We normally find our friend Rock Lee earnestly running about,
seeking a path to greater strength.
But today, Rock Lee appears to be in high spirits!
I'm so happy I could just dance!
And the reason is...
Today is the day Lee's beloved teacher,
the man he aims to emulate,
Might Guy, returns from a mission!
Please hurry up, you guys!
We really don't need to go welcome him back...
It's so we can obtain even greater strength.
I'm sure Guy Sensei...
Monkey style!
Snake style!
Mantis style!
Badger style!
That last one looked weird.
How was that a badger?
Excellent question, Tenten.
It represents the instinct to burrow when you see an opening.
So it's so embarrassing you just want to crawl into a hole?
Perhaps, in a general sense.
Do you understand, Lee?
No, sir, not at all!
Oh, really?
Maybe this is too advanced for you three.
Guy Sensei,
I'd rather you teach us fighting styles that have more practical use.
Your kempo skills are beautiful to watch,
but they're difficult to get the hang of...
I feel like there must be a style that's more suited to our skill sets.
All right, then.
Perhaps if we create one, you'll understand what I was trying to explain.
Then you'll create original kempo styles that are designed just for us?!
Yup, leave it to me!
W-Wait, are you sure, Sensei?
It can't be that easy!
A man never goes back on his word.
Coming up with one or two original kempo styles will be a breeze!
I still don't like the way you say it...
I promise.
I will teach you each a brand-new kempo style...
...when I return from my next mission!
I can't wait to learn a new kempo style!
What's going on?
They're bringing in someone who got arrested for lewd acts.
What?
Lewd acts? Gross.
I wonder who it is.
Some disgusting sicko, I'm sure.
Ah, there he is!
Guy Sensei, why?!
Guy Sensei didn't do it...
Hidden Leaf Intel Division
According to the victims...
Welcome to the Shimura Hot Springs
Welcome, welcome, come in, come in to Shimura Hot Springs!
White Swan
Women
Men
Pervert!
Basically, Guy kicked down the wall separating the male and female baths...
...while wearing that outfit, then charged into the female bath area.
He's one heck of a pervert.
This isn't the time for sparkly teeth.
I find it hard to believe Sensei would do anything lewd.
Exactly!
Guy Sensei is well known as the Leaf's Noble Green Beast!
The victims certainly thought he was a beast.
That's not what I meant!
I realize sensei can be a bit different sometimes—
I wouldn't say "different," I'd say "deviant."
Come on!
Give it up. She's got you beat.
Then there's the fact that we don't know why he did it.
Visitation Room
Sensei, please explain yourself.
You're going to be branded as a pervert!
Sensei!
Please clear up this misunderstanding!
Then teach me my new—
You fool!
Where did that come from?!
I had an idea while they were arresting me.
My ninja way is to make you as strong as I can.
But simply handing you the answer won't make you truly strong.
Guy Sensei...
Thus, I have a trial for you.
What was I really trying to do on that day?
You must uncover the truth on your own!
But...
I'll gladly hand over my life as a ninja if it helps my beloved pupils grow!
So... he's staking his reputation on us.
That's the Shimura Hot Springs town.
Guy Sensei can be such a pain.
He could leave any time he wants, but he's staying locked up.
Staying locked up...
Perhaps he was trying to drive home...
...his lesson about the instinct to burrow when you see a hole?
Somehow, I don't think so.
But...
Let's split up and retrace Sensei's steps.
Welcome to the Shimura Hot Springs
We might find a clue.
Wanted
It's hopeless.
I have no idea what happened.
That's because you didn't even try to get any info!
Sure I did.
Guy Sensei is staking his life as a ninja for me,
I intend to give it my all in searching for the answer!
Where're you going?
Where else?
To the hot springs!
The jets and drains are holes, too!
Enough already!
If we don't find something soon,
Guy Sensei's gonna be branded a pervert for life!
You keep running to all these random places,
even though there's no good reason to go to them!
Do you even want to save him?
Tenten...
Yes, Lee is at fault for not helping us.
But I think he has a point, too.
The hot spring is the scene of the crime, so we should investigate.
All right.
I suppose I have been running around a bit randomly.
Tenten was right to be mad.
But when I see an opening, I just want to dive right in.
This is...
What did Lee see?!
Time passed, but the three did not return,
and the day of Guy Sensei's release finally came.
You're sure about this, Guy?
Of course! My pupils will clear my name.
Been a long time, Might Guy.
Who are you people?!
This guy ran us through the wringer a long time ago.
We're here to get our revenge!
Get him!
