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Here we go, Lee!

I am ready!

Haaaa!

Ha!

Hm!

Hyaaaaaah!

Primary Lotus!

Yah!

How is that?

It's heavier than you can handle, right?

Gyaaah!

Lee!

Lee!

Lee! Come up for air!

Come on! You never give up remember!?

Lee!

I dreamed about it when I was a little girl.

[kids playing]

Her name is Lady Tsunade!

Oh?

They say she's really strong!

Yeah, Lady Tsunade's a legendary kunoichi!

Wow! Wow!

[Young Tenten] I've decided!

I'm gonna be like Lady Tsunade!

As of today, all of you are genin. So tell me.

Just why have you done it? And what are your goals?

I'd rather not say.

Sensei!

I want to show I can be a splendid ninja as well, even if I do not have any ninjutsu or genjutsu!

I want to prove it to the whole world!

Hm.

What? What is so funny?!

You nitwit. Without Ninjutsu or Genjutsu, you can hardly call yourself a ninja, can you?

What are you, stupid?

[sigh]

[Guy] Listen up!

If you've got the passion, that isn't necessarily the case!

Eh?

[gasp]

With the right amount of passion,

and some healthy competition to spur each other on,

you'll all be great ninja!

You'll still have to work your butts off though.

Right!

[Guy] And you?

Ah!

I want...

...to walk in the footsteps of the legendary Lady Tsunade!

Uh... Heh heh heh...

Ah, My Hero Lady Tsunade!

We fight with the power of youth!

We fight! We fight! We fight!

Lady Tsunade. Her taijutsu was just amazing!

And she has monster strength!

It's rumored she almost killed her teammate Master Jiraiya, who's also one of the Legendary Sannin.

So what am I gonna have to do to become that strong?

Use sheer determination!

Fight on!

Fight on!

Fight on!

Fight on!

[Guy] Fight on!

Fight on!

Eleven twenty-one! Eleven twenty-two!

Eleven twenty-three! Eleven twenty-four!

Eleven--

Eleven fifty-four. Eleven fifty-five.

Eleven fifty- six. Eleven fifty- seven.

Eleven fifty- eight. Eleven fifty- nine.

Eleven sixty...

Haaaa!

Ah!

[Guy] Okay, Lee! Go!

Right!

[fighting]

[Tenten] [sigh]

Hm?

I'm really trying my best, Sensei,

but I'm not getting any stronger.

How will I ever become as strong as Lady Tsunade?

Hmm.

Well, keep in mind that Lady Tsunade inherited the talents of the First Hokage.

Are you saying that talent is more important than determination?

No! Not at all! But...

I just mean that shinobi have different strengths and are suited for different things.

No one can say whether you'll develop superhuman strength, Tenten.

[big hit] Yaaagh!

Enough!

Rrrgh...

Lady Tsunade has more than just monster strength, right?

Mm-hmm! She's a Medical Ninjutsu specialist.

They say that there isn't a single illness or injury that Lady Tsunade isn't able to heal.

Oh, please, then I want to learn Medical Ninjutsu, too!

Well, what I teach is really quite different than Medical Ninjutsu, you know.

Please, teach me, too! How do you do it?

[Guy] Huh? Oh...

Uh... Okay!

You use...

Energy and guts!

That again...

Still, I can see you have a passion for wanting to learn Medical Ninjutsu!

That's the right spirit! I'll speak to the Medical Corps for you.

Yes!

[Medical Ninja] That completes the lecture on high-level Medical Ninjutsu.

Now we begin the hands-on training.

Great!

As its name suggests, Medical Ninjutsu is ninjutsu that uses chakra control for healing.

Right.

You use your own chakra to stimulate the chakra network of your patient.

Nn... Right...

Now revitalize the cells.

Mmm...

Haaaa!

Aw...

Eh...

[Medical Ninja] I think perhaps...

[Tenten] He said I wasn't suited for it at all!

[Guy] Ah, ha! Don't worry about it!

There are many fine kunoichi who cannot perform Medical Ninjutsu.

Yeah, but I really want to become just like the legendary Lady Tsunade.

Isn't there some other kind of skill that makes her so legendary?

Hmmm.

There is Summoning Jutsu. There's that.

She's able to summon a giant slug. That's why she's also called the Slug Princess.

[Tenten] The Summoning Jutsu?

Mm-hmm.

Then teach me! Just how do you do this Summoning Jutsu?

Well, let's see. It's a type of Transportation Technique.

First we have to test your aptitude for it.

[Guy] All right! Whenever you're ready to begin.

Go for it.

Hah!

It worked!

Huh.

Wow!

Seems you have the Transportation Technique down pat!

Hm.

You'll need to sign a contract with the one you'll summon.

Summoning Jutsu!

Hmmm??

Guy, are these three your new students, then?

It can speak?!

A ninja tortoise?

Nicely done, Guy Sensei!

Oh...

So you don't have a slug?

Mmm...

Don't you think a tortoise is better than a slug?

What's the matter, little girl?

Do you have something against me?

Oh. No. It's just that you aren't legendary, I guess.

What insolence! You'll sign no contract with me, girl!

Ah!

Bleh!

Tenten!

Don't be so self-centered!

It isn't very easy to find a partner for a summoning contract, you know!

What? Are you serious?

Anyway, for now, just keep up with your training!

Okay...

is there anything else Lady Tsunade is legendary for?

Mm?

Hmmm.

I suppose you could say her love of sake and gambling is legendary.

But of course, you can't emulate that!

I mean, you're still just a little girl! It just isn't proper! Ha ha ha!

[Tente] Gimme sake!

You're too young to be in here!

Meow!

[Tenten] Hey! Stop it! Let me go!

Meow meow!

You'll see! I'm going to become just like the legendary kunoichi, Lady Tsunade!

