Chapter Summaries

After Mikoto was presumed dead, Fugaku buried the Uchiha dead and began building a village while concealing the life-threatening toll of his Susanoo. As the Uchiha sought to expand and recruit war orphans, the chapter ended with an injured girl desperately eating stolen food.

• Fugaku buried the Uchiha dead with Explosive Tags and resolved to lead the clan despite his grief and failing health.
• Naruto noticed Mikoto sneezing at the restaurant, where she suspected someone was thinking about her.
• Sasuke named his rescued white crow Snow and practiced Crow Ninjutsu under Shisui's guidance.
• Fugaku proposed expanding the Uchiha settlement, founding a Ninja Academy, and recruiting displaced children; Sasuke asked that the crows remain undisturbed.
• Fugaku secretly considered making Shisui the village's First Hokage while Shisui traveled to the Artisan Ninja Village.
• A battered girl guarded and ate stolen food after a villager kicked her, and someone called out to her.

The Uchiha Clan expanded its new settlement at Crow Mountain by taking in homeless people, while Pain and Konan discussed recruiting the clan into Akatsuki. Naruto's group reached Kusagakure, where Naruto planned to find Karin, and they left off preparing to approach her.

• Uchiha Thirteen Nights and other Uchiha clan members brought homeless people, including children, to Crow Mountain, where the village’s population doubled.
• Konan reported the Uchiha Clan’s growth to Pain, and they decided to consider inviting the clan to join Akatsuki after learning more about its movements.
• Naruto learned from Yakushi Nonō about Hozuki Castle and Mui’s Fire Style: Heavenly Prison, including its weakness underwater.
• Yakushi Nonō and Mikoto Uchiha disguised themselves as a traveling merchant couple and brought Naruto, disguised as Shinobu Oshino, into Kusagakure.
• Naruto told Mikoto that he had come to find Karin, another Uzumaki, and wondered whether she would agree to leave Kusagakure with him.

Shinobu Oshino and her companions found Karin in Kusagakure, where the village had abused her as a source of healing. After protecting Karin from a Grass Ninja, Naruto declared that he would take her away despite the village’s opposition.

• At a barbecue, Shinobu Oshino snapped out of her thoughts as Yakushi Nonō and Mikoto Uchiha teased her with a mountain of grilled meat.
• Shinobu noticed Karin leaving the Ninja Academy with a wounded wrist and stopped her to ask who had hurt her.
• Naruto’s Transformation Jutsu wore off, and a Grass Ninja attacked him after demanding that he release Karin.
• Mikoto used Great Fireball Jutsu to burn the attacker while Yakushi Nonō treated Karin’s bite wounds.
• Kusagakure ninja surrounded the group, but Naruto condemned their treatment of Karin and refused to leave without her.
• Karin recalled her mother’s death and clenched her fists as Naruto used Shadow Clone Jutsu.

Naruto and his companions killed the Kusagakure ninja who had abused Karin and tried to take her away. After discovering that the village had buried a dog in place of Karin’s mother, Naruto urged Karin to reclaim her mother’s remains, but his anger overwhelmed him and he slapped her.

• Naruto, his clones, and Mikoto killed the Kusagakure ninja, while Naruto tortured and killed the man who had bitten Karin.
• Naruto asked Karin to leave with him, and she asked to take her mother’s body along.
• Naruto uncovered Karin’s supposed grave and found a dead Ninja Hound buried there instead.
• Karin realized the village had lied about her mother’s burial, and Naruto became enraged as the Nine-Tails held back its chakra.
• Naruto pulled Karin up and urged her to retrieve her mother’s remains, then slapped her when she doubted they could fight the village.
• Karin pushed Naruto away and fell to the ground, frightened by his blood-red, slit-pupiled eyes.

Naruto found Karin’s mother’s mutilated corpse in Kusagakure and, unable to contain her fury, transformed under the Nine-Tails’ chakra and began destroying the village. She left Mikoto Uchiha, Yakushi Nonō, and Karin outside as the rampage spread, with Kusagakure’s ninjas facing Naruto’s next attack.

• Naruto, Mikoto Uchiha, and Karin set out to retrieve Karin’s mother, killing the Kusagakure ninjas they encountered.
• Karin led them to a hidden room, where Naruto found her mother’s corpse mutilated and being dissected.
• Naruto killed the person operating on the corpse, while Mikoto sealed Karin’s mother’s body in a scroll and Yakushi Nonō carried the unconscious Karin outside.
• Overwhelmed by anger at the corpse and the organs stored in the room, Naruto warned Mikoto Uchiha, Yakushi Nonō, and Karin to flee before the Nine-Tails’ chakra engulfed her.
• Naruto transformed into a five-tailed Nine-Tails form, blasted apart the building, and began leveling Kusagakure with chakra beams.
• As Kusagakure’s ninjas scattered, Naruto formed a dense black chakra sphere in her mouth and aimed it at them.

