E440 - The Caged Bird

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    Has your so-called test
    produced a result?
[00:35] ---
    I believe it's already been proven that
    they consider the bonds of friendship
[00:38] ---
    more important than
    the rules of the village.
[00:44] ---
    Hmm… So there's no need to
    continue this test.
[00:49] ---
    You will release all the Hidden Leaf
    Shinobi you've abducted, right…?
[00:54] ---
    Father?
[00:55] ---
    What?
    The Masked Man is Neji's—?!
[01:01] ---
    I figured it was about time
    you'd want this…
[01:04] ---
    How thoughtful of you!
[01:11] ---
    Here you go.
[01:13] ---
    Whoa…
[01:19] ---
    That sure hits the spot!
[01:22] ---
    All right, the continuation…
[03:01] ---
    Jiraiya Ninja Scrolls:
    The Tale of Naruto the Hero-
    The Caged Bird
    
    
    
    
[03:10] ---
    That's fine…
[03:11] ---
    Where are you keeping everyone?
[03:14] ---
    I trust they're safe…
[03:15] ---
    Of course.
[03:16] ---
    I'll have the three lead you
    to them immediately.
[03:18] ---
    You can go and gather everyone.
[03:22] ---
    All right.
[03:26] ---
    I have to tie up some loose ends,
    I'll join you afterwards.
[03:36] ---
    You got that, everyone?
[03:38] ---
    We're joining up as one team
[03:40] ---
    to look for Asuma, I mean our friends,
    and rescue them!
[03:44] ---
    Right!
[03:45] ---
    All right, let's get going!
[03:47] ---
    Hold it, Naruto.
[03:49] ---
    What is it?
[03:50] ---
    You're the one who said
    we're going to rescue our friends!
[03:53] ---
    Yeah, I did.
[03:54] ---
    But we don't even know
    where they are.
[03:57] ---
    Not even one clue…
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    Unless, Naruto,
    you have intel that we don't.
[04:03] ---
    Yeah, yeah!
[04:04] ---
    You think I'd have
    that kind of intel?
[04:07] ---
    – Huh?
    – Huh?
[04:11] ---
    Your fighting skills
    may've improved slightly,
[04:13] ---
    but your brain's still the same.
[04:14] ---
    What?!
[04:16] ---
    Hey! Stop fighting!
[04:18] ---
    I guess that's
    the Tracking Team's cue…
[04:22] ---
    I don't think you'll be needed…
[04:24] ---
    Huh?!
[04:29] ---
    Neji, I'm glad you're safe.
[04:32] ---
    Sorry to have worried you.
[04:33] ---
    What happened to the enemy?
[04:35] ---
    – Did you bring him down?
    – No.
[04:37] ---
    You let him get away?
[04:39] ---
    No, that's not it, but…
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    Then what happened?
[04:42] ---
    Naruto!
    Give Neji a chance to speak.
[04:47] ---
    Damn it.
[04:48] ---
    Oh, okay…
[04:50] ---
    So? What's going on, Neji?
[05:01] ---
    Finally, we're up.
[05:03] ---
    I've been bored to death.
[05:07] ---
    The test is over.
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    So I'm dismissing the mercenaries.
[05:12] ---
    You can't do that.
[05:15] ---
    Take a look.
[05:16] ---
    My art has been damaged and
    you expect me to just leave?
[05:21] ---
    Everything is complete.
[05:23] ---
    I was able to verify the truth.
    You're dismissed.
[05:28] ---
    Huh? Hey wait, partner!
[05:30] ---
    The job's complete.
[05:32] ---
    Once we get paid, we're done.
[05:35] ---
    Guess it can't be helped.
[05:37] ---
    Huh?! Huh?!
[05:38] ---
    H-Hey! Wait a second!
[05:43] ---
    I'd like you to tie up
    some loose ends.
[05:46] ---
    "Loose ends" you say?
[05:48] ---
    Help the evacuated villagers
    return to their homes.
[05:52] ---
    We'll be happy to do that.
[05:54] ---
    And there's one more thing
    I'd like to request…
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    Anyway, that's it.
[06:03] ---
    So you're saying everything
    that happened
[06:05] ---
    was just an experiment
    by this masked man?
[06:08] ---
