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-To die?

But how does dying mean becoming one with nature?

-Gamakichi.

What's with telling him to die?

Don't make such weird analogies.

-Yeah, but--

-Now, now, just relax.

You're not actually going to die, Naruto boy.

-So what, then?

-Just wait and listen all the way until the end.

I'll explain it step by step.

To become able to absorb nature energy

means gaining the abilities to sense it around you,

to draw it to you, and to pull it into yourself.

In addition, by learning how to become one with nature,

you also gain full control over nature energy

entering and leaving your body.

Practically speaking, what this means

in terms of your training--

-Yeah?

Yeah?

-You don't move.

-OK?

-I mean that you must learn to sit still.

Animals like us can only appreciate and learn

nature energy when we stop all our own movements

and synchronize ourselves with the flow of nature.

-So, basically I have to be still.

Isn't that a little bit too easy?

-Naruto.

You really don't get it at all, do ya?

-Hmph.

The hardest thing for animals to do is to be absolutely still.

-Doing stuff like jumping, running,

and working to manipulate my chakra?

I've done all kinds of training like that.

But not moving?

I've never really had a reason to do much of that before.

But if that's how you take in nature energy,

then that's exactly what I'll do.

-It's impossible to do it right away.

This training is going to take some time.

It's pretty high level stuff that you're doing.

-Then let's stop talking, and do this already.

-You must not take this lightly.

Our enemy is Pain, who possesses the Rinnegan, the power

of the Sage of the Six Paths.

Powerful enough to kill Jiraiya boy.

And with that attitude, you can't possibly defeat him.

-Trust me, I know all about him.

He leads the Akatsuki, and they're after tailed beasts.

Those guys could come for me at any moment,

so I just don't have any time to waste.

-Well, I guess it's just lucky for you

that there's a better way.

A shortcut.

-There is?

Really?

Then teach it to me, Geezer Toad.

-This waterfall behind me.

It's the secret toad oil of Mt.

Myoboku.

-What's it used for?

-Come here, and hold out your hand.

-Here.

-This is far more than just ordinary oil.

It has the property of attracting nature energy.

This stuff will hope advance your training.

-Whoa.

Now, that's useful.

-Now, wherever you rub this oil onto your body,

nature energy will be able to enter through that spot.

And then gradually, as you learn to feel it,

you will gain the ability to sense nature energy.

-Yeah, you're right.

I think I can feel something through my skin.

-Since you're just beginning, this

is a tool to help you grasp the concept.

In time, will won't need to use the oil at all to sense nature

energy.

However, there is a risk.

If a neophyte who cannot control nature energy uses it,

they start transforming into a frog.

[scream]

-What the-- what the hell is this?

[scream] Help!

I don't want to be a frog!

What's that for?

I-- I'm back to normal.

FUKASAKU: It's all about balanced.

You're used to turning your mental and physical energy

into ninjutsu chakra, so you've already

got a balance when it comes to that.

But now you must add nature energy into the mix,

and finding that balance is extremely difficult.

-It's about balance, huh?

-You take in too little, and you won't get Sage Jutsu chakra.

And yet if you take in too much, nature energy

will overwhelm you and turn you into a frog.

Of course, if you only take in a little too much,

the transformation's reversible.

But get beyond a certain amount of it,

and you'll never revert back to human again.

You'll be trapped, forced to remain a frog forever and ever,

Naruto boy.

-What I meant about you dying is that you

might stop being a human entirely.

-And once you turn into a frog, you

progress further toward permanently

being one with nature.

The students who attempted this training in the past

but were unsuccessful turned into those stone statues.

-Huh?

All of 'em?

-Well, don't fret too much.

I'll be right by your side.

And this baton is a tool that can beat nature's energy

right out of your body.

So if I see you start to transform into a frog,

why, then I simply beat you thoroughly

to reverse the process.

I gotta be honest with you.

Even Jiraiya boy wasn't able to completely master this ability.

When he manipulated Sage Jutsu chakra,

Jiraiya boy always acquired some frog features.

And he was one of the best at it.

