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-Good.

You're awake.

-Hm?

Great Lord Elder?

-I thought your life would be in danger if I left you like that.

-I'm beholden to you.

-Can't wait even though you're still ailing.

-This actually helps me heal faster.

But tell me, what of the boy?

-Naruto's presently speaking with the real Pain.

-Hm?

Speaking with Pain?

-The two children of prophecy have come face to face.

How will they settle this, I wonder.

-I need to hear your stories.

Then I'll give you my final response.

-Very well.

We'll tell you everything about our Pain.

-Nagato.

It's a waste of time.

Just deal with him now.

-Wait, Konan.

I want to hear the response he comes up with.

Besides, I doubt I could take him down too easily.

After all, he did crush the six Pains

and make it here all by himself.

Two moments define my greatest pain.

The first of these was the death of my parents.

The Hidden Rain village had been caught up in the great nations'

war and became a battlefield.

MAN: Found anything yet?

MAN: Yeah, some canned food.

Our first meal in four days.

MAN: No, three days.

MAN: Whatever.

Let's just eat.

I'm starving here.

MAN: We should search the rest of this place afterward.

We might find more stuff.

-Let's get outside, while they're distracted.

-But what if they see us, father?

I'm scared.

-Don't worry, now.

Let's just go and be completely quiet.

MAN: Man, that's good.

-Who's there?

Damn.

enemies!

-Run now.

Get out of here!

-Nagato.

Go!

Nagato.

Hurry.

Run.

-Run, Nagato!

Run, and don't look back.

Hurry!

-He-- He's just a kid.

-Oh no.

These people weren't shinobi!

-What do we do?

How did this happen?

How could we mistake them for the enemy?

Damn it.

We didn't know.

We didn't have any idea that there were still

any civilians left out here in the war zone.

I'm so sorry, kid.

-What is-- What happened here?

Father?

Mother?

Oh no.

[scream]

-My parents died all because of the shinobi war

that your Hidden Leaf started.

I have never forgotten the searing pain of that moment.

I've endured it to this very day.

That pain transformed into hate, but it also

brought my powers into bloom.

It was only much later that I realized

that I was the one who killed those two Leaf ninja.

-Well mother.

Well, father.

Goodbye now.

NAGATO: Food was so scarce, I was forced to leave my home.

-That's the last of it.

YOUNG NAGATO: I'm too hungry to walk.

-Thank you.

If you hadn't just woken me up, I'd probably be dead.

I'm sorry.

You shouldn't be following me.

I have nothing to give you.

I don't have anything to eat for either of us.

Excuse me, do you have anything to eat you could share with me?

I-- Thank you.

It's just been so long since I've eaten anything.

-I'm sorry, son, but I've got nothing I can give to you.

These times are tough.

We barely have enough for ourselves right now.

I'm very sorry.

Try somewhere else.

-But this was my last stop.

Let's go.

[whimpering]

YOUNG NAGATO (VOICEOVER): I can't go any farther.

Am I going to die here?

-Go on.

Eat this.

-Really?

-Mm-hm.

[whimpering]

-Here.

But eat slowly.

-Konan, who are these two, anyway?

-Sorry, but he was almost dead.

-And a dog, to boot?

What's your name?

-Chibi.

-Boy, you sure have a weird name.

Chibi?

-Not me.

That's the dog's name.

-And that's how we met.

How I was introduced to Konan, and also to a boy named Yahiko.

They were war orphans just like I was, but they were strong,

and they were fighting desperately to stay alive.

And so, with nowhere else to turn, I joined them.

-Wow.

There's so much food here.

-If you're gonna stay with us, then I

expect you to help find provisions too, small fry.

-OK.

But how?

-We steal.

YOUNG NAGATO: You steal?

But isn't that wrong?

-Don't be ridiculous.

These are hard times.

We gotta fend for ourselves by any means necessary.

Naive ideals won't cut it.

-No, you're right.

-We'll do whatever it takes to live,

even if that means we have to steal.

Got it?

-I understand.

Could you please give us some food, sir?

-Just a little will do.

-Please help us out.

-I'm not just gonna hand out fish for free.

Go on, scram.

-Stingy bastard.

-Hey, you, watch your tongue, you rotten brat.

-Wha-- Hey, you.

Come back here, you mutt!

Stop!

That's just great.

Hey!

Drop that!

You kids.

I'll find out!

-Good dog.

-Score.

-If you're not buying, then get out of here.

-Ow.

Uh oh.

