Recaps

Kakashi promised Naruto a training method that could help him surpass Kakashi, but postponed explaining it until the next day. Meanwhile, Yugito Nii broke free from Itachi and Kisame’s capture and fought Kisame, who pursued her with a massive water technique.

• Kakashi invited Naruto and their companions to barbecue, where they joined Asuma and his team.
• Kakashi told Naruto to meet him at the training ground the next day to begin a method suited to Naruto that could make him stronger quickly.
• In a forest, Yugito Nii awakened while Kisame carried her and knocked him away with her two tails.
• Yugito recognized Itachi and Kisame as Akatsuki members and attacked them with Mouse Hairball and Flaming Hairball of the Mouse techniques.
• Kisame recovered from Yugito’s attacks and used Water Release: Exploding Water Colliding Wave to sweep toward her, while Yugito dodged onto a tree trunk.

Yugito Nii fought Kisame Hoshigaki and unleashed Matatabi’s Tailed Beast Bomb, but Kisame launched a massive shark attack before the battle was resolved. Uzumaki Hane met Jiraiya, learned that the Two-Tails’ Jinchūriki had disappeared, and agreed to investigate the scene the next morning.

• A man and three companions searched several tombs in the ruins, but found only skeletons in the coffins.
• Yugito Nii transformed into Matatabi and fired a Tailed Beast Bomb that destroyed Kisame Hoshigaki’s waves and sharks, engulfing Kisame in the blast.
• A gigantic shark formed from the water and charged at Yugito after she escaped onto a tree trunk.
• Uzumaki Hane met Jiraiya at an inn, where Jiraiya told him that the Two-Tails’ Jinchūriki had disappeared and was suspected of being captured by the Akatsuki.
• Uzumaki Hane and Jiraiya agreed to rest for the night and investigate the scene the following morning.

Kisame and Itachi captured Yugito after Itachi trapped her in Tsukuyomi. The next morning, Naruto waited for Kakashi at the training ground, where Sakura woke him and he insulted her.

• Yugito's Tailed Beast Bombs were absorbed by Kisame's Great Shark Bullet, and the shark swallowed her.
• Yugito escaped the shark and blasted Kisame with a Tailed Beast Bomb, but Itachi and Kisame reappeared unharmed after Itachi's genjutsu fooled her.
• Itachi used Tsukuyomi to incapacitate Yugito, and Kisame carried her away.
• Naruto arrived early at the training ground, ate breakfast, and fell asleep while waiting for Kakashi.
• Sakura and Sai found Naruto asleep, and Sakura woke him; Naruto called her an ugly woman.

Naruto began wind nature transformation training with Kakashi, who explained how shadow clones could accelerate his progress. Meanwhile, Uzumaki Hane and Jiraiya searched for the missing Yugito Nii, and Hane met Samui, Omoi, and Karui in the town where she had disappeared.

• Sakura trapped Naruto and Sai in a crack in the ground after Sai called her ugly, then left the training ground; Sai soon left too.
• Kakashi arrived late and taught Naruto about chakra nature and shape transformation before using chakra induction paper to identify Naruto's wind nature.
• Kakashi explained how shadow clones could speed up Naruto's training, and Naruto began practicing chakra nature transformation.
• Uzumaki Hane and Jiraiya traveled to a town where Yugito Nii had disappeared and where two Akatsuki members had reportedly been seen.
• Uzumaki Hane encountered Samui, Omoi, and Karui, then suggested that the Akatsuki had captured Yugito Nii.
• Samui asked Uzumaki Hane if he was saying that the Akatsuki had captured Lady Yugito.

Naruto made rapid progress training Chakra nature transformation while Uzumaki Hane and Jiraiya led Samui, Omoi, and Karui to investigate Yugito’s capture. The group found the likely battlefield and evidence pointing to Kisame Hoshigaki and Uchiha Itachi, then discovered a clue Yugito had left behind.

• Naruto used Shadow Clones to train Chakra nature transformation and successfully split a leaf after three days of practice.
• Uzumaki Hane suspected the Akatsuki had captured Yugito using a trap, and Jiraiya confirmed that someone had seen Akatsuki members take her away.
• Jiraiya agreed to help Samui, Omoi, and Karui rescue Yugito, and the group set out to find her before the Tailed Beast extraction was complete.
• Jiraiya led the group to a large crater, where Uzumaki Hane found traces of Water Release and suspected Kisame Hoshigaki and Uchiha Itachi were involved.
• Omoi found a clue that Yugito had left behind.

Jiraiya and the others followed Yugito’s trail until Tobi ambushed them and white humanoids disguised as their allies attacked Jiraiya. Uzumaki Hane killed the impostors, but Tobi still stood in their way as they continued searching for Yugito.

