1 00:01:30,780 --> 00:01:34,650 A Father's Hope, A Mother's Love 2 00:01:42,230 --> 00:01:44,280 You're no longer a Jinchuriki?! 3 00:01:45,360 --> 00:01:46,360 What do you mean? 4 00:01:46,650 --> 00:01:51,440 The ones that are controlling you extracted the Shukaku from me. 5 00:01:51,480 --> 00:01:53,320 That killed me once. 6 00:02:02,730 --> 00:02:06,030 Sealing Jutsu! Nine Phantom Dragons! 7 00:02:21,070 --> 00:02:22,440 Just what… 8 00:02:23,860 --> 00:02:25,940 am I? 9 00:02:32,980 --> 00:02:38,320 But thanks to Chiyo and my friends, here I am, alive. 10 00:02:39,280 --> 00:02:41,570 Granny Chiyo… She did that?! 11 00:02:42,230 --> 00:02:44,690 And friends? 12 00:02:45,400 --> 00:02:47,570 You have friends?! 13 00:02:52,400 --> 00:02:57,400 The things I did in the past were nothing but mistakes. 14 00:02:59,940 --> 00:03:04,070 But in my last hour, 15 00:03:04,110 --> 00:03:07,110 it seems I'm finally able to do the right thing. 16 00:03:08,650 --> 00:03:10,780 The Village of the Sand and 17 00:03:12,480 --> 00:03:13,980 the Leaf Village… 18 00:03:15,150 --> 00:03:17,780 The future is likely to be different 19 00:03:17,820 --> 00:03:20,730 from the way things were in our time. 20 00:03:25,820 --> 00:03:27,070 Gaara… 21 00:03:27,860 --> 00:03:29,150 Gaara! 22 00:03:33,530 --> 00:03:34,980 Naruto… 23 00:03:45,360 --> 00:03:46,530 This is…? 24 00:03:46,940 --> 00:03:50,530 Everyone came to help you. 25 00:03:57,110 --> 00:03:58,940 You thought he'd have no friends? 26 00:03:59,110 --> 00:04:02,230 Man, he must've been some lonely kid, huh? 27 00:04:02,480 --> 00:04:04,860 At that age, everyone has friends. 28 00:04:05,440 --> 00:04:08,650 Father, you tried to kill me six times. 29 00:04:09,230 --> 00:04:11,940 And each time, my fear and hatred of you grew. 30 00:04:12,900 --> 00:04:15,980 But I no longer hate you. 31 00:04:16,730 --> 00:04:19,610 I can understand why you did it. 32 00:04:21,820 --> 00:04:24,530 I am the Kazekage now. 33 00:04:24,570 --> 00:04:28,030 It is a leader's duty to eliminate threats against one's village. 34 00:04:28,070 --> 00:04:29,530 We must protect it. 35 00:04:31,030 --> 00:04:34,530 You are…the Kazekage? 36 00:04:34,900 --> 00:04:36,480 That's not all. 37 00:04:36,940 --> 00:04:39,030 He is also the Commander-in-Chief of 38 00:04:39,070 --> 00:04:41,440 the Allied Shinobi Forces' Main Battle Regiment. 39 00:04:41,980 --> 00:04:44,570 Despite his age, he not only calls himself Kage, 40 00:04:44,610 --> 00:04:47,400 he has the respect of all the other Kage as well. 41 00:04:47,690 --> 00:04:49,320 No wonder… 42 00:04:49,980 --> 00:04:52,400 I thought it was odd I sensed chakra types 43 00:04:52,400 --> 00:04:54,730 from various villages mixed together. 44 00:04:55,280 --> 00:04:58,610 Imagine that, shinobi forming an alliance. 45 00:04:59,400 --> 00:05:03,400 Not having eyebrows makes a face more charismatic… 46 00:05:03,570 --> 00:05:06,400 Oh hey, I don't have eyebrows either. 47 00:05:06,690 --> 00:05:09,570 Then what about that wisp of a moustache, Mizukage? 48 00:05:11,150 --> 00:05:15,190 Guys, if you're going to kill us, start with the mummy here! 49 00:05:15,320 --> 00:05:17,610 I'll be more than happy to root for you. 50 00:05:20,320 --> 00:05:22,360 He's your son, huh. 51 00:05:22,400 --> 00:05:23,980 He's a fine shinobi. 52 00:05:29,440 --> 00:05:32,400 He's small… So he was premature? 53 00:05:33,110 --> 00:05:35,070 Are you sure he'll be all right? 54 00:05:35,570 --> 00:05:37,480 He's adapting. 55 00:05:38,190 --> 00:05:41,980 At last, with the third child, we know he's compatible. 