Uzumaki Hane

Biodata

Power Progression

Background

The original Uzumaki Hane grew up in Konoha and lost both parents during the Nine-Tails’ attack. Yamano Koromo stayed close to him through his lonely childhood. After becoming a Genin, he joined a team with Koromo and Hyuga Tanaka 3 13.

Hane was hardworking but initially clumsy and limited in Ninjutsu. His Uzumaki ancestry gave him unusually large Chakra reserves, but his known techniques were restricted to Substitution, Clone, and Transformation 3.

During a mission ambush, the original Hane escaped his attackers but died from blood loss after being stabbed in the chest. Chen Xiao, an ordinary man killed after confronting a knife-wielding robber, was subsequently sent into Hane’s body by God with the Magma-Magma Fruit 1.

Chen inherited Hane’s memories and lingering feelings, choosing to accept his identity and attachments. He initially attributed his instinctive protectiveness toward Koromo to the original owner’s consciousness 2.

Shingan’s recorded message reveals that Hane’s father was also a transmigrator with the Magma-Magma Fruit and had anticipated his son’s transmigration and acquisition of the same power. Hane finds these circumstances deeply mysterious and questions whether a god arranged them; the message does not resolve those questions 8 9.

Personality

Hane initially prioritizes survival, using his knowledge of the Naruto story to anticipate threats such as Konoha Crush. His attitude changes as he experiences combat: he begins actively seeking powerful opponents and eventually recognizes that spectacular, life-threatening battles are what he wants from his new life 4 6 31 32.

He is fiercely protective of his companions, repeatedly staying behind so others can escape or continue their missions. Seeing Koromo train because she feels responsible for his injuries gives him another reason to become stronger 19 21 26 36.

His determination can become recklessness. He attacks Shukaku while unconscious, delays his return from fighting a giant summoned lizard because he enjoys the battle, and pushes body tempering beyond his limits. Tanaka explicitly worries that Hane’s eagerness to fight could prevent him from retreating in time 8 37 44.

Hane can acknowledge his shortcomings and accept defeat. He concedes his spar with Naruto, recognizes Kimimaro’s superiority, and returns to basic Taijutsu training after realizing that reliance on the Magma-Magma Fruit has made him complacent 14 29 30.

His independent travels briefly make him appreciate the freedom and scenery he has neglected since transmigrating, but anxiety over future threats quickly drives him back toward training. Even after growing much stronger, he suppresses homesickness because he believes he still needs further improvement 56 104.

He becomes increasingly ruthless toward enemies who seek his life. During his search for Kakuzu and Hidan, he kills attacking bounty hunters until ordinary black-market ninja are afraid to approach him. Nevertheless, he remains pragmatic rather than indiscriminately violent: he spares Sai because he expects him to become Naruto’s companion and later declines to interfere with Sasuke’s departure, treating Sasuke’s return as a matter between him and Naruto 65 74 75 185 260.

His compassion toward former or potential enemies has limits. He initially saves Guren because he admires her actions in the original story, but considers abandoning her when carrying her threatens his own escape from Sasori. A sudden downpour ultimately allows him to hide with her and recover 125.

Abilities & Skills

Magma-Magma Fruit

Hane can transform parts or all of his body into magma, generate magma attacks, and reshape his limbs into weapons or defenses. His version of the fruit lacks its seawater weakness 1 3 23 42.

• Chakra amplification: Stronger Chakra increases the fruit’s destructive power 3 5 9.
• Conditional elemental protection: Shingan explains that elemental transformation protects against attacks from opponents with weaker Chakra, but stronger Chakra can injure Hane 9.
• Flame absorption: Consuming fire restores his strength and assists injury recovery. He also absorbs Fire Style techniques during training and combat 5 8 13 44.
• Terrain destruction: His magma melts an Earth Release prison, burns through a summoned beast’s interior, and eventually turns the ground within five meters of him into magma 21 36 42.
• Chakra limitation: Sustained fighting and Magma Mode can exhaust his reserves, forcing him to return to normal 18 27.
• Regeneration and reformation: Reconstitutes his body after penetrating wounds, regrows an arm severed by a crystal clone, and survives Kakuzu’s tendrils by becoming magma. Later heals after Orochimaru withdraws the Kusanagi Sword from his body 102 110 254.
• Defensive shaping: Draws magma around himself as a sphere to withstand multiple elemental attacks. Can also form spikes for close-range counterattacks 62 110.
• Water countermeasures: Water-based attacks do not automatically neutralize him. He survives Kakuzu’s combined Water and Lightning Release and later evaporates the lake created by Kisame 102 162.
• Poison-mist avoidance: Transforms into lava and passes through Sasori’s poisonous mist while continuing his attack 130.
• Disguise: Forms a magma mask over his face while searching black markets for Akatsuki members 74.

