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Translation: Naruto 344

Fri, 02 Mar 2007 23:13:41 +0000

Sorry, I'm gonna take a short break on this translation. No one needs it anyway, not with Hisshou on the job early~ :B Sorry to leave up a partial (I'm already slow enough as it is), but I'll be back to finish this in about an hour~ :B

Pg. 01
Ch. 344: With the Snake
Caption: Orochimaru is attacked by Sasuke - what is his aim!?
SFX: *step*
SFX: *grip*
SFX: bachichichi
SFX: *crack*
SFX: *slice*
SFX: *drip*

Pg. 02
Sasuke: Orochimaru...
Sasuke: You're weaker than I am.
Sasuke:
Orochimaru:
Sasuke: Hmph...
Sasuke:

Pg. 03
Sasuke: Itachi
Sasuke:
Sasuke: Isn't that right?
Sasuke:
Sasuke:
Sasuke:
Sasuke:

Pg. 04
Sasuke:
Sasuke:
Sasuke:
Sasuke:
Sasuke:
Sasuke:
Sasuke:

Pg. 05
*Flashback*
Sasuke: Big brother...
Sasuke: Why... would you...
Itachi: It was in order to measure my capability.
Sasuke: ...To measure your capability...?
Sasuke: That's it...?
Sasuke: You're saying that... you killed everyone... just for that?
Itachi: It was crucial.

Pg. 06
SFX: *grab*
Sasuke: The vomits, it comes out! lulz.
SFX: *sli-c-c-e*
SFX: *BAM*

Pg. 07
SFX: *FWUHHH*
SFX: *zing*
SFX: *graah*
SFX: *stab*
SFX: *FSHHH*
SFX: *pull*
Sasuke: A white scaled snake...
Sasuke: So that's your true form, huh...

Pg. 08
Sasuke:
Sasuke:

Pg. 09
Sasuke: And this appearance of yours is the end result, huh?
Orochimaru: Now then... Sasuke-kun... about that body of yours...
Orochimaru: GIVE IT TO ME NOOOWWW~
SFX: *whoosh*
SFX: *SMASH*
SFX: *fwwsh*

Pg. 10
SFX: *SLICE* *SLICE*
SFX: *crkk*
Orochimaru: Shyaaa~
SFX: *screecchh*

Pg. 11
SFX: *fwooom*
SFX: *ksh*
SFX: *tak*
SFX: *rustle*

Pg. 12
SFX: *swshh*
SFX: *slither*
Orochimaru: *hff* *hff*
SFX: *SZZSzzhzhszhzhsizzle*

Pg. 13
SFX: *slitherslither*
Sasuke:
Sasuke:
SFX: *slither*
SFX: *KAPLAM*
SFX: *spewt*

Pg. 14
Sasuke: Taking off to great heights

Pg. 15
Sasuke: To the eye of a hawk (??? Er.. no idea how to translate this line... help?)
Orochimaru: Sasukeee-!!!

Pg. 16
Orochimaru: What's this thing?
Sarutobi: Oh! That's the shed skin of a white snake! Well spotted!
Orochimaru: It's the first time I've seen something like this...
Sarutobi: Heh heh, it's actually the first time for me, too. If you're careless, you won't be able to find these... they're pretty rare!
Orochimaru: Why is it white?
Sarutobi: Well, y'know... I'm not all too clear on that myself...
Sarutobi:
Sarutobi:

Pg. 17
Orochimaru: Good fortune and regeneration...
Sarutobi:
Sarutobi:
Orochimaru: And when is that?
Sarutobi: Who knows...

Translation: Naruto 343

Fri, 23 Feb 2007 13:15:46 +0000

01
Ch. 343: Becoming ruthless

02
Fallen Ninja #1: Uhgn...
Fallen Ninja #2: Guh...
(Why is one of the fallen ninja five times bigger than the other ones? O_o)
Orochimaru: If you don't become more ruthless, you won't be able to defeat Itachi.

03
Sasuke: When it comes time to face Itachi, I will become ruthless.
Sasuke:　Whether I like it or not.
Orochimaru: This child...manages such a feat...without shedding one drop of blood...
Orochimaru: Seeing this... makes my own so-called genius seem pathetic by compare...

04
Orochimaru: Just a bit longer...
Orochimaru: Just a little bit... my pet!

05
(no text)

06
Menu: Ramen, Ramen (Large), Chashu Ramen, Negi Ramen, Rice
Sign: Sake Sake Sake
Sign: Ichiraku
Menu: Ramen
Menu: Cola

Naruto: H-hot!
Naruto: It's a lot harder tryin' to use my left hand to eat, after all...

07
Sakura: You've suffered bone fractures in several places... Seems like your body isn't able to keep pace with your jutsu.
Sakura: You have to save this new jutsu of yours for when you're in a real bind. You can't just use it whenever you like, okay?
Naruto: Heheh, I'll be all right, 'long as I've got my Sakura-chan fixing me up!
Sakura: That's not what I'm telling you!
Sakura: Even with medical ninjutsu, it's not like you can just neatly put everything back together like a piece of cake!
Naruto: But you know... somehow... being like this makes me feel really happy...
Sakura: Eh?

08
Naruto: It feels kind of like... me an' you together... we're getting closer to Sasuke.
Sakura: I guess I've got no choice, huh...
Sakura: Hand me your chopsticks!
Naruto: D-don't tell me... Sakura-chan's gonna...

09
Sai: He~re, say aah~ (Oh god why is Sai so gay T_T)
Naruto: OW-HOT!!!
Naruto: And worse than that - that's not something for YOU to be doing!
Kakashi: He-ey.
Sai: A friend should lend a hand when his friend is in need. I read that in a book written about "true friendship"...
Naruto: YOU CAN TAKE YOUR BOOK AND SHOVE IT UP YOUR ASS!
Sakura: Kakashi-sensei!
Kakashi: Hm... What's all the clamor about?
Naruto: Dammit, I ended up with Kakashi-sensei feeding me..?!

10
Sakura:　You're not laying invalid in a hospital bed, Kakashi-sensei... Sure is a rare sight!
Kakashi: Is that the kind of image you guys have of me now?
Kakashi: I'm shocked.
Kakashi: Well... it's all because this time, I didn't have to resort to using the Mangekyou Sharingan.
Kakashi: If the lot of you hadn't jumped in right at that time...
Kakashi: I would've ended up using it for sure.
Kakashi: And just like how you guys imagine me, I'd be stuck lying in bed again... Ahaha.

11
Kakashi: Naruto, you've really become stronger.
Kakashi: You've at least reached my level, maybe surpassed it.
Kakashi: However, the more powerful your jutsu become...
Kakashi: The more you, as the jutsu user, need to be aware of the risks involved.
Naruto: Yeah...

12
Orochimaru: *hff hff*
Kabuto: You're already at your limit.
Kabuto: We'll need to administer the Rank 10 medicine, or your body...
Kabuto: I will go to retrieve the medicine.
Kabuto: Please wait just a moment.

