Original subtitles

-We're too late.

CHIYO (VOICEOVER): Sasori.

-Neji.

Are you seeing what I'm seeing right now?

-Yes.

The same thing is happening here.

GUY (ON RADIO): Tenten, What about you?

-Me too.

Same on my end.

-Lee.

-I see some kind of form here.

It sprang up as soon as I removed the tag.

-I figured as much

NEJI: Team Kakashi's in.

Just as planned.

-What the-- What is it?

-Probably some sort of enemy trap.

-I see then.

-So that's what the game is.

-Formidable, indeed.

I accept, then.

[theme music]

-You bastards!

Where the hell do you think you're sitting?

-Well.

So much for that mystery.

This kid's the Jinchuriki.

He's the one who bursts in and barks first, all right.

Seriously.

Itachi was right on the money, huh?

CHIYO (VOICEOVER): Sasori.

NARUTO: Gaara!

What the hell are you doing?

Come on!

Why are you just lying there?

Get up!

Gaara!

Answer me.

What are you, deaf?

Come on, knock it off already!

KAKASHI: Enough, Naruto.

You know full well that--

-Your friend's right.

And you know it, too.

He's been dead for a while now.

-Well.

Oh yeah, that's him all right.

-Give him back.

Give Gaara back, you damn--

-Cool it.

Charge in without thinking and we're done for.

-A shinobi squad is always small in number.

A team of either three or four.

-But at least five people are required in order

to destroy a five seal barrier.

-Which means that a basic squad is never gonna cut it.

All you can do is wait around for another team to show up.

-The barrier has slowed us down considerably.

That alone was enough to delay us.

GUY: And on top of that, they rigged the barrier with a trap,

should anyone succeed.

-A replica of the person who removes the tag appears nearby.

-So they've appeared to stop us now that the barrier's down.

-In other words, we cannot offer Naruto and the others any

support unless we defeat ourselves.

Is that the situation?

GUY (ON RADIO): Exactly right, Lee.

-They split up a four man squad with their barrier

and made sure we'd be tied up here indefinitely.

Very smart of them.

-Maybe.

But we can't just sit here admiring their work.

-Come!

Let us fight!

[shout]

-Huh?

I'd expect no less from my company of me.

He's good.

NEJI (VOICEOVER): They don't just look the same.

They possess the same abilities.

-So they're armed the same as we are, too, huh?

ROCK LEE (VOICEOVER): So everything about

them is the same, then.

That makes them even more of a worthy opponent!

-What?

Something on your mind, Sasori, my man?

SASORI: I'll hold onto him.

-Huh?

-Since it appears that Jinchuriki

will stop at nothing to get him back.

-Hm.

Yeah.

That's putting it lightly.

KAKASHI: OK.

It looks like the guy on the left

is the one who infiltrated the Sand and took Lord Kazekage.

Which means this one is the puppet

master who wounded Kankuro so badly.

Her grandson Sasori, huh?

DEIDARA: Well, my man, I doubt that you want to hear this,

but I'll just go ahead and say it anyway.

I think I'll take care of the Jinchuriki.

-Look.

Our quota is one apiece.

Don't push your luck, Deidara.

-An artist must always seek ever greater stimulation,

lest his senses go dull on him, my man.

Rumor has it, the Nine Tails Jinchuriki is pretty powerful.

A canvas truly worthy of my artistry.

-What?

Those pyrotechnics of yours?

Art?

Art is a work of beauty, captured and left

for posterity.

Art is eternal beauty.

DEIDARA: Eternal beauty?

Are you kidding me?

Look, don't get me wrong.

As a fellow artist, I respect your point of view,

but true art is fleeting.

A flash of beauty burning brightly, and then vanishing

in a heartbeat.

Heh.

-What did you say?

-I-- I don't get it.

What's with them?

SASORI: Apparently, Deidara, one of us

doesn't understand what true art is.