Not on my watch!
Lee!
What happened to you?
When I see an opening, I follow my instincts to burrow.
You...
I understand what you wanted to say, Sensei.
We cannot ignore even the tiniest openings!
We must dig, and probe,
so that we may unearth our inner power!
That is the wisdom you wanted to impart to us, is it not?
These are...
After seeing that mural, you dug, and you probed,
trying to create an original "White Swan" style!
I have no idea what you're talking about,
but you'd better get outta the way, kid!
Why you—
Leaf Un, Deux, Trois!
Not bad.
That's just the beginning.
You're about to see what this training has really taught us!
You little—
Neji!
Why me?
Leaf...
...Pas de Deux!
You did it!
Damn...
We did it!
No, it's still not effective enough.
That does it.
You're going down with me!
That's...
Bomb
A paper bomb!
He's going to suicide bomb Guy Sensei!
Die!
I'll—
No, I don't need anyone's help!
I wish I hadn't promised them so hastily...
Now what do I do?
Takakura style?
Matsudaira?
No...
Of course!
Block one! Block one, block one, block one!
Don't tell me...
Shimura Style Secret Strike!
He did it!
So this is your new kempo style, Sensei?!
I was so excited when I got the idea,
I couldn't resist trying it out right then and there!
Of course, I put a little too much oomph into it.
And when you finally settled down,
you realized you'd kicked a hole in the divider.
I was inspired by the white swans of Shimura,
so I named it the Shimura style!
We get it!
What's wrong, Lee?
I've got such a long way to go.
In the end, I couldn't come up with the same conclusion as Guy Sensei!
That's not true.
Yeah, even if it wasn't exactly the same,
your idea still came the closest.
Guys...
Besides, you created an excellent kempo style, too!
Even the most innocuous of objects,
with enough hard work,
will help you to become stronger!
Yes, sir!
Now come with me, Lee!
We'll merge our two styles, refine them together,
and create an unrivaled new kempo style that only the two of us know!
Our own White Swan!
Enough!
Un, Deux, Trois!
Well, at least Guy Sensei's reputation is still intact.
He may not be a deviant, but he's definitely different.
You know, Neji...
That outfit actually suits you.
I want to crawl into a hole!
Aiming to become a strong ninja like Guy Sensei,
Rock Lee runs full speed down the path of youth.
But what if someone appeared...
...who completely outclassed his beloved teacher?
We're about to find out.
What's up, Lee? Why did you call us here?
Today there's an amazing showdown...
...that I wouldn't miss for the world!
That's...
Make-Out Tactics
Kakashi Sensei and Guy Sensei!
That means they're...
Precisely.
A no-holds-barred face-off between Guy Sensei...
...and his eternal rival, Kakashi Sensei!
You don't wanna miss this!
Guy Sensei's Rival is Kakashi Sensei
All right, let's do this, Kakashi!
Come on, Guy, not today.
You've got a cold.
Please, this is just a sniffle!
Youth waits for no man!
Let's rock!
You're too old to still be going on about youth.
Excuse me?!
It's about how young you are at heart—
Sorry.
He's caught him from behind!
Uh-oh, that's the tiger seal!
Is he going to use a fire style jutsu at point-blank range?!
Hidden Leaf Village Ultimate Secret Combat Technique!
One Thousand Years of Death!
He just poked him in the butt!
That had to hurt.
No... Guy Sensei's...
You've still got a ways to go.
Well, I guess I win this one.
Wait until you're over that cold before you—
Kakashi, I'm hurt...
Call a doctor.
Maybe I shouldn't be poking thirty-year-old men in the butt...
That should cool Guy Sensei down for a while.
We're lucky Kakashi Sensei is around to bring him back down to earth.
He doesn't stand a chance and he still persists.
That's not true!
I used to be a failure just like you,
but now I've got a winning record against the elite genius Kakashi!
Through diligence and hard work,
Guy Sensei reached the point where he could fight Kakashi Sensei evenly.
You've still got a ways to go.
What am I thinking?
Guy Sensei's beaten him plenty of times!
Like that one time...
You'll have 100 times more energy if you eat these, Lee!
You've still got a ways to go.
Okay, bad example.
But Guy Sensei's got that hot-blooded passion that Kakashi Sensei lacks!
Yeah, but all the girls love Kakashi Sensei's cool demeanor.
Yahoo, yahoo!
You've still got a ways to go.
Maybe Guy Sensei really isn't as good as him after all?
It's not a big deal,
Kakashi Sensei's just a really incredible man.
