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"Itachi's Story - Light and Darkness: The Pain of Living"

Uh?

Father!

We'll discuss this again later on.

Father!

Coming back from a mission, are you?

Yes, sir.

We haven't walked together like this in quite a while.

Well, I'm a genin now. I have to go out on missions.

Ah! I see!

Yes, that's right... Since the Uchiha Clan moved here...

... three years have gone by.

Pushed to the outskirts of the village...

...and the higher-ups took away our authority, leaving many Uchiha strongly

dissatisfied with their methods...

You're aware of all that, too, aren't you?

We still hope to regain our power one day...

...and step out of the darkness--

Father, look!

Huh?

[chuckling]

Oh-uh-uh.

[chuckling]

What's so funny, Itachi?

Sorry, Father.

It's just that you're the face of the Uchiha

and I'm proud to be able to walk alongside you.

That's enough flattery for now.

Wanna get your favorite snack on the way back home?

[gasping] Mm!

Can't be helped if they're all sold out.

Itachi?

Hmm?

Izumi.

I'm sorry, Itachi.

You sure I didn't interrupt things with you and your dad?

I'm sure. It's fine.

It's been a while.

Yeah! I haven't seen you since you became a genin!

Oh! That's right! I'm sorry I didn't even get you a gift.

I mean, I didn't even congratulate you. I'm really sorry!

You don't have to apologize so much.

Listen, it's nothing big, but...

How 'bout, you have one of these as a gift? Ya know, if you want...

My mom loves the three-color dumplings from that shop.

But... I guess that someone like you... someone who's brilliant and who excels in

ninjutsu and taijutsu and who breezed through the Academy in just a year...

...wouldn't have much of a sweet tooth.

I'm sorry that I just assumed...

I guess that since I already opened them up...

...I'll just have to eat them myself!

[gulping]

Uh--

Don't tell me...!

Want one?

[grunting]

[giggling]

Do you think it's weird?

Mm-mm! It's not that...

I've known you for quite a while, but I never knew that you liked this kind of food!

Well, rank and gender don't really have anything to do with what someone

might like to eat...

Yeah, that's true. Sorry.

[giggling]

I'm sorry, Itachi! It's just... [giggling]

I'm laughing 'cause... you looked like you were ready to use your Sharingan!

I just thought it was funny... But I won't laugh anymore. Sorry, Itachi!

Oh!

I'm sorry about that! Look, let me make it up to you, okay?

Is there anything else you might want?

Anything I might want?

Mm-hm!

(Itachi thinking) That's right, she's--

Yeah... I thought so.

Sorry... but that isn't something that I can give you.

Mm.

Hey!

We have another mission.

Stop flirting.

We are not flirting!

Itachi?

I can't give them to you, but I'll pray for you.

I hope that your Sharingan awakens soon.

And when it does, I'll congratulate you!

[meowing]

So? How was the kunai that you bought the other day, Itachi?

Uh, yes, it was quite amazing.

Quite amazing, eh? You're good with words, I see.

It's lightweight and possesses a very sharp and durable edge.

You'd never be able to get it anywhere else for the

price that I charged you for it.

My father also extends his thanks.

I don't need your thanks, but how about you give me a discount on the price of

this latest request, Captain?

I'm sorry, but that job and this one are two separate things...

Yes, of course, I understand that, but uh...

All right, then, so we've accepted the mission.

Do you three understand the specifics?

No! I don't get it, Minazuki Sensei! We just have to find a cat, right?

So why are you making all of us wear these ridiculous things?!

Tenma, you don't always have to be so sassy, you know.

What's that?! What did you say? You got a problem?

Hey, stop! Pipe down, you two! Or you'll wake up Tamaki!

[groaning]

[gasping]

[lightly grunting]

[sighing]

[exhaling]

I'm not asking you to find a run-of-the-mill lost cat, here!

You're searching for a Ninja Cat!

What's more, you'll be going into the Den of Cats, were cats congregate.

Oh, so that's why we need this Ninja Tool, huh?

This'll allow us to understand cat language, right, meow?

It's intel work...!

...so I just don't see why we have to...

[swooning]

Ahhh!

Oh, wow... those things really do look cute on you!

You know... you graduated at the top of the class at the Academy!

Don't you have any shame at all, Itachi?

What? Shame?

But appearance isn't a consideration when it comes to a mission, is it?

Uh!

Okay, you two, no fighting.

This is a picture of the Ninja Cat we're looking for.

Uh! This cat is...

[meowing]

Meow, meow, meow!

Aww, don't say that! You're really super cute! Meow, meow.

Since you're wearing that translator thing, you can drop the "meow, meow"

cat-talk. It's hard to understand, especially with the way you talk.

[chuckling]

[grunting]

Yeah, so what?!

It's a mission, so it can't be helped! I gotta wear 'em!

But... It's a total embarrassment...

[giggling]

You may say that, but it looks so cute on you, no matter what you say!

All right! All right! Let's go gather intel.

We'll split into teams. Itachi with me, and Tenma with Shinko.

Scatter!

[scoffing]

Let's get going!

[meowing]

We sure got our intel really quickly!

Well, Itachi? Let's go find the others.

All right, sir. I'll get them.

[meowing]

[meowing]

Hey, what's the matter, Tenma?

Listen, just drop it! It's nothing! Well, no... not really...

The mission we're on...

No, I mean... actually, the Ninja Cat that we're after...

Mm.

It seems like that cat... is pretty special.

What? Since when did you turn into a cat expert, huh?

I'm not sayin' I am!

It's just that the leader of our clan... I mean, my dad has been sick.

And the medicine he needs... Well, it calls for some whiskers from that Ninja Cat.

Oh... then you'd better take some, right?

Yeah! Think it's okay?

Doubt it.

