Chapter Summaries

Yūto and Pakura infiltrated the temple to take Shukaku, but Bunpuku discovered them and agreed to let them go with the One-Tail on the condition they did not use him to attack Sunagakure. Bunpuku said farewell to Shukaku as his time ran out.

• Yūto used Sharingan Genjutsu to control the temple guards, allowing him and Pakura to enter unseen.
• Yūto and Pakura found Bunpuku beside the teapot used to seal Tailed Beasts, but he revealed he had sensed them from the moment they arrived.
• Bunpuku recognized Pakura and learned she had left Sunagakure, then correctly guessed that Yūto had come for the One-Tail.
• Yūto and Pakura prepared to fight, but Bunpuku agreed to let them take Shukaku if they promised not to use him to attack Sunagakure.
• Bunpuku entered the sealed space, told Shukaku that Yūto and Pakura would take him, and faded away after saying farewell.

Yūto and Pakura removed Shukaku from Bunpuku, who died after asking Yūto to care for him or find him a gentle Jinchūriki. Rasa and Baki discovered the theft and pursued them east, while Yūto sensed an ominous threat as they fled.

• Bunpuku transferred Shukaku into the teapot, asked Yūto to treat him well, and died peacefully.
• Pakura warned Yūto that the temple would detect Tailed Beast Chakra, and they escaped with the teapot as guards raised the alarm.
• Rasa ordered Baki to deploy Bunpuku and Shukaku to turn Sunagakure's fortunes around, then agreed to accompany him to the temple.
• Rasa and Baki learned that Pakura and an Uchiha had stolen the One-Tail, and Rasa blamed Baki for the disaster.
• Rasa and Baki pursued Yūto and Pakura eastward, with Rasa threatening Baki if they failed to recover the Tailed Beast.

Yūto and Pakura fled through the desert with Shukaku trapped in a teapot, and Yūto forced the tailed beast to agree to cooperate by proving he knew the beasts’ names and origins. Shukaku began to suspect Yūto was connected to the Sage of Six Paths, just as Rasa caught up with them.

• Yūto and Pakura raced through the desert while Shukaku used his chakra to burn Yūto through the teapot.
• Yūto bargained with Shukaku, threatening to urinate into the teapot until Shukaku agreed to remain imprisoned for two years.
• Yūto challenged Shukaku to a bet and correctly named all nine tailed beasts, including the Nine-Tails as Kurama.
• Yūto revealed that the tailed beasts had originally been one entity, convincing Shukaku to trust him and wonder if he was connected to the Sage of Six Paths.
• Rasa appeared above Yūto and Pakura on a pad of gold dust and angrily confronted Yūto.

Yūto and Pakura were cornered by Rasa and Baki in the desert, and Yūto struggled to survive Rasa’s aerial attacks. With Rasa closing in, Yūto accepted Shukaku’s offer to become his temporary jinchūriki and released the teapot’s seal.

• Pakura confronted Rasa over his betrayal, while Yūto pulled her back and tried to negotiate their escape.
• Yūto attacked Rasa with the Great Dragon Fire Technique, but Rasa defended himself and ordered Baki to keep Pakura occupied.
• Rasa attacked Yūto with gold dust, wounding him and steadily wearing him down as Yūto failed to reach the flying Kazekage.
• Shukaku offered to lend Yūto his power by becoming his jinchūriki, and Yūto agreed despite suspecting Shukaku might be trying to escape or take over his body.
• With Rasa closing in, Yūto undid the teapot’s seal and called Shukaku out.

Yūto sealed Shukaku inside himself, gained the One-Tail’s power, and defeated Rasa in battle, forcing him to flee with the wounded Baki. Rasa returned to Sunagakure intending to convene a high-level meeting as Baki suggested striking first against the Elders' Council.

• Yūto sealed Shukaku inside himself and used his new power to overwhelm Rasa, burning and battering him while breaking his sealing technique.
• Yūto warned Pakura that Baki was escaping, and Pakura struck Baki with a Scorch Release: Fireball.
• Rasa fled on a gold dust platform, taking the injured Baki with him, while Yūto’s Tailed Beast Cloak faded after Shukaku refused to lend him more chakra.
• Baki warned Rasa that the Elders' Council would challenge his leadership and urged him to strike first against them.
• Rasa released Baki and decided to return to Sunagakure to convene a high-level meeting.

