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Thank you

for

watching!

Tomorrow, huh?

The final rounds!

Rush to the battle arena!

So

what's

up? It's been a while since you've come in.

I was kind of in the hospital. The hospital?

Don't worry, I'm fine now. Never felt better, as a matter of fact.

Well, that's good.

Ayame? Huh?

Oh.

Here you go.

Uh... Um,

Mr. Chef?

Just eat it.

The final competition is tomorrow, right?

Oh, all right.

Thanks, guys.

Well, at least with a daughter at home, it's not so bad on the wallet.

Most of my money turns into food and then vanishes. Quit complaining.

You're not the only one who's got problems.

Look, I understand.

Daughters are a real drag.

Yeah, man.

There are times when I really have no idea how to deal with her.

I know what you mean. We dads have it rough.

Huh. And you're telling me to quit complaining.

Hey, mister!

One more order here. These two pages. Everything on them.

Welcome!

Aha!

Reinforcements are here. Come on in. Order something.

Dad. Come on. Can we go home already?

What? Listen, don't be a drag.

You're supposed to be living it up at this festival.

Yeah, right. Some festival.

It's a total drag.

You idiot.

Since ancient... Times.

The final competition.

Has always been like a festival. I'm in that final competition tomorrow.

Oh, man, I don't have time to babysit you.

You're in it?

What, seriously?

Yeah.

Never mind. Just forget it.

Yeah.

Incredible. You don't have a scratch on you.

It's perfect.

Right, Neji?

Why don't we call it a warm -up?

Let's get going, all right?

So much for getting a good night's sleep, stupid nerves.

And right off the bat, in the first match, I have to go up against him.

But these chakra points, they're undetectable even to my shotgun eye.

I have on my team the man who is probably the strongest Kenyan ever to

of the Hidden Leaf Village.

That man, Neji Hyuga.

At last it begins.

Nedji Huga's in the first match, right?

Oh, yeah. That guy's the number one rookie from last year.

There's just no way we can miss that match.

Nedji Huga.

Yeah, but...

to summon a toad. It'll be okay for sure.

But all of those guys look like nasty competitors.

Huh?

Hinata?

I just... It's nothing.

I came to check out this training field.

This is actually the place where I became a genin, so...

Oh, but why are you here?

Uh, nothing.

No real reason. It doesn't matter anyway.

Oh, guess you're right.

Sorry.

Say, Hinata... Huh?

Neji, he's a cousin of yours, right?

Yeah.

Oh, is he really strong?

Great.

But, I mean, you still might be able to win, Naruto.

Yeah, I'm strong too, after all.

stronger than ever before.

Go Hinata!

You can do it!

When the preliminaries ended, I was finally able to like myself a little.

and you can't take it from me. To anybody else, it might look like

nothing's changed about me, but I feel different, like I'm a better person now.

And I've been thinking that it was all thanks to you, Naruto.

Hinata, you really... Do you really believe that's true?

Huh?

I look strong to you, but all I ever do is mess things up.

I act tough because I'm so frustrated.

But underneath it all, I just feel like I'm a huge failure.

No, that's not true.

Even when you messed up, you were always a... How can I say this?

A proud failure from my point of view.

When I look at you, you just fill me with such admiration.

Perfect?

I mean, no one is.

But when you do make a mistake, you have the guts to pick yourself up and keep

trying.

I think that courage, to keep going no matter what, is what real strength is.

I just think you're an incredibly strong person, Naruto.

Thanks, Hinata. I needed that.

Even though I'm completely used to being the underdog, I guess this time I was

just really feeling the strain.

I was really down, which isn't like me at all.

But I feel 100 % better now.

I'm glad you do.

All right. I'm off to the match.

Thanks again.

Hinata.

Thought you were, um... What? What?

Gloomy, timid, always terrified, and basically completely weird.

Oh.

But you know what? I actually like... people like you.

People like you.

Don't forget to come watch me wipe up the floor with Neji in the final

competition. Huh?

Huh? Oh, no! I gotta get going! And fast!

Oh, man!

I'm gonna be late!

See you later, Hinata!

Hey, Hinata!

Sorry I'm so late.

Oh, well, she knows matches until later anyway.

Huh? Hey, what's with you?

What? What is it?

Oh, it's starting!

Move! Move!

Look out! Get out of the way! I'm in a hurry!

Oh man, it's still so far away!

There's no way I'll make it in time!

Hey! Not ago!

Konohamaru, what are you talking about? What are you up to? No time to explain.

Just come on.

Well, actually, I guess there is time. There's a great shortcut up here that

goes straight to the arena.

There is?

Awesome! Thank you, Konohamaru!

He said that those who control the secret path control time.

Whatever that means. But still, you're awesome, Konohamaru!

As I recall, there's a hole in the wall around here.

Ah, here it is.

The shortcut got a little longer, I guess.

That's great. I'm almost out of time now.

No, wait.

There's another way.

No. I can't take any more chances. I'm already late.

This is a sure thing.

It's a secret, but there's an awesome path that can get you to the arena in an

instant. I swear.

What?

This hole is a shortcut?

Yeah, it's a straight shot to the arena.

I told you, this one's a sure thing.

Straight shot, huh?

Okay, let's do this.

We're missing quite a few people here.

What's going on? Where is everyone?

This is about to get started.

Yeah, what's going on?

Sasuke and even Naruto are nowhere to be seen.

Naruto Uzumaki?

It's too

late

to enter!

He sure knows how to make an entrance,

the idiot.

Yeah, but he's totally late. Of course.

Oh, man, what a drag.

Guys,

run! You won't believe this, but there's a huge herd of stampeding bulls coming

this way!

What? Yeah, you're right, I don't believe it.

I'm fighting Dosu, but he's missing too.

Hey, knock it off.

Quit your fidgeting, you two.

Stand up straight and present yourself proudly to the spectators.

Huh?

You guys are the heroes of this final competition.

We'll be right back.

It's a dot guy.

People can definitely change.