Naruto 371

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Naruto
#371: Old Friend...!!
[side text: "Oooi! Over here, this way!!" A rendezvous with somebody special. Who is that smile for? His friends? A girl? Who could it be?]

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Tobi: It's flowing nicely... // Now, then... // With the next shedding, will you remain a snake... or become a hawk? // You're a sight worth seeing... Sasuke.
Crow: Caaaaaw!
[insert text: Sasuke's team is on the move...!!]

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Karin: The same chakra is spread all over the place! / What's going on?!
Suigetsu: Shall we change course? / Sasuke...
Sasuke: Don't worry about it. We're heading straight on through.
Suigetsu: Good. // I hate taking detours.
Naruto: !

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Naruto: Sasukeee!!!! // !!

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Karin: What was that just now...?!
Suigetsu: A shadow clone.
Sasuke: Naruto...? // Irritating as ever...
Naruto: ! // ...Got him!!

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Yamato: !
Kiba: Good going! // Which way?!
Naruto: He's over this way!! // (I'm not letting you get away this time! Sasuke!!)

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Jiraiya: You should return to Konoha. // Head over to Ibiki's once you get back. / He knows the deal.
Frog: Gero!
[TN: Or "croak", if you prefer :p]

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Jiraiya: Now, it would be nice if this actually worked... // Okay!

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Pein: Well?
Konan: ......It's Jiraiya.
Pein: .........

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Pein: I see... Jiraiya-sensei. // That takes me back...

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Konan: What are you going to do? Pein...
Pein: Take him out, naturally. // I hold no lingering attachment... / The reason I'm using this body in the first place is to eliminate the intruder. // Take me to him.
Konan: Understood. // Pein... Until you make it to the location, / I'll take him on.

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Pein: If you can kill him, then by all means do so.
Jiraiya: ! // !

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Jiraiya: Wha - ! // Whoa! // Uuuuugh...

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Jiraiya: Katon: Endan!!
[TN: Fire Element: Flame Bullet]
Konan: The Gamadaira Kageayatsuri no Jutsu...
[TN: Flat Toad Shadow Manipulation]

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Jiraiya: I laid the bait to draw out that Pein guy... // But who'd have thought you'd be the one to take it? // Your jutsu have improved... // ...and you've become a fine woman... Konan.
[insert text: What connection do these two have?!!]