1 00:00:10,500 --> 00:00:11,960 They're thorns from a poisonous cactus… 2 00:00:15,250 --> 00:00:16,420 You're from the Sand… 3 00:00:16,460 --> 00:00:18,790 You should be familiar with the plant life of your homeland. 4 00:00:18,830 --> 00:00:19,960 It's pitiful. 5 00:00:20,420 --> 00:00:21,040 Kouji… 6 00:00:21,210 --> 00:00:23,000 Please get the bandages ready. 7 00:00:23,370 --> 00:00:24,790 I know, Ameno. 8 00:00:33,210 --> 00:00:34,670 I'm going to extract the poison directly out of him. 9 00:00:35,710 --> 00:00:37,210 Medical Water Style: Water Mosquito! 10 00:00:53,960 --> 00:00:55,250 Are you sure you don't want it? 11 00:00:57,920 --> 00:01:00,330 A Medical Ninja stays on the frontlines 12 00:01:00,370 --> 00:01:02,830 in order to help comrades stay alive. 13 00:01:02,870 --> 00:01:04,870 We're not here to battle. 14 00:01:05,790 --> 00:01:08,040 I'm not a Medical Ninja, so that doesn't include me. 15 00:01:08,710 --> 00:01:09,540 What was that? 16 00:01:10,620 --> 00:01:11,620 Just joking! 17 00:01:12,080 --> 00:01:14,250 I'd never live it down if word got around 18 00:01:14,290 --> 00:01:16,790 that I took a scroll from an injured comrade. 19 00:01:17,000 --> 00:01:18,580 Just hurry and get lost. 20 00:01:22,000 --> 00:01:23,920 Would it have been okay if they weren't comrades? 21 00:01:27,790 --> 00:01:29,370 Did you do a sensory check on the area, Shishio? 22 00:01:35,000 --> 00:01:37,670 I could swear this wave pattern is… 23 00:03:08,830 --> 00:03:13,330 The Place Where I Belong 24 00:03:18,160 --> 00:03:21,530 H-Hey, can we slow down a bit? 25 00:03:21,580 --> 00:03:24,830 See, Sakura? Choji is worried about you. 26 00:03:24,950 --> 00:03:27,330 He's worried about you, Ino. 27 00:03:27,740 --> 00:03:30,950 If you need to rest, just say so. 28 00:03:33,160 --> 00:03:35,740 Anyway, I hope you're right. 29 00:03:35,780 --> 00:03:36,910 About what? 30 00:03:37,080 --> 00:03:39,200 An oasis, what else?! 31 00:03:39,580 --> 00:03:41,740 You're the one who said that even with the scroll, 32 00:03:41,780 --> 00:03:44,620 we'd never make it to the central tower without water! 33 00:03:44,660 --> 00:03:45,660 Come on, guys… 34 00:03:45,700 --> 00:03:47,700 You're to blame for this in the first place! 35 00:04:11,200 --> 00:04:13,830 That brings back memories of the last Chunin Exam! 36 00:04:24,120 --> 00:04:26,780 All right! Let's find some weaklings! 37 00:04:26,780 --> 00:04:30,910 Shut up! That was a tactical withdrawal! 38 00:04:31,160 --> 00:04:33,530 We decided to tread carefully after we collected the scrolls, 39 00:04:33,580 --> 00:04:35,910 and look at the result! 40 00:04:36,080 --> 00:04:38,530 We should've just headed straight for the goal 41 00:04:38,580 --> 00:04:40,620 instead of going with your strategy, Sakura! 42 00:04:40,780 --> 00:04:41,780 What?! 43 00:04:41,830 --> 00:04:43,830 I've been listening to you patiently… 44 00:04:43,870 --> 00:04:45,280 but you agreed to it! 45 00:04:46,120 --> 00:04:47,240 W-Well… 46 00:04:47,740 --> 00:04:52,120 At the time, I thought… it would be easier. 47 00:04:52,200 --> 00:04:54,700 You just drank too much water, Ino! 48 00:04:54,740 --> 00:04:56,080 You bloated blister! 