I highly doubt that you'd hesitate after coming this far,

but I still gotta ask, what will you do?

-I'll do it.

My ninja way is the same as Pervy Sage's.

[theme music]

-Six Tails is finally ours.

Now we can go on the hunt for the Nine Tails.

-Yes, that's a good idea.

Because you killed Jiraiya, the Leaf

will set their sights on you.

The more time to assess, the more likely

they'll have a plan set in motion.

We should take action before it becomes more difficult.

-Pain is invincible, so no matter what happens,

or what they plan, we will capture the Nine Tails.

Just one more Tailed Beast remains.

-Not two?

-Sasuke has already captured the Eight Tails.

-I see.

-Konan, make all the preparations.

We leave now for the Hidden Leaf Village.

-Gah!

I'm gonna be all bruised on the outside,

and bleeding on the inside.

-What?

You're quitting already?

-Hey, you know, I have a much better training method

that we can try out.

-Ah, what's that?

-I could do this training with shadow clones as well.

They'll exponentially increase my progress

in learning all this.

-You do have a point.

All of the experiences that the shadow clones have

would revert back to the original.

But remember, if even a single one of the shadow clones

completely changes into a frog during this,

it's all over for you, Naruto boy.

-Yeah.

I already know all that.

-Very well.

But four is the limit.

Anymore, and neither the baton nor I can keep up.

-All right!

[smack] Ow!

[smack] [smack] Oh!

-This isn't a game of whack a mole, you know?

You're supposed to be training.

I don't know how much longer I can keep this up.

-Boy, that stings.

-Eh?

[scream]

-My face is puffed up from all your beatings,

not 'cause I'm turning into a frog!

Come on!

-Wha?

Oh.

Sorry.

-Never in a million years would I

have guessed that trying to sense nature energy

was going to be as difficult as this.

-Remember, only through perseverance

shall true strength be gained.

-Yeah, you don't have to tell me that.

If it'll make me as strong as Pervy Sage was,

then I'll put up with whatever I have to.

-You're wrong.

That's impossible.

-Huh?

-Sage Jutsu is not meant for everybody.

Not by a long shot.

You could say it's possible because it's

you and Jiraiya boy.

Because otherwise, I wouldn't have brought you here

in the first place.

-Sometimes you don't make sense at all.

-Well, unless you already possess enormous chakra inside

of you, then nature energy would simply

take over and transform you immediately.

That is how intense and incredible nature energy is.

-Whoa.

-But also, you must possess the guts to never give up.

That is the kind of person who can become a sage.

-All right!

Let's do this, then!

-Fool!

Do you want to die?

[smacking]

[shouting]

[smacking]

[shouting]

-I can see it!

Yeah!

All right!

FUKASAKU (VOICEOVER): Excellent.

It seems he's finally starting to be

able to sense nature energy.

-Lord Fukasaku, I'm beginning to get a little bit peckish.

-Yes, me too.

Naruto boy, it's time for us to take a break,

so let's go ahead and grab some lunch.

Eat up, boy.

After this break, I'll have you try

to lift up a stone frog using Sage Jutsu.

-Uh, yeah.

-That's some tasty food, isn't it?

They're all Ma's most special dishes.

-These are delicious.

They're my favorites.

NARUTO (VOICEOVER): That actually did taste good.

I'm becoming less human, after all.

-Now then, I want you to try to lift one of the stone frogs.

But first, why don't you try lifting one

using only your ninjutsu chakra?

-OK.

All right.

I can't lift it!

-That's enough.

God Now mix in some Sage Jutsu chakra.

-OK.

-Good.

Now try lifting the frog again.

That's it, Naruto boy!

-Nicely done there, Naruto.

FUKASAKU (VOICEOVER): This lad's even quicker

on the uptake than Jiraiya boy.

-I did it!

-You idiot!

How dare you treat your predecessor

with such disrespect.

-Oh, no!

FUKASAKU (VOICEOVER): Though he's

a lot denser than Jiraiya boy, too.

-All right, Naruto boy.

Pick up all the toppled stones and put them back in place.

-Aw, come on!

