Recaps

Uzumaki Kumei woke in the body of a baby after being struck by lightning and realized he had been reborn in the Naruto world as Kushina Uzumaki’s younger brother. As Konoha’s squad carried the siblings toward Konoha, Kushina guarded Kumei while Hyuga Daiki said they would arrive the next afternoon.

• Hyuga Daiki stopped his Konoha squad for the night as a storm approached, and Kushina’s baby brother began crying.
• Kumei woke in an infant’s body in Kushina’s arms, recognized that he had been reincarnated, and sensed a strange tingling energy within him.
• Hyuga Daiki explained that his mission was to bring Uzumaki Clan members suited to inheriting the Nine-Tails back to Konoha, and that he had selected Kushina.
• Kushina insisted that Kumei was her real younger brother and kept him close as the squad sheltered from the rain.
• Kushina asked how long the journey to Konoha would take, and Hyuga Daiki said they would arrive the following afternoon.

Uzumaki Kuming traveled with Kushina and Hyuga Daiki toward Konoha while reflecting on his new life in the Naruto world. When masked enemies ambushed their team, Daiki fled with the siblings as the other Konoha shinobi stayed behind to fight.

• Kuming woke hungry during the journey, and Daiki stopped the team so Kushina could feed him warm paste made from hardtack.
• As Kuming slept, his consciousness remained awake, and he considered his transmigration and Kushina’s past.
• Explosions and a masked enemy attack startled the team, and a shinobi warned Daiki to escape with the Uzumaki siblings.
• Daiki raised an Earth Style wall to block incoming shuriken, then fled with Kushina and Kuming while three Konoha shinobi stayed behind.
• The former campsite erupted in a thunderous explosion after Daiki escaped.

Hyuga Daiki fought off attackers so Uzumaki Kushina and Uzumaki Kuming could escape, then sacrificed himself with an Explosive Tag. Kushina hid with Kuming in the forest near the route to Konoha, exhausted and unaware of what might still be pursuing them.

• Uzumaki Kuming developed a five-meter mental view of his surroundings while Hyuga Daiki fought four masked attackers.
• Hyuga Daiki gave Uzumaki Kushina a kunai marked with an Explosive Tag and told her to flee with Kuming, away from Konoha.
• Hyuga Daiki stopped an attacker from chasing the siblings, then detonated the Explosive Tag after the remaining enemies stabbed him.
• Jiraiya and two companions rushed toward the distant battle after hearing that the fighting had begun.
• Uzumaki Kushina ran toward Konoha despite Daiki's warning, then hid with Kuming in bushes and began to drift off from exhaustion.

Uzumaki Kuming discovered that he could sense his surroundings and use a mysterious electrical power while Kushina tried to protect him from an enemy. Tsunade and Jiraiya rescued them and took Kushina and Kuming toward Konoha, while Orochimaru investigated the battlefield and mistook Kuming's power for Kushina's.

• Uzumaki Kuming sensed his Chakra pathways and the area around him, then felt electricity surge through his body before falling asleep.
• A masked man found Kushina and Kuming, injured Kushina, and threw a Kunai at the baby.
• Uzumaki Kuming's electrical power deflected the Kunai, draining his Chakra and sending him into a deep sleep.
• Orochimaru captured and killed the masked man with Hidden Shadow Snake Hands as Tsunade and Jiraiya arrived to rescue Kushina and Kuming.
• Jiraiya and Tsunade took Kushina and Kuming toward Konoha while Orochimaru stayed behind to inspect the battlefield.
• Orochimaru examined the deflected Kunai and concluded that Kushina had used Lightning Style.

Tsunade brought Kushina and Kuming to Konoha, where Uzumaki Mito welcomed them as family and took responsibility for their care. Hiruzen left after Mito refused to see him, but learned Kushina would attend the Ninja Academy and saw an opportunity to gain influence over the future Jinchuriki.

• Tsunade took Kushina and Kuming to her grandmother Uzumaki Mito while Jiraiya went to report to Hiruzen.
• Hiruzen sent Jiraiya to assist Orochimaru and investigate the ambush, then ordered Sakumo to find who had leaked the mission information.
• Mito welcomed Kushina and Kuming as family, held Kuming, and sensed his unusually large Chakra reserves.
• Mito refused to receive Hiruzen and arranged for Kushina to join the Ninja Academy in first grade.
• Hiruzen accepted Mito's decision and considered how Kushina's Academy education could help him influence the village and its next Jinchuriki.