Modified Eight Gates Released Formation

Hane inherits an improved Eight Gates method created by his father specifically for the family’s magma power. Guy safeguards the key to its hidden scroll until Hane awakens that power 5 8.

• Body tempering: Circulates magma through his body to strengthen it; the process causes intense pain and can leave him unconscious 9 44.
• Gate of Opening: Produces a large Chakra increase and brings his demonstrated strength to Jonin level 11.
• Gate of Healing: Restores vitality during a near-fatal ambush and greatly increases Chakra and physical ability 42.
• Third Gate: Opens after six months of training. Produces another surge of strength, with his subsequent lava-technique tests blasting a crater into a mountainside 88.
• Long-term danger: Shingan warns that failing to open all eight gates and form a perfect formation will eventually cause bodily collapse. He cannot give an exact deadline, though he expects no problem within ten years 9.
• Developing training tolerance: Hane adapts to two nightly tempering rounds, but attempting a third initially causes him to pass out. He later completes three circuits and eventually four, though the sessions still leave him exhausted 34 44 52 104.

Chakra Enhanced Strength

Tsunade teaches Hane to extract a large amount of Chakra, concentrate it in his fist almost instantly, and release it explosively on impact 19.

• Breaks Jirobo’s arm with his first successful combat application 21.
• Later sends Guy backward far enough to leave tracks over ten meters long 31.
• Remains inconsistent because his Chakra gathering and concentration are insufficiently precise 19 31 43.
• Tsunade restricts his magma power during training, believing his dependence on it has hindered proper Chakra control 43.
• His magma transformation repeatedly prevents serious injury during Tsunade’s forceful lessons, but does not allow him to match her punches 43 44.
• Despite his extensive independent training and improved overall strength, he still has made little progress toward reliably mastering the technique when he returns to Konoha three years after his first meeting with Tsunade 153.

Taijutsu and Ninja Fundamentals

Hane combines inherited ninja training with intensive conditioning under Might Guy and regular sparring with Rock Lee 2 32 34.

• Basic Ninjutsu: Knows Substitution, Clone, and Transformation techniques 3.
• Genjutsu release: Prepares for Konoha Crush by learning to dispel the stadium-wide illusion 5.
• Close combat: Uses paired kunai, kicks, and magma-enhanced punches, but initially lacks speed, variety, and refined technique 17 31 32.
• Foreknowledge: Knows major events and locations from the original Naruto story, including Sasuke’s likely destination at the Valley of the End. Changes to events teach him not to trust that knowledge completely 6 19 29.
• Investigation: Deliberately reveals his mission to study suspects’ reactions and gains access to the Sakai estate under the pretext of accepting their help 46 47 48.
• Advanced conditioning: Continues weighted exercises to exhaustion, restores himself by consuming flames, and follows them with magma body tempering. His strengthened body eventually approaches Guy’s without opened gates 104 150.
• Improved speed and reactions: Keeps pace with Tsunade on the way to their later spar without becoming breathless and repeatedly counters Naruto and Sakura’s coordinated attacks 153 154 155.
• Tactical adaptation: Plans to separate Sasori and Deidara rather than face them together, recognizes a possible diversion intended to expose Yukimaru, and uses rain to conceal his escape route 125 242.
• Akatsuki intelligence: Receives Jiraiya’s gathered information from Tsunade and later briefs Konoha ninja on Akatsuki’s two-person teams and several members’ abilities 56 145.
• Training assistance: Helps Kakashi and Yamato train Naruto in Chakra Nature Transformation while continuing to undertake missions 224.

