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[music playing]

-[sniffing] So they're in there.

If I get any closer, I might be spotted.

-[moaning]

[door unlocking]

-Hey, sis.

You're going to take those with you?

Fate has arranged our meeting.

If I'm going to see him, I'll be needing these.

I have lived a long life.

[theme music]

KAKASHI: Hmm.

You're sure that's where their hideout is?

-It seems more than likely, since Gaara's scent

was coming from there as well.

-I see.

I've got one more favor to ask you.

-Huh?

-[light snoring]

Ah!

Ow, that hurt my--

-Oh, Naurto, you're up.

-Huh?

Hey, Pakkun.

-All right.

Better get moving, Pakkun.

-I'll see you around, Naruto.

-Kakashi Sensei, does this mean that they

found where the Akatsuki are hiding ou?

-Yep.

Get ready.

Because we're moving out.

TEMARI: What?

Gaara, you're sure?

SOLDIER: Yes, ma'am.

They found where the Akatsuki have taken him.

The leaf village ninja are getting ready to move out.

-So will we.

I want you to put together a pursuit squad.

And be quick.

SOLDIER: Right.

KANKURO: Temari.

-Kankuro, what do you think you're doing?

You're not going anywhere.

You need to rest.

I give you my word.

I'll get Gaara back.

[soft cooing]

-Seems we'll be working in conjunction

with a squad from the sand village.

As soon as they're here, we'll head out.

TEMARI: Sorry to keep you waiting.

SAKURA: Temari.

-If that's everybody.

-OK.

There's no time to waste.

Let's get this show on the road.

LORD BAKI: Wait.

-Huh?

-Temari, you and your group are to stay here.

Patrol the perimeter.

-Are you kidding me or what?

-Orders from above.

-[gasp]

-If word gets out that the Kazekage is missing,

our enemies may use it as an opportunity

to launch an attack on the village.

-Come on.

-Don't you get it?

That's all the more reason we have

to get him back as quickly as we can.

Look at these leaf ninja.

They left their village, and came all the way here just

to help us rescue Gaara.

And Gaara's not even their leader.

He's our Kazekage.

The sand Shinobi should be the ones to save him.

-I'm sorry.

LADY CHIYO: Well, I'm going.

If a sand Shinobi is needed, then I'm the one to go.

-Granny Chiyo?

-But, but you're so--

-I'm retired, yes.

Which means, of course, that I'm free to do whatever I want.

-Yes, but, the journey will be difficult.

-Bah.

Don't treat me like a fussle.

-What in the?

Whoa.

-After all, it's been a while since I've

doted on my adorable grandchild.

-[moaning]

-All right.

We'll head out on our own, then.

-Thank you.

I'll try to convince the counsel to change their mind.

-Don't worry.

We'll catch up with you.

-Ha.

By the time you can catch up with us,

we'll have already rescued Gaara.

-We'll see you soon.

-Oh man, I hate this.

I'm the one who should go after Gaara.

If it weren't for these injuries--

-Hey, slow down a little.

We've been going at full speed since we started.

Would it kill us to take a little rest?

-Tenten, you're really not training hard enough.

-Lee, up ahead.

-Huh?

-Hey, Guy, wait.

-Pakkun!

-Naruto, can I ask you a question?

How long do you think the Akatsuke have been after you?

-Huh?

I don't know.

-Two members of the Akatsuke came

to the leaf looking for Naruto once.

But it's been three years since then, and no sign of them.

And now they're back.

-But why do you think they waited

so long to make another move?

KAKASHI: It could be they wanted to add before this,

but for some reason they couldn't-- maybe because Master

Joraia was around, and they didn't want to face him.

LADY CHIYO: That's not it.

From what I've learned, there was an entirely different

reason they had to wait this long.

-What reason?

-If you're going to try and draw out the tailed beast that

dwells within, a great deal of preparation is involved.

They just needed some more time.

-What are you talking about?

What tailed beast?

-My, my.

You're a student of that old slug queen Tsunade,

and you don't even know that, when the leaf

itself is host to the nine-tailed fox?

-Huh?

-Oh?

-The nine-tailed fox spirit is not something we talk about.

It's considered top secret.

-Really?

Well, not surprising, I guess.

Tailed beasts are demon spirits with one or more tails.

The sand have had a single-tailed beast

since long ago.

That's the shukaku sealed within Gaara.

-So then there's more of these demon spirits?

LADY CHIYO: Oh yes.

There are a total of nine of them in the world,

each with distinct characteristics,

and each with different number of tails.

The demon beast of the sand, with its single tail,

a two-tailed spirit, three-tailed, and so on,

all the way up to that nine-tailed fox of the leaf.

