to explain.
• Hanabi begged Kushina for mercy and tried to recruit Hyuga Matsuba as her protector, but he refused, leaving Kushina to discipline her while Hinata was away.

Hinata, Mei Terumi, and the others returned with a huge haul of fish while Hanabi was being punished, and Hanabi was released after Kushina warned her. At the Akatsuki Organization, Nagato and Obito Uchiha discussed Deidara’s death and the remaining tailed beasts as Uchiha Itachi left to deal with matters concerning his younger brother.

• Hinata and Mei Terumi returned with baskets of crabs, octopuses, and fish, while Hanabi tearfully complained that Hyuga Matsuba and Kushina were bullying her.
• Mikoto and the others arrived with even more large fish, and Kushina released Hanabi after warning her not to repeat her behavior.
• Nagato announced that Deidara had died, and Obito Uchiha assessed the challenges of capturing the Five-Tails, Eight-Tails, and Nine-Tails.
• Uchiha Itachi said he wanted to speak with his younger brother, while Obito Uchiha cautioned him and watched for signs of disloyalty.
• Uchiha Itachi left the Akatsuki Organization, and Obito Uchiha told Nagato he would keep an eye on him and might recruit another person through him.