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Right here, right now.

Thank you.

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Right here, right now Right here,

right now

Excuse me.

Return

of

the morning mist.

Father and mother shouldn't have died. It didn't have to happen.

If only I'd been strong enough, all of them would still be alive.

Our clan is destroyed.

That's enough for now.

Once

I've

had a little breakfast, I'm going to get right back to the grindstone.

much, Naruto.

I guess classes have started up again over at the academy, huh?

No, not yet. A bunch of the school buildings got pretty messed up, so all

students are helping to repair them.

I gotcha.

What about you, Naruto?

You're still training, right?

Yeah, sort of.

What's up with you?

Nothing. What's up with you?

Nothing.

Hey, come on already. What's the matter?

Nothing's the matter. What's wrong with you?

Uh, never mind.

I don't feel lonely or nothing.

Huh?

Lonely? There's time for stuff like that.

Everybody is working really hard to rebuild the village.

Konohamaru.

Right now?

I just want to do whatever I can to help out.

So you'll have to do enough training for both of us, okay, Naruto?

Because if you slack off, I'll make it to Hokage before you.

You puny runt. The next Hokage is standing right in front of you. Besides,

you've still got to make it through the academy first, don't you?

Oh, that's right.

Ah,

there it is.

Here, this is for you.

A free meal, Rijiraku?

Yeah, don't worry about it. I've got another one anyway. That little coupon

all yours.

Oh, wow. Thank you, Naruto.

Oh, hello there, Konohamaru.

Hey, good morning, guys.

Okay, I'm taking off.

Come on, let's get to work. Yeah.

Today we'll get to work on the blackboards. I brought along some cakes.

Right. Once I've had my ramen from Ichiraku, I'll be ready for another

training.

Look at this.

No. Lord Kazakage.

They've been dead for a while.

My guess, since before the Chunin exams.

I see now. So that's what his game was.

Curse you, Orochimaru.

After the Kazakage was killed,

Orochimaru, or Kabuto, maybe, assumed his identity.

We were careless.

Sarutomi.

You didn't think it would be easy, did you?

Look who you were playing with. One of the most renowned ninja in all the five

great shinobi nations.

You did very well, though.

Two of the five are now out of the way. Shut your mouth!

I won't be patronized.

Do you understand me?

I'll kill you.

Forgive me.

I didn't wish to... I'll grant you we didn't bring down the village.

But let us not forget our other objective.

Rakke, you've done it.

Your leash is around his neck.

And all that it cost me were my arms and the entirety of my jutsu.

If I'd only gotten hold of Itachi Uchiha from the beginning, we wouldn't be in

this mess.

But it's too late now.

That dream has died.

Itachi is stronger than I am.

That organization.

Takashi.

What the heck does he want?

Breakfast! Breakfast!

Oh, boy!

Ready or not, ramen, here I come!

Yeah. Should be easy, then.

Let's go.

Ooh, yes, that's it. That's it.

Oh, baby, I'm telling you, you gotta love the Leaf Village.

The girls here are off the charts.

You're still playing the buffoon, I see.

Just doing a little research.

So, old man Homura and Koharu -sensei, what could you two scholarly advisors

want with me?

Don't waste our time.

You know perfectly well what this is all about.

Come on, why the long faces, guys? From what I hear, talks with the Sand Village

went off without a hitch.

The Sand Village has stated publicly that Orochimaru was responsible for all

this. At any rate, they've offered their complete surrender to the Leaf Village.

So at the moment, their betrayal is a moot point.

For now, we have no choice but to accept their surrender in order to shore up

our power in the region.

That's correct.

However, the strength of the Leaf Village has just suffered an enormous

As things now stand, our top priority is preparing for the onslaught we believe

will come.

We have no way of knowing when one of the surrounding nations might try to

a play.

Therefore, until the village has regained its strength, we've decided to

the top shinobi from each squad and assemble an emergency executive

handle the situation.

But first...

a strong and trustworthy leader.

It is more than just Orochimaru.

It is the seed of a far greater struggle.

Look, guys, I don't know why you're going to the trouble of explaining all

to me.

But if you'll excuse me, I've got to get back to work. I think you'll be

interested in what our plans are.

This village needs the fifth Hokage immediately.

And yesterday, at an emergency meeting with the Lord of the Land of Fire, it

decided.

We chose you, Jiraiya.

Oh, I don't know. It's not really up my alley.

It has been decided.

