Chapter Summaries

Feng An finished cleaning the Ninja Academy classroom and was accused by Sakura of stealing her matching pendants for Sasuke. After Sakura promised to do whatever he wanted if the pendants were not in his bag, she insisted on searching it, leaving Feng An to decide how to respond.

• Feng An learned that no instructor had been assigned to him after the academy teams were announced.
• Feng An removed wood splinters from Hinata's hand and used Shadow Clone Jutsu to finish their cleaning duty.
• Sakura accused Feng An of taking her pendants and tried to search his shoulder bag.
• Feng An used Body Replacement Jutsu to make Sakura grab a wooden post, then reminded her of her promise to do whatever he wanted if the pendants were not in his bag.
• Sakura insisted on looking through Feng An's bag despite his warning.

Feng An teased Sakura at school, then left her behind and went to eat barbecue, where he unexpectedly met Hinata with Kurenai’s Team 8. He departed after greeting Hinata, leaving her flustered and Kurenai curious about him.

• Feng An handed Sakura his empty shoulder bag, and Sakura searched it before realizing he had left while she kept her eyes closed.
• Sakura saw Feng An leaving the school and shouted after him, then privately wondered if he was handsome before reminding herself that Sasuke was her goal.
• Feng An went to a barbecue restaurant and thought about Hinata before she arrived with Kurenai, Kiba, and Shino.
• Kurenai fed Akamaru, while Hinata sat with Team 8 and kept glancing toward Feng An.
• Feng An said goodbye to Hinata and left; Hinata sprang up, blushed, and later ate much of the barbecue while wondering whether they were friends.
• Kiba complained that Hinata had eaten most of the barbecue, and Kurenai wondered whether Feng An had passed the Ninja Qualification Exam through luck.

Feng An accepted Kurenai's invitation to join Team 8 after she used Hinata to persuade him. As Kiba challenged him to spar, Feng An worried about controlling his strength.

• Feng An told Kurenai that he was avoiding missions because they were dangerous, but she invited him to train and work with Team 8.
• Kurenai brought Feng An to Hinata, Kiba Inuzuka, and Akamaru, then announced that Feng An would join their team.
• Feng An greeted Kiba and Hinata, took Hinata's hand, and was scolded by Kurenai for teasing her.
• Kiba challenged Feng An to spar, while Feng An agreed and worried that he might accidentally kill him.

Feng An sparred with Kiba Inuzuka and revealed that he could use the Great Fireball Technique, though he claimed he had only recently mastered it. After the group resumed training, Kurenai returned with a commission for them, leaving Feng An to suspect the others would not be pleased with its client.

• Feng An used the Body Replacement Jutsu to evade Kiba Inuzuka's attack, then cast a huge Great Fireball that burned Kiba's pants before Feng An and Hinata put out the flames.
• Kiba Inuzuka questioned Feng An about his Ninjutsu, and Feng An claimed he had barely mastered the Great Fireball Technique before graduation.
• Kiba Inuzuka named Shino Aburame as his next sparring opponent, while Feng An recognized Shino and noted his strength and insect techniques.
• The group resumed training, and Hinata nervously continued practicing while Feng An watched from nearby.
• Kurenai returned at noon with a commission for the group, and Feng An silently anticipated that its client would dampen their excitement.

Kurenai led her team on a mission to drive wild boar away from a village, where Feng An revealed his combat skill while helping Hinata protect the houses. The mission ended with the boar driven off, and Hinata asked Feng An to call her by her name.

• Kurenai warned Kiba Inuzuka, Hinata, and Shino to drive away the wild boar while minimizing damage to the village.
• Kiba Inuzuka and Akamaru used Passing Fang against the boar, while Shino protected the houses effectively and Hinata defended them at the cost of her stamina.
• Kurenai pushed Feng An into the herd, and he easily knocked down charging boar with punches and kicks.
• Feng An joined Hinata, used Chakra-covered punches to defeat more boar, and helped her as her Byakugan began to fade.
• After the remaining boar fled or fell, Hinata asked Feng An to call her by her name instead of young lady, and he agreed.

