Naruto 398

Sorry for the lateness, I was tired today ==
Still unproofed~.
Enjoy.

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1-2p
災禍を虜囚にする鎖。その一族を伝説たらしめた瞳は断ち切れぬ連鎖の中に。
A power able to hold captive even a natural calamity. The eyes that made their clan a legend are part of a chain that can't be severed.

398：木ノ葉のはじまり
398: The Dawn of Konoha

2p
…分かるか？
Madara: ...Can you understand?

イタチが何故お前の眼に
〝天照〟を仕込んだか？
Madara: Why do you think Itachi
implanted "Amaterasu" in your eyes?

ハァ　ハァ
Sasuke: *pant pant*

お前とオレを
イタチはどうしても引き合わせたくなかったからだ
Madara: That's because
he absolutely didn't want us to meet.

その理由は　オレの話を聞けば全て分かる…
Madara: And if you listen to me, you'll understand why...

4p
イタチの真実を知る者は木ノ葉のダンゾウと三代目火影…
Madara: Only four people knew the truth about Itachi...

そして　相談役の二人　ホムラとコハルの四人だけだった
Madara: Those were Konoha's Danzou, the Third Hokage, and the two counselors Homura and Koharu.

三代目が死に…
今　それを知るのは年寄りばかり三人…
Madara: The Third died...
And now only three old people are left with that knowledge...

奴ら三人はこれから先も
絶対にあの忌まわしい事実を口外しないだろう…
Madara: I don't think they will ever disclose
such a despicable matter...

イタチの真実は永久に闇へと消える
Madara: The truth about Itachi will vanish in the darkness, forever.

そして　イタチもそれを望んでいた
Madara: And this is what he himself also desired.

5p
だがオレもイタチの真実を知っている…
Madara: But I know about it too...

さっきも言ったな…
イタチは　そのことについては気付かずに死んだと
Madara: As I said earlier,
Itachi died without being aware of this fact.

…しかし念には念…
Madara: ...Nevertheless, a man cannot be too careful...

イタチはオレを信用していなかったようだ
Madra: It seems that Itachi didn't trust me, after all.

万に一つ　その真実を知るやもしれぬと…
Madara: That is why, in the chance that I actually knew the truth

〝天照〟でオレの口を閉ざそうとした…
Madara: he tried to shut me up with "Amaterasu"...

お前と話をするために
オレが写輪眼を見せることまで計算していたんだろう
Madara: He even figured
that I might show you my Sharingan to talk to you.

何を…言ってる？
Sasuke: What is... he saying?

6p
何を言ってんだ　コイツ…？
Sasuke: What's this man saying...?

オレを守る…？
Sasuke: To protect me...?

…まもる…？？？
Sasuke: ...*Protect*...???

…真実……だと…？
Sasuke: ...And...... a truth...?

7p
……思い出せ
Madara: ......Remember.

イタチのことをゆっくり　思い出してみろ
Madara: Take your time and try to remember about Itachi.

ハァ　ハァ
Sasuke: *pant pant*

お前の優しかった兄を…
Madara: About your caring older brother...

ハァ　ハァ
Sasuke: *pant pant*

8p
あいつは…オレを殺そうとしたじゃないか…
Sasuke: But... he tried to kill me...

オレの眼を奪おうと…！
Sasuke: He tried to steal my eyes...!

ゲホ！
ゴホッ！！
Sasuke: *Cough!*
*Cough!!*

落ち着け…
ゆっくり息をしろ
Madara: Relax...
Breathe slowly.

オレに触るな！！
Sasuke: Don't touch me!!

9p
くっ…
Sasuke: Gh...

ハァ　ハァ
Sasuke: *pant pant*

10p
うっ…
Sasuke: Uh...

気がついたか…
Madara: Back to earth?

悪いが　拘束させてもらった
Madara: Sorry, I had to restrain you.

大人しく話を聞いてもらえそうもなかったからな
Madara: You didn't look very willing to stay quiet and listen to me.

…あいつは…
Sasuke: ...He is...

イタチは敵だ…
Sasuke: Itachi is my enemy...

11p
父さんと母さんを殺し…
…一族を皆殺しに…
Sasuke: He killed dad and mom...
...He slaughtered our clan...

抜け忍で…　〝暁〟のメンバーだ…
Sasuke: He's a nukenin... and a member of "Akatsuki"...

あいつは　憎むべき存在だ…
Sasuke: I must hate him...

オレの目的…
Sasuke: My goal...

あの夜…
奴がうちは一族を皆殺しにしたのは事実だ
Madara: Yes...
He did slaughter the Uchiha clan that night.

そして　木ノ葉を抜けた
Madara: And he left the village.

…だったら…
Sasuke: ...Then...

12p
そして　そうすることが木ノ葉から下された任務だった
Madara: That was the mission Konoha had entrusted him with.

それが　イタチの真実への入り口だ
Madra: That's the gate that leads to the truth about him.

……任務
だと…？
Sasuke: ......A
mission...?

13p
そうだ　あの夜イタチは己を殺し
Madara: Exactly. That night, Itachi denied himself

任務をやり遂げたのだ
Madara: and carried out his mission.

