Naruto 451

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Naruto
#451: The Sasuke Issue
[Insert text: Reconstructing the village...!!]
Kotetsu: You think we could still use this tree?
Izumo: Yeah... I'd say so.
Kotetsu: ......But still...
Izumo: !
Kotetsu: Everything that generations of Hokages have worked to build up has been reduced to rubble... / There's nothing left at all... I never dreamed something like this could happen.
Genma: The village itself isn't the only legacy of the Hokages. // We're still here.
Yamato: Mokuton: Renchuuka no Jutsu!!
[TN: Wood Element: Pillared House Technique]

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People: Aaahhhhhh!!
Yamato: *pant* // *pant* // *pant* // *pant*
People: Konoha will be back in no time at this rate!
Yamato: Easy for you to say...

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Naruto: There were so many things I wanted to talk to old lady Tsunade about...
Sakura: Don't worry... she'll be up and about in no time, you just wait! / She's a strong woman... I mean, she is the Hokage! So don't worry! // (Ahh... why am I trying to reassure Naruto? / I'm the one who needs reassuring right now... Naruto...)
Tazuna: It sure has been a while since I've seen you, eh? Naruto, Sakura!
Naruto: !
Sakura: !

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Inari: A second chance to meet a real hero! Hey there, Naruto-niichan!
Naruto: .........
Sakura: Could it be...
Naruto: Inari... and old man Tazuna!!

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Naruto: Inari... you sure have grown! / And you've got even older, old man!
Tazuna: Oh, be quiet......
Inari: I've become a carpenter myself, so we're both here to lend our services to Konoha! // And we thought we should pay you guys a visit while we were here. // Man, you've got seriously cute, Sakura-neechan!
Sakura: R... Really?
Tazuna: ......I must thank you again for all the help you gave us during the Gatou incident... // Thanks to you, the Wave Country has been thriving lately.
Inari: So now it's our turn to help you in return!
Naruto: Inari...... / Thanks for this, really!

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Kakashi: Hm?! You two arrived here already?
Tazuna: Ah! Kakashi! / Well, when we heard Konoha was in trouble, we came as fast as we could!
Kakashi: I see...
Tazuna: And......?
Kakashi: What is it? If there's anything you need, I'll fetch it for you...
Tazuna: Where is young Sasuke? // I wanted to speak with him, as well.
Kakashi: Ah......
Naruto: .........

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Tazuna/Inari: ?
Kakashi: Th... The truth is... Sasuke is... ah... well...
Naruto: Oh, Sasuke... // We just had a little falling out with him, so he's left the village for a bit to cool off. // I'm sure he'll be back in no time! / Once he does, you should go and say hi! // I'm sure Sasuke would be pleased to see you... / Right, Sakura-chan?!
Sakura: ...Y...... Yes.
Tazuna: ...Your little love triangle get a little complicated?
Naruto: It's not like that, okay?!
Sakura: Thank you...... Naruto.

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Naruto: (Sasuke...... Where on Earth are you right now...?)

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Naruto: ......
Sasuke: You've never had parents of siblings... // What the hell do you think you know about me...? // How could a guy who's been alone for his whole life... // ...hope to understand the first thing about me?!!! // It's because of those bonds that I'm suffering!! // How could you understand what it's like to lose them...?!!
Naruto: I can understand now... // How he must have felt...
Kakashi: ?!
Sakura: ......

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Naruto: What it really means to want revenge...
Sakura: .........
Flashback!Pain: ...Have you perhaps come to understand pain a little? // Unless you know their pain, you can never truly hope to understand others.
Naruto: ...... // I thought I understood Sasuke before... / But I don't think I really did. // No matter what I said to him back in the Valley of the End, it was never going to get through...
Sakura: Naruto...

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Naruto: Without knowing Sasuke's pain, I couldn't hope to smile and laugh alongside him. // ...Couldn't even hope to have him confront me properly. // I daresay it'll hurt one hell of a lot... // But I'd like to fight him properly, one more time... // So that someday, all of Team 7... // ...can smile and laugh together again, with Sasuke included!!

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Flashback!Itachi: I'm sorry, Sasuke... // There won't be a next time...
Flashback!Sasuke: To carry on Itachi's will would be meaningless. / That's a joke, something only a fool who knows not hatred could accept. // If anybody feels the need to reject the path I have chosen to take... // ...then I will take from them everyone whom they hold dear! // Perhaps if I do that, then they can begin to understand... // ...the hatred that I feel.

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Samui: With the guards missing, and the village in this state... / I was frankly at a loss for a moment there.
Hyuuga: It was Akatsuki... // We will be fortifying our guard... / ...and be more vigilant in future.
Karui: Oh... // (So it wasn't my fault...)
Omoi: ......
Samui: At any rate, we would like to request an audience with the Hokage-sama. // We carry a letter for the Hokage-sama, from the Raikage himself.

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Shinobi: Ah, crap... this is terrible timing... // There's no such thing as good news that comes in a sealed tube... // It's a letter requesting an emergency meeting of the Five Kages. // You see? // It's terrible! // ?

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Samui: Unconscious...?
Shizune: ...As the Hokage's personal attendant, I will take that letter into my own care.
Samui: If it is unclear when the Hokage will regain consciousness, then I request that somebody open it in her place. // The contents of this letter require an immediate response! / The Raikage is in a hurry.
Shizune: But still......
Karui/Omoi: ......
Danzou: That woman is no longer Hokage.
Shizune: ?!

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Danzou: I am the new Sixth Hokage. // I will read your letter myself.
Shizune: (No... it can't be...! / Danzou is...?!)
Danzou: Sasuke... I see. I thought this would happen.
Samui: And... your response?
Kiba: There you are! Hey!
Sakura: Kiba! What's wrong?

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Kiba: Listen, okay... this isn't going to be easy to hear! // Tsunade-sama has been removed from the post of Hokage!
Naruto: Wha - ?!
Sakura: Huh?
Kiba: It looks like this guy called Danzou has been appointed as the Sixth! / I don't know much about him, but he's a suspicious one, all right!
Sakura: Danzou?!
Naruto: (Danzou...?!)
Kakashi: ...I have a bad feeling about this...
Kiba: That's not all the bad news I've got! / The Sixth has given his approval... // ...for Sasuke, as a Missing-Nin, to be eliminated!
Naruto: !!!
[Insert text: How will Naruto respond to this cool-headed decision?!!]