1 00:01:30,720 --> 00:01:35,100 Neji's Judgment 2 00:01:36,600 --> 00:01:39,760 I'll give this to you, so please, help me! 3 00:01:41,100 --> 00:01:42,180 Don't worry about that! 4 00:01:42,430 --> 00:01:44,300 Can you just show us the way? 5 00:01:46,890 --> 00:01:47,390 Yes! 6 00:01:58,140 --> 00:01:59,050 Over there. 7 00:01:59,680 --> 00:02:00,640 Byakugan! 8 00:02:13,970 --> 00:02:14,970 Found them! 9 00:02:23,850 --> 00:02:25,140 What are you planning to do?! 10 00:02:25,350 --> 00:02:26,430 We can't ignore them. 11 00:02:26,970 --> 00:02:30,140 But that could mean defaulting on the Chunin Exams. 12 00:02:30,140 --> 00:02:32,010 I-I'm sorry. 13 00:02:32,680 --> 00:02:36,640 It's not your fault. It's my decision to take action. 14 00:02:36,680 --> 00:02:37,600 R-Right. 15 00:02:38,930 --> 00:02:40,430 You're right, Tenten. 16 00:02:40,470 --> 00:02:43,680 This could mean a default on the Chunin Exams. 17 00:02:44,510 --> 00:02:47,100 But in a situation like this, he wouldn't… 18 00:02:50,140 --> 00:02:52,350 Naruto wouldn't hesitate for a moment to act. 19 00:02:52,930 --> 00:02:54,100 Yes, I'm sure he wouldn't. 20 00:02:54,140 --> 00:02:55,100 You're right! 21 00:02:55,100 --> 00:02:58,970 Naruto would scold us if we ignored someone in need 22 00:02:59,010 --> 00:03:01,550 in order to pass the Second Exam. 23 00:03:02,140 --> 00:03:04,970 Naruto and Gaara both challenged their destinies 24 00:03:05,010 --> 00:03:06,640 and overcame hardship. 25 00:03:07,550 --> 00:03:10,010 They wouldn't turn their backs and say it's someone else's problem. 26 00:03:22,850 --> 00:03:25,890 Damn it… I told you not to come. 27 00:03:26,050 --> 00:03:28,180 How can I stay away?! 28 00:03:28,470 --> 00:03:32,850 If your friend was here, I'm sure he'd come to save you. 29 00:03:33,180 --> 00:03:34,390 Friend?! 30 00:03:38,550 --> 00:03:41,010 Yeah, that's because he's a fool… 31 00:04:34,930 --> 00:04:36,640 Ninja Art: Cocoon… 32 00:04:56,430 --> 00:04:57,850 What is that? 33 00:05:06,010 --> 00:05:06,970 This is…? 34 00:05:07,600 --> 00:05:12,300 My power. But it isn't enough to break this chakra chain. 35 00:05:16,100 --> 00:05:19,680 So, I'm going to try to buy us some time. 36 00:05:33,050 --> 00:05:33,970 This is…! 37 00:05:34,970 --> 00:05:37,890 The flow in the chakra chain is becoming sluggish… 38 00:05:38,970 --> 00:05:43,430 That cocoon has the power to suppress the absorption of chakra? 39 00:05:51,140 --> 00:05:52,100 What did you do? 40 00:05:52,140 --> 00:05:54,390 I made a cocoon with my Chakra Threads. 41 00:05:55,220 --> 00:05:58,260 My cocoon is a complicated tangle of 42 00:05:58,300 --> 00:06:00,010 super-fine Chakra Threads. 43 00:06:00,390 --> 00:06:03,260 And it weakened its absorption, just as I thought. 44 00:06:04,010 --> 00:06:05,640 It didn't stop it. 45 00:06:06,100 --> 00:06:09,100 The rate of chakra being sucked out has definitely slowed down, 46 00:06:09,140 --> 00:06:10,600 and lessened the pain… 47 00:06:10,970 --> 00:06:13,550 But eventually, our Tailed Beasts will be extracted… 48 00:06:14,390 --> 00:06:15,140 and we'll die. 49 00:06:16,100 --> 00:06:18,050 Negative thoughts aren't good. 50 00:06:18,100 --> 00:06:21,010 I'm sure someone will come to save us! 51 00:06:21,390 --> 00:06:24,800 How can you be so positive? 52 00:06:25,850 --> 00:06:29,180 Someone once praised me that I was born special. 53 00:06:30,050 --> 00:06:32,050 No one will come to help us. 54 00:06:32,140 --> 00:06:34,010 Don't say such things! 