13
Orochimaru: Ku ku... KUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAA~
Orochimaru: *KFF* *KFFF* Ha..ha...

14
*slice*

15
Orochimaru: The nature of this chakra...
Orochimaru: Is unlike any form alteration I have ever seen...
Orochimaru: Who is it?

16
(no text)

17
Orochimaru: So... it's come to this after all...
Sasuke: I have nothing more to learn from you.
Sasuke: When facing you...
Sasuke: It looks like I have no trouble becoming ruthless.

Translation: Naruto 311

Thu, 15 Jun 2006 11:23:58 +0000

Cover
Number 311: Nickname
Side caption: My first break in so long, and it's long-term recovery spent atop this bed.... Oh well. (Notice what's in my right hand <3)
(Title of book) "Icha Icha Tactics"

Pg. 01
Sai: The fastest way to have others understand you is to...
Sai: First, lessen the distance between the other person's heart and mine.
Sai: For example, when addressing each other, the use of "-san" and "-kun"
(Title of book) "Methods of Improving Person-to-Person Relations"
Sai: Maintains a manner with the other person such that the distance between you will not change.
(Title of book) "Communication"

Pg. 02
(Title of book) "How to become friends with others"
Sai: First, I need to stick with addressing others with just their names...
Sai: I wonder how to decide what to use for nicknames or pet names....
Sai: Nicknames... are used for those who are special to you... A name given those with whom you are intimate
Sai: I see...
(Title of books) "Green Herbs and Red Herbs", "Green Mushrooms and Sun Grass, (other medicinal books)"
Sakura: Aha, found it...

Pg. 03
Sakura: Huh...?
Sakura: Isn't that Sai?
Sakura: Did you come here to look for art books?
Sai: Sakura-san...
Sakura: Ehh... doing some reading?
Sai: Well... yeah, a bit...

Pg. 04
(Title of book) "Methods of Improving Person-to-Person Relations"
Sakura: Even Sai is concerned with human matters, huh.
Sakura: Ah, that's right...!
Sakura: After this, Naruto and I are going to go pay a visit to Kakashi-sensei, so...
Sakura: Won't you come with us?
Sai: Kakashi...sensei...
Sakura: You're part of Team Kakashi, too, so... it'd be good for you to meet him in person, right?

Pg. 05
Naruto: *emoez*
(flashback) Sasuke: Revenge is everything to me. As long as I can realize my revenge, it doesn't matter what else happens to me. Whatever else happens in this world... isn't of concern to me.
(flashback) Sasuke: If by submitting my body to Orochimaru, he is able to achieve the power needed to complete my goals...

Pg. 06
(flashback) Sasuke: Then this life of mine... and everything it's worth... is his to have.
Naruto (thought): Sasuke... (Stop obsessing over him, you damn fool =_=)
Sakura: Naruto!
Naruto: Ah- (Good Naruto, you look kinda cool!)

Pg. 07
Naruto: Why, if it isn't Sai... he's coming too?
Sakura: I met him by chance, at the library.
Naruto: Aw ma~an... now we can't walk together on a date, like I planned!
Sakura: If you have that kind of time to waste, you'd be better off studying ninjutsu!
Naruto: I'm not gonna study...
Naruto: You two can go do painful stuff like that...
Sakura: You shouldn't just train your body... it sure wouldn't hurt to drill a little into your brain, you know.
Sakura: But you're really just a complete IDIOT, aren't you.

Pg. 08
Sai (thought): As I thought, Sakura-san doesn't use any suffixes when addressing Naruto-kun...
Naruto: Sakura-chyaa~n... That's going too far...('ttebayo)
Sai: N-Naruto... Sakura...
Sai: Would it be all right if I join the conversation as well?
Sai: Ah, I mean-
Sai: I read in a book... about how to open one's heart to others, or something...

Pg. 09
Sai: And the book said something about addressing others by name... or even using nicknames or pet names...
Sai: By doing so, it said I could increase our affinity and we could become better friends
Naruto: Hehe, Sai...
Naruto: Even you care about things like that, huh?
Sakura: So, just now, at the library-
Sai: ...Yeah.

Pg. 10
Sai: And... I considered using nicknames or pet names for the two of you, but...
Sai: I thought it'd go better if I just started out with calling you by just your names.
Sakura (thought): Sai is so earnest about us, and is putting so much thought into everything that... somehow...
Naruto: You don't need to worry about something like that, it comes naturally! ('ttebayo)
Sakura: You can use pet names or nicknames by deriving them from that person's particular traits or characteristics.
Sakura: Take Naruto, for example...
Sakura: "Stupid Naruto!" or, "Naruto the Dumbass!" both work pretty well, riiiight?
Naruto: Sakura-cha~n, that's too much of a leap, don't you think...? ('ttebayo)
Sai (thought): I see... a person's characteristics...
Sakura (thought): Seeing Sai like this.... it's so different from the Sai we first met

Pg. 11
Sai: Thanks, I think I've got it...
Sai: U G L Y.
Sakura: WHAT THE HELL!? (SHANNARO~)
Naruto: SAI-! That's getting me killed here!! ('ttebayo)
Sai: ...Eh? What is?

Pg. 12
Kakashi: Is that right... You guys brought me a new team member?
Kakashi: Sai, was it? Nice to meet you.
Sai: Yes, sir.
Kakashi: Hey, Sakura, come over here for a sec.
Kakashi: Those two look a bit beat up, did they get in a fight with each other? Getting in a fight this soon, I'm guessing Naruto started it?

Pg. 13
Sakura: N-no, it's really nothing... Everyone's getting along fine!
Kakashi: Ah...Is that right. Well, if that's how it is, then, that's great!
Sakura: Ahahahaha!
Sai (thought): Even in the "Root" division, I heard rumors about him... Hatake Kakashi.
Sai (thought): Without a doubt, he's learned about me as well.
Sakura: Naruto...
Naruto: Right...
Naruto: Kakashi-sensei... About our current mission...

Pg. 14
Kakashi: I've already heard it all from Yamato... about Sasuke, too...
Naruto: We're already running out of time ('ttebayo)... If it keeps going on like this, it won't be much time before he...
Naruto: Anyway, right now, I don't have enough power to bring Sasuke back... Sasuke's gotten pretty strong...

Pg. 15
Kakashi: Well, in that case...
Kakashi: You'll just have to get stronger than him, right?
Sakura: I saw just how much Sasuke-kun's grown with my own eyes, and his speed-
Sakura: It wasn't normal...
Sakura: I heard from Tsunade-sama... During his training, there's a possibility that he might have learned forbidden jutsu, or used special drugs...
Sakura: Especially with that Kabuto guy being there...
Sakura: With someone who uses human experimentation, a book like this won't be able to prepare us for what he's got up his sleeve, but...
(Book title) "Drugs and their effects"
Kakashi: So, you'll just have to rise above them in this area as well. We have no choice but to become radically stronger, right?

