Chapter Summaries

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.

Jiraiya took Naruto away to train while Kabuto led Yukimaru from Orochimaru's base, and Sasuke watched them leave. Uzumaki Hane and Gozu reached the hidden base where Gozu had been experimented on, as Tsunade sent Kakashi, Kiba, Shino, and Hinata to search for a missing Anbu ninja who had found Orochimaru's base.

• Jiraiya told Naruto he would take him away to train, and they set off the next day.
• Kabuto took Yukimaru out of Orochimaru's base while Sasuke watched and prepared to make his move.
• Uzumaki Hane met Gozu, who confirmed that Shion was well and offered to lead him to the experimental base.
• Tsunade learned that an Anbu ninja who had found Orochimaru's base had gone missing and assigned Kakashi, Kiba, Shino, and Hinata to search for him.
• Three days later, Uzumaki Hane and Gozu reached the concealed base where Gozu had been held as a test subject.

Uzumaki Hane and Gozu tracked Guren and the test subjects from the abandoned base, where rebellious subjects turned on Guren. Hane confronted her and the group, and the chapter ended as he pierced a bone-spiked monster with his lava-covered hand.

• Uzumaki Hane and Gozu found the base littered with fresh corpses and set off to catch those who had left.
• Guren led the test subjects through the forest while a dozen of them fell behind and plotted to escape by killing her.
• Seven test subjects transformed and challenged Guren, but Uzumaki Hane appeared before she could attack.
• Hane asked Guren where Orochimaru was, and she refused and prepared to fight.
• A bone-spiked monster and a man with a cannon attacked Hane, who dodged the shell and pierced the monster's chest with his lava-covered hand.

Uzumaki Hane killed the attacking test subjects with ease after they tried to overwhelm him. The long-haired monster pretended to surrender, then launched a surprise attack with hair bursting from beneath Uzumaki Hane.

• Uzumaki Hane killed the bone-spiked monster, prompting the other test subjects to attack him together.
• Uzumaki Hane dodged the cannon monster's shells and killed several test subjects while Guren watched with her allies.
• Uzumaki Hane pursued the fleeing monsters, killing the snake-scaled monster and smashing the clawed monster into a pit.
• The long-haired monster begged Uzumaki Hane to spare him, then revealed his deception and attacked with hair erupting from underground.

Uzumaki Hane defeated Guren and her subordinates, then secretly followed them with Gozu to locate Orochimaru. Meanwhile, Jiraiya received a message and left Naruto, who returned to the village after finding his letter.

• Uzumaki Hane killed the long-haired monster and asked Guren where Orochimaru was, but she refused to betray him.
• Guren and her seven subordinates attacked Uzumaki Hane, who quickly defeated them and shattered her Crystal Dragon Jutsu.
• Uzumaki Hane told Gozu they were leaving, then returned after Guren’s group departed and followed them to find Orochimaru.
• Jiraiya received a message, decided not to tell Naruto about it, and left him a letter instructing him to return to the village.
• Naruto found Jiraiya gone, stayed at an inn, and returned to the village the next morning.

Naruto returned to the village and was assigned to reinforce Kakashi after Kakashi's team encountered Orochimaru's subordinates. Guren's group trapped Kakashi's team in thick smoke, and a massive attacker struck Kakashi while his teammates struggled to see.

• Naruto returned to the village, met Sakura and Sai, and went with them to Ichiraku Ramen.
• Tsunade summoned Naruto, Sakura, Sai and Yamato and ordered them to support Kakashi, whose team had encountered Orochimaru's subordinates.
• Kakashi led Kiba, Shino and Hinata through the forest while Guren's group lured them away from Orochimaru's base.
• Guren used a crystal ball to watch Kakashi's team and prepared a barrier to trap them.
• An enemy filled the forest with thick smoke, ambushed Kakashi and sent him flying, while Kiba, Shino and Hinata called out to him.

Guren trapped the fighters inside a vast crystal barrier and sent her clones after Kakashi, who used Shadow Clones to study her abilities. As the battle continued and Hinata was injured, Kakashi identified the barrier and prepared to face Guren seriously.

