E297 - A Father’s Hope, A Mother’s Love
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A Father's Hope,
A Mother's Love
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You're no longer a Jinchuriki?!
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What do you mean?
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The ones that are controlling you
extracted the Shukaku from me.
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That killed me once.
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Sealing Jutsu!
Nine Phantom Dragons!
[02:21] ---
Just what…
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am I?
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But thanks to Chiyo and my friends,
here I am, alive.
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Granny Chiyo… She did that?!
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And friends?
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You have friends?!
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The things I did in the past
were nothing but mistakes.
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But in my last hour,
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it seems I'm finally able
to do the right thing.
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The Village of the Sand and
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the Leaf Village…
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The future is likely to be different
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from the way things were
in our time.
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Gaara…
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Gaara!
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Naruto…
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This is…?
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Everyone came to help you.
[03:57] ---
You thought he'd have no friends?
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Man, he must've been
some lonely kid, huh?
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At that age,
everyone has friends.
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Father, you tried to kill me
six times.
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And each time,
my fear and hatred of you grew.
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But I no longer hate you.
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I can understand
why you did it.
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I am the Kazekage now.
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It is a leader's duty to eliminate
threats against one's village.
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We must protect it.
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You are…the Kazekage?
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That's not all.
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He is also
the Commander-in-Chief of
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the Allied Shinobi Forces'
Main Battle Regiment.
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Despite his age,
he not only calls himself Kage,
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he has the respect of
all the other Kage as well.
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No wonder…
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I thought it was odd
I sensed chakra types
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from various villages mixed together.
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Imagine that, shinobi
forming an alliance.
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Not having eyebrows makes
a face more charismatic…
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Oh hey,
I don't have eyebrows either.
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Then what about that wisp
of a moustache, Mizukage?
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Guys, if you're going to kill us,
start with the mummy here!
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I'll be more than happy
to root for you.
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He's your son, huh.
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He's a fine shinobi.
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He's small…
So he was premature?
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Are you sure he'll be all right?
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He's adapting.
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At last, with the third child,
we know he's compatible.
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This child must be brought up
with great care.
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Please let me see…
my child's face.
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Are you all right, Karura?!
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He's…so tiny.
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Lady Karura's heart rate
is dropping.
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Do something! Quick!
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This child is a failure as well.
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The rampages have begun.
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If we can't maintain
our defenses further
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the Sand will be weakened
beyond repair.
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We need to figure out how
we can negotiate with other lands,
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and we have to do something
about the Shukaku.
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As long as the Jinchuriki is unreliable,
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we must rely on Lord Kazekage's
development of new jutsu,
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and in our gold dust trade
for village stability.
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As for Gaara…
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Yashamaru, I need to speak
to you later.
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Yes…
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But Lord Gaara is still a child…
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Over the years, I've had to judge
the value of many things.
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And I must test his worth too.
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We will assess Gaara tomorrow.
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After the village has been evacuated,
corner Gaara.
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Tell him about his mother,
and provoke him emotionally.
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If he doesn't go berserk,
I won't kill him.
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About my sister?!
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Are you sure about this?
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I know that he loves and
respects Karura with all his heart.
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If that is taken away from him,
and if he can still suppress his rage…
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then and only then,
will he suffice as a Jinchuriki!
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What?
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Why me…?!
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Why only me?!
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Who is it?
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Why?
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I must hand it to you, Lord Gaara.
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Yashamaru…!
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Why? Why?
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Why you…Yashamaru?
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Why?
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It was an order.
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I was ordered to kill you.
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By your father…the Kazekage.
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Father?
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Why does Father want me dead?
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Lord Gaara, before you were born,
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the Shukaku of the Sand
was placed inside you.
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And you were nurtured carefully
because of that experiment.
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However, you are unable
to control the power
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of the vengeful Spirit of the Sand,
the Shukaku.
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Thus, you pose a threat to the village.
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Before any more damage is done…
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So you had no choice,
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but to go along with
Father's orders, Yashamaru?
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No, that's not so.
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It's true, I was ordered
by Lord Kazekage.
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However, I could have refused
if I chose to do so.
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Lord Gaara…
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Deep down, I'm sure I resented you.
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You…who stole my dear older sister's life
when you were born.
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You were my late sister's legacy.
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So I desperately tried to love you.
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But I couldn't.
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My sister never wanted you.
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She was sacrificed for the village,
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and she died cursing it.
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My heart has borne the wounds
of that moment,
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and it has never healed.
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My sister gave you that name.
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Her words were…
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"This child will be known as Gaara,
a demon that loves only itself."
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"Love only yourself and
fight only for yourself."
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"Then you will continue to exist."
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That was her wish.
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But she didn't name you
out of love or concern.
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She gave you that name hoping
that you would survive.
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She died resenting and
cursing this world,
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leaving you as reminder.
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So that the world would
remember her hatred.
