E192 - Neji Chronicles

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[00:07] ---
    Thank you, Lady Hinata.
[00:09] ---
    I appreciate you treating my wound
    when you're injured as well.
[00:14] ---
    It's all right.
[00:15] ---
    Someone has already tended
    to my wounds.
[00:18] ---
    The village is
    short-handed right now.
[00:21] ---
    Sakura is so busy.
    This is the least I can do.
[00:28] ---
    Neji!
[00:32] ---
    Can we interview you?
[00:37] ---
    Interview?
[00:38] ---
    Naruto played a huge part
    in this battle, right?
[00:42] ---
    And the younger kids at the Academy
    asked us to do a spread
[00:46] ---
    in the Academy newspaper
    about his achievements.
[00:51] ---
    So we're going around
    interviewing everyone.
[00:55] ---
    Sorry, but ask someone else.
[00:58] ---
    That's mean, Neji!
[01:00] ---
    I'll say! The kids at the Academy
    are looking forward to it.
[01:05] ---
    Please!
[01:06] ---
    We're beggin' you!
[01:12] ---
    Oh, fine. Then let me tell you
    a very special story.
[02:48] ---
    - Leaf's History -
    Neji Chronicles
    
    
    
[02:52] ---
    It was roughly three years ago.
[02:54] ---
    The day the final round of
    the Chunin Exam took place.
[02:57] ---
    Our first Chunin Exam that year
    was met with many troubles.
[03:04] ---
    Feudal Lords and guests from
    other nations all gathered
[03:07] ---
    to watch the final round in the Hidden
    Leaf Village, and in the midst of that,
[03:13] ---
    we received reports that a Rogue Ninja
    named Orochimaru was after Sasuke.
[03:20] ---
    The village took steps for
    every contingency in every area
[03:23] ---
    and security was
    extremely tight.
[03:27] ---
    During the finals, the Hidden Sand
    and Hidden Sound conspired
[03:30] ---
    to destroy the Hidden Leaf.
[03:33] ---
    Something no one could
    ever have predicted.
[03:37] ---
    Not yet knowing what was about to occur,
    the matches continued,
[03:39] ---
    and spectators from various nations
    watched with intense interest.
[03:51] ---
    Around that time, I was being
    treated in the medical room,
[03:54] ---
    having lost to Naruto
    during the first match.
[03:59] ---
    I came to see how you are.
    How do you feel?
[04:03] ---
    I'm fine.
[04:09] ---
    Don't be disappointed.
[04:11] ---
    It's sheer luck that Naruto won!
    I'm sure you'll win the next-
[04:14] ---
    Oh, I'm over that.
[04:16] ---
    Huh?
[04:18] ---
    Lord Hiashi came by
    a little while ago.
[04:22] ---
    I had always believed that we members
    of the branch family would never be truly free
[04:27] ---
    until the power of the Byakugan is sealed
    away and our Curse Marks disappear.
[04:33] ---
    But it seems Father thought
    of it differently.
[04:37] ---
    It's true that some things
    cannot be changed.
[04:40] ---
    But perhaps, I have been making
    blind assumptions about everything.
[04:46] ---
    Neji...
[04:49] ---
    Let's go back to the stadium.
[04:52] ---
    Guy Sensei and Lee are here
[04:54] ---
    and the Uchiha's match looks
    really exciting.
[04:58] ---
    You're right.
[05:00] ---
    Then it happened.
[05:08] ---
    Orochimaru's destruction of
    the Hidden Leaf had begun.
[05:15] ---
    What is that?!
[05:21] ---
    Have you noticed?
    The cheering in the stadium has stopped.
[05:24] ---
    Yeah. Something in the air
    is different.
[05:27] ---
    Byakugan!
[05:36] ---
    Due to the treachery
    of Orochimaru's Hidden Sound
[05:39] ---
    and his allies from the Sand,
    our village was thrown into chaos.
[05:47] ---
    How could this happen?!
[05:49] ---
    Fighting has broken out in
    every corner of the village.