    Hold on!
[06:10] ---
    Guy Sensei and the others
    are safe?
[06:12] ---
    Yeah. He promised he'd free
    all the hostages and lead us to them.
[06:18] ---
    "Lead us to them"?
[06:19] ---
    What does that mean?
[06:24] ---
    Who the hell are you guys?!
[06:26] ---
    We're not your enemy.
[06:29] ---
    First of all, we want to show you
    a sign of mutual trust.
[06:32] ---
    We apologize for getting you
    involved in our employer's test.
[06:36] ---
    The test is over.
[06:38] ---
    Your friends will be freed.
[06:41] ---
    Are you serious?
[06:43] ---
    We are Hidden Rain Shinobi.
[06:46] ---
    We travel around the land
    in search of those
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    who share our vision for
    the future of the shinobi world.
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    We're Team Jiraiya.
[06:53] ---
    Team Jiraiya?!
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    You guys know Pervy Sage?
[06:58] ---
    Yes. He saved our lives and
    he was our ninjutsu master.
[07:03] ---
    I get it now.
[07:04] ---
    When we were attacked,
    I didn't sense any malice.
[07:07] ---
    Because it was just a test.
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    So, did we pass the test?
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    I believe so.
[07:15] ---
    That's why we're telling you
    where your friends are.
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    Konan.
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    Shinobi Ageha Butterflies…
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    The butterflies will guide you
    to your friends.
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    We must go return
    the villagers to their homes.
[07:42] ---
    So we'll be leaving.
[07:45] ---
    Hold it.
[07:49] ---
    Damn it! I wanted to hear more
    about Pervy Sage.
[07:55] ---
    So we just follow…them?
[08:01] ---
    Neji…
[08:21] ---
    Shinobi Ageha Butterflies…
[08:23] ---
    They're over there!
[08:24] ---
    That structure, huh?
[08:28] ---
    All right!
    Let's go save everyone!
[08:30] ---
    Wait! There could be traps—
[08:35] ---
    He's not even listening.
[08:36] ---
    Damn it.
[08:39] ---
    Everyone!
[08:43] ---
    This is embarrassing.
[08:45] ---
    Guy Sensei,
    I'm so glad you're okay.
[08:48] ---
    Oh! I'm super-overcome
    with emotion!
[08:52] ---
    To be rescued by my pupil
    is more than I ever deserve…
[08:58] ---
    Ouch!
[09:00] ---
    Can you be a little gentler?
[09:03] ---
    But it's just a scratch.
[09:04] ---
    Asuma…
[09:05] ---
    Are you hurt anywhere?
[09:08] ---
    No…
[09:09] ---
    Sorry we made you worry.
[09:12] ---
    I'm so relieved.
[09:14] ---
    Anyway, what was this incident
    all about anyway?
[09:18] ---
    Are you guys able
    to explain it to us?
[09:21] ---
    Y-Yeah.
[09:22] ---
    Allow me to me explain.
[09:40] ---
    Wait.
[09:41] ---
    He's no longer our enemy!
    It's all right.
[09:49] ---
    Okay, then.
[10:02] ---
    No way…You're—!
[10:19] ---
    You're…Hizashi Hyuga…
[10:23] ---
    Impossible…
[10:25] ---
    You're supposed to have died
    when I was three years old…
[10:29] ---
    What?
[10:30] ---
    Well, let me explain that part.
[10:32] ---
    Neji…
[10:35] ---
    When Lady Hinata
    was three years old,
[10:37] ---
    a major crisis hit
    the Hidden Leaf Village.
[10:40] ---
    Shinobi from the Hidden Cloud
    attempted to kidnap you…
[10:43] ---
    but Lord Hiashi killed them.
[10:47] ---
    The Hidden Cloud was at fault.
[10:49] ---
    Naturally, relations became strained
    and the threat of war loomed.
[10:54] ---
    In order to prevent fighting,
[10:56] ---
    the Hidden Leaf secretly negotiated
    with the Hidden Cloud
[10:58] ---
    and accepted their conditions.
[11:00] ---
