1 00:01:41,830 --> 00:01:45,920 Itachi's Story - Light and Darkness: The Darkness of the Akatsuki 2 00:02:07,130 --> 00:02:10,080 Do you know a shinobi named Might Dai? 3 00:02:10,130 --> 00:02:12,630 I know a Might Guy. 4 00:02:13,170 --> 00:02:17,210 Huh, well that’s the kid from that time. 5 00:02:17,210 --> 00:02:21,250 I was one of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist. 6 00:02:21,420 --> 00:02:27,380 Thanks to Might Dai, the seven of us got cut down to three. 7 00:02:28,080 --> 00:02:31,380 Who could have expected that scuzzy bearded jerk 8 00:02:31,420 --> 00:02:33,210 would use taijutsu like that? 9 00:02:33,750 --> 00:02:37,130 Anyway, I wanna make something clear... 10 00:02:37,830 --> 00:02:41,670 I could care less why you joined the Akatsuki. 11 00:02:41,960 --> 00:02:44,000 I don’t even want to hear your reason. 12 00:02:44,420 --> 00:02:48,170 It doesn’t matter why I joined either. 13 00:02:49,000 --> 00:02:51,420 And it’s okay if you don’t want to know. 14 00:02:52,750 --> 00:02:55,080 Listen to me! 15 00:02:59,380 --> 00:03:03,000 There’s something I need to ask you. 16 00:03:03,500 --> 00:03:05,080 And… 17 00:03:05,420 --> 00:03:07,630 It’s about your ninjutsu specialties. 18 00:03:08,330 --> 00:03:14,880 As you see, I use this Executioner’s Blade and cut up enemies. 19 00:03:15,580 --> 00:03:17,420 So? How about you? 20 00:03:17,460 --> 00:03:20,130 Genjutsu, Fire Style and Shuriken Jutsu. 21 00:03:20,210 --> 00:03:23,000 You’re awfully humble! 22 00:03:23,170 --> 00:03:27,710 Former ANBU Itachi Uchiha, Itachi of the Sharingan, the Clan-Killer Itachi... 23 00:03:27,750 --> 00:03:31,380 People throw around many nicknames for you...you’re notorious. 24 00:03:35,210 --> 00:03:37,670 Let’s decide on our formations. 25 00:03:37,750 --> 00:03:40,080 You’ll start with a preemptive attack 26 00:03:40,130 --> 00:03:43,920 with your genjutsu, shuriken or whatever’s your specialty. 27 00:03:44,130 --> 00:03:46,040 Then I’ll jump in. 28 00:03:46,080 --> 00:03:48,540 And you back me up. 29 00:03:49,250 --> 00:03:51,500 That will be Formation B 30 00:03:51,630 --> 00:03:53,040 What’s A? 31 00:03:53,130 --> 00:03:55,750 We each do things our own way. 32 00:03:56,080 --> 00:03:57,500 Understood. 33 00:03:58,250 --> 00:04:00,290 One word of warning. 34 00:04:00,330 --> 00:04:03,080 Don’t take any opponent for granted. 35 00:04:05,000 --> 00:04:06,040 Understood. 36 00:04:19,000 --> 00:04:21,330 - Who are you? - Get out of our way! 37 00:04:21,420 --> 00:04:25,170 Shinobi villages only say things about peace and order, 38 00:04:25,210 --> 00:04:28,540 but they’re really worried about their roles shrinking. 39 00:04:28,830 --> 00:04:31,170 Behind the scenes, they’re all trying 40 00:04:31,210 --> 00:04:34,790 to lessen their opponent’s power while increasing their own. 41 00:04:34,830 --> 00:04:38,790 All the while, preventing other nations from finding out their schemes. 42 00:04:39,080 --> 00:04:41,750 That’s why the Akatsuki gets jobs. 43 00:04:41,790 --> 00:04:45,130 The more peaceful the world is, the more work we get... 44 00:04:45,170 --> 00:04:50,080 We accept every request. We don’t care about the details. 45 00:04:50,830 --> 00:04:52,080 You scoundrels! 46 00:04:52,330 --> 00:04:54,540 Fire Style: Fireball Jutsu! 47 00:05:01,000 --> 00:05:02,460 Why you—! 48 00:05:10,460 --> 00:05:12,080 That’s why… 49 00:05:12,130 --> 00:05:14,670 We don’t know who’s inside this palanquin… 50 00:05:14,710 --> 00:05:16,710 And we don’t want to know either. 