1 00:00:37,080 --> 00:00:38,080 Naruto… 2 00:00:41,130 --> 00:00:43,170 Sometimes your eyes are better than mine. 3 00:00:46,250 --> 00:00:48,920 Sasuke is in the darkness right now… 4 00:00:51,500 --> 00:00:52,710 Go… 5 00:00:53,130 --> 00:00:55,750 You're the only one who can save him. 6 00:00:58,210 --> 00:00:59,210 Yeah… 7 00:01:00,920 --> 00:01:02,290 I know. 8 00:02:33,070 --> 00:02:38,070 The Final Battle 9 00:03:01,030 --> 00:03:02,980 My explanation of what it means to be Hokage 10 00:03:03,070 --> 00:03:04,940 represents my response. 11 00:03:05,570 --> 00:03:08,900 The way Itachi lived led me to this answer. 12 00:03:09,400 --> 00:03:13,400 To protect the Land of Fire and the Leaf Village, 13 00:03:13,480 --> 00:03:16,230 he sacrificed both his clan and himself. 14 00:03:16,900 --> 00:03:18,940 First, I needed to know why. 15 00:03:19,980 --> 00:03:23,070 What is this Land and Village that he would go so far to protect? 16 00:03:24,570 --> 00:03:26,230 The previous Hokage said… 17 00:03:27,110 --> 00:03:30,030 …that the village is a framework 18 00:03:30,110 --> 00:03:33,070 created to stop the slaughter of clans and children… 19 00:03:34,030 --> 00:03:36,030 …a framework that was supposed to lead to peace. 20 00:03:37,030 --> 00:03:40,650 Itachi tried to sustain that peace all by himself. 21 00:03:41,150 --> 00:03:43,280 That's when I finally understood… 22 00:03:44,070 --> 00:03:46,400 Suffering bitter experiences, living in darkness 23 00:03:46,480 --> 00:03:50,030 as a criminal and traitor against Land and Village… 24 00:03:50,400 --> 00:03:52,900 He was a shinobi who took on all hatred 25 00:03:52,980 --> 00:03:55,860 and protected the Land of Fire and the Leaf Village from the shadows. 26 00:03:56,440 --> 00:03:59,110 I feel he was the true Hokage. 27 00:04:03,980 --> 00:04:06,230 It's not the one who is acknowledged by all… 28 00:04:06,320 --> 00:04:09,190 …but the one who accepts all the hatred 29 00:04:09,280 --> 00:04:10,820 that is worthy of that title. 30 00:04:11,360 --> 00:04:15,530 I eventually came to understand Itachi's feelings 31 00:04:15,610 --> 00:04:17,650 for his Land and Village. 32 00:04:18,650 --> 00:04:20,780 My big brother failed in just one aspect. 33 00:04:20,900 --> 00:04:22,610 He let me, his little brother, live. 34 00:04:22,900 --> 00:04:24,940 Unable to hide the truth from me, 35 00:04:25,030 --> 00:04:27,030 he allowed the hatred to disseminate. 36 00:04:31,030 --> 00:04:34,570 However… I'm not like my Big Brother anymore. 37 00:04:35,530 --> 00:04:37,400 I have no father, mother, brother… 38 00:04:37,480 --> 00:04:39,480 not even a single member of my clan. 39 00:04:42,480 --> 00:04:45,230 I am all alone. 40 00:04:47,150 --> 00:04:51,730 I alone can bear the weight of all the hatred now. 41 00:04:52,320 --> 00:04:55,030 And I alone will deal with everything personally. 42 00:04:55,610 --> 00:04:58,860 I will handle all of the shinobi's problems. 43 00:04:59,150 --> 00:05:03,320 I will also dispense all judgment and punishment. 44 00:05:04,230 --> 00:05:06,570 I'll concentrate all hatred upon myself… 45 00:05:07,320 --> 00:05:10,030 …and bring together every single village under my control. 46 00:05:11,320 --> 00:05:14,030 Hatred inside darkness cannot be eliminated. 47 00:05:15,530 --> 00:05:16,900 In which case, I'd rather… 48 00:05:23,190 --> 00:05:25,610 That's right… What the Hokage is to me… 49 00:05:26,070 --> 00:05:28,780 …is someone who will sear away the darkness of all Five Villages 50 00:05:28,860 --> 00:05:30,030 with only his own flame. 51 00:05:30,820 --> 00:05:33,530 And then keeps living by eating the ashes. 52 00:05:33,940 --> 00:05:37,650 And you think everyone will just sit back and say "yes" to that? 53 00:05:38,530 --> 00:05:39,820 I told you already… 54 00:05:40,280 --> 00:05:43,230 I don't care what you or anyone else thinks. 55 00:05:44,030 --> 00:05:47,070 Besides, I have the power now to control it all. 56 00:05:47,900 --> 00:05:51,110 You don't have a clue about how Itachi lived! 57 00:05:52,030 --> 00:05:53,900 There are things you can't do alone! 