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.
Hinata Hyuga vs. Neji Hyuga
Withdraw! You're not suited to being a Shinobi.
You don't have the privilege of deciding what a person is like, stupid!
Hinata, give it to him!
Naruto...
Don't just take it! Argue back!
I'm getting irritated watching this!
Naruto...
Thank you!
The expression of her eyes has changed...
So you're not going to withdraw?
I'm not taking responsibility for what happens...
I don't want to run away!
Byakugan!
Brother Neji! I challengeryou!
Here!
A Failure Stands Tall!
As I thought, this is the extent of it...
the head family's power!
What the?!
But Hinata laid a perfect strike!
N Not yet...
What's with this guy...!
I It can't be...
Well, now...
I guess this is why he's called the most gifted of the Hyuga clan yet.
Y You mean... All this time...?
That's right! I can see the Chakra Points.
W What is he talking about?!
On the Chakra Network...
there are 361 energy centers or Chakra opening,
each about the size of the head of a pin.
They're called Chakra Points.
Theoretically, hitting one directly can halt or increase Chakra flow,
enabling one to gain complete control over an opponent's flow of Chakra.
Just so you know,
not even my Sharingan can see Chakra Points!
Having the penetrating eye is one thing,
but to hit it so accurately like that during a match,
well, that's just...
Lady Hinata...
What we have here is an unchangeable difference in abilities.
It's what distinguishes the elite from the failure.
It is brute, unalterable fact.
You were destined to regret having said
that you don't want to run anymore, the instant you said it.
And now, you must have abandoned yourself to despair!
This is your ultimatum...
Withdraw!
I I...
I I meant it...
and am... sticking by...
every word...
Hinata...
I said!
I'm not gonna run away!
Because that's... my Way of Ninja!
I had no idea... Hinata was this tough...
She's a lot like you.
Come to think of it... She's always watching you.
Huh?
Hinata...
Bring it on!
She has reached her limit.
One more blow and...
Neji's hits to Hinata's Chakra Points
have completely halted her flow of Chakra.
That means she can no longer send Chakra
into her opponent's body to fight in the Gentle Fist.
This match is as good as over.
But I never imagined there would be someone this powerful...
I'm afraid even our Sasuke is no match for him.
It looks as if Neji may very well take this Exam.
It's going to take more than what this girl has to bring him down.
L-Look at those eyes...
Is he going to try to kill her? No, no, that's absurd.
Doesn't it seem that...
Neji's strength is somehow against the rules?
He's just too powerful...
I mean it!
Go, Hinata!
Naruto...
Strength has come back into her eyes...
I've been watching you...
I've been watching you closely for many years now!
Why I wonder...?
Next up is Naruto Uzumaki!
What a pain!
It's all your fault!
Like I care!
Okay!
Naruto... d -do your best.
Transformation!
I don't know why, but...
I am Naruto Uzumaki!
I'm not about to lose to the likes of any of you!
Is that perfectly clear?!
I'm not about to lose to the likes of any of you? Yeah, right!
That idiot.
He made a roomful of enemies in the space of an instant.
When I watch Naruto...
Naruto, stand up!
If you compete with me for the name of Hokage...
You... will be the loser!
I can feel courage welling up.
I feel that I can hang on, that I can do it...
that I too am worth something!
Oh!
- No! - Hinata!
Hinata...
At some point, Hinata, who was in the habit of just giving up,
made up her mind to change.
Hey, Hinata. It's time to go home.
She put every ounce of her being into her training.
I saw it with my own eyes.
But even so, she continued to fail all her missions.
She lost her nerve when faced with real competition
and became easily discouraged.
But today's Hinata is different.
I have never...
seen...that look in her eyes before.
Naruto.
I have always done the watching up to now,
but, now, finally...
finally, I am...
Naruto!
You just don't get it, do you?
Your strikes were ineffective from the very first.
It's the end.
Hinata... That's enough.
You lost the match,
but you've become a new person in the process.
You did well.
I want to change that about myself...
So I proposed it myself...
Neji's final blow went straight for the heart.
I feel sorry for her,
but she won't be standing again now.
As further fighting is not feasible under these conditions...
Don't stop it!
Don't stop the match! Believe it!
Naruto, stop!
What on earth are you saying, stupid!
She's had it. You can see she's unconscious...
Huh?
Why do you stand up?
If you continue like this, you'll really die!
He is now finally for the first time truly seeing me.
I will not be caught looking bad...
Why?!
In front of...
the person I admire most.
I I am far from finished!
Give up the bravado...
I can tell you're just barely standing.
You've shouldered the lot of having been born
to the head family line of the Hyugan.
And cursed and blamed yourself for being weak...
But, people cannot chang
That's just the way it is.
There is no need for you to suffer any more!
Surrender to it!
You're wrong... Brother Neji.
Because I can tell...
that you are suffering much more than I.
What?!
You are the one who is torn up
over the fate of head and branch family.
Neji, the match has been called!
Oh boy!
Neji, get a hold of yourself!
You promised me
you wouldn't let the head family thing get you riled up!
Why are all the other Jonin butting in?!
The head family gets special treatment, eh?
Hinata?!
Hinata!
Hinata! Are you okay?!
Hey!
Naruto...
Yeah.
I...
Do you think...
I...changed maybe a little bit?
Hey you, failure!
I have two pieces of advice for you.
First, if you intend to call yourself a Shinobi,
stop that revolting cheering of yours.
And the second...
a failure will always be a failure.
There's no changing that!
Do you want to see about that?
You!
Naruto, I get where you're coming from, believe me.
But all fighting must be done officially in a match!
The failure beats the gifted genius through sheer effort...
Wouldn't that make for an exciting main battle?
Though, I am probably going to be the one fighting Neji...
but it would be okay with me if you ended up fighting him, Naruto.
All right already.
So this is okay then, right, Guy Sensei?
Lee! You...
Nice going!
Oh, no! She's gone into ventricle fib.
Was he trying to kill her then?!
The precious little time you have would be better spent
seeing to her than glaring at me.
Medics!
Hurry! What's taking so long
S Sorry.
Get her on the stretcher. One, two, three.
It's serious. She's got about 10 minutes at the most!
Get her to the emergency room. Pronto!
Out of the way!
Hinata...
Because that's my Way of Ninja.
I promise you.
I will win no matter what!
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?
The Absolute Defense of the Sand?
They say no one has ever injured Gaara.
He's strong as heck and has no weak points.
Bushy-Brows is no match for him...
But wait, he's not losing
He seems a lot faster than before.
Is this due to his training?
I am getting excited about it!
Next episode: "Gaara vs. Rock Lee: The Power of Youth Explodes!"
I'm just a little envious of that training.