After Kushina broke down over missing home, Mito comforted her and settled beside her and Kuming for the night. Kuming discovered that he could control his naturally growing Chakra, and the next morning Akemi Senju arrived to nurse him while Kushina toured Konoha with Tsunade.

• Mito sensed Kushina's distress, went to her room, and comforted her as she cried about missing home.
• Kushina fell asleep in Mito's arms, and Mito laid her beside Kuming before resting with them.
• Kuming felt his Chakra growing and learned he could consciously control its flow through his body.
• Akemi Senju arrived to care for Kuming while Tsunade took Kushina to explore the village.
• Kuming tried to refuse Akemi's nursing, but everyone assumed he was hungry.

Danzo learned that Uzumaki Mito was caring for Uzumaki Kushina and Uzumaki Kuming, and planned to seize control of whichever child became the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki. As Kushina explored Konoha with Tsunade, Mito privately weighed whether Kuming or Kushina should bear the burden.

• A Root ninja reported to Danzo that Mito had taken in the two Uzumaki children, planned to send Kushina to the Ninja Academy, and had turned away Hiruzen.
• Danzo decided that he needed to change his target and prepare to control the infant Kuming as a possible Jinchuriki.
• Kushina toured Konoha with Tsunade, enjoyed its sights, and asked to stop for three-colored dumplings while Tsunade noticed someone watching them.
• Mito played with Kuming while Akemi Senju considered the siblings' ability to suppress the Nine-Tails' Chakra.
• Mito concluded that Kuming seemed better suited to become the Jinchuriki, but worried about his youth and hoped he would grow strong enough to shoulder the responsibility.

Kushina Uzumaki started at Konoha’s Ninja Academy, while Uzumaki Kuming considered the coming wars and focused on growing stronger. Two years later, Kuming had weaned himself and learned to walk and speak simply, while Kushina had spent her school days fighting other children without punishment.

• The Third Hokage placed Kushina Uzumaki in Class A to help her connect with Konoha’s clan heirs and future elite ninja.
• Uzumaki Kuming reviewed the timeline of the coming wars and decided he would need to grow strong enough to protect Kushina and change events.
• Kushina Uzumaki began attending the Ninja Academy and became infamous for beating children who mocked her hair or called her an outsider.
• The Third Hokage comforted the parents of the children Kushina had beaten, while Uzumaki Mito and Tsunade reassured Kushina at home.
• Two years later, Uzumaki Kuming had weaned himself, made progress with his Chakra, and learned to walk and express simple needs, while Kushina continued fighting without punishment.

Uzumaki Mito taught the young Uzumaki Kuming to read using the Scroll of Sealing, and he memorized what he studied. Two years later, Kuming’s uncontrolled Chakra blew apart the dojo, leaving Mito astonished by his power and Lightning Style Chakra Nature Transformation.

• Uzumaki Mito tried to teach Kuming to speak and read from the Scroll of Sealing, but he could only make childish sounds and refused to let go of the scroll.
• Mito let Kuming use the Scroll of Sealing to learn, and he quickly memorized what he studied without attempting any forbidden techniques.
• Two years later, Mito guided four-year-old Kuming as he practiced controlling his Chakra while Kushina trained outside.
• Kuming’s Chakra erupted in a massive explosion that destroyed the dojo’s roof and doorway, though he emerged unharmed.
• Mito recognized the immense Chakra and Lightning Style Chakra Nature Transformation, raised a barrier around the residence, and ordered Kuming to contain his Chakra.
• Kushina called out to check on Mito and Kuming, and Kuming assured her he was fine.

After Uzumaki Kuming's Chakra explosion, Uzumaki Mito discovered his unusual Lightning energy and decided to train him in Chakra control and Uzumaki Fuinjutsu. She led him to a hidden study filled with sealing knowledge, where his lessons would begin.

