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Thank you. Thank you.

Thank you.

And before that, I will grant you one wish.

Don't worry, your strength of spirit was one of the main reasons I chose you,

and I'd be foolish to let it go to waste.

Your residual aura will live on in me.

Well then, I thank you for your body.

Though it's done.

And now it will be a few years before he can transfer again.

But next time... It's as you say.

My damaged body is of no use to him as a vessel for the transfer into Jutsu.

That was my purpose.

And it's gone.

What is there left to give my existence meaning?

I see now what I must do.

I was not meant to be the vessel.

I was meant to find the vessel and bring it safely here, even at the cost of my

life. That is the only way I can repay Lord Orochimaru for my failure.

The only way to give my worthless existence some value.

Myth calculation!

A new enemy appears!

Akamaru!

Once you've set the bombs, get moving!

Runo!

All right.

Keep going for it!

Akamaru! Nice work, buddy!

You messed with me!

Akamaru, no!

That's the last time you'll bark at me, you mutt!

You won't get away.

I can't see them!

And we've got another one to deal with.

There's no other way.

I'll have to take care of this one. You take the coffin and carry on with the

mission.

Shikamaru! Just get going.

What?

What are you doing here?

Sorry, Naruto.

It looks like I miscalculated.

Kimimaro.

You were taking too long, Hiyuya.

And what of our comrades? What happened to our other three men?

This. from the former members of the Sound Ninja Five.

Why have you come back here?

Your body is... By now, your body should be... My body is too devastated

to move on its own anymore.

I use the power of my mind.

No way.

Now you're cheating death?

I understand much more now.

The strength of my life force has intensified since escaping the prison of

flesh.

I've had a taste of Lord Orochimaru's magnificent dream.

Orochimaru!

This vessel is an important part of his dream.

It has the flesh that Lord Orochimaru desires.

But you have taken too much time retrieving him.

Another freak to deal with.

He doesn't seem like an ordinary opponent.

We need to buy time and sort out the situation.

It'd be dumb to confront him without knowing... Hey, jerk!

I've had just about enough of this nonsense you're yakking about!

Naruto! I'm taking Sasuke back now! Hey, wait a second!

Paiuia. I could end your life right now if I wish to.

The reason I've decided to spare you is because you have a duty that you must

complete.

And my duty...

Is to deliver that coffin to Lord Orochimaru intact.

I thought you said it was too late for that now.

You weren't listening.

I told you that's the body that Lord Orochimaru desires more than anything

It's his next vessel, isn't it?

Exactly, Tayuya.

And delivering it to him is the only thing that I can do to please him.

As for those two pieces of garbage, I leave them to you.

He's taking Sasuke!

Not again!

I gotta go get him! Just calm down, Naruto.

How can I calm down? We're losing him! He's gonna take Sasuke away from us!

Naruto's right.

Our mission is to find Sasuke and bring him back to the Leaf Village.

We've got to choose the path that's best for the mission.

And if we don't, we'll fail.

You rodents! I'm gonna end this in a flash!

Naruto, listen to me.

I've got a plan, but you've got to follow it exactly.

Hmm.

His only good move is that shadow clone jutsu.

Classic close -range moron. And that one's a mid -range combat type.

Traps his enemies with a shadow jutsu.

Thinks he's a pretty sharp platoon leader, huh?

All right, you got it? Yeah.

Well, let's get on with it, you wimp.

It's two on one. We've got the advantage.

If we gang up on her, we've got a good shot. What do you say, Naruto?

Let's get her!

It doesn't matter how many of you there are. You're still a pair of worthless

morons! Don't be cocky. We've got teamwork on our side. We'll show you!

Bring it on!

You sure talk a pretty big game, but you fell for the oldest trick in the book.

You fool.

You got some nerve.

Oh, well.

At least I bought enough time for my friend to get away.

Hey, remember this.

A person's jutsu isn't his only weapon.

Shikamaru, I'm counting on you.

It's amazing that he could still move with that body.

Kabuto, I don't know what kind of order you gave him, but it seems a bit cruel

if you ask me.

