1 00:00:10,440 --> 00:00:14,070 They've been making us walk quite a distance since sunrise. 2 00:00:14,860 --> 00:00:16,610 Our battle must be imminent. 3 00:00:17,320 --> 00:00:18,900 Who will we be fighting? 4 00:00:25,440 --> 00:00:26,690 You don't think it's… 5 00:00:27,110 --> 00:00:27,690 Are they close? 6 00:00:28,780 --> 00:00:31,400 It feels familiar, nostalgic… 7 00:00:38,360 --> 00:00:40,280 Itachi Uchiha…and Nagato! 8 00:00:40,530 --> 00:00:41,940 You know these guys, Naruto? 9 00:00:42,280 --> 00:00:43,940 Yeah, I know both of them. 10 00:00:44,530 --> 00:00:49,900 I never imagined I'd be forced into fighting you again, Naruto. 11 00:00:50,940 --> 00:00:53,480 It's probably been a while since we last met. 12 00:00:53,820 --> 00:00:56,360 But since I've been dead, it feels like it's only been a moment. 13 00:00:57,570 --> 00:00:59,480 You've changed a bit, Naruto. 14 00:01:00,070 --> 00:01:01,320 Oh, you mean this? 15 00:01:01,570 --> 00:01:05,070 I'm in control of the Nine Tails' chakra now. 16 00:01:05,110 --> 00:01:06,860 This is my Chakra Mode! 17 00:01:07,820 --> 00:01:08,400 What? 18 00:01:09,030 --> 00:01:12,530 I see… No wonder you look different. 19 00:01:13,150 --> 00:01:14,400 It's your face. 20 00:01:17,440 --> 00:01:20,110 You now command the Power of the Nine Tails? 21 00:01:20,570 --> 00:01:22,570 I'm impressed with your development! 22 00:01:23,320 --> 00:01:25,480 He and I are sibling students. 23 00:01:25,730 --> 00:01:27,280 I'm not surprised! 24 00:01:28,030 --> 00:01:29,190 For that, it's me he owes… 25 00:01:29,230 --> 00:01:31,820 Before I came along, he was pretty much in the shadows. 26 00:01:31,860 --> 00:01:33,690 That's so not true! 27 00:01:35,030 --> 00:01:39,070 So you've overcome hatred, Naruto? 28 00:01:39,480 --> 00:01:43,070 Oh yeah! As my senior, you taught me about pain. 29 00:01:43,650 --> 00:01:46,440 The training I did at the Waterfall of Truth with Octopops… 30 00:01:46,570 --> 00:01:47,780 My mom and dad… 31 00:01:48,480 --> 00:01:51,690 I have all of you to thank for where I am now! 32 00:01:52,820 --> 00:01:53,860 I see… 33 00:01:55,150 --> 00:01:57,940 Naruto, I must ask you… 34 00:01:59,980 --> 00:02:01,400 That reminds me— 35 00:02:01,480 --> 00:02:03,440 I have a question for you, as well. 36 00:02:06,280 --> 00:02:11,570 Seems like I found you first… Eight Tails and Nine Tails. 37 00:02:11,940 --> 00:02:16,400 With these two cards, he'll fall right into my hands. 38 00:02:18,400 --> 00:02:21,110 Too bad I won't be able to see the frustrated look on 39 00:02:21,150 --> 00:02:24,150 his face under that mask… when he realizes! 40 00:02:28,440 --> 00:02:29,030 Fire Style! 41 00:02:29,150 --> 00:02:30,320 Fireball Jutsu! 42 00:04:09,650 --> 00:04:13,820 Contact! Naruto vs. Itachi! 43 00:04:15,070 --> 00:04:17,940 Naruto, I must ask you… 44 00:04:19,940 --> 00:04:21,440 That reminds me— 45 00:04:21,480 --> 00:04:23,570 I have a question for you, as well. 46 00:04:31,150 --> 00:04:31,730 Yo?! 47 00:04:40,400 --> 00:04:41,940 Oops, was that hot? 48 00:04:42,110 --> 00:04:43,440 Sorry for not giving it all I got. 49 00:04:43,900 --> 00:04:45,030 Samehada… 50 00:04:46,070 --> 00:04:47,570 So Kisame is… 51 00:04:49,860 --> 00:04:51,440 He was still talking… 52 00:04:52,070 --> 00:04:54,360 He's under a spell… 53 00:04:54,900 --> 00:04:56,820 Even if he cuts you off, what the hell? 54 00:04:57,230 --> 00:04:58,230 Okay? 55 00:04:59,780 --> 00:05:00,610 Above you! 56 00:05:00,650 --> 00:05:01,650 I see him! 57 00:05:04,690 --> 00:05:05,860 What happened to Sasuke? 