Chapter Summaries

Hoshi followed Hozuki Mangetsu, Kisame Hoshigaki, Ringo Ameyuri, and White Zetsu as they captured the newly revived Three-Tails, choosing not to interfere. Meanwhile, Genji's plan ended the Mist Village's internal conflict, and Hoshi returned as the battle concluded.

• Hoshi realized Akatsuki planned to capture the Three-Tails and decided to follow them instead of intervening.
• Hozuki Mangetsu provoked the Three-Tails, while Kisame and Ringo Ameyuri used a combined water-and-lightning attack to wound and paralyze it.
• Hoshi left the capture battle and returned to find Genji's forces had defeated the Kaguya Clan without eliminating every member.
• Ao coordinated with Zabuza as the Momochi Clan defected to Genji's side and helped surround the Militant Faction.
• Genji persuaded a small portion of the Militant Faction to surrender, while the Conservative Faction killed the rest and ended the Mist Village's internal strife.

Genji ended the Mist Village Militant Faction’s uprising and named Mei Terumi the Fifth Mizukage, urging her to protect the village’s hard-won peace. Hoshi returned to Konoha with Haku and Kimimaro, where Minato met them before Hoshi took the children home.

• Genji watched the surrendered Militant Faction shinobi lay down their weapons and credited Konoha’s intelligence with helping restore peace.
• Genji recalled Hayate Hoshi’s power and, after recognizing a possible connection to one of the Konoha Anbu, felt relieved that he had allied with Konoha.
• Genji told Mei Terumi he had chosen her as the Fifth Mizukage, and she accepted his decision and his warning to preserve peace.
• Hoshi and his companions left Mist Village and traveled to Konoha through the Flying Thunder God Formation with Haku and Kimimaro.
• Haku and Kimimaro mistook Minato for a threat and readied their weapons until Hoshi introduced him as Konoha’s Fifth Hokage.
• Hoshi told Minato to ask Sakumo about the two children, then departed with them to visit Tsunade.

Hoshi and Tsunade welcomed Haku and Kimimaro into their home, and Kimimaro found a new purpose in protecting the people around him. After months of family life and anxious preparations, Tsunade gave birth to twins, while Hoshi struggled to choose their names.

• Hoshi brought Haku and Kimimaro home, introduced them to Tsunade and Garurumon, and arranged for them to join White Wolf Ridge's summoning contracts.
• Over the next three or four months, Haku and Kimimaro adapted to Konoha, and Hoshi planned for them to attend the Ninja Academy and later learn from Orochimaru.
• As Tsunade's due date approached, she moved into Konoha's special care ward, where Hoshi and her family cared for her and their friends came to visit.
• Hoshi waited anxiously outside the delivery room until Tsunade gave birth to a boy and a girl, and Rie and Moka announced the twins' arrival.
• Tsunade asked Hoshi to name the twins, but Minato's suggestions, Moonlight Invincible and Moonlight Peerless, were rejected by everyone.

Hoshi and Tsunade named their newborn twins Ryushin and Rinne, then struggled through their first months before celebrating their hundredth day. At the celebration, Naruto and Sasuke argued over who would become Hokage, while Hoshi wondered whether his son Ryushin already found their names boring.

• Hoshi named his son Moonlight Ryushin and his daughter Moonlight Rinne, and Tsunade agreed that Ryushin would be the older sibling.
• Hoshi and Tsunade cared for the twins themselves, with Haku helping them while Kimimaro kept his distance out of concern for the babies.
• Hoshi and Tsunade held a lively hundred-day celebration attended by Konoha friends and clan families.
• Naruto made Rinne smile, then promised to protect the twins and declared that he would become Hokage like his father.
• Sasuke insisted that his brother Itachi should become Hokage, and he and Naruto argued while the guests laughed.
• Hoshi noticed Ryushin seemed bored by the argument and wondered whether the names he had chosen were all right.

Three years later, Hoshi’s children and students had developed striking talents, and his home had become a gathering place for Konoha’s young ninjas. As more clan children joined, Hoshi’s informal lessons grew into a Genius Training Camp.

• After three years, Ryushin and Rinne showed distinct personalities and extracted Chakra, with Ryushin excelling at swordsmanship and Rinne displaying talent for ninjutsu and Super Strength.
• Hoshi continued training Kimimaro and Haku, planning a future Hashirama Cell transplant for Kimimaro and guiding Haku in Chakra Control and medical ninjutsu.
• Haku became Tsunade’s disciple and, at nine years old, already used Healing Jutsu and the Mystical Palm Technique proficiently.
• Itachi, Sasuke, Naruto, and other children regularly visited Hoshi’s home, where Hoshi began teaching them alongside his own children and students.
• Konoha’s clan heads sent their children to Hoshi for guidance, and Shikamaru, Choji, and the rest of the Konoha 12 joined what had become a Genius Training Camp.