Equipment & Items

• Paired kunai — Regular close-combat weapons, also used as thrown projectiles 10 14 17.
• Sword of the Thunder God — Taken from Aoi Rokushō after Hane kills him 17.
• Shingan’s hidden scroll — Contains the family-specific Eight Gates training method and a magma message left by Hane’s father 5 8 9.
• Hidden-compartment key — Entrusted to Guy by Shingan and handed to Hane once his magma power awakens 5.
• Tsunade’s bell — Found in his clothes after the bell-snatching match and subsequently given to Koromo 12.
• Akatsuki intelligence — Information gathered by Jiraiya and given to Hane by Tsunade before his independent training journey 56.
• Black robe and mask — Used to conceal his identity while investigating his black-market bounty, though the disguise does not reliably prevent recognition 65.
• Training weights — Left by Guy and used for intensive physical conditioning during Hane’s time in the Land of Demons 104.

Relationships

• Uzumaki Shingan — Father and a fellow transmigrator who also possessed the Magma-Magma Fruit. Leaves Hane training instructions and an explanation of the fruit’s interaction with Chakra 8 9.
• Yamano Koromo — Childhood friend, teammate, and a deep emotional attachment. Supports him after his parents’ deaths, trains to avoid burdening him, and begins cooking for him daily. Hane’s reactions show growing affection, though no formal relationship is established 13 19 33 34. During his extended absence, she apparently keeps his home clean; she embraces him tearfully when he returns. Their later reunions retain the warmth of an established domestic routine 152 215.
• Hyuga Tanaka — Trusted teammate whose stern manner conceals concern for Hane. He and Koromo both have keys to Hane’s home and promise continued support despite noticing his changed behavior 2 33 37.
• Might Guy — Taijutsu mentor, protector, and a connection to Hane’s father. Helps him prepare for Eight Gates training and challenges him to identify his own dream 3 5 10 31 32. Later reunites with him in the Land of Demons, where they prepare to fight together, and supplies weights for Hane’s continued conditioning 95 104.
• Tsunade — Hokage and teacher. Takes him as her disciple, intervenes over Danzo’s actions, and teaches him Chakra Enhanced Strength 10 14 19. Permits his independent training journey with an intelligence-gathering assignment, later tests his progress, and sends him to assist Jiraiya after his attack on Root headquarters 56 153 199.
• Mitarashi Anko — Training partner and instructor who supplies Fire Style attacks to strengthen his magma abilities. Their sessions mix genuine instruction with her tendency to use him as an outlet for frustration 13 20 33 34. By their later spar, she acknowledges that he has surpassed her in every respect, prompting her to resolve to train harder 44.
• Naruto Uzumaki — Close friend and sparring partner. They bond over ramen, fight together against Gaara, and participate in efforts to retrieve Sasuke 4 8 14 26. Naruto later calls Hane his best friend. Hane trusts Naruto’s ability to form bonds, restrains him during his four-tailed transformation, and subsequently helps with his training 173 186 190 224.
• Shikamaru — Trusted mission partner. Hane defers to his strategic ability during Sasuke’s retrieval and stays behind to fight Jirobo so the pursuit can continue 6 20 21.
• Gaara — Initially an opponent who severely injures him; later an ally against Kimimaro. The two acknowledge their defeat together afterward 7 8 27 29. After Gaara’s revival and return to Sunagakure, they undertake a long-awaited desert rematch 180.
