Chapter Summaries

Naruto cared for the mysterious egg and used his cooking skills with Pearl Jam to deepen his bonds with Satsuki and Choji. After years of school and training, he reached the milestone of graduating from the Ninja Academy.

• Naruto built a warm incubator for the egg, and Satsuki brought him an automatic one and helped him monitor it.
• Naruto served Satsuki tomato-and-egg dish enhanced with Pearl Jam, and she was moved to tears, believing he had practiced cooking for her sake.
• Naruto's meals won Choji's affection and raised their bond level to Level 6, earning Naruto 100 reward points.
• Naruto continued caring for the egg, attending school, and training until he was about to graduate from the Ninja Academy.

Naruto and Satsuki passed the Ninja Academy graduation exam and celebrated with their families and Iruka. At dinner, Iruka awkwardly asked Fugaku to look after Naruto, leaving Fugaku to accept as Satsuki doted on him.

• Naruto performed the Clone Technique successfully, received his forehead protector from Iruka, and thanked him for teaching him.
• Satsuki reunited with Fugaku and Mikoto outside the Academy, and they invited Naruto to join their graduation dinner.
• Naruto invited Iruka to celebrate with them, and Iruka agreed despite feeling nervous about dining with Fugaku and Mikoto.
• At the barbecue restaurant, Iruka thanked Fugaku for caring for Satsuki, then blurted out that Fugaku would need to look after Naruto too.
• Fugaku saw Satsuki putting grilled meat into Naruto's bowl and reluctantly agreed with a brief nod.

Naruto accepted Mizuki’s offer of a secret graduation gift, suspecting that it was a plan to get him to steal the Scroll of Seals. He intended to use the scheme to obtain the Multi Shadow Clone Jutsu and create a plausible path to learning Flying Thunder God, while believing Hiruzen Sarutobi was monitoring events.

• Naruto returned to his apartment and found Mizuki waiting outside his door.
• Mizuki congratulated Naruto on graduating and offered him a secret that would help him become a stronger ninja.
• Naruto pretended to accept Mizuki’s offer and listened to his plan to steal the Scroll of Seals.
• After Mizuki left, Naruto reasoned that Hiruzen and Konoha’s guards were likely allowing the theft to unfold so Naruto could learn the Multi Shadow Clone Jutsu and Mizuki could be exposed.
• Naruto decided to go along with Mizuki’s scheme to obtain the Scroll’s techniques and help eliminate the traitor.

Naruto turned the Third Hokage’s planned test involving the Scroll of Seals into a deal, then lured Mizuki into revealing his scheme. The chapter ended with Mizuki discovering that the scroll Naruto handed him was covered only in the word “Idiot.”

• Naruto brought the Scroll of Seals to the Third Hokage’s office and offered to help expose Mizuki in exchange for borrowing it.
• The Third Hokage agreed to Naruto’s deal and sent an Anbu ninja to fetch Iruka and tell him what was happening.
• Naruto pretended to study the Multiple Shadow Clone Technique in the forest so Mizuki would overhear him.
• Mizuki emerged, took the scroll from Naruto, and revealed his contempt for him while claiming that nobody in the village, including Iruka, cared about him.
• Naruto calmly told Mizuki to open the scroll, and Mizuki found it covered with the word “Idiot.”

Naruto defeated Mizuki after exposing his plot, then sealed away Mizuki’s chakra and Orochimaru’s Curse Mark. He sat down to study the real Book of Seals while waiting for the Third Hokage and Iruka.

• Naruto deflected Mizuki’s giant shuriken and knocked him unconscious with a Leaf Whirlwind kick.
• Naruto used the Eight Trigrams Seal to disable Mizuki’s chakra pathways and suppress the Curse Mark in his arm.
• Naruto retrieved the real Book of Seals from a storage scroll and began studying it as he waited for the Third Hokage and Iruka.

After the Mizuki incident, Naruto comforted Iruka, and the two shared ramen before the graduates gathered at the Academy for their team assignments. Satsuki worried about being separated from Naruto and considered repeating a year, while Iruka began announcing the teams.

