# E141 - Truth
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The attack of the Nine-Tailed
Fox Demon 16 years ago.
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Suspicion fell on them.
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That the Uchiha had revolted
and sought to take power.
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As a result,
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the Uchiha was put under the strict
surveillance of the Anbu Black Ops,
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and they were forced to relocate
to the outskirts of the village.
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They became totally estranged.
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Their distrust bred hatred
and eventually,
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their suspicions became reality.
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The Uchiha clan plotted
a coup d'état to take over the village...
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The higher-ups in Hidden Leaf Village
planted a spy within the Uchiha clan.
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That spy was your older brother...
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Itachi Uchiha.
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From that moment,
Itachi's suffering began.
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A coup d'état by the Uchiha?
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Itachi was...a spy?
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Despite being an Uchiha,
you were kept in the dark.
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Because you were still young.
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But it's all true...
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Your father, Fugaku,
was the mastermind behind the plot.
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And your brother, Itachi,
was ordered by your father
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to spy on the Anbu Black Ops.
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*Itachi... You also serve as
*the Uchiha clan's pipeline*
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*to the Village nerve center.*
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*You know that, don't you?*
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However...it was actually the opposite.
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Itachi was working for the village,
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feeding them information
about the Uchiha.
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He was what they call
a double agent.
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You can't even imagine
what a heavy burden that is to bear.
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Why?! Why did Itachi betray the Uchiha?
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It may be hard for you
to understand,
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not having witnessed the horrors of war.
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The Third Great Ninja War...
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When Itachi was merely
four years old,
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he witnessed the deaths
of many people.
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He was too young to experience war.
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War is hell...
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That trauma made Itachi
a pacifist who hated war.
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He was a man who put
the village's safety first,
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and who strove to preserve peace.
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Instead of being bound
by obligation to his clan,
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he was a ninja who loved his village.
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And the village higher-ups
preyed on that trait.
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They assigned him to
a top-secret mission.
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An eye for an eye...
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For them to oppose the Uchiha,
they would need the Sharingan.
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Yes.
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The mission was...
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The total annihilation of
the Uchiha clan.
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I can't even begin to imagine
what he went through emotionally.
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Itachi was forced to make
a terrible choice.
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The impossible choice of killing
one's own brethren.
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But a civil war started by the likes
of the Uchiha would shake
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the very foundations of Hidden Leaf Village
and the Land of Fire.
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Other nations would waste no time
in seizing the opportunity to attack.
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It could even trigger
a Fourth Great Ninja War...
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The Uchiha clan's self-interest would
involve innocent people
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who had nothing to do with
the ninja world.
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And countless people would die
once again.
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If you were Itachi,
what would you have done?
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So Itachi made up his mind.
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He himself would bring
the curtain down on his clan.
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He did not hate the Uchiha
nor did he betray them.
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It was inevitable.
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The discrimination by the village...
and the object of their antagonism...
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He shouldered the blame all by himself.
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No one can ever question Itachi's decision
and the sacrifice he made.
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To be truthful, back then,
even I anticipated war.
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I was bitter towards Senju's
Hidden Leaf Village as well as the Uchiha.
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But Itachi was even aware of that.
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He alone was aware
of my existence.
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Itachi sought to contact me
and made certain conditions.
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In exchange for guiding me
in my vendetta against the Uchiha,
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I was not to lay a hand on the village.
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He would help me kill our brethren...
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But the Third Hokage tried
a different hand.
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He tried to approach the Uchiha
for a compromise.
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But time ran out,
and his efforts failed.
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Leading to that night.
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It was a mission.
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To be the sole perpetrator
of his clan's slaughter
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and become a Rogue Ninja
with his reputation in tatters.
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All of that was his mission.
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And Itachi completely fulfilled
his duty...
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With one exception...
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He could not bring himself...
to kill his younger brother.
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*Truth
*
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After that, Itachi appealed
to the Third Hokage
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to protect you from Danzo
and the higher-ups.
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Then he threatened Danzo
and left the village.