    Rather, they had no choice
    but to accept.
[11:03] ---
    What was the condition?
[11:06] ---
    The head of the Hyuga who possessed
    the Kekkei Genkai, the Byakugan.
[11:10] ---
    In other words, they demanded
    the Leaf hand over
[11:13] ---
    the corpse of Lady Hinata's father,
    Hiashi Hyuga.
[11:16] ---
    And so,
    Hiashi Hyuga's younger twin,
[11:20] ---
    my father Hizashi Hyuga
    became his stand-in…
[11:24] ---
    and peace in the village
    was maintained.
[11:28] ---
    As for my father's decision and
    the circumstances behind that,
[11:30] ---
    you saw it for yourself, Naruto.
[11:35] ---
    The terrible system
    of the Curse Mark
[11:37] ---
    that's been passed down within the Hyuga
    to protect the Main Family.
[11:41] ---
    We are alive, but are unable to
    change the currents of fate.
[11:45] ---
    What you saw was my father,
    who by his own will,
[11:48] ---
    chose to defy his fate.
[11:51] ---
    Kakashi…
[11:53] ---
    This has caused everyone
    much stress.
[11:56] ---
    You're supposed to be dead,
    so how—?
[12:00] ---
    At first,
    I didn't understand either.
[12:03] ---
    But after a long slumber,
    I awakened…
[12:05] ---
    …and found myself within
    a certain man's hideout.
[12:09] ---
    You have been revived
    thanks to my Reanimation Jutsu.
[12:15] ---
    But it was also because your heart
    still had attachments to this world.
[12:21] ---
    I have no attachments.
    I wanted to die…
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    …for the sake of the clan.
[12:25] ---
    It was your wish to
    give up your life, you say?
[12:29] ---
    But if your death was in vain…
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    Perhaps that man was right.
[12:38] ---
    I did feel that way at the time.
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    That is why I planned
    this incident.
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    I hoped that my death
    was not in vain…
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    That my death would
    provide the impetus…
[12:51] ---
    for the Hidden Leaf Village
    to rethink
[12:53] ---
    the cruel rules and destinies
    which took away my life…
[12:58] ---
    Well, all that doesn't
    matter anymore.
[13:01] ---
    I'm a man who should
    not exist in this world.
[13:04] ---
    However, it seems I cannot
    undo this jutsu myself.
[13:09] ---
    I want you to return to the village and
    look into how to release this jutsu.
[13:13] ---
    But before that…
[13:15] ---
    I would like to speak
    with my son Neji, alone.
[13:38] ---
    Neji, do you remember that day?
[13:46] ---
    Neji… You must survive.
[13:49] ---
    You have been blessed with
    the gifts of the Hyuga,
[13:51] ---
    more so than anyone else
    in the clan.
[13:55] ---
    How I wish you had been
    born into the main family.
[14:01] ---
    Although it was to protect
    the village, our clan, and you,
[14:04] ---
    the result of defying
    the fate of the Hyuga,
[14:07] ---
    has brought you nothing
    but sadness.
[14:11] ---
    On top of that,
    I was worried about your future,
[14:14] ---
    tied as it was to
    the Hyuga's destiny.
[14:17] ---
    Yes.
[14:18] ---
    It was only natural,
    having lost you,
[14:21] ---
    I used that as motivation
    to live every day
[14:23] ---
    resenting and cursing
    my destiny as a Hyuga.
[14:33] ---
    But meeting a certain genin
    changed my way of thinking.
[14:46] ---
    I'm destined to bear the burden
    of a mark I can never remove…
[14:50] ---
    How can you possibly
    even understand?!
[14:53] ---
    I do understand.
[14:57] ---
    And, so what of it?
[15:02] ---
    Quit trying to show off.
[15:05] ---
    You're not the only one
    who's special.
[15:08] ---
    Everyone is desperate to
