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Thank you, Lady Hinata.
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I appreciate you treating my wound
when you're injured as well.
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It's all right.
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Someone has already tended
to my wounds.
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The village is
short-handed right now.
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Sakura is so busy.
This is the least I can do.
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Neji!
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Can we interview you?
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Interview?
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Naruto played a huge part
in this battle, right?
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And the younger kids at the Academy
asked us to do a spread
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in the Academy newspaper
about his achievements.
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So we're going around
interviewing everyone.
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Sorry, but ask someone else.
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That's mean, Neji!
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I'll say! The kids at the Academy
are looking forward to it.
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Please!
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We're beggin' you!
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Oh, fine. Then let me tell you
a very special story.
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- Leaf's History -
Neji Chronicles
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It was roughly three years ago.
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The day the final round of
the Chunin Exam took place.
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Our first Chunin Exam that year
was met with many troubles.
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Feudal Lords and guests from
other nations all gathered
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to watch the final round in the Hidden
Leaf Village, and in the midst of that,
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we received reports that a Rogue Ninja
named Orochimaru was after Sasuke.
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The village took steps for
every contingency in every area
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and security was
extremely tight.
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During the finals, the Hidden Sand
and Hidden Sound conspired
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to destroy the Hidden Leaf.
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Something no one could
ever have predicted.
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Not yet knowing what was about to occur,
the matches continued,
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and spectators from various nations
watched with intense interest.
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Around that time, I was being
treated in the medical room,
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having lost to Naruto
during the first match.
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I came to see how you are.
How do you feel?
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I'm fine.
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Don't be disappointed.
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It's sheer luck that Naruto won!
I'm sure you'll win the next-
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Oh, I'm over that.
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Huh?
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Lord Hiashi came by
a little while ago.
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I had always believed that we members
of the branch family would never be truly free
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until the power of the Byakugan is sealed
away and our Curse Marks disappear.
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But it seems Father thought
of it differently.
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It's true that some things
cannot be changed.
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But perhaps, I have been making
blind assumptions about everything.
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Neji...
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Let's go back to the stadium.
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Guy Sensei and Lee are here
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and the Uchiha's match looks
really exciting.
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You're right.
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Then it happened.
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Orochimaru's destruction of
the Hidden Leaf had begun.
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What is that?!
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Have you noticed?
The cheering in the stadium has stopped.
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Yeah. Something in the air
is different.
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Byakugan!
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Due to the treachery
of Orochimaru's Hidden Sound
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and his allies from the Sand,
our village was thrown into chaos.
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How could this happen?!
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Fighting has broken out in
every corner of the village.
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Sand and Sound Ninja
against the Leaf.
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It's like...
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I know. It's like a war.
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We rushed to the stadium to
find out just what was going on.
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But unbeknownst to us, another incident
was already taking place.
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Is that...
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Elder!
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Hey, are you okay?!
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What happened to me?
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Kiba later told us that he was knocked
unconscious by enemy ninja
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disguised as Anbu Black Ops,
while watching over Lady Hinata,
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who had collapsed due to
injuries from her previous match.
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Hey... What the hell's
going on here?
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It seems you're all right.
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Elder's wound isn't fatal either.
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What happened here anyway?
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We were attacked.
Hinata has been taken.
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What?!
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Two ninja from the Hidden Cloud,
who were here as spectators, took her.
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No doubt they took advantage
of the commotion
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to take the Byakugan
out of the village.
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I tried to stop them, but...
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Neji, the Byakugan is a top-secret jutsu,
which your father protected with his life.
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It must not be stolen!
Go after them!
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Bring it back, whatever it takes!
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I understand.
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Wait, Neji!
I'm coming with you.
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This is a Hyuga matter.
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But it's too much for you
to handle alone.
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I'm coming too.
Hinata is my teammate.
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Besides, you don't think
highly of Hinata.
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There's no way you'd get serious
about saving her.
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Hey you!
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Then come with me.
Your nose will be useful.
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I guess having a three-man cell
would make things easier for pursuit.
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No, you're wrong.
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Including Akamaru, it's a four-man cell.
We're now a basic platoon.
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Let's go.
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I didn't know all that happened.
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Didn't the jonin in the stadium notice?
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Who knows?
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But they probably couldn't
spare the manpower.
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After all, the situation was
such that genin like Naruto
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had to be dispatched on
A-rank missions.
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What a shock having a war
suddenly break out like that.
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It's like a ninja alliance never existed.
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We can't let this opportunity go.
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The celebrated Kekkei Genkai,
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which is forbidden from being
taken out of the village.
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The Hidden Leaf's Byakugan.
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The enemy consists of two ninja.
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They intend to go straight
through the forest.
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The boundary we share with
the Land of Rice Paddies is up ahead.
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They're taking the shortest route
to Hidden Cloud Village.
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We're familiar with areas
within the Land of Fire,
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but not beyond the border.
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We have to settle this
before they get there.
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What's the matter?
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Akamaru can size up the enemy's strength
simply by sniffing their chakra.
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They seem to be quite formidable.
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They're probably higher
than chunin level.
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Our chances of victory are slim.
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But there are ways!
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Like surrounding them and
taking them by surprise.
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Hey stop!
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What is it?
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A trap?
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This place reeks of the enemy.
