Recaps

Funato Aopon unleashed her Chakra Arrow Rain against Xia Yu, but his Susanoo blocked the attack. Orochimaru captured Aopon for study, then offered Xia Yu a future reward that revealed he had been developing cloning technology.

• Funato Aopon summoned giant pufferfish for the Yingying Beast and then fired thousands of chakra arrows at Xia Yu.
• Xia Yu summoned his Blue Giant Susanoo, which blocked Funato Aopon's arrows and left her unable to defeat him.
• Before Funato Aopon could attack again, Orochimaru's giant snake emerged from the sea and swallowed her.
• Xia Yu dismissed Susanoo and confronted Orochimaru for stealing his captive.
• Orochimaru asked to study Funato Aopon and offered to repay Xia Yu double, prompting Xia Yu to ask whether his cloning research had succeeded.

Orochimaru offered Xia Yu Karin in addition to Funato Aopon, while Obito considered recruiting Xia Yu into the Akatsuki. Pain summoned the Akatsuki when Konan went into premature labor, only to discover that none of them knew how to deliver a baby.

• Orochimaru told Xia Yu he would give him Karin as well as Funato Aopon, and Xia Yu agreed to let him take Funato Aopon.
• Obito discussed meeting Xia Yu and potentially recruiting him, but Pain urgently summoned all Akatsuki members to the base.
• Pain told the gathered Akatsuki that Konan was about to give birth, and the members argued while waiting beside her bed.
• Pain asked whether anyone knew how to deliver a baby, and Konan cried out in labor.

Konan went into premature labor, and the Akatsuki members scrambled to help despite having no experience delivering a baby. Pain took charge of the birth while Kakuzu carried the noisy Hidan out to buy baby supplies.

• The Akatsuki members admitted they had little or no experience with babies as Konan's labor pains worsened.
• Itachi and Kisame went to boil water after Deidara mistook Konan's amniotic fluid for a problem Water Release could fix.
• Pain took charge as the baby's head appeared, while Deidara wiped Konan's sweat and Sasori offered her an experimental painkiller.
• Pain blasted Hidan out of the bedroom after Hidan tried to watch the delivery and demanded that Konan's blanket be lifted.
• Pain ordered Kakuzu to buy baby supplies, and Kakuzu bound and gagged Hidan before carrying him out of the base.

Konan safely gave birth to a boy while the Akatsuki members helped, but the baby’s resemblance to Uchiha Itachi sparked awkward suspicions. Hidan returned with baby supplies and mistook the child for Itachi’s, leaving the room in silence.

• Kisame Hoshigaki and Uchiha Itachi entered Konan’s room as Pain, Deidara, and Sasori helped with the birth.
• Pain delivered Konan’s baby boy, and Sasori cut the umbilical cord before Konan met her son.
• Deidara and Sasori noticed the baby looked familiar, and Kisame said the child resembled Uchiha Itachi.
• Pain questioned Itachi, while Tobi defended him and privately recognized the baby as an Uchiha who was not Itachi’s child.
• Kakuzu returned with Hidan carrying baby supplies, and Hidan mistook Konan’s baby for Itachi’s, making the room awkward again.

The Akatsuki members argued over whether Itachi was the baby’s father, but Konan declared the child a heavenly gift and named him Akatsuki. As the members fought outside her room, Pain planned for Akatsuki to unite the organization’s strength when he grew up.

• Hidan accused Itachi of being the baby’s father, and Konan angrily denied having been with anyone, calling the child a gift from heaven.
• Pain apologized to Konan and suggested naming the baby Yahiko, but Konan said she would feel uncomfortable using her deceased friend’s name for her son.
• Pain proposed the name Akatsuki, and Konan accepted it, saying the child belonged to the whole organization and hoping he would live peacefully.
• The members eavesdropped outside Konan’s room, where Kakuzu and Kisame began fighting before Hidan attacked Itachi and Deidara and Sasori joined in.
• Pain told Konan he believed Akatsuki would eventually bring the members together, with each one teaching the child and Pain’s Rinnegan passing to him.