• Naruto reassured Iruka after Mizuki's betrayal, and they went to Ichiraku Ramen together.
• The graduating students gathered at the Ninja Academy and speculated about their future teammates and instructors.
• Satsuki asked Naruto whom he wanted as a teammate, and he said he wanted to be with her.
• Satsuki said she might repeat a year if she was assigned to a team without Naruto, while Shikamaru overheard and chose to stay out of it.
• Iruka gave the graduates his final speech as their teacher and began reading the team assignments.

Iruka assigned Naruto, Satsuki, and Sakura to Team 7, while Ino was relieved to be placed on Team 10 instead. As they waited for their instructors, Sakura tried to befriend Satsuki, who rebuffed her, leaving Naruto to wonder whether he had gone too far in changing Satsuki’s behavior.

• Sakura felt a sudden, frightening chill when Iruka announced her and Naruto’s names, but it vanished when he named Satsuki as their third teammate.
• Ino warned Sakura to keep her distance from Naruto, especially when he was with Satsuki, then felt relieved to be assigned to Team 10 with Shikamaru and Choji.
• Asuma collected Team 10, Kurenai collected Team 8, and the other instructors led their students away until only Naruto, Satsuki, and Sakura remained.
• Sakura invited Satsuki to lunch to celebrate their new team, but Satsuki rejected her and warned her not to hold them back on missions.
• Naruto watched Satsuki’s cold manner toward Sakura and wondered if he had gone too far.

Naruto, Sakura, and Satsuki met their Jonin instructor, Hatake Kakashi, and introduced themselves on the academy rooftop. Their introductions revealed Naruto’s wish to protect those important to him and Satsuki’s affection for Naruto, while she kept her deeper goals private.

• Satsuki asked Naruto why their Jonin instructor was late, and Naruto guessed that the instructor was lazy but reliable when needed.
• Hatake Kakashi overheard Naruto’s assessment, entered the classroom, and chastised the students for judging him behind his back.
• Hatake Kakashi took Naruto, Sakura, and Satsuki to the rooftop and asked them to introduce themselves.
• Naruto said he liked ramen and wanted the strength to protect the people important to him.
• Sakura introduced herself and said she wanted to become a beautiful and powerful female ninja.
• Satsuki said she liked Naruto’s cooking and could not reveal her dream, while Naruto thought about her concealed goal and Shisui’s visits to Yuzu.

Kakashi announced a high-stakes survival exercise for Team 7, warning that most graduates failed and ordering them to meet at the training ground the next morning. Naruto invited Sakura to join him and Satsuki for lunch, leaving Sakura delighted and Satsuki silently jealous.

• Kakashi told Naruto, Sakura, and Satsuki that their first mission would be a survival exercise at five the next morning and warned that failing meant returning to the Ninja Academy.
• Sakura and Satsuki resolved to pass so they could remain on the same team as the people they admired and cared about.
• Naruto thought the exercise would be the familiar bell-grabbing test and wondered how much of his strength to reveal.
• After Kakashi left, Naruto agreed to cook lunch for Satsuki and invited Sakura to join them so the teammates could get to know each other.
• Sakura eagerly accepted Naruto's invitation, while Satsuki grew jealous and Sakura suddenly felt a chill under Satsuki's blank stare.

Sakura visited Naruto’s apartment, where Satsuki warned her not to touch anything and questioned her about Naruto and their new team. Sakura praised Naruto and asked whether Satsuki was dating him, leaving the question unanswered.

• Naruto welcomed Sakura into his tidy apartment and served her red bean soup while Satsuki sat quietly beside her.
• Sakura noticed a large patterned egg in a heated nest, but Satsuki grabbed her wrist and warned her not to touch anything in the room.
• Satsuki asked Sakura what would happen if a member of their three-person Genin team died or suffered a serious injury, and Sakura recited the team regulations.
• Satsuki asked what Sakura thought of Naruto, and Sakura praised his strength, kindness, and the unfair prejudice against him.
• Sakura asked Satsuki whether she was dating Naruto.

