482: One More Time
With Sasuke being close-by, Naruto gets up!
In a lodge/inn
Naruto: "Ugh..."
Naruto gets up
Yamato: "You've woken up"
Naruto: "What happened to me...?"
Yamato: "You fainted. You made me worry, really..."
Naruto: "...And what happened to Kakashi-sensei and Sa[i]?"
Yamato: "..."
Madara: "I'll be taking his eye. Sasuke, don't be rash now; return to the base and rest. You've overused your ocular powers... In time you won't be acting so tough, as your eyes are losing their light... What happens if you head towards Konoha alone? Patience is a necessity in attaining your goal"
At the lodge/inn
Yamato: "You're coming back to the village with me. It's Kakashi-sempai's orders"
Naruto: "..."
Yamato: !
Naruto goes to grab his pouch as he stands~
Yamato: "Huu..."
Yamato imprisons Naruto with Mokuton
Yamato: "Sorry, but we're leaving Sakura to Kakashi-sempai, alright!"
Naruto has a crest-fallen expression: "...Got it...Once I rest some more, we'll go back to the village"
Sai blocks the way: "No way...I won't let you go. Ninpo: Choujuu Giga"
Lee: "He's trying to constrain by using snakes!"
Kiba: "I understand what Kakashi-sensei is saying, but how many times can we just leave Sasuke loose! I'm gonna give him my foot!"
Akamaru: "Woo~f!"
Kiba: "What's up with you Akamaru? Gettin' scared?!"
Sai: "Looks like the dog is smarter than you"
Kiba gets pissed and advances towards Sai: "Shut the hell up!"
The Choujuu Giga snake(s) seize Kiba
Taking that opportunity
Sakura: "Let's go, Lee-san!"
Lee: "Let's go! Iyaa~!" He rushes Sai
Kiba: "I'll use Tsuuga on this thing...!"
Lee: "Hoiya!"
Sai: "!" (Dammit!)
Sakura drops the knockout gas while Sai, Kiba, and Lee are fighting
Akamaru: "Woof! Woof!"
Smoke fills the place
PART 2
Sakura hides in a shady part of a tree
Sakura: (I'm sorry everyone)
Kiba: *grumbling* he's on the verge of sleeping
Lee's on the verge of sleeping
Sai: "Guh..." (Got Kiba and Lee-san too...)
Akamaru's fast-asleep
Sakura starts running
Sai's ink bunshin: "We were taken out. Please hurry!"
Sai's ink bunshin dispells
Kakashi: "Not bad, Sakura."
Madara absorbs Danzou into that whirl
Madara: "Sasuke..."
Sasuke: "..."
Madara: "I'll leave you with one piece of advice"
Karin's beaten and looks in pain
Madara: "If you don't need that girl, then go and finish her off. She knows too much about us"
Sasuke: "'Us' you say...since when did I get lumped together with you?"
Madara's body goes to disapppar in a swirl: "Hmph. Fine then, we'll meet again"
Sasuke: "..."
Sasuke goes to Karin
Karin flashback
Karin was a Hidden Grass shinobi
Grasping the "Earth" scroll, she's attacked by a huge bear
Karin: "Hey? Everyone?!"
The bear chases Karin to a tree: "Grrragh!"
Karin: "Kyaa!" she falls down and her glasses come off
Shishi Rendan! [Lion's Barrage!]
The bear's eyes roll back and it collapses
Karin: "?!"
Sasuke stands ontop of the bear: "So you have the same 'Earth' scroll as us..."
Since Karin's glasses were taken off, Karin can't see but a faint outline of Sasuke's face
Karin: (M-My glasses!)
She puts on her glasses
?
Kid Sasuke and Grown Sasuke: "See you"
The [panels] are linked together. The faces are completely different
Kid Sasuke's "See you" is clear-eyed and refreshing. Grown Sasuke's is evil.
Karin: (I just wanted to see that face of his...one more time...)
PART 3
Madara: "Damn you Danzou...doing this to Shisui's eye just before you died..."
Danzou's layed down
There's the Uchiha crest
A place which has 96 eyes stocked up.
One water tank for each eye
At the lodge/inn
Yamato's slumping down and taking a nap...
Yamato: "Naruto, it's about time we should be going...still sleeping?"
Kage-bunshin Naruto: "I don't plan on going outside right now...wait a little longer..."
Kage-bunshin Naruto holds a kunai in the futon mattress: (Alright...he still hasn't noticed...!)
It seems the real Naruto went out from an open roof in the lodge/inn
Naruto uses Sage Mode and runs in the forest
Naruto: (Kakashi-sensei's chakra...is this way!)
Sasuke puts Chidori on his hand
Karin resigns herself and closes her eyes
And then....
Sakura: "Sasuke-kun!!"
Karin opens one eye: "?!"
Sasuke looks back: "...Sakura, huh"
Sakura: (He...gives off a completely different feeling compared to the past. This is really Sasuke-kun...?)
Sasuke: "What have you come to me for?"
Karin: (T-This is...?)
Sakura: "Sasuke-kun! I'll go along with you too! I'll leave Konoha!"
The determined Sakura trembles!