49 00:04:56,950 --> 00:05:00,370 Bloated blister? Is that right? 50 00:05:00,410 --> 00:05:03,660 Well, you'd have to drink a hundred times more than me to fill yours up! 51 00:05:04,450 --> 00:05:07,200 If drinking water is all that it takes, I'd be happy! 52 00:05:08,660 --> 00:05:10,870 Now, now, you two. Get over it. 53 00:05:10,910 --> 00:05:12,700 – Shut up, you fa… – Shut up, you fa… 54 00:05:14,030 --> 00:05:14,990 – It's out! – It's out! 55 00:05:18,080 --> 00:05:19,200 Let's get out of here! 56 00:05:24,780 --> 00:05:26,830 No way! Is this trauma? 57 00:05:26,870 --> 00:05:27,700 Choji! 58 00:05:30,280 --> 00:05:31,700 Mind Transfer… 59 00:05:33,450 --> 00:05:34,780 It's faster than it looks… 60 00:05:35,200 --> 00:05:37,910 I can't do Mind Transfer. Then I'll—! 61 00:05:45,780 --> 00:05:47,870 Super Expansion Jutsu! 62 00:05:54,200 --> 00:05:55,530 Way to go, Choji! 63 00:05:55,620 --> 00:05:56,870 Clobber it just like that! 64 00:06:00,280 --> 00:06:01,370 We did it! 65 00:06:14,910 --> 00:06:17,120 Cha! 66 00:06:27,410 --> 00:06:31,410 You know, tell us if you have a move like that up your sleeve! 67 00:06:31,910 --> 00:06:33,120 For an instant, 68 00:06:33,160 --> 00:06:34,910 you probably have more power than me. 69 00:06:35,950 --> 00:06:37,910 I-I doubt that… 70 00:06:39,910 --> 00:06:40,780 Let me see. 71 00:06:44,740 --> 00:06:49,530 Even if we're Medical Ninja, it's hard to heal your own fist, right? 72 00:06:59,200 --> 00:07:00,620 I can't do anymore… 73 00:07:00,830 --> 00:07:02,580 My head feels like it's boiling! 74 00:07:03,830 --> 00:07:05,870 Yeah… Everyone feels that at first. 75 00:07:06,370 --> 00:07:09,370 But once you overcome it, you will find the true Secret Ninjutsu, 76 00:07:09,410 --> 00:07:10,780 the Bond of the Three Families. 77 00:07:11,120 --> 00:07:13,030 Then even Shikamaru and Choji are…? 78 00:07:14,080 --> 00:07:15,740 No way… 79 00:07:16,280 --> 00:07:19,830 There's no way those two are training this hard. 80 00:07:19,950 --> 00:07:24,240 The recent incident with Sasuke wounded everyone badly… 81 00:07:24,280 --> 00:07:25,830 in both body and in mind. 82 00:07:26,660 --> 00:07:29,450 But because of that, we will grow. 83 00:07:30,580 --> 00:07:32,740 Without a doubt, it will take several years 84 00:07:32,780 --> 00:07:36,490 to master the Secret Ninjutsu, even if you continue training. 85 00:07:36,830 --> 00:07:39,740 However…it's so you can keep up with them… 86 00:07:39,780 --> 00:07:41,580 and in order to protect the Ino-Shika-Cho tradition, 87 00:07:41,620 --> 00:07:43,830 and our clan's tradition… 88 00:07:43,990 --> 00:07:47,080 That's why I must pass on our Secret Ninjutsu to you. 89 00:07:47,870 --> 00:07:52,370 That's why I was really happy when you came 90 00:07:52,410 --> 00:07:54,700 and asked me to train you. 91 00:07:55,910 --> 00:07:57,530 W-Wait a sec… 92 00:07:57,700 --> 00:08:00,080 Did you just say it would take several years to master it? 93 00:08:00,120 --> 00:08:00,990 Hmm? 94 00:08:01,330 --> 00:08:03,740 There's no shortcut to this training. 