Chapter Summaries

Naruto and Satsuki met Uzumaki Mai at a dessert shop, where Sasuke arranged for them to stay at the Uchiha Clan Compound. After Mai agreed to see a movie with Sasuke, she watched Naruto leave, endured the villagers’ hostility on her way home, and received a warm welcome that she barely acknowledged.

• Mai introduced herself to Naruto and Satsuki, and offered to help them find somewhere to stay.
• Sasuke offered Naruto and Satsuki space in the Uchiha Clan Compound, and they accepted.
• Sasuke invited Mai to see a movie with him, and she agreed after he gave her one of the two tickets he had bought.
• Mai watched Naruto leave the dessert shop and later walked through Konoha as villagers avoided and insulted her.
• Mai arrived at the Uzumaki house, where someone warmly welcomed her home, but she responded only with a quiet acknowledgment.

Mai agreed to stay in the village as Akatsuki pursued Kurama, while Minato prayed at the family altar. Naruto, Satsuki, and Sasuke explored the deserted Uchiha Clan Compound and arrived at the Uchiha Police Force building.

• Minato asked Mai to avoid missions outside the village because Akatsuki had captured all but the Eight-Tails and Kurama, and Jiraiya had returned critically injured.
• Mai agreed to stay in the village, then left the house for a walk as Minato cleaned up and prayed before a photograph of a red-haired woman.
• Naruto asked where the Uchiha Clan members were, and Sasuke explained that the clan had been wiped out, leaving only his parents and himself.
• Sasuke led Naruto and Satsuki through the deserted compound to the illuminated Uchiha Police Force building.

Tsunade went gambling after work and won repeatedly, forcing the casino owner to ask her to stop. As she prepared to leave with her winnings, a Konoha ninja reported that Akatsuki had attacked Kumogakure, severely injured the Raikage, and taken the Eight-Tails.

• Tsunade ignored Shizune's concerns and entered a casino for her first gambling outing of the month.
• Tsunade won the grand prize repeatedly at a Pachinko machine, drawing a crowd that recalled her reputation as the [Legendary Living Yama].
• The casino owner persuaded Tsunade to stop gambling and invited her to dinner, and Tsunade agreed to exchange her winnings for cash.
• A Konoha ninja arrived and told Tsunade that Akatsuki had attacked Kumogakure, severely injured the Raikage, and taken the Eight-Tails.

Naruto and Satsuki accompanied Sasuke to the Uchiha Police Force and met a kind-hearted version of Fugaku. Fugaku explained that Sasuke had rebuilt the force to punish people who spread harmful rumors, while teasing his son about finding a wife and restoring the clan.

• Sasuke brought Naruto and Satsuki to the Uchiha Police Force and introduced them to Fugaku.
• Fugaku explained that the force had reopened at Sasuke’s request after the Uchiha massacre left the compound abandoned.
• Sasuke came out of a room after dealing with people accused of defamation.
• Fugaku scolded Sasuke for being cold and teased him about getting married and giving him a grandchild.
• Fugaku told Naruto and Satsuki that Sasuke had fought rumor-spreaders since childhood and personally brought offenders in for punishment.

Naruto and Satsuki visited Fugaku's home and met a sharp-tongued but caring Mikoto, whose tsundere behavior surprised Naruto. The evening ended with a family meal, as the story prepared to move into its main plot.

• Fugaku invited Naruto and Satsuki to his home for dinner after their conversation at the Police Force.
• Mikoto scolded Fugaku for bringing guests without warning, then hurried to prepare a meal.
• Fugaku served tea and asked Naruto about their travels while Sasuke remained silent.
• Sasuke helped Mikoto carry dishes from the kitchen to the table.
• Mikoto praised Fugaku's hard work while insisting she cooked for him only because it was natural.

Naruto and Satsuki explored Konoha and watched Sasuke meet Uzumaki Mai at the movie theater. Just as they tried to follow the pair inside, Mikoto Uchiha caught them.

