Original subtitles

-Eh!

Ah, Zetsu.

-So it's done.

Have you finished your long-winded ritual?

--[grunts] Aw, don't tell me, you're going to start now, too?

I'm surrounded by blasphemers and ignorant heathens.

-Sorrow begets solitude.

The only thing you can have faith in yourself.

KAKUZU: You're wrong.

The only thing you can have faith in is money.

-There you go again.

This side job of yours has made us fall behind

in our Jinchuriki hunt.

And that's not all.

-Listen, I only teamed up with you

because you said religion was profitable.

As holder of the Akatsuki's purse strings,

I'm the one who should be complaining.

-Money is indeed important.

More important is that you two stop wasting time

and get on with the hunt.

Leave the Two Tails to me.

-You sure you're ready for this?

You just got out of the hospital yesterday.

-Nah, that whole thing was blown out of proportion.

-So you're good to go.

Full speed ahead, right?

That's what you'd like to think, at least.

But first, let's go over the basics.

-Forget that!

Come on!

Let's skip to the part where I work on my new, killer jutsu!

-Mm.

-You know, the super secret, deluxe, special Naruto Uzumaki

Rasengan, or whatever it's called.

-Uh.

-Oh boy.

-Before that, let's review the change in chakra nature,

all right?

Fire, Water, Wind, Lightning, and Earth

are the five chakra natures.

And in your case-- -I know.

I've got a wind chakra nature.

-OK.

Just show us you remember what we've done so far.

-Right.

Multi-shadow Clone Jutsu!

Uh!

[exhales]

OK.

Finely and sharply, that's the key!

Uh!

[all clones copying]

Huh? (ALL TOGETHER) We did it!

Well?

What do you think Kakashi-sensei?

Not bad, huh?

Uh, (WEAKLY) I think.

-Good grief.

He's always pushing it, even when he's not 100%.

-The multi-shadow clones were helpful

before as a way of accelerating the training time,

but there's no need for him to knock himself

out using them now.

KAKASHI: Naruto likes to do things in a big way.

[theme music]

-How much farther is this place?

KAKUZU: We're almost there.

-[scoffs] Yeah, right.

That's what you keep saying, but-- Uh.

You're kidding!

More climbing?

There'd better be a Jinchuriki at the end of this,

because if there's not, I'll get mad.

And you know what happens when I get--

KAKUZU: I don't give a damn what happens.

And if you don't stop whining like a spoiled brat,

I'll kill you.

-Oh, come on.

What's that about?

You trying to scare me or what?

[huffs] You really are an antisocial jerk, you know that?

-So putting aside any variables that might arise,

you feel this is the best assessment of the situation?

SHIZUNE: Yes.

TSUNADE: Put it all in order within two or three days

and have it ready for distribution.

I'm counting on you.

-Understood, M'lady.

-(THINKING) Sorry to put you through this, Shizune.

But we can't just sit around and do nothing.

KAKASHI: Welcome back.

-Was I-- Did I fall asleep again?

KAKASHI: You need your rest.

That multi-shadow clone method of training

can really wear you out, can't it?

Why don't we resume after you've rested a bit more.

-What'll the next step be?

-The next step?

The next step will be to cut that waterfall.

-Wh-what?

-Press your hands to the water and cut the flow

by slamming it with wind chakra.

-C-cut the flow?

But it's a waterfall!

-That's right.

And that means in order to be successful,

you'll need a large amount of change in chakra nature.

KAKASHI: If you're able to pull it off,

it's something you'll always be able to use in battle.

-Uh.

Kakashi-sensei, are you guys saying if I can pull this off,

I'll have achieved my first change in chakra nature?

-Mm-hm.

-Excellent!

So I'm getting even better than I thought!

-(THINKING) I never could have imagined that clumsy little

Naruto would achieve change in chakra nature so quickly.

This training method was a brilliant success,

if I do say so myself.

-OK.

Break time's over.

Let's get back to training!

YAMATO: Wood-style Jutsu!

KAKASHI: That will be your training area.

-Got it!

KAKASHI: Whoa!

Not so fast.

-Huh? Why?

What is it?

KAKASHI: You're going to need Yamato's chakra control

at all times during this exercise.

He's in your hands, Yamato.

-Right.

Hup!

Ah, ho!

I'm ready when you are, Naruto.

-Multi-shadow Clone Jutsu!

(THINKING) I've got to form a mental picture of the wind chakra.

-Now listen up.

To activate it, imagine your chakra splitting in two

and grinding against each other.

-Grinding them?

-Just as if you were finely sharpening

the blade between the two halves of your chakra.

-Sharpening the blade between the two halves, huh?

-Exactly.

Finely and sharply, that's the trick.

-Finely and sharply!

OK. Let's do it.

Right! Hup!

Ugh!

What is going on here?

Cut the flow?

We can't even budge it.

Come on.

Let's try again!

All right.

Hup!

-As we expected, this will probably take a while, huh?

-Nothing we can do but be patient.

-Hup!

Hup!

Hup!

-I think that's Everything I need.

Yup.

Now I can make some of my own special Sakura food pills.

If I know Naruto and the way he pushes himself,

he's going to need them.

(THINKING) That idiot.

He doesn't understand that willpower is enough anymore.

If he's not physically ready for it,

this training could have the reverse effect

of what's intended.

On top of that, because of his special abilities,

he's always in danger of pushing it to the limit anyway.

I've just got to do whatever I can to help him.

-Hup!

Hup!

Hup!

Hup!

[panting]

[gasps] Ahh!

Huh!

Hup!

Hup!

Hup!

Darn it.

Darn it!

Hup!

Hup!

Hup!