55 00:06:34,010 --> 00:06:37,220 Hey! Is someone out there?! 56 00:06:39,350 --> 00:06:41,850 Your voice won't travel through this cocoon. 57 00:06:41,890 --> 00:06:44,300 Oops! Darn it. 58 00:06:45,850 --> 00:06:47,050 All right then… 59 00:06:47,100 --> 00:06:49,050 I'll just pull this out with brute strength. 60 00:06:55,680 --> 00:06:58,850 We'll have to wait to be rescued, after all. 61 00:06:59,800 --> 00:07:00,970 No matter how long we wait, 62 00:07:01,010 --> 00:07:02,890 no one from the Sand will come to our aid. 63 00:07:03,220 --> 00:07:06,100 Again with those negative thoughts! 64 00:07:06,430 --> 00:07:08,600 Would you still say that if you knew 65 00:07:08,640 --> 00:07:11,140 the person attacking us is from the Sand? 66 00:07:11,140 --> 00:07:12,470 Are you serious?! 67 00:07:21,260 --> 00:07:22,470 How futile. 68 00:07:23,050 --> 00:07:25,890 All you did was throw away any way of escape. 69 00:07:27,100 --> 00:07:29,550 Just how long do you think you'll last in there? 70 00:07:36,550 --> 00:07:39,970 In the past, the only way I could relate to others 71 00:07:40,010 --> 00:07:42,720 was with hate and a desire to kill. 72 00:07:46,680 --> 00:07:49,050 Now that I am the Kazekage, 73 00:07:49,100 --> 00:07:52,010 some believe that I will rule through fear, 74 00:07:52,050 --> 00:07:54,760 and are trying to eliminate me. 75 00:07:54,970 --> 00:07:57,140 That can't be helped. 76 00:07:57,600 --> 00:08:02,140 I'm the one who brought it on. 77 00:08:03,010 --> 00:08:08,640 If I have any regrets, it's only that I wish people knew 78 00:08:08,680 --> 00:08:10,970 how much I was trying to change. 79 00:08:11,970 --> 00:08:13,260 That friend of yours taught you, right? 80 00:08:13,300 --> 00:08:15,640 That you can share and understand the pain, 81 00:08:15,680 --> 00:08:18,390 suffering and happiness of others! 82 00:08:26,930 --> 00:08:28,220 Yes, that's right. 83 00:08:28,930 --> 00:08:32,550 But it's difficult for a Jinchuriki. 84 00:08:32,720 --> 00:08:35,390 That's not true! I'm sure it'll all work out. 85 00:08:36,050 --> 00:08:39,640 Even a Jinchuriki can make a hundred friends. 86 00:08:40,180 --> 00:08:42,010 I just know it! The Village Chief told me so. 87 00:08:43,350 --> 00:08:45,050 They're alike, after all. 88 00:08:47,100 --> 00:08:49,350 Judging by the panic within the Hidden Sand, 89 00:08:49,930 --> 00:08:54,100 we can assume they don't have Gaara under their protection. 90 00:08:54,470 --> 00:08:57,260 Yes. This is just as we feared. 91 00:08:57,550 --> 00:08:59,510 He set himself up as bait to lure out 92 00:08:59,550 --> 00:09:01,970 the faction planning the coup d'état. 93 00:09:01,970 --> 00:09:05,680 In the worst case, it's possible he's already been assassinated. 94 00:09:06,430 --> 00:09:08,760 The Leaf has close ties to him. 95 00:09:09,430 --> 00:09:11,010 If something like that happens, 96 00:09:11,050 --> 00:09:13,050 it would greatly affect our future relationship. 97 00:09:13,850 --> 00:09:15,680 We can't allow him to be assassinated. 98 00:09:16,260 --> 00:09:19,390 As long as we don't know who the coup d'état faction is, 99 00:09:19,850 --> 00:09:22,140 we can't go to the Sand to request assistance. 100 00:09:23,050 --> 00:09:25,100 We'll just have to do something ourselves. 