Pain told the Akatsuki that Konan’s child belonged to every member and had been named Akatsuki, then assigned Uchiha Itachi and Kisame Hoshigaki to investigate Uchiha Xia Yu’s intentions as the Daimyo of the Land of Sea. They were to recruit him if he shared their aims or kill him otherwise.

• Pain told Black and White Zetsu that Konan’s child was everyone’s, then discussed Obito’s concerns about Xia Yu becoming the Daimyo of the Land of Sea.
• Obito ordered Pain to have the Akatsuki investigate Xia Yu and decide whether to recruit or assassinate him.
• Pain halted the members’ brawling with Shinra Tensei and gathered them for a meeting.
• Pain announced that all Akatsuki members were the fathers of Konan’s child, who would be named Akatsuki.
• Pain assigned Itachi and Kisame to investigate Xia Yu and recruit him or kill him depending on his allegiance.

Xia Yu gained the Copy skill from the birth of an SSS-rank child and copied Shisui Uchiha’s Kotoamatsukami with his right eye. Uchiha Itachi warned him that Akatsuki was investigating him, and Xia Yu declared that his only goal was to restore the Uchiha.

• A notification revealed that Xia Yu’s newborn child had SSS potential and granted him the Copy skill, which could permanently copy Mangekyō Sharingan abilities.
• Xia Yu used Shisui Uchiha’s preserved eye to copy Kotoamatsukami into his right eye.
• Uchiha Itachi arrived as a crow and told Xia Yu that he and Kisame Hoshigaki were coming to investigate him for Akatsuki.
• Itachi explained that Pain would either recruit Xia Yu or eliminate him depending on whether he had betrayed Konoha.
• Xia Yu told Itachi that he was neither disloyal nor loyal to Konoha and that his sole goal was to restore the Uchiha.

After Uchiha Itachi noticed that Konan’s newborn resembled Xia Yu, Xia Yu began planning the Land of Sea’s islands and established a Hidden Sea Village on Dalang Island. He learned that Kirigakure had not sent its promised instructors or tribute, and ordered an inquiry into the delay.

• Uchiha Itachi told Xia Yu he would try to stall Pain and remarked that Konan’s baby resembled him before his projection vanished.
• Xia Yu decided to keep Jiro Island as the capital and reserve Mother Island as a habitat for Summoning Beasts.
• Xia Yu established the Hidden Sea Village on Dalang Island and planned for its ninjas to use Summoning Beasts as their main fighting force.
• Xia Yu left Demon Island untouched for the time being because the Land of Sea had few residents and Orochimaru’s research facility occupied it.
• Hai Xing and Hai Shen reported that Kirigakure had sent neither ninja instructors nor the promised ten years of tribute.
• Xia Yu ordered a letter sent to the Land of Water and demanded a report within one day, whether a reply arrived or not.

Uchiha Xia Yu used Kotoamatsukami to control Kisame and told Itachi he would join the Akatsuki, then demanded Shisui Uchiha’s other Sharingan. In Amegakure, Konan urged Nagato to let their newborn become a source of hope as the Akatsuki prepared to admit Xia Yu.

• Xia Yu waited by the coast for Itachi and Kisame, then revealed his Three-Tomoe Sharingan when Kisame attacked him.
• Xia Yu used Kotoamatsukami to control Kisame and told Itachi he intended to join the Akatsuki.
• Xia Yu ordered Itachi to hand over Shisui Uchiha’s other Sharingan, and Itachi gave him the eye and its crow.
• Pain told Konan that Xia Yu would soon join the Akatsuki and that Madara seemed wary of him.
• Konan placed the newborn Akatsuki in Nagato’s arms and said their child represented new life and hope.

After learning that the Kaguya Clan rebellion had stalled Kirigakure’s promised compensation and put Mei Terumi in danger, Xia Yu set off for the Land of Water. Meanwhile, the Kaguya Clan released Kimimaro and prepared to use his power against Kirigakure.

• Konan’s words about new life stirred Nagato, who reflected on how their bond had changed since Yahiko’s death.
• Hai Xing told Xia Yu that the Kaguya Clan had occupied Kirigakure and that Mei Terumi was struggling to suppress the rebellion.
• Xia Yu read the Land of Water Daimyo’s request for help and decided to go because Mei Terumi was his wife and stabilizing Kirigakure would benefit the Land of Sea.
• Xia Yu summoned Yingying Beast and rode her south toward the Land of Water.
• A Kaguya Clan leader released Kimimaro from a hidden dungeon and ordered him to kill Kirigakure’s ninjas.

