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-So here's how will be pairing up.

Sakura, you and I will be on one team.

And of course, Naruto and Sai will make up the other.

-You expect me to work with him?

-Captain Yamato and I will be one unit.

OK.

But the other?

It's their unit I'm worried about.

Naruto and Sai.

[sakura sighs]

-I can't wait.

-There's that fake smile again.

I can't stand it.

Captain Yamato?

-Yes, Naruto?

What is it?

-It's just that-- why'd you put me with that guy?

-Got a problem?

-Uh, no, No problem.

Excellent.

-I see.

Why am I not surprised?

You'll just have to keep Naruto on a shorter leash than usual.

-Yes, of course, ma'am.

Excuse me Captain Yamato?

-Yes, Sakura?

-I think maybe Naruto and I would make a better team.

We've been together for a long time.

We know each other's moves inside and out.

-Mm-hmm.

You tell him, Sakura.

-Sakura.

-Yes?

-Listen.

You'ew the only medical ninja we have on this team.

Because we can't afford to have anything happen to you,

you stay with me,

-But--

-Do you understand me?

-Yes.

-As Sai mentioned before, we can expect the enemy

to be highly skilled.

Any mistakes or loss of focus could prove fatal.

So save any more questions you have for later.

Let's concentrate on the mission right now.

-Yes, sir.

-OK, you got it.

-It is imperative that we discover

where Orochimaru's hideout is.

And the spy who might be able to tell us

is probably on his way to Tenchi bridge right now.

[wind howling]

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-He's coming.

Come on.

When do we make our move?

[bells ringing]

NARUTO: There he is.

Come on.

Where's the damn signal?

There's the signal!

Hold it, right there!

-No, Naruto!

-Here we go, Sai.

Let's do it.

-I don't usually do this.

But after our talk, I think it might be a good idea.

So tomorrow morning, we're going to have a battlefield

simulation.

-Simulation?

-That's right.

So far, all I really know about you

three is what I've read in your files.

I want to get a better idea of your battle

skills, your individual fighting styles and jutsu.

I want to see them myself.

The more we work together and learn about each other,

the more it'll help with our team work.

[naruto sighs]

-Teamwork again?

-You might think I'm being unnecessarily cautious,

but that's the way I am.

Anyone have a problem with that?

-Dammit.

-Oh, don't tell me that's all you've got.

-Not good enough.

-Ninja art, super beast scroll.

-How about that?

Was that good enough?

Gah!

Let it go, you idiot!

Sai, get this thing off me right now!

Sai, where are you going?

Hey, I captured him first.

You don't get points for capturing me.

Get me out of here!

-Naruto, ugh.

What are you doing?

That's not Captain Yamato you've got.

[naruto gasps]

-Hey, what's going on?

OK, that does it.

Hey, Sai!

Get back here and untie this stupid snake!

-You got me fair and square.

Good job, Sai.

[thinking] He's better than I thought,

it's hard to believe that a shinobi with his skill level

was assigned to team Kakashi as a mere alternate,

-One more thing.

Team Kakashi will be getting a new face in its ranks

from the foundation, the Black Ops training division.

-Really?

The foundation?

-However--

-Yes, m'lady?

-Keep a very close eye on him.

Study his every move.

-It's beginning to look like Lady Tsunade's concerns

about him weren't groundless.

-Hey!

Sai, you jerk!

-I see,

--[thinking] To be strong enough to snap that snake,

I must be careful not to get hit by her again.

Release

-All right, that concludes the simulation.

-Listen, you.

-Problem?

-You think?

Do you know what comrade means?

What the-- hey, I asked you if you even

know what the word comrade is.

-Why yes, of course I know it.

You write it like this.

-That's not what I meant and you know it.

-Hey, calm down, Naruto.

-You really shouldn't go around blaming others

for your own shortcomings.

-Say what?

This guy's fast.

-Aww, don't tell me that's all you've got.

-If you hadn't fallen for the captain's obvious trick,

he never would have found out I was hiding somewhere else.

And perhaps I might have been able to capture him

with even less trouble than I had.

-Oh yeah?

What do you mean by that?

-Why even bother masquerading as me

if you're going to reveal yourself almost immediately

by using one of your own jutsu?

