Chapter Summaries

Uchiha Yoru died alongside Naruto Uzumaki in the future, then awoke on the night of the Nine-Tails' Attack with Naruto's max-level abilities and chakra. After sensing Minato Namikaze and Kushina Uzumaki near death and hearing newborn Naruto cry, Yoru raced toward them to prevent the tragedy from repeating.

• Uchiha Yoru remembered Naruto Uzumaki giving him his final chakra before they died fighting Isshiki Ōtsutsuki.
• Yoru awoke during the Nine-Tails' attack on Leaf Village and realized he had been reborn with Naruto's vast chakra and abilities.
• Yoru used Sage Mode to survey the battlefield, sensing Hiruzen Sarutobi delaying his arrival and Minato Namikaze and Kushina Uzumaki near death.
• Yoru heard newborn Naruto Uzumaki cry and resolved to stop the tragedy from happening again.
• Yoru raced toward the barrier where Minato and Kushina were preparing to use the Reaper Death Seal.

Uchiha Yoru interrupted Minato Namikaze's Reaper Death Seal by using Sage Mode and the Sage of Six Paths' Yang Release power to frighten the Death God. The chapter left Yoru gripping the Death God's ghost hand and refusing to let it take Minato's soul.

• Yoru burst through the barrier as the Death God's hand reached for Minato.
• Yoru activated Sage Mode and struck the Death God between the brows with Yang Release power.
• The Death God froze in fear, startling Minato and Kushina Uzumaki.
• Yoru charged forward and grabbed the Death God's ghost hand, declaring that it would not take Minato's soul.

Yoru saved Minato and Kushina from the Death God by offering it a White Zetsu clone and severing Minato’s soul contract. As Minato collapsed from exhaustion, Hiruzen Sarutobi and masked ANBU arrived and demanded to know what had happened.

• Yoru held the Death God back with sage chakra and summoned a White Zetsu clone as a substitute sacrifice.
• The Death God caught the clone, allowing Yoru to cut the contract line between Minato and the Death God with a Sage Art Wind Release kunai.
• The Death God retreated to the underworld with the White Zetsu, leaving Minato and Kushina alive.
• Minato collapsed from the strain, and Kushina hurried to his side.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi and dozens of masked figures surrounded the group, and Hiruzen asked what had happened.

Uchiha Yoru ignored Hiruzen Sarutobi’s interrogation and treated Kushina and Minato after the Nine-Tails incident. When Hiruzen ordered the Anbu to seize Yoru and Naruto, Yoru activated Sage Mode and forced the Anbu to their knees, leaving Hiruzen stunned.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi demanded to know Uchiha Yoru’s clan and ordered him to answer.
• Yoru ignored Hiruzen, healed Kushina, and offered to treat Minato while joking that he would charge the Leaf Village double.
• Hiruzen ordered the Anbu to capture Yoru and bring Naruto back for interrogation.
• An Anbu captain lunged for Naruto, and Yoru activated Sage Mode to stop him.
• Yoru’s chakra forced the Anbu to kneel and drove Hiruzen back, and Hiruzen recognized the power as Sage Mode.

Yoru brought the unconscious Minato and Kushina and the infant Naruto to Leaf Village Hospital after Hiruzen Sarutobi backed down from confronting him. From the hospital rooftop, Yoru overheard Hiruzen and Shimura Danzo plotting to blame the Uchiha for the Nine-Tails uprising and strip them of their power, leaving him furious at the village.

• Yoru released his Sage Mode pressure, lifted Minato and Kushina, and carried them and Naruto to Leaf Village Hospital while the Anbu and Hiruzen Sarutobi let him pass.
• Yoru left Minato's family in a special care ward and used his Sage sensing to watch Hiruzen enter Root's base.
• Hiruzen told Shimura Danzo that Minato had survived because Yoru saved him, and Danzo seized on the chance to accuse the Uchiha of orchestrating the Nine-Tails uprising.
• Shimura Danzo urged Hiruzen Sarutobi to strip the Uchiha of their authority and political rights, relocate them, and possibly purge them.
• Yoru overheard their plan from the hospital rooftop and condemned Leaf Village as rotten.

Danzo surrounded the Uchiha compound with Root and Anbu, accusing the clan of using the Sharingan to control the Nine-Tails and banning them from leaving. When a Root ninja threatened an Uchiha child, Uchiha Yoru intervened and confronted Danzo.

