Recaps

Ruri and Momokusa Harukawa reached Small River and prepared to fish, each confident they would win. They took their places along the riverbank, ready to begin.

• Ruri teased Momokusa Harukawa about her fishing skills, and she pouted and walked ahead.
• Ruri and Momokusa Harukawa reached Small River and admired its clear water, fish, and peaceful surroundings.
• Ruri set down his equipment and went looking for a suitable branch, while Momokusa Harukawa searched nearby for one to use as a fishing rod.
• Ruri and Momokusa Harukawa attached fishing lines and hooks to their branches and challenged each other not to be sore losers.
• Ruri and Momokusa Harukawa chose spots along the bank of Small River.

Ruri and Momokusa Harukawa competed to see who could catch more fish, and Harukawa caught far more than Ruri. Ruri admitted defeat and praised her fishing skills, leaving them together by the river after the contest.

• Ruri and Momokusa Harukawa baited their hooks and began fishing, agreeing to stay quiet during the contest.
• Ruri and Harukawa silently watched their lines and thought about how happy they were to be fishing together.
• As time passed, Harukawa caught more fish than Ruri.
• After an hour, Ruri put down his rod, admitted defeat, and praised Harukawa's fishing skills.
• Harukawa put down her rod, pleased that she had found something she was better at than Ruri.

After fishing together for an hour, Ruri and Momokusa Harukawa took their large catch home because they were too full to eat it. They split the fish between their homes and met again at the village entrance to continue their outing.

• Momokusa Harukawa told Ruri that she had learned to fish by going with her father as a child, and Ruri praised her skills.
• Ruri and Momokusa Harukawa decided to take their many fish home and eat them later.
• Ruri packed the fish into a bag, and Momokusa Harukawa reminded him that she had won their fishing competition.
• Ruri and Momokusa Harukawa carried their gear and catch home, divided the fish into two shares, and left their share at each home.
• Ruri and Momokusa Harukawa met again at the village entrance after dropping off the fish.

Ruri and Momokusa Harukawa strolled around the village and discussed her plans to join the Anbu after graduation. They decided she would join its medical unit and seek assignment to Ruri’s squad, then headed off to play some games.

• Ruri said he felt lighter after leaving his equipment at home, and he and Momokusa Harukawa enjoyed walking around the village after eating.
• Momokusa Harukawa told Ruri she was about to graduate and wanted to join the Anbu so she could spend more time with him.
• Ruri described Anbu work and suggested Momokusa Harukawa join its medical unit and his squad as a medic.
• Momokusa Harukawa agreed and said she had learned medical Ninjutsu at school.
• Ruri and Momokusa Harukawa reflected on growing up, then headed toward a place holding games.

Ruri and Momokusa Harukawa spent the day playing together before heading home late. Momokusa Harukawa asked Ruri to promise that he would marry her someday, then worried when he stood speechless.

• Ruri and Momokusa Harukawa played at the games area until evening and enjoyed their time together.
• As Ruri walked Momokusa Harukawa home, they shared how happy they felt when they were together.
• Momokusa Harukawa reminded Ruri of their promise, then explained that she wanted them to make one: he had to marry her someday.
• Ruri stood astonished and failed to answer, so Momokusa Harukawa asked whether he did not want to marry her.

Ruri promised Momokusa Harukawa that he would marry her and remain faithful to her. They parted for the night at Harukawa's front door, leaving Ruri to walk home alone.

• Ruri reassured Momokusa Harukawa that he would marry her someday, and she declared herself his fiancée.
• Momokusa Harukawa allowed Ruri to go on missions with other girls while they were young but warned him not to flirt with them.
• Ruri promised that Harukawa was the only person he would love and walked her home.
• Ruri and Momokusa Harukawa exchanged good-night wishes, and she kissed him on the cheek before going inside.
• Ruri stood outside Harukawa's home briefly, then slowly headed back to his own home.

