Chapter Summaries

After two and a half years of peace, Naruto returned to Konoha with Jiraiya and learned how much his peers had grown. Jiraiya brought Tsunade intelligence about the Akatsuki, while Naruto prepared to test himself against Shikamaru.

• Miki Yūya mocked Urashiki at Ichiraku Ramen, dismissing the Ōtsutsuki as practical farmers rather than true villains.
• Jiraiya and Naruto returned to Konoha, where Naruto reunited with Shikamaru and asked what had happened during his absence.
• Shikamaru told Naruto that their peers had become Chunins and that Sakura had learned Medical Ninjutsu from Tsunade.
• Shikamaru challenged Naruto to spar, and Naruto accepted while declaring that he would challenge Miki Yūya as well.
• Jiraiya met with Tsunade and presented the intelligence on the Akatsuki he had gathered during his travels.

Two years after Miki Yūya transformed Konoha’s younger generation, Jiraiya learned from Tsunade how much the village had changed, while Naruto returned from traveling and fought Shikamaru. Yūya challenged Naruto at the Training Ground and overwhelmed both his Nine-Tails chakra and Big Ball Rasengan, leaving the onlookers stunned.

• Tsunade told Jiraiya that Yūya’s pressure had driven Konoha’s younger generation to improve, and she planned to take Sakura on as her apprentice.
• Tsunade and Jiraiya discussed Danzo’s unexplained investigation into Jiraiya and Tsunade instead of the younger generation.
• Naruto and Shikamaru fought at the Training Ground, where Shikamaru used a self-enhancing shadow technique developed under Yūya’s guidance before Naruto won through his greater chakra reserves.
• Yūya arrived at the Training Ground and challenged Naruto, unleashing a terrifying pressure that alarmed Shikamaru, Kiba, Akamaru, Urashiki, Hinata, Guy, Rock Lee, and Kakashi.
• Naruto’s Nine-Tails chakra erupted as Yūya attacked, but Yūya’s eighteen thunderous strikes shattered it, and he compressed Naruto’s Big Ball Rasengan against his armored fist.

Miki Yūya overwhelmed Naruto in their spar, using Haki to crush his Rasengan and knock him unconscious while Naruto’s struggle caused the Nine-Tails to reinforce their seal. Jiraiya recognized Yūya’s power as something akin to sage arts, and Sai left Root to join Team 7 before meeting an unfamiliar ninja at the hospital.

• Shikamaru explained that Yūya’s willpower disrupted the mental energy in chakra, allowing him to alter and overwhelm Naruto’s Rasengan.
• Yūya punched Naruto through his Rasengan and defenses, but Naruto rallied with Shadow Clones and continued attacking.
• The Nine-Tails’ chakra traces exposed it to Yūya’s Haki through Naruto’s clones, forcing it to reinforce the seal and briefly cooperate with Naruto’s chakra.
• Yūya unleashed Conqueror’s Haki, destroyed Naruto’s clones, and drove Naruto into a crater with a final punch.
• Jiraiya and Tsunade discussed Yūya’s growing power, and Jiraiya identified it as a natural-energy technique similar to sage arts.
• Danzo assigned Sai to join Team 7 and investigate Orochimaru; Sai went to visit Naruto at the hospital and encountered a ninja in a crop top.

Miki Yūya mocked Sai’s clothes and escalated a hospital dispute until Sai, Might Guy, Rock Lee, and the medical staff were caught up in it. Shibi Aburame arrived with the Security Force, but sent Sai, Guy, and Rock Lee out of the hospital along with Miki Yūya, who claimed he had another argument to make.

• Miki Yūya insulted Sai’s appearance and manners, drawing the attention of nurses and Sakura, who joined in teasing Sai.
• Sai showed a deployment order bearing Danzo’s seal and demanded the Security Force, while Miki Yūya loudly blamed Danzo for Sai’s outfit.
• Might Guy and Rock Lee rushed in to catch the supposed pervert, and Shibi Aburame arrived with Security Force members to handle the disturbance.
• Miki Yūya mocked Shibi and rallied the medical staff against the Security Force for arriving late.
• Shibi asked which men were wearing inappropriate clothes, and Miki Yūya identified Sai, Guy, and Rock Lee; Shibi ordered all three to leave.
• Miki Yūya pulled Guy and Rock Lee along as he left the hospital, insisting he had another argument, and Rock Lee asked what he meant.

