Chapter Summaries

Sasuke persuaded Orochimaru to help nourish baby Naruto by offering him a rare substance connected to Ying Jinchuriki, while insisting Orochimaru not influence the child’s mind. Years later, Sasuke took Naruto to find Jiraiya, abandoning his position in the Imperial Court and beginning their life on the run.

• Sasuke offered Orochimaru the white jade bottle’s remaining contents, and Orochimaru agreed to provide for Naruto.
• Orochimaru met Naruto and promised to care for him, but Sasuke required him to limit his role to meeting Naruto’s physical needs.
• Sasuke named the child Ming Tian, while Naruto silently rejected the name and insisted he was Naruto Uzumaki.
• Years later, Sasuke decided to take Naruto to Jiraiya, knowing the journey would make him a fugitive from the Imperial Court and the Martial World.
• Sasuke used a Thunderfire Sword to dispose of the watchers, then took Naruto away in a carriage.

Sasuke fled the Capital with Naruto while Inuzuka Tsume and Deidara, two of the Imperial Court’s Four Great Constables, pursued them. After Naruto suggested a plan, Sasuke doubled back through the Capital and then escaped through another gate, leaving the pursuers to chase a slower carriage as the wolves stopped to eat the bait he threw.

• Sasuke detected Inuzuka Tsume’s attack and used a prepared drug to make the horse run faster as her wolves followed at a distance.
• Deidara attacked from the sky on a giant white bird, forcing Sasuke to change course and evade the explosions.
• After nearly a day of pursuit, Naruto suggested a plan, and Sasuke turned the carriage back toward the Capital.
• Deidara and Inuzuka Tsume waited outside the Capital while Sasuke passed through and emerged from another gate without taking hostages.
• Inuzuka Tsume ordered her wolves to attack the slowed carriage, but Sasuke threw out buckets of yellow slop that distracted them into eating.