After the mission, Feng An and his teammates gathered to roast the wild boars they had brought back, and his oversized fireball singed Kiba Inuzuka. When everyone else left, Feng An kept roasting and teased Hinata about the drool at the corner of her mouth.

• Feng An and Kiba Inuzuka carried four wild boars back to the village, while Shino Aburame secretly brought back another.
• Feng An accidentally unleashed an oversized fireball while lighting the cooking fire, burning Kiba Inuzuka before Akamaru put out the flames.
• The group ate several roasted boars, but Hinata hesitated to admit she still wanted more.
• Feng An offered to roast the remaining half pig, and the others left while Hinata stayed behind.
• Feng An invited Hinata to eat with him and pointed out the drool at the corner of her mouth.

Feng An shared a roasted pig with Hinata and walked her home after their classmates left. When they found the Hyuga household gate locked, Hanabi opened it and drove Hinata inside, while Feng An went home.

• Feng An teased Hinata about thanking him, and she blushed when he held her face until Shino revealed he had not left.
• Hinata quickly ate the roasted pig, then bought drinks for herself and Feng An as they walked through Konoha toward her home.
• Hinata found the Hyuga gate locked, and Feng An suggested she sleep at his house until she shyly said they should wait until they were sixteen.
• Hanabi opened the gate, scolded Feng An for flirting with Hinata, and ordered her sister inside.
• Feng An said goodbye and left, while Hanabi fumed that her sister could only be hers.

Hinata defied Hiashi Hyuga’s demand to avoid Feng An, while Hiashi resolved to make Hanabi Hyuga the heir. The next day, Kurenai used Demonic Illusion: Hell Viewing Technique on Feng An, trapping him in a vision that turned from a crowd of women to a bloody battle ending with Hinata alone.

• Hiashi Hyuga confronted Hinata about Feng An and told her to reduce contact with him, but she refused to follow his arrangements.
• Hiashi Hyuga grew more determined to choose Hanabi Hyuga as the Hyuga heir and questioned whether Feng An belonged to the Uzumaki lineage.
• Feng An attempted to fuse fire-nature and earth-nature Chakra, briefly producing a transformation that dispersed before he could use it.
• At Team 8’s training ground, Kurenai decided to teach Feng An Illusion Techniques and secretly cast Demonic Illusion: Hell Viewing Technique.
• Feng An saw a crowd of women in swimsuits before the vision turned into a slaughter, leaving only a blood-covered Hinata declaring that he belonged to her.

Feng An recovered from Kurenai’s illusion and showed off his improved speed while running away with Hinata. Kurenai then gave him two basic Illusion Techniques to learn, promising to recommend him to the Anbu if he mastered one within two weeks.

• Kurenai’s illusion made Feng An see Haku confessing to him, and he fainted before waking on Hinata’s lap.
• Feng An whispered to Kurenai that he had seen her in a swimsuit, then ran off with Hinata as Kurenai chased them.
• Kurenai used Demonic Illusion: Tree Binding Death to catch Feng An, but he recognized and dispelled the illusion.
• Feng An asked Kurenai to teach him Illusion Techniques, and she gave him a scroll containing Haze Servant Technique and Demonic Illusion: Hell Viewing Technique.
• Kurenai challenged Feng An to master either technique within two weeks and said she would recommend him to Lord Hokage for the Anbu if he succeeded.

Feng An studied Kurenai’s Illusion Techniques and accidentally discovered that Natural Energy could help fuse Yin Release and Yang Release Chakra into Yin-Yang Release. After testing its destructive power, he rejoined Kurenai and the others and accepted Hinata’s lunchbox, thanking her affectionately.

• Feng An rejected Kurenai’s suggestion that he join the Anbu and began studying the Illusion Techniques in the scroll.
• Feng An circulated Yin Release Chakra into his fengchi acupoint and accidentally merged it with Yang Release Chakra while sensing Natural Energy.
• Feng An remained absorbed in his discovery for hours as Kurenai, Hinata, and Kiba watched with concern.
• Feng An tested his new Yin-Yang Release power on a tree and found that it left a small hole withered inside.
• Hinata offered Feng An a lunchbox, and he accepted it and touched his forehead to hers while thanking her.