95 00:08:04,030 --> 00:08:06,780 But I believe that you can see this through… 96 00:08:06,830 --> 00:08:09,740 O-Oh right! I just remembered I have something to do! 97 00:08:09,780 --> 00:08:11,030 I'm not finished talking to you! 98 00:08:11,910 --> 00:08:13,780 In fact, have you forgotten the meaning 99 00:08:13,830 --> 00:08:15,330 behind the Oath of the Piercings? 100 00:08:15,700 --> 00:08:17,700 The oath you took when your Sarutobi Clan mentor 101 00:08:17,740 --> 00:08:18,870 presented those earrings to you? 102 00:08:19,410 --> 00:08:20,950 That you will keep that vow, 103 00:08:20,990 --> 00:08:23,410 and pass on new piercings to the next generation. 104 00:08:23,950 --> 00:08:26,780 You will eventually lead the Yamanaka Clan… 105 00:08:26,830 --> 00:08:29,490 and entrust a new earring to your child who will be born. 106 00:08:29,530 --> 00:08:31,030 Not this story again… 107 00:08:31,240 --> 00:08:32,780 O-Oh, that's right! 108 00:08:32,830 --> 00:08:35,280 Choji's being discharged today! 109 00:08:35,370 --> 00:08:37,080 What? Choji is? 110 00:08:37,740 --> 00:08:40,740 I have to get a present and get things ready, so I have to go! 111 00:08:40,740 --> 00:08:43,450 I-I see. I guess it can't be helped then. 112 00:08:43,490 --> 00:08:45,080 Yeah… See you later. 113 00:08:53,660 --> 00:08:56,780 Several years? You've got to be kidding me! 114 00:08:57,240 --> 00:09:02,200 I just wanted to quickly get stronger and show those guys! 115 00:09:03,700 --> 00:09:05,740 What's the point if it takes so many years? 116 00:09:08,780 --> 00:09:09,740 Sakura! 117 00:09:09,990 --> 00:09:10,700 Ino! 118 00:09:12,160 --> 00:09:14,620 We're celebrating Choji's discharge from the hospital. 119 00:09:15,080 --> 00:09:16,160 Want to join us? 120 00:09:16,910 --> 00:09:19,990 Oh… Choji's well enough to leave? 121 00:09:20,700 --> 00:09:21,700 That's great news! 122 00:09:21,950 --> 00:09:23,200 But I'm sorry! 123 00:09:23,580 --> 00:09:25,080 I'm in the middle of training. 124 00:09:25,530 --> 00:09:27,870 Please congratulate Choji for me! 125 00:09:31,700 --> 00:09:33,330 Huh? Where's Shikamaru? 126 00:09:33,740 --> 00:09:36,240 He's seeing off the people from the Sand. 127 00:09:36,700 --> 00:09:38,660 Thank you for the food! 128 00:09:38,910 --> 00:09:42,330 Only the three of us here to celebrate is pretty lame. 129 00:09:42,700 --> 00:09:46,240 Hey, Asuma Sensei… So does that mean I can eat the rest? 130 00:09:48,410 --> 00:09:50,990 Hey Choji, I heard all about it! 131 00:09:51,280 --> 00:09:54,700 How you were flirting with all of the nurses! 132 00:09:56,700 --> 00:10:00,620 Ino… I'm going to tell you the one truth about men. 133 00:10:02,080 --> 00:10:04,830 There isn't a man alive who doesn't go crazy over nurses! 134 00:10:06,370 --> 00:10:07,990 Right, Asuma Sensei? 135 00:10:08,160 --> 00:10:10,700 Hmm? Y-Yeah, I guess… 136 00:10:10,700 --> 00:10:12,910 What kind of nonsense is that? 137 00:10:13,330 --> 00:10:16,700 Asuma Sensei only has eyes for Kurenai Sensei! 138 00:10:16,910 --> 00:10:18,740 Huh? Is that true? 139 00:10:18,780 --> 00:10:20,830 I'd like three more orders of the special beef filet! 140 00:10:20,870 --> 00:10:22,160 Right now! 141 00:10:22,410 --> 00:10:23,660 Score! 