• Guren activated Jade Crystal Maze Technique, surrounding the forest with a one-kilometer crystal barrier, then created six clones with Jade Crystal Clone.
• Kiba and Akamaru dispersed the fog, allowing Kakashi to turn the fight against Guren’s subordinates with Phoenix Flower Jutsu.
• Guren attacked Kakashi with her crystal blades, but he and Guren each revealed that the opponent they had struck was a Shadow Clone.
• Nurari knocked Hinata into a tree and charged to finish her, but Kiba and Akamaru drove him back with Fang Over Fang.
• Kakashi emerged from behind a tree, explained that he had noticed Guren was using a clone and that the fighters were trapped inside a barrier, then put away his book.
• Guren formed a crystal blade in each hand and launched another attack on Kakashi.

Kiba and Hinata fought Nurari, but Hinata was badly injured after her attacks failed. Elsewhere, Kakashi battled Guren’s clones inside her barrier and faced a new attack from the remaining three.

• Kiba and Akamaru charged Nurari, but he easily knocked them away before Hinata attacked him with Eight Trigrams: Sixty-Four Chapters.
• Nurari struck Hinata and sent her crashing into a tree, where she spat out blood.
• Kakashi pierced one of Guren’s clones with Chidori, but it shattered into crystal particles, and Guren attacked him with more clones and crystal techniques.
• Kakashi trapped and defeated another Guren clone, then taunted Guren by saying it was the third one.
• The three remaining Guren clones launched crystal shuriken, but Kakashi’s Great Waterfall Technique swept them away before they summoned crystal pillars above him.

Kakashi and his team fought Guren’s clones and subordinates inside her crystal barrier while Uzumaki Hane arrived to confront Guren outside. The barrier shattered, and Hane began fighting Guren as Kakashi’s team was freed.

• Guren summoned crystal pillars against Kakashi’s team, but Kakashi and the others dodged them.
• Kakashi destroyed several Guren clones, and Hinata helped defeat one that attacked him from behind.
• Kakashi led Hinata, Kiba, and Shino against Guren’s remaining subordinates while Guren prepared another technique inside the barrier.
• Uzumaki Hane interrupted Guren’s seals with a lava fist, and the crystal barrier cracked and shattered.
• Hane confronted Guren, who attacked him with a Giant Hexagonal Shuriken.

Naruto and his allies broke through Guren’s crystal barrier and reunited with Kakashi, Hinata, Shino, and Kiba. They headed toward a distant battle, where they saw Uzumaki Hane and Guren facing off atop enormous lava and crystal dragons.

• Naruto summoned Gamakichi and Gamatatsu, and Gamatatsu combined his water with Naruto’s wind-nature Chakra to shatter the crystal barrier.
• Naruto and Yamato reunited with Hinata, Kakashi, Shino, and Kiba, while Sai and Sakura joined them.
• After a distant explosion, Kakashi led the group toward the battle so they could capture the fleeing enemies and learn where Orochimaru was.
• Guren attacked Uzumaki Hane with crystal techniques, but he crushed her shuriken and broke through her defenses with lava.
• Guren summoned a crystal dragon, while Uzumaki Hane formed a lava dragon, and the two faced each other atop their dragons.

Guren and Uzumaki Hane fought with giant crystal and lava dragons while Kakashi's group battled Guren's subordinates. After Kakashi helped shatter Guren's crystal dragon, Hane attacked her directly, but she survived his lava strike and he continued pounding her crystal defenses with repeated lava fists.

• Guren and Uzumaki Hane resumed their dragon battle as Kakashi's group and Guren's subordinates arrived and split into separate fights.
• Guren used Crystal Release: Jade Crystal Labyrinth Technique to pin the lava dragon and destroy it, while Naruto's shadow clones pushed Rinji's group back.
• Kakashi pierced Guren's crystal dragon, and Uzumaki Hane shattered it with Great Eruption, forcing Guren to leap clear.
• Guren survived Hane's next Great Eruption with Crystal Release: Piercing Crystal Falling Dragon and fired a beam through his chest, but his lava body healed instantly.
• Uzumaki Hane unleashed a barrage of lava fists against the crystal encasing Guren.

Naruto and Kakashi’s team defeated Nurari, Rinji, and the other enemies, while Uzumaki Hane fought Guren and discovered she had escaped using a clone. Kakashi and Uzumaki Hane left to search for Guren, who woke beneath a tree beside Tobi and accused him of ambushing her.