• Danzo — Political enemy who considers Hane a growing threat, particularly after he becomes Tsunade’s disciple. Repeatedly arranges attempts to eliminate him 14 34 42. Hane later considers himself strong enough not to fear Danzo and directly attacks him at Root headquarters, damaging the facility before Danzo escapes 185 199 200.
• Fuka — Danzo’s assassin and the ninja who impersonates Shizune. Ultimately attempts to kill Hane with a self-destructive Scorch Release technique 12 14 18.
• Jiraiya — Senior ally and source of Akatsuki intelligence. Hane later receives an assignment to assist his investigation into the Two-Tails Jinchuriki’s capture and meets him while traveling 56 199 202.
• Shion — Shrine maiden of the Land of Demons and an ally during the conflict with Moryo. Hane stays at her palace, teases her by flicking her forehead, and tries to obtain the ancestral shrine’s location from her. She is tearful upon his return after his disappearance, and Hane credits her with severely injuring Moryo before he delivered the killing blow 82 125 148.
• Taruho — Shion’s attendant and Hane’s ally during his stay at the palace. Helps coordinate searches and reunites Hane with Shion after his escape from Sasori 82 88 125.
• Guren — Orochimaru’s subordinate, initially sent to capture Hane. He fights her Crystal Release and clones, later rescues her during their encounter with Sasori, and lets her leave after she promises repayment. Their temporary cooperation does not end her loyalty to Orochimaru; she later refuses to reveal his location and again fights Hane with her subordinates 108 110 125 229.
• Orochimaru — Enemy interested in obtaining Hane and studying his abilities. Sends Guren to capture him and subsequently battles him directly on multiple occasions. Hane is eager to test himself against Orochimaru as one of the Sannin 108 182 186 193 253 254.
• Uesugii / Uesugi I — A black-market guide and intermittent traveling associate. Abandons Hane during danger, later impersonates him while escaping pursuers, and inadvertently exposes him to bounty hunters. The two nevertheless travel together while evading Kakuzu and visiting black-market hideouts 58 65 68 71.
• Kakuzu and Hidan — Akatsuki enemies whom Hane initially treats as threats beyond an ordinary Jonin encounter. Later deliberately searches for them as a test of his resolve and strength. His completed Meteor Volcano traps Kakuzu’s Earth Grudge Fear, and he subsequently reports having killed both members 61 74 102 145.
• Sasori of the Red Sand — Akatsuki opponent who initially forces the exhausted Hane to flee with Guren. Hane later fights his puppet arsenal and Iron Sand. Although Hane subsequently reports Sasori among the Akatsuki members he has killed, Sasori later appears alive and describes his earlier defeat by Hane as a humiliation 125 130 145 173.
• Kurotsuchi — Iwagakure ninja and fellow Lava Release user who tests Hane on the Third Tsuchikage’s orders. Hane finds her energetic manner somewhat reminiscent of Anko and welcomes their spar 148.
• Sakura Haruno — Fellow disciple of Tsunade and mission ally. Fights alongside Naruto against Hane in a training exercise; her reliable Chakra Enhanced Strength contrasts with his continued difficulty mastering it 153 154 155 156.
• Sai — Root ninja and temporary source of tension because of Danzo’s hostility toward Hane. Hane threatens him verbally but chooses not to kill him, anticipating his eventual friendship with Naruto 185 186.
• Sasuke Uchiha — A target of retrieval efforts and Naruto’s estranged companion. Hane later encounters him after Orochimaru’s defeat, asks whether he will return to Konoha, and allows him to leave rather than interfere with his bond with Naruto 20 193 260.
• Jidairō and Sayuri — A merchant and his daughter who help Hane after he is found unconscious. Hane thanks Jidairō for saving him and treats Sayuri affectionately 77.