[05:52] ---
    Sand and Sound Ninja
    against the Leaf.
[05:55] ---
    It's like...
[05:57] ---
    I know. It's like a war.
[06:01] ---
    We rushed to the stadium to
    find out just what was going on.
[06:07] ---
    But unbeknownst to us, another incident
    was already taking place.
[06:12] ---
    Is that...
[06:16] ---
    Elder!
[06:19] ---
    Hey, are you okay?!
[06:23] ---
    What happened to me?
[06:25] ---
    Kiba later told us that he was knocked
    unconscious by enemy ninja
[06:29] ---
    disguised as Anbu Black Ops,
    while watching over Lady Hinata,
[06:33] ---
    who had collapsed due to
    injuries from her previous match.
[06:42] ---
    Hey... What the hell's
    going on here?
[06:45] ---
    It seems you're all right.
[06:47] ---
    Elder's wound isn't fatal either.
[06:50] ---
    What happened here anyway?
[06:53] ---
    We were attacked.
    Hinata has been taken.
[06:57] ---
    What?!
[07:00] ---
    Two ninja from the Hidden Cloud,
    who were here as spectators, took her.
[07:08] ---
    No doubt they took advantage
    of the commotion
[07:10] ---
    to take the Byakugan
    out of the village.
[07:13] ---
    I tried to stop them, but...
[07:24] ---
    Neji, the Byakugan is a top-secret jutsu,
    which your father protected with his life.
[07:29] ---
    It must not be stolen!
    Go after them!
[07:33] ---
    Bring it back, whatever it takes!
[07:37] ---
    I understand.
[07:38] ---
    Wait, Neji!
    I'm coming with you.
[07:41] ---
    This is a Hyuga matter.
[07:43] ---
    But it's too much for you
    to handle alone.
[07:46] ---
    I'm coming too.
    Hinata is my teammate.
[07:49] ---
    Besides, you don't think
    highly of Hinata.
[07:52] ---
    There's no way you'd get serious
    about saving her.
[07:56] ---
    Hey you!
[08:04] ---
    Then come with me.
    Your nose will be useful.
[08:10] ---
    I guess having a three-man cell
    would make things easier for pursuit.
[08:14] ---
    No, you're wrong.
[08:15] ---
    Including Akamaru, it's a four-man cell.
    We're now a basic platoon.
[08:23] ---
    Let's go.
[08:26] ---
    I didn't know all that happened.
[08:28] ---
    Didn't the jonin in the stadium notice?
[08:32] ---
    Who knows?
[08:34] ---
    But they probably couldn't
    spare the manpower.
[08:38] ---
    After all, the situation was
    such that genin like Naruto
[08:40] ---
    had to be dispatched on
    A-rank missions.
[08:56] ---
    What a shock having a war
    suddenly break out like that.
[09:00] ---
    It's like a ninja alliance never existed.
[09:04] ---
    We can't let this opportunity go.
[09:06] ---
    The celebrated Kekkei Genkai,
[09:07] ---
    which is forbidden from being
    taken out of the village.
[09:10] ---
    The Hidden Leaf's Byakugan.
[09:15] ---
    The enemy consists of two ninja.
[09:16] ---
    They intend to go straight
    through the forest.
[09:19] ---
    The boundary we share with
    the Land of Rice Paddies is up ahead.
[09:23] ---
    They're taking the shortest route
    to Hidden Cloud Village.
[09:26] ---
    We're familiar with areas
    within the Land of Fire,
[09:28] ---
    but not beyond the border.
[09:31] ---
    We have to settle this
    before they get there.
[09:35] ---
    What's the matter?
[09:36] ---
    Akamaru can size up the enemy's strength
    simply by sniffing their chakra.
[09:41] ---
    They seem to be quite formidable.
[09:44] ---
    They're probably higher
    than chunin level.
[09:46] ---
    Our chances of victory are slim.
[09:48] ---
    But there are ways!
[09:50] ---
    Like surrounding them and
    taking them by surprise.
[09:53] ---
    Hey stop!
[09:55] ---
    What is it?
[09:57] ---
    A trap?
[09:59] ---
    This place reeks of the enemy.
[10:08] ---