51 00:05:26,040 --> 00:05:29,170 There’s also no need to think about 52 00:05:29,210 --> 00:05:34,210 who the hell would pay us to do such dirty work. 53 00:05:41,000 --> 00:05:43,130 That’s what the Akatsuki is about. 54 00:05:44,130 --> 00:05:48,830 Pain, the leader, said the Akatsuki was going to rule the world. 55 00:05:49,080 --> 00:05:51,380 That won’t be for a long time. 56 00:05:51,630 --> 00:05:54,960 We first need to amass money and power. 57 00:05:57,920 --> 00:06:00,210 Speak of the devil, he’s summoning us. 58 00:06:18,420 --> 00:06:22,000 So Itachi, have you gotten used to the Akatsuki? 59 00:06:22,000 --> 00:06:28,000 How would you feel about changing partners and teaming up with me? 60 00:06:28,130 --> 00:06:32,130 Hey, we’re just getting our formation down. 61 00:06:32,170 --> 00:06:34,040 Don’t try to steal him. 62 00:06:34,080 --> 00:06:38,000 I second changing partners... 63 00:06:38,000 --> 00:06:40,290 There’s an aspect called compatibility... 64 00:06:40,420 --> 00:06:44,330 I wish our leader would put a bit more thought into this. 65 00:06:44,540 --> 00:06:47,960 You’re one to talk, you damn snake! 66 00:06:54,500 --> 00:07:00,460 Thanks to your work, Akatsuki’s reputation is growing in the underworld. 67 00:07:00,790 --> 00:07:03,420 The jobs we’re getting are becoming bigger in scale, 68 00:07:03,460 --> 00:07:05,880 which means higher compensation as well. 69 00:07:06,880 --> 00:07:09,080 But that’s only just a step. 70 00:07:09,130 --> 00:07:11,580 And the Akatsuki is ready to move on to the next step… 71 00:07:15,080 --> 00:07:17,130 which are the Tailed Beasts. 72 00:07:17,170 --> 00:07:20,210 There’re supposed to be nine of ‘em. Are those the Tailed Beasts? 73 00:07:20,210 --> 00:07:24,170 The Five Great Ninja Nations harbor most of them. 74 00:07:24,210 --> 00:07:27,380 But the whereabouts are unknown for a few of them. 75 00:07:27,750 --> 00:07:30,880 Those who aren’t on a job will try to locate them. 76 00:07:31,000 --> 00:07:33,080 So we just have to locate them? 77 00:07:33,130 --> 00:07:34,500 For now. 78 00:07:34,540 --> 00:07:36,540 What will you do with them eventually? 79 00:07:36,580 --> 00:07:39,130 We’ll hunt down and collect every Tailed Beast. 80 00:07:39,170 --> 00:07:40,500 And then? 81 00:07:40,540 --> 00:07:44,210 They’ll act as our deterrents in our quest for world domination. 82 00:07:44,380 --> 00:07:46,170 Tailed Beasts? 83 00:07:46,380 --> 00:07:49,920 Seems to me there are lots of other ways… 84 00:07:50,210 --> 00:07:54,130 There’s no mistake in the leader’s reasoning. 85 00:07:54,170 --> 00:07:56,040 Here are the assignments. 86 00:07:56,210 --> 00:07:57,670 Juzo… 87 00:07:57,710 --> 00:08:00,420 You’ll handle the request from the Land of Water. 88 00:08:00,750 --> 00:08:04,000 Isn’t there another mission I can do?! 89 00:08:04,000 --> 00:08:06,830 You’re familiar with the territory. 90 00:08:14,750 --> 00:08:16,630 This is ridiculous. 91 00:08:16,670 --> 00:08:20,830 I never wanted to go back to that depressing place. 92 00:08:22,250 --> 00:08:24,420 Is that the village where you’re from? 93 00:08:24,460 --> 00:08:26,670 The job’s easy. 94 00:08:26,830 --> 00:08:28,290 We have to assassinate a member 95 00:08:28,330 --> 00:08:30,830 from the Feudal Lord's clan in the Land of Water. 96 00:08:31,670 --> 00:08:33,130 I'll explain... 97 00:08:33,170 --> 00:08:36,080 It’s an intra-clan fight over succession, 98 00:08:36,130 --> 00:08:38,210 a common occurrence in the Land of Water. 99 00:08:38,290 --> 00:08:42,210 The Hidden Mist cannot interfere in the Feudal Clan's affairs. 