Story Role / Major Arcs

Transmigration and First Mission

After awakening in Hane’s body, Chen kills the three men pursuing him and reunites with Tanaka and Koromo. Their confrontation with Umino Ta nearly kills Koromo, provoking a magma strike that kills Umino Ta before Hane collapses. Kakashi’s group assists the surviving teammates, who return to Konoha 1 2 3.

Konoha Crush

Hane trains urgently before the invasion, befriends Naruto, and joins the pursuit of Sasuke and Gaara. He helps Shikamaru eliminate the pursuing Sound ninja and defeats Kankuro, but Gaara’s transformed strength overwhelms him 4 5 6 7.

Despite losing consciousness, Hane rises and strikes Shukaku with Great Eruption, creating an opening before Naruto awakens Gaara. After recovering and attending the Third Hokage’s funeral, Hane opens his father’s hidden scroll and learns that Shingan was also a transmigrator 8.

Tsunade’s Disciple and Danzo’s Assassins

Hane opens the First Gate and challenges Tsunade to a bell-snatching wager for discipleship. She defeats him, although he later finds the bell in his clothes. Subsequent events confirm that she accepts him as her student 11 12 14 19.

Danzo sends Fuka to eliminate him during a mission. After defeating Aoi Rokushō and taking the Sword of the Thunder God, Hane finds his teammates incapacitated and fights Fuka. He survives the assassin’s explosive final technique and awakens with stronger, orange-tinged magma 14 17 18.

Sasuke Retrieval

Hane joins the retrieval team under Shikamaru’s command, melts Jirobo’s Chakra-draining prison, and stays behind to fight him. He kills Jirobo and catches up with the pursuit, eventually holding off Kimimaro so Naruto can follow Sasuke 20 21 22 26.

Kimimaro’s resilient bones and superior Taijutsu counter Hane’s usual approach. Gaara joins the battle, but Hane later regards the encounter as a defeat. He reaches the Valley of the End after Sasuke has left and helps return the unconscious Naruto to Konoha 27 29 30.

Renewed Training and the Missing Villagers

Recognizing his overdependence on magma, Hane resumes extreme Taijutsu training with Guy and Lee while continuing sessions with Anko and Tsunade 30 31 32 34.

On a mission with Tanaka and Koromo, he helps the group escape a summoned creature disguised as a castle, then survives being swallowed by its giant-lizard form. After regrouping, he draws attention at a bandit stronghold while his teammates rescue the missing villagers 36 37 39.

An explosive ambush forces him to open the Second Gate to survive. Back in Konoha, he tests his increased strength and continues training despite the recent near-death experience 42.

Mizuki Investigation

Hane accompanies Naruto while investigating Mizuki’s connection to Orochimaru. He later travels with Tsunade to assist the pursuit; she chooses to handle Fujin and Raijin herself because subduing them with Hane’s magma risks serious injury 45.

Sakai Family and the Meteor

Investigating a missing Konoha ninja, Hane infiltrates the Sakai family’s estate and identifies inconsistencies in Sakai Ichiro’s account. The team’s inquiries uncover a hidden cave and fighters strengthened with meteor fragments 46 47 48 50.

After rescuing the injured Tanaka and learning the truth from Sakai Fuji, Hane confronts the Sakai brothers. He defeats Jiro and kills Ichiro rather than accept the meteor in exchange for sparing him. Jiro then swallows the meteor, transforms, and resumes attacking Hane 49 50.

Hane subsequently returns to Konoha and checks on Tanaka in hospital. Jiro’s physical power reinforces his conviction that a strong body combined with the Magma-Magma Fruit should form the foundation of his fighting style. During his renewed training, he notices unusual heat in his chest and becomes capable of completing three nightly strengthening circuits 52.

Land of the Sea and Independent Training

After obtaining Tsunade’s permission, Hane joins Anko, Naruto, Ino, and Shino on their mission to the Land of the Sea. At the shore, he recalls the removal of his fruit’s seawater weakness and considers testing its effects 52 53.

He later requests permission to travel and train independently. Tsunade agrees on the condition that he watch for information about Akatsuki without deliberately pursuing enemies beyond his strength. She gives him Jiraiya’s intelligence, and Hane says goodbye to Koromo and Tanaka before leaving alone 56.

Black-Market Bounty and Akatsuki Pursuit

Hane has Uesugii lead him to an underground bounty exchange and subsequently kills an elite Jonin who targets black-market newcomers. As further ninja attack him, he discovers that a substantial bounty has been placed on his head 58 60.

Returning to investigate, he disguises himself, but a mysterious ninja deliberately exposes his identity. Hane fights the assembled bounty hunters, withstands coordinated attacks with a magma sphere, and kills Jonin in succession. The encounter exhausts his Chakra and demonstrates that combination Ninjutsu can still endanger him despite his advantage over ordinary Jonin 61 62 64 65.

He learns that his bounty is 35 million ryo and that the listing identifies him as a Chunin. At another black market, he finds Uesugii impersonating him; Uesugii exposes Hane while trying to avoid his own pursuers. Hane later learns that the impersonation was an ill-judged escape attempt, and the two travel together while trying to stay ahead of Kakuzu 65 68.