Yūto returned to Konoha with Shukaku sealed inside him, prompting concern from Tsunade and Pakura until Shukaku explained he would remain with Yūto rather than let him die. In Sunagakure, Rasa blamed Pakura for losing the One-Tail, then killed the elders who demanded his resignation and made Baki swear to keep the massacre secret.

• Yūto and Pakura returned to the Konoha camp, where Hiashi realized Yūto had become the One-Tail’s Jinchūriki.
• Tsunade learned Shukaku had arranged to leave Yūto after three years, but Shukaku appeared in miniature form and said he could keep most of his chakra sealed while his consciousness went out.
• Tsunade called for the Sealing Squad to reinforce the seal, while Pakura said she trusted Shukaku and Yūto asked for the miniature Shukaku to stay with him.
• Rasa told Sunagakure’s elders that Konoha had taken Shukaku and blamed Pakura, prompting the elders to demand that he resign.
• Rasa killed the elders with Gold Dust Needles, then warned Baki that only the two of them could know what had happened.

Rasa blamed Pakura and Konoha for the elders’ deaths to inflame Sunagakure and strengthen his position, while privately seeking better surrender terms through Danzo. At the front, he relieved Chiyo and Ebizo and took command of their area, avoiding the sector where Yūto might be.

• Rasa ordered Baki to blame Konoha for the elders’ deaths, then publicly accused Pakura of defecting and guiding Konoha into Sunagakure.
• Maki defended Pakura, endured the villagers’ abuse, and vowed to kill her teacher herself if the accusations were true; she registered to fight.
• Rasa urged the villagers to prepare for war, but privately admitted Sunagakure could not win and told Baki to contact Danzo for better surrender terms.
• At the front, Chiyo and Ebizo learned that Konoha had killed the elders and stolen Shukaku, and Chiyo acknowledged that surrender was difficult after their earlier feint.
• Rasa arrived at Chiyo’s tent, apologized for the village’s losses, and ordered Chiyo and Ebizo to regroup in the Western Section while he took over their area.

After hearing that Obito had fallen at Kannabi Bridge, Yūto worried about the future but was ordered to fight a Sunagakure squad. He routed the enemy, subdued Pakura’s student Maki, and carried her back to camp.

• Genma and Ebisu told Yūto that Obito had reportedly fallen in battle at Kannabi Bridge and that Kakashi had lost an eye.
• Yūto reached camp with Pakura and learned that a Sunagakure squad was at the front; Pakura admitted she did not want to attack her former comrades, so Yūto told her to stay behind.
• Yūto fought the Sunagakure ninja without using the tailed beast’s power, killing several and driving the rest into a rout with fire techniques and genjutsu.
• Maki blamed Yūto for leading Pakura astray and charged him, while other Sunagakure ninja abandoned her.
• Yūto disarmed Maki, knocked her unconscious, and carried her back to camp for Pakura to handle.

Maki learned that Pakura had been betrayed by Sunagakure, while Danzo accepted Baki’s offer to help secure better surrender terms in exchange for a chance to defeat Rasa. Danzo headed for the eastern front, where Rasa was stationed, intending to build his own prestige.

• Yūto subdued Maki with a beating, and Pakura explained that Rasa and Baki had trapped her and sent her to Kirigakure.
• Maki saw Pakura’s scar, believed her, and apologized for accusing her of betrayal.
• Baki told Danzo that Rasa had forced him to break the earlier agreement and offered to help Danzo defeat Rasa in return for better surrender terms for Sunagakure.
• Danzo accepted Baki’s proposal and told Hiashi he was going to the eastern front.
• Danzo left to face Rasa and raise his standing through a battlefield victory.

Yūto learned that Danzo had defeated Rasa and suspected Danzo was using the victory to clear his name and gain prestige. Yūto came up with a plan to make Danzo’s relationship with Rasa look suspicious and prepared it in his tent.

• Tsume told Yūto that Danzo was heading to the Eastern Front and had sent Shisui back from the Western Front.
• A messenger announced that Danzo had defeated Rasa, and Yūto suspected Danzo had made a deal with the Kazekage.
• Yūto decided to undermine Danzo’s reputation by making his relationship with Rasa look suspicious.
• Yūto encountered Pakura training Maki, who hid behind her master when he teased her about being spanked.
• Yūto returned to his tent and worked late into the night on his plan against Danzo.

