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We've been walking quite a while.

Ever since the sun began to rise.

It's got to be time for us to fight, then.

But who are we fighting against?

No way... Are they close?

Something feels familiar, nostalgic...

[surprised gasp]

Itachi Uchiha?!

Nagato?!

You know these guys, Naruto?

Yeah, I do. I know both of them.

Incredible. I never would have thought I'd have to battle you again, Naruto.

Not like this...

For you, it's been a while since we last met, hasn't it?

But for me, it's only been a matter of moments.

You're different now, Naruto.

Oh, you mean this?

I sure am!

I'm in control of the Nine Tails Chakra! What you're seeing is my Chakra mode!

Your what?!

I see... You are quite different then.

I see it in your face.

You're now in command of the power of the Nine Tails?

I'm impressed with your development.

Well, he and I are sibling students.

I'm not surprised at all.

I made him be what he could be. Talk all you want his control is thanks to me.

No way! That's so not true!

Have you actually done it?

Have you been able to overcome hatred, Naruto?

Sure did!

As my elder, you taught me about what pain really is.

Then Octopops showed me how to handle the Waterfall of Truth.

And my mom and dad...

Everyone who cares about me helped me! I have all of you to thank!

I see...

Naruto... There's something I must ask you.

Huh?

Wait, that reminds me! I have stuff that I wanna ask you, too.

Well...It seems that I found you first! Eight Tails and Nine Tails...

With those two cards up my sleeve, Madara will have no choice but to fall right into my hands...

Too bad I won't get to see the look of shock on his face under that ridiculous mask when he realizes I've won!

[sinister chuckle]

[anxious gasp]

Fire Style! Fireball Jutsu!

[low grunt]

Naruto, there's something I must ask you.

Huh?

Wait, that reminds me! I have stuff that I wanna ask you, too.

[gasps]

Yo!

[painful grunt]

Hot, huh? Didn't mean to burn, when will I learn?

That's Samehada...

So, Kisame's dead...

He's still talking!

Naruto, don't forget that they're both being controlled!

If he cuts you off, you just gotta roll! Okay?

Above you!

I see him!

[grunts]

Where is Sasuke?

[quick breath]

He says that he's gonna take revenge on the Leaf Village!

He even went and joined up with the Akatsuki!

Why did he turn his back on the village?!

He found out the truth about your top-secret mission!

And now he's gonna destroy the Leaf!

What secret mission?

Did Madara...?!

Yeah, he did. And Madara told me the truth about what happened, too!

Oh he did, did he?

Just tell me! Is what he said actually the truth or isn't it?!

Was the Uchiha Clan really going to take over the village?!

Naruto!

That's enough.

Is he telling the truth, Itachi?

Itachi...

You made yourself look like the bad guy in order to save Sasuke and the whole Hidden Lead Village!

Sasuke understands all of your pain, and your resolve to do what you did!

But Sasuke isn't like you...

He's really going to destroy the Hidden Leaf!

He's going to kill everyone in order to avenge the pain...

...That the village caused his older brother that he loves so much.

Damn that Madara...

So he did know the truth about me...

And does everyone in the village know about this as well?

Kakashi Sensei and Captain Yamato heard it when I did...

But, there wasn't any proof of what Madara told us.

So Kakashi Sensei said to keep quiet.

I don't think there's anyone else that knows, though.

Then please, Naruto... You mustn't tell anyone about this.

You cannot let the Uchiha Clan's name be tarnished!

Also...

Damn! My body's moving on its own!

[struggling grunts] Universal Pull!

That was nicely dodged, Naruto!

Thanks! I'm a whole lot stronger now than I was when I fought against Pain!

You'll have to take care of Sasuke.

I was always gonna do that!

I was right to believe that you could finish this.

[stunned gasp]

Okay, Naruto! Get me away from here! I can't move on my own anymore!

[surprised groans]

Summoning Jutsu!

[shocked gasp]

Or maybe I can...

Well would you make up your mind already! C'mon!

I'm behind you!

Got it! Okay!

Fire Style! Phoenix Flower Jutsu!

Yeowch! Hot Hot! Hot!

[painful gasp]

Hah! I got ya good! Fool, ya fool!

Heh! For such a big dog you sure go down easier than I thought!

Don't let your guard down yet, Naruto!

Huh? What the what?!

What the hell's going on here?!

[startled gasp]

Genjutsu!

No! Do not look into my eyes!

[painful grunt]

Hey! Wake up, Bee!

Huh?

Wee! Samehada!

Yo! Check it!

Eight Tails that be me, the rapping Killer Bee! Aww yeah!

[leaping grunt]

[surprised gasp]

Man, this thing never stops!

He multiplies when you hit him.

So knock me out first!

[anxious grunt]

Stay on your toes, Octopops! Watch out!

If you get hit by Amaterasu or Tsukuyomi you're done!

That's the Mangekyo Sharingan!

[grunting and choking sounds]

[gagging sounds]

Excellent, it's out now.

Did he do something to Naruto with his Visual Prowess?

[gagging and choking sounds]

No way! Why did a crow just come out of my mouth?!

Are you kidding me?!

[gasp of realization]

Why are you so obsessed with my brother?

He's just a rogue ninja.

It's true that we may not be blood, but...

He's more of a brother to me than you ever were to him.

[grunts]

You're already under my genjutsu...

[grunting and struggling]

I'll say it again. I just want to talk.