• Uzumaki Mito calmed the Chakra in the dojo, then left to meet Hatake Sakumo and his squad outside the barrier.
• Hatake Sakumo asked about the explosion, and Mito told him it had resulted from trouble while she worked on a new technique.
• Mito returned to the dojo and examined Kuming, explaining that his powerful Chakra contained a tremendous amount of Lightning energy.
• Mito decided Kuming should begin Ninja training and promised to teach him to control his Chakra.
• Mito revealed a concealed room in her study filled with Uzumaki Fuinjutsu books and the Scroll of Sealing, then told Kuming she would teach him there each afternoon.

Uzumaki Jiuming learned Fuinjutsu from Uzumaki Mito and, a year later, gave Kushina an explosive Kunai for her birthday. He continued studying Fuinjutsu and realized he needed a teacher to advance beyond what he could work out alone.

• Uzumaki Mito explained Fuinjutsu to Jiuming and began training him to control his chakra.
• A year later, Tsunade accompanied Jiuming home and gave him a piece of candy to pass along.
• Jiuming presented Kushina with an explosive Kunai he had made using a formula, warning her that it could destroy a three-story house.
• Jiuming returned to the study and concluded that he needed a teacher to make progress with the Four Symbols Seal formula.

Kushina left early to take her Ninja Academy graduation exams on the day a Kumogakure delegation visited Konoha. She passed and earned her Genin Forehead Protector, unaware that the delegation leader had given her a kunai for a hidden purpose.

• Kushina set out for school, while Mito told Jiuming she would teach him the Four Symbols Seal and warned Tsunade to keep his ninjutsu training secret.
• At the Academy, Minato impressed the Kumogakure delegation by hitting the target with three kunai.
• Kushina tried to copy Minato's throw, missed with two kunai, and hit the bull's-eye with the third.
• The Kumogakure delegation leader gave Kushina a kunai as a reward, and she accepted it without suspecting anything was wrong.
• Kushina passed her remaining exams, earned her Genin Forehead Protector, and returned home to celebrate with Jiuming, Mito, and Tsunade.

After Kushina celebrated passing the Academy graduation test, Kuming sensed her abduction by a Kumogakure squad and pursued them. He was about to follow the kidnappers toward the village gates when someone caught him, and he discovered it was Mito.

• Kushina returned home after passing her graduation test, and Mito healed Kuming after sparring with him.
• Kuming studied Fuinjutsu while Kushina celebrated becoming a Genin with Mito, Tsunade, and the household.
• A stealthy intruder abducted Kushina from her room, and Kuming found Mito's room empty before pursuing the kidnappers.
• Kuming sensed the four-man squad, including the Kumogakure envoy, and followed them while marking their route.
• As the squad headed for the village gates, someone grabbed Kuming from behind; he fought back and recognized Mito.

Uzumaki Mito revealed that she had allowed real Kumogakure shinobi to kidnap Kushina as a pretext for war, and she took Uzumaki Kuming after them. Outside Konoha, Minato Namikaze confronted the kidnappers, who mocked him as an easy target.

• Uzumaki Kuming recognized Uzumaki Mito and guessed that Kushina's kidnapping had been arranged by Konoha's leadership.
• Uzumaki Mito explained that the intruders were genuine Kumogakure Jonin and that she intended to use the kidnapping as an excuse to go to war.
• Uzumaki Kuming criticized Mito's belief that war could be controlled, then asked to follow the kidnappers and check on Kushina.
• Uzumaki Mito carried Uzumaki Kuming toward the village gates as the Kumogakure team left Konoha with the awakened Kushina.
• Minato Namikaze emerged from the forest to confront the four Kumogakure shinobi, and Kushina warned him to run.
• The Kumogakure shinobi laughed at Minato and advanced on him.

Uzumaki Kuming caught up with Uzumaki Kushina and Minato Namikaze, mistook Minato’s rescue for an improper romance, and attacked him. After Mito stopped Kuming from releasing his unfinished Yin Seal, Minato introduced himself.

• Uzumaki Mito and Uzumaki Kuming followed their fleeing enemies and heard fighting near the forest.
• Uzumaki Mito and Uzumaki Kuming found Minato Namikaze carrying Uzumaki Kushina beneath the moonlight, and Kuming charged at him.
• Minato dodged Kuming’s attacks and fought defensively, while Kuming used a Shadow Clone Technique and pressed him with taijutsu.
• Uzumaki Kushina called for Kuming and Minato to stop fighting, but Kuming began releasing his Yin Seal instead.
• Uzumaki Mito restrained Kuming and sealed the Yin Seal again, then asked Minato his name.
• Minato Namikaze introduced himself with a warm smile, briefly disarming Kuming’s hostility.

