Original subtitles

-[grunt]

-Lady Chiyo.

SASORI (VOICEOVER): What's going on?

How is she still moving?

Is the old bag still controlling her?

No.

She couldn't generate such complicated movements.

Not in her condition.

Somehow that girl is moving on her own.

But how?

I know my poison affected her.

-Sakura, how can you be--

-I used the antidote.

Thank goodness it worked.

-An Antidote?

But when did you get that?

-The same time I made the antidote for Kankuro

in the Hidden Sand Village.

SAKURA: I never imagined I'd find such a wide variety

of medicinal herbs here in the Hidden Sand.

-Well, we try.

Our soil's not very well suited to growing them.

We can't grow much scurvy grass, for example.

SAKURA: That's all right, there's enough.

I can make three doses of antidote.

SAKURA (VOICEOVER): I was barely able to make three.

I gave one of them to Kankuro to heal him.

-That's right, drink it all.

-[gasp] [coughs]

-There, you should be all right now.

Just lie back and rest.

And don't move around 'till the numbness passes.

SAKURA (VOICEOVER): I knew our adversary used poison,

so I brought the rest with me in hypodermic form.

-Of course.

And that's how you--

-Yes.

I used one of the doses on myself.

Catch is, the antidote is only potent for about three minutes.

While it's working, whatever poison

you're exposed to gets converted into harmless protein.

-I understand.

-That's why I didn't try to fight back.

I didn't want Sasori to know I had this antidote.

I knew he'd reveal his plan once he let his guard down.

I had to take the chance.

So I waited until the last possible moment.

This is it.

There's only one dose left.

Here, I want to keep this with you Lady Chiyo.

-Hm.

[gasp]

-What's wrong?

Are you OK?

SASORI (VOICEOVER): Wait a second,

there's no way the poison was neutralized.

-[gasp]

-I'll just let the poison take Its course.

You'll wish I hadn't.

Your suffering will be unimaginable.

But it will be over in less than three days.

SASORI (VOICEOVER): Don't tell me

they analyzed the poison I used in that fight.

Impossible.

Even if they were somehow able to isolate

the individual components, they wouldn't

be able to prepare an antidote that easily.

The antidote is prohibitively difficult to mix.

If there's even the slightest mistake--

Even I needed to reference the mix ratio table,

and I created it.

-Don't worry, I'll heal you.

For the next three minutes or so, his poison won't effect me.

Which means we don't have a lot of time to finish this.

-Right.

SASORI (VOICEOVER): Did the witch do this?

No.

I've got more medical skill than anyone in the Sand Village.

Certainly more than the old lady.

There's no way she could have cracked

a poison this intricate.

Hmph.

Isn't this kid a medical ninja too?

And if memory serves, she's from the Leave Village.

The Leaf's current Hokage is Tsunade,

and she's known as a world-class medical ninja.

That's it.

She made the antidote.

[theme music]

-Thank you.

My had feels fine now, Sakura.

-Oh?

Good.

[heavy breathing]

[yell]

CHIYO (VOICEOVER): Powerful attacks, evasion,

healing wounds.

All of that must use a considerable amount of chakra.

Her body has probably already reached its limit.

-So annoying.

This is taking so long, I'll never

get back to my man, Sasori.

I know, I'll use the rest of my detonating clay,

and show him what a real artist can do.

However, if I'm going to do that,

I'll have to get rid of the copy ninja first.

It might have taken awhile, but this is worth the wait.

-[grunt]

-What?

These aren't like the bird ones from before.

They're smaller.

Is that so they won't get picked off by shuriken?

Why so many?

Judging from the size of their hind legs,

I'd say their special ability is jumping.

And I guess it's going to come down to a battle of speed.

Naruto, wait up!

-You're slowing me down Kakashi-Sensei,

I'm going on ahead.

-Don't do anything reckless.

-Yeah, yeah I know.

--[sigh] This might be a bit of a sticky situation.

SAKURA (VOICEOVER): I staunched the major bleeding anyway.

Time to refocus the rest of my chakra to attack.

We've only got three minutes to do this.

CHIYO (VOICEOVER): Three minutes,

or we won't have another chance.

-We're running low on time.

Are you healed enough for a fight Lady Chiyo?

-Let's go, Sakura.

It's time we put an end to this.

-Got to think.

I can't waste time having a staring contest

with these things.

If I leave Naruto on his own, he could lose control

at any moment.

They won't put me fall back and build up

enough speed to break past them.

They're maintaining this distance.

In that case-- Come on, guys.

In that case-- Come on, guys.

Stay right on my tail.

There they go.

Huh? [gasp]

-That takes care of him.

Hmph.

-That wasn't-- Kakashi-Sensei.

-At last.

Now it's just the two of us.

-[growl]

-Aw, don't scowl like that.

And here I was about to let you see your friend.

-[growl]

-Oh that's right, you're a Jinchuriki too.

I bet seeing him like this drives you crazy.

-Give him back right now!

-Don't do it.

NARUTO: Kakashi-Sensei.

-Aw, man.

I could've sworn you just bought it back there.

-Sorry.

But it wasn't the real me that blew up.