58 00:05:07,230 --> 00:05:09,530 He says he's going to take revenge on the Leaf Village! 59 00:05:10,230 --> 00:05:12,440 He joined the Akatsuki! 60 00:05:13,610 --> 00:05:15,530 Why won't Sasuke return to the village? 61 00:05:17,820 --> 00:05:20,480 He found out about your top-secret mission, 62 00:05:22,730 --> 00:05:25,400 and chose to destroy the village! 63 00:05:28,280 --> 00:05:29,400 Top-secret mission? 64 00:05:29,480 --> 00:05:30,900 Don't tell me Madara…? 65 00:05:40,610 --> 00:05:44,530 Madara told me the truth too. 66 00:05:47,030 --> 00:05:48,570 So that's how it was… 67 00:05:49,360 --> 00:05:52,690 So Madara was telling the truth! 68 00:05:53,440 --> 00:05:56,030 The Uchiha Clan tried to take over the village and… 69 00:05:56,070 --> 00:05:58,190 You've said enough, Naruto. 70 00:05:59,570 --> 00:06:00,980 Is that true, Itachi? 71 00:06:01,400 --> 00:06:02,400 Itachi… 72 00:06:03,030 --> 00:06:04,610 You died playing the villain 73 00:06:04,650 --> 00:06:07,400 in order to protect the village and Sasuke! 74 00:06:08,030 --> 00:06:11,940 Sasuke surely understands your pain and resolve! 75 00:06:13,400 --> 00:06:16,320 But instead of seeing your wishes through, 76 00:06:16,360 --> 00:06:17,730 Sasuke is trying to destroy the village. 77 00:06:18,400 --> 00:06:20,570 This is his way of avenging 78 00:06:20,610 --> 00:06:23,780 the pain the village caused his beloved older brother! 79 00:06:25,690 --> 00:06:29,690 Damn Madara, he knew the truth about me… 80 00:06:32,440 --> 00:06:34,570 Do the villagers know about this? 81 00:06:35,570 --> 00:06:38,570 Kakashi Sensei and Captain Yamato were there too. 82 00:06:39,360 --> 00:06:42,480 But there was nothing to prove what Madara said, 83 00:06:42,530 --> 00:06:44,480 so Kakashi Sensei is keeping everyone tight-lipped. 84 00:06:44,730 --> 00:06:46,780 I don't think anyone else knows. 85 00:06:47,650 --> 00:06:50,900 Then don't ever tell the village about this! 86 00:06:51,650 --> 00:06:54,570 You can't let the Uchiha Clan's reputation change! 87 00:06:55,610 --> 00:06:56,440 And one more thing… 88 00:06:57,610 --> 00:06:59,530 Damn! My body is moving on its own! 89 00:07:00,150 --> 00:07:01,570 Universal Pull! 90 00:07:13,440 --> 00:07:15,320 Nicely dodged, Naruto! 91 00:07:15,570 --> 00:07:18,610 I'm stronger now than when Pain and I fought. 92 00:07:26,570 --> 00:07:28,400 I'll let you deal with Sasuke. 93 00:07:28,690 --> 00:07:30,440 That was my plan from the start! 94 00:07:32,320 --> 00:07:34,440 Entrusting it to you was the right thing to do, after all. 95 00:07:36,860 --> 00:07:39,480 Okay, Naruto, pull me away! 96 00:07:40,030 --> 00:07:41,480 I can't move by myself. 97 00:07:44,230 --> 00:07:45,480 Summoning Jutsu! 98 00:07:45,530 --> 00:07:46,110 What?! 99 00:07:53,690 --> 00:07:55,110 Or maybe I can… 100 00:07:55,480 --> 00:07:57,610 Did you always do that? 101 00:07:59,030 --> 00:07:59,650 Behind you! 102 00:07:59,780 --> 00:08:01,480 I got it! Okay! 103 00:08:02,610 --> 00:08:04,480 Fire Style! Phoenix Flower Jutsu! 104 00:08:14,030 --> 00:08:15,440 Hot! Hot! Hot! 105 00:08:23,980 --> 00:08:26,730 Caught you! Ya fool, ya fool! 106 00:08:34,820 --> 00:08:37,940 For someone so big, that was easy! 107 00:08:38,610 --> 00:08:40,280 Keep your guard up, Naruto! 108 00:08:48,280 --> 00:08:49,440 What the hell's happening?! 109 00:08:59,940 --> 00:09:00,940 Genjutsu! 