Ruri walked home happily after promising Momokusa Harukawa that they would marry when they grew up. He returned to find Mei Ling Hyuga waiting for him and went to bed after they exchanged good nights.

• Ruri reflected on his promise with Momokusa Harukawa and resolved to become stronger so he could protect her.
• Ruri quietly arrived home and found Mei Ling Hyuga reading in the living room while Hizashi Hyuga and Neji Hyuga had gone to bed.
• Mei Ling Hyuga explained that she had slept during the afternoon and had waited up for Ruri.
• Ruri washed up, said good night to Mei Ling Hyuga, and went to his bedroom.

Ruri reflected on his nearly nine years in this world and felt grateful for his friends and family, despite missing the entertainment of his original world. He went to sleep exhausted, while Momokusa Harukawa also returned home and quickly fell asleep.

• Ruri went to his room, changed, and lay down, exhausted after spending the day having fun.
• Ruri thought about how little had changed in the nearly nine years since he arrived and wondered whether his presence would affect the future.
• Ruri considered returning to his original world but decided he was happier staying with his friends and family.
• Ruri closed his eyes and began to rest.
• Momokusa Harukawa washed up after getting home, then went straight to bed and fell asleep.

Ruri woke briefly but chose to go back to sleep, while Momokusa Harukawa got up early and guessed he was still under the covers. The chapter left them apart for the morning, with Momokusa Harukawa thinking fondly about Ruri and their possible future together.

• Ruri woke when sunlight hit his face and complained that the night had passed too quickly.
• Ruri pulled the covers over his face and went back to sleep with a faint smile.
• Momokusa Harukawa finished getting ready and waited in the living room.
• Momokusa Harukawa guessed that Ruri was still sleeping after his busy day.
• The narration speculated that Ruri and Momokusa Harukawa might marry someday.

Ruri slept until nearly noon after an exhausting day and found himself restless with nothing planned. After Mei Ling Hyuga told him breakfast was waiting, he went to eat as the day moved toward lunch.

• Mei Ling Hyuga woke Ruri and told him it was nearly noon.
• Ruri got dressed, opened his window, and wondered how to fill his free afternoon.
• Ruri greeted Mei Ling Hyuga in the living room and admitted he had been tired after yesterday's fun.
• Mei Ling Hyuga told Ruri she had reheated breakfast several times and urged him to eat before lunch.

After breakfast, Ruri decided to visit the Anbu that afternoon to look for a mission. Mei Ling Hyuga urged him to choose one within the village, and Ruri agreed.

• Ruri ate the breakfast Mei Ling Hyuga had prepared, then washed the dishes.
• Ruri told Mei Ling Hyuga he had nothing to do that afternoon and had not decided how to spend it.
• Ruri decided to visit the Anbu to see whether any missions were available.
• Mei Ling Hyuga told Ruri to avoid missions that took him far from home and to look for work in the village.
• Ruri agreed to choose a small mission within the village if one was available.

Ruri wondered how he should spend his time in the less-developed Hokage World, while a masked man outside Konoha prepared a green pool of creatures to attack the village. At lunch, Ruri learned that Hizashi and Neji had gone to a classmate’s wedding banquet.

• Ruri reflected on how boring the Hokage World was without television or the internet and wondered how long he would remain there.
• A masked man in a cave watched bubbles rise in a pool of green liquid and urged the creatures inside to grow and attack Konoha.
• Mei Ling Hyuga called Ruri to lunch and told him that Hizashi Hyuga and Neji Hyuga had gone to a classmate’s wedding banquet.
• Ruri and Mei Ling sat down to eat together and agreed to decide what to do with the leftover food afterward.

Ruri and Mei Ling Hyuga shared a meal, but his teasing about girls worrying over their figures earned him the chore of washing the dishes. Meanwhile, a man in a cave near Konoha learned his revenge plan would have to wait ten years for his creatures to hatch.