After Minato helped rescue Kushina, Mito gave him the Flying Thunder God scroll, believing he had the reflexes and skill to learn it. Kuming left with Mito determined to grow stronger and prevent the tragedies he knew were coming.

• Mito told Kushina and Minato to wait for Konoha's shinobi while she took Kuming away, and she warned them not to mention that she and Kuming had been there.
• Mito gave Minato the Flying Thunder God scroll as thanks for saving Kushina, and Kuming hinted that he and Minato would meet again.
• Minato checked on Kushina, who praised his strength, before arriving Konoha Jonin escorted them back to the village for questioning.
• Kuming admitted he had been annoyed at seeing Minato with Kushina, and Mito teased him about his jealousy.
• Mito explained that she gave Minato the scroll because his reflexes and Body Flicker skills suggested he could master the technique.
• Kuming reflected on the prodigies of Konoha and resolved to become stronger so he could prevent future tragedies.

After the Kumogakure envoys’ deaths became public, Konoha’s leaders prepared for a conflict that Jiuming expected to come. When Kumogakure forces advanced toward the Land of Hot Water and Konoha lost contact with its delegation, Danzō moved quickly to take charge of the border response.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi questioned his officials about the leak, while Danzō and Mitokado Homura urged him to focus on Kumogakure’s response.
• Uzumaki Jiuming continued studying Fuinjutsu and training at Uzumaki Mito’s estate, planning to learn the Flying Thunder God and stay safe.
• Jiuming anticipated that Kumogakure would use the envoys’ deaths as a pretext for war after Hiruzen’s fabricated accusations were exposed.
• An Anbu operative reported that Kumogakure forces were advancing toward the Land of Hot Water and that Konoha’s delegation had been out of contact for two hours.
• Danzō ordered Units 1 through 30 to the border and directed them to requisition the border guards so the fighting would take place in the Land of Hot Water.

Jiuming was brought to the Ninja Academy entrance exams as Konoha prepared for war and clans enrolled their children early. After teasing Sarutobi Kotaro and meeting members of the Nara Clan, Jiuming entered the Academy alone, troubled by the dangers awaiting young shinobi.

• Tsunade and Kushina took Jiuming to the Academy entrance exams alongside Minato Namikaze and Sarutobi Kotaro.
• Jiuming pretended to be a spoiled child, then dropped the act and mocked Kotaro for being weak.
• Sarutobi Kotaro greeted Shikaku, his father, and a younger Nara child at the Academy gate.
• Jiuming reflected on the war and the likely deaths of civilian children before Tsunade and Kushina sent him into the Academy.
• Jiuming entered the Academy, aware that he was beginning the path of a shinobi.

Uzumaki Kuming learned that the Ninja Academy entrance test included shurikenjutsu, a skill he had never practiced, and worried about passing. As the test began, he asked whether failing one part would keep him from entering, drawing the attention of the teachers and Hiruzen Sarutobi.

• Kuming met Shikaichi Nara, who explained that the entrance test had three parts: shuriken throwing, Taijutsu, and wilderness survival.
• Kuming realized he had never trained in shurikenjutsu and considered how he might handle the test.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi addressed the assembled children before a teacher separated them into age groups and explained the shuriken test and its passing scores.
• Kuming raised his hand and asked whether he could still enter the Academy if he failed one test because he had never learned shurikenjutsu.
• The Academy teacher recognized Kuming as Lady Mito's child, and Hiruzen Sarutobi studied him with curiosity.

Jiuming learned that failing the Shurikenjutsu test would disqualify him from early admission, then watched older candidates demonstrate their skills and civilian children struggle. As the under-six group began, he was called up first, with the Third Hokage watching him expectantly.

• Jiuming heard that he had to meet the standard in Shurikenjutsu, alongside the other subjects, to pass the entrance exam.
• Hizashi Hyuga hit all five bullseyes and received an excellent score and a tentative place in the fifth-year preparatory Class A.
• The older candidates finished their tests, and several children from the six-to-eight-year-old group failed, many of them civilian children with no Shurikenjutsu training.
• Jiuming reflected on how family background and bloodline gave clan children an advantage over children from ordinary families.
• The teacher called Jiuming first for the under-six group, while the Third Hokage watched with keen interest.

