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Press down hard on the gas

That’s right, there’s no compromise

We'll slip through the night

At the final moment push hard

That's right, all the way to zero,

Until we wipe away the days

Gently open your heart

If you pull it close to you

It will reach you, without a doubt

It will come, closer

Now

We’re speeding through life, squeezing it for all of its worth

Our feet are tied

But we still keep going farther

Even if I take it back, and grasp it

If you’re not the one

There will be no meaning

And so we’ll go far off into the distance.

There is no way that I alone can lose in a place like this!

Guy Sensei…please allow it.

It is now…

A time to carry through and protect one’s own Way of the Ninja!

The Fifth Gate: A Splendid Ninja is Born

The color of his body changed…!

He’s red…?!

What’s up with him...?!

He’s opened the third gate, the Gate of Life…

He’s going to make his move!

No, not yet!

What?!

And also,

the fourth gate, the Gate of Pain…open!

What an incredible guy…

It’s not as though effort alone can make this happen…

That boy…

is he in fact a genius…?

He’s fast!

Gaara!

Where are they?!

He’s above!

But we can’t find Lee!

Where?!

The sand isn’t keeping up at all!

So it’s the Sand Armor again…?

Then how’s this?!

What…?!

This Sand Armor is…

being peeled away…!

You’re a stubborn one.

Since it comes to this…

The muscles have torn…

Is that really Lee…?

When did he become like this…?

This is the end!

The Fifth Gate of Closing…open!

I can’t defend myself…

Is this the movement of a human being?!

Neji…

This technique is my ace in the hole to take you down…

but I will specially show it to you!

Huh?!

The Sand Shield can’t keep up!

Most of the armor has also been peeled off…

He’s done for!

W-Wow!

Hidden Lotus… In other words...

it’s a high-speed continuous Taijutsu that can’t even be touched!

The answer to take Neji down is that high speed combination…

There is no way that the sand can keep up!

This technique will be the last!

Hidden Lotus!

I can’t see anything, it’s too fast…

That’s impossible…

The gourd has turned to sand…?

He’s done it this time!

Gaara!

Lee…

Oh!

What’s…that?

He protects himself…

using a gourd made of sand?!

That technique is…!

Sand Coffin!

No way!

He got hit by the Hidden Lotus

and is still able to bring forth a technique…!

Sand Coffin!

I just can not lose in a place like this…

I want to…

my Way of the Ninja…

Oh no!

Die!

Why…?

Why…save him?

He’s…

I’m all right!

I’m strong so…

The Chunin Exam…

Guy Sensei, please watch me with a smile...

I’d like to prove that I could become a respectable Ninja

even though I can’t use Ninjutsu!

That would be the ultimate for me!

He is...

an important subordinate whom I care for!

A subordinate…whom I care for...?

Those words are definitely not understandable to Gaara…

I quit…

He quit…?

The moment Guy jumped in, Lee lost.

The winner…

Gaa-!

– Wha…? – Huh?

– Huh? – Huh?

Wha--?!

That’s impossible…

Having opened the fifth gate…

And his hand and feet are crushed…

There’s no way he should be able to stand…!

Lee…

It’s all right.

It’s over!

You’re in no condition to stand…!

Lee…

Y-You…

You are…

Even after having lost consciousness…

You still want to prove your own Way of the Ninja…?

So he had already…

lost consciousness…

Lee...

You’re already…

a respectable Ninja…!

The winner…

Gaara.

Lee!

Stop!

Even if you went down what could you do?

Your words of encouragement would only make him feel worse.

There’s no way he could have beaten Gaara…

He was faced with a tougher battle than we thought…

That Naruto…

Bushy Brow lost to a guy like this…!

Medics, please hurry.

Bushy Brow…

Lee…

You are the Jonin in charge of him, aren’t you?

Y-Yes.

Please come with me for a minute.

Careful…

Don’t shake him.

There is faint breathing…

but because of comminuted fractures and muscle tears to his entire body,

recovery will likely to take quite some time…

If that was all, it wouldn’t be so bad, but…

The damage to the left arm and leg which received the attack is severe…

It’s too severe…

Oh…!

I don’t want to say this,

but he won't be able to... live as a Shinobi again.

T-That…

that can’t be true…

I will take Bushy Brow down. Believe it!

It is not you whom I want to fight, it’s Uchiha!

You…!

Naruto, I get where you're coming from, believe me.

But all fighting must be done officially in a match!

The failure beats the gifted genius through sheer effort…

Wouldn't that make for an exciting main battle?

Though, I am probably going to be the one fighting Neji…

Lee…

I didn’t want to think... that you’d lose.

I wanted to let you fulfill…

your Way of the Ninja!

Yay!

I finally mastered it!

Yahoo!

This technique…

after all, only Lee managed to master…

Okay, you became Genin from today.

I want to hear what it is you all are aiming for!

I-I’d like to prove that I can become a respectable Ninja

even though I can’t use Ninjutsu or Genjutsu!

That would be the ultimate for me!

Please forgive me for not…

stopping it...!

Lee…

It’s not true…it’s not true.

After hearing that, what should Bushy Brow do…?!

This guy…

He said the failure would take down a genius with effort…!

Isn’t there something that can be done?!

Calm down, Naruto.

B-But…Kakashi Sensei!

He kept saying he wanted to battle Sasuke and Neji!

Perhaps…that led to his ruin.

To fulfill that dream…

the boy even used a self-sacrificing forbidden technique to try to win!

The result is what you see…

That boy…

Sasuke and Neji…

and you…

he sacrificed himself to a promise he never spoke of.

He risked his life…

so that he might have a chance to battle you guys…

Don't forget that…

I wonder if Lee…

will be all right…?

Lee…

You didn’t realize it even at the end…

Heaven does not allow it.

One who tries to move ahead while achieving victory

through a method like dying upon each other’s swords.

So it ended without incident…

Welcome back Gaara.

Guy…

Well…

I spoke self-importantly earlier but…

I’ve thought about it and had I been in your position…

I probably... wouldn’t have been able to stop him.

Guy.

We’re in the way of the next tournament…let’s go up.

All right…

Then, the tenth and final round is next, both contestants come forward!

So it’s finally my turn…

I’m gonna win and have some barbecued beef!

In any case, I need to last until the main tournament and battle Sasuke.

Or I will not have met your expectations, Lord Orochimaru…

I can almost see through it…

The reason that you went to the trouble of getting to Sasuke before us and...

putting a Curse Mark on him without killing him…

In other words,

we were the guinea pigs to measure Sasuke’s abilities during the examinations.

What you wanted isn’t Sasuke’s life, but Sasuke himself…

I was also taken for a fool…

Now, let the tenth round begin.

Hey, can you hear it?

The clear, blue sky goes on and on

The ocean spans limitlessly

Please keep that smile on your face forever

Or else I’ll cry

You won't have to search around you

It’s all ok now.

Everyone is inside this hand

when you want to cry, and you want to run away

When you forget what happiness is

Just sing.

Light is born, and darkness was born

The two are one

Harmonia, feel the telepathy

Hey, can you hear it?

Sakura!

Do you know where Kakashi Sensei is?

Naruto...

I’m gonna have him watch my training until the main tournament.

Kakashi Sensei is probably with Sasuke.

What’s up with you, Sakura? You seem a little down.

No, nothing…

It’s just that I get this bad feeling…

Next episode: “A Shadow in Darkness: Danger Approaches Sasuke”

I feel uneasy for some reason…