Press down hard on the gas
That's right, there's no compromise
We'll slip through the night
At the final moment push hard
That's right, all the way to zero,
Until we wipe away the days
Gently open your heart
If you pull it close to you
It will reach you, without a doubt
It will come, closer
Now
We're speeding through life, squeezing it for all of its worth
Our feet are tied
But we still keep going farther
Even if I take it back, and grasp it
If you're not the one
There will be no meaning
And so we'll go far off into the distance.
Ugh... what are you here for now?
It's our reunion after so long, and you're awfully cold.
Don't tell me that you came to assassinate Lord Hokage?
No, no...
I don't have enough subordinates for that yet...
I've heard of the excellence ones of this village
and thought I'd put dibs on them.
A little while ago, I gave that same Curse Mark as a present.
There's a kid that I want.
Selfish as always.
That kid will die.
Certainly...
The odds are 1 in 10 that he'll survive,
but he may survive just like you did.
This kid, you really like him, huh?
Are you jealous?
Are you still holding a grudge that I used you and threw you away?
Unlike you, that kid will excel...
For one thing, he inherited the Uchiha ability.
He has beautiful features
and is a vessel who can become my heir.
If that kid lived, it makes things interesting.
Be sure not to cancel this test.
Three from my village are also under your care...
Make me enjoy it.
If something happens to deprive me of my fun,
consider it the end of Leaf Village
We've secured food and water after spending half a day.
And now most teams have halted activity.
As we planned, this is the time that we attack.
We'll split up into three and go scouting.
However, whether we find other teams or not,
we return to this place.
Got it?
Okay.
Roger.
Okay. Scatter!
Bushy Brow's Pledge. Undying Love and Protection!
I can't fall asleep...
I need to protect these two.
I slept great!
Naruto!
Sasuke!
Did you take care of us?
Thank you, Sakura!
We're totally better because of you!
That's good...
A prey must always stay tense and flee desperately
in front of the predator!
My voice is gone!
It was just a dream...
Is it daybreak already?!
No, no way!
A squirrel?
Don't surprise me like that!
Oh!
That was too close.
Do you think she noticed?
The Paper Bomb we put on the squirrel...
No, that's not it.
Huh? Then what? What was it?
We'll probably find out if we go closer.
So... we should get going now.
If I can catch all twenty of these leaves before they hit the ground
Sakura will start to like me.
Lf...if I can't catch even one of the leaves... !
Lt'll be an unanswered love forever. Or rather...
You're too Bushy!
That's what she'll say.
One, two, three, four... five, six, seven, eight...
nine, ten, eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen, fifteen, sixteen, seventeen, eighteen,
nine! Ugh, nineteen...
One more!
That's...!
Phew... just in time.
This is called a Paper Bomb and it explodes after some time.
Who did such an awful thing?
Stop hiding and come out.
Shoot! We scrambled to hide, you know?!
Man, he's a damn pain and we've been discovered!
Strategy One, "hide and let it pass," was a failure!
So now we carry out Strategy Two!
Huh? Are you serious?
What? You have a problem with that?
There's no question of success.
Well, I guess it's all right but...
Wow! To meet last year's Number One rookie, Neji Hyuga, in a place like this!
C Can I have your autograph?
So it's just you guys?
Take that! Strategy Two, "head over heals infatuation with my sex appeal"!
I'd been wanting to meet you for some time, you know?
Get lost!
Why? Why doesn't my sexiness work?!
Shoot, it ticks me off, darn!
Did you just raise your fists to me, and does that mean you want to fight?
N No... Of course not.
Then get lost.
Stealing a scroll from cowardly wimps like you
would only make me the laughing stock of the village
Y Yes!
Huh... Really just like cockroaches.
Just as I thought.
A fellow like that wouldn't take a scroll away from wimps like us
unless we were to turn on him.
All right! Let's go find some wimps!
Like I've been saying there's no one wimpier than us...
So a no sleep lookout?
But it's not necessary anymore.
Wake Sasuke up. We want to battle with him.
Y You bastards...
What're you saying?
What is it you're after?
I know the one called Orochimaru is calling the shots from the shadows!
Huh?!
What's that strange bruise on the back of Sasuke's neck?
You did this to Sasuke.
How can you say you want to fight him?!
I wonder... what he has on his mind?
However, I can't stay quiet after hearing that.
I will kill this girl, I'll also kill this Sasuke character.
Wait, Zaku.
Huh? What is it?
It's so cliché.
It's the color of dirt that's just been dug up.
This grass, it doesn't grow in a place like this, does it?
Darn!
You know, with a trap...
there's no point unless you make it so it's not discovered.
