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KARIN (VOICEOVER): Sasuke's chakra.

-[grunts]

-It just transformed!

-[laughs]

So you're just another copy of me, are you?

KARIN (VOICEOVER): Sasuke!

-Still, it's pretty impressive you could pull off

a partial transformation like that.

[grunts]

You know, you're pretty good at using the Curse Mark.

I haven't seen a copycat this good since Kimimaro.

-I'm not here to fight you.

The only reason I'm here is to talk to you, Jugo.

-To talk?

-That's right, Jugo.

I came to take you out of here.

-You're going to get me out of here? [laughs]

Are you out of your mind?

He's gone!

Without him with me, I can never leave this place.

Now, do you understand me?

[men yelling]

[growls]

-No!

Please stop!

Aah!

-Aah!

-Hey, there.

Well, good morning.

I hope you're doing well.

[barks]

-Huh?

Hey, kid, don't go that way.

If you value of your life at all,

don't go any further down that road, got it?

An evil demon lives down that way.

-A demon?

-That's right.

He's a monster who's called Bipolar Jugo.

See that village over there?

He did that years ago.

People are still afraid to live there.

No one that I've ever heard of has gotten close to him

and come back alive.

I'm telling you for your own good.

Please turn back!

[dog barks]

-Well, well!

You followed me home, huh?

Sorry, little guy, you can't come in.

You can never come inside here.

Now, go on.

Get out of here.

Come on, go back home.

[dog whines]

JUGO: Go, get out of here.

Don't come near me.

If you do, I'll kill you.

I'll kill anyone who comes in here.

Now, go!

[dog barks]

[footsteps approach]

Who is it?

Don't come near me.

Hey, get out of here!

Go away!

Go or I'll kill you.

JUGO (VOICEOVER): Kimimaro.

[theme music]

-I'll say it again.

I don't want to fight you.

I came to get you out of here.

And that's all.

I want you to come with me.

-Don't you see I can't leave here?

Never again!

[growls]

-Sasuke, no!

-Rrh!

Rrh!

-You will take him down.

Kill him, Sasuke!

-I won't let you escape!

-[coughs]

-Whoa, what is going on here?

-Oh.

-You really are a piece of work, you know that?

You tricked me back there.

-Oh, give me a break, Suigetsu.

You got lost all on your own.

-I got lost because I followed your directions.

-Listen, I really resent that accusation!

What would be the point anyway?

What would I get out of tricking you like that?

-Why, you'd get to be alone with Sasuke.

Isn't that right?

-What?

Um, no way!

I don't want anything like that at all!

Um, I mean, shut it!

Ugh!

-Yeah, whatever.

Anyway, what happened while I was out wandering around?

-Jugo just went wild and attacked.

-I see.

So you two went looking for Jugo after all.

And Sasuke?

-He and Jugo went outside.

-Well, Sasuke's tough.

He can handle anyone, even somebody this powerful.

KARIN: Yeah, let's hope.

-Jugo's gotten even stronger then?

-Well, yeah.

-By the way, you said Jugo actually

came to Orochimaru of his own free will?

-Yeah.

-But why?

-To get fixed, probably.

-Get fixed?

-To Jugo, Orochimaru's hideout is probably

like some kind of rehabilitation facility

where he can get better.

-But what did Jugo want to fix about himself?

-Jugo's impulses are like an addiction.

He can't do anything about it on his own.

-Hm?

-He simply wants to control his urge to slaughter.

-[laughs]

You're dead.

Why can't you get it through your head?

I can never leave!

I'll kill you!

Is that what you want?

Aargh!

-I'm impressed.

You're very strong.

I almost thought you were going to get me.

-[grunts] Who are you?

Why are you here?

-I'm Kimimaro.

The reason I came here was to find you.

Tell me, would you like to come join Lord Orochimaru?

-Orochimaru?

-There are many others like you and me there--

outcasts, exiles.

All alone, just as you are right now.

If you join us, you won't have to be alone anymore.

-No, I can't.

You don't understand.

I'm not well.

I can't control myself.

There's no telling when I'll try to kill the people around me.

-No, you can't kill me.