Shisui Uchiha rescued Mikoto Uchiha, Yakushi Nonō, and Karin from Naruto’s Tailed Beast Bomb, then used Kotoamatsukami to enter Naruto’s inner world. Naruto revealed that he had deliberately destroyed Kusagakure, and Shisui left unable to take Mikoto back to Fugaku Uchiha.

• Shisui Uchiha rescued Mikoto Uchiha, Yakushi Nonō, and Karin as Naruto’s Tailed Beast Bomb destroyed Kusagakure.
• Shisui used Kotoamatsukami on Naruto and entered his inner world, where he met Naruto and the Nine-Tails.
• Naruto told Shisui he had wanted to destroy Kusagakure and confirmed that Mikoto and the others were safe.
• Shisui explained that he had used Kotoamatsukami on Fugaku Uchiha, and Naruto realized that was how Shisui had persuaded him.
• Naruto asked Shisui to take Mikoto to Fugaku and seek compensation, then kicked Shisui out of his inner world when Shisui could not do so.

Naruto reunited with Mikoto after destroying Kusagakure and decided to leave the Land of Grass to grow stronger. Mikoto stayed with him to care for him, while Shisui returned to tell the Uchiha clan that she was alive.

• Mikoto covered Shisui's eyes while Naruto got dressed, then Yakushi Nonō treated the wound on Mikoto's shoulder.
• Naruto apologized to the Nine-Tails for causing trouble, then defended his destruction of Kusagakure as punishment for how its people treated Karin and her mother.
• Naruto fell over his dress, then asked Karin whether she was happy that Kusagakure had disappeared and promised to help bury her mother properly.
• Mikoto refused Shisui's invitation to return to the Uchiha village, choosing to stay with Naruto, and Shisui agreed to tell the clan head she was alive.
• Naruto told Shisui he planned to leave the Land of Grass and find a safe place to increase his strength.

Naruto refused Shisui Uchiha’s offer to leave with him, while Mikoto Uchiha kept her close and scolded her for reading Kakashi’s book. Meanwhile, Kakashi investigated Haruki Hyuga’s murder, and Obito Uchiha ordered the news of Naruto’s destruction of Kusagakure spread as he planned to recruit her into Akatsuki.

• Naruto declined to go with Shisui Uchiha, who left after she teased him about his future wife.
• Mikoto Uchiha questioned Naruto about Make-Out Paradise, and Naruto blamed Kakashi for the book.
• The Third Hokage told Kakashi that Haruki Hyuga’s body had been found with his eyes missing, and Kakashi asked to examine it.
• Obito Uchiha and Zetsu inspected the crater Naruto had made, and Obito ordered the villages informed that the Nine-Tails’ Jinchuriki had destroyed Kusagakure.
• Obito Uchiha decided to join Akatsuki under another identity and planned to make Naruto Uzumaki hate the Nine-Tails so he could recruit and use her.

Naruto killed bounty hunters who mistook her for an easy target while rumors about her destruction of Kusagakure spread, deepening the danger around her. At Crow Mountain, Shisui told Fugaku and his sons that Mikoto was alive, while Naruto prepared to seek Sage Mode at Ryūchi Cave.

• Rumors spread that Naruto Uzumaki had destroyed Kusagakure, and the news caused villages to tighten their control over their Jinchuriki.
• A group of wandering ninja ambushed Naruto's party, but Naruto killed them and found a bounty listing her at fifty million.
• Kakashi found Naruto's name on the bounty list and burned it, fearing a conspiracy was pulling her deeper into hatred.
• Fugaku Uchiha entrusted Rogue Ninja Kiryū Kawa with teaching at Crow Mountain's new Ninja Academy.
• Shisui Uchiha told Fugaku, Itachi, and Sasuke that he had met Mikoto, and Fugaku privately rejoiced that his wife was alive.
• Naruto asked Mikoto whether she knew how to reach Ryūchi Cave so Naruto could learn Sage Mode.

Naruto sought to learn Sage techniques at Ryūchi Cave and told the Nine-Tails she planned to restore its missing half by summoning Minato Namikaze with Impure World Reincarnation. Orochimaru appeared and offered to take Naruto to Ryūchi Cave, but she exposed his clone and demanded to know what he wanted.