[grunting]

Just keep me in the dark about it. If you take them without me knowing...

It's okay.

Mm. But, uh...

Make sure not to tell you-know-who!

Huh?! Oh, get it together! Talk about being a coward!

Are you just jealous 'cause Itachi, who's way younger than you skipped a bunch of

grades, to graduate from the Academy at the top of his class?

If it weren't for that kid...

What? You'd be ranked at the top, is that it?

I didn't say that! Stop putting words in my mouth!

Yeah, yeah... whatever.

Anyway, Itachi's awesome! There's no point competing with him!

I'm not competing with him! And it has nothing to do with being top-ranked!

Reall--

We've found the Ninja Cat's location.

Please regroup with Minazuki Sensei.

[groaning] Rejected again!

And that dang clan of mine just keeps harping on me about getting married...

[hiccuping]

Ah! So he was chasing some female cat around and ended up here of all places...

Seems like it.

I guess that our mission is complete now, but...

Okay, I'll go in.

You guys hang back here.

Hey!

What do you want?!

I just overheard your story and I can sympathize, believe me! So I just

thought that you and I could talk a bit.

Wait, you mean that you can understand me?

And the feelings of a dumped cat, meow?

I do! I understand that feeling well!

[chuckling]

Oh, I see. You're not good with the ladies either, meow!

OOO!

Uh, yeah. That's it.

Meow, meow. Have a drink.

These women... they just don't understand a guy's charm, you know?

Ladies just don't have perspective... a discerning eye...

I mean they're clueless.

How dare you insult my woman?!

[gasping]

Looks like there's a communication breakdown...

Damn it! We should've just done this right from the start!

Hiyaaaa!

What's going on, meow,...?

... ya little brats?

I'll take you on, meow!

You're not gettin' away!

Damn it, he's going on ahead of us?!

[grunting]

[gasping]

[gasping]

[yelling]

His... toe beans were so...

... soft and so squishy.

[fainting]

This guy's good...

(thinking) I have to do something about his mobility first...

He's balancing himself with his tail.

That's not all...

Those whiskers enhance his spatial perception.

In that case...

[gasping]

Uh!

What are you aiming at, meow?

You're good with the kunai, but you've got a ways to go, meow.

I know... You're right.

I thought that I'd manage five millimeters more...

Huh?!

[yelling]

[grunting] Meow.

[chuckling]That all went pretty well, but... was it in time?

[grunting]

Don't underestimate Tenma the Speedy!

[grunting and chuckling]

Heh-heh... I might get more than a scratch out of this one...

Huh?! [grunting]

Oh, that's good... I was in time for both! [sighing]

[giggling]

I...I actually did it!

We owe you a big thanks for your help meow.

I told him that he should hurry up and settle down meow...

But I never thought that he'd fall in love meow.

This one's skilled except when it comes to picking girlfriends meow...

All I ever wanted to do was find the best bride I could for the sake of our clan meow.

Meow, the most important thing is that you're meow-kay.

You fulfilled the mission just as I requested,

or at least that's what I'd like to say!

But... what happened to his whiskers?!

In order to keep the fighting to a minimum, there was no other choice.

So you cut them off?!

I guess that's my fault for not giving you a head's up about his skills.

Any chance that you brought them back...?

No, uh-- they blew away in the wind.

Mmm.

[gasping and whistling]

[sighing] Well, I guess it can't be helped.

Thank you for your hard work.

Itachi!

The next time you come...

I'll have you take care of the debts that the Uchiha have racked up!

[awkward chuckling]

It sure is a good thing that you got what you needed, huh, Tenma?

Yeah, I guess...

Oh, come on, cheer up, already, would ya?

You said the fate of your clan rests on it, right?

It isn't actually that critical...

Although... If this does cure my dad,

then my clan really is going to be more secure.

(Itachi thinking) That Ninja Cat... And those grownups...

All of them... are always thinking about their clans...

[grunting]

All right, listen... you'd better not be thinking you saved me or something.

That never crossed my mind.

You know, even if you didn't end up helping me-

[groaning] Hey, what'd you do that for?!

Why are you still saying stuff like that, anyway?!

He's your friend! Of course he's gonna help you out when you need it!

Hold on! I was just completing the mission!

Me be friends with this guy?!

[grunting]

You stop being so difficult, too, got it?!

All right! Anything you want to say to Itachi?!

I'll swear I'll make it up to you for this!

[gasping]

Why can't you just say "thank you" like a normal person, Tenma?

[groaning] Shinko! That was too hard! That really hurt!

(Itachi thinking) Friend, huh?

[groaning]

Oh, my face. Ugh.

Hey, Big Brother! What is this?

Oh, that's from that time...

Mmm!

[chuckling]

Life is born... and life dies... But sometimes... life is saved again...

Wait... when I saved Tenma back then...

... I didn't really think too deeply about it.

He's your friend! Of course he's gonna help you out when you need it!

A clan grows. A village is born. And bonds are formed.

If that's what friends are... then we were friends, no doubt about it.

We formed a bond. That's why it happened.

We shared a bond...

That's why he--

(Tenma) I'll swear I'll make it up to you for this!

...died.

I didn't understand back then...

...what real pain is.

Pain of losing a life.

I first felt it after losing-- No. I was forced to realize it.

The feeling of not wanting to lose something precious.

Big Brother! Your eyes!

Will the day come when you possess these eyes, too, Sasuke?

The day when you come to know what sadness truly is?

Well, I have to go.

Big Brother! You said you were gonna play with me today!

I did, didn't I? But I have a mission now.

Sorry, Sasuke. Some other time, okay?

[gasping]

(Shisui) I apologize, Sasuke. I need your brother for a bit.

Next time on Naruto Shippuden: "Shisui's Request."

(Shisui) He's probably going to resent me now too, you know.