Kimimaro headed to Kirigakure to kill its ninjas, while a mysterious woman followed after discovering his innocence. Inside the village, Mei Terumi fought the Kaguya Clan leader and his elite members as fires raged around them.

• Kimimaro met Zabuza and Haku in the forest, learned they were not Kirigakure ninja, and continued toward the village.
• At Kirigakure's entrance, Kimimaro attacked a mysterious woman, who easily kicked him away; after he accepted that she was not from the village, she followed him, interested in studying him.
• Mei Terumi battled the Kaguya Clan leader and three elite members amid the burning village, then dissolved one of them with her Lava Release.
• The Kaguya Clan leader rejected Mei Terumi's assurance that Kirigakure no longer killed its own people without reason, and he and the two remaining elites attacked her with Dance of the Camellia.
• Mei Terumi avoided their combined taijutsu and unleashed Multiple Water Dragon Bullets as she fell from the air.

Mei Terumi fought the Kaguya clan leader and tried to persuade him to end the rebellion, but he revealed his ambition to rule and refused. She declared the clan’s ties with Kirigakure over and ordered her forces to kill every Kaguya member, leaving the battle poised to turn deadly.

• Mei Terumi controlled three water dragons that killed the Kaguya clan leader’s two right-hand men and left him badly wounded.
• Mei Terumi urged the Kaguya clan leader to stop fighting, explaining that Kirigakure’s past crimes stemmed from the Fourth Mizukage being controlled by genjutsu.
• The Kaguya clan leader rejected her explanation, declared his goal was to become king, and insulted Mei Terumi for marrying another country’s Daimyo.
• Mei Terumi decided the Kaguya clan could not be spared, ended its ties with Kirigakure, and ordered her ninja to kill every Kaguya member.
• Kirigakure’s ninja celebrated being allowed to fight without restraint and prepared to attack the Kaguya Clan.

Mei Terumi defeated and killed the Kaguya Clan leader as Kirigakure slaughtered the clan. Kimimaro arrived too late to save his last comrade, then attacked the Kirigakure ninja in grief and fury.

• Mei Terumi overwhelmed the Kaguya Clan leader with taijutsu, rejected his pleas for surrender, and killed him with a kunai.
• Kirigakure ninja continued slaughtering the Kaguya Clan until Kimimaro appeared on the battlefield.
• Kimimaro cut apart a kunai with his Bone Blade, and a dying Kaguya clansman identified him as the clan’s powerful monster and urged him to avenge them.
• Kimimaro tried to save the wounded man, who died in his arms after angrily ordering him to fight.
• Kirigakure ninja surrounded Kimimaro and attacked with shuriken, but he deflected them with bones erupting from beneath his skin and vowed to kill anyone who harmed his comrades.

Kimimaro slaughtered the Kirigakure Ninja surrounding him, then fought Ao and Chōjūrō after learning they were from Kirigakure. Chōjūrō unleashed Hiramekarei’s full power, and Kimimaro formed a bone shield to meet the incoming chakra blast.

• Kimimaro escaped the Kirigakure Ninja’s Water Prison Technique after an unseen hand shattered it, then killed the surrounding Mist Ninja with Dance of the Larch.
• Ao and Chōjūrō confronted Kimimaro, who attacked them after identifying them as Kirigakure Ninja.
• Kimimaro overpowered Chōjūrō’s defense and knocked Ao away with ribs that burst from his back.
• Chōjūrō channeled his remaining chakra into Hiramekarei and fired a powerful chakra cannon at Kimimaro.
• Kimimaro rapidly grew a massive bone shield on his left hand as the chakra blast struck it.

Kimimaro survived Chōjūrō’s Chakra Cannon, but his hereditary illness surfaced during the fight. Ao exploited Kimimaro’s exhaustion and illness until he collapsed, then told Chōjūrō to prepare to collect his body.

