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Naruto...

Just disappear, already...

...and take our bond along with you!

(Explosion)

Huh

Sasuke wins.

Now, make the Unison Sign So we can move on.

(angry growl)

You wanna go, you loser?!

What's this?

(Water Drop)

Sasuke...

if you and I fight each other...

...we both...

...will die!

(Water drops)

Am I dead?

Everything feels strange so...

Yeah, that must be what happened...

Well...

...probably.

Pitiful, huh?

huh?

(Angry grumbling)

You had Nine Tails, and I was an Uchiha.

We were ostracized by the village and treated like outcasts.

We both resented the village and everyone living in it...

Right?

You can't say that I'm wrong.

You said I was like your brother... And in that sense, maybe we were brothers.

No! You're completely wrong!

Damn it! You don't get it, do you?

Sorry, Grandma Tsunade...

I know that I promised...

...I wouldn't die till...

...I became Hokage.

Oh, no! The Infinite Tsukuyomi!

This is bad! We can't release the jutsu if we're gone, right?!

(chuckle)

Huh?

You're dead. And you're worried about what happens to the rest of the world?

Yeah, of course! We can't leave things like that!

Sakura and Kakashi are still there.

They'll figure something out.

I sure hope so...

Urgh.

(Pain)

Naruto...!

(Water Drop)

Huh?

The Hokage, huh...?

Big brother...

I bet pretty soon they're gonna carve your Great Stone Face up there!

Ohh!?!

Uhh!...

Big Brother...?!

(shocked)

Forgive me... Sasuke, But this is it.

And whatever you do from here on out, know this...

No matter what, I will love you always.

(Rain)

Big Brother...

...I'll be seeing you... soon.

(Water Drops)

You've finally come to, huh?

(Pain)

(Water Drop)

As you can see...

If either of us moves too much, we'll bleed out and die.

Why do you go that far?! Why do all that...?!

...just to get in my way?!

I gained the power needed to enter into the darkness.

...and sever all ties...

Naturally, everyone tried to cut ties with me, too.

Except you...

You've never attempted to cut me off.

I'm the only one who can handle all that hate.

Do you understand?

Why do you keep on ^ involving yourself with me?

Heh

You know that already.

I mean, come on! Don't you?

Your body can't move, but your mouth sure can!

Just answer me!

...Cuz you're my friend.

I have had enough! What are you?!

I'm your friend, Sasuke!

Just what in the hell do you want from me?

Why are you so fixated on me?

Because you're my friend!

You've told me that before. But what exactly does that mean to you?

You ask me to explain it, but honestly, it's not like I really understand it either.

Its just...

...when I see you take on stuff... and get all messed up, it...

...kinda...

...well, hurts me.

It hurts so much inside... that I can't just leave it alone, ya know?

Heh Although right now, I'm in a ton of pain everywhere, inside and out!

Naruto: Ugh...

Naruto... I knew you were always alone back then.

The village shunned you...

...just like they did with me,... the lone Uchiha survivor.

You intentionally did stupid things to get scolded...

...and to get people's attention.

In the beginning, I thought of you as a good-for-nothing loser,

a weakling who just wanted to goof around.

But the more I watched you being idiotic and getting yelled at, over and over...

it started weighing on my mind.

Back then... that's when I wondered if your weakness was beginning to rub off on me.

Afterwards, every time I'd see you, I'd think more and more about you.

Seeing you desperately trying to bond with others...

...made me remember my own family.

And I don't know why, but I felt relief.

Yet at the same time, I considered it a weakness.

I trained hard, as if to escape that weakness...

...in order to get stronger than my brother, in order to get my revenge.

Yet I ended up on the same team as you and began thinking about my family again.

Completing missions with you, while you jabbered on and on about becoming Hokage,

I saw both of us getting stronger... and...

...I started wanting to battle you too, someday.

And I began to see a shadow of my own family in Squad 7...

That's why every time I saw you suffering...

Yeah... that's right...

...I, too, felt pain.

When I understood your hurt, I finally saw you as a comrade. And conversely...

...I couldn't leave you alone. You were getting stronger and stronger. And watching you keep getting stronger...

I...

Back then, I...