I'm aware you want to take Sasuke back to the Leaf.

But, what if it doesn't go the way you want?

[angry grunt]

I'll do anything to make it happen!

Even taking him by force?

Sure, if you're lucky. Sasuke will just obediently return with you to the Village.

But tell me, what if the opposite were to happen?

What are you talking about?!

You just said you consider Sasuke to be like a brother to you...

What if Sasuke were to attack the Hidden Leaf Village?

What would you do then?

Why would...? No, there's just no way that Sasuke would ever do something like that!

Sasuke is still a blank canvas. He can easily be dyed into any color.

If he resists... Will you be able to stop him?

Or even kill him, if need be?

Come to think of it...

That day...

[gagging sounds]

I have shared some of my power with you.

Though I hope the day that you will have to use it never comes.

[shocked gasp] This feeling!

Naruto! It's Amaterasu!

[throwing effort]

No! Almighty push!

Damn it! I lost control again!

[gasps]

What was that?!

What the hell just happened?!

[stunned gasp] Then it wasn't Amaterasu!

[startled gasp]

Ah, so that's it, huh?

What is going on?!

Amaterasu!

Huh?!

[worried grunt]

[landing effort]

Wait, did he mess with the Amaterasu?!

That crow down there. It's one of yours?

What exactly did you do with that bird?

I underestimated him...

Itachi Uchiha... He's clearly very different than all the others.

He resisted the Reanimation Jutsu.

It worked...

Of course, I understand now.

Amaterasu!

Hey, he-!

Take it easy. I am no longer being controlled.

I used a new genjutsu against the enemy's jutsu.

Huh?!

This genjutsu orders me to protect the Leaf Village.

The Reanimation Jutsu...is undone

[stunned gasp]

Thanks to that crow...

It emerged in response to my Mangekyo Sharingan, and prepared it in case... For a time just like this.

What are you talking about?

I implanted it in that crow's left eye.

Wait, it's his eye! Yes, there's only one genjutsu that's capable of doing that!

Shisui Uchiha's Mangekyo Sharingan...

The ultimate genjutsu: Koto Amatsukami.

That genjutsu broke Kabuto's control over me...

However, it appears that the Mangekyo had already worn off.

I don't get it. Shisui Uchiha?

Uchiha's most powerful Genjutsu user, Shisui the teleporter?!

Shisui's Visual Prowess...is unique.

It creates a powerful Genjutsu that allows you to control someone without them even realizing it.

I programmed the Genjutsu to protect the Hidden Leaf into Shisui's eye.

I put the command in the crow's eye and then gave the eye to you, Naruto.

Of course I never realized that I'd be using it against myself someday.

But why did you even have that eye in the first place?

And why did you give it to me?

Self-sacrifice.

A true shinobi does not set out to seek glory.

They protect from the shadows. That is a mark of a true ninja.

Shisui was the one who taught me that.

Shisui knew...that a battle for the possession of his eyes would ensue after his death.

He faked the destruction of his eyes and took his own life.

I helped him by letting myself become the target of suspicion

The last time I saw Shisui, Danzo had already stolen his right eye.

The left one, he bequeathed to me.

He instructed me to to use it to protect the Village, and then disappeared.

I gave that eye to you, a ninja with the same integrity as Shisui.

If Sasuke, whom I left behind, ever became a threat to the Village...

Then I would have violated all that Shisui entrusted me to do.

You were the only one who could ever make it right.

You said that you consider Sasuke a brother.

That's why I knew that you, Naruto, were the only one who could stop him.

I knew Sasuke would at least try to transplant my eyes into himself.

He wanted that true power. The Eternal Mangekyo.

If that did come to pass...

The crow was set to emerge from you when it came in contact with my eyes.

The crow would cast the Koto Amatsukami on Sasuke, making him want to protect the Leaf.

That was my plan.

Why didn't you just cast that jutsu upon Sasuke right from the get-go then?

It's not a question of didn't...

...It's simply that I couldn't.

Not back then.

Shisui's Mangekyo... takes more than a decade to reactivate...

...Unless you have Hashirama Senju's chakra.

Sasuke wanted me dead for many reasons.

I had to concentrate on what my death would do to Sasuke.

Itachi...

Thanks for putting your trust in me...

And you don't have to worry any longer.

You've done enough for the village.

You don't need to do anymore at all!

Just let me take care of the rest of it.

[grunts]

I would defend the village! And I'd find a way to stop Sasuke without killing him!

My little brother...

...is luckier than he could ever imagine...

...to have you as a friend.

[scheming chuckle] Even Shisui's eye!

Luck just keeps smiling on me.

Almighty Push!

[startled breath]

Where'd he go?!

Is he...?

Here! Almighty Push!

[painful screaming]

Hah! You fool, ya! I'm about to school ya!

[sharp breath]

Lariat!

Gakido!

Wait, are you absorbing my chakra, ya fool?!

Hey, Octopops, are you okay?

[shocked grunt]

[worried gasp]

Now! Ningendo!

No!

What are you...?!

What is this jutsu?!

Planetary Devastation! He used this jutsu against me once before!

This thing's super bad, you know? Get caught in it, and you're done for!

Then tell me this... If it's a sure death how are you still alive?

Then we'll be alright. We'll get through this fight!

Come on, Octopops! This is no time to be joking!

Next time on Naruto Shippuden: The Acknowledged one.

Every jutsu has a weakness, you simply have to find it.