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-(VOICEOVER) Finally.

It all makes sense.

What Sora said.

His use of the word "King."

There's no doubt about it now.

The one who attempted that coup in the Land of Fire

is the same one who's behind this.

-Charging Process Complete.

[moaning]

-What's going on?

We being invaded?

-But what exactly are they?

-There sure are a lot of them.

-There's something not normal about them.

-You guys are late.

-Genma.

What in the hell's going on here?

-We're about to find out.

Ino.

Go and back up the Medical Ninja Corps.

They're going to need you.

-Right.

Look.

Those markings.

-Ah.

The Kohaku clan.

-The what?

What do you mean?

What's the Kokaku clan?

-They're Shinobi who lived near the border

with the Land of Fire.

Their village was one of those hit

in the recent series of attacks.

-When we went to investigate, we found no survivors.

Whole villages and everyone in them

had been destroyed in a single night.

-To do this to our own people.

It's unforgivable.

-But then, do you really think these guys are

some of the Shinobi who didn't survive?

-The enemy must have used some kind of reanimation jutsu

to bring them back to life.

-So they're using the victims of one attack

as weapons in the next?

-How many villages do you think they had to destroy?

-What a horrible thing to have done.

-Sorry about this.

[bark]

[shouting]

-Oh, man.

-No way.

[laughter]

-Furido.

It's time.

-Much as I'm enjoying the show, yes, the four of them

should be ready by now.

And Sora.

-Then now's the time for us to lend our support as planned.

-Right.

-Then let's go.

-Yes, go.

-(VOICEOVER) Kitane.

Nauma.

Tou.

Saito.

With the jutsu they possess, it's unthinkable.

-CHILD (FROM BEHIND): Uncle Asuma!

-Konohamaru!

What are you doing here?

The village is on a Level One state of alert.

-Yeah, we know that.

In fact, we just supervised the evacuation

of all the kids in the village to a safe area.

-I see.

Well then, I have another mission for you three.

Anyone you see of Chunin rank or higher,

tell them to come to the main power station.

-Huh?

Why?

What's going on?

-The village is at risk.

-(VOICEOVER) No.

I can't believe they'd really kill everyone.

It can't be true.

-Sora!

Wait!

Come back here!

[theme music - in japanese]

-What is this?

What?

[gasp]

[grunts]

-So.

So that's what this is all about.

They didn't just revive your jutsu.

They revived the four of you as well.

Saito.

Tou.

Nauma.

Kitane.

-Asuma?

Is that Asuma?

-Yeah.

I see.

Yes, of course.

This is your village, isn't it?

-Kitane.

The four of you.

I'm sorry.

-Please go back.

Just go back to your resting place.

To that world where you belong.

-Go back to what?

We are no longer living.

We belong to no world.

However, since we have been brought back to this world,

we must do what we must do.

-What you must do?

-Hold it right there!

[grunting]

-OK, Sora.

What's this all about?

What's going on between you and Asuma-sensei?

-Nothing!

Get off me, you jerk!

-Hey!

You can't really believe that Asuma-sensei

had anything to do with your father's death.

-You heard him yourself, didn't you?

You were there.

He came right and said it.

He admitted it.

He betrayed my father and he killed him.

-Not Asuma-sensei.

He'd never do something like that.

-Not even on the Hokage's orders?

[gasp]

-You know that the Third Hokage was Asuma's father, right?

Admit it!

-So what?

What about it?

What's your point?

-My point is that it was the King of the Leaf

who ordered the death of my father.

"The Land of Fire doesn't need two Kings.

There will always be distrust and confusion

as long as there are two kings of equal strength."

It was my father's dream to unite his people

under one king.

And for that dream, he paid a terrible price.

And all because that man, Asuma, chose the other king.

-The other king?

-Yes, Naruto.

He was ordered by the Hokage to eliminate my father.

And those living under the Hokage

must obey his orders, no matter what.

That's why my father did everything

he could to bring him down.

-Even so, that's no reason to attack Grandma Tsunade.

-I've been such a fool.

And to think that I was actually grateful to my father's

assassin when he told me he had died honorably.

[gasp]

-That's why I got to thank you.

I can't tell you happy I was when you cleared that up

for me, old man.

For a moment, I weakened.

For a moment, I thought maybe there was no need

to avenge my father, after all.

I even thought taking revenge might stain his honor.

So I thought.

-Sora.

But-- Come on.

There's no way.

The Third Hokage wouldn't do that.

He would never make Asuma-sensei do

something-- something that terrible.

-But you can't be sure, can you?

-Well, I-- but the same goes for you.

How can you so sure that it's true, anyway?

After all, you never felt like Asuma-sensei

was your father's enemy, did you?

Not until-- who told you he was?

Who was it that convinced you?

-That's none of your business.

-Don't tell me you're actually working

with that group causing all the trouble down there.

The ones who are planning to wipe us all out?

-Never!

I had no idea!

He never told me about that part.

-He?

-The only target was the Leaf's king.

No one else.

Not even Asuma was supposed to be--

-OK, then.

So what went wrong with this plan of yours?

-That's what I'm trying to find out, if you'd just get lost!

-Ahh!

-I understand what it's like to be lonely.

I know what you're going through, Sora.

I really do.

I was thinking, we have so much in common,

we might even be friends.

You've got to decide who you're going to believe.

Us or-- Sora!

Wait!

