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If only I knew where their souls were now, I'd be able to save Neji and the others...

[Shino Collapsing]

[gasp]

Shino! No!

[grunts in pain]

Shino! Are you okay!?

...please, stop! You're a true asset to our military strength!

...we can't afford to lose you!

Shino, please listen to reason!

I will not give up, Hinata.

But, Shino, you...

We're just one step from saving Neji and Kiba... I cannot stop.

The reason is because if I do before we can even reach them, the flame of hope will be extinguished!

We can't give up!

If the only was to save them is to find out where they are, then we'll keep searching for them until we do...

I won't quit...

[small gasp]

Shikaku, are you there? Are Shikamaru and the others still okay?

A little while ago, I suddenly stopped sensing their chakra!

If there's anything I can do, tell me!

(Naruto) Hey! Say something!

Shikaku...

Hmm.

All right. Connect me to Naruto.

(Shikaku) Naruto, can you hear me?

(Naruto) Shikaku, what's going on!?

What happened to Shikamaru and the others!?

(Telepathically) We're not entirely sure, but we know the jutsu the enemy used.

It's called the Underworld Transfer Jutsu...

(Shikaku) It extracts the soul from a victim and places it into a special barrier.

Seriously!? It extracts their soul?

Yeah, but... they're all still alive, aren't they? We can just track down their souls and save them!

We can just track down their souls and save them!

Unfortunately, that's impossible.

There's no shinobi with the ability to locate souls.

So, what do you need me to do?

Right now, Naruto, you're the only shinobi who can mitigate the chaos within the Allied Shinobi Forces.

You may have immense reserves of chakra, but there's no way you can cover every battlefield.

Even as it is, you're stretching yourself too thin.

We've now reached a critical point:

The Allied Forces can't spare a vital asset like you, not for just four shinobi.

What!? Don't be an idiot!

They're not just shinobi! I mean, Shikamaru is your own son!

And that's not all! I heard Shino and Ino are desperately trying to save them--!

(Naruto) How can you turn your back on all of them!?

As our chief strategist, I must coordinate every one's actions.

I cannot allow people to go off on their own.

Your duty right now is to identify the enemy by sensing their malice.

You must focus on doing your very best in that role.

Come on! Give me a break!

(Inoichi) Naruto! [gasp]

Shikaku's right. You must put all your efforts into your mission.

Got it!?

Roger that! I'm on it!

Hm.

[laugh] Give it up!

LIke I said earlier, we're immortal...

(Tayuya) And even if you losers could defeat us, it still wouldn't make this barrier come down!

Ha! Face it! There's nothing you can do!

Huh?

Hm.

Heh.

What an idiot! You're wide open!

Eight Trigrams! Air Palm!

[grunt]

[♪ flute music]

Fang Over Fang!

[gasp]

[gasp]

Huh?

[♪ flute music]

That's it! Eat up all his chakra so that he can never get back on his feet!

Ahh!

Now, Sakon!

Shadow Pull Jutsu!

Ahhh!

That fool! What is he doing!?

Yes! It worked!

That gate is enormous. So I wondered what would happen if its foundation were weakened...

I was right!

Why you jerk! You tricked us into attacking that spot!

That's what you were after all along!

Damn! You bastards!

"We're trapped," "We have no hope of escape?" You really think anything like that would make us give up?

Don't underestimate us, you piece of crap!

Actually, you're the ones who are underestimating us!

I could've sworn that you were stronger the last time we faced off.

Well then, you think that means all of us have improved but you guys stayed the same?

(Kiba) Sounds right to me!

(Akamaru) [bark]

I'm gonna shut that big mouth of yours!

Listen, Shikamaru... Does it really seem wise to rile them up like this?

You know, come to think of it. You & all the other reanimations were called back to become tools of war, weren't you..?

(Shikamaru) So what's with your ridiculous obsession about getting revenge?

And why are you directing it all at us, anyway?

Didn't the Sang Siblings kill some of you, too?

What? We're "tools of war?" Is that what you called us? [laugh]

Huh?!

(Jirobo) [derisive laughter]

You ignorant fool! We have nothing to do whatsoever with this war!

Our reanimation is simply because of our loyalty to Lord Orochimaru!

He made us a promise long ago, and this is the result of that!

[fighting]

Yes. That's it. Kill each other off.

And if you're not taking this battle seriously, then I'll just kill you myself!

[panting breaths]

(Orochimaru) The feeling that's born when one transcends the dear of death...

Yes, that's it. That's what I wanted to bring out in you...

Just look at those fine eyes of yours...

(Orochimaru) Now I shall bestow upon you even greater power...

And you shall carry out my bidding... as my favored ones...

(Jirobo / Tayuya Sakon / Kidomaru) Ninja Art! Four Flames Formation!

(Sakon) Standing at Lord Orochimaru's side, we've been witness to many jutsu...

But the ultimate is... The Reanimation Jutsu!

(struggling breaths) That old geezer... How dare he!?

[labored breaths]

What? Do you have something to say?

No...

In the condition I'm in now, you four might be able to kill me.

This is your chance if you dare to try...

Well, it seems that as long as the Curse Mark binds you, you cannot bring yourself to raise your blade against me.

Although the attempt failed, you did make yourselves useful in the attack on the Hidden Leaf.

For that, I shall reward you...

What do you wish for...?

There is only one thing, Lord Orochimaru.

Power. Power as a shinobi...

...We wish for nothing more than that...

So it shall be. That's quite impressive, all of you...

I commend you on your choice.

Kabuto, be sure to add each of them to the sample.

I understand, sir.

To access the next level of power within you, you need a vengeful heart.

...possessing an extreme desire for revenge will rapidly increase the power of the Curse Mark...

