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Thank you.

I sense that Sasuke has stopped moving, but he's still a long way ahead of us.

If Sasuke's stopped, it must mean he's caught up to them.

Come on!

Did I just smell what I think I smelled?

Huh? What is it? What's wrong?

What is it? You smell some kind of trouble?

Strange I never noticed it before.

Laguna, did you know you use the same shampoo as I do?

Minty rainforest mist, right?

With extra body?

What? Are you kidding me?

But I wonder why my coat looks so much glossier than yours. Knock it off, will

ya? It's no time to be talking about hair products! Sorry, just making an

observation. I smell like a dog.

I smell like a dog. I smell like a dog. Sakura, I smell like a dog.

I smell like a dog.

Look what you've done!

Sakura! Where are you going? You won't get very far without me!

A mistake from the pact!

A face revealed!

Oh, jeez.

If it isn't Saki Uchiha.

This is as far as you guys go.

Oh, man, Gaara. Where are you when we need you? You picked a lousy time to be

out of commission.

This Uchiha kid is trouble.

So, what are you going to do, huh?

Go, Kankuro! Get Gaara away from here!

I'll take care of this one.

Don't be a fool, Tamari.

This kid's too much for you to handle all by yourself.

Don't argue.

Our mission is to make sure that Gaara is safe.

He's our first and only priority.

Don't worry about me.

This is what I've been waiting for.

Get going, Kankuro!

No, you don't!

Damn.

Take this!

Bad timing.

I would have to face this Uchiha kid when my chakra is almost gone.

I'm in real trouble if he uses his shotgun.

I've got to force him to waste a lot of his chakra and quickly.

It's my only chance.

Should I use the Chidori and try to take her out quickly?

Hell, why not?

He's holding back, saving his chakra for Gaara.

That's the best you can do!

Gotta do something about that damn fan of hers.

Still holding back.

This fight won't last long, though.

Oh, well.

Can't be helped.

Good. I was wondering when you were going to get furious.

Fire style!

Phoenix flower juju!

That's more like it.

to finish her off.

Fire style!

Fireball jutsu!

Did I get her?

Wind dice jutsu!

I've got you.

You're mine.

All mine!

Oh, no!

Gotta

run.

I've wasted way too much time on you already.

I held him off long enough for Gaara to get away.

What the hell's going on?

Who or what is that?

What is this? Who the devil are you?

You have lost it, old man.

Don't you recognize me? It's me.

Orochimaru. It can't be.

Then you've mastered even that forbidden jutsu?

It's been ten years of hard work since I left the village.

You're no longer human.

You're a demon!

He did it after all.

This is why I could never choose you to be the fourth Hokage.

Your mind and soul are twisted.

So I've finally been found out, eh?

Oh, such a pity.

Oh, Roshi Maru.

Explain yourself. What is the meaning of this?

And after I set all those booby traps to give me plenty of warning, I wasn't

expecting you.

I should have known you could get past anything.

A steady flow of people have gone missing from the village.

Genin, Chunin.

Even Anbu Black Ops. Many of them were lasting with you. And you've been acting

rather strange lately.

You? A superior shinobi? How could you have done such a thing?

Now I'll have to kill you as well.

So you admit it.

Then it is all you're doing, Orochimaru.

But why?

What exactly are you up to in here?

Oh, well...

Since you've caught me red -handed, there's no point in pretending now, is

there?

It's research.

I'm developing jutsu.

And for that you sacrifice your fellow shinobi?

It's forbidden jutsu you're after, isn't it?

Just what is it you want?

I want everything.

Everything? What exactly?

I want to know every jutsu in the world, and even those jutsu yet to be

discovered.

I'm like the one who first took blue and yellow, consciously mixed them together

and created a new color, green.

Only in my case, the color blue represents chakra, the color yellow a

and the green a new jutsu. And just as there are countless shades of color in

the world, There must be an almost limitless number of jutsu.

To find them, to unlock the truth long hidden from mortal eyes, that takes

years, endless experimentation.

Ultimately, the truth reveals itself only to one who proves himself worthy,

who is willing to sacrifice years of his life.

But alas, I've found there are not enough years in even the longest life.

This mortal existence is too fleeting.

Yes, even if I were named Hokage, one day I would die and that would be the

of it.