Pg. 16
Sakura: But how are we supposed to do that?
Kakashi: Did you think I was just lying here without thinking?
Kakashi: I had been racking my brain the whole time... and... I came upon an idea.
Kakashi: However, this method requires that Naruto be up to it...
Kakashi: That is to say... it is something that can only be completed by Naruto himself.
Kakashi: In doing this training, Naruto...
Kakashi: You could possibly even, in a sense, surpass me.

Translation: Naruto 310

Fri, 09 Jun 2006 11:04:56 +0000

Ch. 308: Title
Caption: It's the month waiting for a favorable wind... June has come in Konoha. The village, the trees, and the youth are all waiting too, to be swept by a passionate wind!

Pg. 01
Naruto (thought): Again, I... I couldn't stop him...
Naruto (thought): I'm...
sfx: *thunk*

Pg. 02
Naruto (thought): Weak...

Pg. 03
Naruto: Uh... Uhh...uuh...
Sakura: My crying... couldn't bring Sasuke back, you know!

Pg. 04
Sakura: I'm here, too. I'll become stronger, together with you!!

Pg. 05
Sai: In terms of time, there's still about half a year left, you know.
Sai: Having three people is decidedly better than two.
Sai: And I'm strong enough as it is, right?

Pg. 06
Naruto: Hehe... Thanks. (He actually says "Sankyuu dattebayo." Oh Naruto, you're so good at sounding SMRT)
Yamato: Now then...
Yamato (thought): From here on out, huh...

Pg. 07
Tsunade: Is that so...

Pg. 08
Tsunade: ...And?
Naruto: WE'RE NOT GIVING UP!

Pg. 09
Tsunade: Hn...
Tsunade: Well then, I will now delegate you... your upcoming mission.
Danzou: To fail a mission is quite unlike you...

Pg. 10
Sai: ... I have one favor to ask of you, sir.
Danzou: Favor, you said?
Sai: Yes.
Sai: Would it be possible for me to retain this name for a little longer... And if it is not inappropriate, could I remain with Team Kakashi, as well?
Danzou (thought): His smile...
Danzou: That's an answer you'll have to get from Tsunade.
Danzou: However, Sai, you must understand... With emotion comes hatred...
Danzou: And with hatred comes war.

Pg. 11
(flashback) Sasuke: The bonds created by the hatred I feel towards my older brother...
Sai: That certainly may be true...
Sai (thought): But...
(flashback) Naruto: He was... the one person who truly acknowledged me, accepted me - more than anyone else.
(flashback) Naruto: Because, Sasuke is my friend...
(flashback) Naruto: And I had finally come to share an important bond with him...

Pg. 12
(text on scroll) "Friend"
(flashback) Naruto: Haven't you ever heard of the word "friend"?
(flashback) Sai: Of course I have heard of the word, but... what does it mean?

Pg. 13
(sfx) *brush*

Pg. 14
Naruto: SAAI! SAAAII!
Naruto: We're all set to start our next mission ('ttebayo)!
(sfx) *grab*

Pg. 15
(sfx) *creak*
(sfx) *bang*

Pg. 16
(no text)

Pg. 17
(text on scroll) "Friend"

Side caption: Having regained his emotions, Sai begins a new painting and, for the first time, attaches a title. Title in place, Sai joins his friends.
Caption: A rumbling returns to Konoha village. They're coming! Next time: Signal fire

Translation: Naruto 309

Tue, 06 Jun 2006 06:59:01 +0000

Ch. 309

Cover
Title: Conversation with Kyuubi
Side caption: I'll follow that man, I'll wait for him in a place beyond humanity.

Pg. 01
Caption: And... the conversation begins!
Kyuubi: To be able to see my form inside Naruto like this... such is the abominable power of the Sharingan... the power you received from your accursed bloodline, right?
Sasuke: It seems that this is not your first encounter... with eyes like mine. So...

Pg. 02
Sasuke: You must be the Nine-tailed Demon Fox (Kyuubi no Youko), huh...
Kyuubi: The power in your eyes... and chakra even more sinister than my own...
Kyuubi: You are quite like... Uchiha Madara of the past...

Pg. 03
Sasuke: Am I supposed to know about this guy?

Pg. 04
Kyuubi: Impossible... to be able to supress even my own power...
Kyuubi: This may be the last time I ever see you... but... I will... tell you... one thing...

Pg. 05
Kyuubi: Do not... kill... Naruto...
Kyuubi: You will... regret...doing...so

Pg. 06
Naruto: Kuh-

Pg. 07
(no text)

Pg. 08
Sai: Ugh-
Naruto: Sasuke...!

Pg. 09
Naruto: How can you still not get it!? Orochimaru, he plans to take over your body any time now!
Sasuke: If that's what happens.... then that's what happens.

Pg. 10
Sasuke: You're still just a kid, aren't you, Naruto?
Sasuke: Revenge is everything to me. As long as I can realize my revenge, it doesn't matter what else happens to me. Whatever else happens in this world... isn't of concern to me.
Sasuke: Let me say this clearly. Neither Orochimaru nor I can defeat Itachi the way we are now.
Sasuke: But if by submitting my body to Orochimaru, he is able to achieve the power needed to complete my goals...

Pg. 11
Sasuke: Then this life of mine... and everything it's worth... is his to have.

Pg. 12
Yamato: The time for small talk is over. Naruto, Sakura, I didn't want to use methods this brutal on him in front of you two, but...
Yamato: Unfortunately, it looks like it's time for me to go medieval on his ass.
Sakura: OMFGZ!!!11one Yamato-taichou!
Sasuke: Konoha, huh. I'm through with all of you.
Sasuke: You're finished!

Pg. 13
Orochimaru: Now, Sasuke-kun, I think there's no need for you to use That Jutsu, right?
Sasuke: Unhand me.

Pg. 14
Kabuto: Now look, there you go again with that sort of insubordination towards Orochimaru-sama...
Sasuke: There's no reason for me to stop.
Kabuto: Even you know what Akatsuki is up to right now, don't you?
Kabuto: We want these people from Konoha to help us take out Akatsuki members... The more, the better.
Kabuto: If other Akatsuki members get in our way... that might produce some difficulties for your revenge, wouldn't it?
Sasuke: That's a pathetic reason.

Pg. 15
Kabuto: But even if it only raises the chance of success of your revenge by 1%, it would be better for you. Isn't that right?
Orochimaru: Now, let's go, shall we?

Translation: Naruto 308

Thu, 25 May 2006 12:06:25 +0000

(Complete translation, including all captions)

Pg. 01
Sakura: Sasuke-kun!!
Sai: !!
Yamato: !!
Caption: Sasuke... draws his blade!!