56 00:05:42,480 --> 00:05:45,480 This child must be brought up with great care. 57 00:05:46,900 --> 00:05:50,230 Please let me see… my child's face. 58 00:05:50,860 --> 00:05:52,190 Are you all right, Karura?! 59 00:05:55,650 --> 00:05:57,900 He's…so tiny. 60 00:05:59,650 --> 00:06:02,320 Lady Karura's heart rate is dropping. 61 00:06:02,980 --> 00:06:04,400 Do something! Quick! 62 00:06:37,730 --> 00:06:39,570 This child is a failure as well. 63 00:06:40,320 --> 00:06:42,610 The rampages have begun. 64 00:06:46,570 --> 00:06:49,230 If we can't maintain our defenses further 65 00:06:49,280 --> 00:06:52,400 the Sand will be weakened beyond repair. 66 00:06:52,610 --> 00:06:56,150 We need to figure out how we can negotiate with other lands, 67 00:06:56,190 --> 00:06:58,440 and we have to do something about the Shukaku. 68 00:06:58,860 --> 00:07:01,400 As long as the Jinchuriki is unreliable, 69 00:07:01,400 --> 00:07:04,320 we must rely on Lord Kazekage's development of new jutsu, 70 00:07:04,360 --> 00:07:08,440 and in our gold dust trade for village stability. 71 00:07:08,860 --> 00:07:10,480 As for Gaara… 72 00:07:11,440 --> 00:07:14,110 Yashamaru, I need to speak to you later. 73 00:07:14,230 --> 00:07:15,360 Yes… 74 00:07:17,570 --> 00:07:22,110 But Lord Gaara is still a child… 75 00:07:23,110 --> 00:07:26,780 Over the years, I've had to judge the value of many things. 76 00:07:27,030 --> 00:07:29,650 And I must test his worth too. 77 00:07:32,030 --> 00:07:34,440 We will assess Gaara tomorrow. 78 00:07:34,780 --> 00:07:38,440 After the village has been evacuated, corner Gaara. 79 00:07:39,320 --> 00:07:42,610 Tell him about his mother, and provoke him emotionally. 80 00:07:43,530 --> 00:07:47,360 If he doesn't go berserk, I won't kill him. 81 00:07:47,570 --> 00:07:48,610 About my sister?! 82 00:07:49,400 --> 00:07:51,320 Are you sure about this? 83 00:07:54,320 --> 00:07:58,320 I know that he loves and respects Karura with all his heart. 84 00:08:00,150 --> 00:08:04,150 If that is taken away from him, and if he can still suppress his rage… 85 00:08:04,190 --> 00:08:06,360 then and only then, will he suffice as a Jinchuriki! 86 00:08:26,730 --> 00:08:27,900 What? 87 00:08:29,280 --> 00:08:32,070 Why me…?! 88 00:08:32,570 --> 00:08:34,190 Why only me?! 89 00:08:49,030 --> 00:08:49,940 Who is it? 90 00:08:50,530 --> 00:08:51,440 Why? 91 00:09:02,280 --> 00:09:05,360 I must hand it to you, Lord Gaara. 92 00:09:05,900 --> 00:09:07,320 Yashamaru…! 93 00:09:16,400 --> 00:09:18,070 Why? Why? 94 00:09:18,690 --> 00:09:21,860 Why you…Yashamaru? 95 00:09:22,230 --> 00:09:23,530 Why? 96 00:09:26,570 --> 00:09:27,570 It was an order. 97 00:09:29,150 --> 00:09:32,110 I was ordered to kill you. 98 00:09:33,610 --> 00:09:37,280 By your father…the Kazekage. 99 00:09:37,980 --> 00:09:39,530 Father? 100 00:09:47,400 --> 00:09:51,570 Why does Father want me dead? 101 00:09:52,070 --> 00:09:54,570 Lord Gaara, before you were born, 102 00:09:54,610 --> 00:09:57,400 the Shukaku of the Sand was placed inside you. 103 00:09:57,400 --> 00:10:01,530 And you were nurtured carefully because of that experiment. 104 00:10:02,570 --> 00:10:05,860 However, you are unable to control the power 105 00:10:05,900 --> 00:10:10,440 of the vengeful Spirit of the Sand, the Shukaku. 106 00:10:11,320 --> 00:10:15,530 Thus, you pose a threat to the village. 107 00:10:15,860 --> 00:10:17,570 Before any more damage is done… 108 00:10:17,610 --> 00:10:19,570 So you had no choice, 109 00:10:19,610 --> 00:10:22,320 but to go along with Father's orders, Yashamaru? 