• Omoi found a mark left by Yugito, and Jiraiya led the group after her trail.
• Naruto woke from a nightmare, then trained before Kakashi told him the team had a mission and took them to see the Hokage.
• Jiraiya, Uzumaki Hane, Samui, Omoi, and Karui continued following the marks without finding Yugito.
• Tobi attacked the group with explosive-tagged kunai and said the capture of Matatabi was nearly complete.
• Four white humanoids disguised as Uzumaki Hane, Samui, Omoi, and Karui attacked Jiraiya, who defended himself with Needle Jizo.
• Uzumaki Hane killed the four impostors, and the group faced Tobi together.

Four masked Akatsuki members destroyed a village near the Land of Fire, while Tobi and Zetsu intercepted Jiraiya and his companions as Uzumaki Hane broke through to rescue the Two-Tails Jinchūriki. Jiraiya struggled against Tobi’s ability to pass through attacks, while Samui, Omoi, and Karui fought off White Zetsu Clones.

• Four cloaked figures watched as a village near the Land of Fire was destroyed, and their leader said they needed to eliminate Konoha.
• Tobi and Zetsu surrounded Jiraiya, Uzumaki Hane, Samui, Omoi, and Karui with White Zetsu Clones and said they only needed to delay them.
• Jiraiya told Uzumaki Hane to rescue the Two-Tails Jinchūriki while he and the others held off their attackers.
• Samui, Omoi, and Karui blocked the White Zetsu Clones, allowing Uzumaki Hane to break through and continue toward the Jinchūriki.
• Jiraiya attacked Tobi with Fire Style and Wild Lion's Mane Jutsu, but Tobi's body let the attacks pass through him.
• Uzumaki Hane killed two White Zetsu Clones with his lava-like attacks as Jiraiya regrouped with Samui, Omoi, and Karui and attacked the pursuing clones.

Uzumaki Hane fought Kisame Hoshigaki while trying to reach the others, and Jiraiya and his allies battled Itachi after Tobi and Zetsu withdrew. The chapter ended as Jiraiya launched a fire attack at Itachi from above.

• Uzumaki Hane avoided Kisame Hoshigaki’s attacks and countered with magma, but Kisame flooded the forest and forced him onto a tree trunk.
• Jiraiya and the others fought White Zetsu Clones until Zetsu and Tobi left to capture a Tailed Beast.
• Uchiha Itachi admitted to capturing the Two-Tails Jinchūriki, and Karui was caught in his Genjutsu before Samui and Omoi helped her recover.
• Itachi attacked Jiraiya, Samui, Omoi, and Karui with fire techniques, creating a large crater with his Great Fireball Technique.
• Jiraiya appeared above Itachi and attacked him with Flame Bullet.

Uzumaki Hane and Kisame Hoshigaki continued their battle as Hane broke through Kisame’s wave with a lava attack. Jiraiya fought Uchiha Itachi while Samui, Omoi, and Karui watched, then rushed to help and were caught in Itachi’s fire; Itachi searched for all four with his Sharingan.

• Kisame Hoshigaki attacked Uzumaki Hane with water, but Hane used Great Eruption to punch through Kisame’s wave and shower the battlefield with lava.
• Kisame Hoshigaki formed a massive lake with Water Release: Great Exploding Water Colliding Wave, and Uzumaki Hane challenged him to use a move Hane had not already seen.
• Jiraiya dodged Uchiha Itachi’s Great Fireball, ambushed him with Flame Bullet, and fought him with ninjutsu and taijutsu.
• Samui, Omoi, and Karui watched from hiding as Jiraiya fought Itachi, and Karui insisted that Yugito could still survive.
• Uchiha Itachi engulfed Jiraiya in a Great Fireball, prompting Samui, Omoi, and Karui to rush out and call for him.
• Uchiha Itachi hit the three allies with another Great Fireball, then searched for them and Jiraiya with his Three-Tomoe Sharingan.

Uzumaki Hane defeated Kisame Hoshigaki with a barrage of lava attacks, while Jiraiya and Uchiha Itachi fought nearby. Itachi and the badly injured Kisame escaped, and Jiraiya’s group found Yugito dead in a cave.

• Kisame Hoshigaki’s Great Shark Bullet swallowed Uzumaki Hane’s lava fist, but Hane overwhelmed the shark with Meteor Volcano.
• Hane found Samehada and attacked it, but the sword transformed into a half-human, half-fish figure and fled with Hane in pursuit.
• Jiraiya protected Samui, Omoi, and Karui from Itachi’s attacks, then exchanged fire techniques with Itachi.
• Kisame returned injured and admitted defeat; Itachi used Amaterasu to cover their retreat as Hane and Jiraiya held back the others from pursuing.
• Jiraiya led Samui, Omoi, and Karui to a cave, where they found the Two-Tails Jinchūriki Yugito dead.