On Konoha Ninja Academy’s opening day, Hoshi finally ended his Genius Training Camp and visited Orochimaru’s laboratory to see the completed MetalGarurumon. Orochimaru explained the armored wolf’s new weapons and flight capabilities, while Hoshi eagerly admired the result.

• Hoshi brought Rinne and Ryushin to watch Naruto and the others attend the Ninja Academy opening ceremony, and Rinne nearly injured him when she stood excitedly in his arms.
• After Minato’s speech, Naruto and the other children entered their classroom with Iruka, and Hoshi took his children home.
• With the training camp over and the children at school, Hoshi visited Orochimaru’s laboratory to resume his Sharingan experiment and inspect Garurumon.
• Hoshi found Garurumon outfitted with metal armor, wings, shoulder cannons, and a flamethrower, and Orochimaru explained how the equipment worked.

Hoshi and Orochimaru equipped Garurumon with powerful armor before beginning Shin’s Sharingan transplant surgery. The experiment proceeded smoothly, but Shin’s eyes became uncomfortably hot as they continued absorbing Yin Release Chakra.

• Orochimaru demonstrated Garurumon’s armor and explained why its expense and weight made mass production impractical.
• Orochimaru gave the armor to Hoshi in a Sealing Scroll for later use.
• Kabuto replaced Shin’s eyes with a pair of Three-Tomoe Sharingan while Orochimaru and Anko assisted.
• Hoshi entered Sage Mode and infused Shin’s new eyes with Yin Release Chakra, increasing their Dojutsu Power.
• Shin reported that his Hashirama Cells were reacting with his Dojutsu Power and speeding its growth.
• After five minutes, Shin said his eyes felt uncomfortably hot but asked Hoshi to increase the Yin Release Chakra output.

Hoshi and Orochimaru’s attempt to evolve Shin’s Three-Tomoe Sharingan stalled when Shin’s body began reacting violently to the chakra. Hoshi concluded that the eyes needed a special chakra produced by intense emotional trauma and proposed injecting it directly into Shin.

• Hoshi increased the Yin Release Chakra flowing into Shin’s eyes after Orochimaru confirmed Shin’s vital signs were normal.
• Shin’s Sharingan stopped absorbing chakra just as it seemed close to evolving, and Shin said his eyes demanded more energy.
• Shin began slamming his head against the operating table and described feeling burning, agitation, and an urge to kill.
• Hoshi explained that emotional upheaval transformed ordinary Yin Release Chakra into the special chakra needed for Mangekyo Sharingan evolution.
• Hoshi suggested injecting the special chakra into Shin from the start to bypass the need for an emotional transformation.

Hoshi used Yin Release Chakra imitating the special Chakra he had observed in Kagetsu to help Shin’s Sharingan evolve into an Artificial Mangekyo Sharingan. Shin recovered his sanity and discovered two new abilities, while Hoshi decided to keep charging the eyes to increase their limited power.

• Hoshi realized that the special Chakra he had encountered in Kagetsu could explain Shin’s mental oppression, then infused Shin’s eyes with Yin Release Chakra of a similar frequency.
• Shin’s Sharingan absorbed the Chakra, his violent urges eased, and his Three-Tomoe Sharingan evolved into a Mangekyo Sharingan.
• Shin told Hoshi and Orochimaru that his left eye could control metal he had touched and his right eye could teleport, but his Dojutsu Power was depleted.
• Shin explained that his Dojutsu Power would recover in about a day and let him use each ability three to five times, leaving Hoshi puzzled by the Artificial Mangekyo Sharingan’s limitations.
• Hoshi asked whether Shin’s eyes could absorb more of the special Yin Release Chakra, and Shin nodded as Hoshi began infusing them again.

Hoshi and Orochimaru studied Shin’s artificially created Mangekyo Sharingan for half a year and identified its advantages and limitations. Their findings suggested that special Yin Release Chakra could help Kagetsu obtain an Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan without reducing its power.

• Hoshi supplied Yin Release Chakra to Shin’s Mangekyo Sharingan until Shin warned that its power had reached the limit he could endure.
• Orochimaru examined Shin and found few bodily or Chakra changes, so Hoshi proposed observing him longer because his eyes had been artificially created.
• Hoshi and Orochimaru observed Shin for half a year and found that his Artificial Mangekyo Sharingan avoided blindness, remained easier to control, and gradually strengthened him to Quasi-Kage level.
• They concluded that Artificial Mangekyo Sharingan had limited potential and began with little Dojutsu Power, while natural Mangekyo Sharingan offered greater power at the risk of losing control and going blind.
• Hoshi realized that special Yin Release Chakra could elevate Kagetsu’s Mangekyo Sharingan to an Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan without limiting its power.