Danzo learned that a circulating booklet depicted him and Rasa as lovers, while Baki sought his help in Sunagakure’s peace talks. The chapter left Danzo agreeing to support Sunagakure after Baki offered him a personal share of the reparations.

• Danzo returned to camp expecting admiration but learned that a booklet portrayed him and Rasa as lovers, so he ordered Root to investigate and secretly confiscate every copy.
• Rasa sent Baki to Konoha’s camp to negotiate peace, and Baki first approached Hyuga Hiashi, who refused to discuss negotiations with Sunagakure.
• Baki met Danzo that evening and reminded him of their agreement to help Sunagakure during the peace talks.
• Danzo rejected increased village reparations as an incentive, so Baki offered him a separate personal payment.
• Danzo agreed to support Sunagakure in the peace talks after Baki promised him an additional sum.

Konoha and Sunagakure reached a peace agreement, and Yūto brought Pakura and Maki back to Konoha. Hiruzen approved Pakura’s registration as an Uchiha bride and allowed Maki to stay, while Maki awkwardly thanked Yūto with an offer to let him smack her again.

• Hiashi and Danzo negotiated a peace agreement in which Sunagakure paid five hundred million ryō, transferred thirty percent of its missions, and withdrew Pakura’s missing-nin warrant; Baki also privately paid Danzo another hundred million ryō.
• Yūto, Shisui, Tsunade, Pakura, and Maki returned to Konoha, where Tsunade went to collect payment for the mission.
• Tsunade demanded her reward from Hiruzen Sarutobi, and Yūto asked him to register Pakura as a bride of the Uchiha Clan.
• Hiruzen approved Pakura’s registration and, after Pakura vouched for Maki, allowed Maki to stay in Konoha because Sunagakure had never declared her a missing-nin.
• After Pakura explained that Yūto’s remark had helped her stay, Maki awkwardly thanked him and offered to let him smack her one more time.

Yūto brought Pakura and Maki to the Uchiha Clan Compound and asked Fugaku to arrange a match for Pakura, who wanted to marry Yūto. Fugaku learned that Yūto planned to revive the clan by bringing in women with rare kekkei genkai, while Maki remained convinced he was a pervert.

• Yūto showed Pakura and Maki around Konoha before taking them to Fugaku's home.
• Yūto introduced Pakura as a former Sunagakure Elite Jonin who wanted to marry into the Uchiha Clan and asked Fugaku to arrange a matchmaking date.
• Fugaku brought Mikoto to entertain Pakura and pulled Yūto aside to ask why he had brought her to Konoha.
• Yūto explained that Pakura's Scorch Release could strengthen the Uchiha Clan's future children and said he planned to seek a kunoichi with Ice Release in Kirigakure next.
• Pakura told Mikoto that she wanted to marry Yūto, while Maki tried to warn her that he was a pervert.

Pakura moved into Yūto's home and secretly drugged him and Maki after dinner. With both asleep, she prepared to carry out her plans without Maki interrupting.

• Pakura told Mikoto she wanted to marry Yūto and asked to stay at his home before the wedding, while Yūto agreed.
• Fugaku and Mikoto learned that Yūto wanted to find a female ninja with Ice Release, and they worried about the Uchiha Clan's reputation and Tsukimi's feelings.
• Yūto, Pakura, and Maki cleaned his dusty home, then shared a meal together.
• Pakura added Tsunade's sleep-inducing drug to tea and gave a cup to Yūto, who drank it and fell asleep.
• Pakura gave the remaining tea to Maki, who also collapsed, and laid her on the bed so she would not interrupt her plans.

Yūto panicked over bleeding and went to Konoha Hospital, where Nonō examined him and reassured him that it was not an illness. He then visited the Chinoike compound, discovered Chino had a crush on Itachi, and began thinking of how to respond.

• Yūto found blood and rushed to Konoha Hospital, where he ran into Nonō.
• Nonō examined Yūto, concluded his bleeding was not caused by a medical condition, and prescribed ointment.
• Nonō told Yūto that the orphanage children missed him, and he promised to visit the next day.
• Yūna brought Yūto into the Chinoike compound, where he found Chino acting unusually ladylike with Shisui.
• Shisui fled when Yūto arrived, and Chino admitted that she liked Itachi.
• Yūto realized Chino was trying to act quiet and well-behaved for Itachi, and he came up with a bold idea.