101 00:09:25,430 --> 00:09:28,100 That being said, we don't know where he went. 102 00:09:28,140 --> 00:09:30,010 We have no clues at all. 103 00:09:33,180 --> 00:09:33,850 What's that? 104 00:09:39,010 --> 00:09:40,430 Ah, they're genin of the Hidden Sand! 105 00:09:48,140 --> 00:09:49,800 The sound of a lute?! 106 00:10:13,430 --> 00:10:14,550 What is that?! 107 00:10:14,640 --> 00:10:16,760 It looks like a giant cocoon! 108 00:10:17,010 --> 00:10:19,510 And who is that man? 109 00:10:23,760 --> 00:10:26,260 You're exam participants from the Hidden Waterfall! 110 00:10:27,180 --> 00:10:27,850 Yes… 111 00:10:27,970 --> 00:10:29,970 We're looking for Foo. She wandered off. 112 00:10:30,470 --> 00:10:31,850 Foo wandered off? 113 00:10:45,220 --> 00:10:46,510 What?! 114 00:10:46,930 --> 00:10:49,800 Chakra is being extracted from Gaara and Foo. 115 00:10:50,350 --> 00:10:51,890 What's wrong, Neji?! 116 00:10:52,140 --> 00:10:54,140 What is in that cocoon?! 117 00:10:57,220 --> 00:10:59,010 Two Jinchuriki. 118 00:10:59,140 --> 00:11:01,260 One of them is Lord Gaara… 119 00:11:01,850 --> 00:11:03,050 But who's the other one? 120 00:11:03,600 --> 00:11:05,050 From the Hidden Waterfall… 121 00:11:05,550 --> 00:11:07,010 It's your teammate. 122 00:11:12,350 --> 00:11:15,850 Are you fine with this happening? At this rate, they'll both die. 123 00:11:17,640 --> 00:11:19,760 It's probably the Sealing Jutsu of that lute-playing priest. 124 00:11:20,050 --> 00:11:22,390 He's extracting Tailed Beast Chakra, 125 00:11:23,140 --> 00:11:25,430 and ultimately, the Beasts themselves. 126 00:11:26,850 --> 00:11:29,640 If the Tailed Beast is extracted, Lord Gaara will die! 127 00:11:29,890 --> 00:11:31,890 Please help him! 128 00:11:32,760 --> 00:11:34,550 And what do you intend to do? 129 00:11:35,140 --> 00:11:36,550 Are you going to abandon your teammate? 130 00:11:36,800 --> 00:11:40,010 Let's call a truce, and fight together! 131 00:11:40,760 --> 00:11:42,930 If we act now, we can save them… 132 00:11:51,140 --> 00:11:52,220 Please… 133 00:11:52,260 --> 00:11:53,890 Save Foo. 134 00:11:55,600 --> 00:11:56,260 All right. 135 00:12:13,260 --> 00:12:14,300 I see! 136 00:12:21,930 --> 00:12:25,600 From what I gather, the priest's back is vulnerable. 137 00:12:27,180 --> 00:12:28,890 This is what I've come up with. 138 00:12:29,720 --> 00:12:31,430 We'll divide into two teams… 139 00:12:31,470 --> 00:12:33,550 An attack and a rescue team. 140 00:12:34,470 --> 00:12:39,510 The attack team will sneak in close and attack from behind… 141 00:12:39,640 --> 00:12:42,550 The rescue team will seize the opportunity and rescue the two. 142 00:12:43,760 --> 00:12:45,930 Lee, Matsuri and the two from the Hidden Waterfall 143 00:12:45,970 --> 00:12:47,300 will attack the lute-playing priest! 144 00:12:47,470 --> 00:12:48,600 – Understood. – Understood. 145 00:12:48,890 --> 00:12:50,970 Right! We'll pulverize him! 146 00:12:51,350 --> 00:12:52,970 I'd like to be on the rescue team! 147 00:12:53,050 --> 00:12:55,970 No, I need Tenten for the rescue. 148 00:12:56,430 --> 00:12:57,510 The two of us will go. 149 00:12:57,640 --> 00:12:58,640 Okay! 150 00:12:59,140 --> 00:13:00,010 Scatter! 151 00:13:06,510 --> 00:13:08,550 Shuriken Shadow Clone! 152 00:13:09,510 --> 00:13:11,220 Water Style: Water Shuriken! 153 00:13:11,680 --> 00:13:13,510 Deadly Shell Meteorite! 154 00:13:14,430 --> 00:13:16,140 Leaf Hurricane! 155 00:13:19,640 --> 00:13:21,640 Dharma Barrier: Celestial Pillars! 156 00:13:26,850 --> 00:13:27,800 What is that?! 157 00:13:27,930 --> 00:13:29,180 Some defensive jutsu?! 158 00:13:29,680 --> 00:13:31,600 No, that's not the only thing. 