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Listen and enjoy, people of the Leaf Village!

I've come to provide a moment's respite from life's hardships with

some festive song and dance.

[applauding]

Hanare.

"Kakashi's Love Song"

Good job on that mission, guys.

Yeah, we're great. But what's really great is that I can finally get some Ichiraku ramen!

That does sound good. Naruto... It's your treat, right?

What?! Oh, all right... I guess so...

Wait a second...

Sasuke! How about you treating us for once?!

Huh. I'm gonna go train, not eat.

What about you Kakashi Sensei?

Hm?

Wow.

That woman is so beautiful!

And a criminal, apparently.

I've heard she's a kunoichi who disguised herself as a street performer so she could

gather intel on the Land of Fire.

So she's actually a spy. What happens now?

Well... she'll be interrogated so we can discover exactly what she learned.

They'll use any and all means at their disposal until she confesses what she knows.

Welcome, come in.

We call this the Honesty Room.

Hmm.

She's must be quite well trained indeed if she's able to resist your interrogation techniques.

Not one scream escaped her. All we heard was the sound of her gritting her teeth.

My, what an impressive kunoichi!

Well, then, we'll just have to reach into that silence and listen to her inner voice, instead.

I understand, sir.

Please summon him for me.

Clouds...

They look like clouds. Just like the ones...

...we saw that day...

We're all finished using pain. It's time for a gentler approach.

Heh.

Now, Hanare. Your task is to infiltrate the Land of Fire and report back

on the state of affairs in the Leaf.

I'm to go to the Hidden Leaf Village...?

Our nation has survived all these the years not because of our military

might but rather due to our skill at espionage.

We gather all of the information we can from the other nations.

...use it to plan strategies. And gain advantage over opponents in negotiations.

That way, we can avert potential conflicts.

The fate of our nation now rests in your hands, Hanare.

Yes, sir! I will not fail!

What's that?

That headband!

The Hidden Lock Village... In the Land of Key!

Uh!

We captured her before she was able to reach the Leaf Village... She

didn't learn anything of importance.

And now... it's my turn to get some intel on your village and why you were sent here...

What's going on...? Why doesn't she have any memories of her own village?

[gasping]

It was nothing...

[gasping]

[gasping]

What?

Memories of me as a child?

Yeah, do you remember anything about her?

No... I've never met her before.

Oh, I see.

Did you learn anything else?

Nothing significant. She seems to have no memories of the Hidden Lock Village at all.

I'm guessing that she purged them.

Purged them?

But... something else is bothering me. Something I can't quite put my finger on...

And it's more than just the fact that she had memories of you. She's

hiding something... something even I can't dig up.

I'm baffled.

That's why you're here. I need your help with this, Kakashi.

Huh? Me? But I'm not a member of the Intel Division!

Yes, but you have the Sharingan...

You might be able to see deeper into her psyche than we can.

[chatting]

You must be some kind of fool. You're showing me around the very village I infiltrated to spy on!

You won't see anything here you wouldn't see in any other village.

And I thought you could use some air after being in that stuffy room.

[slurping]

[slurping]

Hm?

[spitting and coughing]

Which flower should I choose...?

Huh?

What...? Uh huh... Uh huh... What? No way!

Wait a minute, what did you just say?!

Oh, my, Kakashi Sensei...

Huh?

Kakashi's with her?!

So you're curious too, huh?

It's not like that, you idiot.

Hey, it's that woman!

The one accused of being a spy that we saw at the gate!

Yeah! The really pretty lady!

What's he doing with someone like her?

Huh? Hey!

You don't have to keep your distance. I promise I won't try to get information out of you.

I was just asked to spend the day with you, that's all.

And once the day is done, so is my assignment.

What will happen to me?

I don't know...

That cloud... it looks like Naruto to me...

And next to that one is... Sasuke maybe?

Is he serious?!

When I look at the clouds, I see my mother and father, who gave life to me.

Although I never knew them.

When things were hard... and I was sad... I'd always look up at the clouds...

I'd stare at them and let my imagination run free. I'd daydream about the

village where I was born... and imagine what my parents might be like.

Those daydreams helped me endure my loneliness... and the pain of not knowing a home or family.

It was the only way I could accept being just a spy.

I can't hear anything!

They both seem so perfect for each other, don't they?!

Huh! Ridiculous.

I'm gotta get closer so I can hear!

I wasn't allowed to have a home.

I was raised outside the village, so that I couldn't divulge any

information about it if I were captured.

All this time... I've risked my life on missions for a homeland that I've never even seen before.

