Original subtitles

[loud crash]

"The collapse opened up a hole in the earth, and it swallowed the two siblings."

"Yahiko, Konan, and Nagato,who'd come to call themselves Team Jiraiya,immediately went after them."

"But Shikamaru... didn't make a single move..."

Not good.

Come on! We've gotta save those kids!

Hold it!

Huh? Huh?

We can't. Don't go down there.

(Ino) Why!?

(Choji) Shikamaru...!

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[gasp]

Careful, the enemy's ahead!

What is that?

What do you see, Hinata?

It looks like a hole where the ground caved in...

You see Shikamaru and his team?

I don't... there's no sign of them.

[sniffing]

That collapse is making it really hard for me to track their scent.

[cough] And I don't think that I'll be able to until after the dust settles.

[sneeze]

It's hard to believe the collapse is just a coincidence...

Hey, kids! Can you hear me?!

...Anyone! Hey!

If you can hear us, respond! Where are you?

We're coming to save you!

[rushing water]

Were they... swept downstream?

C'mon, let's go!

My eyes... they did this...!

Nagato...

Listen: First things first, we have to find those kids.

Just focus on that right now!

[quiet grunt]

Is this really okay, Shikamaru?

Are you sure that we shouldn't go and help rescue them?

Those guys are handling it.

Maybe, but that isn't the point!

This just doesn't seem right to me.

There's an order of priority to follow...

Right now, our team captains have been taken prisoner, and our mission is at a standstill.

So our number one priority now has to be to regroup with the other teams and try to come up with a plan of action.

Yeah, I know that, but, I don't like it...

(Shikamaru) The shinobi who were here in the village have gone to rescue

them... We have to do what we came here to do.

Even if it is a real big drag...

We can't be indecisive now.

We should move to a wider area where Kiba and Akamaru can track us more easily.

[sighs]

The shinobi from the Hidden Leaf aren't coming after us.

I guess now we know what they're really made of.

Well... this should be good enough. I'll let him know exactly what happened.

[gasp] Yahiko... Konan!

What is this tunnel...?

(Yahiko) Hey! What are you--?

[gasp]

[gasp]

What's the matter, Konan?

These walls... this tunnel... I wonder... Were they... created naturally?

[gasps]

What's going on!?

Hm.

Please, Lord Mashima, I beg you! Oh, please protect my sons, Lord Mashima!

[gasp]

Please! Oh, please! Protect them and keep them safe, Lord Mashima!

Bring them back to me!

I'm sorry to interrupt your prayers. We're just passing through the area, but...

May I ask you something?

What is this?

A shrine to Lord Mashima.

He sleeps deep beneath the earth. And he provides protection for our village.

Oh. So, uh... did something happen recently in the village?

We villagers have always tried to maintain a modest and peaceful way of life, so that we don't awaken Lord Mashima.

But then, just a little while ago, strangers came to our village and warned us that it might become a battlefield.

They told us to evacuate to a safer place for a while.

So we were forced to leave our homes.

But... My two boys... returned to the village...

I tried to go after them,... but they were much faster than I was... and we got separated.

That's why I'm praying to Lord Mashima

in hopes that he'll keep them safe and bring them home again.

Huh... Lord Mashima, eh?

[rushing water]

It's coming...

It sounds huge!

...What is it?

[roar[

This is bad! There's no way around it!

Thanks, you saved us, Nagato.

Yes, thank you.

We barely made it.

What the heck was that thing?

I don't know...

We'd better go find those kids quickly.

(Ashitaba & Komichi) [Frightened screams]

What is that thing!?

[gasp]

[gasp] That's Kakashi Sensei!

Kakashi Sensei...

(Voice) Come to me if you want to save them. Or I'll execute them.

[gasp]

Just stay put!

Guy Sensei!!!

Calm down!

It's a trap! Don't fall for it.

We have to get word to the Leaf Village as soon as possible.

Yes. We'll have to break up into two teams. One of them will stay here.

The other notifies the Leaf.

No good. There's a chance that we could be ambushed on the way back.

We have to try to maintain our combat advantage.

(Voice) You'd abandon your friends to follow the rules?

So it seems that the essence of the Hidden Leaf... has been passed down to its younger generation, too.

That's right. And what's more, that's how it should be.

So don't get rattled by this guy, whoever he is.

He's trying to challenge us to break up our strength.

But I'm... No, I'm not like you!

What's that!?

I'll never turn my back on them!

Naruto!

No! Come back!

I'll go! Take care of things here!

Neji!

Big brother... we lost Kenta somewhere!

It's okay, Komichi. We'll find him later.

You promise...?

[frightened cries]

[frightened cries]

...Big brother!!

[screams]

Big brother! I'm scared...!

It'll be okay!

[screams]

[roar]

[frightened cries]

[gasp]

Kenta! Ha!

Hey, Shikamaru... Come on, let's not do this.

I don't know. It just doesn't seem right...

Deities supposedly live in those shrines, so you know what you're asking for...?

...For divine punishment!

(Shikamaru) Ha! I knew it. I was right after all.

Hm?

Okay... C'mon, let's go and meet this Lord Mashima.

(Choji) What!?

(Ino) This is...

Come on! Bring it! I'll filet you into three pieces!

Nagato! Now!

[grunt]

Look out!

[roar]

What!? There's another one?!

Leave us alone!

Expansion Jutsu! HUman Boulder!

[frightened cries]

[struggling grunts]

Argh!

Oh, no! Komichi, look out!

Huh?

Shadow Strangle Jutsu! Now complete!

So you guys....

You actually came.

Heh.

What do you think has happened to Neji and Naruto?

And what was that thing?!

It's probably some time-space ninjutsu.

But who's able to use a ninjutsu that's as high-level as that one?

Damn it. Thanks to him, we just have more trouble to deal with.

[gasp]

[grunt]

Where are we?

I don't know.

Are you the one who's responsible for all of this?

Listen up! Return Kakashi Sensei and everyone else from the Leaf!

Or else you're gonna get it, seriously big time!

Naruto, you need to get away from him right now.

Look, stay out of this, all right?! I'm about to settle this whole thing right here and right now!

Just listen, look at his eye...

[gasp] The Byakugan!

You're no match for someone who possesses that.

Hmph.

Who exactly are you? How do you possess the Byakugan?

Hold on... Don't tell me you have ties to the Hyuga!

Look at the cloud of dust...

Your comrades are the ones... who are responsible for that.

What happened?

They put the rules of their village ahead of the lives of children.

So many years have passed... and yet the Hidden Leaf hasn't changed one single bit.

And what would you know about the Hidden Leaf?

Oh, I know plenty. In fact, I know more than anyone who's here at the moment.

[gasp]

(Masked Man) Now... follow me, Neji Hyuga.

[gasp]

Come with me... if you want to know the ugly truth that the Hidden Leaf has covered up.

What...? What is this guy talking about...

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(Sasuke) We'll return to the village and give them our report.

We can't afford any more losses or casualties.

(Rock Lee) What are you talking about, Sasuke?!

We have already lost Guy Sensei. And now even Neji has gone missing!

And Naruto from your own team, too!

(Naruto) Next time on Naruto Shippuden: "The Masked Man."

(Sasuke) Look, all of this happened just because he acted on his own.