Miki Yūya beat Kawada, Sato, and Yamamoto after they insulted him, then was drawn into Kakashi and Guy's mission to capture Kisame Hoshigaki. As Kakashi's team departed with Yūya, Deidara and Sasori faced Gaara's sudden attack in Sunagakure.

• Miki Yūya left the hospital after deciding Guy, Rock Lee, and Jiraiya had been useless during Naruto's training.
• Miki Yūya beat Kawada, Sato, and Yamamoto in an alley and took their money, but Guy and Rock Lee arrived and misunderstood the situation.
• Kakashi summoned Guy for a mission concerning Kisame Hoshigaki, and Kawada, Sato, and Yamamoto mocked Kakashi's father and demanded that Yūya protect them.
• Miki Yūya insulted Kakashi and the others, then beat Kawada, Sato, and Yamamoto again after they taunted him for being an orphan.
• Kawada, Sato, and Yamamoto insisted Yūya accompany Kakashi's team, so he left Konoha with them for the Kisame mission.
• In Sunagakure, Gaara attacked Deidara and Sasori with Sandstorm Funeral, forcing them to retreat as a battle began.

Deidara and Sasori attacked Gaara to capture Shukaku, but Gaara revealed complete control of the One-Tail and fought them across the desert. Gaara held off Deidara while Shukaku’s clones delayed Sasori’s puppet army, but Sasori broke through toward Sunagakure and declared that Gaara had already lost.

• Deidara and Sasori blasted open Gaara’s Sandstorm Grand Burial, but Gaara dodged Deidara’s clay explosives and emerged with Shukaku in his complete form.
• Gaara recognized Sasori as a Sunagakure rogue ninja and offered to let him leave, but Deidara and Sasori revealed the Akatsuki mission to capture Shukaku.
• Gaara attacked, and Shukaku’s Wind Release and sand overwhelmed Deidara’s clay birds and spiders while Gaara controlled the battlefield.
• Sasori sent Hiruko toward Sunagakure as Gaara created Shukaku Clones to stop him, and Sasori’s hundred puppets and Third Kazekage Puppet destroyed the clones.
• Sasori’s puppet army broke through the clones’ defense and advanced toward Sunagakure as he told Gaara that the village was about to suffer an attack like Konoha’s.

Sasori overwhelmed Sunagakure’s defenders and took villagers and ninja hostage, using them to stop Gaara from attacking. As some ninja urged Gaara to strike anyway, the hostages angrily called them useless for failing to protect the village.

• Sasori entered Sunagakure and defeated the first wave of ninja with his puppets and poisoned weapons.
• Sasori revealed the Third Kazekage puppet and admitted that he had killed the Third Kazekage.
• Sasori’s puppets spread through the village and restrained the surviving ninja, wounded, villagers, and children.
• Gaara returned with the defeated Deidara and halted his attack when Sasori raised the hostages as a shield.
• Several ninja urged Gaara to strike, but the villagers shouted at them for being useless and leaving civilians to die.

Villagers blamed Gaara and the Sunagakure ninjas for the village’s suffering, and their accusations shattered Gaara’s composure, allowing Deidara to trap and blast him. In the Spirit World, Gaara faced Shukaku and the suddenly manifested Miki Yūya, who attacked him.

• Villagers insulted the ninjas for failing to protect Sunagakure and accused Gaara of killing his father, demanding that he be killed or expelled.
• Gaara’s distress over the villagers’ hatred distracted him, and Deidara escaped his sand restraints and wrapped him in a clay centipede.
• Deidara detonated the centipede, devastating the village entrance and knocking Gaara unconscious.
• Gaara awoke in the Spirit World, where Shukaku mocked the villagers and urged him not to think about Miki Yūya.
• Miki Yūya appeared in the Spirit World and kicked Gaara off his feet as Shukaku warned him to stop thinking about Miki Yūya.