Next time you should teach your critters

to tell the difference between a real human and a shadow clone.

That is, if there is a next time.

-Don't move!

-I could say the same to you.

It'll be all right.

We will get Gaara back.

So calm down.

-My man Sasori is going to yell at me

again for not being prepared.

What can I say?

Planning out every little insignificant detail

ahead of time just isn't my style.

I prefer to stay flexible dealing

with unexpected situation.

Developing that kind of sophisticated mindset

is the mark of a true artist.

Let's see, what to do now.

-Listen Naruto, you're not used to fighting an opponent

like this.

And that's not all.

You're a close combat fighter, he excels at long range.

That makes him your worst enemy.

There are only two ways to beat this kind of foe.

One is to force him to fight up close and personal.

Your only other option is to beat him at his own game.

-What?

How can we do that?

-Depending on which strategy is chosen,

you'd either need a long range specialist,

or someone on your team who can use long

range ninjutsu to support that kind of distance combat.

If you don't have one or the other,

then there's no way you'll beat him, period.

Now if you had the superior intellect of Shikamaru,

that would be a different story.

-Spell it out, will you?

Which one are you, Kakashi-Sensei?

-Ah.

Me, huh?

Well I have a superior intellect like Shikamaru, I'm a Jonin,

and I can sustain long range battle.

-Then we meet all the conditions, right?

-That's why I told you to calm down.

-Well let's hurry up and get to it!

-It's not as simple as it sounds.

We can't just chase after him.

He'll never leave himself open.

-Now you're within range.

-[gasp]

-[chuckle]

-Well my mission is to clear.

-He infiltrated the Hidden Sand Village

and defeated Gaara all by himself.

And even more dangerous, he's a member of the Akatsuki.

-Well, I suppose I shouldn't go easy on them, huh?

-It's a tough challenge.

All we can do is try and punch hole in his defenses.

We're going to have to work together.

If you were following my train of thought,

then keep listening.

I've got a plan.

-OK Sakura, Let's get him.

-Right.

SASORI (VOICEOVER): Hmph.

Fine, I'll admit it, she's more impressive than I thought.

Never thought I'd see the Third Kazekage destroyed.

And it's probably a waste to use other human puppets.

-I haven't been forced to solve a problem this way

since I joined the Akatsuki.

I wonder how long it's been.

-[gasp] Wh-- What is that?

-Now I see.

The reason he looks exactly the same as the day he left.

Of course age doesn't affect him.

The reason is staring us right in the face.

-Oh, yes.

It's been awhile indeed since I last used myself.

-He's actually a human puppet.

-You all set?

-Yeah, I got it.

Don't worry.

-Here we go.

-Hm?

What the--

SAKURA (VOICEOVER): Hold on, if his entire body is a puppet,

then that means all of the weapons hidden inside his body

are covered with that poison as well.

-Something wrong?

SAKURA (VOICEOVER): It's already been over a minute

since I gave myself the antidote.

-I'm sorry, weren't you supposed to finish me off?

Well if you aren't going to attack me--

SAKURA (VOICEOVER): The effects of the antidote

will wear off in less than two minutes.

That's all I've got.

Somehow I have to draw him into close combat and defeat him.

And I've got to do it fast.

-Then I'll have to make the first move.

You think you can hide from me?

Well, what are you going to do now?

[theme music]

ANTIQUES HOST (VOICEOVER): And now, time for Antique Ninja

Treasure.

Today, Lady Chiyo has brought us a unique item.

CHIYO (VOICEOVER): It's one of the First Puppeteer Monzaemon

finest works.

ANTIQUES EXPERT (VOICEOVER): If this is genuine,

it's a historical find.

CHIYO (VOICEOVER): No ifs about it.

ANTIQUES HOST (VOICEOVER): And what

does the owner think it's worth?

CHIYO (VOICEOVER): Worth?

Please, it's priceless.

ANTIQUES HOST (VOICEOVER): OK, and what about our expert?

ANTIQUES EXPERT (VOICEOVER): Well, it is a truly fine work.

ANTIQUES HOST (VOICEOVER): Oh, looks

like they made a decision.

Open the bidding!

BIDDERS (VOICEOVER): 1, 10, 100, 1,000, 10,000.

NARUTO (VOICEOVER): Next time, Puppet Fight, 10 Versus 100.

NARUTO (VOICEOVER): Next time, Puppet Fight, 10 Versus 100.

-Hey, Sasori my man?

-Yeah?

-I was wondering, why did Orochimaru leave the Akatsuki?

-Well Itachi ditched him.

-Hm?

What does that mean?

-Orochimaru developed a re-animation jutsu.

He takes over people's body so he can live forever.

The story goes, he tried to use the jutsu

to take over Itachi's body, but he failed.

-Really?

-Since then, Orochimaru has been switching

the younger and stronger bodies, one

after another, trying to live forever.

-Ha.

That's stupid.

-Hm?

-Transient beauty that's gone in the blink of an eye.

Now that is truly valuable.

-What's the point of having anything

that's gone so quickly?

What's valuable is having something that never wears

away, that lasts for an eternity.