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Well, we finally made it!

It's been over two years since we were last here.

Do you think he'll give us what we came for?

All we want to do is rebuild the Hidden Leaf.

I can't imagine why he wouldn't want to help us.

I hope you're right.

Ninjutsu is all about being challenged!

[gasps]

[chuckle]

Looks like he hasn't changed at all. Not one bit!

As I'm sure all of you are aware, the village is short-handed.

So teams dispatched on D-rank missions will be made up of genin only.

But Guy Sensei...

With Lee still recovering in the hospital, we can only form a two-man team!

Yes! And that's why we're shuffling things around!

[gasp]

We're going to shake things up and totally reimagine our current team formation!

Now say hello to the new face on Team Guy!

A new teammate?!

But who?!

♪ [fanfare]

Naruto?

I don't know what's going on, but I'm the new face, whatever that means.

What?! He's our new teammate?!

Aw, I thought we'd get someone really cool!

Yeah.

Well I'm sorry to disappoint you!

With Naruto rounding out this three-man team, you'll be assigned a D-rank mission.

Oh, I see. Then I'm here to take Bushy Brow's place.

Lee's gonna be just fine! I check in on him at the hospital regularly!

Rest assured, young one!

Aagh!

So what's our mission, then?

All the details are in here.

You'll be the team captain for this mission, Tenten.

Huh?! What?!

Ordinarily, I'd pick Neji. But for this mission, you're the best choice.

Me, really?

Well, now that that's all settled, I'd better get going. Good luck, guys!

Wait! Guy Sensei!

I can't believe he just took off!

Well? What's the plan, Captain?

Uh!

That's right, I'm the team captain for this mission!

I don't know, maybe Neji should lead us.

Quiet, new guy!

I'm the captain, and that's that!

Can't... breathe...

I can handle this! I'll make sure this mission succeeds!

Calm down, it's just a D-rank mission!

All right, then! Come on, you guys!

Let's do this!

Yeah!

You got this all wrong, guys.

Deploy! Team Tenten

This is it.

It's just a hut.

Yep. The Hidden Leaf Ninja Tool Research Lab.

Back when this place was originally built, it was inside the Hidden Leaf Village.

Our mission today is to procure a thousand kunai and a thousand shuriken,

and to see if there are any new ninja tools that might be available.

Why do we have to get so many?!

There's no way we can haul back all that stuff!

Now I get why Tenten was chosen as the captain for this mission.

Hmm?

[Neji] It's because Tenten's scroll uses the Transportation Technique,

which allows her to store various ninja tools and then summon them whenever she needs them.

The Trans... Transportation Technique?

You know the Summoning Jutsu, right?

Yeah.

This technique Is simply the ninja tool version of that.

Oh. Well, then, that means,

We don't need to carry anything back with us at all!

Yes, that's exactly right.

New ninja tools, huh?

What's up, Captain? You okay?

I wonder what these new ninja tools will be like.

Ninjutsu is all about being challenged!

Huh? Huh?

Let's go!

Hey! Wait!

Just hold on!

New ninja tools!

[panicked fretting]

Huh, I wonder what went wrong with the experiment this time around?

Are you Sir Iou?

Huh?! Yes, I am, and what can I do for you?

We're here on Hidden Leaf business!

Oh, of course, welcome!

So--

Fire!!!

Uh... Hey!

I understand you have some new ninja tools?

Sure do! Would you like to see them?

You bet!

Shouldn't we discuss the regular tools, first?

No, this is a captain's decision!

Hmmm. Shoseki, bring them in.

Yes!

Here they are!

First, take a look at this!

[Iou] A Double-Bladed Kunai!

A Double-Bladed Kunai?

It has two blades to make it even deadlier!

Twice as much, actually! Yahh!

Yeow, that stings!

Oh, by the way, those blades are coated with poison, so be careful with that.

Sure, now you tell me.

A kunai like this is way too dangerous for the wielder.

Precisely! And that's just why I made this!

The Double-Handled Kunai!

No blade?! But that's pointless, then!

Not your cup of tea, huh? Well, how about this?!

Thousand-Bladed Shuriken!

[Tenten] You can't even hold it!

[Iou] Instead of a Chained-Sickle, a Sickle-Chain!

[Neji] Didn't expect that.

We can't use any of this junk!

What was that?!