Like Lady Tsunade, huh? Then you'll have to come back when you're much bigger!

Lady Tsunade's big chest is really what's legendary about her!

Legendary...

Big chest...

This is it! Today is the day I will beat you, Neji!

Hmh.

Yaaaah!

[sigh]

Huh?

Something troubling your youthful heart, Tenten?

Daaagh!

Lee! You just never learn, do you?

Face it, you can't defeat Neji!

[Tenten] He's not like you.

Ah! Hm.

He's a genius.

Lee! Come up for air!

Come on! You never give up, remember?

Lee?!

Bleaagggh!

Lee! Stop!

[Neji] The enemy's controlling him!

[Guy] Neji, find the jutsu user! I'll stop Lee!

[Neji] If you can't use ninjutsu or genjutsu, you're susceptible to an enemy's jutsu.

Mm-hmm.

It makes me uneasy to be on the same team with someone like that.

Mmm.

One thousand one hundred eighteen!

One thousand one hundred nineteen!

One thousand one hundred--!

Agh!

[Lee] I keep thinking all of my efforts will pay off...

But what if I do not get stronger?!

It scares me; I do not know if I can take it.

All the effort is pointless unless you believe in yourself.

[gasp]

You say you want to show the world you can be a splendid ninja,

even if you don't have all the gifts that others are blessed with.

That's your nindo, your ninja way, right?

Well, I think that's a fine goal.

[Guy] If you plan to take on ninjutsu and genjutsu with only taijutsu,

you must perfect it so that it's superior to them both.

[Guy] I'm going to have you open the fifth of the Eight Inner Gates, the Gate of Closing.

The Eight Inner Gates! A Forbidden Jutsu one can die using...

I am prepared for this. Please, teach me the Forbidden Jutsu!

[Lee] Whatever it takes for my dream!

Hyaa! Yoo! Choo!

Yaaa!

Ah!

[laughing]

[Tenten] Ah... Sensei...

[Guy] Ha ha ha!

Rules are rules, after all. Right?

I said that if I lost,

I'd walk on my hands for five hundred laps around the village while carrying you.

Ahm... In the future, I really wish you'd just keep me out of your silly rules.

[Guy] By the way, if you didn't win,

my punishment for failing to train you properly was going to be to carrying Neji around for eight hundred laps!

Ah ha ha ha ha!

You were amazing!

Even if you did have a handicap, you beat Guy Sensei!

Thanks. I just tried to figure out what my strengths were and do my best with 'em.

Ah ha ha ha!

You found your place, Tenten! You're a Ninja Tool specialist!

Yes! Out of all the ninja I know, only Tenten can battle like that!

Ninja Tools?

Huh!

[laugh]

I am a Ninja Tool specialist!

[Tenten] Me, a Ninja Tool specialist? Yeah, right.

[Guy] Please! Examine my student Lee next!

Come, come. It's right this way. I'll show you, Lady Tsunade!

That was the day.

[Tenten] The first time I saw the person I'd admired since I was little.

And she said...

[Tsunade] It's best if you give up being a Shinobi.

[Tenten] Those words were like a death sentence to Lee.

Hmm.

No.

This can't... No! It just can't!

This simply cannot happen!

So then...

[Tenten] Does determination mean nothing?

So it means if you don't have talent...?

Tenten!

Huh?

Don't take Lee's resolve lightly.

And trust your own.

It got you this far and will take you even farther.

[sobs]

The chances of it being successful are fifty-fifty at best.

And if it should fail,

...he'll die.

[heavy breathing]

[Tenten] But Lee, you went through with the surgery...

[Tenten] And right after, you went to save our friend.

Guy Sensei! Tenten!

Lee! Lee, my boy!

You've recovered! I knew that you'd bounce right back! Good job, Lee!

Yes! Thank you, Guy Sensei! Thank you so much!

Oh, Lee!

[Lee] Thank you!

Lee!

Ah!

Lee!

You never, ever give up, no matter what!

You never give up!

That's why I promised myself I would never lose you,

that's why I was able to give it my all too!

Don't give up now, Lee! You can't let this be the way it ends!

Lee! Lee!!

Lee!

Eeeaaaahhhh!

[Lee] [heavy breathing]

I was right at my absolute limit, Tenten!

You mean that it actually worked?!

Uh-uh. It was no different than before.

To open more of the Eight Inner Gates, I must train even more rigorously!

I could really use Guy Sensei's guidance right now, but that is impossible.

If you want me to, I'm happy to help.

One... two... three...

Uh, Lee...? What in the world are you doing now?!

six... seven...

Do not mind me!

This is just a rule that I have made for myself.

When intensive training does not work, I make myself do ten thousand push-ups!

Seventeen. Eighteen.

And how long is this gonna take?

Just ignore me. Twenty-three. Twenty-four.

Twenty-five. Twenty-six. Twenty-seven. Twenty-eight. Twenty-nine. Thirty. Thirty-one. Thirty-two.

Dyaaaaagggh!

Glaagh! Please! Tenten!

Heavy! So heavy!

Hey! Watch it! You're making it sound like I'm the one who's heavy here, Lee!

What you should be saying is, "The metal statue that you brought is heavy, so heavy."

So start saying it.

Eeeyaagh!

You're really rude, you know that?

I don't want to be like Lady Tsunade anymore. I've moved on.

But I haven't given up my dream.

I still want to become a legendary kunoichi... in my own right.

[Sai] I was taking a walk to see how things were going in the village.

Your argument reminds me of Naruto and Sakura.

Sakura's hit me like that before, too.

Huh? Well, they're more like comrades than friends...

What's the difference between a comrade and a friend? Hmm.

[Naruto] Next time on Naruto Shippuden: Sai's Day Off.

That's a difficult question.