Miki Yūya fought Shukaku in Gaara’s mental world and revealed himself as an embodiment of Gaara’s pain, while Gaara began to stir. Outside, Miki Yūya sensed Uchiha Itachi and Kisame Hoshigaki, and the group encountered them.

• Miki Yūya overpowered Shukaku with Conqueror’s Haki and Armament Haki, then explained that he embodied the pain binding Gaara and Shukaku.
• Miki Yūya confronted Gaara and challenged his fear of facing strength, prompting Gaara’s fingers to twitch and his chakra to begin restraining Shukaku.
• A hole appeared in Gaara’s chest as Sasori told Deidara the seal was loosening and warned that Konoha’s teams were approaching.
• While tracking Itachi and Kisame with Kakashi, Guy, Rock Lee, Tenten, and Pakkun, Miki Yūya mocked Pakkun and sensed someone nearby.
• Miki Yūya threw pebbles toward a tree, where Uchiha Itachi blocked them with kunai and appeared alongside Kisame Hoshigaki.

Miki Yūya provoked Konoha’s fighters into confronting Itachi and Kisame, turning the battlefield into a chaotic clash. Kakashi finally revealed his Sharingan and prepared to face Itachi.

• Kisame charged Miki Yūya after he insulted Itachi, but Miki called on Rock Lee, Tenten, and Pakkun to attack.
• Rock Lee and Tenten fought Kisame while Miki kicked Pakkun into the battle, where Kisame blasted the dog back with Water Release.
• Miki reminded Might Guy that his father had died because of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist, then pressured Guy to fight Kisame.
• Miki called Kakashi the Uchiha Clan’s representative and urged him to face Itachi, despite Kakashi’s fear of Itachi’s Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Miki assigned everyone roles, prompting Guy, Rock Lee, and Tenten to attack Kisame while Kakashi revealed his Sharingan and Pakkun barked.

Miki Yūya mocked Kisame as Guy fought him, while Kakashi and Itachi battled through a mist-covered lake. Itachi exposed the weakness in Miki Yūya’s Observation Haki, but Miki Yūya unleashed his Conqueror’s Haki and struck Itachi with a massive sword light, leaving his condition uncertain.

• Kisame flooded the battlefield and summoned a Water Release Shark, but Guy rescued Rock Lee and Tenten and destroyed it with a kick.
• Miki Yūya taunted Kisame, enraging him, and Guy opened the Gate of View to confront him.
• Kakashi created a Hidden Mist, injured Itachi with Kamui, and then struck a clone with Lightning Blade.
• Itachi approached Miki Yūya unseen and explained how he had bypassed Observation Haki by bearing no malice and not watching him.
• Miki Yūya unleashed his Conqueror’s Haki and a sweeping sword light that cut through the mist and pierced Itachi.

Miki Yūya and the others defeated Itachi and Kisame’s clones, but the real Itachi and Kisame escaped. As Itachi reflected on Yūya’s chakra-free power, he began to think that Yūya rejected the painful world built around chakra.

• Itachi sensed Miki Yūya’s power from afar and suffered a mental shock, while Kisame learned that his clone had been destroyed.
• Tenten was stunned by Yūya’s strength, and Rock Lee explained that Guy considered Yūya’s taijutsu the strongest in the Shinobi World.
• Guy struck Kisame with Morning Peacock, blasting him into the ground, while Yūya mocked Guy’s talk of youth.
• Kakashi identified the fallen opponents as chakra-supported clones, and Yūya accused the group of failing the mission.
• Itachi and Kisame withdrew before Kakashi, Guy, Yūya, and the others could catch them.
• Itachi considered Nagato’s plan to use chakra to end suffering and concluded that Yūya’s resolve came from refusing to accept a world built on chakra.

After learning that Gaara had been captured, Miki Yūya left to pursue his own agenda while Kakashi led the others after Itachi and Kisame. Gaara recovered and overwhelmed Deidara, but Miki Yūya arrived with a devastating punch that drove Gaara and Shukaku underground.