159 00:13:32,100 --> 00:13:33,220 Let's use caution! 160 00:13:55,550 --> 00:13:57,550 Tenten, I need a Chakra Sword. 161 00:13:57,550 --> 00:13:58,470 Got it! 162 00:13:59,930 --> 00:14:02,350 SWORD 163 00:14:10,510 --> 00:14:12,550 Aim for a section of the cocoon! 164 00:14:22,510 --> 00:14:23,510 Right here! 165 00:14:38,010 --> 00:14:39,970 Damn it! We can't get close to him! 166 00:14:40,350 --> 00:14:41,680 It's an impregnable barrier! 167 00:14:42,640 --> 00:14:46,470 At this rate, we're not helping Lord Kazekage at all. 168 00:14:46,640 --> 00:14:48,260 No, this is sufficient. 169 00:14:48,430 --> 00:14:49,140 What? 170 00:14:50,470 --> 00:14:53,850 Just drawing his attention away will make Neji's job easier. 171 00:14:53,890 --> 00:14:55,640 That is what we are here to do. 172 00:14:56,430 --> 00:14:57,720 Neji, are you all right?! 173 00:15:01,390 --> 00:15:02,510 Are you two okay? 174 00:15:03,260 --> 00:15:04,100 See! 175 00:15:04,140 --> 00:15:05,850 Someone came to help, after all! 176 00:15:06,680 --> 00:15:09,140 I gave strict orders not to tell anyone… 177 00:15:09,550 --> 00:15:11,100 Don't be angry with your subordinates. 178 00:15:11,680 --> 00:15:14,100 They were worried sick about you. 179 00:15:18,760 --> 00:15:19,800 I figured as much… 180 00:15:20,510 --> 00:15:23,300 This chain has penetrated your Chakra Points. 181 00:15:24,010 --> 00:15:26,680 And they are causing direct damage to the Chakra Network. 182 00:15:27,550 --> 00:15:28,680 They're controlling the flow of chakra 183 00:15:28,720 --> 00:15:30,640 through the Chakra Points and 184 00:15:30,680 --> 00:15:33,550 siphoning away your Tailed Beast Chakra. 185 00:15:34,010 --> 00:15:34,850 Yeah… 186 00:15:35,140 --> 00:15:37,640 Eventually, the Tailed Beast Chakra will be weakened enough 187 00:15:37,680 --> 00:15:40,300 and he'll extract the Beast itself. 188 00:15:40,760 --> 00:15:42,430 Can you please help? 189 00:15:42,720 --> 00:15:45,550 Tailed Beast or whatever, chakra is chakra. 190 00:15:46,640 --> 00:15:50,640 If we plug the Chakra Point that's being used to siphon the Tailed Beast Chakra, 191 00:15:50,680 --> 00:15:52,470 we may be able to stop the flow. 192 00:15:53,550 --> 00:15:54,550 Is that possible? 193 00:15:55,390 --> 00:15:58,680 Yeah… It'll be tricky, but it's worth a try. 194 00:15:59,760 --> 00:16:00,640 Please do. 195 00:16:06,300 --> 00:16:07,300 Here it is! 196 00:16:07,350 --> 00:16:09,260 Gentle Fist: Chakra Point Needle! 197 00:16:15,550 --> 00:16:16,430 What happened? 198 00:16:18,970 --> 00:16:22,390 The Tailed Beast Chakra is so powerful that it repelled me. 199 00:16:23,550 --> 00:16:27,220 I didn't think it would be this strong! 200 00:16:31,680 --> 00:16:32,970 That time… 201 00:16:33,010 --> 00:16:36,970 The force of the Nine Tails Chakra inside Naruto was unbelievable… 202 00:16:39,350 --> 00:16:41,850 So I guess Gaara and Foo's Tailed Beast Chakra 203 00:16:41,890 --> 00:16:46,180 are just as powerful as Naruto's. 204 00:16:46,720 --> 00:16:50,100 Please don't give up! We're counting on you! 205 00:16:50,600 --> 00:16:53,890 Yeah, I know. I'll try again! 206 00:17:12,470 --> 00:17:13,930 All right, the flow stopped! 207 00:17:15,640 --> 00:17:17,640 You're next, Foo! 208 00:17:17,640 --> 00:17:18,640 Okay! 209 00:17:31,680 --> 00:17:32,510 What?! 210 00:17:33,180 --> 00:17:35,350 The chakra flow has stopped?! 