Hoshi helped Kagetsu evolve her Mangekyō Sharingan into an Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan, and the two tested her Susanoo outside Konoha. When they returned to the Uchiha Clan Compound, they learned Kagetsu’s cousin was dying, and Hoshi realized the cousin was Shisui’s father.

• Hoshi infused Kagetsu with Yin Release Chakra, evolving her Mangekyō Sharingan into an Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan.
• Hoshi and Kagetsu left Konoha for a barren mountain, where Kagetsu manifested her Susanoo and wielded its naginata to cut a ravine into the ground.
• Kagetsu expanded her Susanoo into its winged Perfect Susanoo, but it dispersed after she maintained it for less than ten seconds.
• Hoshi and Kagetsu returned to the Uchiha Clan Compound and found the clan members unusually excited.
• Uchiha Ko told Kagetsu that her cousin was near death, and Hoshi realized the cousin was Shisui’s father.

After Shisui awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan when his father died, Hoshi and Kagetsu went to his home to support him and counter the Uchiha elders’ attempts to influence him. Shisui vowed to inherit his grandfather’s and father’s wishes and use his eyes to clear obstacles for Konoha, shattering the elders’ hopes of reclaiming the clan’s former glory.

• Shisui’s father died, and Shisui awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan, drawing the attention of the Uchiha Clan.
• Kagetsu persuaded Hoshi to visit Shisui and publicly signal Konoha’s closeness to him, discouraging the elders from trying to recruit him.
• Hoshi and Kagetsu entered Shisui’s crowded home, where Uchiha elders surrounded him while Fugaku and Itachi watched.
• Hoshi rebuked the elders for neglecting Shisui’s father’s corpse, and Fugaku apologized before clansmen carried the body inside.
• Shisui bowed to Hoshi, regained his composure, and vowed to use his eyes to clear every obstacle for Konoha.

Shisui declared that he would use his Mangekyo Sharingan to clear obstacles for Konoha, and Kagetsu backed him as the Uchiha Clan Elders lost control of the situation. Fugaku ordered the Elders escorted away, leaving the clan’s loyalty to Konoha established as the story prepared to move toward its main plot.

• Uchiha Sho challenged Hoshi for interfering in Uchiha affairs, and Shisui struck him into a wall.
• Shisui told the Clan Elder that he would inherit his father and grandfather’s will and use his eyes to clear obstacles for Konoha.
• Kagetsu intimidated the Clan Elder and kicked Uchiha Sho, leaving him gravely injured and likely to be crippled.
• The Clan Elder accused Fugaku of failing as Clan Head, and Fugaku ordered the Clan Elders escorted back to rest.

After Hoshi kept Shisui’s Mangekyo abilities secret, several years passed as Hoshi taught children in Konoha. During a training match, Itachi and Kimimaro fought fiercely, leaving Sasuke horrified when Itachi appeared to be torn apart by Kimimaro’s Bone Whip.

• Hoshi kept Shisui’s Mangekyo Sharingan and its abilities secret, and chose not to help Shisui awaken the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan.
• Several years passed as Hoshi stayed in Konoha and taught the children.
• In the Hayate Clan courtyard, Itachi used chakra threads and Fire Release against Kimimaro during their match.
• Naruto, Sasuke, Ryushin, and Rinne watched and argued about the fight as Kimimaro emerged from the flames and attacked Itachi with Finger Bone Bullets and a Bone Whip.
• Kimimaro’s Bone Whip appeared to tear Itachi’s upper body away, but Itachi’s body turned into crows and vanished.

Itachi defeated Kimimaro in a spar by using Shadow Clones and Clone Great Explosion, though he acknowledged Kimimaro’s strength. Hoshi encouraged Kimimaro and reflected on how Haku, Ryushin, and Rinne had each developed their abilities.

• Itachi appeared behind Kimimaro after his Crow Clone dispersed, but Kimimaro used hardened bone to survive a kunai wound and pierced Itachi with his Bone Blade.
• The pierced Itachi turned out to be a Shadow Clone that exploded, leaving Kimimaro battered; Kimimaro admitted defeat when Itachi prepared another attack.
• Itachi told Kimimaro that he had exploited Kimimaro’s unfamiliarity with his techniques, and Hoshi and Sasuke praised Kimimaro’s performance.
• Hoshi noted that Kimimaro’s Hashirama Cells had cured his Bloodline Disease and strengthened him, while Haku had become a gifted medical ninja under Tsunade’s guidance.
• Hoshi recounted Ryushin’s advanced swordsmanship and Rinne’s broad ninjutsu skills, and planned to help Rinne develop multiple bloodlines when she was older.