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If he laid a hand on Sasuke,
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he would leak every detail about
the village to unallied nations.
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Above all else,
he was concerned about you.
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And yet he couldn't tell you
the full truth.
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He had no choice
but to say the things he did.
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*It's a lie...*
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*This isn't like you, Big Brother...
*It can't be...*
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*I acted like the older brother
*you desired...*
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*in order to measure your vessel.*
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*You will become a rival
*to measure my vessel against...*
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*You have that hidden potential.*
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*You've been jealous of me
*and resented me.*
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*You've harbored hopes
*of surpassing me.*
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*That is why I am allowing you to live.
*For my sake...*
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*My foolish little brother...*
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*If you wish to kill me,
*resent me, hate me.*
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*And survive...in obscurity.*
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*Run...keep running...
*and cling to life.*
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*Then one day,*
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*come before me with
*the same eye that I possess.*
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By making revenge your goal,
he hoped to make you strong.
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The Uchiha is a proud clan
of the Hidden Leaf.
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He wanted you to keep
believing that.
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He beseeched the Hokage that
you never learn the truth.
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And from the moment
he left the village,
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he was resolved to fighting you,
and dying.
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So that he could instill in you
a new power.
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That is Itachi's truth.
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No, you're lying.
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They must be lies.
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That's nonsense...
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He almost killed me several times!
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If Itachi wished it, he would have.
Without a doubt.
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He even used the Mangekyo Sharingan
to try to kill me!
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That's why...!
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Your battle was part of his plan.
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Itachi needed to pressure you
in that fight.
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The reason for that...
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Well, you probably realized it too,
haven't you?
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*Finally, it comes out...*
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He freed you of the curse mark.
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And the death of someone
closest to you...
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It was a battle to awaken
your Mangekyo.
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It was a battle that Itachi planned
entirely for your sake.
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He pretended to be after
your eyes until the very end.
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It's starting to sink in, I see...
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You are lying.
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The one who made the Nine-Tails attack
the village was you, Madara!
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Itachi said so.
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*Sixteen years ago,*
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*Madara instigated the Nine-Tails' attack
*on Hidden Leaf Village.*
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*But that too was foiled
*by the Fourth Hokage.*
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*In short...*
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*Madara is a bitter, defeated loser...*
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*He is not worthy of becoming
*the best among the Uchiha.*
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*I am the one...*
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*who shall surpass Madara
*and become the ultimate ninja!*
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You framed the Uchiha!
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And you teamed up with Itachi
to toy with the clan!
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Itachi was lying
when he told you that.
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Itachi feared that you would
somehow learn the truth.
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He wanted to make absolutely certain
there was no chance of that.
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He lied to make sure
you would not trust me...
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Not only that,
he implanted Amaterasu in your eyes.
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As if I'd believe you!
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He... Itachi was evil!
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He's a criminal who killed his clan
and joined Akatsuki!
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Itachi took sole responsibility for
an unspeakable crime
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and left the village.
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Then he found a way to join Akatsuki
and watched over
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an organization that was dangerous
to the village from the inside.
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He was always thinking
about Hidden Leaf Village.
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And he thought of you...
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When the Third Hokage,
who had promised to protect you, died...
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Itachi made an appearance
in Hidden Leaf Village.
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It was to tell Danzo and
the other superiors that "I am alive."
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You were foremost in his thoughts--
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Stop! Lies! They're all lies...
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You're still alive, aren't you?
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*In order to survive, we cling to all
*we know and understand.*
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*And we label it reality.*
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*But knowledge and understanding
*are ambiguous.*
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*That reality could be an illusion.*
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*All humans live with
*the wrong assumptions.*
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*Isn't that another way of looking at it?*
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*That Sharingan...
*How much can you actually see?*
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*My eye is not like it was in the past!*
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*My Sharingan can see
*through genjutsu!*
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*Humph...
*You still speak with such confidence.*
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*But for now,
*I'll take your word for it.*
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Your eyes did not perceive
a single thing about Itachi.
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You were not able to see through
the illusion Itachi created at all.