Sakura asked Satsuki whether she and Naruto were dating, and Satsuki admitted they were not because her mother thought they were too young. After the girls warmed to each other over dinner, Kakashi watched them get along, and Satsuki waited outside Naruto’s home the next morning so they could walk to training together.

• Sakura complimented Satsuki and Naruto as a perfect match, but Satsuki said they were not dating because her mother thought they were too young.
• Naruto served dinner, and Satsuki invited Sakura to eat with them, easing the tension between the girls.
• Kakashi watched Naruto, Satsuki, and Sakura share dinner and felt hopeful about the team.
• Naruto prepared for the bell-grabbing exercise and left home with his lunch boxes and Pokemon Egg.
• Satsuki met Naruto outside his home, and they walked together toward the training ground.

Kakashi arrived late and set Naruto, Sakura, and Satsuki a bell-snatching test, while forbidding Naruto from using Kurama’s Chakra. The exercise began with Sakura fearing she would be the one sent back to the Ninja Academy.

• Kakashi arrived nearly five hours late, then announced that the team had to take two bells from him before noon to earn lunch.
• Sakura realized there were only two bells and panicked when Kakashi said the person who failed would return to the Ninja Academy.
• Kakashi asked Naruto whether he had gained control over the power inside him, then warned that Kurama’s force could endanger Naruto and Konoha.
• Kakashi forbade Naruto from using Kurama’s Chakra during the exercise, and Naruto agreed.

Naruto, Satsuki, and Sakura began Kakashi’s bell test, with Naruto and Satsuki using coordinated attacks to challenge him. Kakashi escaped their Genjutsu and then prepared to counter their powerful combined fire-and-wind technique.

• Kakashi warned Team 7 that they had to attack with the resolve to kill him, and Naruto reassured Satsuki that he would not use Kurama’s chakra.
• Naruto told Sakura to prioritize her safety, and she took cover when Kakashi began the test.
• Naruto attacked Kakashi with fast Taijutsu while Satsuki watched with her Three Tomoe Sharingan.
• Naruto and Satsuki used Genjutsu to disrupt Kakashi’s chakra flow, but Kakashi broke free and evaded their follow-up.
• Naruto and Satsuki combined Wind Release and Fire Style into a huge flaming tornado, forcing Kakashi to prepare a serious counter.

Naruto and Satsuki’s attack failed to defeat Kakashi, who used Earth Style to ambush Sakura and expose her weaknesses. Kakashi then sent clones into the forest with bells, leaving Naruto and Satsuki to find his real body before noon.

• Naruto and Satsuki unleashed a fiery attack, but Kakashi survived behind an Earth Style: Earth Wall.
• Naruto sensed Kakashi moving underground and warned Satsuki to dodge, while Sakura hesitated and was caught by the Earth Style: Headhunter Jutsu.
• Kakashi buried Sakura up to her head and criticized her for freezing when Naruto gave an emergency warning.
• Kakashi created more than twenty clones, each carrying bells, and sent them into the forest.
• Kakashi told Naruto and Satsuki that his real body had the bells and challenged them to find him before noon.

Naruto stayed behind to protect Sakura while Satsuki and his Shadow Clones searched the forest for Kakashi and the bells. Satsuki helped capture several disguised Kakashi clones, but each vanished before they could claim the bells.

• Naruto created twenty Shadow Clones and told Satsuki to search the forest while he tried to save Sakura and face Kakashi.
• Satsuki secretly took photographs of Naruto’s clones, then led them into the forest to find Kakashi’s original body and the bells.
• Naruto rejected Kakashi’s attempt to persuade him to abandon Sakura and fought him in the clearing.
• Naruto’s Shadow Clones found a Kakashi disguised as a tree, and Satsuki used shuriken and threads to bind him, but he vanished as a clone.
• Naruto and Satsuki’s team located and captured more disguised Kakashi clones, but each one disappeared in a puff of smoke.