• Naruto told Mikoto Uchiha she wanted to visit Ryūchi Cave to learn Sage techniques, and the Nine-Tails grew jealous.
• Naruto explained that the Nine-Tails was incomplete and said she planned to use Impure World Reincarnation to retrieve its other half from Minato Namikaze.
• Karin sensed Orochimaru approaching and warned Naruto and Mikoto, who prepared to face him.
• Orochimaru offered to take Naruto to Ryūchi Cave on one condition, but Naruto used her Three-Tailed Nine-Tails Transformation to decapitate his clone.
• Naruto used Karin's warning to identify Orochimaru's hidden real body, threatened him against attacking Mikoto, and asked what he wanted from her.

Naruto agreed to become Orochimaru’s student on the condition that he leave her companions unharmed, and Orochimaru gave her a scroll leading to his base. As Naruto’s group headed there, they found Pakkun, whom Naruto recognized as Kakashi’s Ninja Hound.

• Orochimaru offered to teach Naruto and reveal Ryūchi Cave if she became his student, then attacked Yakushi Nonō with snakes.
• Naruto stopped Orochimaru’s attack and agreed to study under him if he left the people around her alone.
• Orochimaru gave Naruto a scroll and vanished, while Naruto reassured Karin that she would protect her.
• Naruto comforted Yakushi Nonō, then asked Mikoto Uchiha to read the map in Orochimaru’s scroll.
• Karin detected a hidden dog on the way to Orochimaru’s base, and Naruto recognized him as Pakkun, sent by Kakashi.

Naruto traded one of Haruki Hyuga’s Byakugan to Kakashi for the Lightning Blade technique, keeping the other eye and giving the scroll to Mikoto Uchiha. Several nights later, Mikoto successfully formed Lightning Release chakra in her hand while practicing the technique.

• Kakashi found Naruto and asked for Haruki Hyuga’s Byakugan on behalf of the Hyuga clan.
• Naruto rejected Kakashi’s appeal to respect the Hokage and demanded Lightning Blade in exchange for one Byakugan.
• Kakashi gave Naruto a scroll containing Chidori, which he claimed was Lightning Blade, and Naruto handed it to Mikoto Uchiha.
• Naruto gave Kakashi one sealed Byakugan and kept the other, and Kakashi accepted the arrangement.
• Mikoto thanked Naruto with a kiss on the forehead, while Karin kissed Naruto’s cheek and teased Mikoto.
• After several nights of training, Mikoto gathered Lightning Release chakra in her palm and produced a crackling ball of lightning.

Naruto and his companions reached Orochimaru’s underground base after Mikoto learned Chidori and Kakashi delivered Haruki Hyuga’s eyes to the Third Hokage. Orochimaru greeted them, and Yakushi Nonō remained hostile while Naruto treated the meeting casually.

• Mikoto discovered that Kakashi had taught her Chidori, a weaker version of Lightning Cutter, and practiced the technique on the road.
• Kakashi gave the Third Hokage Haruki Hyuga’s eyes and claimed he had taken them from a Rogue Ninja whom he killed.
• Naruto, Mikoto, Yakushi Nonō, and Karin arrived at Orochimaru’s base, and Karin sensed no nearby ambushes.
• Naruto’s group descended into the base, where Orochimaru emerged and challenged Naruto for coming.
• Yakushi Nonō threw a kunai at Orochimaru, who caught it and insisted he had only been joking.

Naruto accepted Orochimaru as her teacher and agreed to wait until she was stronger before going to Ryūchi Cave. Orochimaru left her ninjutsu scrolls and departed on Akatsuki business, while Naruto chose to learn his Shadow Snake Hands.

• Naruto told Yakushi Nonō not to worry about Orochimaru, and Orochimaru recognized Karin as a member of the Uzumaki clan.
• Naruto reminded Orochimaru not to harm the people around her, then called him Teacher Orochimaru as they had agreed.
• Orochimaru said he would take Naruto to Ryūchi Cave once her own strength met his expectations.
• Orochimaru gave Naruto several ninjutsu scrolls and left to attend to other matters.
• Naruto asked to learn Shadow Snake Hands, and Orochimaru gave her the technique scroll and a snake summoning contract.
• Naruto chose a snake contract after the Nine-Tails reluctantly picked snakes over toads, then carried the scrolls inside to Karin and Mikoto Uchiha.

Naruto signed Orochimaru’s summoning contract and summoned Manda, who threatened to eat her companions. Naruto and the Nine-Tails beat him down, leaving Naruto demanding to know whom he planned to eat.