58 00:05:54,610 --> 00:05:56,730 Just like our battle with Kaguya! 59 00:06:00,030 --> 00:06:01,980 But things don't always go well… 60 00:06:02,940 --> 00:06:04,980 Like with these two stone statues 61 00:06:06,070 --> 00:06:08,940 And us two brothers… 62 00:06:10,820 --> 00:06:12,070 With revolution… 63 00:06:12,780 --> 00:06:14,940 …the villages will no longer have to bear darkness. 64 00:06:15,230 --> 00:06:16,900 And I alone will become the darkness. 65 00:06:17,860 --> 00:06:21,480 I'll dispose of the deep darkness of the past, 66 00:06:21,570 --> 00:06:23,940 and build a pure white future from scratch. 67 00:06:24,690 --> 00:06:27,110 You mean by killing the Tailed Beasts, 68 00:06:27,190 --> 00:06:28,980 and the Five Kage?! 69 00:06:29,230 --> 00:06:30,230 Exactly. 70 00:06:31,980 --> 00:06:33,730 I'm casting off the past. 71 00:06:35,610 --> 00:06:40,110 You're saying you can pretend nothing ever happened with Itachi? 72 00:06:40,650 --> 00:06:43,940 You and Itachi were brothers, and a lot happened between you… 73 00:06:44,030 --> 00:06:45,440 That's what made you who you are today! 74 00:06:46,440 --> 00:06:49,690 Itachi is now in my past. 75 00:06:50,280 --> 00:06:54,690 I'm cutting all past mistakes and doubts here, and starting anew. 76 00:06:55,530 --> 00:06:57,690 Beginning by cutting you down. 77 00:06:58,780 --> 00:07:01,360 Yours will be the last blood I shed, 78 00:07:01,440 --> 00:07:03,440 in the memory of my late brother. 79 00:07:08,900 --> 00:07:10,150 I won't…let you kill me. 80 00:07:11,480 --> 00:07:15,480 I learned everything I know from the people of my past! 81 00:07:16,110 --> 00:07:19,900 Especially about how to figure out what to do after making a mistake. 82 00:07:21,610 --> 00:07:23,900 You said you consider Sasuke a brother. 83 00:07:24,530 --> 00:07:25,980 That's why, Naruto, 84 00:07:26,070 --> 00:07:29,820 I believe you are the only one who can stop Sasuke. 85 00:07:30,820 --> 00:07:32,650 I'm leaving Sasuke to you. 86 00:07:33,650 --> 00:07:34,690 That's why… 87 00:07:35,980 --> 00:07:37,030 I won't let you kill me. 88 00:07:47,900 --> 00:07:48,980 Lord Sage! 89 00:07:49,780 --> 00:07:52,110 It seems it's almost time. 90 00:07:52,530 --> 00:07:53,570 What… 91 00:07:54,730 --> 00:07:56,030 What should I be doing? 92 00:07:56,900 --> 00:07:58,900 Just continue to have faith. 93 00:07:59,530 --> 00:08:02,030 Right now, that is all we can do. 94 00:08:14,360 --> 00:08:19,320 What you do and what transpires, will be up to the two of you. 95 00:08:19,980 --> 00:08:23,320 Sasuke and I aren't real brothers, 96 00:08:23,400 --> 00:08:25,320 but I think we can make peace with each other. 97 00:08:26,070 --> 00:08:27,690 Now that Itachi's gone, 98 00:08:27,780 --> 00:08:30,110 I feel like I'm finally, truly alone. 99 00:08:30,530 --> 00:08:32,360 But with Naruto, 100 00:08:32,440 --> 00:08:35,650 he's the one person I have to cut down. 101 00:08:36,360 --> 00:08:38,730 My version of the Hokage can only come to be 102 00:08:38,820 --> 00:08:40,480 by severing all bonds and being alone. 103 00:08:41,820 --> 00:08:42,860 Why? 104 00:08:43,280 --> 00:08:44,320 Because… 105 00:08:44,440 --> 00:08:45,900 Because to me… 106 00:08:46,280 --> 00:08:48,030 …we're really good friends. 107 00:08:48,480 --> 00:08:51,110 …he is still my closest friend. 108 00:08:57,860 --> 00:09:03,190 Naruto… Sasuke… Show me your answer… 109 00:09:04,400 --> 00:09:06,980 Show me the answer for all shinobi! 110 00:11:17,650 --> 00:11:19,650 Inferno Style: Honoikazuchi! 111 00:11:58,070 --> 00:11:59,030 His left eye is… 112 00:14:42,940 --> 00:14:45,320 How the hell do you think you understand? 113 00:14:45,400 --> 00:14:47,280 You've been alone from the start! 114 00:14:47,940 --> 00:14:49,900 It's because I have these ties, that I feel this agony. 115 00:14:50,320 --> 00:14:52,530 How could you possibly understand 116 00:14:52,610 --> 00:14:55,070 what it feels like to lose all that?! 117 00:15:27,610 --> 00:15:28,900 What's the matter? 118 00:15:29,110 --> 00:15:30,400 Are you just going to play defense? 