Pg. 02
Caption: The one who stands in the way... is Sai!!
Title: Number 308: Sasuke's Strength!!
Sasuke: Your defense was right on the mark, wasn't it?

Pg. 03
Sai: !?
Yamato: All right!

Pg. 04
Sasuke: CHIDORI NAGASHI (Chidori Current)
Yamato: !!
Naruto: Wargh!
Sai: Uff-!
Sakura: !!

Pg. 05
Naruto: Oof-
sfx (crystal): *pling*
Sakura (thought): H-he shot out a Chidori from his whole body...!

Pg. 06
(Flashback) Sakura: Next time, I'll be right there with you!
Sakura: Sasuke-kun, I'm stopping you with my own hands!

Pg. 07
Yamato (thought): Those eyes... This guy's dangerous!

Pg. 08
Sasuke: And your defense was... a complete failure, wasn't it?

Pg. 09
Sakura: YAMATO-TAICHOU!!

Pg. 10
Sasuke: My kusanagi sword is a bit special, see? (gigglebarf. Ahh.. Sasuke... *eyeroll* You were always a bit... "special")
Sasuke: It's not such a good idea to get in its way.
Yamato (thought): My body's going numb... Is his Chidori Current running through this blade...?
Yamato (thought): I see...it increases the cutting ability of the blade to an extreme level, but more than that ... Even after I'm cut, it can make the numbness continue to spread through my body...

Pg. 11
Sasuke: !
Naruto: Guh-
Kyuubi: Kuku... This is your chance... Naruto...

Pg. 12
Kyuubi: Show everyone... the strength that belongs to us!
Naruto: ......
Kyuubi: What is it...? What are you hesitating for...?
Kyuubi: You have great need for my power, do you not? Now...

Pg. 13
Kyuubi: Who would you like to kill...?

Pg. 14
Naruto: Enough... You're not coming out!
Kyuubi: ......
Kyuubi: What are you afraid of?
Naruto: Shut it-! I don't need any of your power anymore!
Kyuubi: Kuku... Gwahahaha...!

Pg. 15
Naruto: ...... Get lost!
Kyuubi: Up until now, who's the one who always asks, "Lend me your power," each time anything goes wrong?
Kyuubi: You should know by now, you can't do anything on your own.
Kyuubi: You must completely release this seal!
Kyuubi: Only if you do so, will you be able to receive all of my power.
Kyuubi: ...... You-

Pg. 16
Naruto: !!?

Pg. 17
Kyuubi: Why, it's an Uchiha... You've grown quite well, to have reached this level...
Naruto: What are you doing here...!?
Sasuke: If this is what I'm seeing now... This must be your unknown power, right?
Sasuke: No way... this whole time, you've had this thing inside you...!?

Side Caption: The sealed beast sees its opportunity... When suddenly, he appears in Naruto's inner self, those eyes reflecting all! Even the nine-tailed demon knows of the Uchiha, who possess the ability to-!?
Caption: Sasuke announces the arrival of Naruto's final living moment, when...!? (um.. didn't that happen last chapter?) Next chapter,"Plea"

Translation: Naruto 307

Thu, 18 May 2006 17:21:39 +0000

Complete!

Cover
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...

Translation: Naruto 306

Thu, 11 May 2006 18:06:56 +0000

D-D-DONE

Er.. I'm probably not needed for this one, but just for consistency's sake (and there's not much text in this one, huh?　All right, this week I'm going for a super-complete translation!!!)

Script first...

Cover:
Caption: あ～。ず～っとこ～してたいってばよ～。　夏の大冒険の前にひとやすみ、ひとやすみ。
Caption: Aaaaaaahh~. If I could just stay like this fore~ver... Before my big adventure this summer, just a nap... a nap... *rubs crotch* (This message courtesy of a one Kishimoto Masashi, sleepy mangaka X-TREEM)

Title: ナンバー３０６：　再開の時．．．！！
Title: Reunion time...! Fo' sho!

Pg. 01
Caption:　サイがサスケを捕えだ！！
Caption: ..Sai has captured Sasuke!!

Sasuke:つながり...？
Sasuke: Bonds...?
Sasuke:　そんなことの為に。。。　オレの眠りを邪魔たのか
Sasuke: Just for that, you woke me the fuck up...
Sfx:　タタッ、タタッ、ポン
Sfx: buzz, click, bam

Pg. 02
Sfx: ダタダダ
Sfx: boing boing boing boing
Sfx: ガッ
Sfx: splurt~
Yamato (bunshin): 何だ？
Yamato (clone): Wuttafuh-
Kabuto (thought):　サスケくんか　寝起きは機嫌が悪いからねあの子は
Kabuto (thought): Sasuke-kun... he's a little fussy when you wake him... poor baby...

Pg. 03
Sfx:グラ、グラ
Sfx: clang, smash
Naruto: 何だ！
Naruto: WHAAAAZAT?!
Sfx: ユラ,ユラ
Sfx: flicker
Sfx: ゴゴゴ
Sfx: puff puff puff
Sakura: あっちの方ね
Sakura: ...It's coming from over there, yo!
Yamato:サイのチャクラだ
Yamato: ...Sai's chakra!
Sai: ぐっ
Sai: Guh-
Sfx:ガテ　ガテ、ガテ
Sfx: fap... fap, fap...

Pg. 04
Sai: さすがですねボクの術を強引に振りほどくとは
Sai: As is expected of someone with such strength... you were able to overpower my jutsu...

Pg. 05
Sfx: タタタ、ダタタタタ
Sfx: ping ping ping, pong ping ping ping ping
Naruto: サイ
Naruto: ...SAI!
Sfx: ザッ
Sfx: whizz
Sfx: タッ　タッ
Sfx: ch-ching!
Sakura: 見つけた
Sakura: FOUNDJYA..!

Pg. 06
Sfx: ダッ
Sfx: poot
Sfx：ザッ
Sfx: ding
Sfx: ガッ
Sfx: dong
Sakura: アンタ!本当は何が狙いなの!?　私たちを何回裏儀れは気が済む
Sakura: Bitch! What the fuck are you really trying to do? How many times are you gonna double-cross us, you-
Sasuke:サクラか
Sasuke: It's Sakura, huh...?

Pg. 07
Sakura:この声
Sakura: That... VOICE...

Pg. 08
Sfx: スッ
Sfx: rub
Sakura:　サスケくん
Sakura: Sasuke-kun...

Pg. 09
Sfx: タッ
Sfx: tap
Naruto (sfx): ハァ!　ハァ！
Naruto: *huffing and puffing*

Pg. 10
Sfx: ズザッ
Sfx: trip
Naruto: くっ！
Naruto: Oof-
Sfx: ザッ
Sfx: step
Sfx:ムクッ
Sfx: scrape
Naruto:　ハァ、ハァ、ハァ、ハァ、ハァ
Naruto: haah.. haah.. hff.. hhh.. hhh..

