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Huh?

What in the world is that?

That's Guy!

Ah!

It's his Afternoon Tiger attack, Hirudora!

Hirudora?

What a lame name for a jutsu!

I thought Guy Sensei wanted to sound like a young shinobi,

not some old dork!

[gasp]

This is no time for philosophizing!

Hirudora has a wide blast radius! It's almost here! Get ready!

Don't you move.

That jutsu of yours.

It wasn't an Energy Bomb, was it?

And what's the blue aura you're emitting?

Hirudora's a taijutsu; it isn't a ninjutsu that uses chakra.

It's just an ordinary punch. But it's a super fast punch.

A focused blast of pressurized air aimed right at your opponent.

After initial compression, it spreads quickly outward.

And this aura that's surrounding me isn't chakra.

Anybody who opens the Seventh Gate of Shock,

will perspire blue sweat like this!

You're seeing evaporation, from my passion and exertion.

Ah! no wonder.

What I at first thought was an Energy Bomb seemed to shrink but wasn't nullified.

This is the third time we have clashed, you know.

I can't believe you still had a move like this up your sleeve.

Although, you don't seem to remember me. still.

[wet cough]

I thought I told you not to move.

"The Man Named Kisame"

Nice one, Bushier Brow Sensei!

You sure took him down!

♪ I guess you really are capable despite your looks, Bushier Brows.

♪ But that blue sweat of yours sure packs some pows. ♪

If this goes well, I'll be able to get the Akatsuki's plans.

And, their leader's identity.

I'm not as adept as Inoichi, but I'm going in for the Intel!

Well, here I go.

I'm in.

Now comes the hard part.

Mister Hoshigaki?

Mm?

Listen, why don't you come over and eat with the rest of us?

I'm fine here. I don't need you to be sociable.

Hey, didn't I tell you? Leave him be, that's how he wants it.

He said he doesn't get along with us Cipher Corps eggheads!

But all of us are here on the same mission together!

Things like that shouldn't matter!

Besides, we wouldn't have anything to talk about with him!

We're the brains. He's just the brawn.

Huh? What is it?!

We have to leave. Now.

Huh?

Mister Hoshigaki?

Sorry about before.

Maybe we could get together after the mission's over.

[chuckle] For dinner.

Listen up, Kisame.

Make sure you protect the Cipher Corps and the encoded missive, too.

However, you must not let any of the Cipher Corps fall into the hands of the enemy.

Your mission is to defend our code, no matter what you have to do.

Do you understand what that means?

Move! Now!

Just surrender! We've got you completely surrounded. You have no chance of winning.

They sent you? I know who you are.

You're from the Hidden Leaf. You're with the Anbu's Torture and Interrogation Corps.

Want to fight?

Now's our chance. Run!

Rrgh!

Capture them alive!

Ungh!

Agh! There are too many of them to protect.

Keep going!

Augh!

Please, help me...

No! Wait! What are you doing?

What do we do now, mister Hoshigaki?!

What? What's wrong, what's the matter?

What are you doing, Kisame?!

However, You must not let any of the Cipher Corps fall into the hands of the enemy.

Your mission is to defend our code, no matter what you have to do.

Do you understand what that means?

Yes, don't worry.

I will not hand over any of the Cipher Corps shinobi alive.

[distraught] Agh!

But... Why?

Because killing my comrades is my specialty.

My personal mission.

That's so sad. You have a terrible life.

Why would you kill them?

Because.

You should understand why.

We cannot afford to let our code fall into the enemy's hands.

These shinobi talk too easily.

I look forward to facing you again should we both survive.

Egh!

[wet stab]

Kisame! Why would--?!

[wet cough]

[Fourth Mizukage] Good work, Kisame.

I thought he'd let his guard down around you, his subordinate. I was right.

He was colluding with the enemy.

From this moment on, you are the owner of the great blade, Samehada.

And my subordinate as well.

Or at least I am until you eliminate me, too.

Am I right, Lord Fourth Mizukage?

I'm can trust you because of who you are, Kisame.

For the sake of our nation and village, you've done our dirty work.

And additionally, you've followed through on traitorous assignments.

You're well aware this world is full of lies and deceit.

That's right, I knew all about it from the very moment that I first killed a comrade.

I killed a Hidden Mist ninja despite being one myself.

So, what am I, then?

An enemy or an ally?

What is my purpose, my status?

Where am I trying to get? And where can I go to achieve inner peace?

There is only one thing clear to me: that I felt I was trapped in a false existence.

[Madara] Allow me to free you from the pain of those falsehoods.

I will create a place where you belong.

Who are you?

We'll start with this nation.

You have toiled to deal with and dispose of your comrades up until now.

Join me and become my comrade.

You seem to be willing to put your trust in me.

But I can't reciprocate since I still have no idea who you are.

Ngh. That gleaming eye. In the dark.

Ah, yes, I see it now.

So the person that I believed to be the Fourth Mizukage was actually you all along, then.

I can't believe that the Sharingan was manipulating him.

Heh. I guess this world really is full of lies.