Samui, Omoi, and Karui took Yugito's body back to Kumogakure while Hane and Jiraiya hurried to Konoha, fearing Tobi and Zetsu might target Naruto. Near the Fire Temple, Naruto, Sakura, and Sai found a vandalized cemetery and fought a mysterious attacker, whom Naruto managed to strike after the figure was restrained.

• Samui, Omoi, and Karui took Yugito's body to Kumogakure, and Hane and Jiraiya set off for Konoha after discussing the danger to Naruto.
• Naruto's team stopped near the Fire Temple, where Naruto was chased by a boar until Sakura knocked it down.
• Naruto, Sakura, and Sai discovered a recently vandalized cemetery while searching for grave robbers.
• A dark figure suddenly attacked the team, kicking Sai away and trading blows with Naruto before retreating from Sakura's punch.
• The figure launched crescent-shaped air attacks that dispelled Naruto's Shadow Clones, but Naruto restrained it and punched it to the ground.

After learning that the Akatsuki might be targeting Naruto, Uzumaki Hane set out to find Team Kakashi. On the road back from the Fire Temple, the team encountered Tobi and attacked him, but his body passed through their strikes.

• Sora attacked Naruto after mistaking him for an enemy, but Kakashi arrived and explained the misunderstanding; the group then went to the Fire Temple.
• Jiraiya and Uzumaki Hane returned to Konoha, warned Tsunade that Naruto might be the Akatsuki's target, and agreed that Hane would go meet Team Kakashi while Jiraiya stayed behind.
• Tobi blocked Naruto, Kakashi, Yamato, Sakura, Sai, and Sora as they traveled back from the Fire Temple.
• Sora, Sai, Naruto, and Yamato attacked Tobi, but he evaded their strikes and passed through Naruto's Rasengan and Yamato's wooden restraints.
• Kakashi revealed his Sharingan and warned the others that Tobi's body could pass through objects.

Uzumaki Hane joined Naruto and the others in their battle against Tobi, whose body could pass through attacks and who used Space-Time Ninjutsu to strike at Naruto. Hane confronted Tobi with magma techniques, but Tobi pierced Hane, leaving Hane counterattacking with Hell Hound.

• Naruto, Sakura, Sai, and Yamato attacked Tobi, but his body passed through their strikes and techniques.
• Uzumaki Hane was caught in an ambush by a White Zetsu Clone and explosive tags, escaped by turning into magma, and hurried toward the Fire Temple.
• Zetsu warned Tobi that Uzumaki Hane was approaching, and Kakashi saw a Sharingan in Tobi’s eye.
• Tobi rushed Naruto and nearly struck his heart, but Uzumaki Hane arrived and pulled Naruto to safety.
• Uzumaki Hane attacked Tobi with Canine Red Lotus and a magma fist, but Tobi phased through both attacks and pierced Hane’s body.
• Uzumaki Hane identified Tobi’s Space-Time Ninjutsu and counterattacked with Hell Hound.

Hane and the others fought Tobi, who escaped unharmed after using his strange ability to evade their attacks. Back in Konoha, Tsunade ordered Hane to train and protect Naruto while she guarded against the Akatsuki.

• Hane, Naruto, Sora, and Sakura attacked Tobi, but he phased through their strikes and survived Hane's Great Eruption.
• Kakashi watched Tobi vanish and noticed an irregularity, then led the group back to Konoha.
• Sora called Tsunade an old hag, and she punched him through the office door before Hane stopped her from continuing.
• Kakashi reported the mission and the Akatsuki attack to Tsunade, who dismissed the others and kept Hane behind.
• Jiraiya left the village to gather information on the Akatsuki, while Tsunade assigned Hane to train and protect Naruto.

Uzumaki Hane helped Asuma stop a fight involving Naruto, Sora, and the others, then learned that the Kohaku Clan settlement had been destroyed. As Tsunade sent Yamato to investigate and ordered a search for the missing Danzo, Hane prepared to share what he knew about the attacker.