DEIDARA: That would be you, my friend.

Hmph.

-You lousy, rotten--

SASORI: Nonsense.

Eternal beauty is what constitutes real art.

DEIDARA: Don't be absurd.

True art only lasts a moment.

-Enough is enough!

-Are you trying to make me angry?

-Hey, easy.

I told you he wouldn't wanna hear it, didn't I?

Give me a break, will ya?

-I don't have to remind you what happens when I get angry, do I?

SAKURA (VOICEOVER: He blocked that shuriken

without even looking.

CHIYO (VOICEOVER): As I feared, his handling of the puppet

remains unchanged.

-Why don't you explain it to me again, Deidara?

-Art is one thing, and one thing only.

The explosion itself.

It's not even in the same league,

compared to your grotesque puppet show.

See you around, my man.

DEIDARA (VOICEOVER): Come on, Nine Tails Jinchuriki.

Let's see if you can keep up.

-Deidara, you fool.

I don't believe this.

-Just where the hell do you think you're going?

DEIDARA (VOICEOVER): Perfect.

-Naruto!

KAKASHI (VOICEOVER): As always, he just can't help himself.

Naruto and I will handle the one outside.

Sakura, Lady Chiyo, take the one inside.

But please, don't do anything rash until Team Guy gets back.

-Right.

You got it.

-Great.

He's tagging along, huh?

-Guy, do you read me?

The enemy has split up.

We're gonna need a hand.

Return immediately.

GUY (ON RADIO): I don't think we can.

We've been caught in an enemy trap.

We need a little more time, Kakashi.

Huh?

Signing off!

GUY (VOICEOVER): Those movements.

-He's good.

NEJI (VOICEOVER): Same appearance, same power,

and even the same jutsu.

-This is almost as if we were fighting

a mirror image of ourselves here.

-If it were a mirror, we could just shatter it.

Leaf Hurricane!

But I do not believe this will be so easy.

-Give him back.

Give Gaara back!

-All right.

No time to waste here.

-The way I'd heard it, you retired a long time ago.

-I suddenly longed to see my grandson's face again.

SAKURA (VOICEOVER): I can tell just by looking at him

the incredible difference in our battle experience,

and the number of lives he's taken.

[swallow]

-Sakura.

Do not fear.

I am here with you.

You just step back now, dear.

Assault Blade.

-If you insist on interfering, I guess I have no choice.

How would you and that little brat

there like to be part of my collection, eh grandmother?

[theme music]

MAN: It's the World Puppet Master finals,

and only one event remains.

Will the illustrious title of Puppet Master Champion

go to Sasori of the Red Sand, who came out

on top during the first round's talks and quiz challenge?

Or to the woman displayed her years of experience

in the second round puppet building

race, Elder Chito of the Sand?

Who will win the final showdown in today's puppet battle?

NARUTO: Next time, Hiruko Versus Two Kunoichi!

[theme music]

NEJI: Guide to the Clans of the Leaf Village, Volume Two.

Today, we'll be covering the Uchiha clan.

LEE: Oh!

This should be riveting!

NEJI: The Uchiha clan possesses outstanding abilities, foremost

being the Sharingan, and their Fire Style Jutsu are unrivaled.

Their symbol is a fan, representing

their expert control of the flame.

It was they who established the police force,

ensuring the safety of the leaf village.

LEE: Shinobi policing Shinobi.

They were truly the elite.

NEJI: It's said that secrets of the Uchiha clan

are hidden within the Nakano Shrine.

Perhaps that is why Itachi and Sasuke

were both drawn to leave the village.

-It seems there are still many mysteries to the Uchiha.

-At any rate, in order to fight the Akatsuki and Orochimaru,

we must all become much stronger than we are at present.

In order to--

-In order to do that we must train!

-What are you doing, Lee?

Put me down this instant.

-And away we go!

Dash of Towering Youth!

-Give it a rest, already!