211 00:17:36,600 --> 00:17:37,550 Why?! 212 00:17:37,640 --> 00:17:40,050 Why isn't the Tailed Beast Chakra flowing in?! 213 00:17:40,390 --> 00:17:42,050 The lute-playing priest is acting strange… 214 00:17:42,300 --> 00:17:44,760 Yes, something must have happened. 215 00:17:45,300 --> 00:17:47,800 Did the Leaf's Byakugan user do something? 216 00:17:48,300 --> 00:17:51,550 Well, the enemy definitely looks flustered. 217 00:18:12,300 --> 00:18:13,510 What's happening? 218 00:18:13,640 --> 00:18:15,510 It looks like it's alive! 219 00:18:15,550 --> 00:18:16,470 That's creepy! 220 00:18:16,510 --> 00:18:17,720 Be careful! 221 00:18:20,140 --> 00:18:21,600 Unless I do something, 222 00:18:21,640 --> 00:18:25,220 the chain will continue searching for Tailed Beast Chakra! 223 00:18:25,430 --> 00:18:28,640 It will find the chakra that it has already stored up in me… 224 00:18:28,680 --> 00:18:31,100 and start siphoning that Tailed Beast Chakra… 225 00:18:31,640 --> 00:18:33,300 until it destroys itself. 226 00:18:55,350 --> 00:18:56,890 The barrier's been broken! 227 00:19:09,970 --> 00:19:12,850 May I ask you, not to kill him? 228 00:19:13,470 --> 00:19:15,220 Yes, I understand. 229 00:19:21,800 --> 00:19:22,600 Neji… 230 00:19:25,100 --> 00:19:26,180 I see… 231 00:19:26,640 --> 00:19:28,680 It's the same theory as earlier. 232 00:19:29,350 --> 00:19:30,680 The Chakra Points are closed. 233 00:19:32,140 --> 00:19:34,260 There are more Chakra Points here though… 234 00:19:35,470 --> 00:19:37,430 Everyone, please stand back! 235 00:19:56,180 --> 00:19:57,180 We can still save him. 236 00:19:58,140 --> 00:19:59,510 Let's take him to the Medical Team. 237 00:19:59,850 --> 00:20:01,350 Yes, understood! 238 00:20:06,760 --> 00:20:08,510 You have my thanks, Neji. 239 00:20:08,510 --> 00:20:10,600 Imagine, being rescued by you. 240 00:20:12,510 --> 00:20:13,970 Is everyone all right?! 241 00:20:14,470 --> 00:20:16,550 Yes, we're okay now. 242 00:20:18,680 --> 00:20:19,640 Lord Gaara! 243 00:20:20,430 --> 00:20:21,760 Thank goodness you're safe! 244 00:20:23,470 --> 00:20:25,640 Matsuri performed admirably too. 245 00:20:32,760 --> 00:20:33,760 Over there! 246 00:20:34,600 --> 00:20:38,140 It seems like they don't need our help, after all! 247 00:20:38,470 --> 00:20:41,350 Yes, I guess we were a little too late. 248 00:20:42,680 --> 00:20:44,390 I'm Foo of the Hidden Waterfall! 249 00:20:44,720 --> 00:20:47,470 I'm trying to make one hundred friends! 250 00:20:48,140 --> 00:20:51,010 So please, be Foo's friend! 251 00:20:51,300 --> 00:20:53,010 O-Okay, okay! 252 00:20:53,550 --> 00:20:55,510 I get it, just let go of my hand. 253 00:20:57,350 --> 00:20:58,970 Neji! You're so lucky! 254 00:20:59,010 --> 00:21:01,010 Woohoo! Woohoo! 255 00:21:01,050 --> 00:21:03,510 Friends! Friends! 256 00:22:37,150 --> 00:22:39,350 There was a time I felt the wounds 257 00:22:39,400 --> 00:22:42,310 that I inflicted on my people would never heal. 258 00:22:42,900 --> 00:22:46,350 I thought I should just disappear from the Sand Village. 259 00:22:47,940 --> 00:22:50,900 But I found there were people who, 260 00:22:50,940 --> 00:22:53,980 without any prejudice, accepted my feelings. 261 00:22:54,310 --> 00:22:58,190 Next time on Naruto Shippuden: "Hopes Entrusted to the Future." 262 00:22:59,560 --> 00:23:03,020 It is a youthful power, one that supports the future. 263 00:23:03,060 --> 00:23:04,940 IN NARUTO'S FOOTSTEPS ~ THE PATH TRAVELED HOPES ENTRUSTED TO THE FUTURE 264 00:23:04,980 --> 00:23:08,850 Tune in again!