• Ao used his Byakugan and saw that Kimimaro had emerged unharmed from the smoke.
• Chōjūrō despaired after his attack failed and believed he had failed Mei Terumi.
• Ao noticed Kimimaro’s heart briefly stop and realized the boy might have the Kaguya Clan’s hereditary disease.
• Ao created water clones to wear Kimimaro down while Kimimaro formed a spear from his bones and destroyed the clones.
• Kimimaro collapsed as his illness and exhaustion overtook him, and Ao told Chōjūrō to prepare to collect his corpse.

After defeating the Kaguya rebellion, Ao ordered Chōjūrō to kill the wounded Kimimaro, but a mysterious figure abducted the boy underground. Mei Terumi arrived and joined Ao in pursuing the kidnapper.

• Ao told Chōjūrō that Kimimaro had no future because of the Kaguya Clan’s nature and illnesses, and ordered him to kill the boy.
• Chōjūrō raised Hiramekarei to strike Kimimaro, but pale hands burst from the ground and began dragging him away.
• A sword appeared on its own and blocked Chōjūrō, allowing Kimimaro to disappear underground with the mysterious figure.
• Ao sensed the kidnapper fleeing toward the woods, while Chōjūrō admitted he could not defeat the sword.
• Mei Terumi arrived with Kirigakure Ninja, and Ao led her in pursuit of the mysterious figure.

Mei Terumi and Ao pursued a mysterious figure carrying someone, and Mei suspected the figure might be Orochimaru because of the sword they wielded. After Ao collapsed from exhaustion, Mei called off the chase, declaring that the Kaguya Clan had effectively ceased to exist in the Land of Water.

• Mei Terumi asked Ao about the mysterious person, and Ao said they could extend their limbs and wielded a sword that fought on its own.
• Mei recognized the blade as possibly the Kusanagi Sword known as the Void Longsword and privately suspected the stranger was Orochimaru.
• Ao stumbled and fell while leading the pursuit, then insisted he could continue despite his exhaustion.
• Mei saw how exhausted Ao and the other Kirigakure Ninja were and ordered them to stop chasing the thief.
• Mei declared the Kaguya Clan effectively extinct in the Land of Water and led her group back.

Zabuza and Haku left Kirigakure together, while Orochimaru rescued Kimimaro and invited him to come along. Kimimaro accepted the comfort of Orochimaru’s words and began to believe he would no longer be alone.

• Zabuza told Haku he did not have to leave with him, but Haku chose to follow him away from Kirigakure.
• Kimimaro woke in a cave and asked Orochimaru why he had saved him when no one cared about him.
• Kimimaro saw a white flower and tried to destroy it, but Orochimaru urged him to keep living and find meaning.
• Kimimaro placed stones around the flower and cautiously asked whether Orochimaru would abandon him.
• Orochimaru said he had watched Kimimaro for a long time and invited him to come along.

Xia Yu rode the Yingying Beast to the Land of Water, intending to reach Kirigakure and find his lover. As they descended through the fog, he persuaded the beast not to eat its future mate.

• After several hours of flight, Xia Yu and the Yingying Beast reached the skies above the Land of Water.
• Xia Yu told the Yingying Beast that the thickest fog covered Kirigakure, their destination.
• The Yingying Beast said its instincts told it to eat its mate, so Xia Yu urged it to follow human habits and spare its future mate.
• The Yingying Beast agreed not to eat its mate for now, though it still wanted to taste their flesh.
• Xia Yu spotted lifeless buildings through the fog and told the Yingying Beast to land in Kirigakure.

After Mei Terumi returned to Kirigakure from quelling the Kaguya Clan's rebellion, she and her aides detected two immense chakra sources approaching from the sky. One belonged to Xia Yu, but a gigantic woman appeared instead, leaving Mei Terumi wondering where her husband was.

• Mei Terumi returned to Kirigakure with her ninja after nearly wiping out the Kaguya Clan's rebellion, and Genji welcomed them at the village gates.
• Mei Terumi sent the exhausted ninja home, then agreed to let Ao and Chōjūrō accompany her to the Mizukage Building.
• Ao sensed two chakra sources in the sky more powerful than Tailed Beasts and recognized one as Xia Yu's.
• A gigantic woman emerged from the misty sky, startling Ao, Chōjūrō, and the villagers.
• Mei Terumi looked for Xia Yu and asked Ao why a woman had appeared instead of her husband.

