Chapter Summaries

Itachi used the vermilion Pill to advance his Susanoo to its Crow Tengu form and unlock his Mangekyō Sharingan’s full power. Yu revealed his own Susanoo and the Myōken Divine Wheel, and Itachi departed after the two agreed to look out for Sasuke.

• Itachi swallowed the Pill, gaining a temporary surge of chakra and an improved constitution.
• Itachi used the extra chakra to evolve his Susanoo into its Crow Tengu form and manifest the Yata Mirror and Totsuka Blade.
• Yu revealed that he could use Susanoo too, and Itachi realized Yu had Mangekyō Sharingan powers.
• Yu demonstrated that the Myōken Divine Wheel could transform into Divine Tools and other weapons.
• Itachi and Yu agreed to go easy on Sasuke, then Itachi left while Yu gathered the dug-up soil.

Itachi told Fugaku that the Uchiha could be saved after meeting a fascinating expert. Yu made up with Hanabi, went to school with a pinwheel meant to warn him when his chakra surged, and discovered the training ground was full of bald Sakuras.

• Itachi returned home late and told Fugaku he had met a fascinating person.
• Itachi assured Fugaku that the Uchiha could be saved.
• Hanabi confronted Yu for sneaking out, then forgave him after he kissed both her cheeks.
• Yu attached paper pinwheels to himself and Hanabi to monitor his rising chakra.
• Sakura told Yu she had escaped Mizuki's ropes and asked whether she should apologize to Sasuke; Yu promised to help set them up.
• Yu and Sakura arrived at the Academy and found the training ground full of bald Sakuras.

After a prank turns the Training Ground into a crowd of bald Sakuras, Sakura endures public humiliation and an awkward encounter with Rock Lee. Naruto stays home after the Mizuki incident, while Iruka unexpectedly appoints Yu to teach shuriken lessons.

• Kids copied the bald Sakura transformation prank, filling the Training Ground with bald lookalikes.
• Sakura tried to cross the Training Ground in a hat but was recognized, fell, and exposed her bald head.
• Rock Lee tried to comfort Sakura and invited her to meet him, leaving her so mortified that she collapsed.
• Yu told Hinata that Naruto was sick and suggested they visit him after school, which Hinata accepted.
• Iruka announced that Mizuki had been removed from teaching and assigned Yu to take over shuriken lessons.

Yu negotiated with Iruka to teach the class shuriken lessons in exchange for help choosing his future genin team, while Naruto stayed home feeling guilty and lonely. The chapter ended with Yu calling out to Naruto to come play.

• Sasuke sulked over Yu forgetting his promised candy, then accidentally ate Yu's awful shit curry before Yu gave him the real candy and invited him to visit Naruto after school.
• Yu refused Iruka's request to teach shuriken lessons without compensation, and Iruka explained that the Academy was short on funds.
• Yu agreed to teach starting the next week after Iruka said he could recommend Yu's preferred teammates and jonin leader when teams were assigned.
• Naruto lay at home worrying that he had burdened Yu and wondering whether he deserved to have friends.
• Yu called through Naruto's window and invited him to play.

Yu brought Neji, Sasuke, and Hinata to visit Naruto, who had stayed home after the events of the previous night. After they shared lunch, Yu led the group to Hokage Rock for a nighttime climb, where Naruto and Sasuke fell and accidentally kissed.

• Hinata brought Naruto her lunch, and Naruto invited her to eat it with him while the others explored his messy home.
• Sasuke found expired food in Naruto’s apartment, while Neji resolved to show Naruto genuine care rather than charity.
• Yu reassured Naruto about the previous night, then led everyone to the cliff beneath Hokage Rock for a climb.
• Yu, Neji, and Hinata climbed using chakra, while Sasuke made footholds with kunai and Naruto used shadow clones to lift himself.
• Naruto’s stomach cramped from expired milk, his clones vanished, and he grabbed Sasuke as they fell onto the remaining clones.
• Naruto and Sasuke landed with their lips pressed together as Hinata and the others stared in shock.