• Kakashi received word that Gaara had been captured and that Naruto, Sakura, Sai, Yamato, Hinata, Kiba Inuzuka, Shino Aburame, and Hyuga Hiashi had gone to support him.
• Miki Yūya left on his own, and Kakashi sent Pakkun after him before leading the others to pursue Itachi and Kisame.
• Gaara's chest wound began healing, so Deidara stuffed it with C3 Clay Bombs and detonated them, but Gaara survived.
• Gaara transformed into Shukaku and used his sand to overwhelm Deidara's attacks and trap him.
• As Deidara prepared to self-detonate, Miki Yūya appeared through storm clouds and struck Shukaku with a powerful punch, burying Gaara and the One-Tail beneath the desert.
• Miki Yūya emerged from the sandstorm and told Gaara he had already prepared a wheelchair for him.

Miki Yūya mocked Deidara and rejected his offer of support for Tsuchikage before confronting Gaara, whose Complete Tailed Beast Transformation forced him to fight. Their battle escalated as Gaara unleashed a massive sandstorm, and Miki Yūya charged through it with his short sword.

• Deidara mistook Miki Yūya for his rescuer and offered to support him as the next Tsuchikage, but Miki Yūya insulted and kicked him away.
• Miki Yūya mocked Gaara and Shukaku, then warned Gaara that no one from Konoha's High Command could protect him.
• Miki Yūya unleashed an overwhelming presence that made Gaara realize he would die unless he resisted.
• Gaara and Shukaku joined their minds and unleashed the Tailed Beast Great Sandstorm against Miki Yūya.
• Miki Yūya tore through the sandstorm with black-and-red lightning, drew his short sword, and charged toward Gaara.

Miki Yūya defeated Shukaku and struck Gaara with a devastating slash, but Gaara survived behind the sand protection his mother’s love had left him. When Gaara asked whether Miki knew what love was, Miki rejected the question and attacked him again.

• Miki Yūya fought through Gaara’s sand attacks, using Sky Suppression to overwhelm Shukaku’s defenses.
• Miki Yūya mapped the battlefield with Observation Haki and unleashed Armament: Mountain-Cleaving Slash, splitting Shukaku’s shield and body.
• Gaara recalled his mother, Yashamaru, and his painful past, then realized his mother had loved him.
• Miki Yūya’s slash wounded Gaara and scattered Shukaku’s will, while sand hands shielded Gaara’s heart and kept him alive.
• Gaara rose and asked Miki Yūya what love was, but Miki cursed at him and resumed attacking with punches and kicks.

Miki Yūya rescued Deidara, healed him with the Gelel Stone, and bonded with him over their hatred of Uchiha Itachi. Meanwhile, Neji defeated four Hyuga jonin and confronted Hyuga Hiashi, then began charging his Tenseigan again as Hiashi remained before him.

• Deidara watched Miki Yūya beat Gaara, then thanked him and followed him after Pakkun revealed Miki Yūya was Akamaru's big brother.
• Miki Yūya and Deidara traded insults about Uchiha Itachi and Kisame Hoshigaki, and Miki Yūya used the Gelel Stone to stabilize Deidara's injuries.
• Hyuga Hiashi led four jonin against Neji, who used his Tenseigan to kill or incapacitate all four with Caged Bird Reincarnation Explosion.
• Hyuga Hiashi told Neji that Hinata had been expelled from the clan grounds and blamed Neji for her suffering, causing Neji to waver and exhaust his Tenseigan.
• Kidomaru refused to attack Akamaru, fearing Miki Yūya's retaliation, while Sakon, Ukon, and Tayuya held their opponents at bay.
• Neji gathered energy in his Tenseigan again and asked Hyuga Hiashi what he was waiting for while he waited for his power to recover.

Neji attacked Hiashi for destroying his eyes and oppressing the branch family, but Hinata shielded her father and tried to stop him. Miki Yūya provoked Neji and confronted Hiashi before Yugito and Kumogakure forces surrounded the Hyuga, demanding their Byakugan.