Xia Yu arrived in Kirigakure after the Kaguya Clan’s rebellion and reunited with Mei Terumi, who embraced him and reassured him she was safe. The villagers learned that Xia Yu was Mei Terumi’s husband and a powerful daimyo, leaving them stunned and jealous.

• Ao sensed Xia Yu’s chakra on the giant woman’s back as the villagers feared she would crash into Kirigakure.
• The Yingying Beast landed safely, and Xia Yu greeted the group before asking Mei Terumi if she was all right.
• Mei Terumi became emotional, embraced Xia Yu, and told him the Kaguya Clan’s rebellion had been dealt with.
• Nearby male villagers grew jealous as they watched Xia Yu and Mei Terumi together.
• A villager identified Xia Yu as Mei Terumi’s husband and the Daimyo of the Land of Sea, shocking the crowd.

Mei Terumi reunited with Xia Yu in Kirigakure and wanted to take him home, but she grew jealous after learning he had ridden there on the beautiful Yingying Beast. Xia Yu revealed that the beast had been cultivated by the Fourth Mizukage, prompting Mei to recognize her as the legendary strongest Summoning Beast in history.

• Mei Terumi stopped focusing on village work and invited Xia Yu to her home, while Ao and Chōjūrō left to rest.
• Mei Terumi noticed the Yingying Beast following Xia Yu and learned that she was his Summoning Beast.
• Xia Yu admitted that he had ridden the Yingying Beast from the Land of Sea to Kirigakure, and Mei Terumi felt jealous of her.
• Xia Yu said the Yingying Beast had been cultivated by the Fourth Mizukage on Mother Island, and Mei Terumi asked if she was the previous Mizukage’s strongest Summoning Beast in history.

Mei Terumi spent the night with Xia Yu, then arrived late to a Kirigakure leadership meeting and announced two major decisions. She revealed that she was pregnant and that Kirigakure would welcome the Uchiha Clan as part of the village’s reconstruction.

• Xia Yu explained that the Yingying Beast had rampaged on Mother Island because she needed chakra to evolve, and that she obeyed him because he could supply it.
• Xia Yu fed the Yingying Beast his chakra, and she returned to her summoning realm after saying she would come when called.
• Mei Terumi brought Xia Yu home instead of working, and they spent the night together.
• Kirigakure’s officials and elders waited impatiently for Mei Terumi, while some discussed her leadership and the village’s recent battles.
• Mei Terumi arrived at the meeting with Ao and Uchiha Xia Yu, announced that she was pregnant, and declared that Kirigakure would welcome the Uchiha Clan.

Mei Terumi announced that the Uchiha Clan wanted to join Kirigakure, prompting the elders to argue over the risks and benefits. Xia Yu defended the proposal with a show of overwhelming power, leaving the elders stunned.

• The elders reacted with surprise to Mei Terumi's pregnancy and debated whether Kirigakure should accept the Uchiha Clan.
• Mei Terumi vouched for Xia Yu, credited him with helping stop the Funato Clan's rebellion, and urged the elders to trust him.
• The senior elder said the village would accept the Uchiha if they had truly severed ties with Konoha, but would refuse if ties remained.
• Xia Yu said he was joining Kirigakure for Mei Terumi's sake and told the elders to stop suspecting a conspiracy.
• Xia Yu released powerful chakra that left the elders deathly pale.

Xia Yu used his killing intent to secure the Uchiha Clan’s admission into Kirigakure, and the village assigned the clan its own compound. At the Akatsuki base, Hidan joked about sacrificing Konan’s baby to Jashin and was blasted away by Pain, who then announced a job.

• Xia Yu intimidated Kirigakure’s elders until they agreed to let the Uchiha Clan join the village.
• Mei Terumi arranged the clans’ compounds while Xia Yu fell asleep during the meeting.
• Kirigakure officially established the Uchiha No. 3 Clan Compound.
• Konan brought her month-old son, Akatsuki, out to meet the Akatsuki members.
• Hidan joked about offering Akatsuki to Jashin, and Pain struck him with Shinra Tensei.
• Pain told everyone to gather because they had work.