Recaps

Chen Fan defeated Kisame and Itachi’s attack, brought Tsunade and Shizune back to Konoha, and thwarted Danzō’s attempt to use him. After Chen Fan helped Tsunade save Rock Lee, Orochimaru secured a new vessel and continued pursuing Sasuke.

• Chen Fan and Kakashi drove Itachi and Kisame away, while Orochimaru was revived by Yakushi Kabuto and given three days to find a new vessel.
• Chen Fan tracked down Tsunade and Shizune, lent Tsunade money as she gambled it away, and used their signed debt agreements to pressure them into accompanying him.
• Chen Fan beat Tsunade in a wager over her pendant, winning her agreement to return to Konoha, and later gave the pendant back while keeping the receipts as leverage.
• Danzō tried to recruit Chen Fan to become Hokage and hand the position over to him, but Chen Fan fought Root and left Danzō’s substitute brain-dead.
• The Third Hokage and Tsunade learned of Chen Fan’s confrontation with Root, while the real Danzō faked his death and ordered his followers not to pursue Chen Fan.
• Chen Fan helped Tsunade remove bone fragments from Rock Lee’s nervous system, allowing Tsunade to complete the operation and save him.
• Orochimaru had the survivors of his Curse Mark experiments fight until one remained, then took possession of the survivor’s body.
• Tsunade asked Chen Fan about his ability to remove bone fragments and whether he had caused Danzō’s substitute’s condition, then requested to examine Kurenai the next day.

Chen Fan pursued Sasuke, killed Kimimaro, and later protected Mei Terumi from Akatsuki as she traveled to Konoha to seek an alliance. He refused to surrender the Three-Tails, and the arc ended with Tsunade pulling him away from Mei Terumi after she arrived in Konoha.

• Chen Fan tracked Sasuke and fought Kimimaro, who died after revealing that Bloodline Limit research was hidden inside his thickest bone.
• Chen Fan rejected Uchiha Obito’s invitation to join Akatsuki, then returned to Konoha as Naruto, Sakura, and Kakashi failed to recover Sasuke.
• Chen Fan helped Tsunade establish herself as Fifth Hokage and saved Kurenai by defeating the Three-Tails and having it sealed into her.
• Chen Fan left to meet Mei Terumi, while Hidan and Kakuzu attacked her group to prevent an alliance between the Hidden Mist Village and Konoha.
• Chen Fan fought Hidan and Kakuzu, helping Mei Terumi’s group defeat Hidan before killing Kakuzu.
• Chen Fan escorted Mei Terumi toward Konoha but refused her request to take back the Three-Tails.
• Mei Terumi arrived in Konoha with Chen Fan, went shopping with him, and asked to see where he lived.
• Tsunade confronted Chen Fan and welcomed Mei Terumi, then pulled Chen Fan toward the Hokage Building while Mei Terumi clung to his arm.

Chen Fan helped secure an alliance between the Hidden Sand, Hidden Mist, and Konoha, then rescued Gaara and defeated Deidara and Sasori. He returned to Konoha with Mei Terumi and warned Tsunade that Akatsuki planned to attack.

• Chen Fan and Tsunade discussed the Hidden Mist alliance, then began a relationship as Mei Terumi and Tsunade failed to agree on its terms.
• Sasori’s spy admitted Deidara and Sasori into the Hidden Sand, where Deidara defeated Gaara and carried him away after Gaara exhausted himself protecting the village.
• Chen Fan and Mei Terumi traveled to the Hidden Sand, where Chen Fan cured Kankuro’s poison and joined Chiyo in pursuing the captors.
• Pain and Akatsuki began extracting Shukaku from Gaara as Chen Fan fought Kisame, Itachi, Pain, and Deidara, defeating their attacks and destroying Pain’s Chibaku Tensei.
• Chiyo and Mei Terumi helped retrieve Gaara from the cave, while Chen Fan killed Deidara and Sasori in succession.
• Chiyo revived Gaara, and Gaara and Mei Terumi signed an alliance agreement before Chen Fan returned to Konoha with Mei and warned Tsunade of Akatsuki’s planned attack.
• Chen Fan escorted Mei back to the Hidden Mist, then returned to Konoha, continued training, and met Jiraiya and Naruto.

Chen Fan helped Naruto confront the Nine-Tails’ power, while Sasuke killed Orochimaru and Jiraiya died investigating Akatsuki. Chen Fan went to Amegakure to face Pain, and neutralized Planetary Devastation at the cost of obliterating the village.

• Jiraiya thanked Chen Fan for supporting Tsunade and Konoha, then told him Naruto’s Nine-Tails Chakra had become dangerous as Akatsuki’s threat grew.
• Naruto and his team failed to bring Sasuke back, so Tsunade assigned Yamato to help Kakashi train Naruto to control the Nine-Tails’ Chakra.
• When Naruto transformed and reached six tails, Chen Fan fought him until the Nine-Tails’ consciousness withdrew and Naruto lost the Demon Fox Cloak.
• Sasuke defeated Orochimaru, took his power, and left Kabuto behind, while Tsunade learned that Jiraiya had died gathering intelligence in Amegakure.
• Chen Fan comforted the grieving Tsunade, then left Konoha alone to reach Amegakure before Uchiha Itachi and Uchiha Sasuke’s duel.
• Chen Fan fought Pain’s summoned creatures and Six Paths, telling Nagato that his Rinnegan had been transplanted and that he would stop Pain from informing Uchiha Obito.
• Pain used Planetary Devastation to draw Chen Fan and the surrounding land toward a sphere, but Chen Fan neutralized its gravity and the falling debris obliterated Amegakure.