119 00:16:39,110 --> 00:16:41,280 If you keep stalling, you'll die. 120 00:16:46,110 --> 00:16:48,780 I don't wanna kill you! 121 00:16:49,900 --> 00:16:53,980 To me, you've become my closest friend. 122 00:16:54,980 --> 00:16:59,360 You're trying to be alone again and I can't let that happen! 123 00:17:01,480 --> 00:17:03,940 Especially since we both know what that's like… 124 00:17:04,030 --> 00:17:06,900 That's why I can't let you… 125 00:17:17,030 --> 00:17:18,650 …go there… 126 00:17:18,730 --> 00:17:20,030 …intentionally! 127 00:17:57,070 --> 00:17:58,820 Quit yapping. 128 00:17:59,320 --> 00:18:00,650 We're both different from 129 00:18:00,730 --> 00:18:03,030 the two boys who fought here long ago… 130 00:18:05,110 --> 00:18:06,980 I know your heart… 131 00:18:08,320 --> 00:18:10,980 …and you, mine… 132 00:18:11,570 --> 00:18:13,940 But you still wanna fight me? 133 00:18:14,730 --> 00:18:16,190 All the more, because it's you. 134 00:18:17,480 --> 00:18:19,230 I have to cut you out of my life. 135 00:18:20,110 --> 00:18:23,110 There's no guarantee that the world 136 00:18:23,190 --> 00:18:25,570 you'll rebuild after severing the past… 137 00:18:25,650 --> 00:18:28,190 …won't end up just like this one, you know. 138 00:18:29,070 --> 00:18:32,780 That's exactly why I'll continue to watch over that world… 139 00:18:33,570 --> 00:18:35,030 So it doesn't. 140 00:18:35,230 --> 00:18:37,190 You're missing the point! 141 00:18:37,940 --> 00:18:40,730 The Five Villages are finally united! 142 00:18:41,570 --> 00:18:46,280 Yeah… But that's only because they found a common enemy. 143 00:18:47,070 --> 00:18:52,150 To defeat the Akatsuki, Madara, and Kaguya… 144 00:18:52,360 --> 00:18:54,190 the Five Villages had no choice but to discard their grudges 145 00:18:54,280 --> 00:18:56,940 and form an alliance in order to survive. 146 00:18:58,530 --> 00:19:01,690 But their mutual foes are now gone. 147 00:19:01,980 --> 00:19:05,070 Eventually, conflicts between each village will begin again. 148 00:19:05,610 --> 00:19:09,780 So this time, you're gonna become the enemy? 149 00:19:09,980 --> 00:19:13,610 And? What'll happen after you're gone? 150 00:19:15,480 --> 00:19:16,730 Finally, 151 00:19:17,070 --> 00:19:19,280 all the dots have connected and formed a straight line. 152 00:19:20,150 --> 00:19:21,940 I started with the Sharingan 153 00:19:22,030 --> 00:19:24,320 and now, I possess the power of the Rinnegan. 154 00:19:24,860 --> 00:19:28,860 Reincarnation, immortality… I have many options. 155 00:19:29,440 --> 00:19:32,030 I'll also be able to control things from the shadows, 156 00:19:32,110 --> 00:19:33,780 instead of through battle. 157 00:19:34,360 --> 00:19:37,030 You're planning to return to that hell, 158 00:19:37,110 --> 00:19:40,690 for the rest of your life, or rather for all eternity? 159 00:19:40,820 --> 00:19:42,070 While being hated by all? 160 00:19:45,030 --> 00:19:48,820 To me, that's what a Hokage ought to be. 161 00:20:00,940 --> 00:20:03,150 That's not even close enough to kill me. 162 00:20:03,690 --> 00:20:06,980 I told you! I'm not trying to kill you! 163 00:20:07,730 --> 00:20:08,730 I'm—! 164 00:20:08,820 --> 00:20:09,860 Enough. 165 00:20:46,440 --> 00:20:49,730 I'm the strongest in this world right now. 166 00:20:50,280 --> 00:20:51,940 So right now, right here… 167 00:20:52,030 --> 00:20:55,030 will be my first step into the shadows. 168 00:22:42,190 --> 00:22:43,190 I can feel it, 169 00:22:43,280 --> 00:22:45,610 how did he gain so much Nature Energy so suddenly? 170 00:22:46,230 --> 00:22:48,190 You finally decided to kill me, huh? 171 00:22:48,570 --> 00:22:50,360 We've taken on a lot of responsibilities 172 00:22:50,440 --> 00:22:51,610 upon our shoulders… 173 00:22:52,230 --> 00:22:55,400 But you see, I wanna fight, 174 00:22:55,480 --> 00:22:57,690 and win against you fair and square! 175 00:22:58,570 --> 00:23:02,070 Next time on Naruto Shippuden: Naruto and Sasuke 176 00:23:02,780 --> 00:23:05,480 …but not against the current you! 177 00:23:05,530 --> 00:23:08,610 NARUTO AND SASUKE 178 00:23:08,820 --> 00:23:28,610 Tune in again!