Pg. 11
No text

Pg. 12
No text

Pg. 13
No text

Pg. 14

Sasuke: ARRR... AVAST YE
Naruto: サスケ あ、あのシャツは何だってばよ～!?
Naruto: ...SAUCEGAY...　WTF IS UP WITH YO' CLOTHES MANG

Pg. 15
Caption:　見上げるは情熱　見下ろすは冷静
Caption: Looking upwards with fiery passion... Looking down with icy calm...
Caption: 二年半の時をへて、ついにその時ガ訪れる！！
Caption: After two and a half years, the time has finally come!!

(Pirate Sasuke credited to: [url=http://ninja-demongirl.livejournal.com/]http://ninja-demongirl.livejournal.com/)

Translation: Naruto 305

Wed, 03 May 2006 01:31:35 +0000

Any suggestions regarding the translation will be taken! I am open to correction.

Title: The Bonds Shared with You

Pg. 01
Orochimaru: *SEN'EIJASHU* (hidden shadow snake hands)
Orochimaru: So you're on their side after all, right...? "Sai", as you claim to be called...

Pg. 02
Sai: !
Naruto: I'll hold him up here ('ttebayo)! Sai, you go find Sasuke!
Sai: ......
Naruto: HURRY!
Sai: Got it... I will find Sasuke-kun and bring him back.

Pg 03
Orochimaru: You came just to make Sasuke-kun return to Konoha, is that right? You have quite some tenacity, but I wonder if everything's going to turn out well for you...
Naruto: That's exactly what I came to do! I'm going to take you down, and I'm going to get Sasuke back!
Sakura: Not here, either...
Sakura: !?

Pg 04
Yamato: I can sense Naruto's chakra... Seems like something has happened, let's go!
Sakura: ......
Sakura: Right!

Pg. 05
Sai: *NINPOU CHOUJUUGIGA* (Ninja arts, great beast imitation brush)
Orochimaru: What happened to all the energy you had before?
Naruto: (hff, hff)
Orochimaru: !

Pg. 06
Yamato: Orochimaru again?
Naruto: !
Orochimaru: ...... Hn...
Orochimaru: Naruto-kun... I'll let you live still... At the very least, you could take care of as many of the Akatsuki for me as you are able...
Orochimaru: However, I still have some business with Sai, so... I will be leaving, then.

Pg. 07
Naruto: Kuh..!
Sakura: Phew...
Yamato: !
Yamato: Where's Sai?
Naruto: Sai went off looking for Sasuke ('ttebayo)! We have to find him before Orochimaru does!

Pg 08
Naruto: I've used up a lot of my chakra, but I think I have enough to pull off a Tajuu Kagebunshin (mass shadowclone) and use that to search for him. Captain Yamato and Sakura-chan, you guys take that side-
Sakura: !
Sakura: This is...
Naruto: ......
Naruto: He... managed to remember... That's what he wanted to show his brother. It's the drawing of their shared dream ('ttebayo).

Pg 09
Sakura: Both of them are smiling...
Naruto: He... when he was drawing the picture, he gave a true smile for the first time... one that came from the heart.
Yamato: !

Pg 10
Yamato: This...
Naruto: !
Sakura: What's wrong?

Pg 11
Yamato: I found this in Sai's bag.
Yamato: This is a list of targets ANBU ninja themselves keep notes on - an assassination list. In other words, it's a kind of bingo book.
Naruto: Assassination list?
Sakura: What are these big X marks for?
Yamato: Perhaps the marks are here to keep track of targets that have already been eliminated.
Sakura: Why would Sai have something like-
Yamato: !
Sakura/Naruto: !?

Pg 12
Yamato: Look...
Sakura: I-it's...
Naruto: ...Why...why would Sai's assasination list have... Sasuke's picture-?
Yamato: There hasn't been an X marked on it yet... I see, so that's what it was about...!
Naruto: What are you talking about ('ttebayo)!?
Yamato: ......
Yamato: Sai... His mission wasn't to act as the go-between for Orochimaru and Danzou, after all... Sai's true, top secret mission was...

Pg 13
Yamato: ...The assassination of Sasuke.
Naruto: No way... There's no way that that's true ('ttebayo)!
Naruto: Because, just now, he said he would go to rescue Sasuke...
Naruto: And he had been smiling a true smile, from his heart... Even now, I still believe that-
Sakura: ... What if that was all just an act, meant to reel you in, Naruto...?

Pg 14
Yamato: ......For the owner of a bingo book like this, it's not impossible, look here...
Yamato: Right next to Sasuke here, this listed man... A jounin from Kirigakure (Village Hidden in the Mist), who is noted to have an unbendingly hostile attitude towards Konoha...
Yamato: Sai is being sent out to dispose of people dangerous to Konoha village, huh... and Sasuke too, is one of those people.
Naruto: ......
Sakura: He managed to make his smile attain its purpose... Come to think of it, that time when I hit him......
*flashback*
Sai: A smile is the best way to get someone to lower their guard down... Surprisingly, even a fake smile is generally accepted as truth ... It's just as I read in a book.

Pg 15
Yamato: Danzou's objective was to eliminate Orochimaru's potential new container... by killing off Sasuke. That's why Sai was sent to be close to Orochimaru. He wasn't planning to betray Konoha, after all - In his own militaristic way, he's trying to protect it.
Yamato: We have locate Sai as quickly as possible!
Sasuke: ...Who is it?
Sai: I've been exposed, haven't I...? However... I have already made the first move and I now have the upper hand.
Sasuke: What is your objective?
Sai: I am here to...

Pg 16
Sai: ...Rescue you and return you to Konoha!
Sasuke: ......
Sai: Although in the beginning, I was supposed to come here to kill you...
Sai: ......
*flashback*
Naruto: He was... the one person who truly acknowledged me, accepted me - more than anyone else.
Sakura: Because Naruto... thinks of Sasuke-kun as his own brother.

Pg 17
*flashback cont'd*
Naruto: I'll even work with someone like you, if it means I can rescue a friend.
Naruto: Even if I'm ripped to shreds, I'm still going to take Sasuke back from Orochimaru!
Naruto: Because, Sasuke is my friend... and I had finally come to share an important bond with him...
*end flashback*
Sai: The bonds he would fight to the death to regain... the bonds between him and you... I want to protect them!

Translation: Naruto 304

Thu, 20 Apr 2006 13:21:01 +0000

Ch. 304: Reversal of Betrayal!! (wow, it's actually what he'd said it would be, this time)

Pg. 01
Yamato: When my clone is ready to be on the lookout, let's go.

Pg. 02
Kabuto: Sai... from the looks of things, you were caught and bound by these folks, huh?

Pg. 03
Kabuto: Seems like you haven't betrayed us, so I'll trust you here...
Sakura: He sure is persistent...
Naruto: If you guys are going to hold us up here... Then I'm not going to go easy on you! (*cracks knuckles*)

Pg. 04
Kabuto: It's useless, you know.

