# E493 - Shikamaru’s Story, A Cloud Drifting in the Silent Dark, Part 5: Dawn
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/G675QKEVR/shikamarus-story-a-cloud-drifting-in-the-silent-dark-part-5-dawn)
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**[01:43] ---**
*I won't let you get away…Gengo!*
**[01:46] ---**
*Dawn*
**[01:50] ---**
To think, Shikamaru had
this many reinforcements
**[01:53] ---**
waiting in the wings.
**[01:54] ---**
As expected of a coward like him.
**[01:58] ---**
I think you're misunderstanding something,
so I'm going to set you right.
**[02:00] ---**
We barged in on our own.
**[02:06] ---**
*Shikamaru is hiding something.*
**[02:08] ---**
*Yes.*
**[02:10] ---**
*It must be serious,*
*for him to act alone.*
**[02:14] ---**
*Will you look into it, Temari?*
**[02:16] ---**
*Use as much manpower as necessary.*
**[02:20] ---**
*Are you sure?*
**[02:21] ---**
*Shikamaru is a Leaf shinobi.*
**[02:24] ---**
*Sand or Leaf… The age of*
*drawing lines is over.*
**[02:27] ---**
*A man who is essential to*
*the Alliance is worth it.*
**[02:31] ---**
*Besides…*
**[02:33] ---**
*I doubt the Hokage would*
*willingly give us intel.*
**[02:37] ---**
*I'll drag it out of him.*
**[02:38] ---**
*I know you understand,*
*but do it as peacefully as possible.*
**[02:42] ---**
*Sure, I'll do it as peacefully…*
**[02:46] ---**
*as I can.*
**[02:50] ---**
*And…?*
**[02:51] ---**
*Is there something else*
*you needed to ask me?*
**[02:53] ---**
*Shikamaru is now…*
**[03:03] ---**
Anyway, we rushed over
**[03:05] ---**
after hearing that
Shikamaru was in trouble.
**[03:08] ---**
Out of friendship, right?
**[03:10] ---**
That brings a tear to my eye.
**[03:11] ---**
Well, wait.
**[03:13] ---**
I'll make you cry so hard,
you'll hate it.
**[03:16] ---**
Leave Sai to me.
**[03:19] ---**
He's strong, you know.
**[03:20] ---**
Yeah, I know.
**[03:23] ---**
Sorry, Ino,
but you're no match for me.
**[03:27] ---**
Let me take the old man!
**[03:29] ---**
Oh?
**[03:34] ---**
Wind Scythe Jutsu!
**[03:45] ---**
Wow, that was a surprise.
**[03:47] ---**
But you won't get me
a second time!
**[03:54] ---**
I shall show no mercy,
even if you are just a brat!
**[03:56] ---**
Expansion Jutsu!
**[03:58] ---**
What?!
**[04:03] ---**
Who did you just call a brat?
**[04:10] ---**
Your name is Soku, right?
**[04:12] ---**
You should be supporting Shikamaru.
**[04:15] ---**
So, what the hell are you doing?!
**[04:17] ---**
Like, I simply chose my master
**[04:20] ---**
in order to realize
my full potential.
**[04:22] ---**
What?
**[04:24] ---**
Like, staying under
a weakling like Shikamaru
**[04:27] ---**
is too tedious and futile!
**[04:32] ---**
Damn!
**[04:33] ---**
Aim more carefully next time.
**[04:36] ---**
If you miss again…
**[04:38] ---**
you'll lose.
**[04:47] ---**
You will definitely
accept my will, Shikamaru.
**[04:54] ---**
Your head's nothing
but a flower garden!
**[04:59] ---**
Resign yourself…
**[05:01] ---**
It's all too late.
**[05:04] ---**
Too late?
**[05:05] ---**
What the hell do you mean?!
**[05:10] ---**
Not bad!
**[05:12] ---**
But if you're already out of breath
against one opponent,
**[05:16] ---**
you don't have a chance.
**[05:17] ---**
Sai, wake up!
**[05:20] ---**
Why don't you worry
about yourself instead of me?
**[05:23] ---**
"I don't even know myself anymore…"
**[05:26] ---**
That's what you supposedly wrote
in the last missive you sent.
**[05:30] ---**
I have the will that Lord Gengo
bestowed upon me.
**[05:34] ---**
So…I'm not lost anymore!
**[05:44] ---**
Oh…
**[05:46] ---**
Did I overdo it?
**[05:48] ---**
His chakra's not reacting…
**[05:55] ---**
No way… Did he die?
**[06:05] ---**
You could say that making my target
misread chakra is my specialty.
**[06:12] ---**
I have no idea what you're saying…
**[06:17] ---**
Shikamaru should be kneeling
before Lord Gengo about now.
**[06:24] ---**
Shikamaru would never…
**[06:27] ---**
What brute strength!
