Let's go!
Kage Bunshin no Jutsu!
(Kage Bunshin no Jutsu: Shadow Clone Technique)
Not bad.
Nice... Since he's trapped in midair he used a Shadow Clone as a means for movement.
Henge!
(Henge: Transformation)
Okay, that's as far as you go.
He's gotten pretty tall.
And not only that...
His timing for using the Shadow Clone has gotten better.
Not bad.
That's incredible.
You've grown, haven't you, Naruto?
However...
Well, it seems you're just as impatient as ever.
I haven't even said start yet, have I?
Don't be so hasty.
I haven't even said start yet, have I?
Now then, let's begin.
Ready...
Start!
Now then, let's begin.
Ready...
Start!
Damn it!
I've been had!
Come on, Naruto, you goof!
The Results of Training
Good work... Do you remember me?
Of course, I do, Lord Sasori.
Of course, he does.
It wouldn't be much of a technique if he didn't.
They become loyal subordinates after regaining their memory.
I say it's about ready?
All right, it's done...
Sasori, you watch from here...
Okay.
I'll attack the village from above.
What do you think of this artistic form?
Don't make me wait too long, Deidara!
One-Tail, the Jinchuuriki of Shukaku, Gaara of the Desert, eh?
Now then, I wonder what he's like.
Now... What're you going to do, Sakura?
Right?
Above?
Left?
Behind?
If he's in none of those places...
He must be below!
Huh?
Wh-What ridiculous strength.
All right, well done.
Fifth, you didn't just teach Sakura Medical Ninjutsu, huh?
That short temper and incredible strength.
She raised a splendid second Tsunade.
Kakashi-sensei?
Huh?
I found you.
I-I'd better stop acting like an idiot in front of Sakura.
I'll get killed!
She built up her maximum Chakra inside her body at once and instantly concentrated all of it into her fist.
That's a feat that can't be done without considerable Chakra control.
Medical Ninjutsu along with superhuman strength...
No. It's more than that.
Sakura's originally a Genjutsu-type after all.
She might just become a better Kunoichi than the Fifth.
All right, now I guess it's my turn, huh?
One.
Two.
Three.
So there are three people guarding the skies...
Still, this village sure has quite the artistic design to it.
It's certainly worth destroying, though...
It's time for covert action from here on.
There he is.
The basics for a ninja are to eliminate their presence and remain hidden.
This is totally different from back then.
The basics for a ninja are to eliminate their presence and remain hidden.
All right, everyone seems to be well hidden...
Now, fight me fair and square!
Say, aren't you just a little bit off there?
Let me teach the two of you something.
Ninja Battle Skills, part one...
Taijutsu.
You're wide open!
If I can hit him once...
It won't mean a thing if you don't hit me.
That was a close one.
Kage Bunshin no Jutsu!
Here I come!
All right, bring it on.
The bell's mine.
You won't get away!
Dancing Leaf Shadow?!
This is Bushy Brow's...
It's Kakashi-sensei's Copy Ninjutsu!
Now... where's the real one?
Right here.
Secret Finger Technique.
A Thousand Years of Death!
Now... where's the real one?
Right here.
Secret Finger Technique.
A Thousand Years of Death!
Damn it. I missed!
That was a close one... In a different sense.
It used to be so easy.
I'll tear you apart!
Damn it! You can't dodge this!
Geez, man!
Huh?
Ninja don't let their opponent get behind them over and over, you idiot!
Leaf Village Secret Finger Technique!
A Thousand Years of Death!
She's over there, huh?
Sasuke, where are you?
Don't tell me sensei already got to you!
No, that'd never happen to him!
I'm safe! He hasn't noticed me!
Sakura, behind you.
They've been apart for two years, and yet his teamwork with Sakura isn't that bad.
Though I want to find out what happens next in the new volume...
Tajuu Kage Bunshin no Jutsu!
(Tajuu Kage Bunshin no Jutsu: Multi Shadow Clone Technique)
As always, the sheer number of his clones amazes me...
Let's go!
Good grief... It looks like I won't have time for reading.
Things are getting interesting.
Naruto and Sakura are pretty good, aren't they?
Things are just getting started.
Now then, what should I do?
What's this strange thing?!
It's not strange, you know.
Sure enough, fools don't understand what art is all about...
I'll show you with your own bodies.
True art... is an explosion!
I'm sure I heard the sound of the bells from this way.
There's a possibility that he rang them on purpose.
Be careful.
Yeah, it's Kakashi-sensei, after all.
Sasuke!
Naruto! Sakura!
Help me.
I got away from Orochimaru.
Help me.
Naruto, Sakura... Please.
It's too bad...
I want to talk with Sasuke a little while longer, but...
Release!
I'm not interested in illusion, you see.
Kage Bunshin no Jutsu!
Naruto, Kakashi-sensei's behind that tree there.
Oh, no!
Yeah, I know.
Rasengan!
Kakashi-sensei!
Huh?
You have something to say, don't you?
I missed it before.
Ninja Battle Skills, part two: Genjutsu.
Huh?
What was that just now?
Hey, wait!
Where'd sensei go?
What's going on?
What's what?
Sakura.
Sasuke!
S-Sakura...
H-Help me.
She fell for it so easily back then...
Kakashi-sensei, talk about a lack of pizazz.
No way will we fall for the same trick over and over again.
That's right, that's right.
No, that's not necessarily the case.
All right! He dropped the bells.
Naruto, don't.
They're mine...
See? Naruto would still fall for the same trick.
Huh?
No way will I fall for a trap like this.
(Kawarimi no Jutsu: Substitution Technique)
Kawarimi no Jutsu!
Damn it.
You idiot. Didn't I tell you?
Sure enough, the same tricks won't work, huh?
Infiltration successful.
That's as far as you go.