    defy their own destiny.
[15:13] ---
    You're no different.
[15:18] ---
    I'm definitely gonna bring you down
    and prove it to you!
[15:23] ---
    The Hyuga destiny of whatever
    that you despise…
[15:26] ---
    If it's too much for you,
[15:29] ---
    then forget about it and
    don't do anything.
[15:32] ---
    When I become the Hokage…
[15:37] ---
    I'll change…the Hyuga!
[15:43] ---
    Naruto Uzumaki taught me.
[15:47] ---
    That even a caged bird,
    if it's smart enough,
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    will use its beak
    to open the latch…
[15:51] ---
    Because it wants to fly
    free across the sky.
[15:55] ---
    In any case, maybe I'll end up
    in the same place.
[15:59] ---
    But when people have a choice,
[16:02] ---
    they can strive hard towards
    their goal in life.
[16:05] ---
    And, for someone to have that,
    means they are truly strong.
[16:10] ---
    And Father…
[16:13] ---
    I have just one goal.
[16:16] ---
    To become stronger.
[16:18] ---
    To become someone who
    cannot be defeated.
[16:20] ---
    That's how I feel right now.
[16:26] ---
    You've made a wonderful friend…
[16:29] ---
    Neji.
[16:31] ---
    Although right now, he's a rival…
[16:39] ---
    Father!
[16:46] ---
    Seems like we don't need to find
    a way to release the jutsu.
[16:50] ---
    Yeah.
[17:00] ---
    You've grown up well.
[17:06] ---
    Father!
[17:21] ---
    Father…
[17:45] ---
    Guy…
[17:47] ---
    It seems Hizashi's greatest regret
[17:50] ---
    was not being able to
    guide you into adulthood.
[18:11] ---
    Yes.
[18:22] ---
    I'm glad the villagers are back home
    and peace has returned to this village.
[18:28] ---
    Yes. So what do we do now?
[18:31] ---
    Are you thinking of joining up
    with the Hidden Leaf Genin?
[18:34] ---
    Yeah…
[18:35] ---
    Although we're from different villages,
    I feel like we can call them comrades.
[18:39] ---
    Perhaps the day will come
    when we'll team up with them.
[18:46] ---
    Nagato, what's that?
[18:48] ---
    Doesn't it belong
    to those children?
[18:50] ---
    I found it on the road
    to the village.
[18:52] ---
    It was chaotic,
    with everyone trying to get home,
[18:54] ---
    and they probably dropped it.
[18:57] ---
    They're probably making a big fuss
    about their missing stuffed animal.
[19:01] ---
    All right,
    I'll go return it to them.
[19:04] ---
    Yahiko…
[19:05] ---
    I'll be right back. Wait here.
[19:15] ---
    All right!
[19:16] ---
    Let's hurry home,
    so I can report to Dad.
[19:19] ---
    All right then Naruto,
    let's race back to the village.
[19:23] ---
    I won't lose!
[19:24] ---
    Neither will I!
[19:25] ---
    I said I'm not gonna lose!
[19:27] ---
    Same here!
[19:28] ---
    Me too!
[19:29] ---
    Me!
[19:31] ---
    Where does all that
    energy come from?
[19:32] ---
    Really…
[19:33] ---
    Hey, wait.
[19:36] ---
    My body's still not…
[19:38] ---
    W-Why don't we rest a bit?
[19:43] ---
    Oh boy…
[20:02] ---
    What? What is going on?
[20:13] ---
    Yahiko…
[20:36] ---
    Nagato…
[22:38] ---
    Damn it, Jiraiya!
    
    
[22:40] ---
    Why did he write something that
    leaves such a bad aftertaste?
    
    
[22:43] ---
    I need to know how
    the story continues…
    
    
[22:46] ---
    I thought you might like
    a little something for tea…
    
    
[22:48] ---
    Perhaps this was a bad time?
    
    
[22:50] ---
    No, not at all!
    I was feeling a little hungry…
    
    
[22:56] ---
    Next time on Naruto Shippuden:
    
    
    
    
[22:58] ---
    "Returning Home."
    
    
    
    
[22:59] ---
    All right, the continuation!
    
    
    
    
[23:01] ---
    JIRAIYA NINJA SCROLLS:
    THE TALE OF NARUTO THE HERO-
    RETURNING HOME
    
    
    
    
[23:04] ---
    Tune in again!