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Chapter 278: Not a Chapter

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1Chapter 1: Reborn?!

2Chapter 2: Collecting Information

3Chapter 3: Kurama

4Chapter 4: Preparing for Birth

5Chapter 5: Being Born

6Chapter 6: How to Proceed

7Chapter 7: Change of Treatment

8Chapter 8: Henge no Jutsu

9Chapter 9: Is Ramen addiction Inherited?

10Chapter 10: Teaching Naruto

11Chapter 11: Living Arrangements

12Chapter 12: Selling por…a Love Story

13Chapter 13: Reactions

14Chapter 14: Meeting an Abandoned Bunny

15Chapter 15: Modifying the Seal

16Chapter 16: Training Hinata

17Chapter 17: Trust

18Chapter 18: Academy

19Chapter 19: Preparing the Pranks

20Chapter 20: Doing some Manipulating

21Chapter 21: Meeting Kurama

22Chapter 22: Kurama's Outburst

23Chapter 23: Who are you?

24Chapter 24: Meeting Kurama...again

25Chapter 25: A Teachers' Bad Day

26Chapter 26: ICE

27Chapter 27: Caught in the Act?

28Chapter 28: Decision

29Chapter 29: Sasuke Uchiha

30Chapter 30: Shikamaru Nara

31Chapter 31: An Uzumaki Clan Secret

32Chapter 32: Reestablishment!?

33Chapter 33: Negotiations

34Chapter 34: Chains

35Chapter 35: Unleashing the Lioness on a Doting Father

36Chapter 36: Ino Yamanaka

37Chapter 37: Questioning

38Chapter 38: Years pass by

39Chapter 39: Confrontation

40Chapter 40: Danzo Shimura

41Chapter 41: Iruka Umino

42Chapter 42: Yin Yang Balance

43Chapter 43: Graduation Exam

44Chapter 44: Mezu…Mize…err... dude

45Chapter 45: Blatant Bribery

46Chapter 46: Kakashi Hatake

47Chapter 47: Introductions

48Chapter 48: Stolen content and suggestions

49Chapter 49: Start of the Bell Test

50Chapter 50: Yuna vs Kakashi

51Chapter 51: Naruto vs Kakashi

52Chapter 52: Hinata meets her new Team

53Chapter 53: Hinata vs Kurenai I

54Chapter 54: Hinata vs Kurenai II

55Chapter 55: Complaining to Hiruzen

56Chapter 56: The first "Mission"

57Chapter 57: How to Defeat your Greatest Enemy

58Chapter 58: Meeting the new Sensei

59Chapter 59: Anko Mitarashi

60Chapter 60: How to Raid a Bandit Camp

61Chapter 61: Start of Wave Mission

62Chapter 62: Zabuza Momochi

63Chapter 63: Fighting Zabuza

64Chapter 64: At Tazuna's House

65Chapter 65: Meeting Haku

66Chapter 66: Combat Plan

67Chapter 67: Start of Combat

68Chapter 68: Killing a Meathead

69Chapter 69: Fighting Haku

70Chapter 70: Recruiting Zabuza

71Chapter 71: Gatou's Unfortunate Accident

72Chapter 72: The Massacre at Tazuna's House.

73Chapter 73: Returning to Konoha

74Chapter 74: Getting Pushed Down by Hinata!?