Besides, if one of the renowned Sannin is not suited, then who else is?

If you're so set on a Sannin, there is another.

You're forgetting Tsunade.

There's little doubt that the child has the capability.

But it hardly matters. No one even knows where she is.

I'm sure I can dig her up. You don't have a problem with that, do you?

But, uh... Tsunade's got the brains for it. More than a loafer like me does.

What do you say?

Very well, then.

We'll give it some thought.

But we'll send along three members of the Anbu Black Ops to accompany you on

your search.

You don't have to worry. I'm not going to make a run for it. Besides, your men

will just get in the way.

Although... There is one guy I wouldn't mind having along for the ride.

I've stumbled across a very interesting little egg.

What?

This is so weird.

Sorry, kid. No ticket, no ramen. Those are the rules.

No, no, no, no, no. Wait a minute. I just had one, I swear.

Where'd it go?

Man, don't tell me I gave Konohamaru my last one.

Come on in.

Huh?

I want ramen!

Hey, guys.

You two seem to be getting along.

Idiot. Anko just asked me to pick up some rice dumplings for her. What are

doing here, aside from catching up on your reading?

I need to buy something to put on a grave.

Plus, I'm meeting somebody here.

I'm just waiting on Sasuke.

It's not like you to be waiting on somebody.

Is it for Obito?

Obito?

Yeah, kind of.

Kakashi, it's not like you to show up early. What gives?

Well, sometimes I do.

Let's eat somewhere else. I don't have much of a sweet tooth.

That's so.

You guys aren't from around here, are you?

What are you doing in this village?

It's been a long time, Asuma.

Kuranai. The fact that you know our names must mean that you're a shinobi

formerly of this village.

Well, what do you know?

Itachi.

Itachi Uchiha.

Are these friends of yours, Itachi?

Well then, I suppose I should introduce myself.

Hope we can get acquainted later.

The name's Kisame Hoshigaki.

Why should we wait till later?

When I can just wipe the floor with you both now.

Boy, Itachi.

It looks like they hate you as much in this village as they do in mine.

We know who you are, Kisame.

We've heard all about you. You hail from the village of the mist.

Suspected of espionage and the murder of a feudal lord.

You're a rogue ninja from the land of water, wanted in every nation.

You're a high -level S -rank criminal, listed prominently in the bingo book.

Itachi, I gotta hand it to you. The fact that you'd even show your face in this

village after what you did, it takes some guts.

I'm warning you two.

You don't want to interfere with me.

It isn't my desire to kill you.

You know, that's pretty hilarious coming from a guy who murdered his own people.

Now come on, out with it. I know you didn't come skulking in here dressed

that for no good reason.

What are you after?

This guy's getting on my nerves.

Can I kill him?

Well, I guess we're not going anywhere without a fight.

Just try not to overdo it.

Your moves tend to stand out.

They're as good as dead.

He's bearing down with just the edge of his sword.

His strength is unreal.

My massive blade shocks him.

It doesn't budge. It cuts you to ribbons.

It's about time, Ker and I.

Let end this!

Genjutsu of that level doesn't work on me.

He used a genjutsu reflection?

be looking over there if I were you.

You live up to your reputation.

However.

However, this is the end of the line.

For you, anyway.

He broke up the same jutsu that I did.

Not that I'm unhappy to see you, but what are you doing here?

Well, you know, I asked you to take care of those two earlier.

But I guess I got a little worried.

The Shadow Clone.

Kakashi.

It's you.

False alarm there, huh?

Yeah, what happened there was I stuck it behind my headband because I was so

freaked out it was going to fall out of my pants or something while I was

working out earlier this morning.

Well, it all worked out in the end.

Now go on, eat up so you can do your best.

Huh?

You've got more training ahead of you, don't you?

You bet I do. I'm going to work my butt off. That's the spirit.

Here, have some more.

That one there is on the house.

Dig in.

Oh, man, thanks a bunch.

Hey there, come on in.

I had to see it with my own eyes.

It looks like you do eat nothing but ramen, huh, short stuff?

Yeah,

yeah, yeah.

Hitachi Uchiha.

He was the head of the Anbu Black Ops at thirteen, and single -handedly wiped

out the Uchiha clan.

I don't know why he suddenly appeared out of the blue, but I don't think we'll

be letting him waltz out of here so easily.

Why have you come here?

What are you planning?

Next time, eye to eye, Sharingan versus Sharingan!