• Tsunade told Shizune to keep Danzo from learning about the attack on Naruto and sent her to summon Asuma.
• Uzumaki Hane and Asuma stopped Naruto, Sora, Choji, Kiba, and Rock Lee from fighting, and Hane took the group to eat barbecue.
• Naruto and Sora began learning wind-nature Chakra transformation from Asuma, while Uzumaki Hane returned home to Yamano Koromo.
• Kazuma and three subordinates destroyed the Kohaku Clan settlement and declared that Konoha was their next target.
• Tsunade learned the Kohaku Clan had been destroyed and sent Yamato with an Anbu squad to investigate.
• An Anbu reported that Danzo had disappeared, and Uzumaki Hane told Tsunade he had information about the attacker.

Uzumaki Hane tracked Kazuma to Konoha and caught him trying to recruit Sora by claiming Asuma killed Sora’s father. Hane confronted Kazuma in the forest, and their fight began with Kazuma still standing against Hane’s lava attacks.

• Uzumaki Hane told Tsunade that Kazuma, a former member of the Twelve Guardian Ninja, was alive and behind the village attacks, and Tsunade assigned him to locate Kazuma.
• Kazuma approached Sora in Konoha and lured him away by claiming he knew who had killed Sora’s father.
• Uzumaki Hane, who had been following Sora, followed them into the forest and overheard Kazuma name Asuma as the killer.
• Uzumaki Hane confronted Kazuma and revealed that he had killed Fudō and Fūka in the Land of Demons.
• Uzumaki Hane attacked Kazuma with lava techniques, but Kazuma blocked and countered with his staff as their fight continued.

Uzumaki Hane fought off Kazuma’s escape attempt, killed Fuen, and failed to catch Kazuma and Sora. Sora returned to Konoha and followed Asuma, while Kazuma prepared to attack the village that night.

• Uzumaki Hane overwhelmed Kazuma in battle, but Kazuma escaped with Sora after Fuen’s trap maze delayed him.
• Uzumaki Hane caught up to Fuen and killed her before pursuing Kazuma and Sora, but he lost their trail after an hour.
• Sora returned to Konoha and followed Asuma after recalling Kazuma’s claim that Asuma had killed his father.
• Kazuma told two ninja that the attack on Konoha would begin that night and declared that the village would cease to exist.

Uzumaki Hane returned to Konoha as the village-wide attack began, with corpses overrunning its defenders and resurrected ninja confronting Asuma. Hane pursued Seito while Naruto was ambushed after trying to stop Sora.

• Uzumaki Hane realized Kazuma's plan had begun and set out to find Kazuma and Sora as Konoha's lights went out.
• Naruto tackled Sora to ask about Asuma-sensei, but Sora escaped, and a stranger in a conical hat attacked Naruto.
• Choji, Ino, Kiba, and Genma fought a horde of corpses, including members of the Kohaku Clan, as a Konoha ninja was killed.
• Asuma and Uzumaki Hane watched Kitane, Seito, Nauma, and Tōu emerge from coffins and learned they were compelled to obey their caster.
• Uzumaki Hane threw lava javelins at two of the resurrected ninja and pursued Seito, burning his hand when Seito tried to block Hell Hound.

Asuma fought Kitane but was trapped by his Lightning Bind, while Naruto, Sakura, and Yamato defeated Scarface and set out to find Sora. Uzumaki Hane continued attacking Seito with magma, driving him back beneath a barrage of Lava Shuriken.

• Kitane overwhelmed Asuma with lightning attacks, trapped him inside Lightning Bind, and left to pursue his mission.
• Naruto fought Scarface, struck him with a Rasengan, and was wounded when Scarface attacked again from underground.
• Sakura bound Scarface with wooden strips and knocked him unconscious, then treated Naruto’s wound.
• Naruto, Sakura, and Yamato left together to search for Sora.
• Uzumaki Hane smashed through the rooftop with Magma Arm attacks, forcing Seito to retreat, then fired Lava Shuriken at him.

Uzumaki Hane defeated the dirt decoys pursuing him and joined Shikamaru, Ino, and Choji to fight the invading reanimated corpses. Naruto and Sakura reached Sora, whom Kazuma had pinned down while Nine-Tails Chakra poured from him, as Yamato was trapped in a cavern with an unknown man.

• Uzumaki Hane defeated Seito, pursued Nauma, and realized the enemy planned to focus on Sora after Limelight failed.
• Shikamaru asked Uzumaki Hane to help eliminate the invading corpses, and Uzumaki Hane joined Shikamaru, Ino, and Choji on the battlefield.
• Naruto, Sakura, and Yamato headed toward Sora, but the ground collapsed and Yamato fell into a cavern while sending Naruto and Sakura onward.
• A man approached Yamato in the cavern and asked whether he was skilled in Wood Release.
• Naruto and Sakura found Kazuma pinning Sora down as Nine-Tails Chakra boiled around him, and Kazuma stopped Naruto from reaching Sora.
• Sakura bent Kazuma's staff with a punch and calmed Naruto after he attacked Kazuma repeatedly.