75Chapter 75: Talking with Hinata

76Chapter 76: A Breakthrough of the Mind

77Chapter 77: Removing Anko's Seal

78Chapter 78: Fooling Around

79Chapter 79: Meeting a Tanuki

80Chapter 80: How to Deal With a Tanuki

81Chapter 81: Quarrel Before the Chunin Exams

82Chapter 82: Confidence Crushing

83Chapter 83: The First Test

84Chapter 84: Start of the Second Test

85Chapter 85: Stalling for Time

86Chapter 86: Fighting Orochimaru

87Chapter 87: Movements in the Background

88Chapter 88: Aftermath of the Battle

89Chapter 89: Meeting Karin

90Chapter 90: Sasuke Awakens

91Chapter 91: A Special Kind of Genius

92Chapter 92: Preliminary Matches Part 1

93Chapter 93: Preliminary Matches Part 2

94Chapter 94: Rock Lee

95Chapter 95: Match Arrangements

96Chapter 96: Tricking a Pervert

97Chapter 97: Jiraiya of the Sannin

98Chapter 98: Gamabunta

99Chapter 99: A True Prodigy

100Chapter 100: My Body is Moving on its own

101Chapter 101: Meeting Ino's Parents

102Chapter 102: Talking with Ino's Parents

103Chapter 103: Growing Closer

104Chapter 104: A New Way to Improve

105Chapter 105: Cultivation

106Chapter 106: Revealing Secrets

107Chapter 107: How to be a Proper Young Master

108Chapter 108: Hinata vs Neji

109Chapter 109: The Hyuga's Curse Seal

110Chapter 110: The Bet

111Chapter 111: Yuna vs Sasuke

112Chapter 112: A Little Warm-Up

113Chapter 113: Yuna vs Naruto and Hinata

114Chapter 114: A Different Point of View

115Chapter 115: The Big Reveal

116Chapter 116: Start of the Invasion

117Chapter 117: Yuna’s Message for Hashirama

118Chapter 118: A Fight Between Angel and Devil

119Chapter 119: Anko vs Tobirama

120Chapter 120: Yuna vs Hashirama

121Chapter 121: Naruto vs Gaara

122Chapter 122: End of the Invasion

123Chapter 123: Who are you Loyal to?

124Chapter 124: Baiting a Toad?

125Chapter 125: Doubts about Yuna

126Chapter 126: Situation of the Uzumaki Clan

127Chapter 127: Preparing for the Gathering

128Chapter 128: Danzo's Arrangements

129Chapter 129: Start of the Gathering

130Chapter 130: Crowd Manipulation

131Chapter 131: Before the Mission

132Chapter 132: Quarrel before the Mission

133Chapter 133: Attack on the Uzumaki Compound

134Chapter 134: Yuna vs Sexy Jutsu

135Chapter 135: Gathering Information...Maybe?

136Chapter 136: Foolish Little...Sister?

137Chapter 137: Giving Sasuke "The Talk"

138Chapter 138: Inside the Tsukuyomi

139Chapter 139: Watching a Movie

140Chapter 140: Finding Tsunade

141Chapter 141: Fighting Tsunade

142Chapter 142: Naruto Joins the Dark Side

143Chapter 143: Trouble on the Way Back

144Chapter 144: Fighting the Sound Four

145Chapter 145: Finishing the Fight

146Chapter 146: Getting a Little Angry

147Chapter 147: Making an Enemy for Life

148Chapter 148: Reeducating Tayuya

149Chapter 149: Hiruzen Prepares his Scheme

150Chapter 150: The Real Reason?

151Chapter 151: The New Uzumaki Clan Compound

152Chapter 152: List of Intruders

153Chapter 153: Caught in the Act? Again!?

154Chapter 154: A Maid!?

155Chapter 155: The First and Second Hokage

156Chapter 156: Tsunade Enters the Uzumaki Compound

157Chapter 157: The usual Bribery and Blackmail

158Chapter 158: The New Hokage and the Council

159Chapter 159: Hiruzen's Realization

160Chapter 160: Future Plans

161Chapter 161: Sasuke's Departure

162Chapter 162: Finally

163Chapter 163: Fighting Danzo

164Chapter 164: Getting Very Angry

165Chapter 165: Making Another Enemy for Life

166Chapter 166: Into the Snow

167Chapter 167: Meeting in the Snowstorm

168Chapter 168: Family Reunion

169Chapter 169: The True Power of the Kyuubi

170Chapter 170: Isekai 101

171Chapter 171: A Reincarnators PoV

172Chapter 172: Hinata's Betrayal

173Chapter 173: Et tu, Anko!?

174Chapter 174: Not a Chapter

175Chapter 175: Ao from the Land of Water

176Chapter 176: Zampusa Uzumaki!?

177Chapter 177: Negotiations with Ao

178Chapter 178: End of Negotiations

179Chapter 179: Ino's and Haku's Training

180Chapter 180: Another Enemy for Life...maybe?

181Chapter 181: Chatting in Kirigakure

182Chapter 182: Negotiations with Mei

183Chapter 183: Ice vs Lava

184Chapter 184: Meeting two Stalkers

185Chapter 185: Obito and Zetsu

186Chapter 186: Bantering with Mei

187Chapter 187: Fighting Isobu

188Chapter 188: Convincing Isobu

189Chapter 189: The Innocent Isobu

190Chapter 190: Another Intense Battle

191Chapter 191: I will Definitely Win the next Time!