But you. Visual prowess great enough to control the Three Tails' Jinchuriki.

Just who exactly are you? Tell me!

Madara Uchiha.

[gasp]

Everyone knows that Madara is dead.

So why should I believe you?

Reveal yourself to me!

Very well. And then you must decide whether you will trust me or not.

I'm going to find out who Madara really is!

[gasp]

[straining] Hrrgghhnnnhgghh!

[gasp]

[gasp]

[straining]

[straining]

Unbelievable! He bit off his own tongue!

He willed himself awake in order to prevent me from extracting Intel!

Huaa ha ha ha ha! Hueaaaa ha ha ha!

[Kisame] [flashback] Are you serious?

Yes. That is my goal. Project Tsuki no Me.

[Madara] It will be a true world, free of lies.

I would have liked to have gone there.

[gasps]

Huaaah!

I was suppressing his chakra with my Wood Style!

He still has this much strength?!

He just doesn't know when to give up.

Please, recapture him alive!

This could be our last chance! We need to get his Intel!

I know!

Water Prison Jutsu!

Eagh! I can't reach him through this wall of water!

He's using the Water Prison Jutsu!

Summoning Jutsu!

What do we do?

No need to panic. I mean, look at the situation he's in.

He can't do anything! I'll take care of him.

Itachi. It's just like you said.

[Kisame] I'll be teaming up with you starting today.

I'm Kisame Hoshigaki, formerly of the Hidden Mist, one of the Seven Ninja Swordsman.

So pleased to make your acquaintance.

And you are Itachi Uchiha, formerly of the Hidden Leaf.

I've heard the rumors. that you slaughtered all of your fellow Uchiha clansmen.

I think that we're alike, you and I.

That's the reason I wanted to be teamed with you in the Akatsuki.

It's really indescribable, isn't it?

Killing your comrades is quite a sensation, wouldn't you say so, Itachi?

You talk a lot.

You don't understand me. You don't even understand yourself.

You're just a thug who got lost in the mist and ended up here.

You can't even control where you're going. Am I wrong?

Do you want to know something interesting?

Most sharks are ovoviviparous, which means that the eggs hatch inside the female's body before the young are born.

However, with some kinds of sharks, the number of eggs that hatch

will differ from the number of young that emerge out of their mother's belly.

Do you know why that is?

Because of cannibalism.

Right from the moment they hatch, they start eating each other inside their mother's uterus.

The fratricidal warfare begins as soon as they're born.

To each shark, all the others are just food to be eaten.

Starting today, you are an Akatsuki member and my companion. So be wary.

Of me.

Same goes for you.

He he he he he.

Well, let's be friends and have some fun, all right?

And hope that we will not end up as each other's final opponents.

No one who dares to raise their hand against a comrade ever dies a decent death.

Remember that.

[chuckle] Hm hm hm hm hm!

Well, that means our fates are sealed.

Seems you and I are depraved and worthless.

Not true.

We are both human, not fish.

No matter who you are, you do not truly know what kind of man you've become until you reach the very end.

[Itachi] One realizes one's true nature at the moment of death.

Don't you think that's what death is about?

[Kisame] Itachi...

Did you find it at the moment of your death? Did you discover the kind of person you truly were?

Well, Itachi, It seems that in the end, I was not a worthless human being, after all.

[gasp] [gasp]

[Aoba] He actually fed himself... to his own sharks.

He was weakened pretty badly.

I guess he figured that he wouldn't be able to escape from us.

An Akatsuki member strong enough to be paired with Itachi.

He was long feared as the scourge of the Mist.

I never imagined he would go out this way.

Is he dead? I mean, really?

[sad growling]

Well, this fella sure seems downhearted.

It looks like it's for real. He's actually departed.

But, still.

He died instead of giving up intel on his comrades.

Even in the Akatsuki, there remain some who put their comrades ahead of themselves.

An admirable foe.

A shinobi's life is measured by the manner of his death.

Kisame Hoshigaki!

I will remember you the rest of my life.

[Guy] In any event, we've averted our intel from being leaked to the Akatsuki.

But he recorded information about us on that scroll,

and was planning on smuggling it out of here.

If that's the case, we should confirm the contents of that scroll.

If we find out what they were interested in, then we can counter them.

Yes, you're right.

[gasp]

Yahh!

Heavy water! The Water Prison Jutsu!

He left a booby trap for us on that scroll! Watch out!

Sharks!

[Yamato] Damn! It's headed out to sea!

Man, it's hard to move in all this water!

Try, fool, ya fool!

I'm still drained from using the Eight Inner Gates!

Guy! Hold on!

Gyaahhh! Hey, careful where you're biting, shark!

[Naruto] Damn it! It's getting away! What do we do now?

[Konan] Just as Yahiko believed in Nagato, Nagato believed in Naruto.

Since Naruto is carrying on their will... I will believe in him, too.

If you're asking me to give up on our hopes, then I have no choice. I will.

Next time on Naruto Shippuden: The Angelic Herald of Death.

I will kill you!