Chapter Summaries

Hiruzen Sarutobi and Tobirama Senju lured Uchiha Yao into a trap at Howling Valley, intending to kill him and stop his control of Konoha. Yao evaded Tobirama’s Flying Thunder God Slash and kicked him into a cliff wall.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi kept his forces in Iron Wall City to stabilize the north after crushing the rebellion.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi, Tobirama Senju, Danzo, Kagami Uchiha, Hatake Sakumo, and Hashirama Senju gathered five thousand ninja at Howling Valley to ambush Uchiha Yao.
• Uchiha Yao entered the valley alone and mocked the assembled ninja.
• Tobirama Senju attacked Yao from behind with Flying Thunder God Slash, but Yao vanished before the kunai struck.
• Uchiha Yao appeared behind Tobirama Senju and kicked him into the opposite cliff wall.

Uchiha Yao confronted the resurrected Hokage and condemned Tobirama Senju for the harm his successors had done to Konoha and the Uchiha. As Tobirama, Hatake Sakumo, and Shimura Danzō attacked, Yao overwhelmed them, but five thousand Konoha ninja launched a massive barrage at him.

• Uchiha Yao mocked Tobirama Senju and accused him of teaching Hiruzen Sarutobi and Shimura Danzō to betray Konoha and the Uchiha.
• Tobirama Senju demanded that Hiruzen Sarutobi answer for the accusations, and Hiruzen silently admitted they were true.
• Tobirama Senju, Hatake Sakumo, and Shimura Danzō attacked Uchiha Yao, who caught Sakumo's blade, knocked him away, and blocked the other attacks with Susanoo.
• A Sarutobi Clan jonin ordered five thousand ninja to unleash a saturation attack on Uchiha Yao.

Uchiha Yao survived the combined attack of five thousand ninja and began massacring the panicked force. When Kagami Uchiha challenged him with Susanoo, Yao condemned Kagami's loyalty to Konoha and summoned his own Perfect Susanoo.

• Uchiha Yao emerged unharmed from the attack, and the ninja force broke into panic.
• Uchiha Yao killed a Sarutobi Clan commander and raced through the valley, slaughtering fleeing ninja.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi tried to rush at Uchiha Yao, but Hashirama Senju stopped him and said his Wood Release could not catch Yao.
• Kagami Uchiha awakened his Mangekyō Sharingan and attacked Uchiha Yao with his skeletal Susanoo.
• Uchiha Yao accused Kagami Uchiha of betraying the Uchiha Clan and revealed his Perfect Susanoo.

Uchiha Yao defeated Kagami Uchiha’s Susanoo, then annihilated the fleeing ninja at Howling Valley with a devastating repulsive force. Tobirama Senju escaped with Hiruzen Sarutobi and the others, leaving them to face Yao after the destruction of their forces.

• Uchiha Yao’s Perfect Susanoo shattered Kagami Uchiha’s Susanoo and defeated him.
• Hashirama Senju judged Yao’s strength to be at least equal to his and Madara’s in their prime, while the surviving ninja fled.
• Uchiha Yao used the Heavenly Cloud Sword to kill hundreds of fleeing ninja, then dismissed his Susanoo as inefficient.
• Uchiha Yao unleashed Super Universal Pull, destroying Howling Valley and the thousands of ninja within it.
• Tobirama Senju used the Flying Thunder God Technique to evacuate Hiruzen Sarutobi and the others before the attack, and Uchiha Yao turned toward them.

Hashirama Senju, Tobirama Senju, Hatake Sakumo, and Shimura Danzō tried to stop Uchiha Yao, but his abilities overwhelmed their attacks. Hiruzen Sarutobi began summoning the Shinigami to use the Reaper Death Seal, while Uchiha Yao activated Kamui: Time Reversal.

• Hashirama Senju attacked Uchiha Yao with Forest Descent, but Uchiha Yao absorbed the Chakra from the trees and vines.
• Hashirama Senju summoned the Wood Golem, but Uchiha Yao's Perfect Susanoo cut down its wooden dragon and overpowered it.
• Tobirama Senju, Hatake Sakumo, and Shimura Danzō attacked together, but Uchiha Yao repelled them with Shinra Tensei.
• Uchiha Yao severed the Wood Golem as Hiruzen Sarutobi asked the others to hold him back while he prepared the Reaper Death Seal.
• Tobirama Senju, Hashirama Senju, Hatake Sakumo, and Shimura Danzō tried to restrain Uchiha Yao while Hiruzen Sarutobi summoned the Shinigami.
• Uchiha Yao raised his hand and activated Kamui: Time Reversal.

