Chapter Summaries

Satsuki visited a clothing shop to buy a black cheongsam, and the shopkeeper guessed she wanted to please Naruto. The shopkeeper invited Satsuki to see special outfits, leaving Naruto waiting outside as Satsuki followed her through a curtained doorway.

• The shopkeeper admired the black cheongsam and offered to explain its precautions to Satsuki.
• The shopkeeper teased Satsuki about buying the outfit for her husband, and Satsuki blushed without denying it.
• The shopkeeper asked whether Satsuki wanted Naruto to become more captivated by her and offered to show her special outfits.
• Naruto questioned what was happening, but the shopkeeper asked him to wait outside while she introduced the products to Satsuki.
• Satsuki followed the shopkeeper through a curtained doorway as Naruto stayed behind without concern.

Satsuki followed the proprietress into a dimly lit hidden room and discovered provocative clothing designed specifically to be seen and worn for intimate occasions. She stared at the unfamiliar outfits, overwhelmed by the sight.

• The proprietress unlocked a concealed door at the end of the corridor and led Satsuki into a dark room.
• The proprietress switched on warm, dim lighting that revealed rows of provocative garments.
• Satsuki realized the shop sold clothing designed specifically for intimate occasions and was shocked by the discovery.
• Satsuki examined a full-body fishnet outfit, revealing black lingerie, and a white rabbit-eared outfit.

Satsuki bought revealing outfits for Naruto after the proprietress convinced her they were a loving gift rather than something shameful. The proprietress gave them a VIP card for a hot spring inn, leaving Naruto and Satsuki with a private place to stay for the night.

• The proprietress persuaded Satsuki that Naruto would be moved by the outfits she chose for him.
• Satsuki paid several hundred thousand ryo and asked the proprietress to pack clothes she thought would suit her.
• Naruto tried to look inside the bags, but Satsuki stopped him and he began putting them away in Storage Scrolls.
• The proprietress offered Naruto and Satsuki a VIP card for a hot spring inn, and Naruto asked what kind of inn it was.

Naruto and Satsuki arrived at a private Hot Springs inn, where Naruto hoped to soak with her but was sent ahead alone. While he bathed, Satsuki privately sorted through the revealing clothes she had bought and began preparing to surprise him.

• Naruto and Satsuki enjoyed dinner and examined their room, which had a private Hot Springs pool in its courtyard.
• Naruto wondered what Satsuki had bought and chose to wait for her to show him instead of peeking into the Storage Scroll.
• Satsuki told Naruto to soak first, leaving him disappointed as he bathed alone and imagined being in the Hot Springs with her.
• After Naruto entered the pool, Satsuki opened the Storage Scroll and searched through the clothes for something suitable to wear in the water.
• Satsuki put on a barely-there string outfit and discovered a suggestive complimentary item, then decided to start with something simpler.

Naruto discovered that Satsuki had joined him in the hot spring wearing the revealing outfit she had bought to surprise him. Their desire and affection overcame their embarrassment, and they kissed and embraced in the water.

• Naruto wondered why Satsuki had refused to bathe with him, then heard her enter the hot spring behind him.
• Satsuki pressed against Naruto and let him realize she was wearing something beneath the water.
• Naruto turned and saw the revealing outfit Satsuki had secretly bought for him.
• Satsuki told Naruto she wore it because the shopkeeper said he would like it, and Naruto was moved by her gesture.
• Naruto and Satsuki kissed and held each other in the hot spring, telling each other they were in love.

Kankuro woke Gaara from a nightmare about his first meeting with Naruto and asked about Shukaku, who remained frightened of Naruko. The chapter left Kankuro watching Naruko cook and wondering how she could seem so real.

• Kankuro found Gaara having a nightmare and gently woke him.
• Gaara remembered rejecting the lunch Naruto offered him and regretted how he had treated Naruto.
• Kankuro changed the subject to Shukaku, and Gaara explained that he had temporarily lent Shukaku his mother's protective power to calm him.
• Gaara asked what Naruko was doing, while Kankuro saw her cooking in the kitchen and questioned whether she was truly a puppet.

Temari watched Naruko prepare tempura and reflected on how the lifelike puppet had become part of Gaara's household. She admired Naruko's care and skill, wishing she were truly alive as she imagined Gaara's future.

• Temari watched Naruko cook tempura and worried that eating fried food would make her gain weight.
• Naruko explained that her tempura used a special steam-frying technique that kept the oil from soaking into the batter.
• Temari reflected on Naruko's daily care for Gaara and the family, while Kankuro wondered whether his puppet craftsmanship could really explain how lifelike she seemed.
• Temari wished Naruko were a real person and thought Gaara would be fortunate to have a wife like her.