What's the connection between that and the Reanimation Jutsu?

The emotions your four learned from overcoming the dear of death at that laboratory...

...are resentment and hatred towards me...

No, an even stronger feeling...

I'm sure you swore to get back at me one day, even if you were killed in the process...

That emotion... When you can hate someone as strongly as that...

Once you're actually killed... you take it with you...

...that hatred towards the one who put you to death...

You die thinking that if you could be resurrected, it would be to only seek revenge...

Yes... through the Reanimation Jutsu, you will return as ones seeking vengeance.

You will attain power unlike anything you've ever had before...

The source of your newfound strength will be your consuming desire for vengeance...

Embrace that power! Take pleasure in it! Revel in its might!

Today, just as in the past, we belong to Lord Orochimaru!

[gasps]

We are Lord Orochimaru's very own seekers of vengeance!

The intense hatred and resentment that we harbor towards you allows us to release the full depths of our power!

The way it stands now, no one can stop us!

Don't you even dare to think of lumping us in with all those other damn reanimations you big piece of trash!

Th- thats...

What? They were seriously reanimated only to get revenge against us?

They're all insane.

If what they said is true, then they're only starting to get serious.

Hm.

Ahhhh!

[groans]

(Jirobo) It's too soon... Huh?

You can't quit on me this early!!

[screams]

Fool! Against my improved Gum Style Spider Thread, your Gentle Fist is nothing!

[gasp]

[evil laugh] Besides! I've always been better at grappling than shooting, anyway!

Wolf Fang Over Fang!

Did we get him?

Yeah, right! You've gotta be joking!

Like that amount of power would do any thing to us!

Now, it's our turn!

[gasp]

[pleased laughter] The power of this Curse Mark is amazing!

With this, super fast cell fusion and cell division is now possible!

[gasp]

So being bound by shadows, means stuff like this is possible?

Argh!

[grunt]

You guys are too weak, you pieces of trash!!

Gimme a sec, I'll prove you wrong!

They've progressed to a superhuman level!

(Shikamaru) [laughs]

Hm?

All right, then. Did you get it out of your system?

Don't act so smug.

The only reason you're still here is that we've been going easy on you!

But I'm only barely holding back my urge to kill you!

Oh yeah? You know what, about that...

Let me go. Come on. Let me outta here.

Boy, you've got some big balls, I'll give you that!

My hatred just grew a hundred times!

[♪ flute music]

[grunt] So you really hate me that much, do you?

(Tayuya) Yeah, I do!

Why do you insist on provoking her so much?

(Shikamaru) Choji...

Huh?

Do you remember what we talked about shortly before all of us got brought to this place?

[gasp]

Fortunately for us, HQ has a strategy for identifying the fakes.

What? They already came up with a plan?

I do. At least, I think. What about it?

(Shikamaru) HQ's strategy is to utilize Naruto's power!

[gasps]

It seems the sensory power that Naruto now possesses allows him to sense evil.

Not many people know about it, but if they don't, they will soon.

Because right now, Naruto is heading to every one of the battlefields with his Shadow Clones.

[grunt]

Shikamaru!

What are you rambling on about?

[grunt] Sorry, guys. But this time, I'm really only going on intuition.

I bet it'll happen soon, though.

Huh?

(Shikamaru) This is the third reason why we don't need to fight these guys directly.

Because knowing him, he's definitely going to find this place!

That's what I've been betting on.

[nervous gasps]

Ahhh!

[grunt]

Inoichi! You were right!

I went towards a pitch- black aura of evil, and I found a giant barrier!

Leave the rest to us, Naruto.

As long as we know where Shikamaru and the others are, we can save them. Right, Shikaku?

(Shikaku) I leave it up to you...

All right! Got it!

(Neji) I see. You kept provoking them to make it possible for him to sense their malice.

(Kiba) You had faith that Naruto would get what's going on!

(Choji) Yeah!

There's no doubt about it, you guys are really strong...

...But you made the same mistake as you did the last time.

Just like when we faced you before, we aren't fighting alone, now.

Back then, we had comrades who rescued us when we were backed into a corner.

And now that we're in another one, we have faith that they'll come to help us once more!

We know that as long as we stand firm, there's always hope.

That's the bond that exists between true comrades, and that's what defeated you guys!

The last fight, and this one as well.

Yeah? Well we haven't lost yet!

But you are about to! You won't be able to break or counter this power! It's impossible!

Shikamaru!

Yeah!

That's good! We're connected!

Release!

[gasp]

Wait! You're--

(Kidomaru) That brat from last time!

(Sakon) No way! He tore apart the barrier from the outside!?

(Ukon) This is bad, Sakon! If the barrier's broken, our souls will..

So what!? Before that we can at least get our revenge on this guy!

[attack cries]

Nothing worthwhile is ever born out of vengeance!

(Sakon) No! Our... souls...!

The influence of the Curse Mark on the dead's desire for revenge...

Well, at least the data I collected about that was worth it.

I think that pretty soon I'll be able to send him out onto the battlefield...

And when that happens, all of these "opening acts" will be inconsequential...

[happy sobbing]

This time, I was able to use the enemy's malice to our advantage...

But the malice of war is spreading like wildfire.

I have to put an end to this, quickly!

(Hinata) Are you doing all right now, Neji?

(Neji) My eyes have recovered a lot, but I still have some blind spots...

(Hinata) Then rest assured, until your eyes have healed, I'll be sure to protect you!

(Hinata) ...just as you protected me back then...

(Neji) When I protected you?

(Hinata) It was when Sasuke was still in the village.

(Naruto) Next time on Naruto Shippuden: "The Heart's Eye."

(Hinata) I've always wanted to tell you this... to say...