Kakashi tested Naruto, Satsuki, and Sakura with the final bell exercise, which ended with Naruto taking two bells after Satsuki hesitated to attack Kakashi transformed into Naruto. Kakashi declared Naruto qualified but told Satsuki and Sakura they would return to the Academy, then explained that only bells personally taken from him counted for their holders.

• Naruto used Golden Experience's life-energy perception to locate Kakashi's hidden clones, and Kakashi tested the team with a final attack.
• Kakashi transformed into Naruto as Satsuki's shuriken flew toward him, causing her to hesitate and miss.
• The noon bell rang with Sakura still tied to the post, Satsuki blaming herself, and Naruto holding two bells.
• Kakashi praised Naruto's performance and announced that Naruto had passed while Satsuki and Sakura would return to the Ninja Academy.
• Kakashi explained that the bells only qualified the person who personally took them, leaving Satsuki and Sakura without a way to pass.

Kakashi imposed a final bell-test rule forbidding Naruto and Satsuki from sharing lunch with Sakura, then watched as Satsuki broke it by offering Sakura her food. When Naruto tried to help too, Satsuki insisted that he share his lunch with her instead.

• Kakashi explained that teamwork was the real purpose of the exercise and gave Satsuki and Sakura another chance in an afternoon bell battle.
• Kakashi punished Sakura for leaving cover and ordered Naruto and Satsuki not to give her any lunch, threatening to eliminate rule-breakers.
• Sakura grew hungry and worried that her weakness would hold the team back during the next battle.
• Satsuki offered Sakura her own lunch, claiming she did not want Sakura to become too weak to fight.
• Naruto began offering his lunch to Sakura, but Satsuki stopped him and said she and Naruto would share it instead.

Naruto, Satsuki, and Sakura broke Kakashi’s lunch rule by sharing food, but Kakashi revealed that his test was really about valuing companions and passed all three. Team 7 prepared to celebrate their official formation with Naruto’s cooking, while Kakashi reflected on finally becoming a teacher.

• Naruto loosened Sakura’s bonds so she could eat, and Satsuki fed Naruto from his lunchbox.
• Kakashi appeared and confronted the three for breaking his rules, but Sakura and Satsuki each tried to take responsibility.
• Naruto admitted they had broken the rules because he could not abandon his companions, and Kakashi revealed that teamwork was the real test.
• Kakashi passed Naruto, Satsuki, and Sakura and announced that Team 7 would begin missions the next day.
• Naruto offered to cook a celebratory meal, and Kakashi accepted while reflecting on becoming a teacher.

After Naruto’s cooking impresses Kakashi, he dismisses Team 7 and tells them to meet the next morning for their first mission. Naruto agrees to train with Sakura and Satsuki that afternoon, while Satsuki struggles to contain her possessiveness toward Naruto.

• Kakashi finishes Naruto’s meal, praises his cooking, and dismisses Team 7 until their first mission the next morning.
• Kakashi leaves using the Body Flicker Technique to visit the Memorial Stone and tell Obito Uchiha that he has become a teacher.
• Naruto says he and Satsuki will train that afternoon, and Satsuki begins preparing water and towels.
• Sakura asks to join their training so she can improve and stop holding the others back, and Naruto welcomes her.
• Satsuki suppresses her possessive feelings and decides to think of Sakura as a boy, while silently warning herself not to tolerate romantic interest in Naruto.

Naruto trained Sakura and studied the Mutual Multiplication Explosive Tag Technique while Team 7 began a string of dull D-rank missions. Away from Konoha, Menma acted on news that Deidara had been expelled from the Stone Village.

• Naruto made Sakura endure strenuous physical and taijutsu training while Satsuki practiced advanced ninjutsu, Sharingan control, and the Body Flicker Technique.
• Naruto studied the Mutual Multiplication Explosive Tag Technique and considered escaping its blast with the Flying Thunder God Technique.
• Kakashi took Team 7 to accept missions, and they completed mundane D-rank tasks that disappointed Sakura and Satsuki.
• After hearing from Hizashi about Deidara's expulsion from the Stone Village, Menma put on the Fox Mask and set out on another operation.