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-Right this way.

-Wow.

Is this place for real?

-Careful.

You OK?

-Yeah.

Thanks, buddy.

Why you.

-Divine retribution.

-That's it, pal.

-All right.

That's enough.

-You lousy, rotten, no-good.

Come here.

-Yeah.

Yeah.

A thousand pardons, OK.

-I'll kill him.

So help me, I will.

-Careful.

Don't mess with karma.

-(GROUP) Welcome back, Lord Chiriku.

-Any progress?

-Sir, we've already sent monks to the remaining three

hidden tombs, those of Lord Nauma, Lord Tou'u, and Lord

Seito.

We've sent some of our finest men, my lord.

They'll inform us immediately if anything happens.

MONK: We've also instructed several men

to search for the remains of Lord Kitane,

and temple security has been tightened just in case.

-Well, I suppose we can rest easy then.

SORA: Took you all long enough.

CHIRIKU: Sora.

-Boy, nice attitude.

-The jerk.

CHIRIKU: We just got back.

Master, allow me to introduce the shinobi

we requested from the Hidden Leaf Village.

-Hello.

I'm Captain Yamato, and with me are Sai, Sakura, and Naruto.

-Leaf ninja.

Well, that is reassuring.

-Yep.

We'll take care of this for you.

-We're ready to move whenever you are.

So please just give us the word.

-Thank you.

But we're waiting to hear from our monks in the field.

For now, you can just follow me.

[theme music]

-The bodies they stole, why did they even want them?

-Hard to say.

It could be that they want the information inside of them.

Or maybe.

-Summoning Jutsu Reanimation First and Second.

So the third one failed, did it?

Oh well, no matter.

-Maybe what they want is to use the bodies in the same way

Orochimaru did.

But a jutsu like that takes great power,

and I doubt that's what we're dealing with here.

-Wow.

So then the four shinobi from those hidden tombs or whatever,

they must have really been something, huh.

Hey, what gives?

-They were like no other.

But most of all, they were good people.

The tombs of Nauma, Seito, Tou'u , and Kitane lie to the east,

west, north, and south of here with the Fire Temple resting

squarely in the middle.

They were each members of the Guardian Shinobi 12.

-Guardian Shinobi, huh?

-I've heard of them before.

-I know the name.

-Are they famous or something?

-Well, the people in the know are aware of them.

[groan]

-The Guardian Shinobi, the 12 are an elite group

from all across the Land of Fire who protect its feudal lord.

-Huh.

But protecting the Land of Fire is what the shinobi of the Leaf

are for.

-That's true.

We do watch over the Land the Fire.

That is our purpose.

The Leaf Village exists to safeguard

the whole of the nation, not just a single man.

-So you're saying--

-To protect the entire country, one

must protect the man who stands at its head.

And that's precisely what the Guardian Shinobi

12 were assembled to do.

I was a much younger man at the time,

but even then, I was willing to put my life on the line.

I joined the 12 without any hesitation.

-Wait.

You mean you were--

-Well, I used to be.

-Just so you two know, Asuma Sensei

used to be a member as well.

-Ah.

-Asuma.

He's doing well, I hope.

-Yeah.

He's fantastic.

He gave me some awesome training advice just the other day.

-That's good to hear.

-So that would mean these hidden tombs that

were broken into, for you and for Asuma Sensei,

it's personal.

Your friends' graves were defiled.

-All four of them died when young,

giving their lives for the Land of Fire.

Within the 12, a faction began to emerge

that sought to stage a coup.

It ultimately splintered the shinobi apart.

-A coup d'etat, an attempt to seize power and bend

a nation's will closer to one's own ideals

through any means deemed necessary.

-Yeah, I knew that already.

-Extremists, all of them.

Their desire to protect this land

became so all-consuming to some within the 12

that a radical new ideology began to form.

-Gotcha.

So you're saying--

-They just couldn't leave the Land of Fire's well-being

in the more lenient hands of the Hidden Leaf Village,

better in their minds to create a new military order

with themselves at the center, or something to that effect.

-Yeah, or something like that.

-Unforgivable.

-Naruto, keep quiet.

-You're correct.

They meant to dissolve the Leaf and consolidate

all military force under the command of the feudal lord.

They had laid the groundwork for it.

All they needed was his blessing,

all the while making preparations

to invade our neighbors.

-What did you say?

-They had no interest in maintaining the balance

among the five great nations.