少し落ち着いたようだな
Madara: It looks like you finally calmed down.

どういう事だ！？
Sasuke: What do you mean!?

イタチの話をするには
Madara: To tell you about Itachi

木ノ葉創立の時代にまで話をさかのぼらねばならない
Madara: I have to go back to the time when Konoha was founded.

14p
イタチは　犠牲になったのだ
Madara: Itachi was a victim.

古くから続く因縁…　その犠牲にな
Madara: The victim of a fate that has been going on for a long time...

そもそもは　木ノ葉隠れの里が生まれた時からある大きな問題だ
Madara: It's a big problem that has existed from the very birth of Konoha.

それが　イタチの生き様を決めた
Madara: That is what determined the way Itachi lived.

…犠牲……？
Sasuke: ...A victim......?

そうだ
Madara: Yes.

…少し長い話になるが
Madara: ...The story I'm about to tell you is quite long

これから話すことは全て事実だ
Madara: but every single bit of it has actually happened.

15p
何を根拠に信じろと？
Sasuke: On what basis should I believe you?

お前は信用出来ない
Sasuke: I can't trust you.

提示出来る証拠は無い
Madara: There's no evidence that I can present you with.

オレの話を信じるかどうかはお前が決めればいい
Madara: You'll have to choose whether to believe me or not.

…だが話は最後まで聞いてもらう
Madara: ...Anyhow, I'll make you listen until the end.

16p
いいだろう…
Sasuke: Fine...

話せ
Sasuke: Speak.

フッ…
Madara: Heh...

今より　八十年以上も前の話だ
Madara: My tale dates back to over 80 years ago.

かつて世界は戦いの絶えない戦国時代だった
Madara: At that time the world was a huge battlefield and wars would never end.

17p
国々は　自国の利権や領土拡大の為に争いを続けていた
Madara: Countries kept clashing with each other to obtain concessions and expand their territories.

その戦乱の時代　忍の組織はまだ一族単位の武装集団でしかなく
Madara: In this chaotic age the only existing form of organization for shinobi were clans, basically armed groups of people.

それぞれの一族は国に雇われ　戦争に参加していた
Madara: Clans were hired by countries to take part in wars.

そして　その数多くの忍一族の中にあって
最強と恐れられた二つの一族があった
Madara: Among that multitude of clans
two of them were feared as the strongest.

それが我らが〝うちは一族〟と
Madara: They were our "Uchiha clan"

〝森の千手一族〟と呼ばれる一族だった
Madara: and the "Mori no Senju clan". (note: you might call them "Senju of the forest" as well, if you wish; ndt)

18p
我ら　うちは一族は図抜けたチャクラと写輪眼を有し
Madara: Our clan could boast an outstanding chakra and the Sharingan.

あらゆる戦闘に長けたいわゆる戦闘一族として知れ渡っていた
Madara: We excelled at fighting, hence we were very well known as a "combat clan", so to speak.

そして　オレはそのうちは一族の中でも
特別に強いチャクラを持つ者として生まれた
Madara: I happened to be born with a powerful chakra,
unusually strong even among the Uchiha.

しぶとく　生き長らえているのが　その証拠と言ってもいい
Madara: You might as well say that having tenaciously survived until now proves that fact.

かつてのオレは戦いに明け暮れていた
Madara: I was completely absorbed in fighting.

力がモノを言う時代
Madara: It was a time in which power meant a lot,

オレは　より強い力を求め　友も弟も　この手にかけた
Madara: and to obtain more of it I killed my friends and my younger brother.

19p
きさま…
Sasuke: You bastard...

だが　そのお陰で　完全なる万華鏡を手に入れ
オレはうちはのリーダーとなった
Madara: Well, thanks to that I acquired a perfect Mangekyou
and became the leader of Uchiha.

そして　その力を使い　幾度となく　千手一族と戦った
Madara: Using my power I fought against the Senju clan countless times.

千手一族の長　柱間を相手にするには　仕方の無いことだったのだ
Madara: It was the only way to eventually confront their leader, Hashirama.

のちに初代火影となる木遁の千手柱間
Madara: Mokuton user Hashirama Senju, who would later become the First Hokage.

この忍の世界の頂点であり　オレの憧れの忍だった
Madara: He was at the top of the shinobi world, and he was also the ninja I most admired.

争いの時代——めぐりあう英雄たち。千手とうちは、木ノ葉の興りを支えた一族のすべてが明かされる。
In an age of wars, heroes encounter each other. Everything will be unveiled about Senju and Uchiha, the two clans that fostered the rise of Konoha.

NO.398／おわり
マダラが語る因縁。そしてイタチとは！？　次号、『全ての始まり』！！
No.398/end - Madara speaks about fate. And Itachi!? Next, "The beginning of everything"!!

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Is "Uchiha Gaiden" about to start? ;) Anyway, I'm looking forward to the next chapters, I can't wait to see how Kishi laid out his story~ :)
...Also, I kind of feel pity for Sasuke XD; He basically went into hysterics.. and was quite delirious too.. Well, it's understandable, though he did ask for it to a certain extent... You should've stayed in Konoha, you ass :p

Oh, and remember, no JUMP next week, because it's Golden Week (a Japanese holiday) ;)