100 00:08:42,960 --> 00:08:45,670 That’s why they’ve come to the Akatsuki. 101 00:08:50,830 --> 00:08:52,790 This river’s the border. 102 00:08:52,830 --> 00:08:55,080 Have you ever been to the Land of Water? 103 00:08:55,130 --> 00:08:56,750 Never on a mission. 104 00:08:56,790 --> 00:08:58,250 So for an outing then? 105 00:09:00,710 --> 00:09:03,000 You’ve got no sense of humor! 106 00:09:03,040 --> 00:09:05,130 But you do know, don’t you? 107 00:09:05,170 --> 00:09:08,460 What happens to a shinobi from another village 108 00:09:08,500 --> 00:09:10,580 if he’s discovered in the Land of Water? 109 00:09:10,880 --> 00:09:13,500 The Hidden Mist doesn’t have a policy for prisoner exchange... 110 00:09:13,540 --> 00:09:16,670 If captured, the shinobi will be made to divulge his jutsu 111 00:09:16,710 --> 00:09:18,080 and he’ll be disposed of. 112 00:09:18,130 --> 00:09:20,580 You have it good, Itachi. 113 00:09:21,130 --> 00:09:23,000 The Leaf is naïve. 114 00:09:23,040 --> 00:09:27,210 That’s why you and Orochimaru can go around without a care as Rogue Ninja... 115 00:09:27,790 --> 00:09:31,960 There is a special unit in the Hidden Mist that track down Rogue Ninja. 116 00:09:32,000 --> 00:09:34,790 If I ever get caught in this village… 117 00:09:35,500 --> 00:09:38,920 Oh, I forgot all about Formation C. 118 00:09:39,040 --> 00:09:44,080 If I’m caught by the Mist, kill me immediately. 119 00:09:45,080 --> 00:09:46,710 If I have a chance. 120 00:09:47,210 --> 00:09:50,080 So what do you want me to do for Formation D? 121 00:09:52,000 --> 00:09:53,630 Nothing in particular. 122 00:09:55,040 --> 00:09:56,790 Fine, let’s get going! 123 00:10:08,960 --> 00:10:12,170 Are you good at infiltrating? 124 00:10:12,210 --> 00:10:13,580 I'm average. 125 00:10:13,710 --> 00:10:16,580 Okay, show me. 126 00:10:32,880 --> 00:10:35,580 P-Please! Spare me! 127 00:10:35,630 --> 00:10:38,000 I don’t bear a grudge against you. 128 00:10:38,580 --> 00:10:40,960 This is just my job. 129 00:10:41,460 --> 00:10:43,630 W-Wait! 130 00:10:47,790 --> 00:10:48,790 Hey… 131 00:10:48,830 --> 00:10:49,580 Yeah. 132 00:10:49,920 --> 00:10:51,880 Hidden Mist Jutsu…! 133 00:10:55,500 --> 00:10:57,830 Wind Style! Supreme Typhoon! 134 00:10:58,540 --> 00:10:59,920 This is—?! 135 00:11:06,290 --> 00:11:07,960 Lord Fourth! 136 00:11:09,670 --> 00:11:11,000 Is that the Mizukage? 137 00:11:11,210 --> 00:11:13,670 Do you remember my warning? 138 00:11:14,630 --> 00:11:16,830 Any way you look at him, he’s a kid. 139 00:11:16,880 --> 00:11:19,790 He’s the Jinchuriki of the Three Tails. 140 00:11:20,500 --> 00:11:23,250 And they are the Mist’s Shinobi Tracking Unit. 141 00:11:23,290 --> 00:11:29,130 I never expected you to reappear in the Village, Juzo. 142 00:11:29,170 --> 00:11:32,130 I didn’t wanna come back either. I had no choice. 143 00:11:32,130 --> 00:11:35,000 I have a ton of things to say to you… 144 00:11:35,040 --> 00:11:38,750 At the very least, I’m taking back the Executioner’s Blade. 145 00:11:39,170 --> 00:11:43,040 Even if your partner is Itachi of the Sharingan. 146 00:11:43,210 --> 00:11:48,790 So I guess a surprise attack with your genjutsu is meaningless. 147 00:11:48,960 --> 00:11:50,170 What do you want to do? 148 00:11:50,210 --> 00:11:53,000 This one’s a Formation C. 149 00:11:53,330 --> 00:11:56,040 Formation C? Understood. 150 00:12:02,040 --> 00:12:03,380 Don’t look! 151 00:12:07,750 --> 00:12:09,080 It's a Water Clone! 152 00:12:10,710 --> 00:12:11,710 Itachi! 153 00:12:11,750 --> 00:12:13,670 Fire Style: Fireball Jutsu. 