**[06:30] ---**
…bow down to anyone!
**[06:33] ---**
Partial Expansion Jutsu!
**[06:35] ---**
Why you—!
**[06:50] ---**
Take this!
**[07:04] ---**
Cyclone Scythe Jutsu!
**[07:25] ---**
I'll never give up...
**[07:27] ---**
on a precious friend!
**[07:30] ---**
Around now, your *precious* friend
should be receiving Lord Gengo's will.
**[07:36] ---**
Even as you lay your life on the line.
**[07:39] ---**
You don't understand, do you?
**[07:42] ---**
The precious friend I'm talking about…
**[07:45] ---**
is *you*!
**[07:47] ---**
*You belong to the Hidden Leaf.*
**[07:49] ---**
*Don't ever forget that!*
**[07:52] ---**
Being friends is useless!
**[07:55] ---**
Then…
**[07:56] ---**
Then what's that on your cheek?
**[08:02] ---**
Mind Transmission Jutsu!
**[08:05] ---**
Let me take over your mind
for a little while.
**[08:28] ---**
I didn't lure you in here
**[08:30] ---**
just to prevent you from
using your shadows.
**[08:33] ---**
When a human loses
the ability to see and smell,
**[08:35] ---**
his sense of hearing
becomes much sharper.
**[08:38] ---**
Giving you an even
greater advantage, huh?
**[08:42] ---**
In the shinobi world,
you're either the user or the used.
**[08:48] ---**
What're you talking about?
**[08:50] ---**
Words from a shinobi that
I once believed in…
**[08:53] ---**
Surely, even you've heard
the name Zabuza Momochi.
**[08:58] ---**
Zabuza…
**[09:00] ---**
Wasn't he the instigator of
the Mizukage assassination incident?
**[09:04] ---**
After the failed coup d'état,
we deserted the village.
**[09:08] ---**
We had faith in Zabuza's promise
**[09:10] ---**
to return some day to create
the ideal society.
**[09:14] ---**
But the hardships of wandering
took its toll and changed him.
**[09:17] ---**
And so, I used Zabuza instead.
**[09:21] ---**
Just as he had taught.
**[09:24] ---**
To put it bluntly,
you sold out your friend.
**[09:27] ---**
And I settled here with
my comrades.
**[09:30] ---**
In order to create the ideal society
that Zabuza could not.
**[09:35] ---**
And now, it's finally becoming a reality.
**[09:39] ---**
Don't you want to usher
in that moment with me?
**[09:43] ---**
No thanks!
**[09:44] ---**
The only society I'll sacrifice
my life to protect
**[09:47] ---**
is the Hidden Leaf!
**[09:48] ---**
The same way that your father
and mentor did?
**[09:54] ---**
You have no right to talk about
my dad or Asuma!
**[09:58] ---**
I'll tear down your ideals!
**[10:03] ---**
What has happened…to me?
**[10:07] ---**
You are…?
**[10:11] ---**
Like, my head is throbbing…
**[10:14] ---**
That's guy's…
**[10:16] ---**
the only one left.
**[10:20] ---**
Sai...answer me!
**[10:24] ---**
Sai!
**[10:26] ---**
Sai!
**[10:30] ---**
Who are you?
**[10:32] ---**
I'm your friend.
**[10:34] ---**
No…
**[10:36] ---**
They are my only friends.
**[10:38] ---**
That's just what that guy Gengo
made you believe!
**[10:42] ---**
Don't come any closer! Go away!
**[11:01] ---**
Let's go back together, Sai.
**[11:05] ---**
Everyone is waiting for you.
**[11:13] ---**
Sai… Sai!
**[11:19] ---**
Ino?
**[11:20] ---**
You're back!
**[11:22] ---**
Where is Shikamaru?!
**[11:24] ---**
Shikamaru went after that Gengo guy.
**[11:27] ---**
That's not good!
**[11:28] ---**
I have to let Shikamaru
know right away!
**[11:31] ---**
No matter what happens…
**[11:32] ---**
He can't turn around!
**[11:41] ---**
Is the Hidden Leaf
that important to you?
**[11:43] ---**
Damned right it is!
**[11:45] ---**
Then I'll let you in on something good…
**[11:49] ---**
Do you think that I only isolated
myself in this region
**[11:52] ---**
and did nothing else?
**[11:55] ---**
What would you think
**[11:57] ---**
if I've sent my initiates with
the will I bestowed upon them,
**[11:59] ---**
into all of the Hidden Villages?
**[12:02] ---**
The people of the Five Great Nations
aren't blind.
**[12:05] ---**
Your people may have
infiltrated the core,
**[12:08] ---**
but they'll get caught in time.
**[12:10] ---**
I'm talking about the citizens…
**[12:12] ---**
The safety of those
who are most dear to you…
**[12:17] ---**
What did you say?