While Naruko prepared lunch, Gaara decided to make a bento and apologize to Naruto for rejecting his kindness during the Chunin Exams. Despite his exhaustion and distress over the real Naruko being taken away, Gaara began frying tempura himself.

• Temari and Kankuro ate Naruko's tempura while Gaara sat without touching his food.
• Gaara said he wanted to apologize, then explained that he would make a bento for Naruto to make amends for the Chunin Exams.
• Naruko offered to make the bento for Gaara because he had been unable to sleep, but he insisted on doing it himself.
• Gaara thought about wishing Naruko were truly alive and recalled how Satsuki's capture of the real Naruko continued to torment him.
• Though his vision doubled and he struggled to tell his fingers apart, Gaara set a pot of oil on the stove and began preparing to fry tempura.

Gaara lost control of his body when Shukaku shouted at him, causing him to nearly spill hot oil on himself. Naruko saved him but was burned, and her injury revealed that she was made of flesh and blood rather than being a puppet.

• Shukaku angrily shouted at Gaara from within, and Gaara lost his sight and hearing as he collapsed toward the stove.
• Gaara grabbed the oil pan as he fell, but Naruko pulled him away and caught the pan, taking the spilled hot oil across her arm.
• Temari and Kankuro rushed over and initially thought Naruko’s puppet body could be repaired after the burn.
• Gaara, Temari, and Kankuro saw pale, swollen burn marks on Naruko’s arm and realized they looked like a human injury.

After an X-ray showed that Naruko had real human bones rather than a puppet’s, Gaara, Temari, and Kankuro struggled to accept the revelation. Back at home, Naruko prepared to explain her secret, but Temari suddenly confronted her over what she had done to the child.

• A medical ninja treated Naruko’s burn and warned her to rest her arm while it healed.
• Gaara received Naruko’s X-ray, which showed ordinary human bones, and he and his siblings reacted with disbelief.
• Naruko apologized to Gaara for hiding the truth and promised to explain everything at home.
• The four returned home in silence, and Naruko considered where to begin her explanation.
• After a sudden bang, Temari raised her fan to protect Kankuro and demanded to know whether Naruko had kidnapped the child.

Temari, Kankuro, and Gaara questioned Naruko about whether she was a real person or a puppet. Naruko explained that Naruto’s Chakra had given her life and revealed that her instinct was to love Gaara.

• Temari feared Kankuro had kidnapped a girl and made her believe she was a puppet, but Naruko stopped her and Kankuro denied it.
• Gaara feared Naruko would disappear when a dream ended, so Naruko pinched him to prove the moment was real.
• Naruko showed that her burned arm had healed and explained that her body was made entirely of Chakra, like a Tailed Beast.
• Naruko said Uzumaki Naruto’s Starry Sky Chakra had awakened her when Gaara used it to power the puppet.
• Temari asked whether Naruko would leave Gaara, and Naruko said her instinct was to love him because Naruto had infused her with Chakra while thinking of Gaara.

Naruto apologized to Satsuki for losing control the previous night, but she comforted him and said she had accepted it. After hearing that Minato had returned to Konoha, Naruto and Satsuki decided to stay at the hot spring inn another day, and Satsuki asked to try the revealing clothes again.

• Naruto knelt before Satsuki and apologized for how he had acted the previous night.
• Satsuki embraced Naruto, reassured him, and said she had been happy despite some discomfort.
• Naruto overheard people discussing Konoha's announcement that Minato had recovered and returned as the Fourth Hokage.
• Naruto asked Satsuki when they would leave, and she chose to stay at the inn one more day.
• Satsuki said she wanted to try the clothes again, and she and Naruto returned to their room hand in hand.

Naruto and Satsuki spent their honeymoon day relaxing at a hot spring inn, exploring its activities and sharing meals. After lunch, they remained at the inn, with Naruto eating the mandarin orange ice cream Satsuki disliked.

• Naruto and Satsuki relaxed together in their room, then washed up, changed into fresh yukata, and set out to explore the inn.
• They passed the mahjong tables, bar, and massage services, then chose the dessert shop, where Satsuki enjoyed cocoa-flavored tiramisu.
• Satsuki and Naruto browsed accessory and candy stalls and took photos beneath the courtyard's red maple trees, delaying their trip to lunch.
• Naruto ordered a grilled beef rice bowl, while Satsuki chose the hot spring set meal and praised how well its dishes complemented one another.
• Satsuki rejected the sweet mandarin orange ice cream, so Naruto ate it for her.

Naruto and Satsuki spent a lazy afternoon watching Jurassic Park while cuddling on the sofa. Satsuki said she preferred the gentle dinosaurs Naruto had created in the Pure Land, whose role as guardians he explained.