Uzumaki Kuming used a chakra-infused shuriken during his Ninja Academy test, accidentally blasting a crater into the ground and drawing Hiruzen Sarutobi’s attention. Hiruzen passed him and provisionally placed him in Class 1-A, while a masked ninja watched from the shadows and slipped away.

• Kuming realized he had no shuriken, borrowed some from Jiudai, and tried to limit his chakra to protect the Yin Seal.
• Kuming threw a chakra-infused shuriken that missed the target and created a huge crater, while the blast and wind knocked several children down.
• Jiudai reprimanded Kuming for using chakra, but Hiruzen stopped him and declared that Kuming had passed, provisionally assigning him to Class 1-A.
• Kuming returned to the lineup, pleased with his result, as a masked ninja quietly left and Hiruzen noticed the departure.

The taijutsu test began with Jiudai evaluating the children in sparring matches, and Hizashi Hyuga impressed the crowd by using the Eight Trigrams, Sixty-Four Palms. Kuming then volunteered for the younger group and launched a fast attack on Jiudai, leaving their fight unresolved.

• Jiudai announced that the children would spar with him for the taijutsu test, and Hizashi Hyuga volunteered first.
• Hizashi activated his Byakugan and attacked Jiudai, who dodged his opening strikes and kicked him away.
• Hizashi used the Eight Trigrams, Sixty-Four Palms and struck Jiudai twice, but Jiudai evaded the rest with the Substitution Technique and gave Hizashi an excellent score.
• The other children struggled to land a hit on Jiudai, while Kuming stepped forward to take the first turn for the under-eight group.
• Kuming charged Jiudai with a fast kick, cleared a fallen student from the field, and rushed at Jiudai again.

Uzumaki Jiuming defeated Jiudai in a Taijutsu exchange and passed his assessment, drawing the Third Hokage’s attention as a possible future Jinchuriki candidate. After the remaining young students passed their tests, Jiudai announced that the successful students would begin a week-long wilderness survival test the next morning.

• Uzumaki Jiuming used his speed and strength to throw Jiudai to the ground, then declined to continue fighting after Jiudai invited him to attack again.
• Jiudai praised Jiuming’s Taijutsu and gave him an excellent score after the Third Hokage signaled that the assessment could end.
• The Third Hokage considered whether Jiuming could be raised as a less risky Jinchuriki candidate before Lady Mito’s death.
• The other students in the under-eight group completed their Taijutsu tests and all received excellent scores.
• Jiudai ended the assessments and told the students who passed the first two tests to gather at Konoha’s entrance at eight the next morning for a week-long wilderness survival test.

After the second Ninja Academy test, Jiuming drew attention for his strength and apparent mastery of the Strength of a Hundred. He prepared food and water for the final test, a week-long wilderness survival exercise, and left ready to take it.

• Jiuming told Kushina that the first two tests had been easy, while other parents and students discussed his strength and training.
• Shikaku recognized the taijutsu Jiuming had used as Strength of a Hundred, and Kotaro grew interested in him as well.
• Kushina and Minato lingered over their goodbye at the Uzumaki residence until Jiuming went inside on his own.
• Jiuming learned the final test would be a week-long wilderness survival exercise and prepared three storage scrolls with Military Ration Pills and fresh water.

Jiuming and Uzumaki Kuming began the Ninja Academy’s third entrance exam, a seventy-five-kilometer journey to a temple outside Konoha. Jiuming raced ahead alone while Kuming stopped in the rain to build a shelter and spend the night.

• Jiudai explained that students had to reach a temple seventy-five kilometers away within ten days, while Chunin followed to assess them.
• Jiuming left alone at high speed through the forest, and Shikaichi Nara teamed up with other children after missing his chance to ask Jiuming.
• Hizashi Hyuga gathered a group of eight students and led them out of Konoha.
• Minato Namikaze followed Uzumaki Kuming, who kept running through the rain until exhaustion forced him to stop.
• Uzumaki Kuming built an A-frame shelter beneath a giant tree, lit a fire with his lighter, ate, set warning seals, and went to sleep.