Naruto 307

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Title: Number 307: At whim...!!

Pg. 01
Sasuke: Naruto, huh... You're here too, huh?
Sasuke: If that's the case, then, Kakashi's somewhere around here too, isn't he?
Pg. 02
Yamato: Sorry to disappoint you, but I'm not Kakashi-san. I'm here in his place.
Yamato: From here out, Team Kakashi will be taking you back to Konoha Village.
Sasuke: Team Kakashi, huh...?

Pg. 03
Sakura: Sai! So you were going to-
Sasuke: So this guy is my replacement? ...
Sasuke: Wanting to protect the bonds between me and Naruto, what was all that rubbish you were spouting just now...?
Sasuke: Another lackwit in the team, huh ... fitting.

Pg. 04
Sakura: ...Eh?
Sai: It's true that my top secret mission was the assassination of Sasuke-kun...
Sai: But I'm through with those orders... Now I move under my own intentions.
Sai: Naruto-kun somehow made me remember... Those emotions I had long ago
Sai: Emotions that somehow feel very important...

Pg. 05
Sai: I don't really know much about you, but...
Sai: Seeing Naruto-kun and Sakura-san so desperately chasing you here made me realize that...
Sai: Even if you cut your bonds...
Sai: You'll only become more desperate to re-tie them...
Sai: I don't know how to say it very clearly
Sai: But, Sasuke-kun, you should know this yourself.

Pg. 06
Sasuke: Yeah, I know. That's why I severed them.

Pg. 07
Sasuke: Because of the other bonds that exist for me...
Sasuke: The bonds created by the hatred I feel towards my older brother...
(flashback) Itachi: Why are you so weak...? You lack...
(flashback) Itachi: ...hatred, don't you...?
Sasuke: Keeping too many bonds had led me astray. They weakened even my strongest desires.

Pg. 08
(flashback) Sasuke: You never had parents or siblings..! W-what would you know about what it's like for me?
(flashback) Sasuke: YOU HAD ALWAYS BEEN ALONE! WHAT WOULD YOU KNOW ABOUT WHAT IT'S LIKE FOR ME!!! HUH??
(flashback) Sasuke: I suffer because I had those bonds!! What would someone like you understand about that-
(flashback) Naruto: I've never had real parents or siblings... It's true that those are things I probably can't understand...
Naruto: If that's how it is, then...

Pg. 09
(flashback) Sasuke: Why... why would you go so far for me...?
(flashback) Naruto: Because, my bonds with you... are the first bonds I've ever made...
(flashback) Naruto: And that's why I will stop you! ('ttebayo)
Naruto: If that's how it is, then, that time...
(flashback) Sasuke: Then... I will sever those bonds!

Pg. 10
Naruto: WHY DIDN'T YOU KILL ME!?
Naruto: SINCE YOU SEVERED THOSE BONDS, RIGHT!? SASUKE-!!
Sakura: Naruto...
Sasuke: The reason is simple... It wasn't that I couldn't sever the bonds between us...
(flashback) Itachi: Like me,
(flashback) Itachi: You, too, are capable of awakening the Mangekyou Sharingan... but there is a requirement...
(flashback) Itachi: You must kill... your closest friend.

Pg. 12
Sasuke: I simply didn't want to give him power over me by following his methods... that's all.
Naruto: What do you mean!? ('ttebayo)
Sasuke: There's really no need for me to explain it to you...

Pg. 13
Sasuke: But what I will tell you... about that time, is that...
Sasuke: I spared your life only just at whim.

Pg. 14
Yamato: He's fast!

Pg. 15
Sakura (thought): Before I could even blink-!
Sasuke: Come to think of it, you had that dream of becoming Hokage, didn't you?
Sasuke: If you've had the spare time to be chasing me around, it would've been better spent on training. Don't you think, Naruto?
Sakura: S-Sasuke-kun!
Sasuke: That's why, this time...

Pg. 16
Sasuke: At my own whim, I will end your life here.

Pg. 17
Naruto: A guy who can't even save one friend can't possibly become Hokage.
Naruto: Isn't that right, Sasuke?
Sasuke: Hn...