Naruto 394

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[side text: The battle over... the leftover flames alone flicker in the stillness.]

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Naruto
#394: Sasuke's Victory
[insert text: A sudden conclusion to the furious battle...!!]
Sasuke: *pant* // *pant*

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Zetsu: Itachi collapsed...? // Wha...? ...No way...?! // Look... is that...

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Zetsu: Is Itachi dead?

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Zetsu: --SASUKE HAS PREVAILED-- // I just don't get it at all... // --WHAT?--

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Zetsu: Itachi was... he was stronger than this, wasn't he...? // He wasn't moving like himself... / And you're the one who said something was odd, weren't you? // --...INDEED...-- // --HE FAILED TO DODGE AN ATTACK HE SHOULD HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DODGE-- // --COUGHED UP BLOOD NUMEROUS TIMES IN MID-BATTLE-- // --PERHAPS ITACHI HAD ALREADY SUSTAINED SERIOUS DAMAGE BEFORE THE BATTLE EVEN BEGAN-- // ...Because he'd been overusing his Sharingan? // --NO... IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO BE SURE......--

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Sasuke: *pant* // *pant*
Zetsu: He was so close to taking Sasuke's "eyes", though...

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[no text just reflective sasuke]

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[no text just smiling sasuke]

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[no text just brothers]

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Yamato: Even with this formation, it's no use... // His capacity for evading attacks is just unbelievable...
Hinata: ...Kakashi-sensei...
Kakashi: Yeah... I know.
Sakura: ?
Kiba: Naruto... our formation attack... / The timing was perfect, right...?
Naruto: Yeah...
Kiba: It should've hit him, no doubt about it!! // So how the hell did he manage to dodge?!

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Naruto: ...I think it did hit him.
Kiba: Huh?
Naruto: It was the same back when I first hit him with my Rasengan. // I was sure it hit the mark... // But the Rasengan just went straight through his body.
Shino: In other words, whilst giving the impression of having dodged, he in fact did nothing of the sort... / ...but rather simply allowed your jutsu to pass harmlessly through his body. // ...Is that it, Naruto?
Naruto: Uhh... Hm? Yeah...
Kiba: Dammit, Shino! Can't you just speak normally for once?!

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Sakura: A clone, maybe...? / Or some sort of genjutsu showing us a reflection or an illusion...
Hinata: That... That's what I thought, so I was using my Byakugan to scope out the Chakra in the area... // But his Chakra was only present in that single location...
Tobi: Oopsie-daisy!
Yamato: (Passing straight through him... Logically...) // Kakashi-senpai... what do you make of this?
Kakashi: I can only think that this must be some kind of jutsu unique to him. // Though it's a little irritating... // Shino...

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Shino: Understood.
Kakashi: A hijutsu like Shino's is just what we need in this situation.
Tobi: Ahhhh! You're an Aburame, huh?! // Man, that's just so... gross!
Kiba: Heh! Shino... are you actually up for a fight for once?!
Shino: But of course. // After all, I was left out of the last mission.
[insert text: The silent one takes the field!!]