Orochimaru, what sort of forbidden jutsu have you been seeking here?

Oh, I think you've already guessed.

Eternal youth and immortality.

Immortality, Jutsu. A technique for eternally recycling one's spirit on

In a way, it's a kind of revival, Jutsu.

You find a body. A young body.

Pour your spirit into it and move it your own.

I was using my old familiar form until now.

Because I wanted our reunion to be a nice nostalgic one.

Growing old is a sad, empty thing.

I only have to look at you to be reminded of that.

You will die here, old man, while I move on to another stronger body.

But first, I really must thank you and all the Leaf Village for preparing my

next body so well.

Now I understand.

It's Sasuke Uchiha.

Exactly.

You get it?

It's Sasuke I want.

So you've mastered a jutsu that preserves your soul forever in the

others. How many bodies has it been already? How many faces?

Two or three, perhaps.

But I'll wait for Sasuke until he's ripened a bit.

And then when he's been raised and trained to my liking.

Tell me, which face would you prefer me to wear?

Perhaps it would be easier for you to look on a familiar face as you die,

cursing your brief wasted life.

You really shouldn't lower your guard, Sensei. That's your problem. You've

always been naive.

What's wrong with you?

This isn't like you. I'm sorry.

Those eyes, always with malice and ambition hidden just behind them.

Almost hidden.

I had seen it. I had seen it, but pretended not to notice.

Your strength and abilities.

You were the sort of student that comes along once in a generation.

It was a time of war and darkness. We had need of ninja like you, I thought.

I wanted to believe that in you I'd found the one worthy of succeeding me.

You're right. I was naive.

And it was my weakness then that brought all these troubles to us now.

What are you planning to do?

Kill me, sensei?

Ninja arts summoning jutsu!

But can you go through with it?

I wonder... Sarutobi -sensei?

Kill

him,

Sarutobi! Now is your chance!

Now you told me why I couldn't do it.

Now I'll correct my mistake and bury you once and for all!

It's time to end it!

Hmm, I'm afraid it's too late now.

Shadow Clone Jutsu!

Shadow Clone, he's going to exhaust what little chakra he has left.

You'll only shorten your life, Sensei. I think your impatience is getting the

better of you then.

Could it be?

Is he?

Yes,

that sequential hand sign.

I knew it!

It's just as the port Hokage said.

This is the reaper, the face of death.

Invisible to all, but the one who cast the jutsu.

Whatever you're planning, too late.

It's over. I've won.

The Leaf Village will fall.

You're forgetting that the Leaf Village is my home. And as Hokage, I am

entrusted with my home's protection.

I am head of the household, the central pillar.

He who would destroy my home must first destroy me.

And I warn you, it will not be easy.

Genjutsu! Infinite Darkness Jutsu!

What nonsense.

In the grand scheme of time, you're just a trivial footnote in the brief history

of a cluster of huts called the Leap Village.

In time, the Hokage's stone faces will crumble and be worn down to nothing.

You've never understood that it's far more than a mere cluster of huts.

It is a place where every year, shinobi are born, raised, grow old,

fight. and die to protect their home.

These people are precious to me.

We share a home.

We share a life.

And though we may not share ties of blood, they are precious to me.

They are my family.

The pillar of your village.

A pillar full of termites and rot.

I don't have to knock you down. You're already falling.

And if I do fall, you still will fail. I am only one of a long line.

I carry this title in trust for those Hokage who came before and those who

come after.

I am the third Hokage.

You can't stop it by destroying me.

A new and stronger Hokage will take my place, becoming the pillar, roof, and

walls that defend the village.

Now, Orochimaru, get ready, for I'm about to perform a

jutsu that even you haven't seen before.

Behold, sealing jutsu, Reaper Death Seal!

It's not something to be ashamed of.

Don't make these scars into a song.

You just have to laugh and walk.

Thank you for watching!

He's

Every year, shinobi are born, raised and nurtured, trained to fight to defend

this village.

I've watched them grow.

I've watched some of them die.

They are precious to me. We share a bond stronger than any blood tie.

You've learned many things, and yet this you will never understand.

They are my family, and I allow no one, no one to attack my family. Next

time, forbidden secret technique, Reaper Death Seal.