1 00:01:30,640 --> 00:01:35,140 Sasuke's Answer 2 00:01:56,890 --> 00:01:57,890 This time... 3 00:01:58,350 --> 00:01:59,930 you're not going to reach the other side! 4 00:02:24,560 --> 00:02:25,770 I'm the one still standing. 5 00:02:27,020 --> 00:02:28,560 Opposite from the last time. 6 00:02:30,680 --> 00:02:31,890 I just want to protect... 7 00:02:33,310 --> 00:02:34,810 the dream I finally realized. 8 00:02:34,890 --> 00:02:37,350 I don't want anymore... 9 00:02:39,390 --> 00:02:42,770 You look pretty depressed, Hashirama. 10 00:02:43,770 --> 00:02:45,980 Can't perk back up this time, eh? 11 00:02:53,310 --> 00:02:57,480 Can't we show each other our guts? 12 00:02:57,730 --> 00:03:00,310 The first steps are for us to not give up on our ideals 13 00:03:00,390 --> 00:03:02,640 and to get a lot stronger. 14 00:03:03,430 --> 00:03:05,640 Let's build our settlement here! 15 00:03:09,680 --> 00:03:12,730 They say where there's a will, there's a way... 16 00:03:12,810 --> 00:03:13,810 And yet, I... 17 00:03:14,310 --> 00:03:16,140 That dream is now becoming reality. 18 00:03:40,600 --> 00:03:43,100 A Wood Style Clone... 19 00:03:44,640 --> 00:03:47,680 I can't believe my back was taken... 20 00:03:47,980 --> 00:03:52,430 I will protect our...no, my village. 21 00:03:53,350 --> 00:03:54,850 No matter what. 22 00:03:55,600 --> 00:03:58,100 I still believe to this day that protecting the village 23 00:03:58,180 --> 00:04:03,600 will lead to the protection of the people, shinobi, and children! 24 00:04:04,730 --> 00:04:10,560 I will not forgive anyone who threatens the village. 25 00:04:10,640 --> 00:04:13,640 Be they a friend...sibling... or even my own child... 26 00:04:17,100 --> 00:04:19,640 You've changed...Hashirama. 27 00:04:21,770 --> 00:04:24,730 I made up my mind right then... 28 00:04:24,850 --> 00:04:28,680 to endure in order to watch over the present. 29 00:04:30,390 --> 00:04:32,140 You've got your priorities backwards. 30 00:04:32,810 --> 00:04:36,930 Ultimately... It shall someday lead the village to darkness. 31 00:04:55,810 --> 00:04:59,730 And thus...my battle with Madara came to an end. 32 00:05:00,730 --> 00:05:03,930 I don't know how Madara returned to life now. 33 00:05:04,180 --> 00:05:06,730 I definitely killed my friend... 34 00:05:07,600 --> 00:05:08,730 For the sake of the village. 35 00:05:14,480 --> 00:05:15,350 That's right... 36 00:05:15,980 --> 00:05:17,060 The village... 37 00:05:17,890 --> 00:05:21,230 that Madara and I first envisioned... 38 00:05:22,020 --> 00:05:24,640 is something that joined one clan to another. 39 00:05:25,180 --> 00:05:27,850 It was an invaluable cornerstone that created order out of chaos, 40 00:05:27,930 --> 00:05:30,640 then maintained it. 41 00:05:31,810 --> 00:05:35,140 It protected the children and averted pointless conflict. 42 00:05:35,230 --> 00:05:37,390 It made peace a reality. 43 00:05:38,060 --> 00:05:40,640 However...it gave rise to despair, 44 00:05:40,730 --> 00:05:43,730 the kind that your brother Itachi was forced to bear. 45 00:05:46,020 --> 00:05:48,640 Perhaps what Madara said was correct, after all. 46 00:05:49,730 --> 00:05:52,270 Perhaps he foresaw this state of affairs. 47 00:05:53,390 --> 00:05:56,640 I am the shinobi who created these circumstances. 48 00:05:56,730 --> 00:06:01,600 Furthermore, I am also the one who considered them acceptable. 49 00:06:02,600 --> 00:06:06,430 I believe that shinobi are those who endure for a purpose. 