Recaps

A man who died in his previous life was reborn as Naruto, the unborn child of Kushina and Minato Namikaze, after the Nine-Tails' Chakra altered his body. When the Nine-Tails was released during Kushina's childbirth, Minato and Kushina faced the decision to seal it inside their newborn son, and the chapter left Naruto realizing what awaited him.

• After dying from taking too much Viagra, the man heard Kushina and Minato Namikaze nearby and realized he had been reborn in the world of Naruto.
• The Nine-Tails noticed the unborn Naruto moving and unknowingly changed his reproductive organ with a trace of its Chakra.
• During Kushina's labor, a masked man calling himself Madara Uchiha took the Nine-Tails from her, and the beast attacked Konoha.
• Minato reached Kushina, and she asked him to name their newborn child Naruto.
• Naruto opened his eyes, saw the Nine-Tails, and realized it was about to be sealed inside him as Kushina apologized that she would not be there to raise him.

Naruto endured Konoha’s fear and abuse as a young child, while Kakashi watched over her from the shadows. After three children insulted her and started a fight, one of their fathers kicked Naruto in the abdomen.

• As Kushina died, she poured her remaining life force into Naruto, and Minato carried the crying infant toward the battlefield.
• At age three, Naruto lived alone in an apartment while villagers shunned and cursed her despite Minato’s wishes.
• Naruto went to the park, where Kakashi appeared after sensing Nine-Tails Chakra and left when she demanded to be alone.
• Three children called Naruto a monster and struck her with a stone, so she fought them until their parents intervened.
• One child’s father blamed Naruto for remaining in the village and kicked her in the abdomen.

After villagers beat Naruto, he met the Nine-Tails in his inner world and begged it to eat him, but it spat him out and drove him away. Naruto returned home with his injuries treated, while Kakashi confronted the Anbu about letting him be bullied; Naruto kept visiting the Nine-Tails, whose attitude gradually softened.

• Kakashi stopped villagers from beating the unconscious Naruto and carried him away, while his killing intent made the attackers faint.
• In his inner world, Naruto asked the Nine-Tails to eat him so they could both be free, but it swallowed him and then spat him back out.
• Naruto climbed onto the Nine-Tails and tugged at its ears until it kicked him out of his inner world.
• Naruto woke at home, ate ramen, and accepted milk from Kakashi, who challenged the Anbu for standing by while he was bullied.
• Naruto visited the Nine-Tails every day, and its attitude toward him gradually softened as it sensed his loneliness.

Naruto encountered Hinata being bullied and drove off the boys before reflecting on Konohagakure’s cruelty toward her. The Nine-Tails gave Naruto some of its Chakra and agreed to wait for her to grow strong enough to free it, while later suppressing her sudden surge of murderous rage.

• Naruto rescued Hinata from three boys and told her to become stronger so she would not be bullied.
• Naruto saw Itachi Uchiha and Sasuke Uchiha on her way home, and Sasuke playfully stuck out his tongue at her.
• Naruto told the Nine-Tails that Konohagakure had made her a target of hatred and promised to free it when she was strong enough.
• The Nine-Tails gave Naruto some of its Chakra and urged her to survive and grow stronger so she could fulfill her promise.
• At age five, Naruto asked the Nine-Tails how to refine Chakra and erupted in rage at the villagers, so the Nine-Tails absorbed her red Chakra before she lost control.

Naruto began attending the Ninja Academy under the Third Hokage’s protection and focused on learning to refine Chakra. She rejected Sasuke’s attempt to befriend her, while Iruka watched her and remembered the Nine-Tails attack.

• Naruto joked about releasing the Nine-Tails, and the Nine-Tails warned that doing so would kill her and destroy Konohagakure.
• Kakashi gave Naruto her enrollment papers and told her she would start at the Ninja Academy the next day.
• Naruto joined Iruka’s class and was assigned to sit beside Sasuke Uchiha.
• Iruka began teaching the students about Chakra, and Naruto concentrated on learning how to refine it.
• Sasuke complained that Naruto was ignoring him, and Naruto shoved him onto the floor before refusing to engage with him further.
• Iruka watched Naruto and recalled the night of the Nine-Tails attack before Mizuki interrupted him.

