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-Look how both of the are smiling.

NARUTO: I know.

I saw him smile for the first time when he threw it.

I mean a real smile, from the heart.

-What's this doing here?

[theme music]

[door unlatching]

[door squeaks opens]

YAMATO: This was in Sai's pack.

This is an ANBU black ops list of targets

that obviously Sai's been assigned to assassinate.

In other words, it's a bingo book.

NARUTO: An assassination list?

-Why have those faces been crossed off?

-It can only mean that those are targets

that have already been assassinated.

NARUTO: What's Sai doing with something like that?

YAMATO: Look at this.

SAKURA: But hold on.

That's--

NARUTO: Sasuke!

But why?

-Ninja art.

Super beast scroll.

This entry doesn't have an X through it.

[gasps] (WHISPERS) Of course.

So that's what this was all about.

-What are you saying, Captain?

YAMATO: Sai, acting as a go-between for Orochimaru

and Danzo wasn't his mission after all.

This entire time Sai's real mission

it's to assassinate Sasuke.

[both gasp]

-No way!

That just doesn't make any sense!

Come on.

He said before that he wanted to save Sasuke!

His face, that smile was from the bottom of his heart!

-This is what I wanted to show him.

It's the picture of our dreams.

NARUTO: He was acting different from the way he was before.

-But that's just it.

-Huh?

-What if it was all just an act?

Just an act to draw you out?

-I'm no one.

A tool for Lord Danzo.

I don't even exist.

So no matter what you say or do, it's meaningless.

-The owner of this bingo book would

be capable of such deception.

Take a look.

See the man next to Sasuke?

He was from the Hidden Mist, a [? joni ?] who

took a hard-line stance against The Leaf.

-And Sai just got rid of him?

-Yes.

And he couldn't have been an easy opponent to defeat.

If Sai did away with him, that means

he would do anything to accomplish his goals.

Pretending to be somebody he isn't? [scoffs]

That's all in a day's work for him.

-He was using his smile to get what he wanted.

SAI (THINKING): That smile of yours looked so sincere.

Well, it would appear I've just learned

another use for a fake smile.

I'll remember that.

-Ugh! (YELLING) How can you just sit

there grinning after she knocked you into next week?

-The best way to defuse a troublesome situation

is by smiling.

[grunts painfully] Even if it's only a fake smile.

It will fool more people than you think.

At least, that's what it said in the book.

--[sighs] And judging by the kinds of people listed

throughout this bingo book, it's clear.

Sai's mission was to dispose of those who threatened The Leaf.

And what's more, they consider Sasuke

to be one of those threats.

[quiet hissing]

Danzo's ultimate goal is to find Orochimaru's new host

and destroy it before it's too late.

That's the reason Sai sought out Orochimaru in the first place.

They weren't going to betray The Leaf.

No, in fact, It's quite the opposite.

[huffs] It's just the kind of tactic

a hard-liner would think up.

-Well, there's no point in standing

around here complaining about it now.

-Uh.

-To be honest, I don't really care

what Sai was ordered to do, or what

that Danzo guy might be thinking.

Right now, we just got find Sai and keep going.

Because the only thing that really matters

is finding Sasuke!

-Naruto's right.

That's exactly what we should do.

I felt Sai's chakra earlier.

We need to move fast.

[receding footsteps]

-All right.

Back on the trail!

SAKURA (THINKING): If Sai is planning to target Sasuke,

I will stop him.

No matter what!

SASUKE: Who's there?

-Uh?

So you do know I'm here.

Well, regardless, I still have the advantage.

SASUKE: (WEARILY) What do you want?

-Well, if you mean Lord Danzo, his objective is to bury you.

But me, I have come here--

-(THINKING) Sai!

--to take you back to The Leaf.

When I first started out, I did so

with the sole intention of ending your life.

-After all, Sasuke's the person who

accepted me more than anybody else.

-It's because Sasuke's more than a teammate to Naruto.

He's like a brother.

-If you mean saving a comrade, I'll do whatever it takes.

Even if that means teaming with you.

Even if I get chopped into pieces,

I'm going to beat Orochimaru and take my friend

Sasuke back (YELLING) once and for all!