Do you have any other ninja tools?

Of course! If these don't interest you, I have something really big I can show you!

Something big?! Yes, please!

It's called a Ninja Shuriken!

Hey, why do I have to do this?!

Neji! Let's switch places!

How's this work?

This beauty is a shuriken that carries a ninja pilot who can change its direction as it flies!

Do you see this lever here? Simply turn it left or right to steer, okay?

Yeah. Right.

Now let's launch this thing!

Aaaahhhhh!

Naruto!

AaAAAaaAAAaAAaAAAaa!

The lever! Quick, pull the lever!

Huh?

Hwaaaahhh!

Any other ninja tools?

No. That's all I got right now.

[Naruto] Arrrgghh!

Your lab was kicked out of the village because everything you made was a big failure, right?!

Failures are really challenges.

[sigh] You don't deny it, then?

I think we've seen enough of the new tools.

Please fulfill this supply request:

a thousand regular kunai and a thousand regular shuriken.

But the regular ones are no fun at all!

Just get 'em ready!

Okay, okay!

[hammering]

This work is so boring, isn't it, Shoseki?

Can't argue there, Sensei. It's boring, all right.

Please, guys. Just normal ones.

We aren't leaving without our order!

[sigh] What a let-down...

Hey, what's the matter, Captain? You look so disappointed.

Oh, it's just... I was hoping for some new ninja tools.

But not those, huh?

The other members of Team Guy mostly specialize in close-contact fighting,

so in battles I often have to hang back and provide them with back-up from a distance.

Oh, I get it.

Don't get me wrong; I don't mind doing that.

But I was really hoping that I could find some new ninja tools

that would allow me to fight on the front lines for a change.

[Naruto] If that's all you want, then stop thinking so much and just do it!

Huh?

[chuckle] You really like the simple approach. I'll give you that!

Huh? I do?

Yeah. And I think you just might be right.

[Neji] Hey.

Huh? Hm?

[Tenten] Yes, Neji?

The fish is ready.

Oh!

Then I'll just go and let Sir Iou and Shoseki know.

Where are they?!

[Neji] They must've run off.

[Tenten] What?!

Ugh! Boy, those two are completely useless.

What now, Captain?

Are we heading home or what?

Hmm.

Hold on.

[Tenten] It's true that their inventions are useless.

But their enthusiasm for inventing is genuine!

[Naruto] I guess. But so what?

I don't believe that Sir Iou would simply abandon this research lab.

Neji, Can you search this area?

Sure.

Byakugan!

[Neji] There!

You found it!

What's this?!

They must be up ahead.

This trap is so obvious! Now just stand back; I'll destroy it!

No, wait!

Hyaah!

Hey, what do you think you're doing, Captain?!

Look there.

You got this?

I'm on it.

Incoming!

Rotation!

[phew]

That was pretty close, huh?

Neji. I've got this.

Okay.

Right there!

You did it!

Not yet!

[clattering]

Here they come!

You got them all with one attack?!

Come on.

This is--!

Hehe! Wow, cool!

Just amazing!

The brilliance of that blade...

What impressive design! All of them are just so beautiful!

I want to take them all home with me!

Now Neji, Naruto, start bringing these tools over to me!

Boy, I sure hope they all fit!

Heavy!

Yeah, what's going on? This thing won't budge!

Hey! You can't take my masterpieces without permission!

[Tenten] We're asking you to please share these ninja tools with our village!

Forget it! Heh!

Huh?! But why won't you?

The user is essential when it comes to these weapons.

I don't want my work handled by someone who doesn't know what they're doing!

Still, I am impressed that you bypassed my traps.

Sir Iou, I've trained with all different kinds of ninja tools.

Getting past those traps was easy!

Hmm.

[under breath] get that thing.

Then let me test your skill once more!

there's another ninja tool I recently developed.

Oh? What's that?

This is without any doubt my finest masterpiece, and I call it Jidanda!

Jidanda?!

[crash]

Huh?

[klaxon]

What's going on!?

Oops! My bad.

I set off one of his traps.

And a lame one too. I barely felt it!

Who are you two?!

Oh, we're just here to pick up some of those ninja tools you've been making.

I'm allied with the Hidden Leaf!

There's nothing for you here, so the sooner you leave us alone the better!

Heh. The Leaf village is in chaos right now.