110 00:09:03,110 --> 00:09:04,570 Don't look at my eyes! 111 00:09:09,360 --> 00:09:09,940 Ouch! 112 00:09:10,650 --> 00:09:11,940 Wake up! 113 00:09:15,480 --> 00:09:16,530 Samehada! 114 00:09:33,150 --> 00:09:36,400 Killer Bee the Eight Tails! That's me! 115 00:09:36,780 --> 00:09:37,780 Yay! 116 00:10:03,780 --> 00:10:04,860 This'll go on forever! 117 00:10:05,280 --> 00:10:06,820 He multiplies every time you hit him! 118 00:10:07,280 --> 00:10:08,730 Knock me down first! 119 00:10:20,280 --> 00:10:21,530 Watch yourself, Octopops! 120 00:10:22,230 --> 00:10:24,730 If you get struck by Amaterasu or Tsukuyomi, it'll be the end of you! 121 00:10:25,230 --> 00:10:26,610 He's got the Mangekyo Sharingan! 122 00:10:55,730 --> 00:10:57,030 It's out. 123 00:11:00,610 --> 00:11:02,730 Did he do something to Naruto with his Visual Prowess? 124 00:11:09,530 --> 00:11:13,570 Why did a crow come out of my mouth? 125 00:11:20,400 --> 00:11:23,230 Why are you so attached to my brother? 126 00:11:23,440 --> 00:11:24,900 He's a Rogue Ninja. 127 00:11:27,070 --> 00:11:29,400 That's because unlike you… 128 00:11:30,110 --> 00:11:33,230 I think of him as a brother, more than you ever did. 129 00:11:45,480 --> 00:11:48,400 You're already under my genjutsu. 130 00:11:49,230 --> 00:11:50,570 Damn it! 131 00:11:53,360 --> 00:11:54,900 I'll say it again. 132 00:11:54,900 --> 00:11:57,440 I just wanted to talk to you for a moment. 133 00:11:59,230 --> 00:12:02,690 You've been trying to take Sasuke back to the village. 134 00:12:03,440 --> 00:12:06,440 But what if it doesn't go the way you want? 135 00:12:07,780 --> 00:12:09,980 I'll do anything to make it happen. 136 00:12:10,280 --> 00:12:11,610 Even by force? 137 00:12:12,360 --> 00:12:14,320 If, by some turn of luck, 138 00:12:14,360 --> 00:12:16,980 Sasuke goes with you willingly, great. 139 00:12:17,570 --> 00:12:20,150 But what if the exact opposite happens? 140 00:12:21,230 --> 00:12:22,530 What does that mean? 141 00:12:24,530 --> 00:12:29,360 You just said you consider Sasuke to be like a brother… 142 00:12:29,570 --> 00:12:33,530 What if Sasuke were to attack the Leaf Village? 143 00:12:33,570 --> 00:12:35,230 What would you do then? 144 00:12:35,570 --> 00:12:37,610 What? Why would Sasuke…? 145 00:12:38,150 --> 00:12:40,110 There's no way he'd do something like that! 146 00:12:40,860 --> 00:12:43,150 Sasuke is still naïve. 147 00:12:43,400 --> 00:12:45,650 He can easily be dyed any color. 148 00:12:46,440 --> 00:12:50,230 In such a case, can you stop him? 149 00:12:52,400 --> 00:12:54,320 Even if you have to kill Sasuke? 150 00:12:54,530 --> 00:12:56,980 Come to think of it, back then… 151 00:13:05,440 --> 00:13:08,280 I have shared some of my power with you. 152 00:13:08,780 --> 00:13:12,400 Though I hope the day never comes when you'll have to use it. 153 00:13:16,480 --> 00:13:17,440 This feeling! 154 00:13:20,440 --> 00:13:22,360 Naruto! It's Amaterasu! 155 00:13:24,980 --> 00:13:26,480 Almighty Push! 156 00:13:27,780 --> 00:13:29,820 Damn it! My body's moving by itself again! 157 00:13:33,730 --> 00:13:34,650 What was that?! 158 00:13:35,280 --> 00:13:36,530 What's going on?! 159 00:13:47,280 --> 00:13:48,980 It's not Amaterasu? 160 00:13:57,150 --> 00:13:58,610 So that's how it is… 161 00:13:59,570 --> 00:14:01,030 How what is…? 162 00:14:01,610 --> 00:14:03,230 Amaterasu… 163 00:14:14,400 --> 00:14:15,940 He used Amaterasu? 