192Chapter 192: Hinata's Interrogation

193Chapter 193: Punishing a Naughty Maid

194Chapter 194: Bingo Book Entry

195Chapter 195: Yuna's Genin

196Chapter 196: Hisoka Hyuga

197Chapter 197: Feeling a Little Nostalgic

198Chapter 198: She's a Pervert, so it's Fine

199Chapter 199: Introductions

200Chapter 200: Hisoka's Abduction

201Chapter 201: Interrogating Hisoka

202Chapter 202: Unveiling Secrets

203Chapter 203: Unveiling even more Secrets

204Chapter 204: Story of the Past

205Chapter 205: A Matter of Age

206Chapter 206: Hot is Hot

207Chapter 207: Yuna vs Genin Team

208Chapter 208: Battle Evaluation

209Chapter 209: An Alternative Timeline

210Chapter 210: Kaguya Ootsutsuki

211Chapter 211: Training Progress

212Chapter 212: Killing Bandits

213Chapter 213: Hiruzen's Enlightenment?

214Chapter 214: Fox and Turtle

215Chapter 215: Raising a Flag

216Chapter 216: Naruto meeting Naruto

217Chapter 217: Father-in-Law

218Chapter 218: Persistence Leads to Success

219Chapter 219: Meeting up

220Chapter 220: Yuna Teaches Minato the Way

221Chapter 221: Corruption of Another Timeline

222Chapter 222: Time Travel 101

223Chapter 223: Hinata's new Jutsu

224Chapter 224: The Puppet Queen

225Chapter 225: Who are you and what have you done with Yuna!?

226Chapter 226: Three Stage Boss Fight

227Chapter 227: Teaching Manners

228Chapter 228: Through Time and Space

229Chapter 229: Neji Hyuga

230Chapter 230: A Minor Oversight

231Chapter 231: The Capable Pervert

232Chapter 232: Showing off Skills

233Chapter 233: Another Dao Appears

234Chapter 234: Start of the First Test

235Chapter 235: Explaining the First Test

236Chapter 236: Moaning in the Control Room

237Chapter 237: End of the First Test

238Chapter 238: Meeting Fuu

239Chapter 239: Yuna's new Skill

240Chapter 240: Jinchuuriki Get-Together

241Chapter 241: Are you Two Friends?

242Chapter 242: How to Become Friends with a Bijuu

243Chapter 243: Making 100 Friends?

244Chapter 244: Becoming Friends

245Chapter 245: Chatting with Gaara

246Chapter 246: The Second Test

247Chapter 247: Easy Oneshot

248Chapter 248: Are you a Good Girl, Fuu?

249Chapter 249: The Usual Pattern with a Different Person

250Chapter 250: End of the Second Test

251Chapter 251: Cold and Calculating

252Chapter 252: Preparing to have a Little Chat

253Chapter 253: Chatting with a Self Proclaimed God

254Chapter 254: Not a Chapter

255Chapter 255: The Dao Advances

256Chapter 256: For my Cute Sister!

257Chapter 257: Fuu Makes Another Friend

258Chapter 258: Not the First Wife!?

259Chapter 259: Did Somebody Order some Lemons?

260Chapter 260: The Next Morning

261Chapter 261: Bullying the Bully

262Chapter 262: What is this? Even more Lemons!?

