Chapter Summaries

At Konoha's prominent-clan meeting, Hiruzen Sarutobi assigned the Uchiha Clan responsibility for the damaged Anbu premises, drawing protests and suspicion. Yang Xing's presence and composure bewildered the assembled clans, and Fugaku Uchiha protected him after a clan head attacked.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi told the clan leaders that the Anbu premises had been damaged and that he would leave its miscellaneous affairs to the Uchiha Clan.
• Hyuga Hiashi and other clan representatives protested the decision and accused the Uchiha Clan of causing the damage.
• Fugaku Uchiha warned the assembled clans not to accuse his clan without evidence and silenced them with his three-tomoe Sharingan.
• Yang Xing complained about the bitter tea and casually addressed the tense meeting, prompting a small-clan head to order him out.
• The small-clan head lunged at Yang Xing, but Fugaku Uchiha sent him flying and declared that anyone opposing Yang Xing made an enemy of the Uchiha Clan.
• Yang Xing calmly praised the replacement tea as the clan leaders watched in silence.

Yang Xing watched the Uchiha Clan secure control of the reorganized Anbu, renamed the Starlight Group, and told Minato Namikaze how to influence its staffing. The meeting continued as Minato grew irritated with Yang Xing’s teasing.

• Fugaku Uchiha stopped others from threatening Yang Xing, and the Third Hokage resumed the clan meeting.
• Minato Namikaze announced that the Anbu would be renamed the Starlight Group, prompting the clans to protest and some to connect the name to Yang Xing.
• Minato Namikaze quietly asked Yang Xing whether he would let the Uchiha Clan control the Starlight Group, and Yang Xing explained that Fugaku would consult him about Anbu officers.
• Yang Xing told Minato Namikaze to decide which officers to retain or dismiss after Fugaku sought his advice.
• Minato Namikaze clenched a fist at Yang Xing, who covered his head and warned him not to hit him.

Yang Xing avoided Minato Namikaze and declined Hyuga Hiashi’s invitation after the clan meeting, while Hiruzen Sarutobi and Minato discussed whether he could be trusted. On his way out, elders from the Haruno and Yamanaka clans argued over making him their future son-in-law, and Yang Xing hurried off to establish the Starlight Group.

• Minato Namikaze pretended to affectionately knead Yang Xing’s cheeks after realizing the Uchiha Clan supported him, and Yang Xing kept his distance for the rest of the meeting.
• Hyuga Hiashi invited Yang Xing to his home for tea, but Yang Xing declined and reflected that he had approached Shibi Aburame instead.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi asked Minato Namikaze what he thought of Yang Xing, and Minato vouched that Yang Xing would not harm Konoha.
• A Haruno Clan elder and Inoichi Yamanaka each claimed Yang Xing as a future son-in-law, then began arguing and challenging each other to a duel.
• Yang Xing left the feuding elders behind and headed for the Hokage office building to arrange the Starlight Group and keep Fugaku Uchiha from interfering.

Yang Xing was approached by Tenzo, who wanted to join the Anbu, before arriving at a meeting where Minato Namikaze discussed Anbu personnel with Fugaku Uchiha. Kakashi also asked Yang Xing to let him join, and Yang Xing agreed on the condition that Kakashi accept one requirement.

• Tenzo stopped Yang Xing on his way to the Hokage Building and asked to join the Anbu, but Yang Xing suspected Danzo had sent him.
• Yang Xing used his Sharingan to question Tenzo, who became confused and fled.
• Yang Xing arrived late at the Hokage conference room, where Minato Namikaze gave Fugaku Uchiha records of the Anbu's personnel and squads.
• Kakashi asked Yang Xing to help him join the new Anbu, and Yang Xing teased him into smiling.
• Yang Xing agreed to let Kakashi join the Anbu if he accepted one condition.

Yang Xing and Minato Namikaze argued over who would lead the Starlight Group’s squads, while Kakashi secured a place in the organization. The appointments were settled with Kakashi’s promotion delayed until he became a Jonin, and Fugaku Uchiha left with no say in the decision.