That's how we slipped across the border so easily!

Rrrgh!

[Tenten] Stay back, Sir Iou!

Hey, look! You were right, Kusune.

A three-man team made up of brats.

The Leaf must be even more short-handed than we thought!

Neji, take the left; Naruto, the right.

I'm gonna provide back-up and guard Sir Iou.

Right.

Scatter!

Get 'em, Kusune!

Right!

What are those?!

Doesn't matter!

Heh!

Damn it!

Heh.

Ow!

But how-?!

No, it can't be!

Those are two of my prototype ninja tools, Dako and Tsuru-Kame!

But how did those two get them?!

Forgive me Sensei!

What's the matter, Shoseki?

The funding from the Leaf Village wasn't enough to maintain our research,

so I sold off some of our ninja tools...

You did what?!

The men said they were just collectors, and you told me those tools were only prototypes.

Yes, but any weapon can potentially be used in battle, you fool!

And besides, even if they're prototypes, they're still my inventions!

They're ours now!

What?!

Augh!

Naruto! No!

The Dako is a spear the wielder can direct to stretch, contract, and bend!

[gasp]

Uah!

[Tenten] Neji!

Tsuru-Kame has a built-in mechanism for firing ninja tools.

Heh heh! Did I get him?

Huaah!

What?!

He's mine!

I'm shutting you down!

Uagh!

What weak points do those weapons have?

There aren't any!

But you said they were just prototypes!

I called them that merely because I was using the data gathered from their development

to create an even more powerful ninja tool.

Please, I really need to use it now!

[Iou] It is...

The Jidanda!

Those brats are pretty good at close combat.

you'll be fine if you keep your distance.

I wouldn't be so confident.

Huh?!

Because I'm your opponent now!

Hup!

That thing is...

Jidanda?!

How cool! That thing looks awesome!

'Course it's also enormous...

And heavy!

[Iou] It's not about strength!

It's about your technique!

Technique...

That's Iou's new invention?

Hand it over quietly, and we'll let you live.

No, this is mine!

Then we'll just take it from you!

[gasp]

Damn!

Neji!

You're going down first!

Eagh!

Multi Shadow Clone Jutsu!

Let's go!

Heh. Rapid fire!

Agh! Augh! Ah!

Oof!

Neji! Naruto!

I've gotta do something! I'm the team captain!

Rgh! Of all the times for me to run out of ammo.

Locked and loaded!

Whoa. Man, what was that weapon?!

I don't know.

All right. Let's end this.

Guys! Get out of the way, now!

Huh?!

Waah!

She used the handle to attack us?!

That thing stretched just like my spear does!

You got this?

Yeah, you bet!

Ha!

Just stay back and let me handle this one!

Uh... Okay!

Go!

Go! Go! Go!

She intends to control it through the recoil of the explosions!

Ha!

Go!

Those blasts aren't just to move that metal ball.

They also create a defensive shield.

Go!

Hrrrrah!

I'll stop her!

Right!

We did it!

Nice job!

Now... Go!

Eyaah!

No way!

[relieved sigh]

[woozy groans]

[Iou] Well done!

You handled Jidanda like a champ!

Thanks, Sir Iou!

Does that mean you're going to let me have Jidanda for my very own?!

Ah, no, sorry.

What?

I noticed a few adjustments that need to be made to it.

Shoseki, let's get started.

Thank you, I'll go ahead and take that, please.

Hey! Wait!

But you can't!

You know, you really are quite adept with ninja tools.

You may take all the first- rate weapons you like.

[sigh]

We did complete the mission, Tenten.

Yeah, you shouldn't be disappointed at all!

And I gotta admit, you were really cool, Captain!

I guess you're right.

Well...

Thanks!

Are you ready?

Huh?

Okay!

I hope they're done making the adjustments to Jidanda!

[Kotetsu] We've reached Training Ground Zero.

[Naruto] Come on! Let's hurry up and catch that damn ostrich!

[Shino] The way I see it...

[Rock Lee] Whoever we face, I will defeat them!

[Kotetsu] By the way, have you three ever teamed up before?

[Naruto] Mm, uh, nope!

[Kotetsu] I have my doubts about this. But I guess we'd better get started on our mission!

[Naruto] Next time on Naruto Shippuden: "Animal District."

[Kotetsu] What in the hell are those things, anyway?!