• Naruto set up a television, a reclining sofa, and bedding, then let Satsuki choose a movie.
• Satsuki chose Jurassic Park and settled in Naruto's arms to watch it.
• Naruto reflected that Satsuki had used her Mangekyo to make her body softer and more comfortable for him to hold.
• As the movie's dinosaurs chased people, Satsuki said she preferred the gentle, talking dinosaurs in Naruto's Pure Land.
• Naruto recalled that his Pure Land dinosaurs patrolled for evildoers and sent them to the Animal Path.

After watching Jurassic Park, Satsuki and Naruto rested together as rain began outside, and Satsuki chose to comfort him before they fell asleep in each other’s arms. The chapter ended with them drifting off beneath the sound of the rain.

• Satsuki relaxed in Naruto’s arms after the movie and told him she was sleepy.
• Satsuki took off her bathrobe and teased Naruto before asking him to wait until they woke up.
• Naruto checked the courtyard and saw that rain had begun to fall.
• Satsuki kissed Naruto and took care of him before they cleaned up and returned beneath the blankets.
• Satsuki stroked Naruto’s hair, and they cuddled together and fell asleep as the rain grew heavier.

Naruto and Satsuki left the hot spring inn after spending the night together and set out for another world. Satsuki modified In an Instant to target a world where Uzumaki Naruto was entirely a girl, and the two vanished toward it.

• Naruto and Satsuki woke at night, ate dinner, then spent the evening watching movies, cuddling, and getting carried away together.
• Naruto and Satsuki slept until the next afternoon, packed their things after lunch, and left the inn.
• Satsuki infused Amaterasu Ling with Yin Release Chakra and modified In an Instant to travel to a designated world.
• Satsuki set their destination as a world where Uzumaki Naruto was completely a girl, and she and Naruto disappeared from the inn steps.

Naruto and Satsuki arrived in a parallel Konoha where Sakura showed an unexpected romantic interest in Naruto. The chapter left them stunned to learn that this world's Sakura was the Hokage's daughter.

• Satsuki and Naruto arrived in Konoha at night, unsure what time period they had reached.
• Satsuki and Naruto encountered Shino, Kiba, and Sakura while trying to pass as tourists.
• Sakura blushed and asked Naruto his name, then cautiously asked who Satsuki was.
• Naruto told Sakura that he and Satsuki were married, and Sakura's interest turned to disappointment.
• Kiba teased Sakura for falling for Naruto at first sight and revealed that Sakura was the Hokage's daughter.

Satsuki and Naruto encountered Konoha shinobi whose identities and personalities differed sharply from what Satsuki expected, while she searched for Naruko Uzumaki. Their conversation was interrupted by Sasuke, who demanded their entry authorization and ordered them to the Uchiha Police Force.

• Satsuki learned that Sakura was the Hokage's Daughter and that Kiba's partner was a kitten named Aomaru.
• Shino revealed that he hated bugs and relied on poison instead of the Aburame Clan's insect techniques.
• Satsuki asked Kiba whether he knew Naruko Uzumaki, and he said he did not recognize the name but knew the Uzumaki surname.
• Sasuke confronted Naruto and Satsuki, demanded their authorization to enter Konoha, and ordered them to come to the Uchiha Police Force.

Naruto and Satsuki showed Sasuke genuine Entry Permits and asked him to explain Konoha. He took them through the village, where they discovered that this world's Hokage history differed from theirs.

• Sasuke confronted Naruto and Satsuki, but Naruto presented their Entry Permits, which Sasuke verified as genuine.
• Naruto asked Sasuke to introduce them to Konoha, and Sasuke reluctantly agreed to guide them.
• Sasuke led Naruto and Satsuki to Kage Rock, where they saw the Hokage faces carved into the cliff.
• Satsuki recognized Tsunade as the Fifth Hokage and was baffled by the unfamiliar face of the Fourth Hokage.

Naruto and Satsuki found that this world twisted familiar histories and personalities in unexpected ways while searching for the real Naruko Uzumaki. Their search reached its target when a girl with Naruto’s blue eyes appeared, but Sasuke recognized her as Mai.

• Sasuke treated Naruto and Satsuki to dessert, revealing his unusual fondness for sweets.
• Naruto learned that this world's First Hokage was revered as a gambling god because he supposedly never lost.
• Satsuki provoked Sasuke by mocking his personality and suggesting no girl would like him, and Sasuke snapped his spoon in anger.
• A golden-haired, blue-eyed girl entered the shop, fulfilling the conditions Naruto and Satsuki had been seeking.
• Sasuke's fury faded when he saw the girl, and he asked, "Mai? You... why are you here?"