-Ah, the Eight Tails.

It seems Sasuke was successful after all.

-Pain is collecting the Nine Tails.

FUKASAKU: It appears that you have

mastered toad oil assisted control.

Now you need to master controlling nature energy

without using any toad oil whatsoever.

-I can feel the power flowing into me!

-Ninjutsu chakra consumes your internal energy,

so the more you use it, the more exhausted you will become.

With Sage Jutsu chakra, you're continuously

drawing more energy into you from the outside.

You won't tire, and you'll recover and heal quicker, too.

-No way.

FUKASAKU (VOICEOVER): And with the Nine Tails chakra

in the mix, he's showing a truly remarkable recovery rate.

-I wonder, now, maybe I can do that, too?

-Do what?

-Huh?

Oh, uh, it's, uh, nothing.

Nothing at all.

-Never mind, then.

But here.

I thought I'd give you this little gift today, Naruto boy.

-Huh?

What's that?

-A book.

-Yeah?

-This is the very first novel that Jiraiya boy ever

set down on paper.

And a lot of Jiraiya boy's thoughts and feelings

are contained within it.

You ought to read it.

-Tales of a Gutsy Ninja.

-You ready to give up yet?

I'm really starting to tire of our little game of tag.

Just give up.

-I just have one thing to say.

-I don't care what you say!

Just die, already.

-Give up, huh?

-Huh?

-Yeah, about that.

-Even if you take me down, another assassin

will just take my place.

[laughter] As long as we're cursed to live in this ninja

world, then there can be no peace.

Ever.

-Well, I'm going to break that curse one day.

If there's truly piece in this world,

then I am going to find it.

I will never stop looking.

-Who-- who are you?

-My name is--

-Sasuke said he was gonna sever his bond with me,

and become stronger.

And that I could never understand his feelings.

Hey, you were friends with Orochimaru way

back, right, Pervy Sage?

Why did he desert the village and decide

to destroy the Hidden Leaf?

-Orochimaru went through a profound change

after both his parents were killed,

and that's when he became obsessed with forbidden jutsu.

I don't know if he was trying to resurrect his parents,

or to wreak vengeance on the village

that he held responsible for their deaths.

My parents weren't killed, so-- like you, I

was accused of not being able to understand anything about him,

or his feelings.

Perhaps he was right, and I didn't

understand a thing about him, after all.

However, even I'm able to see that there's entirely too much

hate in this shinobi world of ours.

-There's too much hate?

-I've always wanted to do something

about all of this hatred.

I'm just not quite sure how to go about it as of yet.

But I truly believe that eventually the day

will come when all people understand one another

and live in harmony.

-Boy, it sounds kind of complicated to me.

-And if I can't find the solution to this problem, then

perhaps I'll entrust you to find it instead.

Eh, Naruto?

-Yes, sir.

I can't turn down a request from my master, can I, Pervy Sage?

[laughter]

-What?

What the hell's so funny about that?

-Your smile is my salvation, Naruto.

-Huh?

-I'm very glad I made you my student.

-Yeah?

You really are?

-But I haven't given up on doing it myself just yet, you know?

-Huh?

-I still plan to change this world with my books.

-With those books you don't sell, you mean?

-Fool!

They'll be best sellers before you know it.

And when the day finally arrives,

I won't autograph your copies, even if you beg me to!

NARUTO: I don't want your stupid autograph, anyway!

I don't want that, anyway.

'Cause you gave me something much more valuable.

Thank you.

-With so few people, it sure is taking awhile.

-Shut up, and focus on the task at hand.

-It appears that Sasuke has blundered.

[laughter]

-It's an octopus leg.

-It's not funny.

[laughter]

[theme music]

[theme music]

NARUTO: What is this feeling?

I don't feel comfortable being still at all.

Is this what it feels like to become one with nature?

I'm not using the toad oil, but I

can tell the power is being drawn from everywhere.

I can feel it gathering inside me,

building, and getting stronger.

Is this it?

Have I really achieved Sage Mode?

Next time on Naruto Shippuden, Surpassing the Master.

[theme music]