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Itachi killed his friends, his superiors...
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He killed his lover,
his father and his mother.
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But he could not kill...his little brother.
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He cried tears of blood and
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killed every shred of feeling
he had inside him,
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then he killed his brethren
for the sake of his village.
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But he just couldn't kill you.
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Do you understand what that means?
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To him, your life...
was more precious than the village.
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Until the moment of his death...
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No, even in death, it was all for you.
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To pass on a new power...
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By making you defeat him,
he had avenged the Uchiha clan.
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In order to raise and make you
the hero of Hidden Leaf Village.
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His body was ravaged by illness
and he knew he was near death.
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Even if he had to rely on drugs
to prolong his life...
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For the sake of
his beloved little brother...
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He had to fight you...
and die in your presence.
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For the peace of Hidden Leaf Village,
and most of all, for Sasuke Uchiha.
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He wanted to die
as a criminal and a traitor.
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He accepted disgrace
in the place of honor,
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and hate in the place of love.
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And despite that, Itachi died
with a smile on his face.
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He entrusted the Uchiha name to you,
his younger brother,
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deceiving you to the very end.
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*I'm home.*
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*Welcome home, Big Brother!*
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*Play with me, Big Brother!*
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*Huh? What'll we play?!*
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*Sasuke!*
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*Your brother has
*Academy homework to do.*
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*You can play after he's done.*
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*Huh?*
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*That's okay.
*I can do my homework later.*
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*It's easy anyway.*
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*Goodness...*
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Where could Big Brother be hiding?
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*Found you, Big Brother.*
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*You're pretty sharp, Sasuke.*
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*However...too bad.*
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*Ah! No fair!*
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*Say, Father...*
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*Hmm?*
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*Brother and I were playing
*hide-and-seek today,*
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*but Big Brother used Clone Jutsu
*to run away.*
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*That's not fair, is it?*
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*Hmm... You're able to do
*the Clone Jutsu already?*
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*Big Brother, teach me
*the Clone Jutsu too, after dinner!*
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*Homework!*
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*Sorry, Sasuke.
*Let's do it some other time.*
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*Sasuke. It's time to go.*
**[17:42] ---**
*You said that you would teach me
*a new shuriken jutsu.*
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*I have an important mission tomorrow
*that I must prepare for.*
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*You're a liar...*
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*Sorry, Sasuke.
*Maybe some other time.*
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*Big Brother, watch this!*
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*Hey! Don't be reckless...*
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*Big Brother...*
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*Will you train with me again?*
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*Yeah...*
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*But I'm assigned to missions
*and starting tomorrow,*
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*you will be attending
*the Ninja Academy.*
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*We won't have much time
*to spend together.*
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*That's okay.*
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*As long as you can stay with me
*once in a while.*
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*But, we only have each other
*as siblings.*
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*Even if it's only as an obstacle
*for you to overcome.*
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*Big Brother...*
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*Can you help me with
*shuriken training today?*
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*I'm busy.
*You should ask Father to teach you.*
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*But you're better than Father
*when it comes to shuriken jutsu.*
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*Even a kid like me can see that.*
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*Oww.*
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*Sorry, Sasuke... Some other time.*
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*Even if it's only as an obstacle
*for you to overcome...*
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*I'm always going to be there for you.*
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*Even if you do hate me...*
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*That's what big brothers are for.*
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*Sorry, Sasuke...*
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*This is it.*
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We are no longer "Hebi."
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From this day on,
our team will be "Taka."
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Taka has only one goal.
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We...
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will destroy the Hidden Leaf.
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The light hurts my eyes...
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Noon already?
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Damn it, bastard!
Screw you, man!
**[22:43] ---**
Training from the morning,
stomach so starving,
**[22:45] ---**
Rap-loving weirdo,
that's what I am.
**[22:47] ---**
Lunch menu Suikiyaki for sure, yeah...
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Humph, looks like that's him.
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Next time on Naruto Shippuden:
"Battle of Unraikyo"
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Eight-Tails, I'm here to capture you.
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Tune in again!