Uchiha Yao reversed the battle’s attacks, then used Kotoamatsukami to compel Hiruzen Sarutobi to release Impure World Reincarnation. After the resurrected fighters vanished, Yao executed Hiruzen, ending the Third Hokage’s rule.

• Uchiha Yao used Kamui: Time Reversal to undo the attacks of Tobirama Senju, Hatake Sakumo, Shimura Danzō, and Kagami Uchiha, while Hiruzen Sarutobi remained aged from his sacrificed life force.
• Uchiha Yao used Kotoamatsukami to implant loyalty to the Uchiha in Hiruzen Sarutobi and make him release Impure World Reincarnation.
• Tobirama Senju warned Uchiha Yao that his rule would collapse before disappearing, followed by Shimura Danzō, Kagami Uchiha, Hatake Sakumo, and Hashirama Senju.
• Uchiha Yao condemned the Will of Fire and beheaded Hiruzen Sarutobi with a Chakra blade.

Uchiha Yao destroyed Hiruzen Sarutobi’s remains, ordered the new daimyo Chiba to erase Hiruzen from the Land of Fire’s history, and returned to Konoha to claim the title of Fifth Hokage. After denouncing the Will of Fire and declaring a new order based on power, he watched the village kneel in submission.

• Uchiha Yao burned Hiruzen Sarutobi’s headless corpse to ash and left Howling Valley.
• Uchiha Yao told Chiba that Hiruzen had attacked him and ordered an announcement stripping Hiruzen of his honors, burial, place in Konoha’s history, and statue on Hokage Rock.
• Uchiha Yao returned to Konoha with thirty jonin through his space-time technique.
• At his inauguration, Uchiha Yao declared himself the Fifth Hokage and rejected the Will of Fire in favor of an order ruled by strength.
• Kurenai Yuhi watched Uchiha Yao with admiration while Naruto Uzumaki wondered about the new Hokage and his connection to Sasuke.
• The villagers and ninja in the plaza all knelt before Uchiha Yao.

Uchiha Yao revealed that Naruto Uzumaki was the son of the Fourth Hokage, Namikaze Minato, and Kushina Uzumaki, and blamed Hiruzen Sarutobi for hiding the truth. He named Naruto his second disciple and left him with the truth of his parents’ sacrifice.

• Uchiha Yao told the villagers that Naruto was the son of Minato and Kushina, who had died protecting Konoha.
• Uchiha Yao accused Hiruzen Sarutobi of concealing Naruto’s parentage to control the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, and the villagers reacted with shame and disbelief.
• Uchiha Yao had ANBU bring Naruto to him and declared Naruto his second disciple, with the Uchiha Clan providing for him.
• Uchiha Yao threatened execution without pardon for anyone who called Naruto the Demon Fox again.
• Naruto recognized Uchiha Yao as the big brother who had treated him to ramen, and Uchiha Yao gently told him that his parents had sacrificed their lives for Konoha.

Naruto learned that the Third Hokage had enabled his suffering, then accepted Uchiha Yao as his teacher and agreed to move into the Uchiha Clan Compound. He met his senior disciple, Hinata Hyuga, who fainted when Naruto held her hand.

• Naruto asked Uchiha Yao why the villagers had mistreated him, and Yao blamed their weakness and Hiruzen Sarutobi’s schemes.
• Uchiha Yao told Naruto that Hiruzen had been turned to ashes and promised to protect him.
• Uchiha Yao invited Naruto to become his disciple, and Naruto accepted, becoming a disciple with loyalty locked at 100%.
• Uchiha Yao told Naruto to move into the Uchiha Clan Compound and introduced him to his senior disciple, Hinata Hyuga.
• Naruto greeted Hinata and held her hand, causing her to faint; Uchiha Yao told them they would train at his clan’s exclusive training ground after Ninja Academy.

Naruto woke to a comfortable new life in the Hokage residence and learned that Uchiha Yao expected him to grow strong enough to protect himself. At the Ninja Academy, an ANBU enforced Yao’s order against anyone who insulted Naruto, leaving the class afraid of him.