Pg. 05
Naruto: It isn't over 'till it's over!
Kabuto: That's not it, I mean-
Kabuto: I really feel sorry for you, seeing you like this-
Kabuto: People change. Sasuke-kun is no longer the same person that you knew from before.

Pg. 06
Kabuto: Wha-!?
Kabuto: What is the meaning of this-
Sai: People change. And likewise have I.
Kabuto: What!?

Pg. 07
Sai: But there are things that don't change...
Naruto: Sai... you-
Sai: ...the bonds between people.
Sai: I want to make certain of this for myself.
Sakura: Sai...
Yamato: Sai! Keep him like that without moving!

Pg. 08
Naruto: Sai, what on earth-
Sai: At first, I couldn't really understand... why you were making such a big deal out of your friendship with Sasuke... or what you meant by these "bonds" and such...
Sai: But after seeing you guys... I've realized that the bond I shared with my brother hasn't vanished.
Sai: ... For me, there's nothing more important than that.
Sai: If I could observe the relationship between you and Sasuke, I might be able to understand these bonds more - at least, that's what I think.

Pg. 09
Kabuto: You really don't know Sasuke-kun...
Kabuto: Kuku..kukuku.. (think heh heh heh evil laughter)
Sakura: What's so funny!?
Yamato: Where's Sasuke?

Pg. 10
Kabuto: By now, the lesson should be over... and they would be in the inner room
Kabuto: In this place, there are many separate rooms all lined up next to each other... If you investigate every room you can get yourself into, you might be able to find something.
Kabuto: However, while you're searching through the bushes, a snake may come out... After all, Orochimaru's own quarters is among the rooms.
Yamato: Thanks for being straightfoward.
Kabuto: Oh, there's no need to thank me.
Yamato: You think that once we go back inside, we'll be in trouble, huh?
Kabuto: Yeah.
Yamato: Well, it isn't over 'till it's over, right?

Pg. 11
Yamato: From here, let's split into two teams in order to find Sasuke. Sakura, you're with me, and Naruto with Sai.
Yamato: If anything happens, mold your chakra. That alone should cause the seeds I planted inside you to respond and thereby alert me. We'll come as quickly as we can.
Naruto (thought): Sasuke...

Pg. 12
Naruto: haa, haa (breathing hard)
Naruto: Not here, either...
Sai: This is the last room on this floor. Let's go to the next floor.
Naruto: Right!
Naruto: Guh-!

Pg. 13
Naruto: haa, haa
Sai: Naruto-kun... Since we're searching in two teams, we should probably rest a bit-
Naruto: Shut up-! We can't be resting now! Just a little more until we find Sasuke-
Naruto: (thought) Shit, I still haven't recovered from the damage I took transforming into Kyuubi...

Pg. 14
Sai: Jeez... you're really similar to him...
Naruto: ?
Sai: My brother.
Sai: ...loudmouthed, senseless, undignified, and dickl-
Sai: But that's not it...
Sai: Like you... whatever he did, he was dead serious about taking on...
Sai: Seeing you reminds me of him-

Pg. 15
Naruto: That's-
Sai: I remember. I finally remember-
Sai: I wanted to show my brother-
Sai: The drawing of our shared dream.

Pg. 16
Orochimaru: Now then- Sai, whose side are you really on, I wonder?

Translation: Naruto 303

Thu, 13 Apr 2006 11:21:34 +0000

Pg 01
Title: Sai's betrayal!!
Sidebar: Transcending half a century, he who inherited the genes of a hero!

Pg 02
Caption: Unconcerned, Sai confesses!

Naruto: What did you say...
Sai: I came here for Orochimaru - for the purpose of crushing the village of Konoha.
Sai: This was my true mission... I came here initiate the takeover conspiracy.
Sakura: ......
Yamato: Keep going-
Yamato: Spit out the rest of whatever you're hiding from us.
Naruto: Is there more you have to say about this?! More you know about this?
Sai: ...There's more...
Yamato/Sakura/Naruto: ......!

Pg 03
Sai: Danzou-sama gave me the task of dispatching intelligence regarding Orochimaru back to him.
Sai: In other words, I was to take on the additional duty of being a spy.
Yamato: ......
Sakura: So you were supposed to propose the conspiracy plans to Orochimaru... then stay around and outwit him?
Sakura: ...That's a pretty dangerous assignment...
Sai: ......
Sai: Once Konoha is crushed, Orochimaru would inevitably betray us, right?
Sai: Because of that, we would need to constantly be in a higher position of power.
Sakura: Danzou wants to take over Konoha himself, right?
Sakura: You're just one person - and you're supposed to prepare this all on your own?
Sai: My abilities were paid for, and I was specially selected for this mission, you know.

Pg 04
Sai: I used ink to write the intelligence documents, and transformed the ink itself into small animals. The information can thereby travel out to its intended destination without my having to risk myself physically.
Sakura: ...!
Sakura: If Konoha were to be destroyed, thousands of people would die in the process!
Sakura: Do you even understand what the hell you're talking about? Do you know what you're doing?!
Sai: Well...
Sai: Since I was ordered to do so...
Sakura: Sai... you...
Sai: And one more thing, "Sai" is just the name I was assigned for this mission.
Sai: I'm no one at all.
Yamato: ......

Pg 05
Sai: I am Danzou-sama's arms and legs.
Sai: I don't exist as a person.
Sai: That is why... nothing you say means anything to me.
Naruto: ......
Sakura: ......
Sakura: If that's so, then...
Sakura: Why do you cling to that book as though it were the most valuable possession you have!?
Sai: ......

Pg 06
Sakura: The two children on the front and back covers...
Sakura: They're supposed to be you and your brother, right?
Sai: ......
Sakura: ...Isn't that the one thing that serves as proof of your existence?
Sai: ...?
Sakura: You haven't completely thrown aside your emotions as you said...
Sakura: Even shinobi cannot rid themselves entirely of emotion.
Naruto: ......
Sai: ......

Pg 07
Sai: Why does keeping this sketchbook serve as proof of my existence?
Sakura: You never let go of that book...
Sakura: Because you can't easily let go of your existence as his younger brother.
Sakura: You know why...?
Sai: ......
Naruto: ......
Sakura: That bonds you shared with your older brother were important to you!

Pg 08
Sakura: You can't erase the memory of the bonds you had with him...
Sai: ...Bonds...
Yamato: Sorry, but we took a look inside your sketchbook.
Yamato: Only the center pages were as yet unfinished.
Sai: ...!
Sai: ...!