50 00:06:06,730 --> 00:06:09,730 But depending on what that purpose is, a shinobi can change. 51 00:06:10,100 --> 00:06:12,270 Just as Madara...and I did. 52 00:06:17,100 --> 00:06:18,810 Shinobi... 53 00:06:19,930 --> 00:06:22,680 Shinobi are those who endure... 54 00:06:23,060 --> 00:06:26,140 in order to achieve their goals. 55 00:06:26,560 --> 00:06:29,480 For me, it was building a village. 56 00:06:29,770 --> 00:06:32,600 But it seems Madara found something else. 57 00:06:33,100 --> 00:06:36,520 This plan of Madara's that Orochimaru mentioned earlier... 58 00:06:36,600 --> 00:06:38,600 To erase all the shinobi in this world... 59 00:06:38,600 --> 00:06:41,930 I don't know what that means in literal terms, but... 60 00:06:43,230 --> 00:06:44,770 It's the Infinite Tsukuyomi 61 00:06:45,270 --> 00:06:48,520 where village, shinobi, and citizen are all irrelevant. 62 00:06:49,480 --> 00:06:51,680 He intends to put everyone under genjutsu 63 00:06:51,770 --> 00:06:54,060 and manipulate them as he sees fit. 64 00:06:54,730 --> 00:06:58,060 To negate everything that my older brother, Madara's younger brother... 65 00:06:58,680 --> 00:07:01,680 and all of you... 66 00:07:03,100 --> 00:07:04,600 have tried to protect. 67 00:07:15,980 --> 00:07:23,480 My older brother inherited your will without even talking to you. 68 00:07:27,060 --> 00:07:28,180 My older brother... 69 00:07:28,770 --> 00:07:32,640 Itachi... You also serve as the Uchiha Clan's pipeline 70 00:07:32,640 --> 00:07:34,810 to the Village nerve center. 71 00:07:35,310 --> 00:07:37,140 You know that, don't you? 72 00:07:41,020 --> 00:07:44,890 Even as he shouldered that heavy responsibility for the clan... 73 00:07:45,600 --> 00:07:48,600 We cannot allow such a thing! 74 00:07:48,600 --> 00:07:53,270 If they are going to start a revolution and usurp our power, 75 00:07:53,350 --> 00:07:57,600 we have no choice but to judge the Uchiha as traitors of the Leaf! 76 00:07:57,680 --> 00:07:58,850 Wait, Koharu. 77 00:07:59,680 --> 00:08:01,520 Don't rush to such a decision. 78 00:08:01,770 --> 00:08:06,060 But Hiruzen, the Uchiha Clan will not be dissuaded. 79 00:08:06,730 --> 00:08:11,560 We must take measures to avoid mayhem. 80 00:08:14,140 --> 00:08:16,890 And that includes innocent children. 81 00:08:17,770 --> 00:08:20,430 Do not say such things before Itachi! 82 00:08:20,680 --> 00:08:25,680 Besides, taking on the Uchiha will be no easy task. 83 00:08:25,810 --> 00:08:28,520 There's got be some sort of strategy we can use! 84 00:08:28,930 --> 00:08:30,770 We have no time to waste. 85 00:08:31,180 --> 00:08:35,520 We must strike preemptively, before they have a chance to act. 86 00:08:35,850 --> 00:08:39,730 If we join forces with our respective ANBU Black Ops 87 00:08:39,810 --> 00:08:41,600 and launch a surprise attack from behind, 88 00:08:41,600 --> 00:08:43,350 it will be over in no time. 89 00:08:43,980 --> 00:08:46,430 The Uchiha are old comrades in arms. 90 00:08:47,640 --> 00:08:50,520 I want to settle this with words first before force. 91 00:08:51,140 --> 00:08:53,390 I will come up with a strategy. 92 00:08:54,600 --> 00:08:55,640 Itachi... 93 00:08:56,100 --> 00:09:00,430 Buy me some time, however little it may be. 94 00:09:01,890 --> 00:09:04,810 He stood between the village and the clan in their strife... 95 00:09:07,600 --> 00:09:11,730 I see... So you've aligned with the other side? 96 00:09:13,100 --> 00:09:15,430 Father, Mother... 97 00:09:16,770 --> 00:09:17,640 I... 98 00:09:17,730 --> 00:09:19,770 I know, Itachi. 