**[12:20] ---**
One signal from me,
and they will create an incident.
**[12:24] ---**
You don't have the means to stop it.
**[12:29] ---**
You're bluffing!
**[12:30] ---**
In time, you'll see if I'm lying or not.
**[12:33] ---**
*Stop!*
*Don't you dare touch Mirai!*
**[12:36] ---**
*Big Brother Shika!*
**[12:37] ---**
*Mirai!*
**[12:38] ---**
*Mirai!*
**[12:39] ---**
Y-You can't fool me…
**[12:43] ---**
I've already figured out that
you infuse chakra into your voice
**[12:47] ---**
to manipulate people.
**[12:50] ---**
The more you resist with your mind,
the more the heart seeks it.
**[12:57] ---**
*Big Brother Shika!*
**[12:59] ---**
*Mirai!*
**[13:01] ---**
You'll pay if you lay
a hand on Mirai…
**[13:04] ---**
I'll make sure your breath
is completely snuffed out.
**[13:09] ---**
*Kill… Kill…*
**[13:12] ---**
– Gengo, you're dangerous.
– *Kill… Kill…*
**[13:15] ---**
I can't let you go on living.
**[13:18] ---**
This is to protect the Hidden Leaf!
**[13:20] ---**
– It's for that reason that...
– *Kill… Kill…*
**[13:21] ---**
I've come to carry out
a mission that's not like me!
**[13:25] ---**
– In order to make Naruto the Hokage!
– *Kill… Kill…*
**[13:42] ---**
Naruto…
**[13:50] ---**
*Ramen!*
**[13:53] ---**
Huh?
**[13:55] ---**
What the hell was that?
**[13:57] ---**
What's the matter, Shikamaru?
**[13:59] ---**
Now, confront the darkness
that consumes your heart!
**[14:12] ---**
I-I have to get it right
the next time.
**[14:16] ---**
Look, you're just a brat,
so it's okay if you ease up a little.
**[14:22] ---**
But it's my fault that my friends…
**[14:25] ---**
Thinking about your friends
is important.
**[14:29] ---**
But you don't have to take on
all that responsibility.
**[14:32] ---**
'Cuz it's a drag.
**[14:41] ---**
Why?
**[14:43] ---**
Why doesn't my jutsu work on you?
**[14:45] ---**
Your heart is full of cracks!
**[14:48] ---**
Yeah... My heart is full of cracks…
**[14:52] ---**
In fact, it's nothing but one big crack.
**[14:56] ---**
I-Impossible!
**[14:57] ---**
Your words don't have
any effect on me anymore.
**[15:02] ---**
I finally understand.
**[15:04] ---**
Earlier, you said you came to
this land with your comrades.
**[15:07] ---**
But why isn't there a single comrade
standing beside you?
**[15:13] ---**
You probably killed them all,
and hid them in this castle, right?
**[15:18] ---**
You're all alone,
**[15:20] ---**
because you only believe in
using others or being used.
**[15:23] ---**
This place is like peering deep
into your heart!
**[15:28] ---**
You and I are alike!
**[15:30] ---**
We're smart, we can't trust anyone!
**[15:33] ---**
Don't lump me in with you!
**[15:39] ---**
You—!
**[15:41] ---**
Looks like you're still conscious!
**[15:43] ---**
Yeah, but it was touch and
go for a little while.
**[15:47] ---**
Ro, Soku!
**[15:50] ---**
Let's go.
**[15:52] ---**
Okay, let's clean this up quickly!
**[15:57] ---**
Why don't we leave it
to them this time?
**[16:01] ---**
Yeah, you're right…
**[16:03] ---**
Shikamaru did just call
on those two.
**[16:18] ---**
A clone?!
**[16:21] ---**
That's right. With his chakra—!
**[16:27] ---**
Enveloping his shadow
with chakra?!
**[16:30] ---**
Which one is real?
**[16:33] ---**
I can't...move!
**[16:36] ---**
If you stop me,
the world of the shinobi will decline!
**[16:40] ---**
Don't you care
if you're consigned
**[16:42] ---**
to a life of servitude under
the Feudal Lords?
**[16:45] ---**
A place where even the easygoing
can live in their own way…
**[16:50] ---**
That's the kind of world
I want to protect!
**[16:53] ---**
How stupid!
**[16:54] ---**
I will not let you interfere
with my vision!
**[17:04] ---**
Like, the chakra flowing to
your tongue's been cut off…
**[17:12] ---**
Mission…complete!
**[17:17] ---**
Good work.
**[17:19] ---**
We'll be taking Gengo
and his revolutionaries
**[17:21] ---**
back to the Hidden Leaf Village now.
**[17:23] ---**
Will you be joining us?
**[17:26] ---**
We…
**[17:31] ---**
You came to the rescue again.