• Danzo ordered the Uchiha Clan confined to their compound while Root investigated them over the Nine-Tails attack.
• Fugaku Uchiha denied the accusation and struggled to restrain the angry Uchiha clansmen.
• A Root ninja shoved a crying Uchiha child and raised his blade to threaten him.
• Uchiha Yoru kicked the Root ninja through several stone walls and shielded the child.
• Yoru stared down Danzo and asked if he wanted to die.

Uchiha Yoru defeated Danzō’s Root forces and exposed the village’s betrayal of its heroes and the Uchiha. He declared that he was leaving Leaf Village, and Fugaku and the clan rallied behind him as they prepared to break out.

• Danzō accused Yoru and the Uchiha Clan of rebellion and ordered the Anbu to kill them.
• Yoru condemned Danzō for driving Sakumo Hatake to suicide and purging the Military Police Force after the Nine-Tails disaster.
• Yoru overwhelmed the Root shinobi with his speed and strength, leaving them injured across the compound.
• Yoru urged the Uchiha to abandon Leaf Village, split the Military Police Force plaque, and called on them to build a place of their own.
• Fugaku tore off his armband, joined Yoru, and asked him to give the order for their escape.

Yoru forced Fugaku to witness a genjutsu depicting the Uchiha Clan’s slaughter as the result of trusting Leaf Village, convincing him to lead the clan in a break from the village. As Fugaku’s people fought their way out, Yoru stayed behind to collect some people and other “local specialties.”

• Yoru told Fugaku to take the Uchiha Clan and flee Leaf Village, but Fugaku refused, citing the clan’s home and honor.
• Yoru used his Mangekyō Sharingan to show Fugaku a genjutsu of the Uchiha Clan massacred by Itachi, with Danzō and Hiruzen treating their deaths as necessary sacrifices.
• Fugaku emerged from the genjutsu convinced the village would destroy the clan and ordered everyone to pack and assemble for a fight through the gates.
• Danzō ordered Root and Anbu to stop the Uchiha, and Fugaku led the clan in attacking them with Fire Release techniques.
• Yoru told Fugaku to lead the main force out through the front gates while he stayed behind to pick up a few people and other valuables.

Uchiha Yoru warned Minato and Kushina that Leaf Village’s leaders planned to scapegoat the Uchiha and turn Naruto into a weapon. Minato rejected his role as Hokage and chose to leave with Yoru and his family.

• Yoru slipped past the hospital guards and told Minato and Kushina about Hiruzen Sarutobi and Danzō’s plans against the Uchiha Clan.
• Yoru warned that the leaders intended to hide Naruto’s parentage, make the village despise him, and later manipulate him into becoming a killing machine.
• Minato reconsidered the failures surrounding the Nine-Tails attack and realized the village’s leaders had treated him as a disposable tool.
• Yoru offered to take Minato, Kushina, and Naruto with him as the Uchiha Clan escaped Leaf Village.
• Minato destroyed the ward’s surveillance seals, discarded his Fourth Hokage cloak, and asked Yoru to take his family with him.

Yoru brought Minato, Kushina, and Naruto to the village gates, where Fugaku and the fleeing Uchiha were waiting. Danzo and hundreds of Root operatives blocked their escape, but Yoru walked through their attacks unharmed with his max-level Kamui, leaving Danzo stunned.

• Yoru used his space-time ninjutsu to take Minato's family from the special care ward to Leaf Village's gates.
• Fugaku welcomed Yoru and learned that Minato had resigned as Hokage and was leaving the village with his family.
• Danzo led hundreds of Root operatives to block the Uchiha's escape and ordered them to capture the Sharingan and Naruto.
• Fugaku prepared the Uchiha to counterattack as Root unleashed a barrage of ninjutsu and explosive kunai.
• Yoru activated his Mangekyo Sharingan and walked through the attacks unharmed, shocking Danzo and the Root operatives.

Yoru slaughtered Danzō’s Root forces, destroyed the Sharingan embedded in Danzō’s arm, and led the Uchiha and Minato’s family out of Leaf Village. He announced they would seek refuge with Ōnoki of the Hidden Stone Village.

• Yoru used space-time ninjutsu and wind-coated kunai to kill more than half of Danzō’s Root operatives while Fugaku protected the others and Minato’s family.
• Danzō tried to flee, but Yoru blocked his path and crushed the Sharingan in his right arm before he could use Izanagi.
• Yoru spared Danzō and said he should watch the Uchiha build a kingdom outside Leaf Village and see Leaf Village fall.
• Yoru led Fugaku, Minato, Kushina, Naruto, and the Uchiha clan through Leaf Village’s gates, declaring that they would seek out Ōnoki of the Hidden Stone Village.