• Kakashi agreed to join the Anbu after Yang Xing made him promise not to have strange fantasies about Rin, and Minato Namikaze and Fugaku Uchiha discussed his qualifications for the Starlight Group.
• Minato Namikaze appointed Kakashi captain of the first squad, prompting Yang Xing to object and nominate Mitarashi Anko instead.
• Minato Namikaze named Mitarashi Anko captain and proposed keeping Kakashi’s appointment secret until he became a Jonin; Yang Xing agreed if Kakashi earned the rank within a month.
• Fugaku Uchiha tried to speak up about the squad appointments but backed down when Yang Xing turned a cold gaze on him.
• Minato Namikaze declared the appointments settled, while Yang Xing complained that someone else had stolen the credit for his hard work.

Yang Xing rejected Minato Namikaze’s effort to assign him a new position and sent Tenzo to seek Kakashi’s approval to join the Starlight Group. At Team Minato’s next gathering, Rin Nohara joyfully threw herself into Yang Xing’s arms.

• Minato Namikaze offered Yang Xing a better position, but Yang Xing refused and reminded him to save him the second division captain’s post.
• Tenzo asked to join the Anbu, admitted Danzo had sent him, and followed Yang Xing’s instructions to seek Kakashi’s approval.
• Yang Xing went to Team Minato’s meeting point, wondering why Rin Nohara had not contacted him during the past few days.
• Rin Nohara turned toward Yang Xing, delighted to see him, and threw herself into his arms.

Yang Xing reunited with Rin Nohara, Obito, and Kakashi before Minato Namikaze led them toward the front lines as fighting with the Stone ninja escalated. Their mission was to destroy Kannabi Bridge, the Land of Earth's route of advance.

• Rin Nohara reunited with Yang Xing and told him her father had asked her not to visit him, while Yang Xing urged her to ignore that instruction.
• Obito joined them, and Kakashi arrived exhausted after Tenzo had followed and watched him for two days and nights.
• Minato Namikaze gathered the team and explained that large numbers of ninja from the Land of Earth had crossed into the Land of Fire, prompting them to join the fighting on the front lines.
• Obito eagerly declared he would prove his strength, and Minato Namikaze assigned the team to destroy Kannabi Bridge near the Grass Ninja Village.

Ōnoki prepared the Land of Earth’s forces to attack and ordered his men to watch Minato Namikaze and Yang Xing. Minato arrived at the Fire Country border and proposed an ambush at Kannabi Bridge, while volunteering to stop the enemy’s advance himself.

• Ōnoki learned that Yang Xing had helped the Aburame Clan annihilate the Land of Earth’s advance force and ordered special attention paid to him.
• A burly man with a Mangekyō Sharingan left a secret base in Grass Ninja Village and headed toward Kannabi Bridge.
• Minato Namikaze arrived at the border village as its outnumbered defenders worried about the approaching Stone ninja army.
• Minato pointed out that the enemy had to cross Kannabi Bridge and proposed an ambush, then splitting the enemy force by intercepting its reinforcements.
• Minato told the two ninja that he would stop the thousand-strong Land of Earth force himself.

Minato Namikaze led Kakashi, Yang Xing, Rin Nohara, and Obito toward their mission to split the Land of Earth advance force from its reinforcements near Kannabi Bridge. As the ambush erupted, Team Minato slipped past the battle, and Yang Xing carried Rin when she fell behind in the rain.

• Kakashi, Yang Xing, Rin Nohara, and Obito joined Minato Namikaze's mission after he warned them not to let their emotions control them.
• A mysterious figure watched Kannabi Bridge and resolved to adjust his plan because Yang Xing had joined Team Minato.
• A Land of Earth force of nearly a hundred ninja advanced toward the Land of Fire, where Konoha ninja ambushed them from beneath Kannabi Bridge.
• The Land of Earth and Konoha ninja clashed, while Minato Namikaze led his team past the fighting toward Kusagakure.
• Rin Nohara fell behind on the slippery trail, so Yang Xing leaped back and carried her forward.

Yang Xing, Minato Namikaze, Kakashi, and Obito reached the Land of Earth forces, where Minato fought Ōnoki and his men while the younger ninja launched a surprise attack. The ambush began to turn the battle into a wider confrontation as the Stone ninja rushed at Yang Xing and his team.

• Obito noticed Kakashi looked exhausted, but Kakashi insisted he was fine as the group continued toward their destination.
• A hidden watcher followed the group and smiled at Kakashi's back.
• Ōnoki led his troops across rocky terrain after learning the force ahead had been ambushed, then encountered Minato Namikaze.
• Ōnoki attacked Minato with rocks, while Kitsuchi split the ground to block his landing; Minato evaded the attacks and fought back in midair.
• Yang Xing, Obito, and Kakashi emerged from behind a rock and killed more than five lower-ranked Stone ninja with their attacks.
• Enraged Stone ninja charged at Yang Xing and his team.