Naruto distrusted Mizuki but pretended to accept his kindness while planning to use him to learn ninjutsu. After mastering the Transformation Jutsu, she tested its possible uses and persuaded Mizuki to check her chakra nature, which proved to be Wind Release.

• Naruto recognized Mizuki’s malicious intentions but acted vulnerable when he approached and hugged her, hoping to take advantage of him.
• Naruto complained to the Nine-Tails about Mizuki touching her, then showed off her Transformation Jutsu by turning into a tiny Nine-Tails fox.
• Naruto considered how the Transformation Jutsu might be used for disguise and combat, while deciding she needed Mizuki’s help to learn Wind Release without attracting suspicion.
• Naruto told Mizuki she had seen Sasuke use fire and asked to learn ninjutsu, prompting him to test her chakra nature.
• Naruto poured chakra into the test paper, which split apart and revealed her Wind Release nature.

Naruto received Mizuki’s Wind Style: Gale Palm scroll and began secretly training, while worrying that Danzo might use Shisui Uchiha’s Kotoamatsukami to control her. Kakashi discovered her repeatedly getting blasted backward as she practiced near a waterfall.

• Naruto complained to the Nine-Tails about pretending to be obedient around Mizuki and used Transformation Jutsu freely in their inner world.
• Mizuki gave Naruto a Wind Style: Gale Palm scroll and warned her not to try casting it, prompting Naruto to eagerly accept it.
• Naruto worried that Danzo might obtain Shisui Uchiha’s eye and use Kotoamatsukami on her, and she considered meeting Shisui through Itachi Uchiha.
• Naruto practiced Gale Palm in a rocky clearing, but the uncontrolled wind repeatedly blasted her backward.
• Kakashi followed Naruto and watched her continue training by a waterfall despite repeatedly being thrown to the ground.

Naruto mastered Wind Style: Gale Palm and approached Shisui Uchiha with a plan to enlist his help in saving the Uchiha clan. After Shisui appeared to fool the Anbu and followed her home, he attacked her, but Naruto struck back with a tail of Nine-Tails Chakra.

• Kakashi watched Naruto train, then accepted Might Guy's rock-paper-scissors challenge and saw Guy run off on his hands after losing.
• Naruto mastered Wind Style: Gale Palm after three nights of training, and the Third Hokage watched her with approval.
• Naruto pretended to be exhausted and asked Shisui Uchiha to carry her home, using her connection to Sasuke to gain his trust.
• Naruto whispered that she wanted to save the Uchiha and asked Shisui to use his Sharingan to fool the Anbu.
• Shisui used a crow illusion to evade the Anbu, followed Naruto into her house, and attacked her after putting up a barrier.
• Naruto did not struggle as Shisui lifted her by the throat, then hit him in the abdomen with a tail of Nine-Tails Chakra.

Naruto pressured Shisui Uchiha to abandon Konohagakure with the Uchiha Clan and establish their own village, warning him about Danzo’s interest in their Sharingan. Later, Naruto continued clashing with Sasuke Uchiha at the Ninja Academy, where she beat him in sparring.

• Naruto stopped Shisui Uchiha from using genjutsu and revealed that she knew about the Uchiha Clan’s coup plans.
• Naruto urged Shisui Uchiha to lead the Uchiha Clan out of Konohagakure and found their own ninja village, warning that Danzo coveted their Sharingan.
• Shisui Uchiha questioned Naruto about her knowledge and motives, then left using the Body Flicker Technique.
• Naruto celebrated the prospect of disrupting the original events and complained to the Nine-Tails about the Will of Fire.
• At the Ninja Academy, Naruto beat Sasuke Uchiha during taijutsu sparring.

