Naruto 420

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Naruto
#420: Battleground Konoha!!
[Top text: We've been going for nine years! And here are all the incredibly powerful Jinchuuriki!!]

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[Centre text: Pain begins his slaughter in Konoha!! Will Naruto be able to save the village?!]
[insert text: Sennin Naruto dances through the air!!
Fukasaku: That's some impressive jumping ability! // And your Way of the Frog is really coming along.
Naruto: Heh! // Kage Bunshin no Jutsu!!! // I'm only just getting started!!
SomeGuy: Ungh...
Iruka: Are you all right?! // !

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Deva!Pain: Tell me the location of the Kyuubi Jinchuuriki. // Otherwise, you die.
Iruka: ...I see... so this is an... "Akatsuki"...
Deva!Pain: Speak.
Iruka: I have no intention of telling anything to the likes of you.
Deva!Pain: I see...

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Kakashi: You cause a commotion to draw attention... / ...and then perform your investigation off to one side, in the shadows...

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Iruka: Kakashi-san!
Kakashi: Take that wounded man, and fall back. / You can leave this to me.
Iruka: Understood! // (Good luck, Kakashi-san...)

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Kakashi: Doton: Doryuuheki!! // Ngh!

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Kakashi: Raikiri!! // ! // What... was that?!

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Deva!Pain: Hatake Kakashi, the Copy Ninja... It is an honour. // Where is the Kyuubi?
Kakashi: You do ask stupid questions. // Aaghh!

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Ma: I'm just going to go get some fresh ingredients.
Naruto: (Are they going to be as bad as the last ones...? ...Daaaamn...
Fukasaku: Make it something with a real kick to it, Kaa-chan!

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Fukasaku: You've learned to mould Senjutsu chakra... / ...and you have mastered both the Way of the Frog and Senpou to a certain degree. // There's one last thing I want to tell you at this point.
Naruto: Wh - What? / What's this all of a sudden?
Fukasaku: I need to tell you... // ...about the risks of Sennin Mode.
Naruto: Risks...?
Fukasaku: Indeed...... / It is only once you fully understand its risks... / ...that you will be able to use Sennin Mode to its full potential!
Naruto: What risks?
Fukasaku: First of all, I'm sure you know this much already, but your Sennin Mode cannot be maintained indefinitely. It will only last around five minutes. // Furthermore, the key to accumulating the natural energy necessary to achieve Sennin Mode is absolute stillness. // As such, you cannot simply activate it in the middle of a battle. / If you simply stop moving, naturally you make yourself an easy target.

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Fukasaku: You can only activate Sennin Mode when you have plenty of teammates to buy you the time to do so. // If for whatever reason you have no choice but to activate Sennin Mode when you are alone... / ...you have no choice but to withdraw from combat to gather your natural energy.
Naruto: Aghh!! / But that's no use! // What was the point in all this, then...?!
Fukasaku: Do not lose heart. / Compensating for these risks is what I'm here for.
Naruto: What do you mean?
Fukasaku: If you and I simply fuse together, then there should be no problem!
Naruto: ......

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Naruto: AAAAAGHHHHHHHHH!!!!
Fukasaku: Well, I call is fusion, but it's little more than attaching myself to your shoulder or your back.
Naruto: Ohhh... okay. // But what's fusing got to do with anything?
Fukasaku: To put it simply, it allows us to share out the responsibilities of "stillness" and "movement". // Whilst one of us moves about, the other can stay still and take in the natural energy. // Indeed, the final Sennin Mode form that Jiraiya-chan achieved required both I and my wife to ride upon each of his shoulders.
Naruto: I see... so that's how it works...

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Fukasaku: Well, don't you worry too much, Naruto-chan!
Naruto: OK~~~~!!
[Text: Autopsy Room 3 // On Duty // Shizune // Oyone // Kumadori]
Scientist: I thought it was strange when the Chakra meter suddenly reacted ant this black rod started heating up... // This is a high-frequency Chakra demodulator.
Guy: Demodulator...? // What does that mean?

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Scientist: It means that this thing is a Chakra receiver! // And it's receiving something right now!
Guy: ...Receiver? // What does that mean?
Scientist: If this thing is a Chakra receiver... // ...Actually, forget the explanation. I have to report this to Tsunade-sama immediately!
[sign: Cipher Department]
Sakura: !
Shiho: !
Shikamaru: What's that?!

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Sakura: What the...?
Shikamaru: I'm heading out!
[sign: Konoha Intelligence Department]

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Inoichi: ! // I have it!

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Hinata: ?!
Kiba/Shino: !
Chouji: !
Ino: What was that?

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Ino: Father! The village is...!
Ibiki/Inoichi: ?!
Tsunade: (So the time has come...)

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Flashback!Fukasaku: I find myself unable to keep myself from hoping... from wishing that he truly is the one. // Jiraiya-chan entrusted everything to that child...
Tsunade: This is an emergency; sound the alarm. // And also... // Get Naruto back here.
[insert text: Konoha... a battleground!!]