I'm not as weak as that.

-You're not-- you mean, you're not afraid of me?

-No, Jugo.

Not at all.

If you start to lose control, then I'll be your cage.

As long as I'm by your side, then

your soul will remain free.

-Aah, I'll kill you!

-What?

You can actually do that?

-That's right.

I'm simply going to take the enzyme from your body

and absorb it into mine.

And then exactly like you, I'll have

the power of the Curse Mark.

-Wait, hold on.

The Curse Mark isn't compatible with all who absorb it.

If it isn't compatible with you--

-I know.

If it doesn't, then I will die.

-If you know that, then you can't do this!

-It's part of the treatment for both of us.

The disease I carry is slowly eating away my body.

But if your Curse Mark works, it could

slow the disease's progress indefinitely.

Your power could save me, Jugo.

Please, Jugo, don't worry about me.

I'll be just fine.

We're best friends, after all.

I'm absolutely sure there's no way your power would reject me.

JUGO (VOICEOVER): Kimimaro, why?

Why did you die and leave me all alone?

-[laughs]

Aah!

Who are you?

-You're using a different technique

than you did before, Jugo.

Not too bad.

I like it.

-Stop, Suigetsu.

-Yes, of course.

We fought before, Suigetsu.

I remember now.

-You know, this guy really is dangerous, Sasuke.

-Sasuke?

-We didn't come here to fight, Suigetsu.

Just let me talk to him.

-I seriously doubt anything you say

is going to get through to him.

The only thing he understands is force!

-Aah!

-Aah!

-Stop it, both of you!

KARIN (VOICEOVER): No, don't stop!

Kill each other off!

-Yaah!

-Aah!

-Do you both want me to kill you?

Is that it?

[hissing]

SUIGETSU (VOICEOVER): He really was about to kill us just now.

KARIN (VOICEOVER): Oh, Sasuke.

You're incredible.

-Huh?

[gasps]

Aah!

Aah!

Please just hurry and lock the door!

-Jugo, I mean you no harm.

I only came to free you.

Please come out and join me.

-I think he's too frightened.

-You're wrong.

That's not it at all.

-(WHIMPERS) I don't want to kill any more people.

If I go outside this place, I will.

I'm begging you, just leave me alone, please!

-What?

How weird!

That's some split personality right there.

-I told you, Jugo succumbs to his irrepressible murderous

urges.

And it's like he's someone else.

He loses control of himself.

But the truth is, he'd actually rather not kill.

-I don't know when I'll lose control and kill someone again.

So just put the lock on the door and leave me be!

-I don't think Jugo's going to work out, Sasuke.

We're constantly going to have to watch our backs around him

in case he starts to lose control.

-Who the hell are you people anyway?

I just want to be left alone!

-Orochimaru is dead.

This hideout is completely destroyed.

If you stay here, you'll die, too.

-I don't care.

At least, then, I could never kill anybody else.

-Listen to me.

Don't worry, I'll be your cage, Jugo.

I can keep you under control.

JUGO: There's nothing you can do.

Only one person could subdue my impulses-- Kimimaro.

Without Kimimaro, I won't leave.

-Wait, Kimimaro?

You mean the guy from the Kaguya clan?

-Yeah.

Of all the people here, Jugo and Kimimaro

were Orochimaru's favorites.

They were kept here together, right here

in this hideout for live experimentation.

And Kimimaro was very strong.

He was the only one who could stop Jugo's violent rampages

without harming him.

Orochimaru's precious research subject.

-But I thought Kimimaro was-- isn't he dead?

-Yeah.

-Jugo, you should know Kimimaro died for me.

He's gone.

-Uh.

Wait a second.

If he did that for you, then that

must mean that you're Uchiha.

Sasuke Uchiha.

-That's right.

-So you've come, Sasuke.

No, you can't go on a mission, you're

too sick for that, aren't you?

This has never happened before.

-It's Sasuke Uchiha.

He's the one who's going to take my place as Lord Orochimaru's

vessel.

My goal is to retrieve him.

-Can he really be worth risking your own life for?

-Sasuke Uchiha and I are the only ones

worthy of becoming a vessel for Lord Orochimaru.

