Naruto 305

01
the climax of Sasuke & Sai's arc!
Sai 'regains' himself...oro, knowing that sai has had a change of heart, strikes at the both of them..!!

Orochi: [sEN-EI-JYA-SHU] (usurp-shadow-snake-hand)
Orochi: so you've sided w/ them..."Sai"

02
305: the bond we share
Sai: !
Naruto: i'll hold him off here
sai, find sasuke
Sai: ......
Naruto: hurry!
Sai: ok... i'll find & rescue him.

functioning as a team... to sasuke!!

03
Orochi: so-, you came to take back sasuke
your persistence is amazing, but i wonder if it'll go so smoothly...
Naruto: of course! after i beat you, i'll bring sasuke back!
Sakura: not here either...
!?

04
Yamato: it's naruto's chakra
(looks like) something's up.. let's go!
Sakura: ......
right!

05
Sai: [NINPOU: CHOU-JYOU-GIGA] (ninja art: super-beast-caricature)
Naruto: (huff, huff)
Orochi: what happened to all that enthusiasm?
Naruto: (huff, huff)
Orochi: !

06
Yamato: oro again...
Naruto: !
Orochi: ...... hmmm...
naruto... i'll let you live
...please deal w/ as many "Akatsuki" as you can, the less the better...
anyway, i have some business with sai, so i'll be excusing myself here.
hmph..

07
Naruto: *kuh*..!
Sakura: *fuuu*...
Yamato: !
where's sai?
Naruto: he's looking for sasuke! we gotta do somethin' before oro finds him!

08
Naruto: it'll just about use up all my chakra, but i'll search w/ tajyuu kagebunshin
you two search that side..
Sakura: !
this is...
Naruto: ......
he... remembered... that's what he wanted to show his brother
an image of their dream

09
sasuke went/is far away! naruto has closed in/is closing in!!
Sakura: they're both smiling...
Naruto: he... while he drew that picture
he had his first real smile... one from the heart
Yamato: !

10
Yamato: this is...
Naruto: !
Sakura: what's wrong?

11
Yamato: this was in sai's bag
it's an assassination list that (those who are) ANBU use for their targets
to put it simply, a bingo book
Naruto: assassination list?
Sakura: what are the X marks for?
Yamato: in all likelihood, it means the targets have already been eliminated
.....
Sakura: why would sai have something like...
Yamato: !
Sakura: !?
Naruto: !?

12
Yamato: look...
Sakura: th-this is...
Naruto: ...why is sasuke...in sai's assasination list...?
Yamato: it hasn't been crossed out yet...
now i get it, so that's what it was...!
Naruto: well, what is it!?
Yamato: ......
sai... his mission wasn't to become the mediator between Orochimaru & Danzou
his true (secret) mission was...

13
Yamato: assassinating Sasuke
Naruto: can't be...
there's no way!
cuz just now, he said he'd save sasuke...
plus, he was smiling from the bottom of his heart...
...he's different now, he's already...
Sakura: and what if that was all just an act (to fool you)...?

14
Yamato: ...i wouldn't put it past him/the owner of this book
look here...
the man listed next to sasuke...
is a jounin from hidden mist who showed strong stance against konoha...
so sai has been assigned to deal w/ ppl who are threats to konoha...
and sasuke is also one of those ppl...
Naruto: ......
Sakura: his smile was in order to achieve his objective...
come to think of it, when i hit him......
fb-Sai: a smile is the best way to get away with things/mischief...
even if it's a fake one
it's unexpected and fools everyone...
...that's what i read in a book
Naruto: .....

15
Yamato: danzou's objective was oro's (potential) new body...it was to kill sasuke
that's why sai had to try to get close to oro
it wasnt that he betrayed konoha. for konoha he...
well, the militaristic-war-faction would think in this fashion
we need to find sai asap!
Sasuke: ...whose there?
Sai: (looks like i'm) busted...
however... i've already made the first move (thereby the upper hand)
Sasuke: what do you want?
Sai: ...i am here to...

16
Sai: ...return you to Konoha!
Sasuke: ......
Sai: though originally, i came here w/ the intention to kill you, but...
......
fb-Naru: he was... the one person who acknowledged me more than anyone
fb-Saku: because naruto... thinks of sasuke like a brother

17
fb-Naru: i'll do whatever it takes to rescue that comrade
i'll even team up w/ the likes of you
fb-Naru: even if i get ripped apart...
i'm going to take sasuke back from oro!
fb-Naru: since he's my friend...
and a precious bond that i was finally able to make...
Sai: ...i want to try to protect the "bond" that he is so desperately trying to mend

his "memory" recalled and, in return, the mission trashed! naruto believed...sai confronts sasuke!!
a hastening naruto...and finally a reunion!! next "bonds"