I always knew that you were alone, too.

all I really wanted to do was come up to you and start talking...

I'd get sort of giddy.

But I never did...

'Cause I was jealous. You were so good...

...at everything!

So I decided I'd make you my rival!

And from that day on...

...you've been my goal.

At the beginning, I had nothing, but I built bonds...

I wanted to be strong like you, cool like you.

I guess that's why I kept chasing after you.

It was the opposite. I was the one who was jealous of you.

You had a strength that I didn't have.

You were always walking in front of me.

Just like... my late brother.

And even today, too...

You'll have to take care of Sasuke.

Huh?

I was always gonna do that!

I was right to believe that you could finish this.

These are... Naruto's memories!

And my future dream is...

...to be the greatest Hokage!

Then the village will stop disrespecting me and treat me like I'm somebody!

Somebody important!

To be Hokage, you have to be the greatest of all ninja.

You have to prove yourself, so everyone believes in you.

So you better make sure that you're ready.

There is no easy way to becoming Hokage!

Don't underestimate me! I don't quit and I don't run!

Well, all right!

I don't care if I do get stuck as a Genin for the rest of my life...

...I'll still be Hokage someday!

And I don't go back on my word. That's my nindo, my ninja way.

It's because, unlike you, that's my goal.

Just watch someday I'll be Hokage!

... To be Hokage that is my dream.

Till the day that I become Hokage... Whatever happens...

There's no way I'm gonna die!

And I will become the greatest Hokage of them all!

That's my dream, and I won't give up on it, you fool!

A Hokage is the one who walks ahead of everyone else, enduring their own pain. So that's why...

...a Hokage never walks over his comrades' corpses.

There's no shortcut ú to becoming Hokage! And no ways out for the one who becomes Hokage!

How could I ever be Hokage..?

If can't even save one friend...

Isn't that right... Sasuke?

Naruto...

Everything you've gone through up till this moment...

However powerful you are, don't take it all on yourself.

You do share your father's dream, right?

Then never forget...

Becoming Hokage isn't to get acknowledged.

Only those already acknowledged become Hokage.

Never forget your friends!

Big Brother...

Oww...

Heh

Huh?

I see...

All right...

...show me...

(Dripping)

Where are we?

Hold on... don't tell me it's really Heaven this time...

Seems we fell asleep and slept the whole night through.

We've failed to die yet again.

Ugh, damn it! I still can't move my body!

I'd hoped to hit you again

so I could make you finally open up your eyes for real!

(chuckling)

Huh?

Ha Ha Ha

What's so funny?!

We're all messed up, and you still wanna fight?

Damn right! Whatever it takes...

I admit it.

Huh?

That I've...

...I've lost.

Idiot!

Don't you get it?! This fight isn't about winning or losing at all!

It's actually about punching a sulking friend, to make him snap out of it!

And the real match that I want, comes after doing that!

Hey, Naruto...

What?!

You know...

...I just acknowledged you.

If I die here, the long cycle of destiny the Sage mentioned might end.

That's a...

...kind of revolution too.

Release the Infinite Tsukuyomi once I'm dead by transplanting my left eye into Kakashi or someone else...

And I...

...I will just...

...put an end to myself.

No way! You dying isn't gonna settle things!

If you're willing to die, then live and help me instead.

What I want to do is get all shinobi to cooperate. That definitely includes you!

Just because you want that doesn't mean that others will.

Damn it! Go ahead, keep whining and sulking! I'll hit ya again!

Also, ^ there's no guarantee I won't oppose you.

Then I'll just stop you again!

Besides, I know you won't do that anymore.

How... can you be sure?

Huh! Look... don't make me repeat myself!

Come on, are you seriously not getting it yet?

Come to think of it... You were always pretty dense...

(Dripping)

"The Unison Sign"

Just knock it off. ú Shut up, you loser.

Heheheheh

Naruto... I'll now start knowing your pain and feelings, too.

You never cut me off. In fact, you kept trying to get closer to me.

You never stopping calling me your friend. Even though I tried to sever those feelings myself.

Next time on Naruto Shippuden: "Naruto Uzumaki!!"

You stopped me,.. as a friend.