-Because of your mistake, the captain

was able to see through our strategy

and use a substitution jutsu to escape into the forest.

-Well then.

If you knew it was a substitution,

why didn't you break your jutsu right away?

-It's impractical to fight while covering

for someone who's lost his cool.

I simply considered what would best ensure mission success

and acted accordingly.

-I'll tell you something right now.

I don't accept you as a comrade, or as a member of Team Kakashi.

Not now, not ever.

[sai sighs]

-I'm beginning to get the feeling

that this entire thing may not work out at all.

I wonder what Sasuke would have done?

Would he have wanted to fight an enemy

and cover for you at the same time?

I mean, after all, you consider him to be a comrade, right?

-Uh oh.

Naruto is going to blow his top again if he keeps this up.

-Though how you can call someone who betrayed his own village

a comrade is beyond me.

-Naruto.

-Oh, no.

-If it means saving a comrade, I'll do whatever it takes.

Even if that means teaming with you.

-Naruto.

-Tell me, Why does he feel so strongly about Sasuke?

-It's because Sasuke's more than the teammate to Naruto.

He's like a brother.

You have a brother of your own, don't you Sai?

You must be able to understand how he feels.

-I don't.

Not at all.

Remember our conversation about titling my drawings?

The truth is, I couldn't really title any of my drawings

even if I wanted to.

Nothing comes to mind.

I've never really felt anything.

I you you, I just don't have any feelings at all.

-But you don't really mean you can't

feel any emotion about anything?

-Yes, exactly.

I meant what I said.

-You say that, but if you have a brother,

try and imagine what it would feel like to lose him.

Surely you should be able to do that.

-Hmm?

Oh, yes, that.

Well, you see, my brother is already dead.

-Then all the more reason to--

-I suppose I should have looked like that, shouldn't I?

-What are you trying to say?

-Well, it's just that, I simply didn't know what kind of look

a person makes when his brother dies.

-What kind of look a person--?

What a jerk.

-All right, that's enough talking now, come on everyone,

gather your things.

It's time to move out.

-Sai, you were lucky.

I had every intention of pounding you

into the ground a moment ago.

I warned you I wouldn't hold anything back

if you badmouthed Sasuke again.

The only reason I didn't is-- well, like Naruto said,

if it means saving Sasuke, we do whatever it takes.

Even teaming up with someone like you.

No matter how much I may want to, I can't afford to hurt you.

Not if you can help us save Sasuke.

-Sakura, about you and Naruto?

I don't know how to say this, but you're

being considerate of his feelings.

I don't really understand how such feelings come about,

though there was something about this in the book.

-Let's go, What are we waiting for?

If we don't get there by noon tomorrow,

this will all have been for nothing.

-It's right up ahead, let's make sure we're all ready,

then we'll head for the bridge.

[wind howling]

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-How long are we going to have to wait for this spy

to get here?

-As long as it takes.

Remember, the enemy is highly skilled and dangerous.

Caution is the best policy.

-But if we're too cautious, we might give ourselves away,

thus losing the opportunity of capturing him

quickly and effectively.

SAKURA: That's true.

SAI: Shh.

I think he's coming.

NARUTO: It's about time.

Hey, wait.

Is that--

SAKURA: No way, it can't be.

He's the Akatsuke spy?

NARUTO: Next time, "The Tenchi Bridge."

--[sakura and naruto together] The Leaf Ask Us Anything

Investigation Team!

-This question comes from Tazuna from the land of waves.

-I just don't get the whole ninja ranking system.

Can you please explain it to a layman like me?

-Good one.

-This takes me back to the good old days.

-All right, Going down the ranks of ninja from the top,

the jounin are the elite, the best of the best.

There aren't many of them, and each

possesses incredible abilities.

Next come the specialist jounin, each uniquely gifted

in his or her field.

They're assigned special missions

depending on their abilities.

Ibiki-sensei is an expert in interrogation,

and Ebisu-sensi is good at training, I guess.

Below them are the chunin.

Our main job is to act as team leaders for the genin.

-That's I should be there if there was any justice.

-Lastly, the genin.

-And finally, you're getting to me.

-They don't really need much explaining, Anyway,

we're just about out of time.

-What do you mean we don't need much explaining?

-Thanks for the question, Tazuna.

See you next time, everyone.

-Hey, wait!