164 00:14:20,940 --> 00:14:23,360 That crow… It's yours, isn't it? 165 00:14:23,610 --> 00:14:25,730 What did you do with that crow? 166 00:14:28,900 --> 00:14:30,440 I underestimated him… 167 00:14:31,400 --> 00:14:36,230 Itachi Uchiha. He's clearly different from the rest. 168 00:14:37,070 --> 00:14:39,570 He resisted my Reanimation Jutsu. 169 00:14:40,150 --> 00:14:41,400 It worked… 170 00:14:42,440 --> 00:14:44,530 Oh, so that's it… 171 00:14:45,530 --> 00:14:46,820 Amaterasu! 172 00:15:00,400 --> 00:15:02,400 You! 173 00:15:02,940 --> 00:15:04,400 Relax… 174 00:15:04,440 --> 00:15:06,610 I'm no longer being controlled. 175 00:15:06,940 --> 00:15:09,690 I used a new genjutsu against the enemy's jutsu. 176 00:15:11,440 --> 00:15:14,440 A genjutsu that orders me to protect the Leaf Village. 177 00:15:14,940 --> 00:15:17,530 It erased the Reanimation Jutsu. 178 00:15:20,070 --> 00:15:25,440 I prepared that crow to respond to my Mangekyo Sharingan. 179 00:15:26,320 --> 00:15:27,940 Just in case, for times like this. 180 00:15:29,610 --> 00:15:30,860 What're you talking about? 181 00:15:31,690 --> 00:15:34,230 It's implanted in that crow's left eye. 182 00:15:36,110 --> 00:15:37,940 It's his eye! 183 00:15:38,690 --> 00:15:41,570 There's only one genjutsu that can do that. 184 00:15:42,570 --> 00:15:44,150 Shisui Uchiha's… 185 00:15:44,570 --> 00:15:48,110 The ultimate Mangekyo Sharingan genjutsu in existence: 186 00:15:48,900 --> 00:15:50,530 Koto Amatsukami. 187 00:15:54,610 --> 00:15:57,320 Using that genjutsu, I was able to restore myself. 188 00:15:58,190 --> 00:16:01,570 It appears Shisui's Mangekyo had already worn off, though. 189 00:16:01,980 --> 00:16:03,980 Shisui Uchiha? 190 00:16:05,320 --> 00:16:07,400 The Uchiha's most powerful genjutsu user…. 191 00:16:07,440 --> 00:16:09,610 Shisui the Teleporter? 192 00:16:10,570 --> 00:16:14,610 Shisui's Visual Prowess creates a powerful genjutsu 193 00:16:14,650 --> 00:16:18,570 that allows you to control someone without them ever realizing it. 194 00:16:19,650 --> 00:16:23,440 I programmed the genjutsu, to protect the Leaf, into Shisui's eye. 195 00:16:24,150 --> 00:16:26,940 Then I put it into the crow's left eye, 196 00:16:26,980 --> 00:16:29,480 and after that, I gave the crow to you, Naruto. 197 00:16:30,570 --> 00:16:34,480 I never realized that I'd be using it on myself someday. 198 00:16:35,150 --> 00:16:39,610 Why did you have that eye, and why did you give it to me? 199 00:16:43,400 --> 00:16:45,030 Self-sacrifice… 200 00:16:45,280 --> 00:16:48,070 The mark of a true shinobi is that they do not seek glory. 201 00:16:48,570 --> 00:16:50,480 They protect from the shadows. 202 00:16:51,440 --> 00:16:53,530 Shisui taught me that. 203 00:16:54,820 --> 00:16:59,610 Shisui anticipated that a battle would ensue for his eyes. 204 00:17:00,030 --> 00:17:01,190 He faked his own death 205 00:17:01,230 --> 00:17:03,360 and made it seem like his eyes were destroyed. 206 00:17:03,480 --> 00:17:07,110 I helped him by becoming the target of suspicion in the village. 207 00:17:08,320 --> 00:17:10,230 When I last saw Shisui, 208 00:17:10,280 --> 00:17:12,690 Danzo had managed to steal his right eye. 209 00:17:14,440 --> 00:17:17,190 He bequeathed his remaining left eye to me, 210 00:17:17,230 --> 00:17:20,440 telling me to use it to protect the village, and disappeared. 211 00:17:21,570 --> 00:17:26,480 I gave that eye to you, because you share Shisui's feelings. 212 00:17:28,320 --> 00:17:30,150 If Sasuke, whom I left behind, 213 00:17:30,190 --> 00:17:32,400 ever became a threat to the village… 214 00:17:32,440 --> 00:17:36,440 then I would have violated all that Shisui entrusted me to do. 215 00:17:37,530 --> 00:17:41,440 You are the only one who can make it right. 