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Massive Rasengan!!!!

[gasp]

[growl]

Wahhh!

[thinking] So fast!

[snarl] Do you really think that you can beat me?

Yeah! Of course I do! That's why I undid the seal. And besides...

Gotcha!

Arggghh!

[angry snarl]

Wind Style: Rasen Shuriken!

Now hurry!

[struggling grunts] You bastard!

[growling]

[Thinking] He's weakening! Now's my chance!

[grunt]

(Dark Naruto) Hate you...! It hurts... Wanna kill you!

Huh?

(Ghostly Voices) I hate you! This hurts! I just wanna kill you! [moaning]

(Ghostly Voices) You'll never have the respect you desire!

Those voices... What is this?

(Thinking) No. This is bad. Don't give in, Naruto! Fool! Ya fool!

[gasp]

Just give up! You will never be able to control my power!

You are only a tiny little piece of my hatred!

[heavy breathing]

(Ghostly Voices) [moaning]

(Ghostly Voices) [moaning]

Just shut up!

The Nine Tail's hatred is even greater than I imagined...

Yo! This is bad for real, it is quite the ordeal!

I can stop him!

[struggling] Go away! And don't ...come... back!

(Woman's Voice) No, it's alright. You can stay here.

[gasp]

Naruto...

Naruto...

What is this? Who are you? Where did you come from?

Wait... how do you know my name, anyway!?

Oh! Right. You don't know yet...

Well then, why don't you try to guess who I am, Naruto.

[gasp]

[giggle]

Don't tell me...

You figured it out, huh!?

Yeah, you bet! You're the Nine Tail's true form!

Huh?? [laughter]

Oh man! That sure is one scary laugh!

You're tryin' to trick me by taking that form, huh!?

Wrong, ya know!

[painful shouts]

Huh? You said, "you know."

[giggle] Sorry! I just couldn't help myself!

(Woman) I was born impatient, so, I talk fast. and sometimes weird expressions come out!

I try to control it, but I slip up, like when I'm excited.

But let's talk about you!

I really hope you didn't end up with any of the weird quirks that I have!

Then...

That Minato! He didn't say anything to you?

[giggle] Shame on him!

Anyway. That's right! I'm your-

[happy sigh]

I've wanted... I've wanted to meet you for so long now, mom! You know?

You just said, "you know..."

There's no doubt you're my child.

The Nine Tail's transformation stopped!

But how!? What did you do, Yamato?

Nothing! It seems like it just stopped on it's own.

[thinking] What happened?

Where to start!? There's so much that I wanna ask you!

You can ask me anything!

But first things first... we need to tame the Nine Tails.

[struggling grunts]

[angry roar]

What is this chakra!?

Kushina..?!

Minato embedded my chakra into the sealing formula.

So I'd appear when you try to gain control over the Nine Tails' power.

That way, I could lend you a hand!

[gleefull giggle]

Are you even listening?!

I can't get over how beautiful you are, mom!

Oh! Thank you!

You know, you have your father's hair, but it looks to me like you got my face.

I'm sorry about that, Naruto!

Why sorry? I mean, if I got my good looks from you, that just means that I'm handsome, right?

Actually, if I could have it my way, I'd even wish I'd gotten your red hair, too! It's awesome!

[giggle] Which means that you're now only the second man who's ever complimented my hair.

I am? Seriously? So, who was the first one, then?

[chuckle] Who do you think? It was your father, silly!

Ohh! Right! That makes sense!

What is it...?

Hey, can I tell you something'?

There's always been one thing that I really wanted to ask if I ever got the chance to meet you...

Just how did you and dad meet and fall in love anyway?

[gasp]...[giggle] Well, it's a bit embarrassing, you know!

Hey! You just said, "you know!" I guess you're excited!

This whole experience has me all kinds of shaken up, you know!?

You said it again! [laughing]

[chuckle] Let's see...

(Kushina) It was the first day of school after I had moved to the Hidden Leaf Village.

Your father and I were both still little kids when we met.

Alright! We have a new transfer student joining our academy today!

I'm Kushina Uzumaki, you know!?

Do you guys see the color of her hair!?

Yeah! Who would ever want hair like that! Ha ha!

(Students) [laughing]

That's enough! Be quiet everyone! Settle down now!

I'm gonna... I'm going to become the first female Hokage of the Hidden Leaf Village!

Me too! I wanna become a great Hokage the whole village respects!

A Hokage that's respected by everyone in the Village, huh.

My first impression of your dad was that he wasn't very manly or dependable...

So I didn't take him very seriously or believe for a minute that he could actually become Hokage.

Why not? Dad seemed really powerful to me...

Yes, you're right.

But back then I was young, and I was simply too ignorant to recognize the truth.

[giggle]

Hm?

It's pretty snotty to declare that you're going to become Hokage after just moving from another village, doncha think?

So, after that, all the boys in class began to tease me.

And they gave me a mean nickname.

Tomato!

From now on, your new name's "Tomato!"

With that chubby round face of yours, and your read hair, you look just like one!

No Tomato's ever going to become Hokage, and besides, I hate tomatoes!

Me too! I always pick em outta my salad!

A bright red tomato that everybody hates is never gonna be accepted as Hokage!

[laughter]

Wait, I know!

I bet that dad stepped in and totally put a stop to those bullies who were picking on you!