• In a cave near Konoha, a little old man told the man that his creatures needed ten years to hatch and grow strong enough to fight.
• The man accepted the delay and vowed that Konoha would face its doom in ten years.
• Ruri and Mei Ling Hyuga finished all the food they had prepared and talked about being full.
• Ruri joked that girls worried too much about their figures, so Mei Ling Hyuga ordered him to wash the dishes.
• Ruri gathered the dishes, took them to the kitchen, and washed them while regretting what he had said.

After resting at home, Ruri headed to Anbu headquarters to look for a mission. Someone with a familiar voice grabbed him and dragged him to the center of the village, leaving him confused about what was happening.

• Ruri finished washing the dishes and rested on the sofa with Mei Ling Hyuga.
• After half an hour, Ruri woke and told Mei Ling Hyuga he was going to the Anbu to find a mission inside the village.
• As Ruri walked toward Anbu headquarters, an unknown person grabbed him and pulled him away.
• The person dragged Ruri to the center of the village and set him down, while Ruri still could not identify them.

Kakashi gathered Ruri, Uzuki Yugao, Yamato, and Uchiha Itachi for a mission. He revealed that they would help an old lady find her three kittens.

• Ruri questioned the man who had dragged him away, then realized it was his captain, Kakashi.
• Kakashi told Ruri that he no longer needed to go to the Anbu because the team had received a mission.
• Uzuki Yugao and Yamato arrived, and Kakashi explained that the team would do a familiar kind of mission together.
• Uchiha Itachi arrived, completing the group of five.
• Kakashi revealed that their mission was to help an old lady find her three kittens.

Kakashi led Ruri, Uchiha Itachi, Uzumaki Yugao, and Yamato on a mission to find Cat Granny’s three escaped ninja cats. After searching together proved difficult, the team split up to look for them in different parts of the village.

• Ruri, Uchiha Itachi, and Uzumaki Yugao questioned Kakashi about taking a mission to find three kittens.
• Kakashi explained that the kittens were cunning ninja cats and that the mission offered a large reward.
• Kakashi named the cats Xiaohua, Tianyuan, and Rongrong and told the team they belonged to Cat Granny.
• Kakashi sent himself west, Ruri and Uzumaki Yugao north, and Yamato and Uchiha Itachi south to search.

Ruri and Uzuki Yugao searched for three missing ninja cats across the village. A butcher directed them to an alley where they spotted several kittens and went in to look for the ones they needed.

• Ruri and Uzuki Yugao set out to find three missing cats and complained that the village was too large to search.
• Ruri asked a butcher about kittens, and the butcher suggested checking an alley where he often saw them.
• Ruri and Uzuki Yugao hurried to the alley and spotted four or five kittens inside.
• Ruri and Uzuki Yugao entered the alley to look for the missing cats.

Ruri and Uzuki Yugao visited an alley full of stray cats, and Ruri bought them dried-fish-flavored cat food. The chapter ended with Uzuki Yugao accepting the food and praising Ruri for his kindness.

• Uzuki Yugao delighted in the cats while Ruri guessed they were strays.
• Ruri left the alley and bought a small amount of dried-fish-flavored cat food.
• The seller told Ruri that the homeless cats visited every day and that he fed them leftovers.
• Ruri returned to the alley and gave the cat food to Uzuki Yugao, who praised his kindness.

Ruri and Uzuki Yugao fed the alley kittens and searched them for the three Ninja Cats they were looking for. They found none and left the alley to continue their search elsewhere.

• Uzuki Yugao put down the cat food, and the kittens quickly ate it all.
• Ruri told the kittens that the cat-food seller fed them every morning.
• Uzuki Yugao said she had checked the kittens and had not found the three Ninja Cats.
• Ruri and Uzuki Yugao stood up to leave, and Yugao said she would visit the kittens again.
• The kittens followed them to the alley exit, then returned as Ruri and Yugao left.

Ruri and Uzuki Yugao searched for a missing ninja cat and followed a lead that it had stolen meat from a butcher. They spotted a cat resembling their target, but the alley where they chased it was empty.

