# 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.*
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*Something no one could
ever have predicted.*
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*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!
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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"
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G-G-Ghost!
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Tune in again!