• Naruto struck Nurari with a Wind Release: Rasenshuriken, leaving him unable to move.
• Kakashi defeated Rinji with Chidori, and Yamato bound the fallen enemies with wooden strips.
• Uzumaki Hane shattered Guren’s crystal blades and pierced her, only for her body to break apart as a crystal clone.
• Kakashi and Uzumaki Hane left to find Guren while Naruto, Yamato, and the others stayed behind to guard the prisoners and seek clues about Orochimaru.
• Guren woke beside Tobi, sprang away on guard, and accused him of ambushing her after he claimed he had saved her from Uzumaki Hane.

Guren encountered Tobi and discovered that her attacks passed harmlessly through him before he vanished. She then joined Kabuto Yakushi and Yukimaru in Orochimaru’s plan, which drew the Three-Tails to them at sea.

• Guren attacked Tobi with her Crystal Release, but he repeatedly phased through her strikes, kicked her into a tree, and disappeared as someone approached.
• Kabuto Yakushi found Guren with Yukimaru, and Guren demanded to know what Orochimaru had planned.
• Kabuto Yakushi told Guren that the plan required her and Yukimaru to work together, and Yukimaru asked Guren whether she liked red or white camellias.
• Kabuto Yakushi led Guren and Yukimaru through the fog to a boat, then made Yukimaru put on a helmet and swallow a large quantity of pills.
• Yukimaru writhed in pain as the water churned, and the Three-Tails rose from the sea and fixed its gaze on him.

Uzumaki Hane and Kakashi sensed a vast, dangerous Chakra and hurried toward its source, where Guren and Kabuto Yakushi were trying to control the Three-Tails with Yukimaru’s power. As the Three-Tails rampaged, Yamato’s group left a Wood Clone behind and headed toward the beast.

• Uzumaki Hane told Kakashi he had sensed another presence that might have taken Guren, and Kakashi warned him that Tobi was dangerous and might belong to the Uchiha Clan.
• Uzumaki Hane and Kakashi heard a beast’s roar and sensed Chakra as powerful as the Nine-Tails’ before rushing toward it.
• Guren and Kabuto Yakushi found the Three-Tails, but Yukimaru collapsed when he could not suppress the beast.
• Guren fought the Three-Tails with Crystal Release while Kabuto Yakushi summoned a giant python to distract it, allowing Guren to trap it in a crystal labyrinth.
• Shino sensed the Three-Tails’ unusual Chakra, and Yamato created a Wood Clone to guard the others’ position before leading the group toward it.

Guren and Kabuto sealed the Three-Tails, but it broke free and attacked them and Yukimaru. Uzumaki Hane and Kakashi arrived in time to save Yukimaru, and Hane began fighting the beast.

• Uzumaki Hane and Kakashi reached the shore while Tobi avoided them and continued toward the Three-Tails.
• Guren sealed the Three-Tails in crystal, and Yukimaru woke aboard the boat.
• The Three-Tails shattered the crystal seal, struck Guren into the water, and pursued Kabuto and Yukimaru.
• Guren tried to stop the Three-Tails, but it defeated her and swept Kabuto and Yukimaru into the water.
• As the Three-Tails moved to attack Yukimaru, Uzumaki Hane struck it with a lava fist and Kakashi took Yukimaru to safety.
• Uzumaki Hane charged the Three-Tails and struck it with an enlarged right hand, making it stagger.

Uzumaki Hane fought the Three-Tails and rescued Naruto after a huge wave swept Naruto and his companions into the sea. As Naruto and Hane searched the coast for the others, Tobi found the Three-Tails and prepared to capture it.

• Yamato led Naruto and the others toward a bank of fog, where a huge wave swallowed them.
• Uzumaki Hane struck the Three-Tails with Canine Red Lotus and Great Eruption, driving it beneath the sea.
• The Three-Tails attacked Hane from underwater, but Hane dodged and blasted it back to the seabed again.
• Uzumaki Hane found Naruto drifting in the water, pulled him out, and learned that the wave had swept away the others.
• Naruto and Hane split up to search the coast for their companions.
• Tobi watched the Three-Tails surface from a hidden tree and began spinning his Three-Tomoe Sharingan.