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[giggles]

Forehead! Forehead! Forehead!

Hmf! Hey! Knock it off! Leave me alone!

[giggles]

Okay!

[gasp] ...It's snowing...

Kon, kon, kon, it's snowing, kon!

It looks to me like Yota really likes you, Sakura.

Or your forehead at least..!

Perfect!

Listen..! What's the deal..!?

Kon, kon, kon! Kon, kon, kon!

Well... I guess this could be fun!

All I wanted to do was give Sasuke a bouquet of flowers from our shop...

...but he just ignored me and walked off without so much as a look!

So so sad. Poor Ino-Ino...

Ino... I... sorry.

Yota..! You're so nice that I'll give you one!

(Thinking) Ino is so forward... I can't believe she'd act that way with Sasuke!

You having fun, Sakura?

Huh?

If Sakura happy, then Yota happy, too!

Sakura...!? What are you so happy about!?

Oh...! That's not it...!

[giggle]

[annoyed groan]

That yota is so fickle!

When he's sad, it starts raining. And when he's happy, it snows... Hm...

[groaning]

Huh?

Huh?

Huh?

(Ino) Those flowers...

(Shikamaru) Did Yota...?

He was here?

Huh...

No, you can't go there, Yota...

You're supposed to be a secret from the rest of the village.

If someone discovered you, then there's gonna be trouble for sure!

So you can't let anybody see you, okay?

Sure! But don't worry, no one's seen me.

Are you sure?

You bet! Well, maybe one kid...

Who!?

He seemed like kind of a weird one...

He was the only kid sitting outside at lunch.

He was on an iron rod.

Iron rod?

...Naruto?

Hm... Wait, you mean... that kid?

Oh! I know! He's always alone! And looks really angry.

Angry? Really? 'Cause every time I see him he kinda smiles at me.

You know what, maybe he likes you!

What!? Cut it out!

Did Naruto notice you, or not?

Maybe... I dunno.

Listen, Yota. Don't go into the village ever again, okay?

If you're caught, you might get taken away and we wouldn't see each other again.

Oh no, not that! I don't want to be apart from Sakura!

Just Sakura? What gives?

Thank you, Yota.

I gotta say, that was really pretty funny, though.

Sasuke is always so "cool," but he looked like a flower garden!

[laughter]

[grunt]

[panting]

So, does this mean we have to fight Yota?

It's just like with Asuma. We have to fight and seal him.

...We have to fight!

Yeah, but... How can we!?

(Choji) How do we defeat someone who can control the weather?

I don't know yet!

[shouts]

[panting]

(Thinking) Come to think of it, we really don't know much of anything about Yota...

...How do we...?

(Telepathically) Dad, connect me with Sakura.

[gasp]

You got it.

Sakura!

[gasp]

(Ino) Sakura! You there?

(Telepathically) Ino? Sorry, I'm in the middle of something right now!

Do you remember...? You have to-- You just have to!

(Ino) ...It's Yota!

Wait... Yota? Ino... He's in front of me right now!

[gasp] What..!? He is!?

[gasp]

Huh!?

(Kiba) He's here, too!

[gasp]

...And he's really really mad about something...!

What?

But, how can Yota be with you guys, too!?

Three Yotas...?

What is going on here!?

[♪Whistling]

Whistling...?

[♪Whistling]

So, who are you?

[♪Whistling]

What's this?

[♪Whistling]

Huh?

[gasp]

Hold on...

Yeah, you're... Yota!

[giggle]

[♪Louder Whistling]

[grunt]... Yota..!

Naruto.

[♪Whistling]

Yota...

Huh?

[groaning]

What's up?

What did you do with Yota!? Did you take him somewhere, you-!?

Ino, putting him through an interrogation won't work.

Naruto, you know though, don't you?

Know what?

[groan]

You saw something, right? I mean... maybe not...?

If I didn't see anything, how could I have seen something?

You know, you're a lot shrewder than you look.

Mmmhm!

Are you kidding!? Why would that impress you guys so much?

Come on! Let's go!

Hey! What--!?

Now, what did you do with Yota!?

Uh... Yota?

You met him in the schoolyard the other day, didn't you...!?

The only other person who knows about Yota besides us is you!

[gasp]

Come on! Don't deny it! You met Yota, didn't you!?

And then you blabbed about it to everyone!

I don't know who Yota is.

He was a kid who got lost near the Village...

We all felt bad for him so we started taking care of him.

But then, today, when we came here, everything was a mess and Yota was gone!

So, this kid is some kind of an outsider then?

[gasp]

Why would you guys protect an outsider...

...but still look at me that way!?