After Naruto and Sasuke sparred, Hoshi realized graduation was less than six months away and became concerned that his presence might have changed the Konoha 12’s romantic relationships. He and Tsunade asked the children about their crushes, then Tsunade began recounting how she had liked Hoshi since their Ninja Academy days.

• Naruto and Sasuke fought in the courtyard, with Sasuke narrowly winning, and both vowed to train over winter break and surpass the other.
• Hoshi realized Naruto and the others would graduate in less than six months and worried that Naruto’s changed circumstances might affect Hinata’s feelings and Sakura’s crush on Sasuke.
• Hoshi asked the children whether anyone at school had caught their eye, and Tsunade joined in to tease them and offer to play matchmaker.
• Ryushin protested that his parents were asking about dating in front of everyone, while Rinne asked how Hoshi and Tsunade had fallen in love.
• Tsunade said she had been Hoshi’s classmate and had a crush on him at the Ninja Academy, where he had been popular with girls.

Hoshi and Tsunade invited the children to share their romantic interests after telling the story of how they fell in love. Naruto surprised everyone by openly admitting that he liked Hinata.

• Hoshi asked the children to tell their stories, and Sasuke revealed that Itachi had gone to try Three-Color Dango with Izumi.
• Kimimaro said he had no romantic interests, while Haku described being impressed by the daughter of an Uzumaki woman he had treated at the hospital.
• Naruto revealed that the girl visiting Haku was Karin, and Hoshi recognized that the two might become a good match.
• Sasuke denied being interested in the girls at school, but froze when Hoshi asked about Sakura Haruno.
• Naruto blushed and admitted that he liked Hinata, astonishing everyone present.

Naruto explained that he liked Hinata because she watched him train and had once told him he saved her as a child, prompting Tsunade and Hoshi to plan a visit to the Hyuga Clan Grounds. There, Hiashi wrestled with Hizashi’s request to remove Neji’s Caged Bird Seal, while the arriving family set out to ask about Naruto and Hinata.

• Naruto told Tsunade and Hoshi that Hinata had watched him train because he had saved her when they were little, and he had gradually come to like her.
• Rinne asked when Naruto would confess to Hinata, and Tsunade offered to find out whether Hinata liked him.
• Tsunade suggested introducing Ryushin to Hinata’s younger sister Hanabi, and Hoshi agreed to bring the children to the Hyuga Clan Grounds.
• Ryushin, Rinne, Tsunade, and Hoshi arrived at the Hyuga Clan Grounds before sunset to ask about Naruto and Hinata.
• Hizashi pleaded with Hiashi to remove Neji’s Caged Bird Seal, but Hiashi said clan tradition and stability prevented him from agreeing.

Hoshi and Tsunade visited the Hyuga Clan with their children, where they met Hiashi, Hizashi, Neji, Hinata, and Hanabi. Hoshi noticed Neji’s distress over his Caged Bird Seal and considered helping him, while Hizashi remained torn over the seal’s consequences.

• Hiashi postponed his discussion with Hizashi about Neji’s Caged Bird Seal when he heard Hoshi and Tsunade had arrived.
• Hoshi and Tsunade visited the Hyuga Clan with Ryushin and Rinne, and Hiashi welcomed them.
• Hizashi brought Neji, Hinata, and Hanabi to meet the visitors, and each child showed a distinct personality.
• Hiashi reflected on Hinata’s slow Gentle Fist progress and Hanabi’s promise as he watched the children.
• Hoshi noticed Neji’s changed personality and his discomfort about the Caged Bird Seal, and considered offering to remove it.
• Hizashi understood Hiashi’s concerns about breaking clan tradition but still feared Neji would suffer the same fate as him.

Tsunade and Hoshi visited Hiashi to discuss Naruto’s apparent feelings for Hinata, and Hiashi eagerly agreed to let the young pair spend time together if Hinata liked him. In the courtyard, Rinne asked Hinata about Naruto, leaving Hinata flustered and worried that Rinne might also like him.

• Tsunade told Hiashi that Naruto seemed fond of Hinata and suggested letting them spend time together if their feelings were mutual.
• Hiashi welcomed the possibility of a match and said he would not interfere if Hinata liked Naruto.
• Hizashi went to fetch Hinata so Hiashi could ask her about Naruto.
• Rinne asked Hinata whether she knew Naruto, and Hinata blushed as she called him a very good friend.
• Hinata wondered whether Rinne liked Naruto and became anxious that the girl had come to show off their relationship.