That's what happened, right!?

Oh no! You couldn't be more wrong about that!

(Kushina) Tomato... I grudgingly accepted being called that name...

It was embarrassing, but it was pretty accurate...

Look! Ha ha! You're getting redder and riper!

It looks like it's harvesting time at the tomato festival!

Who are you callin' "Tomato?!"

Now you listen to me... I hate tomatoes just as much as you, ya know!?

Ow ow!

Arrghhhhh!!

Ooof!

That's it! You keep on calling me "Tomato" and you'll keep getting more of this, ya know!?

And what are YOU looking at!?

Anytime a bully called me "Tomato" I beat them at their own game! I turned them into SMASHED tomatoes!

[nervous laugh]

I was the girl with the long red hair who beat the boys that dared to cross me!

That's how I earned a new nickname for myself...

They called me... The Red-Hot Habanero!

[gulp] Now I know why Kiba and Shikamaru always say that moms can be really scary...

I was always fighting everyone...

Naturally, the Red-Hot Habenero won all those fights, but still...

Heh.

[gasp]

Alright, fess up! Are you the one who's been making my kid brother cry?

It's only because he's always messing with me, ya know!?

And because he's such a wimp!

[gasp] Uh...

I made Genin! Cool, huh?

Uhh...

If anyone bullies my kid brother, then I get to teach them a little lesson in manners.

Hmf!

[grunt]

[thinking] A real kunai?

Huh?

[gasp]

[gasp] Argh!

Oof!

Ahhh!

You can't recognize a Substitution Jutsu? You're only a little kid!

Boy, that is some red hair... and it's as stiff as straw!

I don't think i've ever seen anything so ugly!

Heh heh heh! Serves you right!

[surprised gasp]

I hate my hair, too. Are you happy now!?

Leave me alone. Let go!!

[grunts]

[struggling grunts]

[gasp]

Ow! Oof!

Guhhhh...

But still...!

You know, this hair's a part of me! I can't change that!

...It's just me!

Ahhh! It't the Red-Hot Habenero!

Outsider!

[gasp]

As if an outsider like you could ever become Hokage!

[gasp]

You didn't want to help me, because I'm an outsider, huh!?

[gasp]... no, that's not it!

I bet you agree with them attacking me, too! [angry sob]

[small sobbing]

[thinking] It's because I don't want to be an outsider...

...it's because I want this Village to be my home! That's why I said that.

Who'd wanna be Hokage, anyway!?

Back then, I used to hate my hair...

But then, there was a certain incident that completely changed the way I felt about it.

What happened?

(Young Kushina) I'm home!

I'm home...! Anyone here?

Where is everyone?

Huh?

[gasp]

Someone! Help!

(Young Kushina) [screams]

(Kushina) I have a special kind of chakra...

...and because of that, agents of the Hidden Cloud kidnapped me.

[gasp]

Hey...!

[gasp]

I knew I had to do something. In order to leave a trail behind while I was being led away...

I pulled out strands of my hair and dropped them carefully, so the enemy wouldn't notice.

However, since I was an outsider, new to the Village, I didn't hold out much hope that anyone would come to rescue me.

Before long, we'd almost reached the boarder, And I thought I was done for.

[grunt]

-Huh? -Huh?

[grunts]

Are you okay?

[weak sigh]

I came to rescue you.

[happy sigh]

[gasp]

Everything's gonna be fine!

Hey! Wait! Wha...?

(Young Kushina) That's...

Your hair's beautiful. So I noticed it right away.

Then how come you're always ignoring me?

It's because I know that you can take care of yourself. And I Know that you're strong.

Both in body, and in spirit.

But still, this isn't your fight, it's a fight between villages.

It's different than all your other battles. So I came.

...Why?

Simple. Because I didn't want to lose you...

But, I'm an outsider...

No, you're not.

You live in the Hidden Leaf Village. That means no matter where you came from, you're one of us!

(Kushina) From that moment on, Minato was a great ninja in my eyes.

I realized he could make all my dreams come true.

He changed me.

The red hair that I used to hate and that gave me so much trouble, had this time brought me love.

It became the red thread of fate,

Since then, I've liked my hair!

And, most of all... I fell in love with Minato.

[gleeful chuckle]

There are certain precious words... that I only bestow on the men who compliment my hair...

Naruto, will you accept them?

Uh huh!

I love you...

[gasp]

[happy sigh]

I wonder what happens when you put the Yellow Flash of the Leaf and the Red-Hot Habenero together.

Hee hee hee...

Then you get the Hidden Leaf's Orange Hokage!

Naruto! That's so cool, you know?

[pleased chuckle]

Hokage...

Your dream is the continuation of the dreams Minato and I shared.

Yeah! And I won't ever let your dreams down, no matter what!

Thanks, Naruto.

But first, I have something to do.

Hm.

(Nine Tails) [roaring]

(Kushina) Naruto, listen closely. We're out of time.

(Naruto) What do you mean out of time?

(Kushina) I need to tell you the reason why Nine Tails was sealed inside you.

(Kushina) It's about the incident sixteen years ago...

(Naruto) Sixteen years ago?

(Kushina) That's right. It was on October 10th, sixteen years ago, the day you were born.

(Naruto) Next time on Naruto Shippuden: "Target- Nine Tails."

(Naruto) What happened!?