Oh, not at all. I gave him no order.

I don't really like to force people to do things against their will, my lord.

He acted on his own volition.

He did it all for you, out of reverence.

Kabuto, you are quite a hateful, nasty person, aren't you?

Lord Orochimaru, Kimimaro was the perfect match.

He existed solely for you.

His thoughts were steeped in eternal darkness, as yours are.

Yet he sanctified you.

He deified and worshipped you.

Moreover, he came from the Shinobi clan with the strongest and most ideal body.

He had a genuine kekkei genkai.

Well, that is.

Until just recently.

Yes. When I think about having lost such a specimen, I still can't accept it.

I can't get him out of my head.

The man best suited for my spirit.

The body I wanted the most.

Kimimaro.

And if he hadn't been stricken with illness?

The assassination of the Hokage would have gone much smoother.

The seal is back!

My... my arms!

There you have it. Your arms are useless to you now.

And without those arms, you will never form another hand sign.

Ninjutsu is forever out of your reach.

Your loathsome dream of crossing this village dies here.

Your foolishness is unparalleled, Orochimaru. My one regret is that I

take you with me.

Farewell, disciple.

May we meet again in the next world.

not here yet.

Still no sign of Sasuke.

We wouldn't have needed to go through such an ordeal.

But in this world, all too often, things don't work out quite as we want them

to.

It's only a matter of time now.

Lord Roachmar.

I'll have to kill her.

Hold it right there!

Hey!

Let's see.

How shall I destroy you?

Interesting.

Those eyes.

It seems this one possesses an unusual chakra.

Tell me what Orochimaru is planning to do! And why the heck be trying to get

Sasuke so bad?

Lord Orochimaru has already acquired the immortality jutsu.

But a vast amount of time is required to obtain every jutsu and everything he

wants from this world.

So what? What does that have to do with Sasuke?

Just because he is immortal doesn't mean his body can maintain itself forever.

So before his flesh decays, a strong, new body must be made into a vessel for

his soul.

Are you saying that he's going to use Sasuke's body?

That's right.

Precisely.

No! Not Sasuke!

I won't let you do it!

You idiot!

You really think sending that little shrimp will stop anything?

Besides, just think about what's happened to your team up to this point.

You probably had to sacrifice one member each time you faced an obstacle just so

you could keep moving.

I mean, what the heck is so special about this Sasuke guy anyway?

How many are you going to lose just to save this one insignificant shinobi?

You're pretty dumb for a leader.

You got a point there.

You see, this mission we're on is my first one as platoon leader.

And it's pretty nerve -wracking to see your comrades whittled down like this.

To be honest, I don't know if the decisions I made were the right ones.

As platoon leader, I'm responsible for the safety of my men.

You would think I'd value the lives of my four teammates over the life of one

guy who's been taken prisoner.

It's a dangerous mission, and if I decided to scrap it, I'd have been

the book.

Of course.

Then why didn't you scrap it? It's kind of funny.

The world doesn't seem to play by the book very often, does it?

Besides, there isn't a single person in my platoon who would ever stop fighting

and abandon a friend who had been captured by the enemy.

Not even if it meant sacrificing all of their lives.

That goes for me, too.

Frankly, I'm a lazy, cloud -watching oaf who's not really cut out to be a leader

or bark out orders at anyone.

But... There is one thing I do pretty darn well for my teammates.

And that's believing in them.

Listen, I don't look at what I've done as sacrificing my men.

In fact, I don't even believe that any of them are dead.

Don't insult my friends, or you'll pay.

Summoning choo -choo!

That's not good.

Oh well.

I'll play a little melody of death for you.

You shouldn't insult me or my friends either, you worm!

There's no way you're gonna take Foskey!

Thank you.

Thank you for

watching!

What am I supposed to do?

Even when they're in their normal state?

tough. But when their chakras increase to enormous levels... No, I can't. I

can't use it here.

Not yet.

I may have no choice. The way this is going, we're not gonna... You're right,

Akamaru. We have to do it.

Next time, Roar and Howl! The Ultimate Tag Team!