Hane destroys a black-market hideout and continues visiting others despite the prospect of retaliation. He eventually decides to seek Kakuzu and Hidan as the first step in changing his own approach to the ninja world. Over three months of searching, he kills enough attacking bounty hunters that ordinary black-market ninja stop challenging him, and he begins collecting bounties himself while following leads 71 74 75.

Land of Demons and the Third Gate

Hane awakens in an unfamiliar inn after being rescued by the merchant Jidairō and his daughter Sayuri. He identifies himself as a Konoha ninja and thanks them for saving him 77.

During his stay in the Land of Demons, he becomes involved with Shion and her attendants. While trying to learn the ancestral shrine’s location, he is challenged by Fūka and Fudō. He sends Shion and Taruho away before confronting the attackers, survives their traps through clones and magma techniques, and is engulfed in electrified water during the battle 82.

He later fights Shizuku, whose hardened stone body and hammer-like fists fail to catch him. After six months of training, Hane opens the Third Gate and tests his strengthened techniques against a mountainside, then prepares to visit Shion as Yomi completes his Dark Medical Jutsu 86 88.

Guy arrives with Lee, Neji, and Tenten as reinforcements during the Moryo crisis, reuniting with Hane and preparing to fight beside him. Hane ultimately credits Shion with severely injuring Moryo before he kills the monster 95 148.

Kakuzu, Guren, and Sasori

In a later confrontation with Kakuzu, Hane survives combined elemental attacks, piercing tendrils, and a merged Water and Lightning Release technique. He answers Kakuzu’s large-scale assault with the completed Meteor Volcano, devastating the forest and trapping the remaining Earth Grudge Fear in magma 102.

Continuing his training near Shion’s palace, Hane uses Guy’s weights, flame-assisted recovery, and four consecutive body-tempering circuits. Orochimaru’s interest in him leads Guren to attempt his capture with the assistance of other enemies 104 108.

Hane fights Guren’s subordinates and crystal clones inside a barrier. His magma body lets him survive impalement, regenerate a severed arm, and counterattack from behind defensive walls and within a magma sphere 109 110.

His subsequent encounter with Sasori leaves him exhausted and fleeing with the injured Guren. A downpour helps conceal their tracks, allowing them to shelter in a tree hollow and recover. He lets Guren leave after she promises to repay him, returns to a tearful Shion, and resolves to separate Sasori and Deidara in future battles 125.

Hane later confronts Sasori again, using a lava clone to evade impalement and burning through numerous puppet weapons before Sasori deploys the Third Kazekage’s Iron Sand. By his later briefing to Konoha allies, Hane reports having killed Sasori, Kakuzu, and Hidan; however, Sasori subsequently reappears alive and refers to his previous defeat by Hane 130 145 173.

Iwagakure’s Assessment and Return to Konoha

After the Moryo conflict, Kurotsuchi and Akatsuchi visit Shion to investigate what happened. Kurotsuchi challenges Hane to demonstrate his Lava Release and reveals that the Third Tsuchikage sent her to assess his strength. The two spar in a rocky area before returning to the palace, with Hane expressing interest in fighting the Five-Tails Jinchuriki 148.

Hane eventually returns to Konoha and finds his home carefully maintained during his absence. Koromo embraces him tearfully when they reunite. Tsunade then tests his growth at the same training ground where they first fought three years earlier, though he still struggles with Chakra Enhanced Strength 152 153.

When Naruto returns shortly afterward, Tsunade assigns Hane to test Naruto and Sakura together. Hane counters their clones and coordinated attacks, reforms damage to his magma body, and finishes with a barrage that levels the trees ahead of him. Tsunade stops the exercise, and Naruto vows to defeat him next time 154 155 156.

Kazekage Rescue and Gaara’s Rematch

During the effort to rescue Gaara, Hane draws Kisame away from the others. He counters the resulting flooded battlefield with lava, evaporates the lake, and reduces his opponent to ashes with a final Great Eruption 162.

After Chiyo sacrifices herself to revive Gaara, Hane reunites with Naruto and the other Konoha ninja and accompanies them back to Sunagakure. He and Gaara then begin their long-awaited desert rematch before their companions; their exchange includes Hane throwing a lava javelin that pierces Gaara’s body 180.

