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Fumikomu se asero kakehiki warai sasukodai yo

Yoru wo nukeru Nijikomu

tatayori sashihikidero sasukodai yo Hibi wo

kizuru Kokoro wo sotto

iraite gutto

Thank you for watching!

That ninja, where could she be hiding?

Naruto?

It's about time a lazy fool woke up.

You really are one of a kind, that's for sure.

And I mean, you're the kind that gets on my nerves.

To your hair!

Oh, that's all.

I just wanted to change my look.

I like it better long, but when I'm out in the wilderness like this and I'm

moving around all the time, it gets in the way too much.

Hmm.

So what's your story?

Why are you guys here in the first place? What's going on around here?

Hmm.

Explaining everything to you is going to be such a pain.

Everyone just showed up to help.

What?

Stop it. He's sure putting on a brave face.

Huh?

I'll take care of him now, you know.

Uh, okay.

Come on, Lee! Pull it together!

Snap out of it already, all right?

Captain, is that you?

What are you doing here?

I came to help you out. What do you think?

Where are those sound ninja guys?

Sasuke took care of them. Don't worry about it, Lee.

Really?

Just what were you thinking, resting in there all by yourself?

Look at you. You're a total mess.

Well, Sakura was in trouble, so I had to do something, right?

He's gotta be kidding.

He had to know he didn't stand a chance alone against all those guys.

That was... Pretty darn stupid, don't you think?

Well, I guess I cannot really argue with that.

Aha! I know you, bushy brow!

Hey!

Knock it off! You better not say anything bad about... What in

the world happened while I was asleep?

Everything's gone crazy!

The Naruto is completely out of the loop.

How far out of the loop? He doesn't even know there is a loop.

He's not going to be the hero of this little story.

Lee? Huh?

Thank you.

Because of you, I was able to stand up for myself.

And I've become a little stronger.

Thank you, Sakura.

But I guess my efforts alone were not good enough.

So Sasuke, you are as good as your reputation.

Just what you would expect from the Uchiha clan. To chase off those ninja,

must be very strong.

Not like me. I just got beaten to a pulp.

What's he talking about, beaten to a pulp?

Is he serious?

Were those guys really that strong?

Sakura, the lotus of the leaf village blooms twice.

Huh?

When we meet again, I will have become a stronger ninja.

I promise.

Hey,

Sakura!

Come on over here!

I want to fix your hair for you, okay?

Yeah, I'd like that.

Wow, you sneaky little troll.

Hugging him like that.

Build Lord Brow, haven't you heard the expression all fair in love and war,

little Eno pig?

Sasuke Uchiha.

He's a stronger opponent than I could have imagined.

Hey, Akamaru, you okay?

Is he still shaking?

He's been at it for half a day already.

Akamaru.

I don't blame him.

Not after what happened. It's because of what he saw.

I know we'll be the ones who survive this.

Right, Akamaru?

Of course, it's lucky for us that the people caught in that trap had an Earth

Scroll.

And now we're going to be the first ones to reach the tower.

Don't get overconfident.

That's a dangerous mistake to make.

No matter how small a bug is, it still has to guard itself at all times.

We have to make sure that we don't encounter any enemies.

That's the only way to be safe.

Yeah, I know that, Shino. But as usual, you gotta say it in a weird, vague way,

bug nerd.

Yeah, but Kiba, what Shino said, he does kind of have a point, you know.

Yeah, I know. Just come on!

I sure hope that nothing's happened to Naruto out here.

Hold on, guys. We have to stop.

Why? We're being careful not to encounter any enemies, right?

All right, Hinata.

I want you to check out a kilometer ahead in that direction.

Here goes.

Yakugan!

They're all right.

It sounds like there are... six people there.

All right, let's check it out.

Kiba, what are you talking about?

We're not going to do that. Why not? The test administrator said that we had to

get both a heaven and an earth scroll, right?

But she didn't say we couldn't take more than that.

If we get more scrolls, there will be fewer to go around.

And that means other teams will be cut out of the competition.

But... Look, first we'll just check it out, okay? If it looks too dangerous, we

won't battle them. Now come on, let's go!

He's the kind of guy that even the hungriest insects would avoid.

What's wrong, Akamaru?

What happened?

You just stopped all of a sudden.

Yeah, something just spooked the little guy.

What scared him?

I have no idea.

Akamaru has the ability to sniff out the level of an enemy's chakra.

But man, I've never seen him this scared by it before.

Whoever those ninja up ahead are, they aren't normal guys.

Do you believe the nerve of these sand village ninja shugure challenging us

on? Yeah, they're a bunch of fools.

What's he thinking?

That guy's way too little to take on an opponent who's that big.

What did Akamaru say?

That that big guy, he is big trouble.

They all look like they're bad news to me.

Like they're really strong.

Too bad, kids.

You should have picked your opponent better.

Now you're all gonna die.

I've heard enough out of you.