**[17:34] ---**
Sheesh...
**[17:36] ---**
You really are something, Naruto.
**[17:43] ---**
You guys!
**[17:44] ---**
What? Did you forget something?
**[17:48] ---**
Like, we were told
we're on a mission
**[17:50] ---**
until we get back to the village.
**[17:51] ---**
We shall accompany you,
Lord Shikamaru.
**[17:54] ---**
Huh? Oh, yeah?
**[17:58] ---**
Senpai!
**[18:00] ---**
Yurito?!
**[18:03] ---**
You came too?
**[18:04] ---**
I finally got to handle
a big assignment!
**[18:09] ---**
O-Oh…
**[18:10] ---**
Huh? Senpai, aren't you being
too stiff and formal again?
**[18:15] ---**
Clouds! The clouds!
Remember, the clouds!
**[18:19] ---**
Oh, yeah…
**[18:21] ---**
Anyways, I'm busy,
so 'scuse me!
**[18:27] ---**
Lord Shikamaru?
**[18:30] ---**
You can reach out to try
and grab the cloud…
**[18:33] ---**
but you can never grasp it.
**[18:34] ---**
If there's wind, it'll blow away.
**[18:36] ---**
Such a strange thing with no core.
**[18:42] ---**
Temari…
**[18:43] ---**
Huh? What is it?
**[18:45] ---**
Well… It's nothing important, but…
**[18:49] ---**
Um…
**[18:50] ---**
What is it?
**[18:51] ---**
Spit it out.
**[18:53] ---**
Go a bit easier
when you slap people, will you?
**[18:57] ---**
If you space out again,
I'll slap you as much as I want to!
**[19:01] ---**
Okay… I'm counting on you for that.
**[19:06] ---**
Thanks…for what you did this time.
**[19:10] ---**
Is this an awkward conversation
or what?!
**[19:13] ---**
Just hurry and ask her on a date!
**[19:15] ---**
There, there…
**[19:17] ---**
Ino…
**[19:19] ---**
Sai?
**[19:20] ---**
Thanks, beautiful.
**[19:22] ---**
I really felt…your kindness.
**[19:25] ---**
Beautiful? Oh…uh!
**[19:28] ---**
I want to thank you…
**[19:30] ---**
That's if you'd let me.
**[19:32] ---**
Oh… Well then…
**[19:36] ---**
Maybe a d-date…?
**[19:39] ---**
Ino, now you're being awkward.
**[19:42] ---**
Maybe…next time…we can…
**[19:46] ---**
go get a bite to eat.
**[19:48] ---**
You mean, a date?
**[19:49] ---**
Huh?
**[19:50] ---**
Are you asking me out on a date?
**[19:53] ---**
Well, yeah.
**[19:57] ---**
I see. A date, huh.
**[20:00] ---**
You don't want to?
**[20:02] ---**
That's not it.
**[20:04] ---**
Huh? Uh?
**[20:06] ---**
Be prepared.
**[20:08] ---**
A date with me
can be quite a drag.
**[20:14] ---**
Do you have a plan?
**[20:17] ---**
Huh?
**[20:18] ---**
Like, a date strategy.
**[20:19] ---**
Like I'd have one!
**[20:21] ---**
Going on a first date
without a strategy
**[20:24] ---**
is like fighting
a Tailed Beast unarmed.
**[20:27] ---**
You have zero chance of winning.
**[20:30] ---**
What would you two know?!
**[20:32] ---**
What are you saying?!
**[20:34] ---**
I do know a thing or two
about relationships.
**[20:38] ---**
You must first find out
everything you can
**[20:40] ---**
about Lady Temari's likes and dislikes…
**[20:41] ---**
and come up with a careful plan.
**[20:44] ---**
And you need at least
three contingency plans:
**[20:46] ---**
one for a sunny day,
a cloudy day and a rainy day!
**[20:48] ---**
Prepare small talk
that won't bore her.
**[20:51] ---**
Have at least a hundred stories
in your arsenal.
**[20:56] ---**
Hey, hey!
**[20:57] ---**
That's even more of a drag
than taking Gengo down!
**[21:04] ---**
"Shikamaru's Story,
A Cloud Drifting in the Silent Dark"
The End
**[22:40] ---**
The day of Naruto and Hinata's wedding
draws near,
**[22:44] ---**
but I sent everyone out
on secret missions!
**[22:47] ---**
It's to get them wedding presents,
**[22:51] ---**
but it seems it's turning out
to be surprisingly difficult.
**[22:54] ---**
The secret behind this mission is…
**[22:57] ---**
something I can't talk about!
**[22:59] ---**
Next time on Naruto Shippuden:
**[23:01] ---**
“Hidden Leaf Story,
The Perfect Day for a Wedding,
Part 1: Naruto's Wedding”
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Tune in again!