142 00:10:24,700 --> 00:10:25,740 But… 143 00:10:26,700 --> 00:10:28,740 Open wide, Sasuke! 144 00:10:29,700 --> 00:10:33,200 Thank you, Ino. I owe you my life! 145 00:10:36,580 --> 00:10:37,660 That might work… 146 00:10:43,240 --> 00:10:45,990 Why am I feeding you?! 147 00:10:46,280 --> 00:10:48,910 I never refuse food that's offered to me. 148 00:10:48,950 --> 00:10:50,080 That is my Ninja Way! 149 00:10:50,620 --> 00:10:51,740 Another helping please! 150 00:10:53,530 --> 00:10:56,830 Right when you were discharged, you were still skinny. 151 00:10:56,830 --> 00:10:59,280 That sure didn't last long. 152 00:10:59,700 --> 00:11:03,080 With that kind of appetite, I'd say you're back to normal. 153 00:11:03,120 --> 00:11:07,830 When I'm done eating, can you help me train, Asuma Sensei? 154 00:11:07,870 --> 00:11:10,080 Hey! Are you stupid? 155 00:11:10,370 --> 00:11:12,740 You just got better! 156 00:11:13,740 --> 00:11:17,870 Man, everyone's so stuck on training… 157 00:11:18,490 --> 00:11:20,910 How come you're so eager to get back to training, Choji? 158 00:11:22,950 --> 00:11:25,160 For starters, I want to catch up to Shikamaru 159 00:11:25,200 --> 00:11:27,160 who beat me in becoming a chunin. 160 00:11:27,580 --> 00:11:30,620 After all, together we're the Ino-Shika-Cho trio. 161 00:11:30,870 --> 00:11:32,700 Do your best too! Okay, Ino? 162 00:11:33,200 --> 00:11:35,200 I don't need you to tell me that. 163 00:11:36,830 --> 00:11:39,160 MOHAWK FISH MARKET 164 00:11:42,200 --> 00:11:43,240 All right! 165 00:11:45,910 --> 00:11:48,780 Don't get too confident because of one or two successes. 166 00:11:48,950 --> 00:11:51,120 You have to become faster and more efficient. 167 00:11:51,410 --> 00:11:54,080 No one waits for treatment on the battlefield. 168 00:11:54,330 --> 00:11:54,870 Yes! 169 00:12:11,080 --> 00:12:11,910 Who's there? 170 00:12:20,990 --> 00:12:21,870 Lady Tsunade! 171 00:12:22,240 --> 00:12:24,030 Please make me your apprentice! 172 00:12:24,780 --> 00:12:27,700 You belong to the Yamanaka Clan… 173 00:12:31,080 --> 00:12:34,780 Sakura was able to revive that in three months. 174 00:12:35,700 --> 00:12:39,830 I'll test you…and see how far you get in three months. 175 00:12:43,870 --> 00:12:46,330 I understand. Please let me try! 176 00:12:51,200 --> 00:12:52,830 This thing? 177 00:12:53,330 --> 00:12:56,370 Usually, the way to resuscitate a creature that has asphyxiated 178 00:12:56,410 --> 00:13:00,240 is to stimulate the heart or brain with chakra. 179 00:13:01,370 --> 00:13:05,370 Octopi generally have one systemic heart and two branchial hearts. 180 00:13:05,700 --> 00:13:07,330 And separate from the brain, 181 00:13:07,370 --> 00:13:09,700 they have eight nervous systems in their arms. 182 00:13:10,370 --> 00:13:15,330 It has many organs vital to resuscitation. 183 00:13:15,490 --> 00:13:16,780 In other words, 184 00:13:16,830 --> 00:13:18,660 it has a lot of parts that need to be taken care of. 185 00:13:19,330 --> 00:13:20,120 Oh… 186 00:13:20,330 --> 00:13:22,030 You can quit if you don't like it! 187 00:13:22,200 --> 00:13:26,780 And you, Sakura! You are completely deficient in the knowledge of healing! 