They thought peace was only attainable by uniting

the entire world under the Land of Fire's banner.

-That's so selfish.

-No matter how many ballads are written about it, war is war.

As expected, his lordship became aware of their plotting.

And then--

the six who staged the coup were eliminated.

However, that day, Kitane, Tou'u, Seito, and Nauma,

they too fell in battle.

-How could something like that have happened?

SAI: The people from those tombs were

Chiriku's and Asuma Sensei's friends.

Just think if it were Sasuke, how you'd feel.

It would be like if you two had lost him

and his body was stolen.

That's true, isn't it?

-We cannot allow the people who took Kitane's body to get away

with it.

-Yeah.

You have our word.

It's time for the younger monks' evening training.

-There's that little jerk again.

-Free sparring.

Begin.

-Hm.

-What is it?

-Something's off about him?

-What's the matter with you?

-I can't stand him.

-Bow.

-Thank you very much.

You again.

-So how about it?

Am I doing it right or what?

-Beat it.

Will you?

Don't waste my time.

-Please.

You're the only one who's wasting time.

I don't know what passes for training around here,

but it looked like dancing to me.

-Oh yeah.

NARUTO: You really tick me off.

It's all just a joke to you.

And I don't really know why, but it's starting to make me mad.

-Naruto.

That idiot.

-Your name's Naruto, isn't it?

-Yeah.

-Let me give you an even better one for the after-life,

something for the world to remember you by.

-Remember?

-Naruto, look out.

-Finally getting serious, huh?

That's the kind of strength you showed me

the first time we went at it.

-Now, you're really starting to tick me off.

-Hey, take it easy, will you?

We're just sparring here.

Quit freaking out on me.

-Not again.

NARUTO (VOICEOVER): What's with this guy?

His power's lost all sense of focus.

They're all staring at him.

Those eyes.

That's how they used to look at me.

-Sora, that's enough.

NARUTO (VOICEOVER): Oh no.

I can't stop.

-Oh well, no new name for you.

-What are you doing?

-I just thought I'd wipe your brow.

-Thanks, but no thanks.

Hey, Sai.

-Yeah.

-What's a name for the afterlife?

-Well, it's one you're given after you're gone.

You know for people to remember you by.

-Oh, I get it.

Kinda like a nickname, huh?

-Uh.

-So it's a sign of friendship.

-Sora.

Hey.

Huh?

-What's the matter?

MONK #2: Lord Nauma's tomb.

[grunt]

-Beast Wave Palm.

Best Wave Gale Palm.

NARUTO: Man, nice jutsu.

Are you working on changing the form of your wind chakra

too then?

-What are you doing here?

-Huh.

Oh, right.

Thought you'd need a name for the afterlife too.

How about it?

-All right.

Fine.

Just make sure you give me a good one.

-Let's see.

What could we call you?

Sora the--

-You idiot.

Give it a rest already.

-What was all that back in the temple?

-Seriously.

Are you always such a pain?

-Maybe.

I suppose people have thought that about me

as long as I can remember.

It's the same with you, right?

-So what?

What difference does it make anyway?

Sure.

People think I'm a pain, but they

can judge me all they want.

I don't care.

None of that even matters, because the person

who hates me most of all is me.

Yeah.

That's right.

My power has never been anything but a nuisance.

-Sora.

-Anyway, nuisance or not, I can't throw that power away.

I still need it to avenge my father's murder.

-Revenge, huh?

-A patrol bird.

One of the tombs.

-Naruto, where have you been?

-Sorry.

-They've gotten word from one of the shinobi monks sent

to Lord Nauma's resting place.

His body's gone.

The tomb is in shambles, just like the rest of them.

-Are you kidding?

-At this rate, the others will be.

-My team is ready.

We should go now.

-I'm coming too.

-All right.

-OK then.

I hope those grave robbers are ready.

They're going to get the pounding of their lives.

[theme music]

-We've heard from the Fire Temple.

The last of the hidden tombs has been compromised, my lady.

-They've got us.

So what's our status now?

-Team Kakashi's on route.

TSUNADE: So it's true then.

They were after the bodies of the Guardian Shinobi 12,

weren't they?

SHIZUNE: Between Orochimaru, the Akatsuki,

and Lord Danzo and all his machinations.

TSUNADE: I know.

So why not start with the one closest to home?

NARUTO: Next time, "A New Enemy."