• Naruto and Satsuki spotted Sai painting a childlike picture, though he appeared completely happy with his work.
• Naruto and Satsuki passed Hatake Kakashi and Guy as they argued about their morning training.
• Naruto and Satsuki saw Sasuke waiting nervously outside the movie theater with tickets for Uzumaki Mai.
• Mai arrived, exchanged a few words with Sasuke, and walked with him toward the theater.
• Satsuki tried to follow Sasuke and Mai, but Mikoto Uchiha stopped Naruto and Satsuki and asked if they were following her son.

Naruto and Satsuki were caught following Sasuke, but Mikoto set aside her suspicions of bad intent and confronted them with her intuition that they were alternate versions of Sasuke and Mai. She demanded they explain their identities and connections, leaving them to answer her direct challenge.

• Naruto blurted out that he wanted to explain after Mikoto caught him and Satsuki following Sasuke.
• Mikoto studied their expressions, judged that they lacked ill intent, and told them to stay quiet while she thought.
• Mikoto asked Satsuki what her relationship with Sasuke was and said she recognized them as versions of Sasuke and Mai.
• Mikoto explained that their resemblance and her Uchiha intuition convinced her they were connected to Mai and Sasuke.
• Mikoto demanded that Naruto and Satsuki reveal who they were and forbade them from using genjutsu or transformation jutsu as excuses.

Mikoto uncovered that Satsuki was her daughter from another world and that Naruto was her son-in-law, then asked how the two were connected. Naruto explained that he and Satsuki had married after their relationship developed over time.

• Mikoto secretly lifted Naruto's shirt and saw the sealing formula on his stomach.
• Satsuki revealed her three-tomoe Sharingan, and Mikoto recognized her as Sasuke's exact counterpart from another world.
• Mikoto panicked after learning that Naruto was her daughter from another world and that he had become a son-in-law.
• Mikoto asked about Naruto and Satsuki's relationship, and Naruto told her they were husband and wife.
• Naruto described how he and Satsuki had gone from strangers to friends, then partners, fiancés, and finally spouses.

Satsuki, Naruto, and Mikoto learned that Sasuke and Mai were not dating, then secretly followed them after their movie. Sasuke’s awkward attempt to get Mai to stand in line with him failed, while Naruto noticed that Mai seemed weaker than she had the day before.

• Mikoto told Satsuki and Naruto that Sasuke and Mai were not dating, despite her years of trying to push them together.
• Satsuki, Mikoto, and Naruto hid behind a wall to follow Sasuke and Mai as they left the theater.
• Sasuke invited Mai to wait with him in line for a new ice cream flavor at Wagashi.
• Mai refused to stand in the sun, and Sasuke awkwardly admitted he wanted to look at her face.
• Naruto noticed that Mai seemed weaker than she had when he saw her the previous day.

Sasuke and Mai spent the day walking around Konoha, but their outing showed no romantic progress, frustrating Satsuki and Mikoto. Satsuki considered using a technique to make Sasuke more proactive, but Naruto refused to let them interfere.

• Sasuke and Mai queued for ice cream and visited several shops together without touching or showing romantic interest.
• Satsuki followed them and grew increasingly frustrated that Sasuke did not take the initiative with Mai.
• Mikoto asked Naruto to transform into a thug so Sasuke could play the hero, but Naruto rejected the plan.
• Satsuki suggested creating a natural disaster to make Sasuke protect Mai, and Naruto objected to that idea too.
• Satsuki considered using a technique to make Sasuke less dense, but Naruto refused to alter his thinking.

Mikoto watched Sasuke and Mai part ways and worried about their future, knowing Minato would not interfere with his daughter’s choices. Before she could invite Naruto and Satsuki to dinner, an explosion rocked Konoha, and a chunin warned them that Akatsuki had attacked.

