Chapter Summaries

After the Three Great Nations found that their vanguards had been annihilated, Hiruzen Sarutobi treated the wounded Tsunade and met with the Kazekage and Tsuchikage to discuss the Akatsuki organization. The leaders ended the Second Great Ninja War and withdrew their forces, while Kagura’s whereabouts and Uchiha Madara’s true plan remained unclear.

• The Kazekage and Tsuchikage found the corpses of their vanguards, confirming that the elite forces had been annihilated.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi treated Tsunade and the other wounded, and Tsunade woke up asking for Kagura before fainting again.
• Ōnoki questioned Hiruzen Sarutobi about the Akatsuki organization, but Hiruzen could not explain Uchiha Madara’s purpose.
• The three Kage abandoned their planned decisive battle and agreed to lead their forces home after the heavy losses.
• The Second Great Ninja War ended, and the Three Great Nations resolved to pursue the Akatsuki organization.

After waking in a small Matatabi-like cat body, Kagura learned that Two-Tails had protected him from Uchiha Madara’s sealing attempt and headed for Konohagakure’s Main Camp. Hiruzen Sarutobi was mourning the presumed dead when Kagura found him and revealed himself by speaking.

• Kagura woke in a tiny, two-tailed cat form and confirmed the Three Tailed Beasts inside him were safe.
• Kagura learned that Uchiha Madara had failed to extract the Tailed Beasts and had tried to seal them inside him with the Five Elements Seal.
• Kagura realized Two-Tails had taken the sealing blow, then tested his cat body’s strength and agility.
• Kagura identified his direction and ran toward Konohagakure’s Main Camp.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi mourned the fallen warriors and worried about telling Tsunade that Kagura was missing and presumed dead.
• Kagura called out to Hiruzen Sarutobi from below, then told him that he was the white cat in front of him.

A week after the Battle of the Valley, Tsunade woke in Konoha and discovered that Kagura was now a White Cat. Hiruzen Sarutobi explained that Madara's Five Elements Seal had switched Kagura's body with the Two-Tails, and the seal could not be undone.

• The Three Great Nations withdrew from the Land of Rain, and the wounded survivors, including Tsunade and her two companions, returned to Konoha.
• Tsunade woke from her coma in the hospital and mistook the talking White Cat beside her for a dream.
• Tsunade realized the White Cat was Kagura when it confirmed his identity.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi arrived and explained that the Five Elements Seal had switched Kagura's body with the Two-Tails, leaving Kagura appearing as the beast.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi told Tsunade that Kagura could likely regain his original body if the seal were undone, but the Five Elements Seal could not be undone.

Hiruzen Sarutobi explained that Uchiha Madara’s Five Elements Seal had turned Kagura Luo into a White Cat and admitted he had not yet found a way to undo it. Tsunade took Kagura into her care after her discharge and brought him to visit the still-hospitalized Jiraiya and Orochimaru, where Kagura struggled with being treated as a pet.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi explained that Uchiha Madara had added Yin-Yang Release to the Five Elements Seal on Kagura Luo, making it difficult to undo, and said he would keep studying it.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi told Tsunade that Kagura’s condition would be kept secret from the village and left Kagura in her care after she awakened.
• Tsunade confirmed Kagura’s identity, hugged him, and recovered enough to leave the hospital three days later.
• Tsunade brought Kagura to visit Jiraiya and Orochimaru, who had learned that he had become a White Cat.
• Jiraiya tried to pet Kagura, but Kagura swatted his hand away and protested when Jiraiya called him cute.

Tsunade took Kagura home after he became wary of Orochimaru's interest in studying his cat form. Kagura nervously anticipated meeting her parents, then discovered Tsunade lived alone and had cooked him a terrible meal.

• Orochimaru stared at Kagura with an eager researcher’s interest, making Kagura puff up until Tsunade picked him up and left the hospital.
• Kagura reflected on how his cat form had weakened his combat abilities and calmed down in Tsunade’s arms.
• Tsunade told Kagura she was taking him to her home, and he anxiously imagined meeting her parents.
• Kagura discovered Tsunade lived alone, not with her parents, and watched her prepare food for him.
• Kagura tasted Tsunade’s bacon vegetable soup and realized he might need to learn how to cook with Cat Claws.

Tsunade doted on Kagura while he was transformed into a white cat, then welcomed her younger brother Nawaki, who did not realize the cat was Kagura. Nawaki embarrassed Tsunade by urging her to marry Kagura, leaving her blushing in front of him.

• Tsunade admired the white cat Kagura and watched him struggle to eat her cooking.
• Nawaki visited Tsunade after her hospital discharge and happily reunited with her.
• Nawaki picked up Kagura, mistaking him for Kagura's pet, and lamented that Kagura had gone on a mission.
• Nawaki reminded Tsunade that she had once said she wanted to marry Kagura and urged her to make him her brother-in-law.
• Tsunade carried Kagura away from Nawaki, threw Nawaki out, and blushed when she saw Kagura's teasing expression.

Tsunade left for Konoha Hospital, leaving Kagura to recover from a sleepless night. Before going, she bathed him, then cuddled him against her chest, leaving the flustered cat unable to sleep.

