Chapter Summaries

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.

Ruri and the others recovered a woman’s bag from a thief, and she revealed that the soy-braised beef inside was her most precious possession. The thief began to regain consciousness after Ruri’s punch.

• The woman thanked Ruri and the others for stopping the thief, and Kakashi told her to check her bag.
• Ruri and Uchiha Itachi whispered about the woman while Uzuki Yugao reminded them to be considerate.
• Yamato notified the Military Police Force, and two officers arrived to take the thief into custody.
• The woman found that nothing was missing and said her most precious possession was a chunk of soy-braised beef.
• Uzuki Yugao reacted in disbelief, and Ruri teased her for doubting his guess about the woman’s prized possession.
• The thief slowly regained consciousness and felt his misshapen face.

Ruri, Uchiha Itachi, Kakashi, Yamato, and Uzuki Yugao dealt with a thief before continuing their mission to deliver the Ninja Cats to Cat Granny. They arrived at Cat Granny’s place, where Ruri was immediately bothered by the strong cat smell.

• Ruri punched the thief, and Uchiha Itachi stopped him from hitting the man again.
• The thief revealed that he had repeatedly targeted a woman to steal from her, and Kakashi said the Military Police Force would interrogate him.
• Yamato’s summoned guards arrived, and Kakashi handed the thief over to them.
• Kakashi led Ruri, Uchiha Itachi, Yamato, and Uzuki Yugao back to their mission of taking the Ninja Cats to Cat Granny.
• Uzuki Yugao handed the cats to Ōkawa, and Ruri complained about the smell when they reached Cat Granny’s place.

Kakashi and his companions delivered three Ninja Cats to Cat Granny despite Ruri's dislike of the strong smell. Cat Granny gave them five Lucky Cat Charms, and they left to report on the mission.

• Ruri complained that Cat Granny's home would smell strongly, and Uzuki Yugao encouraged him to go inside with Kakashi.
• Kakashi warned the group not to comment on the smell before they entered Cat Granny's home.
• Kakashi returned the three Ninja Cats to Cat Granny, who thanked them for bringing the cats back.
• Cat Granny gave Kakashi five Lucky Cat Charms, one for each member of the group.
• Kakashi and the others left Cat Granny's home to report on the mission.

Ruri, Uchiha Itachi, and Uzuki Yugao left Cat Granny’s home after their mission and talked about the smell and their cat pendants. Kakashi went to settle the mission payment, while the others headed home admiring their gifts.

• Ruri and Uchiha Itachi complained that the cats’ smell had been overpowering, while Uzuki Yugao said she liked it.
• Kakashi told Ruri and the others to go home while he went to the finance department to settle the mission payment.
• Ruri, Uchiha Itachi, and Uzuki Yugao walked home and reflected on how entertaining the mission had been.
• Uzuki Yugao took out her Lucky Cat Pendant and admired its craftsmanship.
• Ruri and Uchiha Itachi also examined their Lucky Cat Pendants and praised how cute they looked.

Ruri enjoyed a quiet day with Ruri and Uchiha Itachi, then spent the next several days away from training before returning to practice. Momokusa Harukawa found him at Back Mountain, and they sat together by the river to talk about school.

• Ruri and Uchiha Itachi admired the lucky cat pendants Cat Granny had made for them before they went home.
• Ruri felt unusually exhausted, went to bed early, and thought about giving Harukawa a pendant.
• Five days later, Ruri trained in a little grove at Back Mountain and said he needed to rebuild his strength after several days without practice.
• Momokusa Harukawa found Ruri after learning from Aunt Meiling that he was training at Back Mountain.
• Ruri led Momokusa Harukawa to Small River, where he asked how school had been and whether she had studied hard.