263Chapter 263: Birth of the Uzumaki Clan's Nightmare

264Chapter 264: Getting an Audience with Shibuki

265Chapter 265: Talking with Shibuki

266Chapter 266: A Little Demonstration

267Chapter 267: Suspicious Behaviour

268Chapter 268: Casually Breaking Shibuki's Mind

269Chapter 269: Forging an Alliance

270Chapter 270: Not a Chapter

271Chapter 269: Breakthrough

272Chapter 270: A Disturbing Image

273Chapter 271: Facing Orochimaru

274Chapter 272: The Three Coffins

275Chapter 273: The Return of an Old Jutsu

276Chapter 274: Familiar but Somewhat Different

277Chapter 275: Prelude to Battle

278Chapter 276: Facing Orochimaru

279Chapter 277: Fighting Orochimaru

280Chapter 278: Not a Chapter

281Chapter 278: The Source of Corruption

282Chapter 279: Showing off the New Dao's True Potential

283Chapter 280: Sasuke Uchiha, Savior

284Chapter 281: Jiraiya's Offer

285Chapter 282: A new Resident

286Chapter 283: A Familiar Pattern

287Chapter 284: Tsunade's F* up

288Chapter 285: Chatting with Mito and Tsunade

289Chapter 286: Yup, Definitely Another Enemy for Life

290Chapter 287: An Unexpected Meeting

291Chapter 288: Finding a Common Enemy

292Chapter 289: The Source

293Chapter 290: What is the Worst That Could Happen?

294Chapter 291: Short Break

295Chapter 291: Handeling the Harem

296Chapter 292: Making the Impossible Possible

297Chapter 293: The Bad Day of a Normal Bartender

298Chapter 294: The Bad Day of a Normal Bartender part 2

299Chapter 295: The Bad Day of a Normal Bartender part 3

300Chapter 296: Not a Chapter

301Chapter 297: Drunk Yuna!?

302Chapter 297: The Aftermath

303Chapter 298: A Critical Problem

304Chapter 299: Another Enem...Nope, Probably not.

305Chapter 300: Showing Emotions

306Chapter 301: Start of the Third Round

307Chapter 302: Fights!

308Chapter 303: A Slightly Different Fight

309Chapter 304: Just a Little Massage

310Chapter 305: Hyuga vs Hyuga

311Chapter 306: The Semi-Finale

312Chapter 307: Prelude to the Finale

313Chapter 308: Seals vs Youth!

314Chapter 309: Explanation about the Seal

315Chapter 310: Meeting her Students

316Chapter 311: The Embarrassed Karin

317Chapter 312: Preparing for the Future

318Chapter 313: Just beat him up and toss him in.

319Chapter 314: I'm from the Future

320Chapter 315: Asking for a Spanking

321Chapter 316: Pervert meets Fox

322Chapter 317: Situation in Iwagakure

323Chapter 318: Talking with Hiashi Hyuga

324Chapter 319: The Lemons are back!

325Chapter 320: LEMONS!!!

326Chapter 321: The True Power of the Uzumaki Bloodline

327Chapter 322: Another Story of the Past

328Chapter 323: Another Breakthrough!

329Chapter 324: Hiring another Maid

330Chapter 325: Meeting the Harem

331Chapter 326: The new Maid

332Chapter 327: Welcoming a Guest

333Chapter 328: The Hyuga Clan's "Attack"

334Chapter 329: Supporting the rise of another Dao

335Chapter 330: Internal Conflict

336Chapter 331: Taking out the big Guns

337Chapter 332: Yuna-sensei, Literally

338Chapter 333: Internal Discussion

339Chapter 334: Secrets and Manipulation

340Chapter 335: An Unexpected Meeting

341Chapter 336: Making a very bad Move

342Chapter 337: Messing with an Uchiha

343Chapter 338: Sasuke's Reality Check

344Chapter 339: It's not Seeking Revenge, it's a Good Deed!

345Chapter 340: Obito in Hell

346Chapter 341: Unnamed

347Chapter 341: Manipulating Sasuke...again

348Chapter 342: Jugo and Suigetsu

349Chapter 343: Jiraiya's Death

350Chapter 344: Helping out the Future In-Laws

351Chapter 345: Helping out the Future In-Laws some more

352Chapter 346: Triggering the Switch

353Chapter 347: Yuna vs Naruto

354Chapter 348: Pushing-the-Blame-no-Jutsu

355Chapter 349: Yet another Story of the Past

356Chapter 350: Yet another Story of the Past part 2

357Chapter 351: Yet another Story of the Past part 3

358Chapter 352: Yet another Story of the Past part 4

359Chapter 353: Yet another Story of the Past end

360Chapter 354: The Curse of Hatred

361Chapter 355: Trouble in Suna

362Chapter 356: Reporting to Tsunade

363Chapter 357: Sakura Haruno

364Chapter 358: Comparing Strength

365Chapter 359: Elder Chiyo

366Chapter 360: The Return of a Long-Forgotten Seal

367Chapter 361: Pie Reigns Supreme!?