• Tsunade hurried to Konoha Hospital to treat wounded soldiers and left Kagura at home.
• Tsunade teased Kagura by picking him up and insisting on giving him a bath.
• Tsunade carefully washed Kagura, then went to bathe herself.
• Tsunade returned in a silk nightgown and held Kagura against her chest as she went to sleep.
• Kagura shut his eyes in despair, unable to sleep and thinking he could only rely on Teacher Sarutobi.

After Tsunade left for the day, Kagura woke as a cat, ate the food she had prepared, and went exploring Konoha. He eavesdropped on a dispute at the Military Police Force, where Uchiha Fugaku defended Kagura from a young clan member’s insults.

• Tsunade left food for Kagura and went out while he slept late.
• Kagura woke, groomed himself, ate, and decided to explore Konoha despite Hiruzen Sarutobi’s warning.
• Kagura watched a couple argue in the street, then wandered into the Uchiha district and entered the Military Police Force.
• Uchiha Tekka accused Hiruzen Sarutobi of sidelining the Uchiha and criticized Kagura’s wartime role.
• Uchiha Fugaku angrily threatened to expel Tekka from the clan if he continued slandering Kagura.

Uchiha Fugaku defended Kagura against clan criticism, prompting Kagura to consider speaking with him about raising his future children. While wandering through the Ninja Academy, Kagura witnessed Kushina beating Minato after he stood up for her.

• Fugaku threatened to expel Uchiha Tekka and demanded that the clan respect Kagura and his accomplishments.
• Kagura overheard Fugaku's defense and considered talking with him about educating his future sons, Itachi and Sasuke.
• Kagura wandered through Konoha and visited the Ninja Academy, recalling his student days and his relationship with Tsunade.
• Kagura found Kushina beating Minato for standing up for her and realized why she was called Little Pepper.

After reflecting on the war dead and Konoha’s hopeful survivors, Kagura decided he wanted to protect the village. Hungry in his cat form, he went to find Tsunade and interrupted a youth who was harassing her.

• Kagura visited the graves of the fallen and realized for the first time that he wanted to protect Konoha.
• Kurenai Yuhi offered Kagura bread, but he left without eating and decided to find Tsunade at the hospital.
• A slick-looking youth invited Tsunade to his home under the pretense of showing her a ninja cat that could do a backflip.
• Tsunade pushed the youth aside and caught Kagura when he leaped into her arms.
• Kagura escaped Tsunade’s arms, performed a backflip for the youth, and raised his paw in an obscene gesture.

Kagura, in his white cat form, defended Tsunade by kicking away a youth who had flirted with her. Tsunade revealed that Kagura was her boyfriend, then took him to lunch and spent the afternoon working at the hospital while he slept beside her.

• The youth angrily moved to confront Kagura after the cat raised a middle finger at him.
• Kagura struck the youth with a spinning kick and sent him flying into a wall.
• Tsunade rejected the youth's invitation, named Kagura as her boyfriend, and explained that the white cat was protecting her on Kagura's orders.
• Tsunade left the hospital work to her companion and took Kagura to a nearby restaurant for lunch.
• Kagura slept beside Tsunade as she worked at the hospital, while injured patients arrived wary of the white cat.

Tsunade finished treating Konoha’s injured ninjas and spent the night with Kagura, who was still trapped in a cat’s body. She confessed that she had feared he would disappear forever, and Kagura promised he would return to her.

• Tsunade worked through the evening, treating Konoha’s backlog of wounded ninjas while Kagura slept beside her.
• Tsunade carried Kagura home, made sukiyaki for dinner, and went to bed with him after bathing.
• Tsunade told Kagura she had known Hiruzen Sarutobi lied in the valley and had dreamed that Kagura vanished from her world.
• Kagura licked Tsunade’s tears, and she explained that seeing him alive as a cat had filled her with joy.
• Kagura promised he was strong and would come back, and Tsunade held him even tighter.

Tsunade told Kagura how he had become her hero and thanked him for protecting Nawaki, bringing the two closer as they shared a peaceful life in Konohagakure. Their routine continued with Tsunade working at the hospital and Kagura keeping her company, while Jiraiya’s attempt to recruit Kagura for spying on the women’s bathhouse ended with another hospital stay.

• Tsunade recalled Kagura’s past rescues and told him he was the great hero in her heart.
• Tsunade thanked Kagura for protecting Nawaki and saving her during the battle in the valley, then admitted that Nawaki’s words about her feelings were true.
• Kagura and Tsunade spent the night talking and gradually grew closer.
• Tsunade worked at the hospital with Hiruzen Sarutobi’s approval, while Kagura wandered around Konohagakure and visited her at work.
• Jiraiya asked Kagura to take him to the women’s bathhouse for inspiration, but Tsunade overheard and sent him back to the hospital.
• Kagura avoided Orochimaru because the look in Orochimaru’s eyes frightened him.

After a month of gradual unsealing, Kagura demanded that Hiruzen Sarutobi finish restoring him from his cat form. Hiruzen helped him release the remaining power in a remote field, where a huge explosion followed and a familiar figure emerged from the smoke.