Yūto devised the Battlefield of Love Plan to bring Chino and Itachi together, then visited Fugaku to offer to train the Uchiha children. He left with permission to begin training as Mikoto and Pakura went shopping together, a pairing that made him uneasy.

• Yūto planned to use Chino’s crush on Itachi to influence the future and told Chino he would arrange for them to train together.
• Yūto went to Fugaku’s house, where Fugaku confronted him about bringing back a One-Tail clone and learned Yūto had sealed the real Tailed Beast inside himself.
• Yūto offered to train the Uchiha children, and Fugaku agreed and sent a Jonin to gather them at the training ground.
• Yūto learned that Mikoto had gone shopping with Pakura and worried that the two women’s growing closeness would lead to trouble.

Mikoto took Pakura shopping, where Pakura revealed that she had drugged Yūto and might be pregnant, then rushed her to Konoha Hospital. Tsunade confirmed Pakura was not pregnant, and Mikoto warned her not to cross the line again.

• Pakura asked Mikoto about wedding clothes and revealed that she had drugged Yūto and might be pregnant.
• Mikoto dragged Pakura to Konoha Hospital to have Tsunade examine her.
• Pakura admitted that Tsunade had supplied the drug, leaving Mikoto horrified.
• Mikoto tried using her Sharingan to erase her own memories, but Tsunade told her it could not do that.
• Tsunade examined Pakura and confirmed she was not pregnant, and Mikoto warned her not to cross the line again.

Mikoto forced Yūto to leave Konoha for the Land of Water front line, hoping to keep him away from Pakura. Before he departed, Yūto encouraged Chino and Izumi to approach Itachi at training.

• Mikoto confronted Pakura about using all the medicine and threatened Tsunade to stop her from giving Pakura more.
• Yūto taught the Uchiha and Chinoike children, then urged Chino and Izumi to train with Itachi.
• Mikoto dragged Yūto inside and insisted he leave for the battlefield, despite his protests that he had only returned the day before.
• Mikoto brought Yūto to the Third Hokage and claimed he wanted to return to the battlefield in service of the village.
• The Third Hokage arranged Yūto's departure, and Mikoto sent him toward the Land of Water front line to keep him away from Pakura.

Yūto reached the Land of Water front, where Jiraiya assigned him a mission to intercept a Kirigakure intelligence team. He learned that the Third Raikage’s death had ended the fighting between Kumogakure and Iwagakure, freeing Iwagakure to fight Konoha, and agreed to leave the next morning.

• Yūto traveled to the Land of Water front and met Uchiha Tekka and Uchiha Inabi, who escorted him to camp.
• Yūto met Jiraiya, signed a copy of Icha Icha Paradise for him, and accepted a mission to capture a Kirigakure intelligence team.
• Jiraiya told Yūto that Konoha’s reinforcements from the Sunagakure front had been sent to fight Iwagakure.
• Jiraiya explained that the Third Raikage had died in battle, leaving Kumogakure in internal chaos and allowing Iwagakure to turn against Konoha.
• Yūto planned to leave the next morning, and Jiraiya asked him to teach him how to write books.

Yūto followed Kirigakure’s intelligence personnel evacuation route and found Kisame escorting them, only to see the group cornered by Ibiki’s Konoha squad. As Kisame raised his blade to kill his comrades under Suikazan Fuguki’s orders, Yūto intervened.

• Jiraiya showed Yūto his poorly selling novel, and Yūto offered him the Icha Icha Paradise title and suggested writing smut.
• Yūto left camp with Tekka’s map and used his Three-Tomoe Sharingan to make a group of Kirigakure ninja attack one another.
• Yūto found Kisame escorting Kirigakure intelligence personnel and watched Ibiki Morino’s Konoha squad engage them.
• Kisame used smoke bombs to help the intelligence personnel flee, but Ibiki’s squad chased them to a cliff.
• Remembering Suikazan Fuguki’s order to kill intelligence personnel at risk of capture, Kisame raised his blade against them.
• Yūto appeared in front of Kisame and kicked the blade from his hand.