368Chapter 362: I Prefer Punching Things

369Chapter 363: A Negative Customer Review

370Chapter 364: Fighting Deidara part 1/2

371Chapter 365: Fighting Deidara part 2/2

372Chapter 366: Against Sasori part 1/2

373Chapter 367: Against Sasori part 2/2

374Chapter 368: Naruto joins Akatsuki

375Chapter 369: The End

376Chapter 370: Another Reincarnation!?

377Chapter 371: Just A Fun Little Game

378Chapter 372: Not a Chapter

379Chapter 372: I'm Proud of You

380Chapter 373: The Usual

381Chapter 374: Making a Deal

382Chapter 375: Sasuke reveals his true Power

383Chapter 376: Sasuke vs Itachi

384Chapter 377: Sasuke's first free attempt

385Chapter 378: The Truth about Itachi

386Chapter 379: Sasuke's second free attempt part 1/2

387Chapter 380: Sasuke's second free attempt part 2/2

388Chapter 381: Why should I give a shit about your life goals?

389Chapter 382: How to become a Hero

390Chapter 383: New and Hot Merchandise

391Chapter 384: They are Reliable while being Unreliable

392Chapter 385: The Fight for Kubikiribocho

393Chapter 386: Official Duties

394Chapter 387: The Hyuuga Clans new Path

395Chapter 388: It's Contagious!?

396Chapter 389: Hinata vs Ino

397Chapter 390: A New Title!

398Chapter 391: A New Genius appears?

399Chapter 392: Akatsuki Meeting

400Chapter 393: Prelude to Battle

401Chapter 394: Ino vs Pain

402Chapter 395: Anko vs Pain

403Chapter 396: His Dao vs Pain

404Chapter 397: Yuna vs Pain

405Chapter 398: The Battle Outside Konoha

406Chapter 399: Hinata vs Kakuzu

407Chapter 400: Karin vs Hidan

408Chapter 401: Not a Chapter

409Chapter 401: Haku vs Konan

410Chapter 402: Naruto vs Kisame

411Chapter 403: Naruto vs Kisame part 2

412Chapter 404: Who is Mister Tai?

413Chapter 405: How to Achieve True Peace

414Chapter 406: I will give the World Pain

415Chapter 407: The Uzumaki Clan Compound's Barrier

416Chapter 408: Meanwhile, Sasuke...

417Chapter 409: My Pain is Greater than Yours

418Chapter 410: Chibaku Tensei

419Chapter 411: Watching from the Sideline

420Chapter 412: A Battle of Will

421Chapter 413: He Finally came out!

422Chapter 414: You want a little Smooch?

423Chapter 415: You want some... eyes?

424Chapter 416: A new Path

425Chapter 417: A good Candidat

426Chapter 418: Here he is again

427Chapter 419: A Lost Cause

428Chapter 420: New Eyes

429Chapter 421: A Letter from Kumogakure

430Chapter 422: The Festivities

431Chapter 423: Delivering the Letter

432Chapter 424: Touring the Uzumaki Compound

433Chapter 425: Picking up a Woman while Playing with Another

434Chapter 426: Yes, lots of Paperwork

435Chapter 427: Negotiations

436Chapter 428: Yuna's Schemes get Exposed

437Chapter 429: Sasuke and Jugo

438Chapter 430: Because I'm Handsome

439Chapter 431: Sasuke's Revenge?

440Chapter 432: Shikamaru's Thoughts about Yuna

441Chapter 433: Yuna's fragile Maiden Heart

442Chapter 434: Meeting Gamamaru

443Chapter 435: Becoming a Guard

444Chapter 436: The Dao Advances

445Chapter 437: Messing with Future Sasuke

446Chapter 438: Casually Revealing Secrets

447Chapter 439: Stepmother

448Chapter 440: He Likes to Pierce Things, but not with a Kunai

449Chapter 441: Saying what shouldn't be said

450Chapter 442: Naruto is here!

451Chapter 443: Sasuke, huh? Okay.

452Chapter 444: Getting to the important bits... or not

453Chapter 445: Mission success. Flawless victory.

454Chapter 446: He only coughed out some Blood and fainted.