They even call him the Copy Ninja because...
...he's copied over a thousand jutsus with his Sharingan!
Oh, but Guy Sensei's a quick learner, too.
Tenten, I'm going to stop being so soft.
Huh?
I'm going to follow in Kakashi Sensei's footsteps,
until someday I'm strong enough to have my own kunoichi cheerleaders!
That's what convinced you?!
First I need to master that jutsu.
Neji!
Forget it!
Fine, I'll train alone!
What's the point?!
This is our first mission with Kakashi Sensei,
but he's even more tardy than rumors suggest.
Come to think of it, Lee's late, too.
Sorry about that.
What the heck?!
A copy of the Copy Ninja?!
This is the best way for me to learn from Kakashi Sensei.
You're literally trying to mold yourself in his image, huh?
What happened to your tights?
I'm taking a break from them.
If we take too long to start the mission, the enemy will get away.
We'll have to leave without him.
Our mission is to capture a group of rogue ninjas.
They've all escaped being brought to justice numerous times.
We need to proceed carefully so we can take them by surprise.
But...
We found incredibly quickly!
Now that I'm here, you have no chance of winning.
You're awfully brave for someone outnumbered four to one.
Of course I am.
I'm the Copy Ninja who's copied over a thousand jutsus,
Kakashi Hatake!
He's taking his role way too seriously!
Yeah, and I've got a bridge I want to sell.
If you're really Kakashi, show us your Sharingan.
This is bad Neji. Lee doesn't have—
Sharingan!
What?!
Relax, Tenten.
They've actually made Sharingan contacts for quite some time.
Look, the ultimate eyes are no longer a dream!
Byaku-Sharingan!
Not you, too!
You're definitely an impostor,
you're much too worked up!
I didn't expect them to pick out the parts I couldn't copy...
That's not the issue...
Besides, they've already seen through you!
I have no choice but to use that move.
That stance...
Behold, the results of my training to be like Kakashi Sensei!
One Thousand Years of Death!
I've been hit by that move before.
An iron plate!
How can this be?
What a ridiculous fight.
I fought a Leaf ninja who used that same attack...
Kakashi's father!
They called him the Leaf's White Fang...
...because of the bite of his Thousand Years of Death.
That can't be true!
Sorry, kid.
Get him!
Right!
This is bad.
Come on, Neji!
I can't, Tenten!
The contacts are irritating my eyes...
Dry eye?!
Why now?!
I'm doomed!
Guy Sensei?
If you lay a hand on my students,
you're gonna pay the price!
It looks like you're still paying the price, Sensei.
Kakashi Sensei, is Guy Sensei okay?
Nope.
But Guy was so worried about you he rushed off anyway.
Much like yourself, Guy started out as a hopeless case,
with no talent for being a ninja.
But he challenged me over and over anyway.
I think Guy is always trying to show you...
...the path you should follow.
Those are the same kind of tights that I wear.
They're so cool!
Wear those and someday you'll be as strong as me.
Guy Sensei does so much for me,
and I had the nerve to imitate Kakashi Sensei!
Guy Sensei!
Guy Sensei, you're definitely the best!
Now let's get serious, Lee, Kakashi!
Don't be scared!
We've well defended from that attack!
Oh, yeah?
What?!
Three Thousand Years of Death!
No!
Guy Sensei, I'm sorry.
I lost sight of what's really important!
Lee, don't say anything more...
Guy Sensei!
You've still got a ways to go.
Sure, perhaps from your point of view, Guy Sensei doesn't match up,
but I'll stick by Guy Sensei forever!
Huh?
What are you talking about?
Kakashi Sensei just said—
No, no, you've got it all wrong.
I was saying my Thousand Years of Death...
...still doesn't have quite the bite my father's did.
Then...
I've long acknowledged Guy as my rival.
That's right!
And I still have more wins, by the way.
That's our Guy Sensei!
In the end, things went back to normal between Lee and Guy Sensei.
Together they redoubled their efforts,
hoping to find even greater strength.
Would you please move on to something else?!
Hey, Neji, what kind of underpants do you wear to a fight?
I'm not telling.
Aw...
Next week,
"I'm Going to Teach Konohamaru Kempo,"
I'm Going to Teach Konohamaru Kempo I Save My Lucky Undies for Physicals
and "I Save My Lucky Undies for Physicals."
Ah, I get it.
We'd better ask Tenten, too.
I wear— Wait, I'm not answering!
It'll be important next episode!
Then ask Sakura, too!
I could never ask Sakura such a shameless question!
Then don't ask me either!