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What are they? How gross.
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It seems they laid a trap that is
activated by a pursuer's chakra.
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Here they come!
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There's no end to them.
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This is bad. Setting off the trap
may have alerted the enemy.
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Damn! We're running out of time!
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Then we only have one choice.
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Dragon Bomb!
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Go! I'll handle this.
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But...
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I can stop them for a while.
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You're going to get her back, right?
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Hurry!
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Okay!
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Well now...
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What weapons would
you like me to use?
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Come and get me!
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That's crazy!
All by herself?
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That's true.
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But Tenten is a skilled weapons specialist,
capable of mid to long-range attacks.
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She had the greatest chance of stopping
the enemy, then getting out of there.
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With time running out, we had no choice
but to have faith in her.
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Those damned Cloud Ninja...
Laying a nasty trap like that.
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However, setting up something
like that must've taken time.
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Yeah. The scent was still fresh.
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They're not that far ahead.
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Byakugan.
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I found them.
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All right! We'll ambush them
and get Hinata back!
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Forget it. That won't work.
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Then what do you suggest?!
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You can't stop me. I'm going!
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Someone set off the trap.
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Are they coming after us?
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Probably. Let's hurry.
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The boundary is straight up ahead.
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Right.
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Palm Heel Strike!
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You're not going to get your way.
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Don't try to resist.
We're in a hurry.
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As long as a head family member
wields the Byakugan,
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it doesn't matter whether
she's dead or alive, right?
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Damn brat! How about we just
take back her head instead?
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Tunneling Fang!
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Looks like I made it in time!
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Kiba?!
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Hinata! We're getting outta here!
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- A pursuer.
- Those brats...
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I'm gonna kill them!
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There's no way you could get away.
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You're absolutely right.
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Back then we just weren't
strong enough.
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It's useless for a mere genin like you.
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And we don't have time to waste!
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Gentle Fist...
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8 Trigrams 64 Palms!
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8 Trigrams 2 Palms!
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4 Palms!
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8 Palms!
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16 Palms!
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32 Palms!
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64 Palms!
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I see.
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Now I get it.
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You're that Hyuga kid who was
in the Chunin Exam.
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That jerk.
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Acting all tough!
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So we were chasing a decoy.
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Move. We have no use for an eye
that loses its power upon death.
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I will not let you get past here.
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Earth Style: Mud Wave!
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I don't plan on letting
a Gentle Fist user come near me!
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Oh no!
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Earth Style Shadow Clone?
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He lured me.
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It's over.
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A taijutsu user who can't use
his arms or legs...
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is nothing more
than a caged bird.
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After hating them so much,
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you still end up being
a sacrifice for the head family.
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What a sad destiny for you.
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I didn't come reluctantly.
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I'm here because I chose to!
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Whatever. The result is the same.
You will die here!
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Mud Needle!
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Rotation!
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Sorry for being late.
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Lord Hiashi?!
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Hiashi?!
The head of the Hyuga Clan?!
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8 Trigrams: Air Palm!
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Pathetic.
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Why are you here, Lord Hiashi?
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What about Lady Hinata?
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The Elder told me the details.
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Ko should be with Hinata now.
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With your friend that
he picked up along the way.
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I see.
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But why did you leave the battlefield
to come here of all places?
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Hinata is my precious daughter.
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And you are the precious memento
of my late brother.
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Thank goodness we're all okay.
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Say... Neji.
Sorry about everything.
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In time, the Cloud Ninja who planned
Lady Hinata's abduction were captured.
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It turned out that the Cloud Village
was not directly involved,
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so it didn't blow up into
an international incident
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and we settled things internally.
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And that's it.
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So behind the destruction
of the Hidden Leaf,
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there was an incident like that?
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I didn't know.
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That was a touching story.
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Good.
It was worth telling it to you.
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Hey, wait a minute!
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That's all there is to the story?
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But Naruto had nothing to do with this!
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What are you talking about?
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For me...
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I'm sorry, Neji.
All because of me...
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Please look up, Lady Hinata.
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There's no reason for you
to apologize.
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I thought I understood it all and bore
a grudge against the head family,
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without knowing the truth.
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I blamed fate and made myself believe
that I was the only one suffering.
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But during our battle,
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he told me that you were suffering
just as much as I was.
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And that you were trying so hard
to change in order to gain acceptance.
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I had never even thought about that.
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He made me see how selfish
and narrow-minded I was.
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Naruto did?
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Naruto Uzumaki.
He's an interesting guy.
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Yes!
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He was involved in
the most important part so don't worry.
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- What?!
- What?!
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I'm looking forward to your article.
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Hey Neji, no fair!
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You have to tell us what part
was important!
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It's all important. Every bit.
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Without him, this story may
never have happened.
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We wanted to hear about
Naruto's achievements.
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Then maybe asking me
was a mistake.
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W-Who the heck are you, Old man?!
You scared me!
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You're the one who scared me
with your loud scream!
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Hey, wait a minute.
What're you doing in my house?
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I don't know.
Before I knew it, I was standing here.
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"Before you knew it"?
What kind of stupid joke is...
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Mister?
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C-Could you take a look
at the mirror?!
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Next time on Naruto Shippuden:
"The Man Who Died Twice"
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G-G-Ghost!
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Tune in again!