Recaps

Naruto helped Satsuki recover from the massacre, reunited her with her healed parents, and helped the surviving Uchiha begin rebuilding their lives. As Naruto grew closer to the family and prepared to graduate, he exposed Mizuki’s plot and obtained the real Book of Seals.

• Naruto defeated Itachi, then Menma confronted Hiruzen with evidence of Danzō’s crimes and ordered him to expose them while concealing the full truth of the massacre for a few years.
• Menma and Shisui recovered Shisui’s eyes and took Itachi’s Mangekyo Sharingan, then Shisui brought the blind, imprisoned Itachi to the Ember Organization’s base.
• Satsuki woke to memories of her parents’ deaths and Naruto’s injury, but Naruto comforted her, stayed by her side, and promised that Fugaku and Mikoto would recover.
• Naruto secretly healed Fugaku and Mikoto, and Satsuki was overcome with relief when she saw her parents alive, though she feared Naruto would leave her.
• Naruto promised Satsuki he would always stay with her, while Fugaku and Mikoto returned home and found him keeping watch beside their sleeping daughter.
• The surviving Uchiha began rebuilding their lives, Shisui formed an Anbu-style unit, and Naruto reserved Itachi’s Mangekyo for Satsuki while growing closer to her family.
• Naruto collected Nature Energy Affinity and other rewards, cared for a Legendary Pokémon egg, graduated from the Ninja Academy, and celebrated with Satsuki, her parents, and Iruka.
• Naruto agreed to Mizuki’s plan to steal the Book of Seals, exposed Mizuki’s contempt with a fake scroll, defeated and restrained him, then retrieved the real book to study while awaiting Hiruzen and Iruka.

Naruto, Satsuki, and Sakura passed Kakashi’s teamwork test and began their first mission, escorting Tazuna to the Land of Waves. They fought Zabuza and his masked rescuer, then started training while staying at Tazuna’s home.

• Iruka assigned Naruto, Satsuki, and Sakura to Team 7 under Hatake Kakashi, and Satsuki warned Sakura not to hold the team back.
• Kakashi’s bell test exposed Sakura’s hesitation and Satsuki’s failure to distinguish Kakashi from Naruto, but the three passed when they chose to share food and stand by their teammates.
• Naruto trained with Satsuki and Sakura while Team 7 completed D-rank missions, and Menma recruited Deidara into the Ember Organization after demonstrating the Great Rasenshuriken.
• Team 7 accepted Tazuna’s C-rank escort mission, captured the Demon Brothers, and continued after Tazuna admitted he had concealed the threat posed by Gato.
• Zabuza ambushed the team in the Land of Waves, and Naruto and Kakashi fought him while Satsuki and Sakura guarded Tazuna.
• Kakashi wounded Zabuza, but a masked Mist Village Anbu used Ice Release to rescue him, and Team 7 reached Tazuna’s home safely.
• Kakashi taught Sakura tree climbing while Naruto and Satsuki trained, and Sakura later began taijutsu practice with weighted gear before the team met a depressed child.

Team 7 defeated Zabuza and Haku at the Land of Waves, but Menma intervened, saved Haku, and recruited them into Ashes. Back in Konoha, Kakashi coached Satsuki on winning Naruto’s affection, and his advice led to a series of awkward misunderstandings before he urged her to confess directly.

• Naruto and Satsuki fought Haku on the bridge, and Naruto shattered his ice mirrors and defeated him with Kurama’s chakra.
• Haku took Kakashi’s Lightning Cutter to protect Zabuza, but Naruto’s life-energy butterflies stabilized him as Gato arrived with armed thugs.
• Menma killed Gato’s thugs, handed Gato to Kakuzu for interrogation, then restored Haku’s fatal wound with Crazy Diamond.
• Zabuza and Haku joined Ashes, while Kakuzu seized Gato’s fortune and the people of the Land of Waves killed Gato after Kakuzu spared him.
• Team 7 completed the bridge and returned to Konoha, where Kakashi noticed Satsuki’s feelings for Naruto and offered her relationship advice.
• Satsuki tried to win Naruto over with a bento, affectionate nicknames, praise, and poetic compliments, but Naruto misunderstood her intentions.
• Naruto took Satsuki to a hospital after mistaking her affection for an illness, and she fled in anger.
• Satsuki blamed Kakashi for the failed advice, but he told her to explain directly to Naruto that she liked him and wanted his attention.

Naruto and Satsuki promised a future together, while Shisui’s group defeated and captured Sasori. Back in Konoha, Naruto strengthened his bonds with Fugaku’s family and Konohamaru before Kakashi recommended Team 7 for the Chunin Exams.

• Satsuki hid as a tree while Naruto sought Sakura’s advice about a girl’s feelings, then Naruto found Satsuki and drew her into a spar that helped revive her fighting spirit.
• Naruto carried Satsuki to the Uchiha compound and promised to become her irreplaceable person, asking her to wait until they were grown-up Jonin before making their relationship official.
• Deidara, Shisui, Zabuza, and Haku found Sasori fighting Konan in the desert, and Konan withdrew after the Ember Organization arrived.
• Sasori attacked the group with the Third Kazekage puppet and his human puppets, but Shisui, Deidara, Zabuza, and Haku fought back with their Mangekyō Sharingan, explosives, water, and ice techniques.
• Shisui’s Susanoo overwhelmed Sasori’s puppet army, and Deidara captured Sasori’s escaping core before the group returned to base.
• Fugaku struggled with regret and jealousy over Naruto’s closeness to Satsuki, but Mikoto reminded him that Satsuki needed his support, and he thanked her.
• Naruto trained Konohamaru at the Sarutobi residence, where Konohamaru used the Sexy Jutsu and Satsuki challenged him to spar after striking him for it.
• Satsuki asked Naruto to keep his attention on her, and Kakashi then recommended Naruto, Satsuki, and Sakura for the Chunin Exams and gave them applications.