99 00:09:20,480 --> 00:09:22,890 Itachi, just promise me this. 100 00:09:25,680 --> 00:09:27,600 Take care of Sasuke. 101 00:09:33,810 --> 00:09:34,810 I will. 102 00:09:37,310 --> 00:09:38,270 Do not fear. 103 00:09:39,060 --> 00:09:41,020 This is the path you have chosen. 104 00:09:42,430 --> 00:09:45,850 Compared to you, our pain will be over in an instant. 105 00:09:47,020 --> 00:09:50,850 Even if our philosophies differ, I am proud of you. 106 00:09:54,520 --> 00:09:56,640 You are truly a kind child. 107 00:10:03,600 --> 00:10:05,850 He even killed his own parents... 108 00:10:07,930 --> 00:10:11,560 We received intel that Itachi Uchiha of the Akatsuki is dead. 109 00:10:12,640 --> 00:10:16,810 Put a mark on his image and remove him from your Bingo Book. 110 00:10:17,600 --> 00:10:20,270 So that traitor is dead at last. 111 00:10:22,480 --> 00:10:26,600 But Captain, who was able to kill him? 112 00:10:27,020 --> 00:10:29,640 Looks like it was his younger brother, Sasuke. 113 00:10:30,600 --> 00:10:31,520 How ironic... 114 00:10:31,600 --> 00:10:34,520 His own brother killed the one who slaughtered their kin. 115 00:10:34,770 --> 00:10:35,770 Serves him right! 116 00:10:35,850 --> 00:10:38,020 After that atrocious thing he did! 117 00:10:38,640 --> 00:10:40,310 Not only that, he joined up with the Akatsuki 118 00:10:40,390 --> 00:10:42,100 and came after the Leaf Village! 119 00:10:42,560 --> 00:10:45,810 He's the most notorious villain in Hidden Leaf history! 120 00:10:46,180 --> 00:10:49,600 I wish we got our hands on him first! 121 00:10:50,980 --> 00:10:52,680 He was forced to kill his own clan and 122 00:10:52,770 --> 00:10:54,850 endure the brand as a Rogue Ninja... 123 00:10:54,930 --> 00:10:56,640 Yet, he continued to keep an eye on the organization 124 00:10:56,730 --> 00:10:57,890 that wanted to harm the village. 125 00:11:00,730 --> 00:11:03,310 And even in death... 126 00:11:03,930 --> 00:11:05,480 I'll have protected my village 127 00:11:05,560 --> 00:11:08,100 as Itachi Uchiha of the Leaf once again. 128 00:11:08,180 --> 00:11:09,770 I have no more regrets. 129 00:11:11,520 --> 00:11:14,770 My older brother endured longer and harder than you. 130 00:11:15,890 --> 00:11:20,520 And died stating he was proud to be Leaf Shinobi. 131 00:11:22,520 --> 00:11:25,230 Isn't it ironic that the shinobi who understood you more than anyone else... 132 00:11:25,310 --> 00:11:26,930 was from the Uchiha Clan? 133 00:11:30,140 --> 00:11:31,850 Your brother was not the only one. 134 00:11:33,560 --> 00:11:35,680 I had a subordinate named Kagami Uchiha 135 00:11:35,770 --> 00:11:37,770 who was much like your brother. 136 00:11:38,430 --> 00:11:41,520 Second Hokage... I thought you despised the Uchiha. 137 00:11:42,180 --> 00:11:43,640 That's not entirely true. 138 00:11:44,520 --> 00:11:46,850 I treated anyone who posed a danger to the village, 139 00:11:46,930 --> 00:11:50,810 no matter what clan they belonged to, with extreme caution. 140 00:11:51,730 --> 00:11:55,930 And there's no doubt that the Uchiha Clan warranted my suspicions... 141 00:11:56,850 --> 00:11:59,180 The Uchiha just happened to be a clan 142 00:11:59,270 --> 00:12:00,640 particularly disposed to be considered as such. 143 00:12:00,930 --> 00:12:03,480 But, it is also because they could feel such deep love 144 00:12:03,560 --> 00:12:05,270 that there were quite a few Uchiha over the years 145 00:12:05,350 --> 00:12:06,640 like your brother and Kagami... 