Chapter Summaries

Yuka watched Might Guy, Tenten, Rock Lee, and Neji defeat opponents who copied their movements, then tried to leave without being noticed. After she snapped a branch, the group discovered her and prepared to surround her, leaving Yuka with no reason to keep hiding.

• Yuka observed four battles and noticed that one side only copied its opponents’ movements.
• Might Guy, Tenten, Rock Lee, and Neji defeated their opponents and regrouped.
• Might Guy heard Yuka snap a branch and called for her to come out.
• Neji used his Byakugan to locate Yuka about twenty meters away, and the group began to surround her.
• Yuka realized she could no longer hide and decided to stop concealing herself.

Yuka emerged from hiding and encountered Might Guy and his team, who suspected her because she appeared on a battlefield without a clear identity. As they moved to detain her, a huge explosion sent flames soaring in the distance.

• Yuka stepped out and said she was only passing through.
• Might Guy questioned Yuka about who she was and where she had come from.
• Yuka could not provide an identity or a place of origin, so Might Guy ordered her to stop resisting until they could verify her.
• Tenten, Neji, and Rock Lee closed in on Yuka.
• A loud explosion sounded, and a wave of flames rose in the distance.

Yuka surrendered to Might Guy’s team and allowed Tenten to restrain her with a sealing talisman that blocked her Chakra control. Guy left Tenten to guard Yuka while he took Neji and Rock Lee toward the collapsed hill, where Kakashi and Naruto were.

• Neji used his Byakugan to look toward the distant disturbance but could not see what had happened.
• Might Guy said Kakashi and Naruto were in that direction and believed they would be fine.
• Yuka surrendered after deciding that fighting Guy’s team was unwise.
• Tenten placed a sealing talisman on Yuka, whose runes bound her and stopped her from controlling Chakra.
• Guy ordered Tenten to stay with Yuka, then led Neji and Rock Lee toward the collapsed hill.

Tenten agreed to take Yuka to the battle site so the mysterious medical ninja could help the injured. They arrived to find Grandma Chiyo and Sakura lying amid the collapsed hill.

• Yuka asked Tenten whether she was a Konoha ninja and noted that the area was outside Konoha's territory.
• Yuka praised the battle and offered to help as a medical ninja.
• Tenten accepted Yuka's offer and led her toward the battle site.
• Tenten and Yuka found Grandma Chiyo and Sakura lying on the ground amid the collapsed hill.

After the battle, Sakura collapsed from Sasori's poison, and Grandma Chiyo assessed her condition. Yuka offered to help as the group gathered around Sakura.

• The battlefield was left scattered with puppet fragments and weapons, while Sakura collapsed from the poison.
• Grandma Chiyo approached Sakura, examined her, and hesitated over what to do.
• Might Guy, Rock Lee, and Neji arrived, and Grandma Chiyo explained that Sakura's antidote and antibodies would help while Medical Ninjutsu suppressed the poison.
• Tenten and Yuka arrived, and Yuka offered to try helping Sakura.

Yuka treated Sakura by using silvery-white Chakra to examine her body and draw out the poison. After dark purple blood flowed from Sakura’s arm and turned bright red, Yuka finished the treatment.

• Tenten explained the situation to Might Guy and the others, and Might Guy agreed to let Yuka help.
• Tenten removed the talisman, restoring Yuka’s ability to use Chakra.
• Yuka used silvery-white light to examine and treat Sakura while Grandma Chiyo watched her Medical Ninjutsu and Chakra control.
• Yuka cut Sakura’s right arm, and dark purple blood flowed from the wound.
• When bright red blood appeared, Yuka stopped treating Sakura and laid her arm flat.

Yuka used Medical Ninjutsu alone to remove the poison from Sakura and heal her wounds, leaving Grandma Chiyo astonished by her skill. Sakura woke up a few minutes after Yuka finished treating her.

• Yuka purged the poison from Sakura’s body and healed her arm without using medicinal herbs or other supplies.
• The others saw Sakura’s pain fade and admired Yuka’s medical skills.
• Grandma Chiyo compared Yuka’s treatment with Sakura’s earlier efforts and was impressed by Yuka’s confidence and precision.
• Yuka sat down to rest after finishing the treatment.
• Sakura slowly woke up, confused, a few minutes later.