110 00:10:22,480 --> 00:10:25,320 No, that's not so. 111 00:10:26,230 --> 00:10:29,320 It's true, I was ordered by Lord Kazekage. 112 00:10:29,900 --> 00:10:34,400 However, I could have refused if I chose to do so. 113 00:10:35,400 --> 00:10:37,110 Lord Gaara… 114 00:10:37,150 --> 00:10:42,820 Deep down, I'm sure I resented you. 115 00:10:44,070 --> 00:10:49,280 You…who stole my dear older sister's life when you were born. 116 00:10:52,440 --> 00:10:54,480 You were my late sister's legacy. 117 00:10:55,030 --> 00:10:59,400 So I desperately tried to love you. 118 00:11:00,150 --> 00:11:02,480 But I couldn't. 119 00:11:03,440 --> 00:11:07,150 My sister never wanted you. 120 00:11:08,360 --> 00:11:11,030 She was sacrificed for the village, 121 00:11:11,070 --> 00:11:13,610 and she died cursing it. 122 00:11:16,650 --> 00:11:21,570 My heart has borne the wounds of that moment, 123 00:11:21,610 --> 00:11:23,940 and it has never healed. 124 00:11:25,530 --> 00:11:29,610 My sister gave you that name. 125 00:11:30,360 --> 00:11:32,070 Her words were… 126 00:11:32,110 --> 00:11:35,530 "This child will be known as Gaara, a demon that loves only itself." 127 00:11:35,570 --> 00:11:40,610 "Love only yourself and fight only for yourself." 128 00:11:41,610 --> 00:11:44,980 "Then you will continue to exist." 129 00:11:45,030 --> 00:11:47,400 That was her wish. 130 00:11:48,440 --> 00:11:54,780 But she didn't name you out of love or concern. 131 00:11:56,280 --> 00:12:00,360 She gave you that name hoping that you would survive. 132 00:12:00,400 --> 00:12:04,070 She died resenting and cursing this world, 133 00:12:04,110 --> 00:12:06,400 leaving you as reminder. 134 00:12:06,440 --> 00:12:11,780 So that the world would remember her hatred. 135 00:12:12,440 --> 00:12:15,900 You were never loved. 136 00:12:26,280 --> 00:12:27,730 It's a failure, after all. 137 00:12:28,480 --> 00:12:30,530 Gaara is a failed experiment. 138 00:12:46,690 --> 00:12:51,650 This Reanimation Jutsu may have some merit, after all. 139 00:12:54,650 --> 00:12:59,400 Let me see what you may be worth! 140 00:13:00,280 --> 00:13:02,110 Can you defeat me?! 141 00:13:02,780 --> 00:13:05,110 Ohnoki… Stop me. 142 00:13:05,900 --> 00:13:08,780 Against my Particle Style, the number of opponents means nothing. 143 00:13:09,570 --> 00:13:11,440 Only you can stop me. 144 00:13:11,440 --> 00:13:12,730 I'm aware of that. 145 00:13:13,280 --> 00:13:16,480 Also, you remember what to do with allies 146 00:13:16,530 --> 00:13:18,480 after a victory, don't you? 147 00:13:18,860 --> 00:13:21,440 Once the fighting ends, so is the alliance. 148 00:13:21,480 --> 00:13:23,440 There will be a scramble for the spoils of war. 149 00:13:23,650 --> 00:13:27,030 That is what truly decides which village is the victor. 150 00:13:27,320 --> 00:13:30,280 Hey, Tsuchikage, quit playing dirty! 151 00:13:30,440 --> 00:13:31,610 I won't let that happen. 152 00:13:31,980 --> 00:13:35,820 I have no intentions of doing such a thing, Lord Mu. 153 00:13:37,610 --> 00:13:38,610 I see… 154 00:13:38,860 --> 00:13:42,440 I guess you didn't turn into a stubborn old geezer. 155 00:13:43,530 --> 00:13:45,030 I wouldn't be too sure. 156 00:13:45,440 --> 00:13:48,610 In any case, we have no control over our movements. 157 00:13:48,860 --> 00:13:53,400 Our bodies are set to automatically counter the enemy's jutsu. 158 00:13:53,730 --> 00:13:56,400 So hurry and kill us, and send us back to the netherworld. 