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You idiot!

Didn't I tell you not to let him out of your sight for a second?

Huh? Oh,

no.

God, I've gone.

Yeah, but where?

Man, is he ever gonna wake up?

Maybe the kid croaked.

You're wasting your time if those are for Sasuke.

heard the news that he still hasn't come back yet?

You're a little behind the curve, aren't you, Billboard Brow?

As a matter of fact, I was getting it for Lee.

The last one must be wilting by now.

Yeah, you're right.

Lee! You shouldn't be out of bed!

Stop it! Keep away from me! Do not talk me out!

I am not through yet.

Here you go.

Thank you.

Tell him hi. I hope he's feeling better.

The fan stopped.

What's up with that?

Did they forget to wind it or something?

What a drag.

So,

you decided to wake up, huh?

Where am I?

What is it? The hospital.

They said you've been out cold like this for three days straight.

Three days?

Uh, yeah, more or less.

So tomorrow, when's the final competition begin?

Uh, tomorrow.

What? Are you crazy?

Why the heck didn't you wake me up sooner?

I can't be lying around here at a time like this. I've got to be getting ready.

And Purvy Sage, where's Purvy Sage? That old toot's supposed to be supervising

my training. Hey, calm down, kid. Get a grip. I don't know what you're talking

about. Where are my clothes? I've got to...

Oh, come on! Man, this kid gives me such a headache. I liked him a lot better

when he was in a coma.

Would you knock it off?

Now listen, you don't want to be freaking out the day before a big

Resting can be the best thing.

Huh?

Are you okay?

Is something wrong?

Yeah, I'm really starving.

Is that all? Man, stop scaring me like that. Oh, look at this.

I went to all the trouble of getting this stuff for Choji, and then the

told me he couldn't have it. Such a drag.

But at least we can eat it.

Choji? You mean he's here in the hospital, too?

Nothing to worry about.

All he's got is a bad case of indigestion.

He ate one short rib too many.

I should have figured. That's just like him. Yeah. Well, you two are just lucky

I'm around or you wouldn't have any visitors.

Here.

Oh, wow. This looks delicious.

What?

What is it now?

Let's eat it in front of Choji. It'll drive him crazy.

Man, that's mean.

I like it.

What the... Where is everybody?

Out to lunch?

Hope you like it.

I'm still starving.

Come on, don't torture me like that, Shimaru.

Oh, that's right.

But why he failed?

Why save him?

Because he's my student. And also because he is precious to me.

I'm sorry.

Thank you.

My body.

What the heck do you think you're doing in here, you rat?

Hey, man, go easy.

I'm using my shadow possession jutsu, so when you're bashing him, you're bashing

me too. You got it?

Oh, sorry, Shikamaru.

Out with it. What were you trying to pull?

Hey, Choji, feeling better?

Oh, Eno!

All right, a pretty girl with food. This is my lucky day!

Well, are you going to tell us what you were going to do?

I was going to kill him. What?

This guy's one cool customer.

Look at him. He's not even fazed by my shadow possession, Jutsu.

You already beat him once in the competition.

What's your problem? Wasn't that enough for you?

Do you have some kind of personal grudge against him or something?

I have nothing against him.

It's nothing that complicated. I simply want to kill him, that's all.

You know what? You're sick!

Oh, really?

Well, let's just see you try it! Hey, whoa, kid! Take it easy!

Best thing to do is try and bluff our way out of this.

Yeah, yeah, we watched your last match against Lee. We know you're tough.

But you know, Naruto and I have a few little tricks up our sleeves as well.

We were holding back during the competition. There are things you

yet. On top of that, hey, it's two against one.

So don't be a fool, okay?

Just take my advice and go.

Quietly.

I'll say it once more.

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

Okay, plan B.

And I'll say it again. Let's see you try it.

Back off, will ya? We don't want to go there.

This guy fights like he's mad, like he's a demon or something.

He can act like a demon if he wants to, but you know what? I got the real thing

inside of me.

He told me Naruto was in here.

From the mess someone's made of that bed, he probably was.

Well, I guess that means he's all right.

Idiot. Leave this to me. What's the point of getting him mad?

A demon, huh?

My demon is as real as yours is.

From my birth, my upbringing was not what most people would consider a happy

one. To ensure that I became the strongest of shinobi, my father had cast

ninjutsu on me, infusing my unborn self with a sand spirit. I destroyed the life

of a woman who gave birth to me.

I was born a monster.

A sand spirit?

Its name is Shukaku, and it's the living incarnation of an old monk of the Sand

Village who'd been sealed up in a jar of tea.

Yeah, some kind of demonic jutsu. But to use it on a baby?

Before it's even born?

Man, that's creepy.

Can it be true?

He's got one inside of him, too?

Gee. What a swell guy your dad must have been. He really must have loved you a

lot. You speak of love?

Don't measure me by your standards.

Love.

Family.

The only emotional ties I have to my family are the ones I'd like to wrap

their necks. They're only ties of hate.

Given life by the death of my mother, I was brought into being and nurtured as

the salvation of the village.

I was the Kaze Kage child.

My father taught me the innermost secrets of the shinobi. He pampered and

protected me and left me to myself.

For a time, I thought that was love.

And that was when everything started.

When what started?

What was it? Are you going to tell us or not?

So go on. What started?

What was it?

In the six years since I became six years old, my father tried to destroy me

more times than I can count.

You just finished saying how your father pampered and protected you.

So which is it?

Those who get to be too strong are apt to become feared.

The jutsu that gave me birth had unbalanced something in my mind. Even

in my village finally realized I had emotional problems.

My father, the Kazekage, had created me as his ultimate weapon, but I eventually

became a threat to the very village I was meant to save.

By the time I was six, I became a figure of terror to the villagers.

To them, I was a relic of the past that they wished would disappear.

So you see, I had failed at the one purpose for which I was given life.

What then was left for me in this existence? Why go on living?

For a long time, I couldn't find an answer to that.

But in order to live, you need a purpose.

To exist for no reason.

The theme of being dead.

What is this guy talking about?

I know just what he means.

Exactly.

He's... he's the same as me.

Then in time, the answer came to me.

To put it simply, my reason for living is in the killing of others. For years,

lived in fear of those who were sent to murder me.

But now I am at peace.

I killed many would -be assassins.

And it was while I was doing it that the truth was made clear to me.

I live solely for myself.

I love only myself.

As it was the death of my mother that first gave me life, now it is the death

others that sustains me, that makes me almost happy to be alive.

And there's no end to it.

As long as there are still people to kill in this great, wide, crowded world,

will never disappear.

This freak!

He's out of his mind!

I was alone, too.

I didn't know what I was here for, why I was alive, until Yuruka -sensei came

along. He saw what was in me.

He gave me a purpose, a reason for living.

But this guy had no one.

He had to find the answer on his own.

And this is what he came up with.

To kill in order to live.

Could I have ended up like that if...

We're so different, but we're so close to being the same.

No, I don't think I can beat this guy.

Hey, where are you going? What's wrong?

He shouldn't be able to do that.

Not with my shadow possession jutsu on him.

Oh, man, what a drag!

Naruto! Now, let me feel alive.

Incoming! All right, that's enough.

Save it till tomorrow. That's when the final competition begins.

You're just wasting it today. Is that what you want?

Don't leave me alone.

I'm not bleeding, but it hurts a lot.

Thame, I will kill you. Just you wait.

I'll kill you all.

Oh, yeah.

Thank you for watching!

or lived for the whole point of my existence up till now. And what am I

Messing around with you on this stupid short time.