Sakura woke after the battle and found that the poison that had incapacitated her was gone. She thanked Yuka, whom she believed had healed her, while Might Guy asked if she was all right.

• Tenten noticed Sakura had woken and came over to her.
• Sakura sat up and realized she felt like an ordinary person, with no sign of the poison.
• Sakura noticed she had lost some blood and concluded that someone had saved her.
• Sakura suspected Yuka was responsible for her recovery and thanked her.
• Yuka smiled and nodded without explaining what she had done.
• Might Guy asked Sakura if she was all right.

After the battle, Sakura thanked Yuka, who avoided explaining who she was, while Grandma Chiyo mourned Sasori. Might Guy and the others soon returned carrying an injured Kakashi and a bloodied blond young man.

• Might Guy left with Tenten, Rock Lee, and Neji to support Kakashi's side, while Yuka stayed behind.
• Sakura thanked Yuka, who declined to explain her identity, and Sakura stopped asking.
• Grandma Chiyo mourned Sasori and hoped he would reunite with his parents in another world.
• Might Guy and the others returned with Kai carrying an injured Kakashi and a bloodied blond young man behind them.

Naruto and the others found Gaara apparently dead after the battle, while Sakura confirmed Kakashi was only exhausted. The chapter ended with Naruto confronting the possibility that Gaara’s fate could someday be his own.

• Naruto carried the mud-covered Gaara and felt angry over what had happened to him.
• Sakura examined Kakashi and found that he was exhausted but had no serious injuries.
• Grandma Chiyo examined Gaara and could no longer sense any life within him.
• Yuka indicated that Gaara could not be saved, and Sakura confirmed that there was no hope.
• Naruto struggled to accept Gaara’s death and the possibility that he might share the same fate.

Naruto and Sakura grieved over Gaara’s death, while Grandma Chiyo considered using a forbidden technique to revive him. She remained uncertain because the technique would cost her life and she doubted Gaara could secure Sunagakure’s future.

• Naruto felt profound loneliness as he realized something had vanished from the world.
• Sakura looked to Yuka for comfort, but Yuka shook her head, saddened by the death.
• Grandma Chiyo considered using her forbidden technique and an equivalent exchange of life to revive Gaara.
• Grandma Chiyo hesitated because she still cherished her family and was unsure Gaara was worth sacrificing herself for.
• Grandma Chiyo doubted Gaara’s ability to lead Sunagakure and chose not to gamble on the village’s future.

After learning there was no hope for Gaara, Kakashi led the group back toward Sunagakure to report on the failed mission and investigate the force behind the attack. Yuka stayed behind, quiet and grieving, though she was no longer under suspicion.

• The group fell silent after hearing that Gaara could not be saved.
• Kakashi told everyone to return to Sunagakure and review the mission and the attackers.
• Everyone agreed that they had to prevent another attack like this.
• Yuka silently prayed for Gaara and watched the others leave for Sunagakure.
• Yuka chose not to leave immediately, even though she was no longer under suspicion.

Yuka’s group returned from the journey and met Temari, Kankuro, and Baki, who had come looking for Gaara. Temari and Kankuro rushed to their younger brother and grieved over him.

• Yuka’s group traveled back the way they had come after helping Sakura.
• After roughly half a day, they encountered Temari, Kankuro, and Baki.
• Baki greeted everyone, saw Gaara in Naruto’s arms, and sighed without speaking.
• Naruto laid Gaara on the ground, and Temari and Kankuro rushed to him.
• Temari and Kankuro wept over their younger brother despite having feared him in the past.

Baki, Temari, Kankuro, and their Konoha allies began returning to Sunagakure after the rescue, while Baki reflected on his village’s decision to abandon Gaara. The chapter left Gaara’s standing in Sunagakure under threat, with Baki recognizing that the higher-ups wanted to use the crisis to remove him.