Naruto and Sasuke bickered after an accidental kiss, then shared their ambitions with the others atop the mountain. Yu made a ball from dough produced by his Miketsu Ōkami technique, and Hinata offered to take Naruto’s place as the first player to be rolled inside it.

• Yu used balloons to carry Naruto and Sasuke back up the mountain, where Neji teased them about their accidental kiss and their insults nearly sparked a fight.
• Naruto declared that he would become Hokage, while Sasuke said he wanted to surpass his older brother, Itachi.
• Neji said he wanted to graduate early and make the Hyuga Clan proud, prompting Sasuke to leave before agreeing to stay and play with the group.
• Yu pinched dough from his face and used chakra and the Miketsu Ōkami technique to form a hollow ball that someone could climb inside.
• Naruto lost rock-paper-scissors and was chosen to be the ball, but Hinata volunteered to take his place.

Yu put Naruto and Hinata together inside a dough ball and organized a relay-ball game with Sasuke and Neji. The game began with Yu serving, and Neji prepared to kick Sasuke’s return with his new technique.

• Naruto and Hinata agreed to hug inside the dough ball so Yu could wrap them together for the game.
• Yu explained the relay-ball rules, including boundaries, five-second airborne plays, and a punishment for the losing team.
• Yu served the ball to Sasuke with a powerful, curving throw, and Sasuke struggled to return it toward Neji.
• Neji activated his Byakugan and unleashed his Eight Trigrams: Falcon Kick toward the ball.

Yu, Neji, and Sasuke’s ball game escalated into a contest of taijutsu, shuriken, and ninjutsu, ending with Sasuke’s loss and Hinata fainting after an accidental kiss with Naruto. Neji chose a sugarcane Pocky Game as punishment for Naruto and Sasuke, and they began chewing toward each other.

• Yu theatrically controlled Neji’s powerful kick before Sasuke began his serve.
• Sasuke hid shuriken in the ball and threw it at Neji, who used his Byakugan and Gentle Fist to knock them away.
• Yu sent the ball back with a spinning strike, and Sasuke used a Great Fireball to slow it before catching it.
• Smoke rose from the ball, and Yu opened it to reveal Hinata dazed and Naruto flushed after accidentally kissing her.
• Neji ruled that Sasuke had lost when he dropped the ball, then chose a sugarcane Pocky Game as punishment for Naruto and Sasuke.
• Naruto and Sasuke took opposite ends of the sugarcane and began chewing toward each other.

After Naruto confided his fear of the Nine-Tails and asked Yu to stay his friend, Yu promised to train with him and proposed building a secret base on Hokage Rock. The chapter ended as Yu began using Wood Release to construct it.

• Naruto and Sasuke choked while chewing sugarcane, but Yu and Neji resuscitated them; afterward, Sasuke left and accidentally broke a piece off the Second Hokage statue while climbing down.
• Neji went home, leaving Yu with Naruto and the unconscious Hinata, who had secretly woken up.
• Naruto apologized to Yu for avoiding him and admitted he feared the Nine-Tails would make him lose control and hurt his friends.
• Naruto asked Yu to remain his friend and vowed to become strong enough to control the Nine-Tails and protect others; Yu agreed to train with him.
• Yu told Naruto about Madara Uchiha and proposed making Hokage Rock their secret base.
• Yu performed the Wood Release: Four-Pillar House Technique to begin building the base.

Yu explained how he had created Wood Release, built a mountain hideout with Naruto, and learned that Hinata liked Naruto. As dawn arrived, Fugaku prepared to begin the Uchiha Clan’s negotiations with Konoha’s leaders.

• Yu used Wood Release to build houses on the mountain and explained that the Book of the Gods had granted him a technique for combining chakra natures.
• Yu told Naruto that their hideout was unlikely to be discovered and proposed meeting there in their real bodies the day after tomorrow while their shadow clones went to school.
• After Naruto left, Hinata admitted to Yu that she liked Naruto and had pretended to be asleep so she could hear his true feelings.
• Yu returned home, replaced the sleeping Hanabi’s embrace with a doll, and climbed into bed without noticing Hanabi was awake.
• At dawn, Fugaku told the Uchiha Clan members to wait for orders and summoned Itachi to accompany him to the negotiations.