Feng An and Hinata shared a quiet meal and fell asleep together beneath a tree. When they woke after dark, Feng An carried Hinata home and encouraged her to care less about others’ opinions.

• Kiba Inuzuka complained about Feng An and Hinata acting affectionate, while Kurenai and Shino Aburame left them alone.
• Hinata shared the bento she had made, and Feng An told her he liked scrambled eggs with tomatoes and offered to help her cook.
• Feng An and Hinata fell asleep against each other, and he woke to find a red mark on her shoulder from where he had rested.
• Feng An carried Hinata toward the Hyuga Clan and told her to be herself instead of worrying so much about others’ opinions.
• Feng An carried Hinata over the rooftops to avoid onlookers, while a man below angrily cursed the Hokage after dust fell into his soup.

Feng An visited Hinata at the Hyuga Clan gates, where Hanabi’s teasing and Hyuga Hiashi’s suspicions made their secret relationship difficult to hide. Back home, Feng An tried to absorb Natural Energy, considered seeking the Three Great Sage Lands, and postponed the search before studying an Illusion Technique.

• Feng An arrived at the Hyuga Clan gates with Hinata, and Hanabi teased her about dating him while threatening to tell Hyuga Hiashi.
• Feng An and Hanabi bickered until Hyuga Hiashi came outside and questioned Feng An about his training under Kurenai.
• Hyuga Hiashi privately resolved to ask Kurenai to remove Feng An from Team 8, while Feng An left and Hinata said goodbye to him.
• Hyuga Hiashi questioned Hanabi about what Hinata had been doing outside, leaving Hanabi caught between her sister and father.
• Feng An returned home, practiced absorbing Natural Energy, considered looking for Orochimaru or the Three Great Sage Lands, and then studied an Illusion Technique.

Hyuga Hiashi visited Kurenai to demand that she transfer Feng An away from Hinata, but Kurenai refused to sell or dismiss her student. After learning Feng An could produce a five-meter Great Fireball, Hiashi apologized and left to verify his abilities.

• Hyuga Hiashi rushed to Kurenai’s home after another sleepless night worrying about Hinata and Feng An.
• Hyuga Hiashi offered Kurenai one million, then two million ryo to transfer Feng An, but she refused and told him to leave.
• Kurenai defended Feng An’s potential and revealed that he had mastered the Great Fireball Technique well enough to produce a five-meter fireball.
• Hyuga Hiashi apologized to Kurenai, who reassured him that she would keep an eye on Hinata, and he hurried home to verify Feng An’s ability.

Hiashi Hyuga questioned Hinata about Feng An and decided to judge his abilities during the Chunin exam before opposing their relationship. Feng An and Hinata waited outside Kurenai’s home to settle his wager, unaware that Kurenai had forgotten it while spending time with Asuma Sarutobi.

• Hiashi Hyuga asked Hinata about Feng An’s abilities and resolved to let her choose her own life if Feng An proved himself.
• Over the following week, Feng An trained in Illusion Techniques and Chakra control while completing missions with Hinata, and their relationship grew closer.
• Feng An and Hinata visited Kurenai’s home on the wager’s final day, but Hinata’s Byakugan revealed that Kurenai was not there.
• Kurenai spent the day with Asuma Sarutobi and had forgotten her wager with Feng An.
• Feng An and Hinata camped outside Kurenai’s home, shared lunch, and waited for her to return.

After learning Kurenai had gone on a date with Asuma instead of meeting them, Feng An took Hinata to find her on a crowded commercial street. Their search paused when Hinata admired a pink cat-ear headband, and Feng An bought it for her before praising how beautiful she looked in it.

• Shikamaru and Choji told Feng An and Hinata that Kurenai was on a date with Asuma, and Feng An exaggerated a story about how Kurenai had recruited him for Team 8.
• Feng An and Hinata went to a commercial street, where Hinata used her Byakugan to locate Kurenai in the crowd.
• Feng An and Hinata struggled through the crowd as they hurried toward Kurenai, determined to interrupt her date.
• Hinata stopped to admire a pink cat-ear headband, so Feng An bought it and placed it on her head.
• Hinata asked Feng An if the headband looked good, and he praised her with the same extravagant compliments the shop owner had used.