188 00:13:28,160 --> 00:13:30,160 I have to learn…all of this?! 189 00:13:30,370 --> 00:13:32,200 You can quit if you don't like it! 190 00:14:07,490 --> 00:14:10,450 That happens because your chakra control is too rough. 191 00:14:10,740 --> 00:14:12,740 You have to fine-tune your method, 192 00:14:12,780 --> 00:14:14,910 or the octopus would be ripped apart. 193 00:14:15,530 --> 00:14:18,910 Control your chakra more delicately! 194 00:14:19,370 --> 00:14:20,330 Y-Yes! 195 00:14:21,370 --> 00:14:22,740 She's having a hard time. 196 00:14:33,240 --> 00:14:36,910 She's made some mistakes, but in this short time, she's… 197 00:15:09,780 --> 00:15:12,620 – I'll never lose to you! – I'll never lose to you! 198 00:16:02,990 --> 00:16:06,780 MOHAWK FISH MARKET 199 00:16:07,200 --> 00:16:08,910 It's three months today. 200 00:16:09,280 --> 00:16:10,740 Try it, Ino. 201 00:16:11,120 --> 00:16:11,530 Yes! 202 00:16:35,740 --> 00:16:37,370 You did it! 203 00:16:37,740 --> 00:16:39,530 H-Hey, Sakura! 204 00:16:42,330 --> 00:16:45,700 You took too long, and made a lot of pointless errors. 205 00:16:46,120 --> 00:16:49,160 While it took me three months too, I was able to complete it more smoothly. 206 00:16:49,200 --> 00:16:50,530 Shut up! 207 00:16:50,950 --> 00:16:53,990 You broke my concentration since you kept peeking over at me! 208 00:16:54,200 --> 00:16:55,370 What did you say?! 209 00:16:55,410 --> 00:16:56,330 What yourself! 210 00:17:00,580 --> 00:17:01,740 You pass! 211 00:17:09,910 --> 00:17:13,330 What made you start learning Medical Ninjutsu? 212 00:17:13,370 --> 00:17:14,280 Huh? 213 00:17:17,490 --> 00:17:20,780 I wanted to create… a place where I belong. 214 00:17:23,740 --> 00:17:25,080 Naruto… 215 00:17:25,910 --> 00:17:30,490 Naruto kept his promise to me and got beat up. 216 00:17:31,280 --> 00:17:33,280 He acted reckless all because of me… 217 00:17:33,950 --> 00:17:37,240 I was always in the back, following them… 218 00:17:38,700 --> 00:17:41,950 But I'm a member of the team too. 219 00:17:42,410 --> 00:17:44,410 I wanted to walk shoulder to shoulder with them. 220 00:17:46,490 --> 00:17:48,410 So I promised myself… 221 00:17:49,410 --> 00:17:51,700 That from now on, I would. 222 00:17:54,910 --> 00:17:57,240 It's so you can keep up with them… 223 00:17:57,280 --> 00:17:59,740 …and in order to protect the Ino-Shika-Cho tradition, 224 00:17:59,780 --> 00:18:01,740 and our clan's tradition… 225 00:18:01,990 --> 00:18:04,870 That's why I must pass on our Secret Ninjutsu to you. 226 00:18:05,240 --> 00:18:08,530 After all, together we're the Ino-Shika-Cho trio. 227 00:18:09,200 --> 00:18:11,490 Do your best too! Okay, Ino? 228 00:18:14,280 --> 00:18:16,990 Team 10 is where I belong. 229 00:18:17,280 --> 00:18:20,370 And…I also want to walk shoulder to shoulder with them. 230 00:18:22,240 --> 00:18:22,990 But… 231 00:18:23,950 --> 00:18:25,240 Without a doubt, 232 00:18:25,280 --> 00:18:28,160 it will take several years to master the Secret Ninjutsu. 233 00:18:30,990 --> 00:18:34,950 Maybe I was running away and taking the easy way out… 234 00:18:39,660 --> 00:18:41,160 Hey, those wounds! 