• Naruto ate a lavish breakfast with Uchiha Yao, who told him to remember what it felt like to eat his fill and become strong enough that no one could make him go hungry again.
• Naruto walked to the Ninja Academy as villagers bowed and apologized for how they had treated him.
• Naruto entered the classroom, where Kiba held back his mockery and Sasuke resented that Naruto had become Uchiha Yao’s disciple.
• An ANBU stopped a student from tripping Naruto, threatened him with a kunai, and announced that the Fifth Hokage had ordered the death of anyone who insulted Naruto.
• Iruka objected to the ANBU using force at school, but the ANBU released the student after warning the class that it was their first and last warning.

Naruto failed miserably at shuriken practice and was mocked by Sasuke and their classmates, so he went to Uchiha Yao asking to be taught. Uchiha Yao promised that defeating Sasuke would be simple, leaving Naruto hopeful for training.

• Sasuke scored a perfect ten in shuriken practice and mocked Naruto for missing the target and embarrassing his teacher.
• Naruto charged at Sasuke after Sasuke called him trash, but Teacher Yamada separated them before they could fight.
• After the other students left, Naruto vowed to defeat Sasuke, and Hinata watched him worriedly from behind a tree.
• Naruto rushed to the Hokage Residence and told Uchiha Yao about the practice, the insults, and his wish to learn shuriken techniques.
• Uchiha Yao told Naruto that defeating Sasuke would be simple because Naruto was his personal disciple.

Uchiha Yao used a system-granted talent to rapidly teach Naruto Uzumaki shuriken throwing, then introduced him to the Multiple Shadow Clone Technique. He brought Naruto into a genjutsu to meet the Nine-Tails, leaving Naruto terrified before the sealed beast.

• Uchiha Yao activated Throwing Specialization for Naruto and demonstrated accurate shuriken throwing.
• Naruto practiced under Uchiha Yao's guidance and hit the bullseye within half an hour.
• Uchiha Yao taught Naruto the principles and hand seals of the Multiple Shadow Clone Technique, saying Naruto had more Chakra than he could use.
• Uchiha Yao cast a genjutsu and took Naruto to the sewer-like space where the Nine-Tails was sealed.
• The Nine-Tails revealed itself to Naruto and called itself the embodiment of hatred and a natural disaster.

Uchiha Yao partially tore Naruto’s seal, summoning Namikaze Minato and allowing him to meet his son. After revealing how Hiruzen Sarutobi had concealed Naruto’s identity and left him neglected, Yao confronted Minato with his failures as a father, leaving Minato remorseful.

• Uchiha Yao appeared in Naruto’s Sealing Space, and the Nine-Tails recognized his Uchiha Chakra before reacting in shock to his Rinnegan.
• Uchiha Yao partly tore Namikaze Minato’s Sealing Tag, releasing a torrent of the Nine-Tails’ Chakra and causing Minato to appear.
• Namikaze Minato recognized Naruto as his son, and Naruto embraced him and cried as they reunited.
• Uchiha Yao introduced himself as the Fifth Hokage and Naruto’s teacher, then told Minato how Hiruzen Sarutobi had hidden Naruto’s identity and how Naruto had suffered neglect and abuse.
• Uchiha Yao accused Minato of failing to protect his son, and Minato wept and apologized to Naruto.

Uchiha Yao persuaded the Nine-Tails to stop obstructing Naruto and offered it a path to freedom, while Minato said his final goodbye to Naruto. Back at the training ground, Naruto successfully used the Multiple Shadow Clone Technique and began his new training.

• Minato asked Uchiha Yao to take care of Naruto and prepared to reinforce the Eight Trigrams Seal, but Yao stopped him.
• Uchiha Yao addressed the Nine-Tails as Kurama and offered it freedom in exchange for helping Naruto, urging them to become friends and partners.
• Minato gave Naruto his final advice and told him he loved him before his Chakra projection vanished.
• Naruto awoke at the training ground, where Uchiha Yao told him to continue practicing the Multiple Shadow Clone Technique.
• Naruto used the technique successfully, creating fifty or sixty clones, and Uchiha Yao made it his core training method.

Naruto trained under Uchiha Yao and woke in his new home to find Hinata had moved in as his junior disciple. Uchiha Yao arranged for Kurenai Yuhi to guide Hinata as the two began training together.