Pg 09
Yamato: Based on the sequential flow of the other pages in the sketchbook,
Yamato: The center pages should have showed you and your brother fighting each other...
Sai: ......
Yamato: Sai...
Yamato: You're from the ANBU "root" division, I understand.
Yamato: I also understand that, for the Danzou to kill all emotion of his men, he implements a special training method... which you received.
Yamato: In order to quash all feelings of the heart...
Yamato: He implemented a practice similar to the horrific ninja training test used in Chigiri no Sato... Hidden Bloody Mist village.
Yamato: You killed your own-

Pg 10
Sai: That's not true!
Sai: This was a present I was making for my older brother.
Sai: But right before I was able to complete the drawings in the sketchbook...
Sai: ...He fell ill and died.
Sakura: ......
Sai: Even though we weren't related by blood,
Sai: He was always praising my drawings.

Pg 11
Naruto: ......
Sai: The "root" division had a lot of orphans whose families were scattered by the war...
Sai: Through the middle of which, Nii-san and I became close...like real siblings.
Sai: This sketchbook... I wanted to show him the center spread the most, the final drawings...
Sai: But Nii-san died...
Sai: Whatever I was going to draw there... I no longer remember.
Naruto: ......

Pg 12
Kabuto: ......

Pg 13
Yamato: Unfortunately for you, Sai...
Yamato: I'm going to leave you bound here with a bunshin of myself keeping watch.
Naruto: From here on, we're going in to settle this ('ttebayo).
Naruto: It's time to retrieve Sasuke!
Sai: ......
Sai: It'd be better for you to abort that plan.
Naruto: ......
Sakura: ......!

Pg 14
Sai: I met Sasuke-kun.
Naruto: !
Sakura: !
Sai:　Sasuke-kun follows Orochimaru most of the time. If you chase after him, you'll be ripped apart. You'll probably become one of Orochimaru's experiments, and that will be the end of you.
Sai: Additionally...
Naruto: ......

Pg 15
Sai: Sasuke-kun didn't mention anything about you...
Sai: I even told him how Sakura-san said that you thought of him as your own brother, but even so...
Sakura: ......
Sai: For his sake,
Sai: You went as far as to risk everything to fight against Orochimaru. You were prepared to sacrifice your own life, solely to reclaim his companionship, right?
Sai: ...Why would you do so...?
Sai: Even when it wasn't what was commanded of you...
Naruto: ......

Pg 16
Naruto: In the past, I hated Sasuke.
Naruto: But... I came to find that I really enjoyed being together with him. It was a lot of fun... He...
Naruto: He was the one person who truly acknowledged me, accepted me - more than anyone else.
Naruto: ...And because, Sasuke is my friend...
Naruto: ...And I had finally come to share an important bond with him...
Sai: ......
Sai: Bond...

Pg 17
Sai: That's why I said, facing Orochimaru-
Naruto:　Even if my arms were ripped off, I'd kick him to death. If my feet were ripped off, I'd bite him to death.
Naruto: If my neck were ripped out, I'd stare him to death.
Naruto: If my eyes were ripped out, I'd curse him to death.
Sai: ......
Naruto: So, I don't care if I'm ripped to shreds-
Naruto: I'm still going to take Sasuke back from Orochimaru ('ttebayo)!

Sidebar: This "bond" is the evidence of my existence. Never wavering, with determination in my chest, I go to recapture Sasuke...!
Caption: Naruto moves in. And Sasuke-!?
Next chapter: C Color (?) "Reversal of betrayal"!!

Translation: Naruto 302

Fri, 07 Apr 2006 21:31:37 +0000

COVER
Title:　潜入
Infiltration

Caption:　泣くも、叫ぶも，努るも，手向かうも。好きにやってくれ、ボクは静かに座っているから。
Not crying, shouting, raging, or resisting. Do what you like, I remain sitting quietly.

Pg 01
Caption:　
大蛇の棲み処へいざ，潜入！！
Into the lair of the monster snake... Start, infiltration!

Yamato:　
潜入隊列は、ボクサクラ，ナルトの順だ。
In order of entrance, the infiltrating troops will be me... Sakura, and then Naruto.

Sakura:　
潜入方法は?
And the method of infiltration...?

Yamato:
定石通り土遁で地下から地下から近付く。
We will use the standard technique of using doton (earth-element jutsu) to approach from underground.

Naruto: ......
Naruto （thought):　
やっと見つけたぞお前を
I've finally found... you...

Pg 02
Kabuto:
さあ中へ
In here...

Pg 03
Kabuto:
ここが君の部屋だ。
This will be your room.
Kabuto:
用が無いときはここで大人しくしていてくれ。
When we have no use for you, you should stay here obediently.

Kabuto:
何かあればこちらから声をがける。
If you need anything, just call out from here.

Sai: ......

Kabuto:
悪いけど一応外から鍵をかけさせてもらうよ。
Sorry, but for now, I'm locking you in from the outside.
Kabuto:
君はホラわかるだろ
You're... Well, you understand, right?

Pg 04
(no text)

Pg 05
Yamato:
やはり、アジトは岩に囲まれてるみたいだね
As I thought... It looks like this place is surrounded by rock...

Naruto: ......
Naruto:
こんなのオレの螺旋丸で、ふっこわしてやるってばよ！
If it's just rock... I can bust through it with my Rasengan ('ttebayo)!

Sakura:
ちょい待ち！
Hold on!
Sakura:
そんな大きな術したら、すぐに敵に気付かれるでしょ！
If you use such a jutsu as conspicuous as Rasengan, it'll alert our enemies!

Yamato:
潜入はあくまで、音も無く
For infiltration to succeed, it is important to not make a sound...

Naruto:
じゃあ、どうやって！
Whadda we do, then?!

Yamato: ......

Pg 06
Yamato:
あった
Found it...

Sakura/Naruto: ?

Yamato:　
硬い岩ほど、小さな亀裂に少し力を加えただけで
Even in solid rock, there will be small cracks and fissures... Upon which, just by applying a little bit of force...

Yamato:
ホラ、この通り。
See? Like this.

Pg 07
Sakura:
とりあえず、潜入は成功ね
In any case, we succeeded with the infiltration, right?

Yamato:
まずは、サイを探す。
First off... we search for Sai.

Yamato:
こっちだよ。
This way.

Pg 08
Yamato:
大丈夫行くよ
All clear... let's go!

Pg 09
Kabuto:
さてとさっさとさっきのビンゴブック作っておかないと...
Now then, I should hurry and compile that bingo book...
Kabuto:
まだ大蛇丸様に小言...
...Before Orochimaru starts nagging me...

Kabuto: !

Kabuto: ......

Kabuto:
フ...A型の方が部下に向いてるとも言われそうだな...これじゃあ
Huh... perhaps having blood-type A would have better suited this servant job, like Orochimaru said... well, then.

Pg 10
Yamato:
もう少し
Just a little further...

Pg 11
Yamato:
やっぱりここだったね。
So you were here after all?

Sai: ......!
Sai:
さすがは火影直轄の暗部ですね。　あの死体で騙せないなんて
As expected of an ANBU from the Hokage's offensive squad, right? That corpse didn't fool you for a moment...

