Recaps

Gekkō Raito brought Utakata and the Six-Tails back to Kirigakure, then let Sasuke leave Konoha and defeated Kimimaro. He captured the Three-Tails, revealed that he carried both beasts, and began establishing his authority in Kirigakure while seeking a cure for Ameyuri Ringo.

• Gekkō Raito subdued Utakata, revealed that Saiken had made a home inside him, and returned with him to Kirigakure.
• Mei Terumi sent Gekkō Raito to help Konoha pursue Sasuke, and he caught up with Sasuke and accepted his reasons for leaving before letting him go.
• Gekkō Raito defeated Kimimaro, who died after refusing to return to Kirigakure, and Glutton absorbed him to grant Gekkō Raito Shikotsumyaku.
• Gekkō Raito returned to Kirigakure and learned from Zabuza that the Three-Tails was beneath a lake.
• Gekkō Raito captured the Three-Tails and sealed it inside himself, joining its chakra with the Six-Tails to form a nine-tailed chakra cloak.
• Gekkō Raito and Mei Terumi agreed to announce the recovered beasts and clear Zabuza’s rogue-ninja charge, while Gekkō Raito began seeking help to cure Ameyuri Ringo.
• Gekkō Raito defeated Genin and Chunin in a special exam, then beat Zabuza before the gathered Kirigakure Jonin.
• Mei Terumi restored Zabuza’s status and announced the Six-Tails’ recovery, while Gekkō Raito revealed that he carried both the Six-Tails and the Three-Tails.

Gekkō Raito found Tsunade while seeking a cure for Ameyuri, but Naruto’s pursuit led to a battle that unleashed the Nine-Tails. After subduing Naruto and defeating Jiraiya, Orochimaru, and the toad sages, Raito took Tsunade to Kirigakure.

• Mei Terumi defended Zabuza’s status as Raito revealed the chakra of the Three-Tails and Six-Tails, and Raito’s Shukaku-powered defenses and search technique grew stronger.
• Raito tracked Tsunade with chakra pigeons, offered her money to treat Ameyuri, and learned that her fear of blood prevented her from helping.
• Naruto found Raito and fought him over his refusal to return to Konoha, while Jiraiya, Tsunade, and Orochimaru revealed Raito’s ties to Kirigakure.
• Naruto’s Nine-Tails chakra escalated into a rampage that injured Jiraiya and Tsunade, until Raito revealed his dual jinchūriki power and sealed Naruto.
• Kabuto attacked Tsunade, but Raito stopped him and sent Tsunade away before facing Jiraiya and Orochimaru with their summoned creatures.
• Raito defeated Manda and sealed Orochimaru, then fought Jiraiya in Sage Mode and captured him with Fukasaku and Shima.
• Raito took Tsunade, Haku, and Ameyuri to Kirigakure, where he bound Tsunade with a seal and Mei Terumi found them.

Gekkō Raito mastered Sage Mode, empowered the Tailed Beasts, and developed new techniques while Tsunade treated Ameyuri and returned to Konoha. As Kirigakure faced Kumogakure, Raito headed for Konoha, where Danzo maneuvered for power and Itachi confronted him over Sasuke’s defection.

• Gekkō Raito unlocked Sage Mode and used it to refine Isobu and Saiken’s chakra, gaining Double Tailed Beast Gold Body Mode.
• Tsunade mistook Raito for her last Senju relative after seeing his Wood Release, agreed to treat Ameyuri, and completed her surgery before returning to Konoha.
• Raito studied Kirigakure’s ninjutsu, upgraded Nuibari for Haku, and helped defend Ameyuri’s hospital from Jiraiya’s team until Tsunade agreed to return home.
• Raito forged Zangetsu, learned Getsuga Tenshō, and developed Light Release techniques while Mei Terumi dealt with Kumogakure’s challenge to Kirigakure.
• After promising Mei Terumi a recruit for her new Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist, Raito rode his Nimbus Cloud toward Konoha.
• Tsunade operated on the gravely wounded Hiruzen Sarutobi while Jiraiya blocked Danzo’s attempt to take the Fifth Hokage position.
• Itachi confronted Danzo over Sasuke’s defection, then believed Danzo’s claim that Hiruzen had tacitly approved it and grew more disillusioned with Konoha.

Gekkō Raito captured Kisame and the Seven-Tails, then used his powers to restore bloodline clans and build a force loyal to him in Kirigakure. As Danzo and Tsunade contested the Hokage succession, Raito returned to Konoha to confront Danzo and invite people to leave with him, while the Land of Water publicly backed Danzo.

• Itachi and Kisame attacked Konoha, but Raito arrived and defeated Kisame, persuading him to return to Kirigakure under a new identity.
• Raito told Mei Terumi he intended to become Mizukage, then traveled to Takigakure and devoured Chōmei from Kaede, gaining the Seven-Tails.
• Raito discovered he could share abilities through Glutton’s Food Chain Supply and used it to give Shikotsumyaku to Mist Ninja and establish new bloodline clans.
• Hiruzen appointed Tsunade as Fifth Hokage, but his death and the deaths of Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura left Tsunade and Danzo contesting the succession.
• Mei Terumi and a retired elder welcomed the Yuki, Kaguya, Kozuki, and Yu Wucheng Clans back into Kirigakure as its new Four Great Clans.
• Raito gathered Mist Ninja and returned to Konoha, where he told Tsunade he intended to kill Danzo and take people with him.
• Raito offered Hayate a place in Kirigakure and asked Ino and Hinata to leave Konoha with him, though Ino did not answer and Hinata agreed to meet him the next day.
• Raito brought a letter from the Mizukage to the Daimyō’s meeting, where the Land of Water openly supported Danzo’s succession as Fifth Hokage.