Recaps

Naruto used his growing powers to manipulate the Uchiha conflict and survived the Nine-Tails’ attack, which cost the Third Hokage his life. After helping Tsunade take power and negotiating the Uchiha Clan’s assimilation, Naruto returned to school and settled into his parents’ house.

• Naruto used dreams and staged attacks to intensify the conflict between the Uchiha Clan and Konoha, while secretly pursuing the Sharingan.
• Fugaku Uchiha and the clan elders took Itachi Uchiha’s Mangekyō Sharingan, and Naruto spent the following year gathering shinobi and techniques amid the worsening feud.
• Daohuo Uchiha and Shui Uchiha released the Nine-Tails, but Naruto merged with it and took control as the Third Hokage fought the beast and died using the Reaper Death Seal.
• Danzo and Root moved against the Uchiha Clan, and Naruto left Konoha with Jiraiya to find Tsunade and learn to control the Nine-Tails’ power.
• Naruto found Tsunade and persuaded her to consider becoming Fifth Hokage, then proposed assimilating Uchiha without awakened Sharingan into Konoha.
• Tsunade and Jiraiya secured the Uchiha leaders’ agreement to disband the ordinary clan members and seal their memories, while Itachi Uchiha and Qiuyu Uchiha accepted the terms.
• Tsunade became Fifth Hokage, Naruto attended the Third Hokage’s burial, and Jiraiya gave Naruto the keys to his parents’ house.
• Naruto moved into his parents’ house and returned to school, where Sasuke Uchiha’s arrival silenced the classroom.

Naruto led Team Seven through their first missions, helped Koyuki reclaim the Land of Snow, and prepared Hinata for the Chunin Exams. The arc ended with Naruto defeating and sealing Uchiha Ice in the Forest of Death as Hinata’s Byakugan evolved.

• Naruto graduated and formed Team Seven with Sasuke and Hinata, then passed Kakashi’s bell test with both teammates.
• Naruto and his team escorted Kazahana Koyuki to the Land of Snow, where Naruto defeated Kazahana Dōtō and Koyuki became queen.
• Naruto met Gaara in Konoha and suppressed his turbulent chakra, then helped Hinata prepare for the Chunin Exams by improving her Byakugan.
• Naruto and Hinata registered for the Chunin Exams, where Naruto impressed the other contestants with his chakra pressure and passed the written test.
• During the Forest of Death exam, Naruto rescued Karin from two Grass Ninja and took her to Tsunade, who allowed her to stay in Konoha.
• Uchiha Ice attacked Naruto’s team and knocked Sasuke unconscious, but Naruto resisted Ice’s techniques and destroyed his Susanoo.
• Naruto recovered from Ice’s attack, bound and defeated him, then sealed him into a card as Hinata discovered new abilities in her evolved eyes.