Naruto repeatedly beat Sasuke, accepted his invitation to ramen, and used a trap to win their next fight, while Sasuke trained harder and Itachi learned why. Later, Naruto practiced Wind Style: Gale Palm and injured her fingers while trying to keep the Nine-Tails’ healing ability hidden from the Anbu.

• Naruto dodged stones thrown by Sasuke’s admirers, and Hinata watched her with concern and admiration.
• Sasuke challenged Naruto after school, but Naruto walked away; he later bought her expensive seafood ramen in exchange for fighting her.
• Naruto tripped Sasuke with a hidden rope, then lectured him that a ninja must always stay alert.
• Sasuke trained taijutsu diligently, and Itachi asked whether he had been bullied before learning about Naruto and the fight.
• Naruto’s Gale Palm practice split the skin on her fingers, and she bandaged them rather than let the Nine-Tails’ chakra heal them quickly in front of the Anbu.

Naruto developed a new Wind Release technique by repeatedly injuring her hands while experimenting with compressed wind chakra. After half a year of research, she successfully fired the Finger Gun at a waterfall, proving she had created a powerful ninjutsu of her own.

• Naruto repeatedly failed to compress wind chakra into a bullet, shredding her fingers as Kakashi watched and warned her to stop training.
• Mizuki took Naruto to the school medical ninja, who treated the severe Wind Release injuries on her hands.
• Naruto encountered Hinata at the medical room, and Hinata fainted after Naruto checked her forehead for a fever.
• Naruto reasoned that hand signs might guide chakra into her desired technique and began experimenting with them.
• After months of practice, Naruto used Wind Release: Finger Gun to blast the waterfall and briefly cut off its flow.

Danzo abducted Naruto and demanded the new Wind Style ninjutsu she had developed, while secretly trying to control her and distance her from the Uchiha. Naruto injured herself performing the technique under pressure until the Third Hokage arrived and had Kakashi take her to the hospital, leaving Danzo to face his anger.

• Root Anbu took Naruto to Danzo, who demanded that she write down her new ninjutsu for Konohagakure.
• Naruto suppressed her fury and pretended she could not write, but Danzo ordered her to demonstrate the technique instead.
• Naruto used Wind Release: Finger Gun, shredding the skin on her hand, while she calmed the enraged Nine-Tails inside her.
• The Third Hokage arrived with Kakashi, advisers, and Anbu, and ordered Kakashi to take the injured Naruto to the hospital.
• The Third Hokage confronted Danzo for mistreating Minato Namikaze's orphan, while Danzo insisted he regarded Naruto only as the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki.

Naruto, shaken by Konohagakure’s treatment, resolved to become stronger while the Uchiha Clan’s future grew uncertain. After Shisui confronted Itachi over his plan to involve the Third Hokage, Naruto decided to seek Kakashi’s help learning the Shadow Clone Technique.

• The Third Hokage warned Danzo never to target Naruto again, and Naruto cried to the Nine-Tails about Konohagakure’s repeated mistreatment before vowing to grow stronger.
• Shisui Uchiha used Kotoamatsukami to alter Fugaku Uchiha’s will after they argued over the Uchiha Clan’s future.
• Itachi Uchiha told the Third Hokage about the clan’s plans, prompting the Third Hokage to prepare for negotiations with Fugaku Uchiha.
• Shisui Uchiha confronted Itachi through a crow and a genjutsu, warning him that negotiations could not settle the Uchiha Clan’s resentment.
• Naruto considered the danger facing the Uchiha Clan and decided to ask Kakashi to teach her the Shadow Clone Technique.
• Naruto transformed into a mouse and found Kakashi reading the newest volume of Make-Out Paradise near an adult shop.

Naruto learned the Shadow Clone Jutsu from Kakashi and used a clone to begin interfering with Obito Uchiha’s plans for the Uchiha Clan. Disguised as C.C., she went to the Konoha Police Department to wait for Shisui Uchiha, where a clash with a police officer revealed her skill and left him demanding to know who she was.