Yang Xing lured Ōnoki into the woods and unleashed a powerful Chidori Current, leaving the Third Tsuchikage badly injured and unable to move. Yang Xing approached the fallen Ōnoki, who remained conscious but feared what the boy would do next.

• Yang Xing killed several Rock Ninja with Earth Style, drawing Ōnoki’s attention while Minato was held back by Kitsuchi and a special Jonin.
• Ōnoki pursued Yang Xing into the woods, and Obito followed until Yang Xing ordered him to return and protect Rin with Kakashi.
• Obito left the woods, while Kakashi approached the rock where Rin was hiding.
• Yang Xing activated his Sharingan and tricked Ōnoki into hesitating before firing his Chidori Current.
• Yang Xing’s lightning attack devastated the surrounding area, burned Ōnoki’s beard, and left him paralyzed and unable to use ninjutsu.
• Yang Xing approached the injured Ōnoki and remarked on his resilience.

Yang Xing abandoned his chance to finish the wounded Tsuchikage when Obito reported that Rin Nohara and Kakashi had vanished, then tracked them to the Masked Man. The Masked Man had trapped Kakashi and Rin in Genjutsu, and as Kakashi attacked Yang Xing, Yang Xing searched for a way to counter the powerful enemy despite his depleted Chakra.

• Obito told Yang Xing that Rin Nohara and Kakashi had disappeared, so Yang Xing left the wounded Tsuchikage and followed their Chakra signatures.
• Rin Nohara followed Kakashi into the woods, where the Masked Man revealed that she had fallen under his Genjutsu and tried to make her his puppet.
• Yang Xing and Obito arrived, and Yang Xing recognized that Kakashi was under Genjutsu and warned Obito to stay back.
• Kakashi attacked Yang Xing with Kunai and Taijutsu, while Yang Xing dodged and searched for an opening against the motionless Masked Man.

Yang Xing fought Masked Madara while trying to protect Obito, Kakashi, and Rin Nohara from the Mangekyō genjutsu. After using Chidori to stop Kakashi, he rescued Rin and retreated to a tree branch, leaving the group safe for the moment.

• Yang Xing attacked Masked Madara while carrying Kakashi, but dodged his Fire Style: Fireball Technique and kept Obito from noticing his Sharingan.
• Masked Madara told Obito that Kakashi was acting on his own desires, then intensified Kakashi's jealousy and anger toward Yang Xing with genjutsu.
• Yang Xing used Lightning Release: Chidori to provoke Kakashi into a clash, weakening his attack so Kakashi would survive being sent flying.
• Yang Xing seized the opening to grab Rin Nohara and retreat to a nearby branch, evading Masked Madara's thrown kunai.

Kakashi stabbed Yang Xing while under the influence of genjutsu, then fought Obito and left him fatally wounded. Yang Xing reached Obito and learned that he wanted to give him his Sharingan, but Yang Xing asked him to give the eyes to Kakashi instead.

• Kakashi stabbed Yang Xing in the back, and Yang Xing fell into the Undying Body's weakened state.
• Obito attacked Kakashi in anger while Rin held Yang Xing and waited for him to recover.
• Yang Xing recovered, left Rin with a Water Clone, and hurried after Obito and Kakashi.
• Yang Xing found Obito gravely wounded and ordered Kakashi to help carry him back to Minato-sensei.
• Obito offered his eyes to Yang Xing, but Yang Xing revealed his own three-tomoe Sharingan and asked Obito to give them to Kakashi.
• Obito agreed to give Kakashi his eyes despite saying that he had not forgiven him.

Yang Xing returned with Rin Nohara and the unconscious Kakashi after Madara took Obito's body, then told Minato Namikaze what had happened. Minato ordered an investigation and told the team to rest while he continued to face the Land of Earth's offensive.

• Yang Xing asked Rin Nohara to help Kakashi perform Obito's final farewell, then comforted her and prepared to take Obito's body back.
• A masked man took Obito's body, and Yang Xing told Kakashi he could not catch or defeat the mysterious attacker.
• Kakashi fainted from exhaustion, and Yang Xing carried him back to the frontline with Rin Nohara.
• Minato Namikaze welcomed the team back and waited until Kakashi recovered before hearing Yang Xing's account of the attack and Obito's death.
• Minato Namikaze promised to investigate Obito's case, advised Kakashi not to blame himself, and left to attend to his duties as Hokage.