146 00:12:06,640 --> 00:12:08,390 who could transcend the boundaries of the clan 147 00:12:08,480 --> 00:12:09,980 and devote themselves to the village. 148 00:12:10,770 --> 00:12:12,680 My elder brother believed the village 149 00:12:12,770 --> 00:12:15,930 was something that could eliminate the framework of clans. 150 00:12:17,390 --> 00:12:19,930 Well, the reality is... This wasn't so simple. 151 00:12:21,560 --> 00:12:23,430 The idealism of my elder brother Hashirama... 152 00:12:23,520 --> 00:12:25,770 And the danger that Madara posed... 153 00:12:26,230 --> 00:12:28,430 Mediating between these two things, 154 00:12:28,520 --> 00:12:30,810 and protecting and strengthening the village 155 00:12:30,890 --> 00:12:33,140 were my duties as the Second Hokage. 156 00:12:37,230 --> 00:12:40,560 Shisui Uchiha was a descendant of Kagami Uchiha. 157 00:12:41,390 --> 00:12:44,680 He was a friend of your older brother Itachi. 158 00:12:45,850 --> 00:12:50,810 Many, including myself, embraced the First Hokage's Will of Fire. 159 00:12:51,600 --> 00:12:55,850 But perhaps, I was more naïve than any other shinobi. 160 00:12:56,100 --> 00:12:58,230 I wasn't able to continue the Second Hokage's task 161 00:12:58,310 --> 00:12:59,980 of village-building skillfully enough. 162 00:13:00,560 --> 00:13:05,140 Which is how I ended up burdening Danzo with the village's darkness. 163 00:13:06,020 --> 00:13:08,520 I killed Danzo in vengeance. 164 00:13:09,850 --> 00:13:12,930 Until the end, he spoke that he would protect the village, 165 00:13:13,020 --> 00:13:14,810 no matter how dirty the means. 166 00:13:16,680 --> 00:13:21,560 It seems I've failed miserably time after time as the Hokage. 167 00:13:22,020 --> 00:13:27,810 I guess I'm responsible for creating the situation that exists now. 168 00:13:28,600 --> 00:13:30,810 No... You're not to blame, Lord Third. 169 00:13:30,980 --> 00:13:34,980 You did everything you could for the sake of the village respectably. 170 00:13:35,430 --> 00:13:38,680 I'm the one who died during the Nine Tails' attack on the village! 171 00:13:39,640 --> 00:13:41,980 You had such high hopes for me as the Hokage... 172 00:13:43,310 --> 00:13:45,140 And I couldn't live up to them. 173 00:13:46,020 --> 00:13:49,730 I'll say... After he passed over me and picked you. 174 00:13:50,350 --> 00:13:52,390 Everyone was so disappointed. 175 00:13:53,310 --> 00:13:56,140 Lord Orochimaru... You sound like you're pouting. 176 00:13:57,600 --> 00:13:59,980 A little...since the Third Hokage is right here. 177 00:14:00,680 --> 00:14:04,560 Had I lived, perhaps I could have helped to foil 178 00:14:04,640 --> 00:14:07,980 the Uchiha's plans for a coup d'état much sooner... 179 00:14:08,730 --> 00:14:11,640 Now then... Sasuke... 180 00:14:12,600 --> 00:14:14,020 What will you do? 181 00:14:15,730 --> 00:14:17,770 Will you destroy the village? 182 00:14:19,430 --> 00:14:20,730 Or... 183 00:14:36,770 --> 00:14:37,770 Sorry, Sasuke... 184 00:14:38,350 --> 00:14:39,560 Let's do it some other time. 185 00:14:40,020 --> 00:14:42,850 Sorry, Sasuke. Let's do it next time... 186 00:14:45,600 --> 00:14:46,940 You probably hate me, huh? 187 00:14:49,020 --> 00:14:52,350 But, we only have each other as siblings. 188 00:14:53,100 --> 00:14:55,730 I'm always going to be there for you, 189 00:14:55,810 --> 00:14:58,440 even if it's only as an obstacle for you to overcome. 