• Mikoto watched Sasuke and Mai say goodbye without any romantic gestures.
• Mikoto recalled Minato’s promise to respect Mai’s choices and not interfere in her life.
• Mikoto prepared to invite Naruto and Satsuki to dinner when a distant explosion sent villagers fleeing.
• Naruto asked a panicked Konoha chunin what had happened, and the chunin ordered him to a shelter, suspecting Akatsuki had attacked Konoha.

Akatsuki attacked Konoha, and Tsunade arrived to confront Deidara and Kakuzu after ordering Mai kept inside Minato's house. Deidara's taunts enraged Tsunade, who summoned Katsuyu to attack him with corrosive slime.

• Tsunade heard the explosions and ordered an Anbu squad to keep Uzumaki Mai inside Minato's house so Akatsuki could not take Kurama.
• Deidara and Kakuzu fought off Konoha Ninja without killing them as they waited for their target to appear.
• Tsunade struck the battlefield with Heavenly Foot of Pain, and Deidara escaped the impact on a clay bird while Kakuzu held his ground.
• Tsunade ordered the other Ninja to evacuate and faced Deidara and Kakuzu alone.
• Deidara mocked Tsunade's appearance and fighting style, provoking her into summoning Katsuyu.
• Katsuyu fired a jet of corrosive slime at Deidara overhead.

Kakashi and Guy fought off Sasori’s puppet army, but Sasori unveiled Mecha Sasuke, a steel robot built by him and Orochimaru. The robot unleashed a laser and a volley of missiles at Kakashi and Guy, leaving their fate unclear.

• Kakashi destroyed a puppet, but Guy kicked away another puppet that had attacked Kakashi from behind.
• Kakashi and Guy fought back-to-back and destroyed Sasori’s puppet army.
• Sasori revealed that the puppets had only been probes and said he planned to test his new weapon on Kakashi and Guy.
• Sasori summoned Mecha Sasuke, a steel robot modeled after Sasuke and built with Orochimaru.
• Mecha Sasuke fired a laser and a full volley of missiles at Kakashi and Guy, engulfing the battlefield in explosions.

Naruto defeated Deidara and Kakuzu, then explained to Tsunade and Minato that he carried the half of Kurama’s power sealed away by Kizashi Haruno. The chapter ended with Naruto asking Minato whether Mai was safe at home in Konoha.

• Naruto restrained Deidara with a sealing jutsu and demanded that he apologize to Tsunade for insulting her figure.
• Naruto knocked Kakuzu unconscious before he could release his masked monsters.
• Tsunade confronted Naruto over his Kurama Chakra, but Minato arrived and asked to negotiate with him.
• Minato sensed Naruto’s Chakra and recognized it as the half of Kurama taken by Kizashi Haruno.
• Minato recalled how Kizashi had sealed Kurama’s Yin half inside infant Mai and sacrificed his life, leaving Minato bitter about his daughter’s fate.
• Naruto said he meant no harm and asked Minato to confirm whether Mai was safe at home.

Naruto confirmed that this world's Akatsuki leader was someone unknown to its villages and deduced that the group had targeted him because they knew Kurama was inside him. After a devastating attack destroyed half of Konoha, Masked Uzumaki Mai appeared with Akatsuki and demanded Naruto hand over his half of Kurama.

• Naruto questioned Minato about Akatsuki's leader and learned that the villages still did not know the leader's identity.
• Deidara claimed he did not know the leader's identity, and Naruto confronted him about how Akatsuki had learned Kurama was inside him.
• A black sphere struck Naruto's position and exploded, devastating half of Konoha as attackers rescued Deidara and Kakuzu.
• Tsunade used Katsuyu to protect nearby ninjas, while Naruto survived the blast inside Kurama's Chakra cloak.
• Kisame Hoshigaki, Zabuza Momochi, Haku, Hiruko, Hidan, Konan, and Nagato surrounded Naruto alongside a masked woman.
• Masked Uzumaki Mai dismissed Naruto's questions and demanded the other half of Kurama inside him.