• Karin helped Naruto carry the summoning scrolls, and Naruto learned that a snake guarded them.
• Naruto signed her name and handprint on Orochimaru’s summoning contract.
• Naruto used the Summoning Jutsu and summoned Manda, who threatened to eat her companions.
• Naruto used Nine-Tails Chakra and Wind Release attacks to overwhelm Manda.
• Naruto lifted Manda by the head and asked whom he had said he wanted to eat.

Naruto forced Manda to submit during their battle, but the Nine-Tails Chakra scorched his arm and left him unconscious. After waking, Naruto began training Wind Release: Great Breakthrough, while Karin decided to become a medical ninja so she could help him.

• Naruto used the Nine-Tails Chakra to overpower Manda and nearly killed him before Manda begged for mercy and was sent back.
• Naruto collapsed from exhaustion, and Yakushi Nonō treated his burned arm while Mikoto Uchiha caught him.
• Karin resolved to become a medical ninja so she could support Naruto without relying on her clan's abilities.
• After sleeping for a day and a night, Naruto noticed the base residents treating him with unusual respect and went to train.
• Naruto inhaled too much air while attempting Wind Release: Great Breakthrough, and the Nine-Tails struck his stomach to force the wind out.

Naruto learned Wind Release: Great Breakthrough and continued training with Mikoto Uchiha, while Karin began studying Medical Ninjutsu under Yakushi Nonō. Their spar ended with Naruto asking the Nine-Tails for help after Mikoto caught her in a genjutsu.

• Naruto learned Wind Release: Great Breakthrough, and the Nine-Tails explained that her strong Wind Release foundation made the technique easy to master.
• Karin became Yakushi Nonō's student and passed a medical test by removing weapons from two injured fish and healing them.
• Over half a month, Naruto trained with Mikoto Uchiha and developed some resistance to her Sharingan genjutsu.
• Naruto and Mikoto clashed at the training ground, where Naruto used Great Breakthrough to strengthen and return Mikoto's Great Fireball Jutsu.
• Mikoto outmaneuvered Naruto with a clone and Earth Release: Headhunter Jutsu, but Naruto later appeared with Shadow Snake Hands before Mikoto stopped her with genjutsu.
• Mikoto claimed victory and prepared to place a kunai at Naruto's neck, so Naruto asked the Nine-Tails to help her.

Karin tried to protect Naruto when ninja raided Orochimaru's base to capture the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki. Naruto confronted the attackers but was caught in their sealing chains, leaving Karin shouting her name.

• After learning that Naruto had become a target, ninja from an unknown village raided Orochimaru's base and killed its inhabitants.
• Karin used her Mind's Eye of the Kagura to lead the attackers in circles while she stalled them.
• Naruto revealed herself after Karin and a child vanished as Shadow Clones, then asked the ninja what they wanted.
• The attackers threw scrolls that transformed into sealing chains, and Naruto tried to evade them while holding Karin.
• The chains bound Naruto, and she threw Karin to safety as Karin cried out her name.

Naruto escaped his restraints after a seal cut off his access to the Nine-Tails Chakra, summoning Manda to attack the pursuing ninjas. After Karin treated his wounds and he reassured her, Mikoto joined them and found him still in danger.

• Naruto resisted the sealing chains and summoned Manda after the seal blocked his connection to the Nine-Tails Chakra.
• Manda chased and swallowed the fleeing ninjas while Karin treated Naruto’s wounded arm.
• Naruto refused Karin’s offer to let him bite her, then reassured her that he did not hate her.
• Mikoto Uchiha leaped onto Manda’s back, saw Naruto’s chains and injuries, and became angry at the people who had hurt him.
• Naruto told Mikoto to rest and warned Manda not to let any ninjas escape.

Naruto learned that the attackers who came for her had died, and Orochimaru returned to investigate one of their corpses. He then tested Naruto’s progress, and her Wind Release attack caught him in an exploding gale.

• Mikoto Uchiha tried to read a captured ninja’s memories, but a jutsu on him activated and killed him in agony.
• Yakushi Nonō grieved for the children who had been killed, and Naruto told her the attackers had left no survivors.
• Orochimaru returned to the base, explained that identifying the dead ninja’s village would require a living sacrifice, and was stunned to learn Naruto had defeated Manda.
• Orochimaru took Naruto to the training ground and told her not to use the Nine-Tails’ power during their test.
• Naruto fired a Wind Release: Finger Gun at Orochimaru, then made the projectile explode into a violent gale that engulfed him.