Yoru led the Uchiha Clan, Minato, Kushina, and Naruto toward the Land of Earth after escaping Leaf Village, choosing wealthy Hidden Stone Village as their new home. At the border, he ordered the group to approach openly and make Ōnoki come welcome them.

• Yoru halted the fleeing clan to rest, then rejected Hidden Cloud, Hidden Mist, and Hidden Sand as possible destinations.
• Yoru chose Hidden Stone Village, arguing that Ōnoki would welcome Leaf Village's enemies and that the Land of Earth was rich in mineral resources.
• Yoru reassured Fugaku that his strength would deter Ōnoki from trying to imprison the Uchiha as weapons.
• Yoru guided the group around Leaf Village pursuers until they reached the Land of Earth's border on the sixth day.
• Yoru told the group to light up their Sharingan and walk openly through Hidden Stone's defenses.

Yoru led the Uchiha Clan, Minato, and their families into the Land of Earth, where Ōnoki mistook their arrival for an attack and unleashed Dust Release. As the deadly technique closed in, Yoru stopped Minato and threw a bloodstained scroll at Ōnoki, telling him to inspect it before attacking.

• Hidden Stone troops surrounded Yoru's group at the border, recognized the Uchiha Clan and Minato, and called for Ōnoki.
• Ōnoki flew to the canyon, dismissed Fugaku's explanation that the Uchiha had severed ties with Leaf Village, and accused them of a deception.
• Ōnoki launched Dust Release: Detachment of the Primitive World Technique at Yoru, Minato, Fugaku, and the others.
• Yoru stopped Minato from using Flying Raijin and hurled a bloodstained scroll at Ōnoki, urging him to look at it before proceeding.

Uchiha Yoru presented Ōnoki with the severed heads of Leaf Village Anbu and brought the Uchiha Clan, Minato Namikaze, Kushina, and the Nine-Tails jinchuriki to defect to Hidden Stone Village. Convinced by Yoru’s evidence and offer of Leaf Village’s border deployment map, Ōnoki accepted them and prepared to welcome them into the village.

• Ōnoki caught Yoru’s blood-red scroll, which released more than a dozen severed heads wearing Leaf Village Anbu masks.
• Yoru identified the heads as Leaf Village elites, including Fū Yamanaka, and declared that the Uchiha Clan had broken with Leaf Village.
• Ōnoki doubted the defection was genuine, so Yoru pointed to Minato Namikaze’s weakened state, Kushina and the infant jinchuriki, and the Uchiha group.
• Yoru offered the Uchiha Clan, the Nine-Tails jinchuriki, and his knowledge of Leaf Village’s border defenses as a gift to Ōnoki.
• Ōnoki accepted Yoru’s offer, invited the group to Hidden Stone Village, and demanded to know when they would attack Leaf Village.

Ōnoki welcomed Uchiha Yoru, the Uchiha Clan, and Minato’s family into Iwagakure with lavish promises after Leaf Village drove them away. As they crossed the border, Yoru told Minato and Fugaku that he would use any opposition from Iwagakure’s leaders as a reason to assert his authority.

• Ōnoki greeted Yoru enthusiastically and promised the group territory, resources, and honored guest status in Iwagakure.
• Yoru accepted Ōnoki’s offer and told the Uchiha clansmen to put away their Sharingan.
• Ōnoki ordered the Stone Village border troops to disarm, form an honor guard, and welcome the newcomers with drums and gongs.
• Yoru, Ōnoki, Fugaku, Minato, and the others crossed the border and headed toward Iwagakure.
• Minato warned Yoru that Iwagakure’s leaders would resist giving them resources, and Yoru said he would use their opposition to establish his authority.

Uchiha Yoru and the Uchiha clan arrived in Hidden Stone Village, where Ōnoki tested Yoru’s limits during negotiations. After Yoru overwhelmed the advisers with his Mangekyo Sharingan and chakra, Ōnoki granted the Uchiha a prime clan compound, access to most of the village’s ninjutsu archive, and unlimited funds, while Yoru promised to strengthen Hidden Stone against Leaf Village.