• Naruto blackmailed Kakashi into teaching her the Shadow Clone Jutsu, and he agreed after hearing that she wanted to train with herself.
• Naruto performed a deliberately failed Shadow Clone in front of the Anbu watching her, while planning to disrupt Obito Uchiha’s schemes through a clone.
• Naruto’s mouse-disguised clone evaded a fat cat and the ninja trying to capture it, then transformed into C.C.
• C.C. went to the Konoha Police Department and said she would wait for Shisui Uchiha because she had something important to tell him.
• When a police officer confronted C.C., she dodged his shuriken and struck his shoulder with a wind attack, prompting him to ask who she was.

C.C., disguised as Naruto Uzumaki, met Shisui Uchiha and exposed Itachi Uchiha’s betrayal and the danger facing the Uchiha Clan. She left Shisui shaken by forcing him to confront the possibility that Konohagakure would destroy the clan and take its Sharingan.

• C.C. drove off a Military Police officer, then summoned Shisui Uchiha to meet her at the Konoha Military Police Force headquarters.
• Shisui pulled C.C. into his genjutsu and threatened her, but she warned him that she was only a clone and revealed that she was Naruto Uzumaki in disguise.
• C.C. guessed that Itachi Uchiha had betrayed the clan, and Shisui’s reaction confirmed it.
• C.C. explained that Itachi had told the Third Hokage about the Uchiha Clan’s plan to break away from Konohagakure, and Shisui admitted negotiations would not resolve the conflict.
• C.C. described how the village had isolated the Uchiha Clan and suggested that Konohagakure had taken the eyes of Uchiha clansmen who died on the battlefield.
• C.C. used her blood-red eyes to provoke Shisui with a vision of the village destroying the Uchiha Clan and exploiting its survivors, until he shattered the genjutsu.

C.C warned Shisui Uchiha that the Uchiha Clan would face attacks whether it fled Konohagakure openly or announced its departure, while Naruto considered how Susanoo and Shisui’s powers might serve her plans. After Naruto rescued Sasuke Uchiha from two kidnappers, Itachi Uchiha suspected the abduction was meant to threaten him.

• C.C explained Susanoo’s risks to Shisui Uchiha and warned that the Uchiha Clan would be attacked whether it left openly or in secret.
• Naruto received her clone’s memories and considered using Shisui Uchiha’s Kotoamatsukami to protect the Nine-Tails, but worried he might discard her afterward.
• At the Ninja Academy, Sasuke Uchiha arrived late and remained withdrawn, leading Naruto to suspect the clan was preparing to leave Konohagakure.
• Naruto followed Sasuke to the lakeside, where two black-clad ninjas knocked him unconscious and tried to abduct him.
• Naruto killed the kidnappers, carried Sasuke to the Uchiha residence, and handed him to Itachi Uchiha.
• Itachi Uchiha apologized to Naruto and suspected the kidnappers had targeted Sasuke to threaten him.

Danzo’s actions pushed Itachi Uchiha to reveal his dealings with Konohagakure, and the Uchiha Clan decided to leave the village. As the clan departed, Naruto watched from afar and was confronted by Anbu acting on Danzo’s orders.

• A medical ninja hid the matching tiny wounds on two corpses to protect Naruto, but her actions made Danzo distrust her and send her away from Konohagakure.
• Itachi Uchiha confessed his agreements with Konohagakure to Shisui Uchiha and Fugaku Uchiha, and Fugaku punched him after learning why he had tried to keep the clan from leaving.
• Naruto learned of the Uchiha Clan’s decision through Shisui’s crows and celebrated that Danzo had pushed Itachi back to his family’s side.
• The Masked Man and the pitcher plant discussed the Uchiha Clan’s departure and their intent to destroy it.
• Fugaku Uchiha led more than two hundred Uchiha out of Konohagakure after refusing the Third Hokage’s appeal to reconsider.
• Anbu surrounded Naruto and told her that Lord Danzo wanted to see her.