• Neji overwhelmed Hiashi with Gentle Fist strikes and prepared to kill him with his Caged Bird Reincarnation Explosion.
• Hinata deflected Neji's attack, pleaded for Hiashi's life, and then stood between them when Neji refused to relent.
• Miki Yūya arrived with Gaara, Deidara, and Pakkun, taunted Neji and Hiashi, and Akamaru barked in support of him.
• Neji's anger hardened as Hiashi tried to defend his past actions, while Yugito led Kumogakure elites in surrounding the battlefield and demanding the Hyuga surrender their Byakugan.
• Miki Yūya mocked the Hyuga and told them to hand over their Byakugan to Kumogakure.

Miki Yūya publicly exposed Hyuga Hiashi’s past betrayals, driving Neji and the others to condemn him until Hiashi swallowed Tsunade’s life-ending Gelel Stone pill. Restored and resolved to atone, Hiashi challenged Yugito and charged into battle to defend the Hyuga and Konoha.

• Miki Yūya reminded the crowd that Hiashi had offered a Hyuga clansman to Kumogakure after its failed attempt to abduct Hinata, and Hinata’s actions brought that sacrifice into focus.
• Deidara, Kiba, Miki Yūya, and the Sound Four denounced Hiashi, while Neji accused him of sacrificing the branch family and Hinata shielded her father from stones.
• As Kumogakure threatened the Hyuga, Hiashi recalled Danzo’s manipulation and Tsunade’s warning, then took the life-ending pill Tsunade had given him.
• The pill restored Hiashi’s strength, and he caught Miki Yūya’s Haki-coated stone before declaring that he would avenge his brother and face Yugito.
• Hiashi apologized to Neji and Hinata, then charged at Yugito, determined to die protecting the Hyuga and Konoha.

Hyuga Hiashi used the Gelel Life Pill to challenge Yugito and, after disrupting the Two-Tails’ chakra, defeated her with a final Yin-Yang Lion Flash. He died after asking Miki Yūya whether the Hyuga Clan had disgraced itself, while Hinata mourned and Neji led his allies away.

• Hiashi burned through his body with the Gelel Life Pill as Yugito transformed with Matatabi’s chakra, and Miki Yūya and the others stopped the Kumogakure ninja from interfering.
• Hiashi endured Yugito’s attacks and used Gentle Fist strikes to plant chakra marks throughout her Tailed Beast Cloak.
• Hiashi revealed that the marks let him disrupt Yugito’s chakra flow, then remembered Hizashi, Neji, and Hinata and resolved to end the Hyuga Clan’s rotten system.
• Hiashi struck Yugito with Eight Trigrams: Yin-Yang Lion Flash, splitting the Two-Tails’ chakra and leaving Yugito defeated.
• Hiashi asked Miki Yūya whether the Hyuga Clan had disgraced itself, and Miki assured him it had not; Hiashi then died as Hinata embraced him.
• Kumogakure ninja carried Yugito away, and Neji led Kidomaru and the others away from the battlefield.

Naruto stopped himself from killing Sasori and left Sunagakure to decide his fate, while Miki Yūya returned the battered Gaara and berated Granny Chiyo and Sakura. Sasori escaped his puppet cage with Deidara, and Naruto realized too late that he was gone.

• Sasuke blocked Naruto from attacking Sasori, arguing that Sunagakure should handle its rogue ninja, and Granny Chiyo sealed Sasori in a puppet.
• Sasuke criticized Sakura for relying on Granny Chiyo and Naruto instead of making her own decisions, leaving Sakura unable to respond.
• Miki Yūya emerged dragging the injured Gaara and angrily confronted Granny Chiyo for thanking Konoha instead of him, then insulted her, Sunagakure, and Sakura.
• Deidara reached Sasori's puppet cage and told him that Miki Yūya had defeated Gaara and saved him.
• Sasori opened the cage and escaped with Deidara while Miki Yūya argued with Granny Chiyo, and Naruto discovered the empty cage.