Original subtitles

-Hm?

-Lady Tsunade, we received a message from the Fire Temple.

It seems all four of the hidden tombs have been violated.

-Looks like they've got us.

Well, what's our present status?

-Team Kakashi is on its way right now.

-I see.

Yamato's message said that he suspected

these weren't ordinary tomb robbers.

Seems he was right.

-Yes.

But then what are they really after?

-Most likely, they're after the bodies

that were in those tombs.

The Guardian Shinobi 12 themselves.

-I have a bad feeling about this M'lady.

The previous attack, the Akatsuki stepping up

their efforts, and all the signs that Orochimaru

has gone into hiding again.

And of course--

-You mean Danzo?

-Uh, yes.

I wonder if it was wise for us to push

for keeping Sai on Team Kakashi.

And the way Danzo agreed to it so readily

without any objection, it just doesn't feel right.

-What to do, what to do.

So many troubles to choose from.

We can't very well take them all on at once, now can we?

So why not start with the one closest to home?

--[stops mid-breath] I don't understand.

-Shizune, everyone not aligned with the Foundation

will keep watch on Danzo.

SHIZUNE: Yes, M'lady.

[receding footsteps]

-[sighs]

SAI (VOICEOVER): If I may make a request.

DANZO (VOICEOVER): Request?

Really?

SAI (VOICEOVER): Yes.

I'd like to keep the name, Sai, and stay

with Team Kakashi for a little while longer.

-(THINKING) That smile on his face.

Damn that Tsunade.

What's she prying into now?

No matter.

Whatever she's up to, I hold all the cards.

[theme music]

[movement through treetops]

-Chiriku, why are we going in this direction?

It's not where the hidden tombs are?

-Those coffins the thieves are carrying aren't empty.

They'll be heavy.

The Fire Temple is surrounded on three sides by cliffs.

The Blue Dragon, White Tiger, and Black Turtle Snake.

Their only possible way out is toward the Red Phoenix,

what you would call the south.

-Yes.

I see.

SORA: My power has never been anything but a nuisance.

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

I still need it.

I need it to avenge my father's murder.

Huh?

What is it?

Why are you staring at me like that?

-Uh.

Ah.

You mentioned revenge, right?

-[scoffs] Huh.

-Ah.

[wind noise increasing]

[noisy breakout from forest]

NARUTO: Whoa!

This spot has a great view of everything.

SAKURA: Yeah, but don't expect the enemy to show up.

-You're right, they'd be crazy to.

And there's no place for them to hide.

-Mm.

Naruto.

-Huh?

What is it?

-(WHISPERING) Down there.

-Hm?

Huh? (YELLING) Sora, down there!

Look, look!

-Uh, uh.

Will you shut up, you idiot?

I see it.

-No doubt of it.

That's them.

-Yes.

The coffins, and presumably, the thieves with them.

-It's strange.

Why are they transporting them in the open?

It's as if they want us to see them.

-(THINKING) A trap?

If so, which of us is their quarry?

-Come on!

What are we waiting for?

They're getting away.

What should we do, Captain?

-Remain here, Chiriku.

If anything should happen, I want you to please report back

to the Fire Temple.

-All right.

-Naruto and Sora, head straight for them.

Sakura and Sai, take the left flank.

I'll take the right and provide backup.

-Hey!

How come I get stuck with him?

-Mmh.

-You can't go by yourself.

And Sora strikes me as very capable.

So that's that.

-It's like the book said.

It takes a poison to drive out another poison.

-Mm.

Huh?

Sora, wait for me!

Unh.

I said, wait for me!

-Wait for you?

I don't want anything to do with you.

I'm sick and tired of you.

-Look, I don't like this either, but they're

Captain Yamato's orders, OK?

-Fine.

Then just stay behind me and keep quiet.

This is the Fire Temple's responsibility.

-You big loud mouth.

We'll see who stays behind who.

Uh!

Try and keep up!

-You little jerk.

-Hm.

They fell for it.

-Well, if it is a trap, we're stuck out in the open

without any cover.

-Yes, Sakura.

But that's true for the enemy as well.

We'll be able to see them coming from a long way off.

-(THINKING) If it's the bodies of the Guardian Shinobi 12

they're after, why the trap?

Why go to this trouble when they have what they want?

-Huh?

Ah!

Uh.

-I told you to stay behind me.

Just shut up and watch.

You might actually learn something.

Uh!

-I'll take the lead from here.

Try and stay out of my way.

-Why you little-- No, you don't!

-Uh!

Oh.

Sora!

Are you out of your mind?

[rumbling]

-What's going on?

What are you two doing?

-The coffins suddenly just went underground.

-And I was almost there, too.

I could have stopped them if you hadn't gotten in the way.

-What are you saying, If I hadn't gotten in the way?

SORA: That does it.

I have half a mind to put you underground.

NARUTO: Yeah?

Just try it.

Why don't you pick out a coffin for yourself

while you're at it?

-Knock it off you two.

NARUTO: Sakura, he started it

SORA: He's lying.

-This is no time to be fighting each other.

YAMATO: That's strange.

-(TOGETHER) Huh?

YAMATO: There's no trace of their presence.

They're gone!

[wind howling]

[dirt breaks open]

FURIDO: How long it's been.