    What are they? How gross.
[10:12] ---
    It seems they laid a trap that is
    activated by a pursuer's chakra.
[10:18] ---
    Here they come!
[10:35] ---
    There's no end to them.
[10:41] ---
    This is bad. Setting off the trap
    may have alerted the enemy.
[10:47] ---
    Damn! We're running out of time!
[10:50] ---
    Then we only have one choice.
[10:55] ---
    Dragon Bomb!
[11:13] ---
    Go! I'll handle this.
[11:15] ---
    But...
[11:16] ---
    I can stop them for a while.
[11:20] ---
    You're going to get her back, right?
[11:25] ---
    Hurry!
[11:26] ---
    Okay!
[11:32] ---
    Well now...
[11:34] ---
    What weapons would
    you like me to use?
[11:39] ---
    Come and get me!
[11:40] ---
    That's crazy!
    All by herself?
[11:43] ---
    That's true.
[11:45] ---
    But Tenten is a skilled weapons specialist,
    capable of mid to long-range attacks.
[11:50] ---
    She had the greatest chance of stopping
    the enemy, then getting out of there.
[11:56] ---
    With time running out, we had no choice
    but to have faith in her.
[12:04] ---
    Those damned Cloud Ninja...
    Laying a nasty trap like that.
[12:07] ---
    However, setting up something
    like that must've taken time.
[12:11] ---
    Yeah. The scent was still fresh.
[12:15] ---
    They're not that far ahead.
[12:18] ---
    Byakugan.
[12:25] ---
    I found them.
[12:28] ---
    All right! We'll ambush them
    and get Hinata back!
[12:31] ---
    Forget it. That won't work.
[12:36] ---
    Then what do you suggest?!
[12:42] ---
    You can't stop me. I'm going!
[13:00] ---
    Someone set off the trap.
[13:06] ---
    Are they coming after us?
[13:07] ---
    Probably. Let's hurry.
[13:09] ---
    The boundary is straight up ahead.
[13:11] ---
    Right.
[13:14] ---
    Palm Heel Strike!
[13:19] ---
    You're not going to get your way.
[13:22] ---
    Don't try to resist.
    We're in a hurry.
[13:31] ---
    As long as a head family member
    wields the Byakugan,
[13:33] ---
    it doesn't matter whether
    she's dead or alive, right?
[13:37] ---
    Damn brat! How about we just
    take back her head instead?
[13:44] ---
    Tunneling Fang!
[13:49] ---
    Looks like I made it in time!
[13:51] ---
    Kiba?!
[13:52] ---
    Hinata! We're getting outta here!
[13:57] ---
    - A pursuer.
    - Those brats...
[13:59] ---
    I'm gonna kill them!
[14:02] ---
    There's no way you could get away.
[14:06] ---
    You're absolutely right.
[14:07] ---
    Back then we just weren't
    strong enough.
[14:20] ---
    It's useless for a mere genin like you.
[14:24] ---
    And we don't have time to waste!
[14:31] ---
    Gentle Fist...
[14:37] ---
    8 Trigrams 64 Palms!
[14:40] ---
    8 Trigrams 2 Palms!
[14:43] ---
    4 Palms!
[14:44] ---
    8 Palms!
[14:45] ---
    16 Palms!
[14:46] ---
    32 Palms!
[14:48] ---
    64 Palms!
[14:55] ---
    I see.
[14:57] ---
    Now I get it.
[15:02] ---
    You're that Hyuga kid who was
    in the Chunin Exam.
[15:11] ---
    That jerk.
[15:21] ---
    Acting all tough!
[15:28] ---
    So we were chasing a decoy.
[15:34] ---
    Move. We have no use for an eye
    that loses its power upon death.
[15:41] ---
    I will not let you get past here.
[15:44] ---
    Earth Style: Mud Wave!
[15:49] ---
    I don't plan on letting
    a Gentle Fist user come near me!
[16:04] ---
    Oh no!
[16:09] ---
    Earth Style Shadow Clone?
[16:11] ---
    He lured me.
[16:13] ---
    It's over.
[16:16] ---
    A taijutsu user who can't use
    his arms or legs...
[16:21] ---
    is nothing more
    than a caged bird.
[16:26] ---
    After hating them so much,
[16:29] ---
    you still end up being
    a sacrifice for the head family.
[16:32] ---
    What a sad destiny for you.
[16:36] ---
    I didn't come reluctantly.