Tenchi Bridge and Orochimaru’s Base

Naruto asks Hane to join the effort to find Orochimaru and retrieve Sasuke. Hane agrees, eager to test himself against one of the Sannin, and joins the mission with Yamato and Team Kakashi 182 183.

He questions Sai about Root and Danzo but chooses not to attack him, trusting that Naruto will eventually make him a genuine companion. At the appointed encounter, Hane introduces himself to Orochimaru as Tsunade’s disciple and attacks with Hell Hound 185 186.

During Naruto’s loss of control, Hane unveils a giant magma transformation nearly ten meters tall. He restrains four-tailed Naruto with both arms even as the tails pierce his body 190.

Hane later ignores Yamato’s Wood Clone’s warning and breaks into Orochimaru’s base alone. He confronts Orochimaru, Sasuke, Sai, and Kabuto, then overwhelms several of Orochimaru’s defenses, including a giant python and Rashomon, while the cavern shakes under their fighting 193.

Root Headquarters and Jiraiya’s Mission

Back in Konoha, Hane attacks Danzo at Root headquarters. Danzo escapes as Hane’s lava techniques damage the facility, and Tsunade catches Hane trying to slip away from the scene 199.

After questioning him, Tsunade sends Hane to assist Jiraiya in investigating Akatsuki’s capture of the Two-Tails Jinchuriki and recovering the captive if possible. Kakashi and Yamato understand the assignment as a way to remove Hane from the immediate political aftermath. Hane leaves the village and subsequently meets Jiraiya at an inn 199 200 202.

Kazuma’s Plot and Naruto’s Training

Following his return, Hane observes Sora’s confrontations with Naruto’s friends and leaves Naruto’s immediate safety to Asuma while returning home to Koromo 215.

Hane later overwhelms Kazuma in battle, but Fuen’s trap maze delays him long enough for Kazuma to escape with Sora. He catches and kills Fuen, then loses the fugitives’ trail after an hour of pursuit. During the ensuing conflict in Konoha, he also fights Seito across the village rooftops 217 219.

Afterward, Hane joins Kakashi and Yamato in helping Naruto train in Chakra Nature Transformation. He continues assisting over the following month while carrying out other missions as the village completes its reconstruction 224.

Guren’s Group, Tobi, and Orochimaru’s Return

Hane encounters and kills multiple monstrous test subjects, including a long-haired opponent who feigns surrender before attacking him from underground. He then demands Orochimaru’s location from Guren, who refuses to betray her master 228 229.

Guren and seven subordinates attack him, but Hane quickly defeats them and shatters her Crystal Dragon Jutsu. He appears to leave with Gozu, then secretly returns to follow the group in hopes of locating Orochimaru 229.

During the later operations around Yukimaru, Hane suspects that an apparent threat may be a diversion intended to leave the boy exposed. He persuades Naruto to remain with the others before departing himself. He subsequently pursues Tobi and follows the deliberately obvious trail into an underground base, where he finds Orochimaru waiting 242 249 253.

Hane and Orochimaru fight through the stone chamber, with Hane burning summoned snakes and healing a Kusanagi Sword wound through magma transformation. Great Eruption shatters the chamber’s pillars and triggers a collapse. Orochimaru escapes after declaring that he will return once he obtains Sai’s body 253 254.

Hane later encounters Sasuke after Orochimaru’s defeat and asks whether he intends to return to Konoha. When Sasuke refuses, Hane lets him leave, saying that he will not interfere with the bond between Sasuke and Naruto. On reuniting with Naruto and Sakura, Hane learns that Tobi has captured the Three-Tails and hesitates over whether to tell them about Sasuke 260 265.

Battle Against Pain

Hane battles Deva Path Pain while contending with Animal Path’s summoned beasts. Deva Path repeatedly repels his attacks and threatens him with black rods, but Hane continues using lava hounds, javelins, and Great Eruption against the summons 279.

He destroys a charging rhinoceros with Great Eruption and drags the giant dogs into a lava pit, burying them in magma. He then evades Animal Path’s black rod, kicks the body backward, and pursues it as the battle continues 279.