-(THINKING) He'll probably start losing his patience right about

now.

HIDAN: [sighs] A temple?

Are you sure this is the right place?

KAKUZU: We'll see this is no ordinary temple,

so the odds are good.

-What's going on?

-Someone has broken through the iron wall's seal.

Alert Lord Chiriku!

HIDAN: These guys don't look like they'd willingly

convert to the way of Jashin.

Nope. No converts here.

-Look at those robes!

Could it be that these two are--?

-There can be no doubt.

They're from the Akatsuki.

MONK: Intruders!

CHIRIKU: Who are they?

MONK: Members of the Akatsuki, My Lord!

-(THINKING) I knew they'd come calling someday.

But--

All right.

I will go.

Tell the others to stand by.

-Uh.

-Huh?

Ah.

Here goes another highly virtuous fellow.

KAKUZU: This one's more than just virtuous.

According to our bingo book, his head's worth 30 million.

-Heh.

Hey, we're not doing this just for the bounty, are we?

Killing a monk for worldly gain is

a ticket to damnation, my friend.

-Well, after all, they say that money talks, wherever you go.

-I don't know what your business is here, but turn around

and keep moving.

-You wont kill us without a cause is that it?

Charming.

However, that's not one of my beliefs.

-This fire temple is the most famous Shinobi temple

in the Land of Fire.

They say all it's monks wield a special power known

as the Gift of the Sages, especially this one

worth 30 million.

He's an elite ninja who was once one of the Guardian Shinobi 12

that protect the ruler of the Land of Fire.

The proof is there on his waistcloth.

The Fire emblem.

-Really?

Guardian Shinobi, huh?

KAKUZU: Take care Hidan, or you'll die.

-Give me a break.

Not that again.

Shut up, Kakuzu.

Move it!

-Wh-what the devil is that?

-I don't care what it is.

Just keep pressing the attack!

[bodily impacts and blows]

-Now you're mine!

[body impacts and blows]

[thud]

MONK: Yes!

He did it!

[monks cheering]

-I will grant you a funeral.

-(THINKING) I couldn't bear having another

religion's funeral rites spoken over me.

Jashin would surely punish me.

Now I'm mad.

Hey, Kakuzu.

Since this one's no Jinchuriki, I

can go ahead and obey Jashin's commandments, right?

-Do what you like with him.

But remember, his head is worth 30 million to me.

So don't go overboard.

I want him recognizable.

-Trading a human being's life for money.

That's no way for people to behave.

(ANGRY) Disgusting!

Just stay out of it, Kakuzu.

(YELLING) Leave this one to me!

Yah!

[metallic clang]

-Chiriku of the Fire Temple will never

be defeated by the likes of you!

Raigo!

Thousand Hand Strike!

Yah!

-Well, I guess there weren't any Jinchuriki hosts

to be found here after all.

When I'm done with my prayers, let's

move on to our next thing.

KAKUZU: No.

I'm taking him to the collection office.

I want the bounty.

Money comes first.

-Huh?

You know something?

In case you hadn't noticed, you're

really beginning to irritate me.

-(THINKING) I must inform the Leaf Village.

HIDAN: Great.

So you're saying more delays?

-The Land of Fire is vast.

We are going to take our time.

-Fine.

But like I've always said, if we fall behind,

it's because of you!

Damn it, that hurts.

Ah!

Uh!

Will you wait for me?

Hold on!

NARUTO: Kakashi-sensei!

Hey, maybe, unh, maybe I need more shadow clones, huh?

KAKASHI: What you need is to transform

a massive amount of chakra into wind to cut that waterfall.

Make too many clones, and each one's chakra

will be that much weaker.

Besides, that waterfall's barely wide enough for the 10 of you.

-Ah, come on, Kakashi-sensei.

[clones all protest]

There's got to be a trick to this.

Are you going to teach me, or do I have to stay up here forever?

KAKASHI: You're not storing the chakra

you create inside yourself long enough.

Take more time, be more thorough.

-But if it takes that long, what use is it on the battlefield?

-You're still in training, Naruto.

Don't worry about the battlefield.

Once you get used to it, it'll flow faster.

-Yeah, but--

-Oh, for crying out-- Listen, the change in nature

usually takes years to perfect.

Even leaf-cutting normally takes six months, at least.

YAMATO: You mastered it in only a few hours.

-Mm?

-You don't need to rush.

You're progressing much faster than we expected.

KAKASHI: Even Sasuke, when I taught him the Chidori,

took quite a few days to achieve the lightning change of nature.

-That's just it.

Sasuke's the one I want to catch up with!

KAKASHI: OK.

Tenzo.

[whispers]

-[soft laugh] Very well.

[clones panicking]

[thundering roar]

[tree trunks crunching]

-Hah, huh huh.

-Wow.

That was tough even for you, wasn't it?

-No, not at all.

[coughing] It was nothing. [coughs] I'm fine.

[coughs again]

-(THINKING) That was tough.

How's that, Naruto?

Now you've got nothing to gripe about.

--[laughs hysterically] Multi-shadow Clone Jutsu!

[ending theme music]

[ending theme music]

TSUNADE: What?

Attacked?

The Fire Temple?

SHIZUNE: It must have been the Akatsuki again.

They're probably searching every location

that might hold a Jinchuriki.

TSUNADE (VOICEOVER): So they're here at last.

We'll see they never leave the Land of Fire.

Alert all 20 newly-formed teams.

SHIZUNE (VOICEOVER): Yes, M'lady.

TSUNADE (VOICEOVER): I'd like to find out what they're after,

but they're dangerous.

If they can't be taken alive, so be it.

Go!

NARUTO (VOICEOVER): Next time, "Under the Starry Sky"!