Sasuke rushed through Konoha’s burning ruins to find Mai, but Shisui Uchiha intercepted him and refused to let him pass. As Sasuke demanded to know whether the Uchiha planned to harm Mai or take Kurama, the two clashed with matching fire techniques.

• Sasuke saw Konoha’s destruction and hurried toward the battlefield to make sure Mai was safe.
• Shisui Uchiha appeared and blocked Sasuke’s path, apologizing but saying she could not let him pass.
• Sasuke recognized Shisui as his brother’s close friend and demanded that she move, warning her not to threaten Mai or take Kurama.
• Shisui and Sasuke used Great Fireball Technique at the same time, and their fireballs collided above the street.

Naruto refused Mai’s demand to take Kurama, and Mai ordered the Akatsuki to seize the Nine-Tails. Naruto repelled their opening attacks but captured Zabuza, Kisame, and Haku, looking distressed as he held them in his Chakra claws.

• Naruto told Mai that Kurama was his family and refused to hand him over, then asked whether Obito was dead.
• Mai confirmed that she had killed Obito and ordered the Akatsuki to take the Nine-Tails.
• Hidan attacked Naruto, who caught his scythe and struck him through several ruined walls.
• Zabuza, Kisame, and Haku combined their techniques to hit Naruto with a massive waterfall, sharks, and an ice coffin.
• Naruto broke free unharmed and grabbed Zabuza, Kisame, and Haku with three golden Chakra claws.

Naruto effortlessly defeated several Akatsuki members before Nagato, Konan, and Hiruko unleashed a combined attack against him. Naruto answered with Kurama’s overwhelming chakra, leaving the attackers defeated while Mai watched from above.

• Naruto knocked Kisame, Zabuza, and Haku unconscious with golden chakra claws after already defeating Hidan.
• Nagato used Banshō Ten'in to pull Naruto, while Hiruko attacked him with Storm Release lightning and summoned the Chimera Beast.
• Nagato fired Six Paths: Asura Attack and Konan launched Angel's Judgment as Hiruko and the Chimera Beast struck Naruto with their attacks.
• Naruto emerged from the explosion and swept the battlefield with Kurama's golden tails, crushing Nagato and Konan's chakra shield and defeating them.
• Kurama's shockwave dispelled Hiruko's Chimera Beast and knocked Hiruko unconscious despite his Steel Release.
• Mai watched from the sky and concluded that the Akatsuki had no chance of winning.

Sasuke fought Shisui with Kirin, but Shisui survived by manifesting her armored Susanoo. Mechanical Naruto suddenly attacked Shisui and transformed into Mechanical Kurama, allowing Sasuke and Satsuki to race toward the center of Konoha.

• Sasuke struck Shisui with Kirin, but she used her Mangekyō Sharingan to summon an armored Susanoo and withstand the attack.
• Mechanical Naruto fired a chakra cannon at Shisui's Susanoo, forcing it backward.
• Satsuki appeared beside Sasuke, and he continued toward the center of Konoha without stopping to question her.
• Mechanical Naruto transformed into Mechanical Kurama and pinned Shisui's Susanoo to the ground.
• Shisui searched for whoever controlled the machine but found no one, while Satsuki rushed toward the center of Konoha to find Naruto.

Uzumaki Mai revived the defeated Akatsuki members and prepared to fight Naruto and Satsuki. She then summoned Neji Hyuga and Gaara, leaving Naruto stunned by their unexpected arrival.

• Uzumaki Mai rejected Naruto’s attempt to reason with her and unleashed Adamantine Sealing Chains to restore the fallen Akatsuki members.
• Nagato recovered and summoned the Hellhound and One-horned Bison to attack Naruto and Satsuki.
• Satsuki protected them with Susanoo and destroyed both summoned beasts with one sword strike.
• Uzumaki Mai summoned Neji Hyuga and Gaara, and Naruto reacted with genuine surprise.