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You were never loved.
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It's a failure, after all.
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Gaara is a failed experiment.
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This Reanimation Jutsu may have
some merit, after all.
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Let me see what
you may be worth!
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Can you defeat me?!
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Ohnoki… Stop me.
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Against my Particle Style,
the number of opponents means nothing.
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Only you can stop me.
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I'm aware of that.
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Also, you remember what
to do with allies
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after a victory, don't you?
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Once the fighting ends,
so is the alliance.
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There will be a scramble
for the spoils of war.
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That is what truly decides
which village is the victor.
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Hey, Tsuchikage, quit playing dirty!
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I won't let that happen.
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I have no intentions of doing
such a thing, Lord Mu.
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I see…
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I guess you didn't turn into
a stubborn old geezer.
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I wouldn't be too sure.
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In any case, we have no control
over our movements.
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Our bodies are set to automatically
counter the enemy's jutsu.
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So hurry and kill us, and send us
back to the netherworld.
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We will tell you what
our weaknesses and powers are.
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You just have to stop our actions!
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It's not going to be easy.
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Everyone, go!
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Let's go!
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– Right!
– Right!
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Sand Hail!
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Damn it!
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Sand Hail is just a diversion.
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He used it to force me to
lift the Gold Dust!
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Karura… You still live on
inside this child…
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That really is our old man…
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You've grown, Gaara.
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All a parent needs to do is
to believe in their children.
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Just that little bit is
the most valuable treasure.
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Isn't that right, Karura?
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It seems I didn't possess the ability
to see the true value of things…
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What do you mean?
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No matter when or what,
the Sand will always protect you.
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That's not the Shukaku's power.
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But it's your mother's…Karura's.
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He's so tiny.
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No matter what happens,
I will always protect you, Gaara.
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Your mother loved you!
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Mother…loved me?
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But that day when Yashamaru
came after me, he said…
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You were never…loved.
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I ordered Yashamaru to lie to you.
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In order to provoke you,
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and to test the volatility of
the Tailed Beast inside you…
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For the sake of the village.
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If there was anyone
Yashamaru hated…
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it would be me, not you.
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I'm the one who sealed
the Shukaku of the Sand
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into his pregnant older sister.
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But Yashamaru was also a shinobi.
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He was my right-hand man and
a member of the Sand Black Ops.
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So he did as he was ordered,
for the sake of the village.
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I failed.
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It seems I failed
in everything I did.
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I burdened you unnecessarily,
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and arbitrarily decided that
you weren't worth anything.
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I took away your future
by turning you into the Jinchuriki
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and I took your mother away
from you.
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I robbed you of your love
for your mother.
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I took away the bonds you had
with people.
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And I even tried to take your life.
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As a parent…
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there is only one thing
that I gave you.
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I gave you a broken heart.
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It's not bleeding.
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But it really hurts right
around here.
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Physical wounds will definitely bleed
and may look painful.
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But over time,
they heal by themselves.
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And if you apply medicine,
they will heal faster.
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What's troublesome are
wounds of the heart.
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Nothing is harder to heal.
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Wounds of the heart?
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They're a bit different
from physical injuries.
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You can't apply medicine,
for one thing.
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And sometimes, they never heal.
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There's only one cure for
a wound of the heart.
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It's a bit bothersome and
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you can only receive it
from someone else.
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What is it?
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It's love.
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– Love?
– Yes.
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How do I get it?
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You've already received it,
Lord Gaara.
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Mother…
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I believe your mother
loved you immensely.
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*Essentially, Shukaku of the Sand is
a wraith to be used for offensive assaults.
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But when the Sand instinctively
acts to protect you…
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That is your mother's love.
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I believe your mother's will
has seeped into the Sand.
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My sister…even in death…
wanted to protect you, Lord Gaara.
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Karura…
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Mothers are powerful.
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She's dead, but she believed
in you and still protects you.
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She's the one who has
brought you this far.
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She gave you life, so that
you would become the Kazekage.
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She gave you friends.
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She gave you the bonds with
your siblings and community.
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All things that I took away from you.
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All I did as your father was
to torment you.
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I don't deserve to be called
your father.
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My mother was wonderful indeed.
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Thanks to her, for the first time,
I received medicine from my father.
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Gaara… You…
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SEAL
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You surpassed me long ago.
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I leave the village to you, Gaara!
[22:36] ---
Itachi Uchiha and Nagato?!
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You know these guys, Naruto?
[22:40] ---
Yeah! Both of them!
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Never would I have thought
I'd have to battle you again, Naruto!
[22:47] ---
You now command
the Power of the Nine Tails?
[22:51] ---
I'm impressed with your development!
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Next time on Naruto Shippuden:
"Contact! Naruto vs. Itachi"
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Naruto, I must ask you…
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CONTACT!
NARUTO VS. ITACHI
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Tune in again!