Uzumaki Hane and Shikamaru’s forces fought off the corpses while Yamato defeated the ninja controlling them, causing the corpses to disappear. A red pillar of Nine-Tails Chakra then appeared in the distance, and Hane rushed off to help Naruto.

• Uzumaki Hane joined the battle and cleared a path through the corpses, allowing Shikamaru to organize the ninja and rescue those surrounded.
• Shikamaru had Uzumaki Hane destroy the mounds, but the corpses kept emerging, so the ninja continued fighting them.
• Yamato evaded the enemy ninja’s attacks, trapped him in Wood Release, and left the cave area.
• After Yamato defeated the enemy, the corpses vanished, and Ino treated the exhausted ninja.
• Shikamaru identified the red pillar of light as the invaders’ real target, and Uzumaki Hane recognized the Nine-Tails’ Chakra and rushed to Naruto’s aid.

Naruto tried to reach Sora as the Nine-Tails overwhelmed him, while Asuma fought Kazuma and Uzumaki Hane broke through a barrier and killed the ninja who had set it. The chapter left Sora with four tails and Naruto beginning to form his own Demon Fox Cloak as he held on to him.

• Naruto sent Shadow Clones toward Sora, but Sora destroyed them and knocked Naruto back before Asuma and Yamato arrived.
• Asuma recognized Kazuma as a former Guardian Ninja, and Kazuma revealed that he had sealed remnants of the Nine-Tails inside Sora to destroy Konoha.
• Asuma rescued Naruto from Sora's claw and fought Kazuma deeper in the forest.
• Uzumaki Hane broke through a barrier with Great Eruption and killed the hidden ninja who attacked him with a poisoned knife.
• Naruto held Sora and called to him as four tails appeared, while the Nine-Tails' Chakra began forming a Demon Fox Cloak around Naruto.

Naruto lost control to the Nine-Tails' Chakra, and Uzumaki Hane fought Sora until he pinned him down. After rejecting the Nine-Tails' offer of power, Naruto recovered and asked Hane to let him try to save Sora, ending as he called out to Sora's sleeping consciousness.

• The Nine-Tails' Chakra transformed Naruto and pulled him toward Sora, while Yamato's wooden restraints failed to hold them.
• Uzumaki Hane rescued Naruto from Sora and battled him, eventually pinning him beneath a magma foot.
• Inside Naruto's seal, Naruto rejected the Nine-Tails' offer of power and vowed to save Sora.
• Sakura treated Naruto's burns, and Naruto recovered before asking Uzumaki Hane to leave Sora to him.
• Naruto began calling out to Sora's sleeping consciousness.

Naruto broke Sora free from the Nine-Tails Chakra, while Asuma defeated Kazuma and stopped his attempt to destroy Konoha. After recovering, Naruto began training with Kakashi, Yamato, and Uzumaki Hane, as Orochimaru learned of the invasion and renewed his plans against Konoha.

• Naruto repeatedly charged Sora until he shattered the Nine-Tails Chakra around him, then Sakura treated the injured Sora.
• Asuma fought Kazuma, rejected his plan to destroy Konoha, and killed him in battle.
• The next day, Sora left to travel and make friends, while Naruto watched him go.
• After three days of treatment, Naruto began Chakra Nature Transformation training with Kakashi, Yamato, and Uzumaki Hane.
• Over the following month, Konoha completed its reconstruction while Uzumaki Hane trained Naruto and carried out missions with him.
• Kabuto Yakushi reported Kazuma's invasion to Orochimaru, who vowed to destroy Konoha after obtaining Sasuke.

Orochimaru ordered Kabuto Yakushi to begin a plan to take Sasuke’s body, while a Konoha Anbu infiltrated the base and was captured after Kabuto wounded him. In Konoha, Naruto showed Jiraiya his unfinished Wind Release: Rasenshuriken, which vanished before hitting its target.

• Orochimaru said his body was deteriorating faster after his battle with Uzumaki Hane and told Kabuto Yakushi to begin the plan to take Sasuke’s body.
• A Konoha Anbu entered Orochimaru’s base, found Sasuke with Orochimaru and Kabuto Yakushi, and tried to escape when Kabuto attacked.
• Kabuto Yakushi wounded the Anbu in a fight near the base entrance, then dragged the immobile Anbu back inside.
• Jiraiya returned to Konoha and joined Naruto, Kakashi, and Yamato at the training ground.
• Naruto demonstrated his Wind Release: Rasenshuriken, but it shrank and disappeared before striking a rock, and Jiraiya reassured him that he needed more practice.