Huh, how ridiculous!
So that Kunai knife was so the squirrel wouldn't be caught in the trap?
We kill her now!
A log?!
A trap above too? Watch out!
Just kidding.
What?!
Clearly you have no talent.
Someone like you needs to make more of an effort or else!
Leaf Hurricanes!
What?! This guy...
Then you also should... make an effort!
Who are you?
I'm the beautiful blue beast of Leaf Village, Rock Lee!
Why are you here?
I will always appear...
whenever you're in trouble!
Or should I say...
It was really because of you, now run along.
But right now, I'm also your enemy!
I did say this once before, didn't I?
That I'll protect you until I die.
Please go out with me!
I'll protect you until I die!
Oh...
T Thanks.
Yes!
Perfect! I did it! Gu Sensei, that was perfect!
I guess it can't be helped...
Zaku. I'll give you Sasuke.
I will kill them!
As far as I can tell, Sakura is in no condition to fight.
That Bushy Brow guy is pretty proficient with Taijutsu...
Looks like I can have some fun!
There is a trick to your attack, isn't there?
I won't just simply avoid it.
You showed me your Jutsu before.
This guy...he's strong.
Having said that,
the odds aren't good since it's one versus three.
I'm gonna have to take a chance.
One person at a time...
I'll give it my all and take each down!
There's no one at all that seems wimpy!
Well, the only team that's weaker than us is the Naruto team.
Idiot! You know what you're saying?
What?!
No question Naruto and Sakura are lame!
But that team has the super genius Sasuke!
Hah! I wonder...
In actual battle that genius might easily be beaten.
What?!
All right, all right, I apologize for irritating you.
What a pain...
I say one negative thing about Sasuke and I get the evil eye, every time...
There's no way Sasuke could be taken down!
Sakura's a different matter though!
Huh?!
Hey! Sasuke has collapsed...
Huh?!
...and Sakura is fighting.
What did you say?
Hey!
He's late.
That Lee...
Something's not right.
He's always precise about time.
Perhaps he ran into the enemy...
Could it be?
Huh, that wouldn't have happened.
In any case, let's find Lee!
Right!
Yes! I've finally mastered it! Yes! Yes!
My friends, there's no reason to give up on your youth!
This Jutsu...
In the end, only Lee could make it his own.
Yahoo!
- Hey Lee... - I did it! I will do it!
- Lee! - When I try! I try!
Hey, Lee!
Hey!
Listen to this passionate message from your teacher!
Oh... what is it?!
Please tell me using hip words.
This Jutsu, the "Lotus"...
it will be dealt with henceforth as a forbidden Jutsu.
- What?! - Huh?!
W What do you mean?
This Jutsu poses a great burden on the cells of the muscles,
it's a kind of "Self sacrificing Technique."
Humans normally utilize, at most, 20 percent...
of the "power" that the muscles have.
Do you understand? Only 20 percent!
And if nearly 100 percent of the "power" is used
the muscles themselves will disintegrate.
So, the brain usually controls the "power."
However, this Jutsu forces the brain's limiter to go off by using Chakra,
allowing high speed continuous Taijutsu...
In other words, this is a dangerous Jutsu which relies on a secret technique
that brings forth "power" almost to the limit of one's body.
So the only time it is all right to use this Jutsu
is when a certain condition is met...
So... when is that?
Are you ready?
Take this to heart...
The condition is...
Guy Sensei...
I will utiliz e that Jutsu without reserve.
Because this is the time you said...
"When protecting a precious person!"
He disappeared?!
It's just the beginning.
Oh, oh no!
There's no way he can break his fall!
Take this!
Primary Lotus!
This feeling...
Well well...
Just in time.
T That's impossible!
That is a frightening Jutsu...
It did this much even though I fell on the spongy dirt.
It's now my turn.
Oh no! With what I just did...
my body still isn't...
Lee!
Your Jutsu is indeed fast.
But our Jutsu exceeds that and is the speed of sound!
I'll show you there are walls
which effort alone can never break through.
Hey, can you hear it?
The clear, blue sky goes on and on
The ocean spans limitlessly
Please keep that smile on your face forever
Or else I'll cry
You won't have to search around you
It's all ok now.
Everyone is inside this hand
when you want to cry, and you want to run away
When you forget what happiness is
Just sing.
Light is born, and darkness was born
The two are one
Harmonia, feel the telepathy
Hey, can you hear it?
I'm so frustrated! I'm just pulling feet again.
I'm always just being protected. I always just watch them from behind.
This time, I need to protect everyone!
Naruto, Sakuke, Lee!
I want to be like you too!
Next episode: "Sakura Blossoms!"
Please watch my battle...