• Uchiha Yao explained that Shadow Clone memories could accelerate Naruto's training, but limited him to one or two clones a day until he was stronger.
• Naruto woke in Uchiha Yao's home and learned from Hinata that Teacher Yao had arranged for her to move in.
• At breakfast, Uchiha Yao assigned Naruto to train Chakra control, Shuriken throwing, and physical conditioning with Shadow Clones, and told Hinata to overcome her fear.
• Uchiha Yao appointed Kurenai Yuhi as Hinata's assistant teacher, and Kurenai thanked him for intervening in Asuma's harassment.
• At the private training grounds, Naruto practiced three tasks while Kurenai guided Hinata's taijutsu.

Uchiha Yao corrected Kurenai Yuhi’s taijutsu form, and his instruction greatly strengthened her strikes. Days later, Hinata Hyuga overcame her nerves during a shuriken test, impressing her classmates with her accuracy.

• Uchiha Yao explained that Kurenai Yuhi’s attacks revealed her intentions and guided her into a lower, more effective stance.
• Kurenai Yuhi followed his instructions and delivered a palm strike with much greater force.
• At the Ninja Academy, Sasuke hit the bullseye with all ten shuriken and earned full marks.
• Naruto Uzumaki loudly encouraged Hinata Hyuga before her turn, helping her overcome her nervousness.
• Hinata threw her shuriken with remarkable precision, and Teacher Yamada announced that she scored 98 points.

Hinata Hyuga impressed her class with her progress, then Naruto Uzumaki earned a perfect score in shuriken practice and accepted Sasuke Uchiha's challenge to hit moving targets. Teacher Yamada agreed to supervise their contest, while a watching ANBU took interest in Naruto, Lord Yao's disciple.

• Hinata Hyuga earned Teacher Yamada's praise for her remarkable improvement, and Naruto proudly cheered her on as his senior sister.
• Naruto ignored his classmates' mockery and landed ten shuriken in a perfect line at the target's bullseye.
• Teacher Yamada awarded Naruto one hundred points, matching Sasuke's perfect score.
• Sasuke challenged Naruto to a contest against moving targets, and Naruto accepted.
• Teacher Yamada allowed the contest as a supervised skill challenge, while an ANBU watched from a distant treetop.

Teacher Yamada held a moving-target shuriken match between Sasuke and Naruto. Sasuke hit nine stones with his Sharingan, but Naruto stunned everyone by hitting all ten at once.

• Teacher Yamada explained the rules, and Sasuke chose to go first.
• Sasuke activated his Sharingan and hit nine of the ten stones Teacher Yamada threw.
• Sasuke taunted Naruto and claimed the gap between them was insurmountable.
• Naruto focused himself as Teacher Yamada threw ten stones with trickier trajectories.
• Naruto threw ten shuriken at once and shattered every stone, leaving the training ground stunned.

Naruto defeated Sasuke in a school exercise, and Kakashi stopped Sasuke from attacking him and confirmed the loss was fair. Sasuke returned home and begged Fugaku for brutal training, which Fugaku agreed to intensify tenfold as he demanded Sasuke awaken his second tomoe.

• Naruto earned Teacher Yamada's praise and full marks after defeating Sasuke in the exercise.
• Sasuke charged at Naruto, but Kakashi caught his wrist and confirmed that Naruto had won fairly.
• Kakashi sincerely praised Naruto and privately regretted failing to care for Minato's son.
• Sasuke returned to the Uchiha compound and told Fugaku he had lost to Naruto.
• Sasuke begged Fugaku to train him mercilessly, and Fugaku ordered tenfold training starting the next day and demanded he awaken his second tomoe.

Uchiha Yao celebrated Naruto’s improved academy performance, then announced practical-combat reforms and tasked him with taking first place. Sasuke trained obsessively after losing to Naruto, collapsing as Fugaku judged his effort insufficient.

• Uchiha Yao treated Naruto, Hinata, and Kurenai Yuhi to a celebratory dinner and announced a new mission for Naruto.
• Uchiha Yao declared that all Ninja Academy grades would begin weekly practical-combat tests, with rankings posted at the school.
• Uchiha Yao ordered Naruto to take first place in the next test, and Naruto vowed to become the top student.
• Sasuke practiced shuriken, taijutsu, and the Great Fireball Technique before collapsing from exhaustion.
• Uchiha Fugaku watched Sasuke train and said his training volume was still far too low.