154 00:12:17,170 --> 00:12:18,210 Lord Fourth! 155 00:12:27,830 --> 00:12:29,130 You two… 156 00:12:30,040 --> 00:12:32,130 I’ll show no mercy. 157 00:12:38,070 --> 00:12:39,150 Tailed Beast State?! 158 00:12:39,190 --> 00:12:43,320 The Fourth is a Jinchuriki who can control his Tailed Beast! 159 00:12:43,570 --> 00:12:45,280 This is not the Hidden Leaf! 160 00:13:01,280 --> 00:13:02,230 Juzo! 161 00:13:02,230 --> 00:13:04,530 It’s the Fourth’s Coral Palm Jutsu. 162 00:13:15,320 --> 00:13:16,480 Juzo?! 163 00:13:20,650 --> 00:13:23,400 Run… Itachi… 164 00:13:35,690 --> 00:13:37,150 W-What?! 165 00:13:38,230 --> 00:13:39,360 What is this? 166 00:13:43,190 --> 00:13:45,610 The power of the Mangekyo Sharingan? 167 00:13:55,650 --> 00:13:58,110 Why you—! 168 00:14:08,150 --> 00:14:09,320 Juzo…? 169 00:14:17,280 --> 00:14:20,320 Did you kill…the Mizukage? 170 00:14:20,320 --> 00:14:22,650 No, he’s not dead yet. 171 00:14:23,110 --> 00:14:24,190 Then… 172 00:14:25,150 --> 00:14:26,280 Hurry! Go! 173 00:14:26,480 --> 00:14:27,570 But… 174 00:14:28,320 --> 00:14:30,280 It's all over for me… 175 00:14:30,480 --> 00:14:33,570 You don’t have to be a Medic Ninja to know that, right? 176 00:14:33,820 --> 00:14:34,860 I’m sorry. 177 00:14:35,280 --> 00:14:36,480 What a stupid thing to say. 178 00:14:37,150 --> 00:14:40,360 Do you have any last words for anyone? 179 00:14:42,230 --> 00:14:46,570 Like I'd have anyone, idiot. 180 00:14:48,030 --> 00:14:52,110 I see…But you have someone like that, huh? 181 00:14:53,440 --> 00:14:54,900 Hurry and go! 182 00:14:55,280 --> 00:14:59,230 I’m just gonna drop dead, right here, where I'm from… 183 00:14:59,530 --> 00:15:02,570 …this god-forsaken, Blood Mist Village… 184 00:15:03,530 --> 00:15:05,610 I thought my only partner… 185 00:15:05,780 --> 00:15:08,150 was this guy here, but… 186 00:15:49,940 --> 00:15:52,190 Juzo Biwa is dead. 187 00:15:52,690 --> 00:15:56,480 Oh my, and he was your teammate, Itachi. 188 00:15:56,530 --> 00:15:59,110 The Jinchuriki of the Three Tails killed him. 189 00:15:59,320 --> 00:16:04,280 Which means you took on the Mizukage and came out of it alive. 190 00:16:04,780 --> 00:16:06,940 Another one of us is dead. 191 00:16:07,400 --> 00:16:13,440 Rather than being killed by the enemy, he was killed by friendly fire. 192 00:16:13,690 --> 00:16:16,610 He was just too slow. 193 00:16:16,690 --> 00:16:20,030 Let everyone here be the judge of that. 194 00:16:26,780 --> 00:16:28,150 Fire Style: Searing Migraine! 195 00:16:32,360 --> 00:16:33,530 Done in bad faith. 196 00:16:33,570 --> 00:16:35,190 Sounds like it was on purpose. 197 00:16:35,610 --> 00:16:38,190 He should have just dodged it. 198 00:16:38,190 --> 00:16:42,190 You ignored your partner, didn't you? 199 00:16:42,320 --> 00:16:43,900 So what? 200 00:16:43,980 --> 00:16:46,900 You wanted to kill him, didn't you? 201 00:16:47,110 --> 00:16:48,530 So what? 202 00:16:48,690 --> 00:16:51,360 Oh, nothing. It just seems to happen a lot. 203 00:16:52,530 --> 00:16:54,980 The Akatsuki works in two-man teams. 204 00:16:55,230 --> 00:16:56,860 What will you do, Kakuzu? 205 00:16:57,150 --> 00:17:00,150 Will you team up with Itachi who’s also lost his partner? 206 00:17:00,440 --> 00:17:03,820 As long as he doesn’t irritate me. 207 00:17:04,150 --> 00:17:07,320 I wouldn’t know how to cater to your moods. 208 00:17:07,360 --> 00:17:10,820 What the hell did you say? Then let's team up and I'll show you. 209 00:17:11,190 --> 00:17:14,230 Wait, I’ll team up with Itachi. 