# E297 - A Father’s Hope, A Mother’s Love
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*A Father's Hope,*
*A Mother's Love*
**[01:42] ---**
You're no longer a Jinchuriki?!
**[01:45] ---**
What do you mean?
**[01:46] ---**
The ones that are controlling you
extracted the Shukaku from me.
**[01:51] ---**
That killed me once.
**[02:02] ---**
*Sealing Jutsu!*
*Nine Phantom Dragons!*
**[02:21] ---**
*Just what…*
**[02:23] ---**
*am I?*
**[02:32] ---**
But thanks to Chiyo and my friends,
here I am, alive.
**[02:39] ---**
Granny Chiyo… She did that?!
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And friends?
**[02:45] ---**
You have friends?!
**[02:52] ---**
*The things I did in the past*
*were nothing but mistakes.*
**[02:59] ---**
*But in my last hour,*
**[03:04] ---**
*it seems I'm finally able*
*to do the right thing.*
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*The Village of the Sand and*
**[03:12] ---**
*the Leaf Village…*
**[03:15] ---**
*The future is likely to be different*
**[03:17] ---**
*from the way things were*
*in our time.*
**[03:25] ---**
*Gaara…*
**[03:27] ---**
*Gaara!*
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*Naruto…*
**[03:45] ---**
*This is…?*
**[03:46] ---**
*Everyone came to help you.*
**[03:57] ---**
You thought he'd have no friends?
**[03:59] ---**
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.
**[04:09] ---**
And each time,
my fear and hatred of you grew.
**[04:12] ---**
But I no longer hate you.
**[04:16] ---**
I can understand
why you did it.
**[04:21] ---**
I am the Kazekage now.
**[04:24] ---**
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.
**[04:36] ---**
He is also
the Commander-in-Chief of
**[04:39] ---**
the Allied Shinobi Forces'
Main Battle Regiment.
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Despite his age,
he not only calls himself Kage,
**[04:44] ---**
he has the respect of
all the other Kage as well.
**[04:47] ---**
No wonder…
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I thought it was odd
I sensed chakra types
**[04:52] ---**
from various villages mixed together.
**[04:55] ---**
Imagine that, shinobi
forming an alliance.
**[04:59] ---**
Not having eyebrows makes
a face more charismatic…
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Oh hey,
I don't have eyebrows either.
**[05:06] ---**
Then what about that wisp
of a moustache, Mizukage?
**[05:11] ---**
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.
**[05:29] ---**
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.
**[05:50] ---**
Are you all right, Karura?!
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He's…so tiny.
**[05:59] ---**
Lady Karura's heart rate
is dropping.
**[06:02] ---**
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.
**[06:52] ---**
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.
**[06:58] ---**
As long as the Jinchuriki is unreliable,
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we must rely on Lord Kazekage's
development of new jutsu,
**[07:04] ---**
and in our gold dust trade
for village stability.
**[07:08] ---**
As for Gaara…
**[07:11] ---**
Yashamaru, I need to speak
to you later.
**[07:14] ---**
Yes…
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But Lord Gaara is still a child…
**[07:23] ---**
Over the years, I've had to judge
the value of many things.
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And I must test his worth too.
**[07:32] ---**
We will assess Gaara tomorrow.
**[07:34] ---**
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.
**[07:47] ---**
About my sister?!
**[07:49] ---**
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!
**[08:26] ---**
What?
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Why me…?!
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Why only me?!
**[08:49] ---**
*Who is it?*
**[08:50] ---**
*Why?*
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I must hand it to you, Lord Gaara.
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*Yashamaru…!*
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Why? Why?
**[09:18] ---**
Why you…Yashamaru?
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Why?
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It was an order.
**[09:29] ---**
I was ordered to kill you.
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By your father…the Kazekage.
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Father?
**[09:47] ---**
Why does Father want me dead?
**[09:52] ---**
Lord Gaara, before you were born,
**[09:54] ---**
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
**[10:05] ---**
of the vengeful Spirit of the Sand,
the Shukaku.
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Thus, you pose a threat to the village.
**[10:15] ---**
Before any more damage is done…
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So you had no choice,
**[10:19] ---**
but to go along with
Father's orders, Yashamaru?
**[10:22] ---**
No, that's not so.
**[10:26] ---**
It's true, I was ordered
by Lord Kazekage.
**[10:29] ---**
However, I could have refused
if I chose to do so.
**[10:35] ---**
Lord Gaara…
**[10:37] ---**
Deep down, I'm sure I resented you.
**[10:44] ---**
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.
**[11:00] ---**
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.
**[11:25] ---**
My sister gave you that name.
**[11:30] ---**
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."
**[11:41] ---**
"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.
**[11:56] ---**
She gave you that name hoping
that you would survive.
**[12:00] ---**
She died resenting and
cursing this world,
**[12:04] ---**
leaving you as reminder.
**[12:06] ---**
So that the world would
remember her hatred.
**[12:12] ---**
You were never loved.
**[12:26] ---**
It's a failure, after all.
**[12:28] ---**
Gaara is a failed experiment.
