# E388 - My First Friend
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*My First Friend*
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He would never give up
on his dreams, or on reality.
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That's the kind of guy he is.
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And the way he forges ahead
draws others towards him.
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He makes you want to reach out
when he's about to stumble.
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And the greater
the support behind you,
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the closer you can get
to your goal.
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*Naruto's path…*
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Take this!
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Massive Rasen Shuriken!
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If comrades that you trust,
gather around you…
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Hope can take physical form
and become visible.
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That's what I believe, Obito.
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Perhaps…
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That Wood Dragon will absorb
your chakra!
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Your chakra-stealing ninjutsu
has now been nullified!
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In other words, you can't move
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nor will you be able to extract chakra
with your next ninjutsu!
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*Good timing, son of the Fourth!*
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*Let's get him with this*
*and seal him away!*
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Naruto aimed his attack over there,
so that's where Madara is!
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Naruto, this way!
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Let's go!
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Thanks, Sai!
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Don't waste any time!
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Now's our chance to seal him!
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We won't let Naruto's attack
go to waste!
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Right!
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Without any orders…
without a single word…
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Everyone is galvanized into action…
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Naruto…
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And I'm one of them…
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Shukaku…
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I'd like to borrow the power of
your Sand to seal Madara.
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You mean,
the Grand Sand Mausoleum?
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That's right… A giant one too.
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I'm not bound to a Jinchuriki anymore.
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What makes you think I'd listen
to you after all this time?
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I'm not ordering you.
I'm asking you.
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If you refuse, fine.
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I'll just ask one of the others.
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Naruto Uzumaki, huh?
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Seems you've become friends
with that Fox Demon's brat, Gaara…
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If you're not going to help,
let's talk later.
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I'm going.
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That tone you're using ticks me off!
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As they say, if a fox has
seven tricks, a tanuki has eight!
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And I, the Demon Tanuki,
will not lose to a stupid fox!
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I'm not doing this
because you asked!
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I'm doing this because I want to!
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Lead the way.
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It's this way.
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Now then…
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Wait up.
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Huh?
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We'll help too.
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*That's why I want*
*to help you too…*
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Don't worry.
We're not doing this on a whim.
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We want to help Naruto.
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I'm grateful.
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Sand Shinobi human,
are you a friend of Naruto too?
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It's a monster!
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Stay away!
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Use the buildings as a shield!
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But do not go inside!
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If they collapse,
you'll be buried alive!
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Are you all right?
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Yeah…
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That's my kid brother?
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H-He's just a—!
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Hello!
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Hello!
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Hello…
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Run!
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W-Wait…!
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Help!
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Don't leave me by myself!
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I hate it… I hate it!
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*People hurt others and*
*others hurt them…*
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*That's how they learn to survive.*
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*But it's not that easy for*
*one person to hate another…*
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It's not bleeding, but…
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it really hurts right around here.
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That is a wound of the heart.
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It's a troublesome wound that
only the love from another can cure.
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Love?
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Love is a feeling
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that desires to serve a precious person
who is close to oneself,
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to love and watch over
that person…
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Die!
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Don't get involved with him.
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Stupid!
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Don't look.
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Get lost!
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Your name is Gaara…
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A demon that loves only itself.
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One that loves only itself
and fights only for itself.
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Because you were never loved.
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He's just a monster!
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D-Don't you feel anything?
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Kankuro…
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They were our friends!
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You killed…friends from our village…
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Don't you feel anything…
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right here?!
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Doesn't your heart hurt?!
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If you don't shut up, I'll kill you.
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*I was a killing machine*
*from the time I was born…*
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*An uncontrollable monster…*
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*My mother died giving birth to me…*
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*The village ignored me…*
*my siblings avoided me…*
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*I was made a target for*
*assassination by my father…*
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*I was alone…*
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*And a solitary weapon*
*didn't need a heart.*
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*Then I was sent as a weapon*
*to destroy Hidden Leaf Village…*
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*where I met him.*
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Let's go.
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Hey, you there…
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What's your name?
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Gaara of the Sand.
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I'm curious about you too.
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What's your name?
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Sasuke Uchiha.
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Hey! Hey! And what about me?
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I'm not interested.
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*Naruto Uzumaki…*
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*My first encounter*
*with him was uninteresting.*
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*However…*
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I'm definitely going to win!
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*But with every little incident,*
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*his words and actions*
*towards his friends*
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*began to send ripples*
*through my heart.*
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Why you!
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What were you trying to do
to Bushy Brows!
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I was trying to kill him.
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If you get in my way,
I'll kill you too.
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As if someone like you
can kill me!
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I keep telling you to cut it out!
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This guy has monster-like strength.
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I have a real monster inside me.
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I wouldn't lose to a guy like him!