235 00:18:41,620 --> 00:18:44,450 Oh, I guess I hurt it earlier. 236 00:18:45,280 --> 00:18:46,740 – This is nothing. – That's not good! 237 00:18:50,330 --> 00:18:51,120 Ino... 238 00:18:53,280 --> 00:18:55,240 Thanks, Sakura… 239 00:18:56,030 --> 00:18:58,660 I'm going back to the place where I belong… 240 00:19:03,660 --> 00:19:05,490 There. That should do it. 241 00:19:10,660 --> 00:19:13,330 Choji's Expansion Jutsu… It's way more than it used to be. 242 00:19:14,330 --> 00:19:16,530 The size, power, and duration of it… 243 00:19:16,580 --> 00:19:19,120 He's improved so much from before. 244 00:19:23,200 --> 00:19:25,620 Sakura too… Aside from Medical Ninjutsu, 245 00:19:25,660 --> 00:19:27,580 she had that awesome skill up her sleeve. 246 00:19:30,240 --> 00:19:31,740 Both of you have really progressed. 247 00:19:32,280 --> 00:19:34,280 I have to try harder too! 248 00:19:34,910 --> 00:19:38,950 Yup! Let's aim to pass the Chunin Exams and do our best! 249 00:19:41,330 --> 00:19:44,530 Yeah… Making sure we eat is important too. 250 00:19:49,410 --> 00:19:50,120 Here you go! 251 00:19:51,700 --> 00:19:56,080 I never turn down offers of food. I know that's my Ninja Way, but… 252 00:19:56,200 --> 00:19:57,660 What are you talking about? 253 00:19:57,700 --> 00:19:58,870 Once you process it, 254 00:19:58,910 --> 00:20:00,200 that scorpion's toxin becomes medicinal! 255 00:20:00,240 --> 00:20:03,910 Don't tell me that battle… was to gather provisions?! 256 00:20:04,240 --> 00:20:07,410 It's rich in amino acids and perfect for healing. 257 00:20:07,990 --> 00:20:09,410 Come on, let's eat! 258 00:20:20,280 --> 00:20:23,660 Maybe you're the one who's matured the most. 259 00:20:34,410 --> 00:20:38,200 Looks like it's the two women and the fatso from the Hidden Leaf. 260 00:20:38,530 --> 00:20:42,080 The team of Sakura Haruno… Lady Tsunade's apprentice. 261 00:20:42,410 --> 00:20:45,280 That powerful fatso's team? Interesting. 262 00:20:45,280 --> 00:20:49,910 Besides that, this team has two Medical Ninja. 263 00:20:50,200 --> 00:20:53,120 Two Medical Ninja on one team? 264 00:20:53,280 --> 00:20:55,030 Whatever. Let's get going. 265 00:20:55,200 --> 00:20:57,580 Since you don't plan on ambushing them, right? 266 00:22:37,520 --> 00:22:38,560 Found it! 267 00:22:39,020 --> 00:22:41,060 I sense the three chakra I felt when we were traveling. 268 00:22:41,230 --> 00:22:42,890 The enemy is on their way here. 269 00:22:43,020 --> 00:22:44,850 When did you start being able to sense things? 270 00:22:45,060 --> 00:22:45,850 That's amazing! 271 00:22:45,890 --> 00:22:48,430 Right? I wish I could agree, 272 00:22:48,480 --> 00:22:50,640 but in actual combat, it's still difficult for me. 273 00:22:50,980 --> 00:22:53,770 If I have the time to concentrate, I can do it. 274 00:22:54,180 --> 00:22:59,770 Next time on Naruto Shippuden: "The Yamanaka Clan: Secret Ninjutsu" 275 00:23:00,680 --> 00:23:02,890 We don't have that kind of time to spare though… 276 00:23:02,930 --> 00:23:04,890 IN NARUTO'S FOOTSTEPS ~ THE PATH TRAVELED THE YAMANAKA CLAN: SECRET NINJUTSU 277 00:23:04,930 --> 00:23:09,020 Tune in again!