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I love you.

Thank you.

Gai -sensei, please let this work!

It is now or never!

To protect and maintain one's own ninja way!

The fifth gate!

A splendid ninja is born!

The whole body's changing!

He's burning red!

What's it mean? What's happening?

He opened the third gate. The gate of life. Now he'll attack.

Oh, no. Not yet.

No one can do that through sheer effort alone.

The boy's truly a genius.

and can't move fast enough to protect him.

He's crumbling away!

You are a tough one!

Try this!

His muscles are tearing themselves apart!

Is that really Lee? But when? How?

One more and we are finished!

No human could move like this.

Impossible to defend myself.

Are you watching, Neji?

I was saving this ace in a hole to use against you!

See what you have to look forward to?

His sand shield can't keep up.

He's in trouble.

Whoa.

The Hidden Lotus, a Taijutsu combination of such blinding speed that no one can

defend himself against it. Not even Neji.

Gaara's sand shield is useless.

Now to finish it!

Hidden Lotus!

So fast, I couldn't see a thing!

What's happening? The gourd is turning into sand.

Unbelievable! He did it! Gotta!

Is it over?

Huh? What's that?

Down there!

Unbelievable!

He cushioned his fall by turning that gourd into sand.

I know what's coming now.

I am not going to be the one who loses.

My own ninja way!

He failed.

Why save him?

Because he's... I am alright.

Getting stronger all the time.

The tuning exam. I am going to make you proud, Gai -sensei.

I want to show I can be as fun a ninja as well.

Even if I do not have ninjutsu or genjutsu.

I want to prove it to the whole world!

Because he's... He's my student.

And also because he's precious to me.

He's

precious

to him? A student?

That's a sentiment that Gaara couldn't even begin to understand.

I quit.

He what? He quit?

But it's too late for Lee. He lost the match the minute Guy intervened.

The winner is... Huh?

After all that, he shouldn't be able to move, let alone stand up.

No, Lee.

It's all right.

It's all over now.

Anyway, you're in no condition to... Lee.

Oh, Lee.

What have I done?

Look at you.

Not even conscious.

And still determined to show the world what you can do.

He's out cold.

Nothing keeping him up but sheer willpower.

Lee.

You've already proven it.

You are splendid, ninja.

The winner is Gaara.

There is nothing you can do for him right now.

There are times when sympathetic words only make things worse.

Hmph. I knew he couldn't be gotta.

Still, it was a lot tougher match than we thought.

Naruto.

I can't believe it.

Lee lost to him?

Hurry, this boy needs attention.

You're his teacher, aren't you?

I am.

What is it?

Will you come with me?

Careful with him.

That's right, easy.

The boy's breathing is faint but steady.

There are bone fractures and muscle tear throughout his body.

He's facing a long and difficult rehabilitation.

But I'm afraid that's not the worst of it.

His left arm and leg in particular have suffered massive damage.

I'm sorry. I know how much it means to you both.

But he'll never fight again.

His days as a shinobi are over.

No.

He's wrong.

He's wrong. It can't be true.

I get him first. This weirdo is mine.

No, thank you. Right now, the only one I want to fight is Uchiha.

What are you doing?

Naruto, I get where you are coming from. Believe me. But the rules say all

fighting must be done officially in a match. The loser beating the gifted

through sheer willpower.

Now, would not that make for an exciting match?

Even if...

I am the one who is going to have to fight Neji.

Lee.

Oh, forgive me.

I couldn't bear the thought of you losing.

I wanted you to achieve your goal.

To prove that your ninja way was the right way.

Yes! I did it! I finally mastered the jutsu! Yes!

Yes! Yes! This jutsu, in the end, only Lee could make it his own.

As of today, you are all genin.

So now tell me, why have you done it? What are your goals?

How about me, sensei?

I want to show I can be a splendid ninja as well.

Even if I do not have ninjutsu or genjutsu.

I want to prove it to the whole world.

It was all my fault.

I should have stopped it.

Forgive me.

Lee!

It's not true.

It can't be true.

Easy for you to say it's over. What about Bushy Brow? What's he supposed to

now?

Failure? I thought you said we could win. I thought you were going to show

failure can... It was all a lie, wasn't it?

That's enough, Naruto.

But Sensei, it isn't fair.

All he ever wanted was to prove himself against Sasuke and Neji.

And maybe that's what led to his downfall.

He was so fixated on that goal that he sacrificed his body, his future, to

attain it.

And now that goal is unattainable.

But you're wrong about one thing, Naruto.

It wasn't just Sasuke and Neji he was thinking of. It was you, too.

That's right. He risked everything just for the hope of meeting you in combat.

Remember that.

Be worthy of his sacrifice.

I wonder if he'll be all right.

Lee, you didn't understand.

Even at the end.

Fate will never smile on the fortunes of a ninja who seeks victory by falling on

his own sword.

Or demanding that others fall on theirs.

So, the worst didn't happen after all.

Good to have you back. Gotta.

Guy.

What I said earlier, it was out of line.

I was being a self -righteous fool.

I realize now that if I'd been in your shoes, I probably couldn't have stopped

him either.

Come on, guy.

Let's go up.

They can't start the next match with us standing here.

Right.

Now then, the last two competitors, will you please step forward?

So, it's finally my turn.

Just keep your eyes on the prize.

All you can eat, barbecue.

My job is to survive the main tournament and battle Sasuke.

Isn't that right, Lord Orochimaru?

I wouldn't want to disappoint you.

I begin to see through your design.

The reason you set us against Sasuke but forbid us from killing him. The curse

you put on him.

We were your pawns, weren't we, my lord?

Put here merely to test the limits of his abilities.

It's not Sasuke's life you want.

It's Sasuke himself.

You played us all for fools. Even me.

All right.

The tenth and final match will begin.

Thank you for

watching!

Probably.

Figures. Hey, what's wrong, Sakura?

You seem kind of down.

Just uneasy.

There's something not right.

Well, whatever.

Next time, a shadow in darkness.

Danger approaches Sasuke.

I've got a bad feeling.