-Ignorant kids.

And next time, you're not gonna get off so easily.

Hmph.

NAGATO: There was no system for helping orphans

in that small, chaos-ridden nation.

Thievery became the only way for us to survive.

We had no other choice.

But even under such harsh circumstances,

Yahiko never abandoned hope.

Yahiko was always optimistic.

-You guys OK?

Listen, don't feel too bad, all right?

These things just sometimes happen.

NAGATO: I guess.

-Nagato.

Tell me.

Do you have any dreams?

-A dream?

-Sure not gonna live in a dump like this forever.

I got big dreams to make come true.

-Huh?

-World domination!

-World domination?

What?

Seriously?

-You better believe it.

Once I rule the world, we'll never

have to go through this kind of suffering again.

-Yeah, that'd be nice.

-And, if I die like this without trying to reach my goals,

then my mom and dad's soul will never rest in peace.

Ain't that right, Konan?

-Mm-hm.

-If we rule the world, then we can do whatever we want to do.

-You know, you're right.

It'd be just like we were all gods.

Think we could get rid of war, too?

-Everyone OK?

Dammit.

Not now.

-Battling shinobi right on top of us.

Hanzo against Hidden Leaf ninja.

-It was Jiraiya-sensei and his two teammates

that were fighting.

The three who would become known as the legendary Sannin

of the Leaf.

Their opponent was Hanzo, leader of the Hidden Rain.

The battle was extremely intense, and--

YOUNG NAGATO: Chibi!

Chibi!

-Yahiko, what do we do?

Chibi's not breathing.

-Worry about him later.

We gotta get out of here, fast.

-Chibi.

-Damn it.

Damn it, damn it.

Damn it!

Why is it always like this?

If all of this useless fighting doesn't stop,

then I'll become the god of this world and make it stop.

NAGATO: That's when Yahiko's dream became my dream.

-Nagato.

Quit crying all the time.

If you only cry when you're beaten down,

then nothing will change.

Just like this nation.

But I'm going to change this nation.

And for that, I will need power.

Not just words.

-What kind of power?

-We're going to learn ninjutsu.

-Ninjutsu?

From who?

-The Hidden Leaf ninja who were fighting against Hanzo.

I just checked out the battle site.

I didn't see a single one of their corpses.

They all went up against Hanzo, and they survived it.

Those guys must be incredibly powerful.

-Maybe.

I hate Hanzo.

He's made the entire Hidden Rain village into a warzone.

Anyway, I'm going to become their student.

I've got to find them.

-But what if you go after them and you find out

they've been killed?

-Then I'll find whoever did them in

and become their student instead.

My mind is made up.

Take only non-perishable foods.

-Just toss the rest?

-No.

-Chibi.

Rest in peace.

-What are you kids doing here?

-All this stuff is for you to share

with the grocer and the fruit stand lady.

I figure, in some ways, we owe you guys.

Anyway, take care.

-We're sorry.

-What the--

NAGATO: However, we soon discovered

that pursuing the Leaf's Sannin was far from simple,

and was very dangerous.

Following ninja meant going deep into the battle zone.

Even though we were just kids, we

had no choice but to throw ourselves

into the horrors of war.

-Don't ever take off your mask.

Thre are toxins in the mist.

It'll be the end of us.

YOUNG NAGATO: Are you OK?

-Stop!

-A booby trap.

Hey, look!

How cool am I?

We're gonna become strong.

I know it.

TOGETHER: Right.

NAGATO: No respectable ninja would ever leave tracks behind,

so the Leaf's Sannin were not easy to find.

But Yahiko refused to give up hope.

We headed even deeper into the battlezone.

We believed that the greater the intensity of the fighting,

the more likely we'd find the Leaf's Sannin.

-Here.

Give me your hand.

You can do it.

There you go.

-Well, At least the explosions have stopped.

-We're in danger.

[whistling]

-Yahiko.

Yahiko!

-Where am I?

-We found them.

NAGATO: Fate had led us right to them.

The Leaf's Sannin.

We finally found him.

Jiraiya-sensei

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YOUNG NAGATO: All I want to do is protect those two.

No matter what kind of pain I may be forced to endure.

JIRAIYA: I understand.

YOUNg NAGATO: Sensei.

What are you always thinking about?

-There's so much war and hatred in this world.

I want to do something about it, and I'd really

like to know what the answer to finding true peace is.

NARUTO: Next time on "Naruto Shippuden."

Origin of Pain.

-And finally, we grew up.

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