Sasuke is my best friend.

It took a while, but now we have a special bond.

SAI: You share something with him, a bond of friendship

that Naruto is desperately holding onto.

And I'm here to protect it.

SASUKE: A bond?

[running footsteps]

[hissing]

Is that really your excuse for waking me up?

SAI: Ugh!

[begins chakra]

-Huh, ah!

What was that?

-That's Sai's chakra.

-And it's up ahead!

-What was that?

-(THINKING) Well, I guess Sasuke's awake.

He's always so grumpy when he first gets up.

[debris rumbling]

-Uh.

Unh.

(THINKING) Pretty impressive.

He broke my jitsu with sheer power.

[wind rises]

[running footsteps]

-[gasps]

-(THINKING) There he is!

-Sakura!

-Ugh!

(ANGRILY) All right, enough!

Tell us what you're really up to!

How many times were going to betray us before you...

SASUKE: Sakura.

(THINKING) That voice!

(WHISPERS) It's you!

Sasuke!

-[huffs] Unh!

Unh!

[panting]

[thump]

Unh!

Uh.

[sighs] [gasps]

Unh!

[panting] Uh.

Unh!

(WHISPERS) Sasuke!

-Well, Naruto.

(IN MONOTONE) You came, too.

I assume Kakashi is here?

-Unfortunately, Kakashi couldn't make it,

so I'm here in his place.

Team Kakashi has come to escort you back to The Leaf.

SASUKE: Team Kakashi.

[metallic clink]

-Uh!

I knew it!

Sai don't!

-[gasps]

SASUKE: So that guy's my replacement?

I thought the team already had a weakling.

He was saying something about wanting

to protect the bond between Naruto and me.

-Uh.

Sai?

I thought your mission was to assassinate

-It's true.

I was given a classified mission to find and eliminate Sasuke.

But I'm through following orders.

From now on, I think for myself.

Naruto, I think you can help me remember, and bring back

those old feelings I thought were lost.

Things that were once important to me.

I really don't know that much about you, Sasuke.

But I do know that Naruto and Sakura would

be willing to risk just about everything for you.

They don't want to lose their connection with you.

They would give anything to protect those bonds.

I still might not understand it that clearly.

But you, Sasuke, you must understand it.

-You're right.

I did understand.

And that's why I severed them!

-[gasp]

-Ahh!

(YELLING) You're out of your mind!

[punch impacts]

--[coughing and choking] Uh [sobbing] And now, finally!

[punch impacts]

Uoh!

[sigh]

[strikes land]

Uh!

(THINKING) All these years, and nothing has changed.

-(CALM VOICE) You're still too weak.

-Uh.

-You don't have enough hate.

And you know something?

(WHISPERS) You never will!

[? howl. ?]

-Unh!

[scream]

You see, I have a different bond now,

between my older brother and me.

It's the bond of hatred.

[ending theme music]

NARUTO (VOICEOVER): So you severed our bonds, huh?

If I'm supposed to believe that, how

come you couldn't kill me when you had the chance?

Don't you think that would have done the trick, Sasuke?

SASUKE (VOICEOVER): Sparing your life back then

had nothing to do with some kind of silly bond.

My decision to let you live was made

on a passing whim, an impulse.

But now I have a different whim.

And this impulse says, you're about to die, Naruto!

NARUTO (VOICEOVER): Next time, The Power of Ochiha.

[ending theme music]

-The theme for today's episode was the bonds Naruto shares

with others.

Due to his background, Naruto was

an outcast in his early life.

Nobody in the village acknowledged him, that is,

until Iruka Sensei.

This was Naruto's first important bond in life.

And then, Team Kakashi was formed, which gave Naruto

the chance to establish new bonds of friendship.

As time passed, everyone in the village

began to acknowledge Naruto for his unstoppable tenacity

and his feisty spirit.

The circle of bonds keeps growing.

The threads that connect people grow thicker and stronger

with the passage of time.

Once someone becomes with another,

they will never abandon them in good times or bad.

It's a sentiment borrowed from Iruka Sensei,

but it's one I will never forget.

And I hope you will seek out your own bonds in life, too.