That's why having a home and people who accept me.. is so important.

Why are you telling me all this now when you've been silent all day?

Because...

There's something that you've taught me...

Hmm?

I knew the moment I saw you.

That you were the boy from my past.

I had decided to meet my parents, and so I set out for my village.

But I got lost. I was feeling helpless when we met...

You told me that...

...whenever I was feeling sad, I should look up at the clouds...

That as the clouds changed shape, I could turn them into whatever I wanted.

You promised that as long as I had hope, the clouds would give me the comfort I needed.

From then on,... I searched the clouds for your likeness.

That's why I recognized you right away, even though time had changed you.

Because you've always been in my heart.

You gave me hope when things were darkest.

Whoa. Things are really starting to heat up!

[giggling]

Careful! Or else you'll-

[screaming]

[groaning]

[gasping]

What are you three doing?!

Oh, well, you see...

Hey, what are you doing?! Let go!

Here you go! Congratulations!

Huh?!

Thank you.

[giggling]

We've received news that the Hidden Lock has captured Riichi, one of our jonin.

The Hidden Lock Village?

We think the spy comes from there. That kunoichi.

Yes. Hanare. And the Lock Village has proposed that we exchange her for Riichi.

Fortunately for us, it appears that she's gathered very little

information about the Land of Fire and our Leaf Village.

So releasing her would be harmless.

Huh?!

No, you can't! I mean... I'm completely opposed to giving her back.

Hmm?

It's not a Transformation Jutsu.

That's Riichi. Without a doubt.

Mm.

All right, then! One man from each side will accompany their prisoner

to the center of the bridge. And that's where we'll make the exchange!

Agreed?

Agreed!

Kakashi Sensei.

I never thought it would end like this.

I won't let you go.

[gasping]

Hanare!

Make sure you bring back the intel on the Hidden Leaf!

Mm.

Retreat!

Quick, it's already started!

Hm?

Give it up! There's no escape, old man.

Don't underestimate the ninja of the Lock.

Once a key turns a lock closed, not even death can open it!

Uh!

So you knew... But how?!

It was that day.

You were weaving a sign with your eye movements.

Without even realizing it, my Sharingan followed the sign, and I learned your jutsu.

When I used it, I was able to see inside my own mind.

That right eye of yours doesn't look at the outside world.

It gazes into your inner world, inside your own mind.

And it can peer into the thoughts of anyone who infiltrates your mind as well.

You purposely let yourself be captured so you could lure your

interrogator into your mind.

Then you secretly gathered intel from his mind without him even knowing it.

You could access every bit of information Inoichi had about the Leaf.

And you'd take all that data with you after we exchanged prisoners.

At first, I was opposed to the swap. But I knew it was our best chance to rescue Riichi.

We planned to return you to the Lock to get Riichi back... and then

recapture you to stop you from handing over your intel.

You didn't have to do that...

The information I gathered...

I erased it from my mind.

You really expect me to believe that?

Use your Sharingan and see for yourself.

Please. I want you to. Do this so I'll know that you'll believe me.

Hanare.

The Leaf Village was just what I'd imagined my real home would be like.

Walking through it with you I felt like I'd come home, even though it was my first time there.

When Naruto and his friends gave us their blessing, I felt like I

was accepted into the village.

I truly believed it... That's why...

I won't do it. I won't betray the place... that I call home.

Hanare, I--

Even if I go back now, I'll most likely be arrested for deleting the

intel I had, and I'll be executed.

If I'm going to die anyway, I want to die at your hands!

Then I can die believing, for the first time...

I was able to do something good For the only place that's felt like home...

For my birthplace...

I can't kill someone who has lost her pride as a ninja.

A true ninja... never allows their emotions to get in the way of the mission that they've been given.

I wanted us to face as two ninja, fighting to the death... but now...

So that's it? That's your answer, then?

Go.

Kakashi Sensei!

Where's Hanare?

I guess she felt cornered and had no other recourse. She threw herself off the cliff.

She was an admirable ninja.

She did what...?!

But you... You can't be okay with this Kakashi Sensei; I mean, what if

that lady really was in love with you, and you guys could've-

Enough! It doesn't matter now...

Hey, Neji! Can we interview you?

We decided to do a newspaper article about Naruto's accomplishments!

Sorry, but you'll have to ask someone else.

That's awfully mean of you, Neji.

All the younger students have really been looking forward to this!

Please!

Oh, all right. I'll tell you guys a very special story...

Next time on Naruto Shippuden: Neji Chronicles.

Now... listen very closely.