**[12:46] ---**
This Reanimation Jutsu may have
some merit, after all.
**[12:54] ---**
Let me see what
you may be worth!
**[13:00] ---**
Can you defeat me?!
**[13:02] ---**
Ohnoki… Stop me.
**[13:05] ---**
Against my Particle Style,
the number of opponents means nothing.
**[13:09] ---**
Only you can stop me.
**[13:11] ---**
I'm aware of that.
**[13:13] ---**
Also, you remember what
to do with allies
**[13:16] ---**
after a victory, don't you?
**[13:18] ---**
Once the fighting ends,
so is the alliance.
**[13:21] ---**
There will be a scramble
for the spoils of war.
**[13:23] ---**
That is what truly decides
which village is the victor.
**[13:27] ---**
Hey, Tsuchikage, quit playing dirty!
**[13:30] ---**
I won't let that happen.
**[13:31] ---**
I have no intentions of doing
such a thing, Lord Mu.
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I see…
**[13:38] ---**
I guess you didn't turn into
a stubborn old geezer.
**[13:43] ---**
I wouldn't be too sure.
**[13:45] ---**
In any case, we have no control
over our movements.
**[13:48] ---**
Our bodies are set to automatically
counter the enemy's jutsu.
**[13:53] ---**
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!
**[14:21] ---**
Let's go!
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– Right!
– Right!
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Sand Hail!
**[14:45] ---**
*Damn it!*
**[14:46] ---**
*Sand Hail is just a diversion.*
**[14:48] ---**
*He used it to force me to*
*lift the Gold Dust!*
**[15:04] ---**
*Karura… You still live on*
*inside this child…*
**[15:09] ---**
*That really is our old man…*
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You've grown, Gaara.
**[15:16] ---**
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.
**[15:27] ---**
Isn't that right, Karura?
**[15:30] ---**
It seems I didn't possess the ability
to see the true value of things…
**[15:36] ---**
What do you mean?
**[15:39] ---**
No matter when or what,
the Sand will always protect you.
**[15:42] ---**
That's not the Shukaku's power.
**[15:45] ---**
But it's your mother's…Karura's.
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*He's so tiny.*
**[15:57] ---**
*No matter what happens,*
*I will always protect you, Gaara.*
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Your mother loved you!
**[16:13] ---**
Mother…loved me?
**[16:19] ---**
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,
**[16:35] ---**
and to test the volatility of
the Tailed Beast inside you…
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For the sake of the village.
**[16:41] ---**
If there was anyone
Yashamaru hated…
**[16:44] ---**
it would be me, not you.
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I'm the one who sealed
the Shukaku of the Sand
**[16:50] ---**
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.
**[17:09] ---**
It seems I failed
in everything I did.
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I burdened you unnecessarily,
**[17:17] ---**
and arbitrarily decided that
you weren't worth anything.
**[17:22] ---**
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.*
**[17:52] ---**
*But it really hurts right*
*around here.*
**[18:02] ---**
*Physical wounds will definitely bleed*
*and may look painful.*
**[18:07] ---**
*But over time,*
*they heal by themselves.*
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*And if you apply medicine,*
*they will heal faster.*
**[18:15] ---**
*What's troublesome are*
*wounds of the heart.*
**[18:18] ---**
*Nothing is harder to heal.*
**[18:20] ---**
*Wounds of the heart?*
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*They're a bit different*
*from physical injuries.*
**[18:26] ---**
*You can't apply medicine,*
*for one thing.*
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*And sometimes, they never heal.*
**[18:33] ---**
*There's only one cure for*
*a wound of the heart.*
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*It's a bit bothersome and*
**[18:42] ---**
*you can only receive it*
*from someone else.*
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*What is it?*
**[18:51] ---**
*It's love.*
**[18:52] ---**
*– Love?*
*– Yes.*
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*How do I get it?*
**[18:58] ---**
*You've already received it,*
*Lord Gaara.*
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*Mother…*
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*I believe your mother*
*loved you immensely.*
**[19:12] ---**
*Essentially, Shukaku of the Sand is
*a wraith to be used for offensive assaults.*
**[19:16] ---**
*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…*
**[19:57] ---**
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.
**[20:07] ---**
She gave you life, so that
you would become the Kazekage.
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She gave you friends.
**[20:12] ---**
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.
**[20:29] ---**
My mother was wonderful indeed.
**[20:35] ---**
Thanks to her, for the first time,
I received medicine from my father.
**[20:40] ---**
Gaara… You…
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SEAL
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*You surpassed me long ago.*
**[20:53] ---**
*I leave the village to you, Gaara!*
**[22:36] ---**
Itachi Uchiha and Nagato?!
**[22:38] ---**
You know these guys, Naruto?
**[22:40] ---**
Yeah! Both of them!
**[22:42] ---**
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!
**[22:53] ---**
Next time on Naruto Shippuden:
"Contact! Naruto vs. Itachi"
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Naruto, I must ask you…
**[23:02] ---**
CONTACT!
NARUTO VS. ITACHI
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Tune in again!