[grunt]

What kind of thing is that to say!?

He's so stuck up!

[groan]

Well, maybe we did question him kinda hard without having any proof...

Huh?

Maybe he really doesn't know anything about Yota.

[guilty sigh]

This really stinks! Why's it always have to be me!?

Ugh, now I'm lost.

(Yota) [crying]

[gasp] Huh?

[crying]

Are you...?

[crying]

Hey, could it be...?

[crying]

Hey! Whoa! Just calm it down, would ya!?

What is it!? What's the matter!?

[crying]

Who are you anyway?

I'm scared! I'm so scared!

Okay... but what's your name?

I'm... Yota!

Huh!? So you're the one they were talking about!

(Yota) [crying harder]

ARGHHH!

Huh?

Weird, a sun shower?

Yota, is this... your jutsu?

Wow, that's cool!

Man, I can't even do stuff like Clone or Transformation Jutsu.

And Iruka Sensei is always getting on my case about it, too.

You're an outsider like me, but everybody likes you...

What a joke... that's so unfair, you know?

Boo! Ahh!

Wait! I know you! You are... [blowing air]

Right? You were sitting up on the iron rod the other day and doing that whatchamacallit-- Whistling!

Oh!

[♪Whistling]

Whoa...! [♪Whistling]

[♪Whistling]

Can you teach me how to whistle, too!?

Huh?

When you started whistling like that, it was like you weren't all alone anymore!

It cheered you up!

I was just pretending!

I only started whistling to distract myself...

Then that's what Yota's gonna do, too!

Look, you're already friends with everyone-

Uh... Huh!?

Are you...?

[gasp] Hold still!

[hissing]

[gasp]

Will you teach me how to whistle like you, now? Pretty please?

Sure!

All right, watch me. First blow out without pursing your lips, ya know?

Then, you slowly narrow them...

...and make wind sounds like "wooosh!"

Hm!

[♪]

[♪]

[♪]

[♪]

[♪]

[♪]

[♪]

(Thinking) He's happy now...

So his happiness turns into wind!

Listen! [whistling melody]

What's that?

[whistling melody echo]

(Yota) You. Are. My. Friend.

Huh?

You are my friend! Ya know?

Hm?

[laughing]

(Akamaru) [Barking]

Hm.

(Akamaru) [Barking]

Hey! There he is! Come back, you!

[barking]

Hey! Wait!

No! No! Noooo!

Ahhh!

That kid!? Again!?

Yota!

Ow!

No doggies! No doggies...! No!

Ahh! Whoa!

What did you guys do to Yota!?

I have no idea!

I was just taking Akamaru out for a walk... ARGH!

And I saw that guy!

[lightning zap]

(Kiba) Then thunder and lightening started goin' off everywhere!

He's the one doing this, isn't he!?

Argh!

Yota?

Yeah! It's him!

Yota...!

Peh-peh-peh-peh!

So when Yota gets angry, he makes thunder and lightening?

[screams]

[giddy chuckles]

[grunt]

[laughing]

Here, puppy!

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

Four... five... six...

Seven... eight... nine...

Ten... eleven... twelve...

Thirteen...

I'll hide with you, Naruto!

You can't Yota! They're gonna find us both right away!

[giggling]

No, come on! You've gotta stop acting all happy like this!

Otherwise the weather will change, and then they'll find us!

Now you're angry with me, Naruto?

Oh no! Not crying! Just get out of here! Shoo!

(Kiba) Ninety-eight, ninety-nine.... one hundred!

Ha! Found you, Naruto!

Ugh! That Yota got me caught!

Isn't anyone gonna come and kick the can to save me...?

Come on... anyone?

[grunt]

Shikamaru, Choji, Ino, Akamaru, Sakura...

That means Yota's the only one left.

Yota?

Yota...?

That means Yota's crying!

Yota...!

[gasp]

No! Yota!

[grunt]

We're taking him into custody. He'll be kept under strict observation and interrogated.

But Yota isn't a danger to the Village!

We'll determine that.

Besides, all outsiders are forbidden inside the Village boarders.

You'll be summoned later to give evidence.

Until then, return home and stay there.

No way! 'Cause Yota is my--!

[running breaths]

(Thinking) That was it. That moment marked the end of our days with Yota.

And then...

We all let Yota die...

(Naruto) Yota! Get a grip! It's all okay!

(Yota) You guys... time to go...

(Naruto) What are you talking about? From now on we're gonna be--

(Yota) No matter what happens, I will never forget about you guys...

(Yota) But every last one of you will forget about me...

(Naruto) Next time on Naruto Shippuden: "Lingering Snow"

(Naruto) How could we forget you!?