[16:40] ---
    I'm here because I chose to!
[16:47] ---
    Whatever. The result is the same.
    You will die here!
[16:52] ---
    Mud Needle!
[16:57] ---
    Rotation!
[17:08] ---
    Sorry for being late.
[17:10] ---
    Lord Hiashi?!
[17:11] ---
    Hiashi?!
    The head of the Hyuga Clan?!
[17:20] ---
    8 Trigrams: Air Palm!
[17:35] ---
    Pathetic.
[17:38] ---
    Why are you here, Lord Hiashi?
[17:40] ---
    What about Lady Hinata?
[17:42] ---
    The Elder told me the details.
[17:45] ---
    Ko should be with Hinata now.
[17:50] ---
    With your friend that
    he picked up along the way.
[17:55] ---
    I see.
[17:58] ---
    But why did you leave the battlefield
    to come here of all places?
[18:03] ---
    Hinata is my precious daughter.
[18:06] ---
    And you are the precious memento
    of my late brother.
[18:19] ---
    Thank goodness we're all okay.
[18:22] ---
    Say... Neji.
    Sorry about everything.
[18:29] ---
    In time, the Cloud Ninja who planned
    Lady Hinata's abduction were captured.
[18:37] ---
    It turned out that the Cloud Village
    was not directly involved,
[18:40] ---
    so it didn't blow up into
    an international incident
[18:42] ---
    and we settled things internally.
[18:45] ---
    And that's it.
[18:47] ---
    So behind the destruction
    of the Hidden Leaf,
[18:49] ---
    there was an incident like that?
[18:51] ---
    I didn't know.
[18:54] ---
    That was a touching story.
[18:56] ---
    Good.
    It was worth telling it to you.
[19:03] ---
    Hey, wait a minute!
[19:05] ---
    That's all there is to the story?
[19:08] ---
    But Naruto had nothing to do with this!
[19:11] ---
    What are you talking about?
[19:13] ---
    For me...
[19:16] ---
    I'm sorry, Neji.
    All because of me...
[19:23] ---
    Please look up, Lady Hinata.
[19:27] ---
    There's no reason for you
    to apologize.
[19:32] ---
    I thought I understood it all and bore
    a grudge against the head family,
[19:37] ---
    without knowing the truth.
[19:40] ---
    I blamed fate and made myself believe
    that I was the only one suffering.
[19:51] ---
    But during our battle,
[19:54] ---
    he told me that you were suffering
    just as much as I was.
[20:01] ---
    And that you were trying so hard
    to change in order to gain acceptance.
[20:10] ---
    I had never even thought about that.
[20:14] ---
    He made me see how selfish
    and narrow-minded I was.
[20:19] ---
    Naruto did?
[20:22] ---
    Naruto Uzumaki.
    He's an interesting guy.
[20:28] ---
    Yes!
[20:34] ---
    He was involved in
    the most important part so don't worry.
[20:37] ---
    - What?!
    - What?!
[20:39] ---
    I'm looking forward to your article.
[20:44] ---
    Hey Neji, no fair!
[20:47] ---
    You have to tell us what part
    was important!
[20:50] ---
    It's all important. Every bit.
[20:52] ---
    Without him, this story may
    never have happened.
[20:56] ---
    We wanted to hear about
    Naruto's achievements.
[21:00] ---
    Then maybe asking me
    was a mistake.
[22:38] ---
    W-Who the heck are you, Old man?!
    You scared me!
    
    
    
[22:40] ---
    You're the one who scared me
    with your loud scream!
    
    
    
[22:43] ---
    Hey, wait a minute.
    What're you doing in my house?
    
    
    
[22:45] ---
    I don't know.
    Before I knew it, I was standing here.
    
    
    
[22:47] ---
    "Before you knew it"?
    What kind of stupid joke is...
    
    
    
[22:51] ---
    Mister?
    
    
    
[22:52] ---
    C-Could you take a look
    at the mirror?!
    
    
    
[22:57] ---
    Next time on Naruto Shippuden:
    "The Man Who Died Twice"
    
    
    
[23:01] ---
    G-G-Ghost!
    
    
    
[23:04] ---
    Tune in again!