• Baki told the group to return to Sunagakure after Kankuro recovered enough to travel.
• Tenten and Sakura helped Temari up, while Naruto and Rock Lee helped Kankuro up.
• Baki reflected on how Sunagakure’s leaders had opposed sending soldiers to support Gaara.
• Baki understood that the leaders’ dissatisfaction with Gaara and opposition to his becoming Fifth Kazekage had led them to abandon him.
• Baki recalled that pressure from Konoha’s higher-ups had left him able to bring only Temari and Kankuro to provide support.

Yuka watched the others leave after Sunagakure’s failure to protect Gaara left Baki questioning the village’s strength and future. She headed to the meeting point, arriving early, but the chapter ended before revealing what awaited her there.

• Baki reflected on how two Akatsuki members had defeated and abducted Gaara from Sunagakure.
• Baki began to doubt whether his years of effort had been worthwhile and felt that Sunagakure had become rotten.
• Yuka silently watched the others depart at a fork in the road, then went another way while remembering what had happened.
• Yuka eventually reached the meeting point ahead of schedule, and the chapter ended before she learned what came next.

Hinata and the others followed reports of Akatsuki Organization’s attacks on the tailed beasts while news of Dawn faded from public attention. After three more days, they reached their destination, and Hinata suspected something had happened within Akatsuki Organization to prompt its operation.

• Hinata and the others learned that a mysterious force was targeting the villages’ tailed beasts and seemed intent on starting the Fourth Great Ninja War.
• Reports that Akatsuki Organization had captured the One-Tail and Two-Tails, and attacked the Seven-Tails and Five-Tails, overshadowed news about Dawn.
• The ninja world identified several attackers as notorious S-rank Rogue Ninja, including Sasori of the Red Sands, Itachi Uchiha, Deidara, Kisame Hoshigaki, and Hidan.
• After three uneventful days, Hinata and the others arrived at their destination beneath the setting sun.
• Hinata praised Akatsuki Organization as “good people” and suspected something had happened within it, though she did not know what.

Hinata reunited with Yuka and learned that Gaara had died during the attack on Sunagakure, prompting her to wonder whether the mission had changed other events as well. After resting in a remote town, the group resumed its difficult search for Rōran, whose people had scattered across the ninja world.

• Yuka waited outside a remote town for Hinata, and the group gathered to confirm their mission’s target.
• Yuka told Hinata what had happened on the trip, including Gaara’s death and Grandma Chiyo’s failure to save him.
• Hinata wondered whether Sasori of the Red Sands had mentioned the meeting at Tenchi Bridge to Sakura and Grandma Chiyo.
• After resting for a day, Hinata’s group set out to search for Rōran and its scattered refugees.

Hinata led her small group into the Land of Wind’s desert to search for the Rōran Ruins, but after a sandstorm they became lost in the wasteland. She tried to guide everyone by estimating their direction, while the journey’s dangers remained ahead.

• Hinata’s group searched the desert for the Rōran Ruins but found only endless sand and encountered desert bandits.
• A sandstorm swept away their landmarks, leaving the group lost but unharmed.
• Hinata estimated their direction and told everyone to follow her elbow.
• The group silently questioned whether Hinata was fit to lead as they continued through the dangerous wasteland.

Hinata and the others traveled safely through the wasteland, encountering strange and dangerous creatures but finding no clues to the Rōran Ruins. On the sixth day, a turning point finally appeared.

• Hinata and the others saw enormous scorpions, poisonous cacti, sand-eating Sakura creatures, and Desert Eagles during their journey.
• Hinata and the others spotted a massive, dazzling, rainbow-colored creature flying across the sky.
• Hinata reflected that the world was more wonderful than she had imagined, though she had little time to experience it.
• Hinata and the others spent five days searching without finding clues to the Rōran Ruins.
• A turning point appeared on the sixth day.

Hinata and her group used a map found with a skeleton to locate the Rōran Ruins. After reaching the ruins, they were attacked by a large group of scorpions.

• Hinata dug up a skeleton beneath a sand dune and found a damaged map pointing toward Rōran.
• Hinata and the others buried the remains and followed the map’s general direction through the desert.
• After traveling for another day, the group reached a high dune overlooking the Rōran Ruins.
• Hinata led the group toward the ruins, where a large group of scorpions greeted them as they entered their nest.