• Ōnoki led the Uchiha procession into Hidden Stone Village and invited Yoru, Minato, and Fugaku to discuss business at the Tsuchikage Building.
• Hidden Stone advisers protested Ōnoki’s decision to shelter the Uchiha and accused them of being dangerous deserters and possible spies.
• Yoru unleashed his Mangekyo Sharingan and overwhelming chakra, terrifying the advisers until Ōnoki stepped in and ordered them to be quiet.
• Ōnoki gave the Uchiha a deed to a prime plot in the village center, access to nearly all ninjutsu scrolls, and unlimited settlement funds.
• Yoru accepted the offer, promised to share Leaf Village border intelligence and techniques, and declared that Leaf Village would regret offending the Uchiha.

Hiruzen Sarutobi learned that Ōnoki had welcomed the Uchiha Clan and the Fourth Lord's family into Hidden Stone, while Leaf Village lacked the strength to challenge them. He ordered Kakashi to lead an elite Anbu squad to the border and persuade Minato and Naruto to return.

• An Anbu reported that Ōnoki had granted the Uchiha Clan generous territory, funds, and access to Hidden Stone's ninjutsu archives.
• Danzō demanded that Hiruzen declare war on Hidden Stone, but Hiruzen refused, citing Leaf Village's destruction and losses.
• Hiruzen decided that brute force would fail and proposed appealing to Minato's feelings to bring him back.
• Hiruzen ordered Kakashi to take an elite Anbu squad to the Land of Earth's border on an S-rank mission and persuade Minato and Naruto to return by any means.

Kakashi confronted Minato and Kushina after finding them defected with Uchiha Yoru, and demanded that Minato return to the devastated Leaf Village. Yoru challenged Kakashi’s faith in Hiruzen and the Will of Fire by revealing how the village’s leaders had allegedly driven Kakashi’s father, Hatake Sakumo, to suicide, then promised to show Kakashi the truth about Leaf Village.

• Kakashi and three Anbu waited at the Land of Earth border negotiation zone for Minato, whom Kakashi believed had abandoned Leaf Village.
• Uchiha Yoru arrived with Minato and Kushina, and Kakashi’s relief at finding his teacher alive turned to confusion when he saw Minato wearing no Hokage insignia.
• Kakashi pleaded with Minato to return and help the civilians displaced by the Nine-Tails attack, while Yoru blamed Hiruzen Sarutobi for failing to act.
• Yoru challenged Kakashi’s defense of the Will of Fire by bringing up how Leaf Village had condemned Hatake Sakumo and how Hiruzen and Danzō had allegedly allowed the rumors that led to his suicide.
• Kakashi collapsed in the sand as Yoru dismissed him as a brainwashed tool and said he would show him Leaf Village’s true nature.

Yoru attacked Kakashi’s faith in Leaf Village by blaming its leaders for Hatake Sakumo’s death and accusing Hiruzen Sarutobi of exploiting Minato and Naruto. Kakashi collapsed in despair as Kitsuchi arrived with Stone Village reinforcements, leaving Yoru to taunt him about trying to take them back.

• Yoru told Kakashi that Hiruzen Sarutobi and Danzō had encouraged the rumors that drove Hatake Sakumo to suicide because they feared his influence.
• Yoru accused Hiruzen of waiting for Minato to die during the Nine-Tails’ attack and of planning to turn Naruto into an isolated jinchūriki weapon.
• Minato stayed silent as Kakashi pleaded for him to deny Yoru’s claims, and Kakashi’s belief in Leaf Village collapsed.
• Kakashi fell to his knees and admitted that he no longer knew what to believe, while the Leaf Village Anbu were immobilized by Yoru’s killing intent.
• Kitsuchi arrived with over a hundred Stone Village Demolition Corps members and offered to attack the Leaf Village Anbu.
• Yoru asked Kakashi whether he had heard Kitsuchi and mocked him for thinking he could take them back.

Kitsuchi and Hidden Stone Village’s forces intervened when Leaf Village Anbu attacked Uchiha Yoru and Minato’s family. Yoru sent the Anbu back with a threat to Hiruzen Sarutobi, then left with Kitsuchi for Ōnoki’s banquet.

• Three Leaf Village Anbu charged Yoru while Kakashi remained kneeling, dazed and unresponsive.
• Kitsuchi raised an earthen wall and surrounded the Anbu with over a hundred Hidden Stone Demolition Corps ninjas.
• Kitsuchi declared that the Uchiha Clan and the Fourth Hokage’s family were honored guests under Hidden Stone Village’s protection.
• Yoru ordered the Anbu to tell Hiruzen Sarutobi that the Uchiha would settle their debt in Leaf Village.
• The Anbu fled with Kakashi, and Yoru joined Kitsuchi on the way to Ōnoki’s banquet.