In a way, Sasuke is like my reincarnation.

I will sacrifice myself to retrieve him.

I'm very grateful to you, Jugo.

Your strength has made me even stronger than before.

All right, then, Jugo.

I'll be back soon.

JUGO (VOICEOVER): So that's what happened, Kimimaro.

-Good.

Now that I've gathered my perfect team, here it is.

This is my plan.

My ultimate goal is to kill Itachi Uchiha of the Akatsuki.

-I thought you were going to say that.

KARIN (VOICEOVER): Itachi Uchiha?

But that's his own brother.

-But to succeed, I'll need help from all of you.

Of course, it's your choice.

Karin, you said you had something else to do.

Decide.

-Uh, oh, uh, well, on second thought,

that other thing really isn't all that important.

-Karin, just be honest and tell the truth, would you?

The only thing you're really interested in

is being around Sasuke, isn't that right?

-What?

No, that's just ridiculous!

It's ridiculous how ridiculous that is!

No, you're ridiculous!

-What I am is right.

I mean, why else would you get all flustered like that?

Ha-ha, rich!

I know the truth, you know, about how long ago

you want it so-- [grunts]

-Suigetsu, don't get Karin worked up.

Didn't I tell you to try to get along?

-All right, I will.

I'm sorry, Karin, truly.

Now, look, you may hate it, but I'm not going anywhere.

I'm sticking like glue to Sasuke.

At least, I am until I can locate one of the seven Hidden

Mist Blades.

I'm on the hunt for Kisame Hoshigaki's giant sword,

the Shark Skin Samehada.

-So you're collecting a bunch of big swords?

How boring.

-Suigetsu?

-Yeah, I know.

Jugo, what are you going to do?

-Kimimaro said he considered you his reincarnation, Sasuke,

and sacrificed his life to protect you.

So that's why I want to see what kind of shinobi

you really are with my own eyes.

-Then it's all set.

-What is Sasuke thinking?

If Orochimaru's dead now, then why

won't Sasuke come back to the village?

-Sasuke is simply obsessed with vengeance.

We believe that he intends to approach the Akatsuki in order

to kill his older brother, Itachi.

-That old thing again?

Sasuke, damn it!

-Now, that we're a team, we all move together as one.

And from this point on, we will be known as the Hebi.

-Well, we have to move fast then.

Operation Track Akatsuki is still going on, right?

-It is.

-All right.

Then to find Sasuke, we need to hunt down

that member of the Akatsuki first.

We got to find that guy quick.

-The Hebi has only one goal--

-So then, our target is--

--Itachi--

---Uchiha.

[music playing]

KAKASHI (VOICEOVER): I'll tell you a story

from when I was just a kid, back during the final days

of the Third Great Ninja War.

Due to the prolonged conflict with other nations,

the Hidden Leaf Village faced an unprecedented shortage

of combat capability.

It was during that dark uncertain time

that this story takes place.

It was my very first mission as a Jonin.

Next time, "Kakashi Chronicles-- a Boy's Life

on the Battlefield, Part 1."

-Lady Katsuyu, may I talk to you?

-Of course.

SAKURA: How did you ever make it here to join the rest of us?

-Oh, that's quite a tale.

-So please, you must join Sakura just as quickly as possible.

-But quickly?

TSUNADE: No "buts"!

Everyone is waiting!

-Yes, I understand.

It's just that I can't walk very fast.

Oh!

I must overcome this.

They're all waiting for me.

Oh, no, the sunlight, it's drying me out.

-Run!

-It's a slug monster!

-Quick!

Salt!

-Please, wait!

I'm not a mad slug.

I'm a-- ooh!

-You went through all of that?

-Oh, but my struggles were nothing compared to yours.

SAKURA (VOICEOVER): No, that's simply not true at all.

In fact, we owe you an apology for what you've been through.

-Naruto, apologize to her right now!

-What for?

-You too, Sai.

-Yes.

-Just kidding.

Actually, Lady Tsunade sent me there

using the Transportation Technique. [giggles]

TSUNADE: Sakura still has a lot to learn.

-Ahchoo!