How long I've waited for the re-awakening

of the Land of Fire.

Wake up.

You're of no use to us dead.

What a fortuitous stroke of fate to have brought

us together like this.

Then again, perhaps it was you yourselves

who did the summoning.

Fudo, Fuen, Fuka.

-(TOGETHER) Here.

FURIDO: I must remain here to greet him.

I leave it to you three to take care of the others.

-(TOGETHER) Right!

FUEN: This topographic diagram is a masterpiece.

Try not to damage it.

It's the sort of perfection that's

achieved only once in a lifetime.

FUDO: [scoffs] Masterpiece.

I'm the one who has to bring it to life.

That entire thing's nothing but scribbles on paper

until I make it move.

FUEN: [laughs] Well, when you reproduce a great painting

like with a wood-cut, who do you think is remembered,

the original artist, or the poor wretch

who cut the block of wood?

FUDO: [growls] What did you call me?

FUKA: No one likes men who sit around talking too much.

Now get on with it, will you?

Furido himself is one of the Guardian Shinobi 12.

You want him strangling you?

FUDO: [scoffs]

FUEN: Ohh!

I'm all atremble.

All right, Fudo.

It all yours.

FUDO: OK, fine.

I'll do it.

Earth-style, Impermanence!

[all gasp]

-Oh.

-Umh!

-What the heck is going on?

-Sai!

-Ninja art, Super-beast Scroll.

-Could it be?

What sort of Earth-style could affect

so great a geological change?

[ground cracking]

Grh?

Gah!

-Seems this is the result of divine retribution,

thanks to someone's mistakes.

-Uh!

This isn't the time for that, Sora.

Gah.

-Unh.

-Hey, Sakura!

-Where are you going?

[rumbling]

-So, the plan is to bury me alive, eh?

(THINKING) It probably won't grant me a lot of time

to climb out of here.

Very well.

Unh!

Wood-style jutsu.

[slams shut]

Well, I must say, this is quite an elaborate little trap

they set for us.

-So you and Sai got separated, huh?

-Umh.

And I can't find Captain Yamato anywhere.

If we are facing an enemy who's Earth-style jutsu can transform

the terrain to this extent, then we've got our hands full.

-Well, we better find the others fast.

-Hey.

-Huh?

-Didn't that used to be a valley?

-(TOGETHER) Huh?

SAKURA: It's gone!

NARUTO: How?

Is this some kind of kinjutsu?

[rock clatters]

-I bet it's a trap.

-Well, there's only one way to find out.

-Mm.

Careful, Naruto.

Stay away from that until we know.

-Uh!

-Ha!

It seems solid enough to me.

Whoever built this trap got a little carried away.

He must'a had so much fun making it,

he forgot to put in the part about the trap-- ploh!

-Naruto!

-Walked right into that one, didn't he?

-We've got to find Naruto right away-- [gasp] Ah!

-(THINKING) Perhaps if I make a search of the area from up

above.

So, they don't want to let me out of here.

FUEN: [laughs] It's no use.

You can't escape my masterpiece with a laugh

of a little jutsu like that.

FUDO: [scoffs] You weren't even supposed to survive our jutsu.

Well, my execution of it was perfect.

The flaw must've been somewhere in Fuen's original design.

Hm?

Wood-style.

Impossible.

Just who are you anyway?

-Funny.

I was going to ask you the same thing.

And what are you up to with those coffins?

--[scoffs] Why bother telling you?

What difference will it make to a dead men?

-Very well.

You leave me no choice but to use force.

-[scoffs] What?

You're going to go one-on-one against me?

Now that's a good one.

Earth-style, Ant Lion!

-Ah!

Um.

Uh.

Unh, uh-uhh.

-Ha-ha-ha!

I expected more from someone who uses the wood-style.

This is a waste of my talents.

Ugh.

What a pain in the neck.

Well, all right.

I prefer a more hands-on approach, anyway.

Uh.

argh, oh, urgh, ragh!

-[gasp]

-Yah!

-Umph.

-All of your leaping and dodging won't help you escape my fist.

-Where are we?

What is this?

-I don't know.

Where's Naruto?

-I thought we all fell together, but I don't sense his presence.

-The first thing we have to do is find him.

-The enemy's trying to separate us.

Divide and conquer.

-Oh, ah.

I don't know where I am, let alone Sakura and the others.

Huh?

Oh, great.

The path forks again.

Hm.

Left it is.

[click]

Heh.

I'm not going to fall for that again.

That obviously means that I'm going in the right direction.

FUKA: Don't be too sure.

-Huh?

[rumbling approaching]

Yai!

You think an old-fashioned rinky-dink booby-trap

like this is going to get me?

No way!

[breathing hard] Yai!

[sighs] That came a lot closer than I thought.

FUKA: [laughter] Fuen needs lessons

in how to set a good trap.

[ending theme music]

YAMATO (VOICEOVER): What a mess.

I can't believe I let my team get separated so easily.

What are these people after?

If all they wanted were the bodies of the Guardian Shinobi

12, why not simply steal them without drawing

all this attention?

Could it be that what they're really after is one of us,

their pursuers?

It's dangerous to jump to conclusions,

but I got a bad feeling.

I have to find the others as quickly as possible.

NARUTO (VOICEOVER): Next time, Impermanence!

[ending theme music]