190 00:14:58,770 --> 00:15:00,480 Even if you do hate me... 191 00:15:01,980 --> 00:15:03,640 That's what big brothers are for. 192 00:15:07,730 --> 00:15:09,850 You all suspect me? 193 00:15:24,140 --> 00:15:28,600 There is no value in killing you now... my foolish little brother. 194 00:15:29,140 --> 00:15:33,140 If you wish to kill me, resent me, hate me, 195 00:15:33,230 --> 00:15:36,560 and survive...in obscurity. 196 00:15:43,770 --> 00:15:45,770 I did what you said... 197 00:15:46,270 --> 00:15:48,810 I resented you and hated you... 198 00:15:49,390 --> 00:15:53,310 and I survived just so I... 199 00:15:53,810 --> 00:15:57,730 so I could kill you! 200 00:16:04,690 --> 00:16:07,230 I have no interest in someone like you... 201 00:16:07,600 --> 00:16:11,480 You're weak, because you don't have enough... 202 00:16:11,810 --> 00:16:13,100 hate. 203 00:16:25,390 --> 00:16:29,600 I always lied to you and asked you to forgive me. 204 00:16:30,190 --> 00:16:32,890 Deliberately keeping you at a distance by my own hand. 205 00:16:34,770 --> 00:16:37,270 All because I didn't want you to get caught up in any of this. 206 00:16:38,600 --> 00:16:40,350 But now, I believe... 207 00:16:41,060 --> 00:16:43,640 That perhaps you could have changed 208 00:16:43,730 --> 00:16:48,190 Father, Mother, and the rest of the Uchiha. 209 00:16:51,190 --> 00:16:53,770 If I had been open with you from the start... 210 00:16:53,850 --> 00:16:57,690 And looked you straight in the eyes and told you the truth, 211 00:16:59,060 --> 00:17:01,390 then I wouldn't have had to stand before you, 212 00:17:01,480 --> 00:17:03,690 from above, as a failure, telling you all of this. 213 00:17:04,770 --> 00:17:09,940 So this time... I want to impart this truth to you... 214 00:17:11,520 --> 00:17:14,270 You don't ever have to forgive me. 215 00:17:16,020 --> 00:17:19,100 And no matter what you do from here on out, know this... 216 00:17:20,390 --> 00:17:22,980 I will love you always. 217 00:17:31,770 --> 00:17:33,270 I'm going to the battlefield! 218 00:17:33,690 --> 00:17:37,560 I won't let the village, and Itachi become nothing! 219 00:17:43,600 --> 00:17:44,520 It's been decided then! 220 00:17:44,980 --> 00:17:45,640 Tobirama! 221 00:17:45,890 --> 00:17:47,230 Prepare to fly us outside! 222 00:17:47,560 --> 00:17:50,730 Even if I wanted to use Flying Raijin, I'm bound right now. 223 00:17:51,390 --> 00:17:53,770 Orochimaru, was it? What will you do? 224 00:17:54,140 --> 00:17:57,810 You said earlier that you'd follow Sasuke. 225 00:17:58,810 --> 00:18:02,520 Of course... We will accompany him. 226 00:18:02,600 --> 00:18:03,690 What?! 227 00:18:03,770 --> 00:18:05,690 J-Jugo, what about you? 228 00:18:05,690 --> 00:18:06,770 I'm going too. 229 00:18:07,690 --> 00:18:09,690 It's my job to protect Sasuke. 230 00:18:10,690 --> 00:18:12,520 Four super-strong zombies... 231 00:18:12,770 --> 00:18:14,100 Three monsters... 232 00:18:14,440 --> 00:18:17,560 If I tag along, I'm dead for sure! 233 00:18:18,020 --> 00:18:19,690 I'm making a break for it when I see a chance! 234 00:18:23,440 --> 00:18:25,690 This view brings back memories! 235 00:18:27,730 --> 00:18:28,980 It's now or never! 236 00:18:29,600 --> 00:18:30,690 What the hell?! 237 00:18:30,770 --> 00:18:33,690 It's you after all, Sasuke! 238 00:18:34,270 --> 00:18:36,890 I sensed your chakra and I couldn't believe it, 239 00:18:36,980 --> 00:18:38,690 so I backtracked and look what I find! 240 00:18:39,850 --> 00:18:40,600 Karin... 241 00:18:41,270 --> 00:18:46,480 Oh my... So many of my best experiments gathered here in one place! 