Yang Xing defeated Kakashi in a serious fight, and Rin Nohara admitted how much she cared about him. Meanwhile, Ōnoki woke at the Rock Ninja base and revealed that a single young fighter had badly injured him.

• Kakashi told Yang Xing that Obito had called him his boss, then asked him for a serious fight.
• Yang Xing defeated Kakashi without activating his Sharingan, and Kakashi vowed to live for Obito and become a stronger ninja.
• Rin Nohara embraced Yang Xing and promised to become an outstanding medical ninja so she could protect him.
• Ōnoki woke at the Rock Ninja's temporary base in Kusagakure, where Kurotsuchi and the other Rock Ninja learned that one young fighter had injured him.

Yang Xing entered Minato Namikaze’s office with Kurenai and Asuma, and his familiar, disrespectful manner left them wondering why the Fourth Hokage treated him with such deference. The chapter ended with Minato furious after Yang Xing revealed that his urgent concern was finding out more about Kurenai.

• Kurenai and Asuma arrived to report their mission, and their Jonin teacher recognized Yang Xing and said Minato had been waiting for him.
• Minato thanked Kurenai and Asuma for their report, while Yang Xing sat casually and interrupted the meeting to demand Minato’s attention.
• Minato dismissed Kurenai and Asuma so he could speak privately with Yang Xing about an important matter concerning Konoha.
• Yang Xing asked Minato for Kurenai’s squad, registration number, age, family details, and home address, prompting Minato to slam his desk and shout at him.

Yang Xing learned that Kurenai Yuhi was on Squad 2230 and rushed to ask her to be his wife, while Asuma objected and Kurenai gently turned him down. Yang Xing continued following Kurenai and Asuma through Konoha, insisting he was following her rather than Asuma.

• Minato Namikaze told Yang Xing that Kurenai Yuhi was assigned to Sanada Sarutobi's Squad 2230 and warned him not to provoke the Third Hokage's son.
• Yang Xing left Minato Namikaze and found Kurenai Yuhi and Asuma walking through Konoha after completing a mission.
• Yang Xing knelt before Kurenai Yuhi, declared love at first sight, and asked her to be his wife, prompting Asuma to angrily challenge him.
• Kurenai Yuhi stopped Asuma from hitting Yang Xing, then explained that Yang Xing should start by asking her to be his girlfriend.
• Asuma walked away to pursue a grand plan, and Kurenai Yuhi followed him while Yang Xing tagged along, intent on making Kurenai his third wife.
• Asuma demanded to know why the two were following him, and Yang Xing said he was following Kurenai Yuhi, not Asuma.

Yang Xing accompanied Asuma and Kurenai Yuhi to the Starlight Group’s headquarters, where Asuma demanded to become its leader. Taro Aburame confronted him and attacked with insects, leaving Asuma jumping and crying out in pain.

• Asuma threatened Yang Xing, but Kurenai Yuhi stopped him from getting physical.
• Yang Xing recognized the Starlight Group’s headquarters as the new Anbu base and watched the ninjas rebuild it.
• Asuma demanded that the workers name their leader and declared that he would take charge of the Starlight Group.
• Kurenai Yuhi tried to make Asuma leave, but he continued to shout for the person in charge.
• Taro Aburame confronted Asuma, who challenged him to a fight and was quickly attacked by Taro’s insects.

Yang Xing left Anko after teasing her and joined Kurenai Yuhi’s squad on a C-rank mission to protect his chance to spend time with her. At the village, the team began spreading pesticide over the fields while Asuma complained that the simple work would not make him stronger.

• Yang Xing restrained Anko, teased her by touching foreheads, and left for the morning’s errands.
• Yang Xing met up with Kurenai Yuhi’s squad, where Asuma resented his presence and Sanada Sarutobi tried to keep the peace.
• Kurenai Yuhi defended Yang Xing when Asuma mocked his abilities.
• The elderly village chief explained that harmful insects had ruined crops, and Sanada Sarutobi gave the team pesticide to spread across the fields.
• Asuma complained that the mission was too easy and argued with Kurenai Yuhi about his strength.