• Ruri and Uzuki Yugao searched nearby alleys for the ninja cat.
• Uchiha Itachi complained about the mission while searching with Yamato, and Yamato urged him to keep looking.
• Ruri and Uzuki Yugao learned from a butcher that the ninja cat had stolen meat.
• Ruri spotted a cat that looked like their target, and he and Uzuki Yugao hurried after it.
• Uzuki Yugao questioned whether Ruri had seen a cat after they reached an empty dead-end alley.

Ruri and Uzuki Yugao searched a dead end for the ninja cat, then caught the talking white cat Xiaohua after finding it on the eaves. They headed back with the cat in Ruri’s hand.

• Ruri and Uzuki Yugao searched the dead end but found no sign of a cat.
• Ruri and Uzuki Yugao heard a meow and discovered the ninja cat speaking from above them.
• Uzuki Yugao spotted the white ninja cat on the eaves, and Ruri called it Xiaohua and told it to come back with them.
• Ruri swiftly appeared behind Xiaohua and caught it in his palm.
• Ruri and Uzuki Yugao headed back with the captured ninja cat.

Ruri and Uzuki Yugao returned to the rendezvous point with the ninja cat they had been searching for, while Kakashi and Uchiha Itachi had also found their cats. Itachi complained about being scratched, and the team remained frustrated with the troublesome mission.

• Ruri complained to the captured ninja cat after it mocked him and threatened to escape again.
• Uzuki Yugao took the cat from Ruri and admired its white fur as they continued to the rendezvous point.
• Ruri and Uzuki Yugao found Kakashi waiting with a ninja cat, and Ruri asked him not to take more cat-finding missions.
• Uchiha Itachi arrived with a cat and complained that it had scratched him.
• Ruri asked Itachi whether finding a cat had been fun, and Itachi said the search had been infuriating.

Kakashi and his team finished tracking down three Ninja Cats and headed to deliver them to Cat Granny. Along the way, Ruri wondered why she kept so many cats, but Uzuki Yugao could only guess that Cat Granny liked kittens.

• Kakashi promised not to take another mission like this after the team complained about the troublesome Ninja Cats.
• Uzuki Yugao said she liked the cats, while Ruri, Uchiha Itachi, and Yamato agreed they would not take similar missions again.
• Kakashi teased Ruri by threatening to assign him another cat mission, and Ruri quickly apologized.
• Kakashi led the team toward Cat Granny's place with the three cats.
• Ruri asked Uzuki Yugao why Cat Granny kept so many cats, and she guessed that Cat Granny liked kittens.

Ruri, Uzuki Yugao, and Uchiha Itachi talked about how boring life at home felt and agreed to go out for a meal together. Kakashi overheard them and asked them to include him and Yamato.

• Uchiha Itachi suggested that Cat Granny had kept cats because she was lonely.
• Ruri, Uzuki Yugao, and Uchiha Itachi agreed that staying home was boring and that they enjoyed going on missions together.
• Uzuki Yugao suggested that the three of them get together for a meal.
• Ruri and Uchiha Itachi agreed and said they wanted to celebrate their close bond after their dangerous mission.
• Kakashi asked the three of them to bring him and Yamato along, and Ruri assured him they would.

Ruri, Uchiha Itachi, and Kakashi chased a thief through the street after a woman called for help. Ruri knocked the thief unconscious and returned the stolen bag to its owner.

• A woman shouted that a thief was escaping, and Kakashi handed his cat to Yamato before pursuing him.
• Uzuki Yugao took Ruri and Uchiha Itachi's cats while they ran after the thief with Kakashi.
• The thief threatened the crowd and taunted Kakashi and the others as he fled.
• Ruri asked Kakashi for permission to intercept the thief, then appeared in front of him and knocked him unconscious with a punch.
• Uzuki Yugao and Yamato arrived with the woman, and Ruri returned her stolen bag.