242 00:18:50,690 --> 00:18:51,810 You bastard...! 243 00:18:51,890 --> 00:18:53,980 I'll never forgive you! 244 00:18:54,190 --> 00:18:55,850 I'm sorry, Karin. 245 00:18:57,600 --> 00:19:03,190 You bastard! As if a simple apology will get you off the hook... 246 00:19:03,270 --> 00:19:05,060 you good for nothing... 247 00:19:06,060 --> 00:19:09,890 I see you still have a weakness for Sasuke, Karin... 248 00:19:10,600 --> 00:19:12,350 Listen, Lord Orochimaru! 249 00:19:12,520 --> 00:19:16,440 Sasuke...had the gall... to stab me and... 250 00:19:16,560 --> 00:19:19,100 What a coincidence. Me too. 251 00:19:19,770 --> 00:19:22,140 But I'm helping Sasuke now. 252 00:19:22,690 --> 00:19:25,640 This is perfect timing. You help too. 253 00:19:25,770 --> 00:19:26,850 What?! 254 00:19:28,140 --> 00:19:29,600 I guess I have no choice... 255 00:19:29,810 --> 00:19:30,600 Who is she? 256 00:19:30,600 --> 00:19:32,560 Judging from the chakra and that red hair... 257 00:19:32,640 --> 00:19:34,440 She's from the Uzumaki Clan. 258 00:19:34,600 --> 00:19:37,890 One more idiot joins the pack. 259 00:19:38,270 --> 00:19:40,440 I bet Madara will be surprised. 260 00:19:42,640 --> 00:19:43,850 Orochimaru... 261 00:19:43,940 --> 00:19:46,810 Why did you decide to help Sasuke? 262 00:19:47,140 --> 00:19:50,140 You were trying to destroy the village. 263 00:19:50,640 --> 00:19:53,600 After being inside Kabuto, I realized something... 264 00:19:54,100 --> 00:19:58,270 He imitated the way I lived and tried to possess everything, 265 00:19:58,350 --> 00:20:00,020 and failed. 266 00:20:00,730 --> 00:20:04,980 So now, I'm just curious about the different path Sasuke has chosen. 267 00:20:05,730 --> 00:20:09,350 Unlike Kabuto, Sasuke didn't copy me. 268 00:20:10,690 --> 00:20:12,190 Fellow Hokage! 269 00:20:12,270 --> 00:20:13,940 As we stand atop the Great Stone Faces 270 00:20:14,020 --> 00:20:15,600 that have watched over the Hidden Leaf... 271 00:20:15,600 --> 00:20:18,640 Let us burn this sight of the village into our memory! 272 00:20:25,020 --> 00:20:26,730 I'm finally going to see my son. 273 00:20:26,810 --> 00:20:30,980 Naruto, I wasn't able to do anything for you as a father... 274 00:20:31,060 --> 00:20:33,390 I'll make it up to you by bringing you a huge present. 275 00:20:34,020 --> 00:20:36,600 All right! It's been a while since my last war! 276 00:20:37,100 --> 00:20:39,310 I'd better be on my toes! 277 00:20:39,730 --> 00:20:42,520 Madara... We'll defeat you this time for sure! 278 00:20:42,560 --> 00:20:44,100 This may sound foolish, 279 00:20:44,190 --> 00:20:47,690 but I'm kind of looking forward to seeing my old friend! 280 00:20:48,640 --> 00:20:50,310 Just you wait, Madara! 281 00:20:51,020 --> 00:20:52,940 There's always conflict, no matter what the era. 282 00:20:53,390 --> 00:20:56,190 But this shall be the end of wars! 283 00:20:56,690 --> 00:20:58,020 Let's go! 284 00:22:38,390 --> 00:22:42,660 Obito, you once dreamed of becoming Hokage. 285 00:22:43,300 --> 00:22:45,660 I can't see you not understanding Naruto's feelings! 286 00:22:46,330 --> 00:22:47,700 You can still go back! 287 00:22:50,830 --> 00:22:53,950 It's because I understand Naruto's mind... 288 00:22:55,440 --> 00:22:58,520 Next time on Naruto Shippuden: "Hole" 289 00:22:58,980 --> 00:23:01,630 ...that I want to negate everything that he does! 290 00:23:01,650 --> 00:23:04,900 HOLE 291 00:23:04,900 --> 00:23:08,530 Tune in again!