Naruto unleashed the Nine-Tails’ Chakra and killed the Root Anbu who had come to take him away, then fled Konohagakure. Kakashi pursued him and cut down his Chakra bird, leaving Naruto facing him on the ground.

• Naruto activated the Nine-Tails’ Chakra after Root threatened to arrest him for betraying Konohagakure.
• Naruto defeated the Root Anbu, discovered the mark on one member’s tongue, and killed them all.
• Naruto put on a Root mask, but Kakashi arrived and found him standing among the corpses.
• Naruto told Kakashi he was leaving Konohagakure and escaped in a bird made of Nine-Tails’ Chakra.
• Kakashi chased Naruto and used Lightning Blade to sever the bird’s wings, then asked Naruto what had happened.

Naruto escaped Konohagakure after learning that Danzo was behind her confinement, defeating the ninja sent to stop her. The Third Hokage found dead Root Anbu in Naruto’s home and demanded that Danzo face him.

• Naruto used shadow clones and a ladybug disguise to slip past Kakashi and Might Guy at Konohagakure’s gates.
• A Hyuga ninja discovered Naruto with the Byakugan, but Naruto overwhelmed him with Nine-Tails Chakra and continued into the forest.
• Asuma Sarutobi tried to bring Naruto back, but she defeated him with her Nine-Tails cloak and Wind Release, then spared his life.
• Konohagakure’s ninja found the badly injured Asuma, while a disguised ant vanished in smoke after observing the scene.
• The Third Hokage found Root Anbu corpses in Naruto’s home, threw down his hat, and demanded to know where Danzo was.

After Naruto escaped Konohagakure, the Third Hokage learned that Danzo had left with his troops and Asuma was badly injured. The Uchiha Clan came under attack from Danzo and Root, and Shisui Uchiha awakened his Mangekyō Sharingan as he confronted Danzo.

• The Third Hokage received reports that Danzo had departed with his personal troops, Asuma had been severely injured, and Naruto had escaped, then left Naruto's home coughing and looking toward Minato's face on Hokage Rock.
• Naruto tried to break the seal in her inner world, but the Nine-Tails stopped her, admitted it did not want her to die, and let her comfort it.
• The Uchiha Clan reached a grassy field near the Valley of the End on their way to Crow Mountain, where Fugaku Uchiha sensed an ambush and the clan formed a defensive line around the children.
• Danzo and Root trapped the Uchiha Clan with earth walls and attacked, while Fugaku Uchiha and Itachi Uchiha destroyed the ink beasts with their Fire Style.
• Danzo killed an Uchiha Clan member and took his eyes, prompting Shisui Uchiha to awaken his Mangekyō Sharingan and charge at Danzo.
• Danzo attacked Shisui Uchiha with Wind Style techniques, but Shisui used his speed and Mangekyō Sharingan to dodge.

Obito Uchiha joined Danzo’s assault on the Uchiha Clan, and the attackers killed Mikoto Uchiha while targeting her son Sasuke. Fugaku Uchiha awakened his Mangekyō Sharingan in grief, and the battle continued with Danzo badly wounded.

• Shisui Uchiha’s substitution log took the blow meant for him, while Danzo’s Root subordinates killed Uchiha clansmen and took their eyes.
• Obito Uchiha appeared, mocked Danzo, and attacked Fugaku Uchiha while claiming to be Madara Uchiha.
• Sasuke Uchiha awakened his Sharingan as Obito strangled Fugaku, and Itachi Uchiha and Shisui Uchiha forced Obito to release him.
• Mikoto Uchiha shielded Sasuke from a Root attack and died; Itachi Uchiha killed the attacker and knocked Sasuke unconscious.
• Fugaku Uchiha awakened his Mangekyō Sharingan after seeing Mikoto die, while Obito declared that he wanted to destroy the Uchiha Clan.
• Shisui Uchiha attacked Obito, who broke his short blade, as Danzo was blasted away with one arm severed.