455Chapter 447: Naruto gets Assassinated

456Chapter 448: Urashiki Ootsutsuki

457Chapter 449: I need to get out of this timeline

458Chapter 450: Or maybe not.

459Chapter 451: Back to the Future

460Chapter 452: Assassination from another Timeline

461Chapter 453: It's about "that"

462Chapter 454: Relationship Talks

463Chapter 455: Start of the Summit

464Chapter 456: Sorry, I acted on Instinct.

465Chapter 457: I'm nobody's Pawn

466Chapter 458: What the hell happened to her?

467Chapter 459: A little Lemon

468Chapter 460: Yobai

469Chapter 461: A big Lemon

470Chapter 462: Yet another Story of the Past... again.

471Chapter 463: Oh? Another Enemy for Life? It's been a while~

472Chapter 464: Ohhh, again!

473Chapter 465: Looking at a good Show

474Chapter 466: Unlocking Potential

475Chapter 467: Unlocking more Potential

476Chapter 468: Yuna's Defeat

477Chapter 469: Corruption

478Chapter 470: Fate

479Chapter 471: Squid vs Octopus

480Chapter 472: Yet another Story of the past... again... again

481Chapter 473: Yet another Story of the past... again... again part 2

482Chapter 474: Yet another Story of the past... again... again part 3

483Chapter 475: Not a Chapter

484Chapter 476: Yet another Story of the past… again… again final part

485Chapter 477: Evil Yuna

486Chapter 478: Was it really Evil Yuna?

487Chapter 479: Dark Naruto

488Chapter 480: Meeting Gyuki

489Chapter 481: Bad News

490Chapter 482: Is that porn?

491Chapter 483: A Speech

492Chapter 484: Why do we fight wars?

493Chapter 485: Egging on the Crowd

494Chapter 486: An Angry Old Man

495Chapter 487: Report about Team 69

496Chapter 488: Pervert meets Pervert

497Chapter 489: Cutting the Connection

498Chapter 490: Enemy for Life? Maybe?

499Chapter 491: Someone's in Trouble

500Chapter 492: Bijuu vs Bijuu

501Chapter 493: Unexpected Meeting

502Chapter 494: A Blessing from the Lady

503Chapter 495: Meeting her old Sensei

504Chapter 496: Team Tsundere

505Chapter 497: Haku + Zabuza vs A

506Chapter 498: Let's do some Culling

507Chapter 499: Two Coffins

508Chapter 500: LET'S DANCE!!!

509Chapter 501: Yuna and Naruto vs Madara and Hashirama

510Chapter 502: Yuna's Strongest Jutsu

511Chapter 503: Just let go of your Pride

512Chapter 504: It Begins

513Chapter 505: Battle of Titans

514Chapter 506: Easy Clap

515Chapter 507: Making a Huge Mistake

516Chapter 508: A Flag!

517Chapter 509: Second Stage

518Chapter 510: Thanks for the Meal

519Chapter 511: Finally, I'm back

520Chapter 512: Smile

521Chapter 513: Finally

522Chapter 514: Starting It

523Chapter 515: Oops, my Yuna is Showing~

524Chapter 516: I will Savor this Battle

525Chapter 517: The Eighth Gate?

526Chapter 518: Come, MADARA!!!

527Chapter 519: The Speech

528Chapter 520: Infinite Tsukuyomi

529Chapter 521: Meeting the Sage

530Chapter 522: The Greediest

531Chapter 523: Zetsu's Despair

532Chapter 524: The Fight Continues

533Chapter 525: Let’s End This

534Chapter 526: Kaguya Ootsutsuki

535Chapter 527: It Begins

536Chapter 528: Sealing Kaguya

537Chapter 529: One Last Time

538Chapter 530: The True Puppetmaster?

539Chapter 531: Slightly Edited History

540Chapter 532: The Ootsutsuki's Clan's Past

541Chapter 533: The Final Story of the Past 1/2

542Chapter 534: The Final Story of the Past 2/2

543Chapter 535: Another kind of Battle

544Chapter 536: Out of the Mindscape

545Chapter 537: Sasuke’s Third Try?

546Chapter 538: The Forgotten One

547Chapter 539: Accusations

548Chapter 540: Politics? Nah, Bribery

549Chapter 541: The Final Move

550Chapter 542: Author Note + A little Rant