The beasts are huge concentrations of chakra.

And during the great war, every nation

competed for control of them for military purposes.

They fought relentlessly over them.

But the tailed beasts' powers were beyond human imagining.

No one could control them.

I don't know the intentions of the Akatsuki.

But that kind of power is far too dangerous for anyone

to get a hold of.

Eventually, with the coming of peace,

the tailed beasts were forgotten.

But nevertheless, they still exist, all nine of them

scattered over the world.

-Kakashi sent eight of us ninja hounds out

to scour the countryside, and try to pick up

the Akatsuki organization's scent.

Well, we soon discovered they were

headed for the land of rivers bordering

the leaf and the sand.

-Land of rivers?

-That's right.

And since your squad is on its way from the leaf village

to the sand, I guess this is your lucky day.

You're the closest, if you can call it lucky.

-All right then.

-I'll show you the way.

Follow me, and I'll explain the rest as we go.

-Right.

You heard him, everyone.

Let's move out.

-What?

Already?

[chanting]

-[moaning]

-Our location has been discovered.

The enemy approaches.

-Which enemy is that?

-A very skilled and dangerous one.

His name is Might Guy.

-Might Guy?

Who is he?

-An elite leaf Shinobe, a master of taijitsu.

Don't underestimate him.

-Ah.

That strange beast again.

-We'll use that Jutsu against him.

-I'll go.

Let me take care of him.

It will give me a chance to make up

for failing to find a jinchuriki host.

-No, leave him to me.

You see, I know him.

I have a personal score to settle with him.

-Yes, as you have the most chakra of any of the Akatsuki,

you're probably the most suitable to employ that Jutsu.

Very well, Kisame.

-Excellent.

-But I'll still require 30% of your chakra here.

-Well, well, finally.

I've been waiting to pay him back for that kick he gave me.

-Severe leaf hurricane!

-Well, who have we here?

-The leaf village's fiercest beast of battle.

I'm Might Guy.

-[sniffing]

-What is it, Pakkun?

-Someone's coming.

[panting]

-Yakukan.

Its behind us.

-Hmm?

-Huh?

Wait a minute.

-You know this person, Guy Sensei?

-Who are you?

-[sigh]

[music playing]

-More intruders.

You didn't cover your tracks very well, did you?

-Well, as I said, the jinchuriki host

proved more powerful than we thought.

-You're a bumbler, and a fool.

Your methods are too crude for any sort of secret operation.

-Crude?

Hah.

Those clumsy traps of yours were hardly subtle, my friend.

Hmm

-Why you--

-Stop bickering amongst yourselves.

Focus on the Jutsu.

Now then, who to send this time.

-Me.

This time, it must be me.

This time, a leaf shinobe should go.

-Very well.

It's decided, then.

-Everybody stop.

-Who's that?

-(THINKING) Sosun?

-(THINKING) Those eyes, could it be?

-I know you.

-Unreal.

His chakra level is off the charts.

I've never seen anyone but Naruto with that much chakra.

-That much?

-Your memory is as bad as your haircut.

-Can it be that you're--

-You finally remembered, have you?

-You've met me somewhere before?

-It's no wonder you're called a beast.

Your intelligence is certainly sub-human.

Well, don't worry.

I'll refresh your memory soon enough.

-Itachi Uchiha!

--[gasp] (THINKING) That's, that's him.

That's Itachi Uchiha.

[music playing]

-What is it, Guy Sensei?

GUY SENSEI: The moment we've been waiting for.

LEE: Yes, I see.

The big wave that every surfer longs to ride, the wave that

comes only once every few years.

-Big Thursday Conquer that monster wave,

and prove yourself a man.

LEE: I will, Sensei.

There is no wave on earth bigger than my fighting spirit.

Will you two keep it down?

You're giving me a headache.

NARUTO: Next time, a meeting with destiny.

[music playing]

LEE: The gallery of memories.

Allow me to present some treasured images,

and happy memories of our friends

from the leaf village in days gone by.

Naruto is a baby, so peaceful, so cuddly, so different

than he is now.

Oh, the young Third Hokage, with the three legendary

[inaudible].

Can you believe it?

Lady Tsunade with a pony tail.

Here's the Fourth Hokage, with Kakashi's squad.

Did you know Kakashi became Ochunin at the age of six?

No wonder he and Guy Sensei are rivals.

Even now, Kakashi sleeps with this very picture by his bed.

And here are some familiar faces,

memories of student days at the academy,

and the times we had, and Sakura.

Sakura, she has not changed at all.

Even then, she was almost too beautiful to look at.

And who could this young fellow be, with

that noble brow and fearless gaze?

The leaf village's handsome devil.

Could it be yours truly?