[laughter]

-Long time no see, little boy.

-Not you again.

-It's time to finish this once and for all.

Haha.

Those lips of yours will be mine.

This time, I'll make sure of it.

-Listen.

All of you.

-I am sorry, Asuma, but we don't have time

to wax nostalgic over this reunion.

-No.

You're not going to use Limelight.

Wait!

Tou!

Saito!

Nauma!

-Don't interfere.

-Kitane.

-I have no other choice.

I've been restored to life by a reanimation jutsu,

and I must obey the will of he who cast the jutsu.

I'll kill anyone who interferes.

Even if that person was a friend.

Very well, then.

-Ahh!

-You have grown old, Asuma!

[groans]

-Asuma!

-Asuma-sensei!

-Konohamaru said you'd be here.

-Who was that?

-Kitane.

One of the guardian Shinobi 12 whose bodies

were stolen from the hidden tombs.

-Wait, what are you saying?

-He and the others were restored to life.

-Reanimation?

That's an advanced jutsu.

-But then, where are the other three?

-They've gone to take up positions

to the east, west, and south of the village.

-Huh?

Why do you think they split up like that?

What's their plan?

Of all the 12, these four had the most powerful Lightning

Style jutsu.

They're planning to unleash the Limelight, renowned

as the greatest and most powerful Lightning Style

Jutsu of all time.

-What exactly is this Limelight?

-A jutsu whereby four people in position to the north, west,

east, and south of an area can incinerate everything

within that area in an instant.

The moment those four are in position,

the village will be destroyed.

-It can't be.

-What do we do?

-Prevent the other three from getting into position.

If you can stop even one of them,

the jutsu can't be activated.

Go.

Yamato.

Sakura.

I'll take care of things here.

You go after the other three.

-Hmm.

-Understood.

-Now.

Having made that boast, I'll have

to do my best to live up to it somehow.

-You always were that way.

The more hopeless your chances were,

the more eagerly you threw yourself into the battle.

-And you.

You never made a move without carefully calculating

every possible outcome, Kitane.

-True.

But in this case, I have no choice.

I'm at the mercy of the jutsu.

Die, Asuma!

-Water Style!

Mouth of the Serpent!

-Woah.

Now it's water style?

-(VOICEOVER) That's right.

She can use all five chakra natures.

Ahh!

[laughter]

-Oh, no.

After water comes--

-That's right.

A touch of a lightning!

[screaming]

[laughter]

[moaning]

[grunt]

-What's going on here?

-Where are the reinforcements?

-Come on.

You guys are pathetic.

We're going to have to do this job on our own.

-That's right.

We are Shinobi of the Leaf.

Complaining is strictly forbidden.

-Yeah, but even so.

If these guys keep popping up like this--

We've got to find the source of this jutsu.

-The village will be buried under these things

soon if this continues.

[growl]

-Ahh!

There seems to be an endless supply of them!

-You're telling me.

-Hey, what's going on?

Where's Shikamaru, anyway?

We thought he was supposed to be helping us out, here.

-In a word, the situation is grim.

From what we found out, the enemy

can come and go as they please through the defense

barrier, which begs the question,

why concentrate all their forces on the main gate in such

a big, splashy show of strength?

Unless, of course, that's the whole point.

-In other words, it's a diversion.

-I suspect another unit is already secretly at work

elsewhere.

[approaching footsteps]

-We've got trouble!

The whole village is about to be burnt to a crisp!

[gasp]

-(VOICEOVER) That's him.

Oh!

-Oh, no.

This jutsu again.

[laughter]

-That's right.

Amazing.

I can't believe you're still alive.

-Seeing is believing.

-Ha!

Well, this time I'll finish you for sure.

-Huh!

-Grr!

[gulp]

[roar]

-Ahh!

Oh.

[laughter]

[gulp]

-What is this?

-Hmm.

What a shame.

I was so hoping for a reunion with the young man

I met before.

I despise girls.

[gasp]

-Oh, no.

I feel a chill.

-You're so annoying.

[screaming]

[laughter]

-I could leave you to fry with the rest of them.

But I'd rather do it myself.

Lightning Style.

Earth Flash!

-Augh!

[laughter]

-It won't be long now, will it?

Before those lips of yours are mine.

-What's the matter with you, Asuma?

I thought you meant to stop me.

If you can't do better than that,

your village is as good as lost.

Show me you can do it, Asuma, or die.

-Where are you?

Come out.

We have to talk.

-Over here.

Ahh!

-Yao.

-Furido.

It's time we had a talk.

-Hmm.

Before that, don't you want to take

a look at the Leaf village?

Check out the fireworks.

Aren't they lovely?

-Huh?

What are those lights?

-Well, you see, when those four lights get into position,

the village will vanish.

-Then you really do mean to destroy the Leaf village.

-Yes.

It will burn.

The Leaf will be burned away by the light.

[theme music - in japanese]

-The latest word is that our attempts

to turn back the undead invaders are failing.

It's only a matter of time before our defenses

are overrun.

-What about reinforcements?

-I've already sent Kiba, Ino, Chogi, and Lee,

but they're heavily outnumbered.

-Unlike us.

The enemy has unlimited resources.

-We'll eventually be overwhelmed, unless we

can find whoever's casting the jutsu.

-Lady Tsunade.

I request permission to join the front line.

-Next time.

Everyone Struggle to the Death.