Fugaku Uchiha awakened Susanoo after Mikoto’s death and helped defeat Danzo, whom Naruto killed. The Uchiha survivors set out for Crow Mountain, while Naruto left with the barely alive Yakushi Nonō and found a scroll that might contain money.

• Fugaku Uchiha awakened Susanoo and attacked Danzo, while Obito Uchiha confronted Shisui Uchiha and Itachi Uchiha guarded the unconscious Sasuke.
• Fugaku used Yasakani no Magatama to badly injure Danzo, then collapsed as his Susanoo vanished.
• Naruto arrived carrying Yakushi Nonō and killed Danzo with Wind Release: Finger Gun, causing his troops to flee.
• Obito escaped into the Kamui dimension before Shisui could use Kotoamatsukami, and the Uchiha Clan mourned its many dead.
• Shisui invited Naruto to join the Uchiha, but she declined and continued on with Yakushi Nonō as the clan departed for Crow Mountain.
• Fugaku collapsed from Susanoo’s backlash, and Naruto found a scroll on the ground that she suspected might contain money.

Naruto found Mikoto Uchiha barely alive in a scroll Fugaku Uchiha had lost and used Nine-Tails Chakra and her own blood to revive her. Mikoto’s heart started beating again, leaving Naruto exhausted in the cave.

• Naruto opened Fugaku Uchiha’s scroll and found Mikoto Uchiha’s corpse inside, but noticed she still had a faint heartbeat.
• Naruto called on the Nine-Tails to heal Mikoto, but the surge of Chakra nearly collapsed the cave and ruined Naruto’s bear paw.
• When Mikoto’s heart stopped, Naruto used a kunai and Nine-Tails Chakra to massage her heart and transfused her own blood into Mikoto.
• Mikoto’s heart began beating again, and Naruto healed her chest wound and dressed her.
• Naruto drank bear blood because she was thirsty, then collapsed and dry-heaved.

Naruto cared for the unconscious Yakushi Nonō and Mikoto Uchiha in a cave, while reflecting on how much she had changed the future. After Naruto fed them water, Fugaku Uchiha fainted upon hearing that his wife’s sealed corpse might have been taken, and Itachi Uchiha vowed to protect Sasuke Uchiha.

• Naruto fetched water and firewood, cooked bear meat, and made camp while Yakushi Nonō and Mikoto Uchiha remained unconscious.
• Naruto realized that saving Yakushi Nonō had no immediate benefit and reflected on how she had changed the Uchiha Clan’s fate and other events.
• The Nine-Tails criticized Naruto for rescuing the women, and Naruto explained that she considered them useful.
• When Yakushi Nonō asked for water, Naruto used mouth-to-mouth to give her and Mikoto Uchiha water.
• Fugaku Uchiha fainted after Itachi Uchiha told him that Konohagakure might have taken the scroll sealing Mikoto’s corpse.
• Sasuke Uchiha mourned his mother, and Itachi Uchiha comforted him and vowed to protect him.

Orochimaru attacked the Uchiha Clan after Fugaku rejected his offer to join Otogakure, but Shisui trapped him in genjutsu and forced him to retreat, leaving him coveting the Sharingan. Back in Konohagakure, the Third Hokage ordered a team led by Kakashi and Haruki Hyuga to capture Naruto Uzumaki and recover the Nine-Tails, while Naruto reached a village and tried to sell a bear pelt.

• Fugaku Uchiha refused Orochimaru’s offer to have the Uchiha Clan join Otogakure.
• Shisui Uchiha caught Orochimaru in genjutsu, and Orochimaru escaped after breaking free, determined to obtain the Sharingan.
• Mitokado Homura and Utatane Koharu pressured the Third Hokage to reclaim Naruto and the Nine-Tails, and he ordered the Jonin to assemble.
• The Third Hokage assigned Kakashi and Haruki Hyuga to lead a mission to capture Naruto Uzumaki, with Yamato joining as a counter to the Nine-Tails.
• Naruto entered a village carrying two unconscious women, offered a bear pelt for sale, and told the shop owner to stop feeling it up.