216 00:17:42,190 --> 00:17:44,820 You said you consider Sasuke a brother. 217 00:17:44,860 --> 00:17:48,150 That's why I felt that you, Naruto, 218 00:17:48,190 --> 00:17:50,400 were the only one who could stop him. 219 00:17:51,610 --> 00:17:53,280 True power… 220 00:17:53,320 --> 00:17:55,530 In his quest for the Eternal Mangekyo, 221 00:17:55,570 --> 00:17:58,400 Sasuke planned on transplanting my eyes into himself. 222 00:17:59,730 --> 00:18:01,280 If that ever happened, 223 00:18:01,320 --> 00:18:05,230 that crow was supposed to emerge from you, 224 00:18:05,280 --> 00:18:08,360 in response to your coming into contact with my transplanted eyes, 225 00:18:08,400 --> 00:18:11,530 and cast the Koto Amatsukami to protect the Leaf, onto Sasuke. 226 00:18:11,570 --> 00:18:13,360 That was my plan. 227 00:18:14,110 --> 00:18:16,650 Why didn't you cast that jutsu on Sasuke from the start, 228 00:18:16,690 --> 00:18:18,400 using Shisui's eye? 229 00:18:19,400 --> 00:18:23,190 It's not that I didn't, I couldn't. 230 00:18:23,480 --> 00:18:24,980 Not at that time… 231 00:18:25,940 --> 00:18:29,980 Shisui's Mangekyo would take decades to reactivate, 232 00:18:30,480 --> 00:18:33,030 unless you had Hashirama Senju's chakra. 233 00:18:34,190 --> 00:18:37,110 Also, there were many things 234 00:18:37,150 --> 00:18:39,480 Sasuke wanted to use my death for. 235 00:18:41,610 --> 00:18:42,650 Itachi… 236 00:18:44,280 --> 00:18:45,820 Thank you for trusting me. 237 00:18:46,400 --> 00:18:48,900 You don't have to worry anymore. 238 00:18:49,400 --> 00:18:53,530 You've done more than enough for the village. 239 00:18:54,530 --> 00:18:56,730 Let me take care of the rest. 240 00:19:00,360 --> 00:19:01,980 I would defend the Leaf Village! 241 00:19:02,030 --> 00:19:04,400 But I would also stop Sasuke without killing him! 242 00:19:10,320 --> 00:19:17,150 My little brother is lucky… to have a friend like you. 243 00:19:21,150 --> 00:19:23,070 Even Shisui's eye… 244 00:19:23,110 --> 00:19:25,610 Luck just keeps coming my way! 245 00:19:26,610 --> 00:19:28,440 Almighty Push! 246 00:19:49,610 --> 00:19:50,690 Where did he go?! 247 00:19:59,030 --> 00:20:00,650 Almighty Push! 248 00:20:10,400 --> 00:20:13,860 It isn't going to be that easy. Fool, ya fool! 249 00:20:16,530 --> 00:20:18,360 Lariat! 250 00:20:19,230 --> 00:20:20,480 Gakido! 251 00:20:31,980 --> 00:20:34,070 Are you absorbing chakra? 252 00:20:34,900 --> 00:20:37,030 Octopops, you okay? 253 00:20:47,610 --> 00:20:49,110 Ningendo! 254 00:20:55,570 --> 00:20:56,440 What… 255 00:20:59,440 --> 00:21:01,070 …is this?! 256 00:22:37,400 --> 00:22:40,820 Planetary Devastation! He got me with this jutsu once! 257 00:22:40,980 --> 00:22:42,780 It's super bad ya' know! 258 00:22:42,820 --> 00:22:44,230 If you get caught in it, it's over! 259 00:22:44,440 --> 00:22:49,360 Hey, Naruto, if it's a sure death, how come you're still alive? 260 00:22:51,230 --> 00:22:53,360 In that case, we'll be all right! We'll get through this fight! 261 00:22:53,400 --> 00:22:55,480 Hey! This is no time to be laughing! 262 00:22:56,150 --> 00:22:59,780 Next time on Naruto Shippuden: "The Acknowledged One" 263 00:23:00,570 --> 00:23:03,900 THE ACKNOWLEDGED ONE Every jutsu has a weakness! 264 00:23:03,900 --> 00:23:05,020 THE ACKNOWLEDGED ONE 265 00:23:05,480 --> 00:23:09,360 Tune in again!