Let's make this quick. I don't want to waste time on this guy.

We don't even know which scroll these guys have.

Hey, Gaara.

Doesn't it make more sense to follow these punks and gather information

I mean, if they have the same type of scroll as us, we're just fighting an

unnecessary battle. I don't care.

They looked at me the wrong way.

So they're gonna die.

This is exactly why I didn't want to be stuck in the forest with him if you

think you can kill us

No matter where you go, I can get you.

There's no blind spot in this jutsu, and it's deadly accurate.

Child's play.

Is that all you can do?

It can't be. Not one wound.

Impossible.

Rainstorm, huh?

I have an idea.

Let's make it rain blood instead.

Man,

his chakra's so powerful.

And that fan.

You smell that odor?

It stinks.

Powder? It smells like blood.

He's created a wall of sand!

That's right.

It's a defense and nothing can get through it.

He carries around all that sand and the gore that he has on his back.

And when he's attacked, he uses the power of his chakra to harden the sand.

It's a jutsu that only Gaara can do. And somehow it happens automatically.

independent of his will. So any attacks against him are doomed to fail.

Yeah? Well, we'll see.

Just face it, you guys can't hope to defeat Gaara.

Give me a break.

That punk's a dead man.

We warned him not to fight Gaara.

Stop coughing!

I can't move!

Let me go!

All I have to do is cover your big mouth and you'll be dead.

But that would be too easy or too boring.

Stan!

Dario!

I crushed him with more force than necessary, so it was over quickly.

The corpse's bitter crimson tears flow and mingle with the endless sand,

the chaos within me and making me stronger.

Just take the scroll.

Go on.

Here. Yes, take it. Please spare us.

We gotta get out of here before he finds and kills us.

We got lucky.

It's a heaven scroll.

All right, now let's head to the tower.

Just shut up. Huh?

It's not... It's still not enough for me.

Oh, no. Did he see us? If he did, we're done for.

Come on, Gaara. Let's go.

What are you, scared?

Coward. Huh?

Look, Gaara. I know this test is no problem for you, but it's dangerous for

Tamari and me. One set of scrolls is good enough.

It's all we need to pass.

Losers. Can't tell me what to do.

All right, that's enough.

Sometimes you have to listen to what your big brother says.

It's too bad I don't think of you as my big brother at all.

If you get in my way, I'll kill you.

Wait! Just hold on, Gaara.

You don't have to treat us like we're the enemy.

Look, do it as a favor for your sister.

Please?

Uh -huh.

Gaara!

Alright, this time.

Yeah.

That's why I hate Bratz.

Well,

I guess now we know why you were so freaked out.

I just wish you would have said something sooner.

No one's here.

We're the first.

No, I'm sure that I sent someone here a little while ago.

The poor little guy's been so scared for so long.

Come to think of it, what did Akamaru say before?

Well, I guess he must have been saying that that bigger ninja was in trouble

because that little pipsqueak was gonna kill him.

Just like I thought.

There's no other place to go.

We've already waited half a day. How much longer are they gonna make us wait?

I don't know what that sand village squirt is, but whatever he is, he's way

dangerous to mess with.

Bad news.

This is turning into a real mess.

But there's no way we can cancel the test.

What do you mean?

Sorry to interrupt.

What do you want? We're talking about something important.

I'm sorry, but...

It's this tape. You have to see it.

What is it?

Okay, now, when you watch this, pay special attention to the time.

Well, but that means... That's right, Anko.

This is recorded from inside the tower.

It's unbelievable.

Those ninja finished only an hour and 37 minutes after the test started. They

completely destroyed the record for finishing the second test.

What? That's impossible.

It took just 97 minutes.

Nothing like this has ever happened before.

No one's even come close.

Those ninja from the Sand Village are way above Ganeen level. They beat the

record by four hours.

I'm afraid it's not just that.

I don't get it. What do you mean?

It's ten kilometers from the test entrance gates to the tower. And in

are ferocious animals and poisonous insects, not to mention the other ninja.

Could they really have avoided all those things?

Especially the brown -haired kid in the front.

What's so special about him?

You mean you didn't see?

Interesting. That is quite a surprise.

I still don't get it. What am I supposed to be seeing here?

It's what you're not seeing. Look closely at his body.

I see it now.

Not one single scratch.

And I haven't even been able to spot one little speck of dirt on his clothing.

Not even I.

No. None of the Chunin would be able to make it to the tower without at least

getting a scratch.

It's impossible.

He must have some special ability.

It's been a long time since we've had such a promising candidate.

But his eyes are pure evil.

Thank you.

Thank you.

No, you're not.

What's the harm?

I'll show you the harm.

Come on, just one little peek.

What part of no don't you understand?

No means no.

Remember what the test administrator said, loser?

You peek and we all fail.

Yeah, but that just makes me want to peek more.

Next time, the scroll secret.

No peeking allowed.

It's not going to be easy, but somehow I'm going to look inside that scroll.