• Kagura angrily confronted Hiruzen Sarutobi over how long it was taking to remove the seal’s immense Chakra.
• Kagura told Hiruzen Sarutobi that Orochimaru’s attempts to collect his blood had kept him from wandering around Konoha.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi revealed that only about ten percent of the seal’s Chakra remained and agreed to finish the unsealing immediately.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi drew a vast formation in a field outside Konoha, and Kagura activated it himself using Chakra from the three tailed beasts.
• The seal’s remaining power erupted in a huge explosion that flattened the grassland, and a familiar figure appeared as the smoke cleared.

After work, Tsunade came home expecting to share dinner with Kagura, but found the cat missing and discovered a note that provoked her killing intent. The chapter left the note’s contents unrevealed.

• With Konoha overwhelmed by postwar missions, Tsunade refused Hiruzen Sarutobi’s request to take on more assignments.
• Tsunade bought steak and Sake and looked forward to making dinner with Kagura.
• Tsunade arrived home and found Kagura was not there to greet her.
• Tsunade searched the house, grew anxious about Kagura’s safety, and considered asking Sarutobi old man for help.
• Tsunade found a note on the living room table, read it, and erupted with killing intent.

Lady Tsunade mistook Kagura’s note for evidence that he had been kidnapped and suspected Konoha’s leadership after Hiruzen Sarutobi failed to understand her concern. She set off alone to rescue Kagura, while Hiruzen remained unaware that a misunderstanding was spiraling out of control.

• Lady Tsunade found a note with an address and, fearing Kagura had been kidnapped, prepared for a confrontation.
• Lady Tsunade went to the Hokage Office Building instead of heading to the address and confronted Hiruzen Sarutobi.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi recognized Kagura’s handwriting and realized Kagura was likely planning a surprise, but he did not explain this to Lady Tsunade.
• Lady Tsunade took Hiruzen Sarutobi’s response as proof that Konoha’s leadership would not help and decided to save Kagura, even if she had to betray Konohagakure.
• Lady Tsunade set off alone for the address while Hiruzen Sarutobi remained unaware of the misunderstanding.

Kagura prepared to propose to Tsunade and enlisted Jiraiya to help, but Tsunade mistook Jiraiya for an accomplice in a plot against Kagura. The chapter ended with Tsunade attacking Jiraiya and revealing her enormous strength.

• Kagura recovered his body, decided to propose to Tsunade, and invited friends to help make the proposal special.
• Tsunade reached the mountain but hid at its foot, suspecting Konoha's leaders had sent enemies after Kagura.
• Jiraiya hurried toward the mountain after forgetting the agreed time while reading at a bookstore.
• Tsunade ambushed Jiraiya and demanded to know whether he was involved in the plot against Kagura.
• Jiraiya admitted he was involved in Kagura's plan, but Tsunade misunderstood his answer and believed he had turned against Kagura.
• Jiraiya dodged Tsunade's punch, which smashed a huge crater into the ground, and asked if she was crazy.

Kagura waited for Tsunade to meet him for his planned proposal, but instead found her fighting Jiraiya after a misunderstanding. Once Tsunade realized the truth, she accepted Kagura’s proposal, and they exchanged rings beneath the moonlight.

• Kagura’s friends arrived with celebratory props, but Tsunade was late and loud fighting came from the foot of the mountain.
• Kagura and the others found Tsunade chasing Jiraiya, who hid behind Kagura and begged for help.
• Tsunade asked Kagura if he had been held hostage, and Jiraiya explained that he had come to help with Kagura’s proposal.
• Embarrassed by her misunderstanding, Tsunade ran away, and Orochimaru urged Kagura to follow her.
• Kagura found Tsunade crouched on the summit, gave her a ring, and the two exchanged vows beneath the moonlight.

Kagura and Tsunade’s wedding day arrived, and their friends prepared Kagura for the traditional ceremony. After leaving his longtime home, Kagura set out to begin a new life with Tsunade.

• Konoha celebrated as Kagura and Tsunade prepared to marry.
• Fugaku, Jiraiya, Hatake Sakumo, and their friends dressed Kagura in his wedding kimono at his house.
• Jiraiya tried to apply white makeup to Kagura, but Kagura persuaded him not to.
• Hatake Sakumo led Kagura and the others out of the house to begin the wedding proceedings.
• Kagura said goodbye to the small house where he had lived for more than a decade and headed toward his new life.

Kagura and Tsunade married in a public ceremony that symbolized renewed unity between the Senju and Uchiha clans. After the celebrations, they returned to their room, where Tsunade used her transformation ability to change into her younger appearance at Kagura’s request.

• Kagura and his groomsmen went to Tsunade’s family home, where Tsunade’s father gave her hand to Kagura.
• Kagura and Tsunade arrived at the Hokage Office Building, where a large crowd gathered for their wedding.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi attended as Kagura’s elder, and Kagura and Tsunade completed their wedding ceremony before the cheering crowd.
• Jiraiya encouraged the groomsmen to make Kagura drink, and the festivities continued until nightfall.
• Kagura reunited with Tsunade in their room and asked her to change into her younger appearance, which she did before he embraced her.