Yamato:
どういう事か詳しく聴こうか。
Why don't you tell us exactly what's going on?

Pg 12
Naruto:　
てめー!何でオレたち裏切った！？
YOU-!!! Why the hell did you double-cross us!?

Sai: ......

Sai:
ここであんまり騒がない方がいいよ、厄介な事になるから。
It's better not to make such a clamor here, it's just asking for trouble.

Naruto:
てめー！
WHY YOU-!

Sakura:
ナルト！
Naruto!

Naruto: .......
Naruto:
チィ!
Che!

Pg 13
Sakura:
ほらコレ
Here, this book.
Sakura:
アンタのでしょ
It's yours, right?

Sai: ......

Sai:
ありがとう。
Thank you.

Sakura:
ダンゾウからの命令なんでしょ
You're under the orders of the Danzou, right?

Sakura:
ダンゾウは、大蛇丸と組んで何かをしようとしてる
Danzou is trying to plot something with Orochimaru...
Sakura:
そのパイプ役に選ばれた。
And you're here to negotiate as the middleman.

Pg 14
Sakura:
何をたくらんでるの？
What is he planning?

Sai:......

Yamato:
大蛇丸と木ノ葉崩しを企ててるね
They're scheming to destroy Konoha village...
Yamato:
もう一度そうだろ？
...for the second time. Isn't that right?

Sai:......

Pg 15
Sai:
いえ違い
No, that's not-

Naruto:
お前の笑顔はウソだってすぐ分かる
It's already obvious that your stupid smile is a sham!
Naruto:
お前の言ってることもウソはすぐ分かんだってばよ！
And it's just as obvious that those words coming out of it are all fake, too!!!

Sai:
アナタたちにボクが見つかってしまった時点で、ボクの任務は失敗って事になりますね。
You know, the moment all of you found me here... my mission was a failure.

Sai:
ボクひとりでアナタたち全員は始末出来ませんし
And there's no way I could take on all of you by myself...

Pg 16
Sai:
そこまで分かってるなら
Since you already know this much...
Sai:
隠しても仕方ないですね。
There's no longer any reason for me to hide the truth.

Sai:
その通りですよ、
Just like you said,
Sai:
ボクたちは今の木ノ葉を潰す。
We are going to crush Konoha as you know it.

Sidebar:
ついに明かされた衝撃の真実!　ぞしてもはや修復不能となった木の葉(チーム）の前にカブと舞い戻る！！　波乱、必至！！
Finally, the shocking truth has been revealed! And now, with Kabuto fast approaching the irreparably split Konoha team... an uproar is inevitable!!!

Caption:
一行の潜入を大蛇丸がサスケが知る!?　次号、｢裏切り」へ！！　
After the team's successful infiltration, Orochimaru... and Sasuke... find out?! Next week, "Betrayal"!!!

Translation: Naruto 301

Thu, 30 Mar 2006 17:58:58 +0000

Cover 01
Title: Sasuke and Sai
Caption: The swaying leaf... dancing as it alights in a moment of wonder. Even now, he is a proud and radiant legend.

Pg 02
Sakura: Naruto
Naruto: ?
Sakura: This time, we have to... save Sasuke...

Pg 03
Naruto: Yeah...

Pg 04
Sai: Pleased to meet you. I am called 'Sai'.
Sai: And you are Uchiha Sasuke-
Sasuke: Get lost.
Kabuto: ......
Orochimaru: ......
Sai: Even though I've learned how to make this smiling face......
Sai: No matter what I do, I'm still the type of person people detest...
Sai: Naruto-kun hated me since the beginning...

Pg 05
Sasuke: ......
Orochimaru: ......
Kabuto: ......
Sai: But, unlike Naruto-kun...
Sai: Perhaps you're someone with whom I could possibly become allies.
Sai: !

Pg 06
Kabuto: SASUKE-KUN!!!

Pg 07
Sai: ! I'm.. sweating?
Sai: I don't feel anything... I am... emotionless
Sai: Yet just from looking into his eyes... I am unable to recognize myself. Does this mean I fear Sasuke-kun in the depths of my heart...?

Pg 08
Orochimaru: You shouldn't tease Sasuke-kun this way too often
Orochimaru: Since, you know, Sasuke-kun means trouble... even more so than I.
Sai: ......
Sasuke: Do what you want with that guy. I want you to reveal the jutsu to me immediately, Orochimaru...
Sai [to Sasuke]: I have heard quite a bit about you from Naruto-kun.
Sai: He's been searching for you this whole time, it seems, since then... Since three years ago.

Pg 09
Sasuke: Oh, really.
Sai: .......
Sasuke: Let's go, Orochimaru.
Sai: Naruto-kun thought of you...
Sai: He truly thought of you as his brother, I've heard...
Sai: Right, I heard it from Sakura-san.
Sasuke: ......

Pg 10
Sasuke: I have only one brother, the one I desire to kill.
Sai: ......
Orochimaru: So... I will be going as well.
Orochimaru: Kabuto, please create a Bingo Book with these...
Kabuto: These are...

Pg 11
Kabuto: It's...a copy of the official list of ANBU members... from the Hokage's offensive unit, huh...
Sai: ......
Kabuto: Looks like he was the real thing, after all.

Pg 12
Yamato (分身）: Here, huh? The entrance is located on the front side... under that rock structure.
Naruto: Under there... is Sasuke.
Sakura: ...Yeah.

Pg 13
Naruto: All right...
Naruto: We're goin' in. ('ttebayo)
Yamato: Wait a bit-
Naruto: !

Pg 14
Yamato: Before going in, swallow this, Naruto.
Naruto/Sakura: ?
Yamato: Here, you too, Sakura.
Yamato: If we were somehow to be separated...
Yamato: With this, I can immediately figure out your locations.
Sakura: With this...?
Yamato: Simply put, this kind of seed is a tracking device used for pursuit, a ninja tool. It only resonates with my chakra.

Pg 15
Yamato: I slipped the same kind of seed into Sai's clothes and meal earlier.
Sakura: ...!
Sakura: I see... so this is how you tracked him down!
Naruto: When did you manage to squeeze this business in...?
Yamato: Do you remember? I was the first one out of the onsen.
(flashback)Yamato: I'm getting out first, but before that... Naruto, I need to tell you a little something.
Yamato: Why do you think I specifically paid for the huge meal and that entire onsen trip myself?

Pg 16
Yamato: It's really quite fortunate that Tsunade had advised me to keep a close watch on Sai...it all turned out like she said.
Yamato: ... but that's not what's important right now. Go ahead and swallow those seeds.
Yamato: All right! You two, let's go!
Sakura: Right!
Naruto: Yeah!

Caption: As the search continues, will their "friend" (Sasuke) be found....!!? Hearts prepared, now is the time! Into the lair of the snake monster!!!
Next chapter, "During Those Three Years!"

*swt* 出来た！！！！