210 00:17:14,400 --> 00:17:17,940 Are you trying to make a fool out of me?! 211 00:17:19,360 --> 00:17:22,150 The Akatsuki needs to find some new members. 212 00:17:22,900 --> 00:17:25,400 We’ll put this issue on hold until we do. 213 00:18:10,070 --> 00:18:13,530 Do you know what eternal life is, Itachi? 214 00:18:15,690 --> 00:18:17,900 I don’t know yet, either. 215 00:18:18,030 --> 00:18:20,820 That’s why I need a new body. 216 00:18:21,150 --> 00:18:24,610 A magnificent body to link me to eternal life. 217 00:18:25,030 --> 00:18:28,280 First of all, the problem with you… is your greed. 218 00:18:30,570 --> 00:18:35,360 Impossible! Have I fallen prey to the Paralysis Jutsu? 219 00:18:37,230 --> 00:18:39,780 What incredible Visual Prowess… 220 00:18:40,150 --> 00:18:41,980 Magnificent! 221 00:19:04,030 --> 00:19:05,190 Orochimaru… 222 00:19:05,730 --> 00:19:08,030 Try all of the jutsu you wish... 223 00:19:08,070 --> 00:19:11,150 But, my eyes can see through all of them. 224 00:19:11,280 --> 00:19:13,150 You're so blunt… 225 00:19:13,230 --> 00:19:16,150 I’m not sure what to do with you. 226 00:19:16,150 --> 00:19:21,320 Whether to kill you right now, or find a way to use you. 227 00:19:21,530 --> 00:19:23,530 I-Itachi! 228 00:19:23,820 --> 00:19:25,780 You just don’t have enough... 229 00:19:27,320 --> 00:19:31,030 No, you lack it completely...the greed… 230 00:19:34,230 --> 00:19:36,900 for human life! 231 00:19:38,280 --> 00:19:39,650 Lord Orochimaru! 232 00:19:40,230 --> 00:19:43,530 I’ll definitely get you back for this. 233 00:19:56,480 --> 00:19:59,690 Orochimaru betrayed and deserted our organization. 234 00:20:00,190 --> 00:20:02,940 I knew it, that bastard. 235 00:20:03,150 --> 00:20:06,860 He always put himself before the organization. 236 00:20:07,360 --> 00:20:10,820 I don’t intend to let Orochimaru get away with this, 237 00:20:10,860 --> 00:20:12,480 but right now, we’re short members. 238 00:20:12,570 --> 00:20:13,730 Hey! Hey! Hey! 239 00:20:13,780 --> 00:20:15,570 How about letting me join? 240 00:20:15,900 --> 00:20:17,360 Get lost! 241 00:20:17,900 --> 00:20:19,150 Okay… 242 00:20:19,320 --> 00:20:22,150 Leave Orochimaru to me. 243 00:20:22,190 --> 00:20:28,110 His subordinate, Kabuto, is my puppet. 244 00:20:28,360 --> 00:20:30,940 I’ll find out where he’s hiding out in no time. 245 00:20:31,480 --> 00:20:32,980 No need to rush. 246 00:20:33,320 --> 00:20:35,820 I have someone in mind to be your partner. 247 00:20:36,030 --> 00:20:38,190 It can wait until he joins us. 248 00:20:38,230 --> 00:20:39,480 What about me? 249 00:20:39,780 --> 00:20:41,860 Do I team up with Itachi? 250 00:20:41,940 --> 00:20:43,690 Work alone for a while longer. 251 00:20:43,900 --> 00:20:47,230 I have someone else I’ve prepared to partner up with Itachi. 252 00:21:10,150 --> 00:21:13,190 I’m going to be your partner from today. 253 00:22:49,640 --> 00:22:51,480 Hey, you over there! 254 00:22:51,520 --> 00:22:55,020 I’m not gonna fall for your genjutsu ever again, hmm! 255 00:22:55,350 --> 00:22:59,140 I’m going to give you a little taste of what art is. 256 00:22:59,270 --> 00:23:01,350 Let's leave it at that. 257 00:23:01,350 --> 00:23:02,810 Sasori… 258 00:23:02,850 --> 00:23:05,770 partner with Deidara and go kill Orochimaru. 259 00:23:06,680 --> 00:23:09,850 Next time on Naruto Shippuden: "Partner" 260 00:23:10,270 --> 00:23:12,980 Who the hell is this Orochimaru guy? 261 00:23:13,020 --> 00:23:15,820 ITACHI'S STORY - LIGHT AND DARKNESS: PARTNER 262 00:23:15,840 --> 00:23:28,730 Tune in again!