159 00:13:56,400 --> 00:13:58,780 We will tell you what our weaknesses and powers are. 160 00:13:59,150 --> 00:14:01,570 You just have to stop our actions! 161 00:14:01,980 --> 00:14:03,820 It's not going to be easy. 162 00:14:19,480 --> 00:14:21,190 Everyone, go! 163 00:14:21,570 --> 00:14:22,400 Let's go! 164 00:14:22,440 --> 00:14:23,440 – Right! – Right! 165 00:14:33,530 --> 00:14:34,530 Sand Hail! 166 00:14:45,110 --> 00:14:46,280 Damn it! 167 00:14:46,820 --> 00:14:48,530 Sand Hail is just a diversion. 168 00:14:48,570 --> 00:14:51,150 He used it to force me to lift the Gold Dust! 169 00:15:04,690 --> 00:15:08,570 Karura… You still live on inside this child… 170 00:15:09,530 --> 00:15:11,400 That really is our old man… 171 00:15:12,360 --> 00:15:14,400 You've grown, Gaara. 172 00:15:16,730 --> 00:15:20,570 All a parent needs to do is to believe in their children. 173 00:15:21,110 --> 00:15:24,730 Just that little bit is the most valuable treasure. 174 00:15:27,610 --> 00:15:29,530 Isn't that right, Karura? 175 00:15:30,530 --> 00:15:36,030 It seems I didn't possess the ability to see the true value of things… 176 00:15:36,980 --> 00:15:38,570 What do you mean? 177 00:15:39,360 --> 00:15:42,400 No matter when or what, the Sand will always protect you. 178 00:15:42,900 --> 00:15:45,480 That's not the Shukaku's power. 179 00:15:45,480 --> 00:15:48,400 But it's your mother's…Karura's. 180 00:15:52,190 --> 00:15:54,610 He's so tiny. 181 00:15:57,150 --> 00:16:02,150 No matter what happens, I will always protect you, Gaara. 182 00:16:04,570 --> 00:16:06,400 Your mother loved you! 183 00:16:13,230 --> 00:16:17,150 Mother…loved me? 184 00:16:19,730 --> 00:16:23,690 But that day when Yashamaru came after me, he said… 185 00:16:24,320 --> 00:16:27,940 You were never…loved. 186 00:16:28,980 --> 00:16:33,440 I ordered Yashamaru to lie to you. 187 00:16:33,900 --> 00:16:35,400 In order to provoke you, 188 00:16:35,400 --> 00:16:38,150 and to test the volatility of the Tailed Beast inside you… 189 00:16:38,900 --> 00:16:40,440 For the sake of the village. 190 00:16:41,780 --> 00:16:44,860 If there was anyone Yashamaru hated… 191 00:16:44,900 --> 00:16:46,570 it would be me, not you. 192 00:16:47,530 --> 00:16:50,610 I'm the one who sealed the Shukaku of the Sand 193 00:16:50,650 --> 00:16:53,730 into his pregnant older sister. 194 00:16:55,400 --> 00:16:57,570 But Yashamaru was also a shinobi. 195 00:16:57,610 --> 00:17:01,150 He was my right-hand man and a member of the Sand Black Ops. 196 00:17:01,190 --> 00:17:04,900 So he did as he was ordered, for the sake of the village. 197 00:17:07,400 --> 00:17:09,030 I failed. 198 00:17:09,610 --> 00:17:12,940 It seems I failed in everything I did. 199 00:17:13,780 --> 00:17:17,190 I burdened you unnecessarily, 200 00:17:17,230 --> 00:17:21,780 and arbitrarily decided that you weren't worth anything. 201 00:17:22,780 --> 00:17:26,400 I took away your future by turning you into the Jinchuriki 202 00:17:26,440 --> 00:17:28,280 and I took your mother away from you. 203 00:17:28,480 --> 00:17:30,690 I robbed you of your love for your mother. 204 00:17:30,780 --> 00:17:33,360 I took away the bonds you had with people. 205 00:17:33,730 --> 00:17:35,610 And I even tried to take your life. 206 00:17:36,480 --> 00:17:39,320 As a parent… 207 00:17:39,360 --> 00:17:41,440 there is only one thing that I gave you. 208 00:17:42,280 --> 00:17:45,110 I gave you a broken heart. 209 00:17:49,570 --> 00:17:51,480 It's not bleeding. 