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*Furthermore, he started to*
*have an effect on me…*
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*He wasn't like the others*
*who merely aroused hatred in me.*
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Just what are they to you?
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He's my friend!
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If you even attempt to hurt him,
I'll pummel you!
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A friend?!
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Don't make me laugh…
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I only fight…
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for myself!
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Because he resembles me…
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Because he has gone through life
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with the same loneliness
and sadness as I have…
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That guy who continued to fight
in solitude for himself,
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I thought he was strong.
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But that's not the meaning
of true strength…
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If one fights just for oneself
in solitude,
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one can't become truly strong…
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Multi-Shadow Clone Jutsu!
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Na-Ru-To! 2K Uzumaki…
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Barrage!
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*There's no way…*
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*I can lose…*
*to a guy like him!*
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*The more I drove him into a corner,*
*the harder he fought back…*
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Summoning Jutsu!
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Transformation Jutsu!
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Get up, you jerk!
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*Time and time again…*
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*after hitting rock bottom…*
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Die!
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You bastard!
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*Why…?*
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*What kind of strength*
*does he possess?*
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Why?
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Why do you go so far for others?
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Because they are my precious friends
who saved me from that hell,
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of being alone, and who acknowledged
my existence.
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Love…
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Is that why he is so strong?
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*This day would come to*
*hold special meaning for me…
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*I learned that he grew up*
*under the same circumstances as me,*
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*yet he chose*
*a different way to live…*
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*And that my strength was*
*directly connected to this.*
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I just have to work hard and
carve out a future for myself.
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And I must not run away
from my path of solitude.
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If I do that, someday…
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I can be like him.
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So as a shinobi
who belongs to the Sand,
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I will aim to become the Kazekage.
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In order to connect with
this village and live in it.
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Gaara…
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Watching Naruto Uzumaki
makes me feel this way.
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A connection with others…
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Until now, that only meant hatred
and a desire to kill.
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So just what is this connection
that he keeps talking about?
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After all this time, I understand
a little bit about something…
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Suffering and sadness…
even happiness…
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can be shared with someone.
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Naruto Uzumaki…
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He has known
the same suffering I have…
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And he has taught me
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that it is possible to
change one's path in life…
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I, too, want to become the kind of man
that everyone looks up to…
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Instead of just being
a weapon to be fearful of.
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As the Kazekage of the Hidden Sand.
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*I was able to take a step forward,*
*away from my pessimistic life.*
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*And I became the Kazekage.*
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*I have gained more friends,*
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*and I continue to strive to be*
*someone who is needed by others.*
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*And with my head held high,*
*I stood as his equal,*
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*and step by step,*
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*I aimed for the day when*
*I could be acknowledged as his friend.*
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*However…*
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*Whose…hand is this?*
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*Oh…it's my hand.*
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*Have I become someone*
*who is needed by somebody?*
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*Huh?*
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*What is this?*
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*It's me?*
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*That's me…*
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*I really wanted to be needed…*
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*Why? Why did I desire that?*
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*Why am I someone*
*who desires that?*
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*Those eyes…*
*that nose, that mouth…*
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*Why?*
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*Why is that Gaara?*
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*I was inside that…*
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*No… Actually just what am I?*
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*That's what I feel I am…*
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*But actually…what am I?*
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*Just a small feeling?*
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Gaara… Gaara!
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*Who is that?*
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*Who are you calling?*
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*Who is it?*
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*Who's hand is this?*
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*Oh… It's just my hand again…*
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*My hand…*
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*Me?*
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*Who am I?*
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*I…*
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*I am…*
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*When the Akatsuki extracted*
*the Tailed Beast from me…*
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*I died, but was revived…*
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*thanks to Granny Chiyo*
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*who used a Forbidden Jutsu*
*to exchange her life for mine,*
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*and Naruto's chakra.*
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So long.
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Right!
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Normally, people shake hands
when they part.
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But I'm not so good with
stuff like that…
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So…
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*I thought I've been doing my best*
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*in order to be accepted*
*by you as a friend.*
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*I thought I had to become someone*
*who was essential to others…*
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*someone people looked up to…*
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*But…*
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*But on that day, we…*
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*came to understand,*
*and accept each other…*
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*We were already friends.*
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What's wrong?
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I asked if you are Naruto's friend?
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Yeah…
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He's my first friend.
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Is that right?
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All right, let's hurry.
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I'm curious about what happens
next with Gaara…
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But the next episode is
a little extra feature.
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In the Hyuga Clan, Hinata and
Hanabi were very close sisters!
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But the destiny of hatred
within the Hyuga
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caused their feelings
to pass each other by.
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Next time on Naruto Shippuden:
"The Adored Elder Sister."
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Can't destiny be changed?
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THE ADORED ELDER SISTER
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Tune in again!