Original subtitles

Thank you for watching!

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

Hmm? Hey, wait!

Where's Sasuke?

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.

No sign of Sasuke yet?

No. A team of Anbu Black Ops are searching for him, but so far, they've

nothing.

He may already be in Orochimaru's hands.

In which case, of course, we may never find him.

I understand.

You made it.

Welcome, Lord Kazekage.

You must be weary having come all this way.

Not at all.

I'm only glad that for your sake, the arena is here in the Leaf Village.

As strong as you are, I'm sure a long journey would have proven difficult for

you at your age.

Isn't it about time you decided who was to succeed you as Hokage?

You act as if I were an old man. There's plenty

of life left in me.

No, I plan on staying here for some time to come.

It's time for the final rounds to begin.

Welcome all, and our deepest thanks for coming here to the village hidden in the

leaves for this year's Junin selection.

We have come to the final competition between the eight candidates who made it

through the preliminaries. We ask that no one leaves until all the matches have

been completed.

Now everyone enjoy.

You said eight candidates.

Aren't you missing one?

Oh, there's one more thing before we get started.

Look it over.

Huh?

There's been a slight change in the matchup.

But now it's set, so everyone take one last look at who you'll be facing.

I thought I was supposed to fight an extra match.

Hey, so that Dosu guy dropped out.

I was planning on attacking you while you slept.

If I fight and defeat you now, then in the next round I can battle the one I

really want to be.

Sasuke.

What in the world are you?

Question?

Question!

What is it? I was just wondering what'll happen to Sasuke. I mean, if he doesn't

show up.

Where is Sasuke?

And why did he sneak out of his hospital room?

Maybe he didn't leave. Maybe somebody took him.

If a candidate is not here in the arena at the time his name is called, he

forfeits the match.

It doesn't make sense!

Sasuke's not the type to miss this, even if he had to drag himself here!

What is it, Gaara? Where are you going?

To remind myself I'm alive.

One more time.

Come on, what's wrong?

You're not tired already, are you?

Come on, Sasuke.

No.

After all my warnings not to draw attention to himself, he wouldn't have

Sasuke Uchiha too, would he?

All right, listen up. The terrain's different, but the rules are the same as

before. That is, that there are no rules.

The match continues till one candidate acknowledges defeat or dies.

That being said, if I determine that a match is over, I can step in and stop it

at any time.

And no arguments permitted.

Understood?

These are the opponents.

For the first match, Naruto Uzumaki and Neji Hyuga.

Those two stay. The rest of you can go to the waiting area.

Byakugan versus Shadow Clone Jutsu!

Hey Hinata, look, these seats are free.

Oh, thanks.

I think this is gonna be an interesting match.

Naruto.

Hey, Sakura.

I know that you're worried about Sasuke, but come on.

Don't be such a lump. Aren't you gonna at least cheer Naruto on?

That's more like it. Not that the poor runt has a hope in hell against Neji.

He's not that bad. Are you kidding?

Not that bad? Is that the best you can do?

Who would have believed that little squirt would survive this long?

Yeah. He's been one lucky kid so far.

But his luck's about to run out. He'll never survive this one.

Yeah, it's gonna be painful.

Going up against one of the Hyuga clan? He doesn't have a chance.

Yeah, I thought that too, at first.

And look what happened.

He's out there, and I'm sitting up here on my butt.

Huh?

Yeah, Hakamaru, what is it?

What the? Are you sure?

Where?

Hmm?

What the hell are the Anbu Black Ops doing here?

Something's going on.

You got anything to say to me?

I told you the last time.

Once a failure, always a failure. You can't change that.

Hinata, I give you my word.

I vow to win!

He has the look.

He's calmer now, more sure of himself.

So much the better for me.

I can't wait to see the look of despair on your face when you learn that your

foolish vow is impossible to keep.

Are we gonna stand here talking all day?

Let's get going!

Show me what you got!

All right.

Now let the first match begin.

Watch closely, Hanabi.

There's no one in the Hyuga clan who has inherited such a strong kekkei genkai.

His is stronger than your older sister's.

Stronger than hers?

Perhaps even stronger than yours.

Watch yourself.

This is no pushover you're up against.

Not with that Byakugan of his.

You don't want to get too close with that guy.

But does Naruto know that?

The frontal attack will never work!

Hitting one directly can affect chakra flow, either halting it or increasing

depending on how the attacker strikes the chakra points.

Almost blew it.

If I get too close, he can turn off my chakra and there goes my jutsu.

I'll have to fight him from a distance.

Do you understand now?

You have no way of beating me.

Get real. I was just checking you out. That's all.

Okay, now that we're warmed up, we can get started!

Shadow Clone Jutsu!

That's using your head, Naruto.

That oughta confuse him.

Well, then he's something.

That Shadow Clone Jutsu was a Joanie -level technique.

Where'd that kid ever pick up a technique like that?

This match could be more interesting than we thought.

Shadow clones.

I see.

Quite clever.

He's distributed his chakra evenly among them so that even my Byakugan can't

pick out the real one.

No matter.

You can't hide for long.

If you're coming, then come on!

It's no use.

No matter how many times Naruto attacks him, Neji can win on his defense alone.

Hey!

Don't ever!

Don't ever! I mean never!

Must have eyes in the back of his head!

You thought you could be Hokage?

It's absurd.

Never.

These eyes of mine show me many things.

One thing they've shown me... People's limitations are set.

Fixed and unchangeable.

Only a fool wastes his time trying to become something he can never be.

A fool, huh?

Not this crap again!

Who are you to judge what a person can or can't be?

Do you think anyone can be Hokage?

That all it takes is a little hard work?

Open your eyes.

Of all the shinobi in all the world, think how few ever become Hokage.

They were born destined to be Hokage.

It's not something you become merely by trying to become it. They were chosen by

destiny.

Each person is given his own path to follow, and he must follow it,

to the end.

There is only one destiny we all share equally

Death

There's

hatred in his eyes hatred for the main branch of the family

Yeah? So what?

You can think that way if you want.

People always tell me I just don't know when to give up.

Shadow Clone Jutsu!

Oh, yeah.

See you

next

time.

learned from my mistake okay i can't beat him inside and i can't beat him

the outside so what have i learned i can't beat him no that's not right of

course i can beat him i've got to beat him i made a promise to hinata next time

ultimate defense zero blind spot don't count your chickens bug eyes