210 00:17:52,730 --> 00:17:55,480 But it really hurts right around here. 211 00:18:02,230 --> 00:18:07,230 Physical wounds will definitely bleed and may look painful. 212 00:18:07,820 --> 00:18:11,400 But over time, they heal by themselves. 213 00:18:11,440 --> 00:18:13,940 And if you apply medicine, they will heal faster. 214 00:18:15,150 --> 00:18:17,860 What's troublesome are wounds of the heart. 215 00:18:18,230 --> 00:18:20,230 Nothing is harder to heal. 216 00:18:20,730 --> 00:18:22,440 Wounds of the heart? 217 00:18:23,190 --> 00:18:26,480 They're a bit different from physical injuries. 218 00:18:26,860 --> 00:18:30,030 You can't apply medicine, for one thing. 219 00:18:30,530 --> 00:18:32,980 And sometimes, they never heal. 220 00:18:33,940 --> 00:18:37,900 There's only one cure for a wound of the heart. 221 00:18:39,400 --> 00:18:42,190 It's a bit bothersome and 222 00:18:42,230 --> 00:18:44,730 you can only receive it from someone else. 223 00:18:46,440 --> 00:18:47,480 What is it? 224 00:18:51,110 --> 00:18:52,360 It's love. 225 00:18:52,730 --> 00:18:54,820 – Love? – Yes. 226 00:18:55,940 --> 00:18:57,650 How do I get it? 227 00:18:58,280 --> 00:19:01,360 You've already received it, Lord Gaara. 228 00:19:05,730 --> 00:19:06,900 Mother… 229 00:19:07,400 --> 00:19:11,530 I believe your mother loved you immensely. 230 00:19:12,320 --> 00:19:16,570 Essentially, Shukaku of the Sand is a wraith to be used for offensive assaults. 231 00:19:16,570 --> 00:19:20,440 But when the Sand instinctively acts to protect you… 232 00:19:20,690 --> 00:19:22,860 That is your mother's love. 233 00:19:23,400 --> 00:19:28,940 I believe your mother's will has seeped into the Sand. 234 00:19:33,780 --> 00:19:39,610 My sister…even in death… wanted to protect you, Lord Gaara. 235 00:19:55,360 --> 00:19:56,480 Karura… 236 00:19:57,400 --> 00:19:59,070 Mothers are powerful. 237 00:19:59,820 --> 00:20:03,440 She's dead, but she believed in you and still protects you. 238 00:20:04,320 --> 00:20:06,440 She's the one who has brought you this far. 239 00:20:07,610 --> 00:20:10,570 She gave you life, so that you would become the Kazekage. 240 00:20:10,610 --> 00:20:12,070 She gave you friends. 241 00:20:12,110 --> 00:20:15,030 She gave you the bonds with your siblings and community. 242 00:20:15,230 --> 00:20:17,570 All things that I took away from you. 243 00:20:19,570 --> 00:20:23,150 All I did as your father was to torment you. 244 00:20:23,190 --> 00:20:27,230 I don't deserve to be called your father. 245 00:20:29,940 --> 00:20:32,480 My mother was wonderful indeed. 246 00:20:35,610 --> 00:20:39,360 Thanks to her, for the first time, I received medicine from my father. 247 00:20:40,570 --> 00:20:43,230 Gaara… You… 248 00:20:44,570 --> 00:20:46,650 SEAL 249 00:20:49,980 --> 00:20:52,650 You surpassed me long ago. 250 00:20:53,980 --> 00:20:57,030 I leave the village to you, Gaara! 251 00:22:36,690 --> 00:22:38,780 Itachi Uchiha and Nagato?! 252 00:22:38,820 --> 00:22:40,530 You know these guys, Naruto? 253 00:22:40,570 --> 00:22:42,280 Yeah! Both of them! 254 00:22:42,320 --> 00:22:47,360 Never would I have thought I'd have to battle you again, Naruto! 255 00:22:47,730 --> 00:22:50,400 You now command the Power of the Nine Tails? 256 00:22:51,150 --> 00:22:53,190 I'm impressed with your development! 257 00:22:53,940 --> 00:22:58,860 Next time on Naruto Shippuden: "Contact! Naruto vs. Itachi" 258 00:22:59,730 --> 00:23:02,400 Naruto, I must ask you… 259 00:23:02,440 --> 00:23:04,940 CONTACT! NARUTO VS. ITACHI 260 00:23:05,400 --> 00:23:09,480 Tune in again!