Hinata’s cat-ear headband drew a crowd, while Feng An tried to disrupt Kurenai and Asuma’s date with an illusion. After Kurenai and Asuma misunderstood his interference, Feng An demonstrated that he had mastered the Mist Servant Technique and claimed his bet with Kurenai.

• Hinata wore cat ears, attracting a crowd that bought headbands and cleared the surrounding streets.
• Feng An cast Demonic Illusion: Hell Viewing Technique on Kurenai and Asuma, but Kurenai quickly released herself and freed Asuma.
• Asuma embraced Kurenai after believing she had died in the illusion, and the two nearly kissed before Feng An interrupted them.
• Feng An attacked Kurenai with a kunai, and Asuma cut through a Mist Servant Technique clone before Kurenai dispelled the illusion.
• Kurenai acknowledged that Feng An had won their bet by mastering two Illusion Techniques within a week and offered to grant his chosen condition.
• Feng An left with Hinata, while Kurenai told Asuma that Feng An was a prodigy and reflected on being surpassed.

Feng An declined to enter the upcoming Chunin Selection exam, but Hinata told him her father would stop opposing their relationship if Feng An performed well. He agreed to participate and vowed to defeat Naruto and Sasuke.

• Feng An trained his Ninjutsu and Lightning Release while making little progress with Yin-Yang Release.
• Kurenai asked the team whether they wanted to enter the Chunin exam, and Feng An declined when she explained the three-person team requirement.
• Kurenai offered to find Feng An another team, but he insisted he had no interest in participating.
• Hinata asked Feng An to take the exam and revealed that her father would stop opposing their relationship if Feng An performed well.
• Feng An took Hinata's hand, agreed to enter, and vowed to beat Naruto and Sasuke.

Feng An registered for the Chunin Selection and chose the sisters Yudzuki and Fūka as his teammates despite Kurenai’s advice. After they refused to team up with him, he turned down Tagami and Taiyo, while Taiyo’s attempt to recruit the sisters drew criticism from the other registrants.

• Feng An found Kurenai outside the Hokage's office and asked her to help him register for the Chunin Selection.
• Kurenai introduced Feng An to the registrants she considered strong teammates, but Feng An chose Yudzuki and Fūka instead.
• Yudzuki politely refused Feng An’s offer because she and her younger sister wanted to remain together, while Fūka pulled her away.
• Tagami invited Feng An to join his team, but Feng An declined and headed back toward the sisters.
• Taiyo insulted Feng An and dismissed the sisters as burdens, prompting other registrants to expose his earlier attempt to recruit only Yudzuki.
• Taiyo grew livid and shouted at the people criticizing him.

Feng An teamed up with Yudzuki and Fūka for the Chunin exam, then confronted Taiyo after he insulted them and attacked another man. Feng An used Shadow Clone Jutsu to overpower Taiyo and deliver a crippling kick, leaving him collapsed on the ground.

• Feng An approached Yudzuki and Fūka, and the three agreed to form a team.
• Taiyo insulted Feng An and the sisters, and Feng An mocked him as a yapping dog.
• Taiyo beat a man who pointed out Feng An's insult, while Yudzuki tried to lead Feng An and Fūka away.
• Feng An broke free, created two Shadow Clones, and charged Taiyo with them.
• Feng An's clones restrained Taiyo as Feng An kicked him in the groin, then taunted him while he lay on the ground.

Feng An faced the Konoha Security Force after crippling Taiyo for insulting Yudzuki and Fūka. Captain Shimura Shunta detained the other man involved, while the crowd blamed Feng An, who remained indifferent as Shunta confronted him.

• Feng An proposed naming the squad the Brave Team, and Fūka enthusiastically agreed.
• The Konoha Security Force arrived and treated the injured men while questioning those present.
• Taimeng arrived and pleaded with Captain Shimura Shunta after learning Taiyo had been badly injured.
• Shimura Shunta ordered the other man detained despite his protests, and Taimeng carried Taiyo toward the hospital.
• Shimura Shunta threatened the crowd until witnesses blamed Feng An for crippling Taiyo.
• Shimura Shunta asked Feng An to respond, and Feng An calmly said he had nothing to say.