Fly into the wavy and twisted sky, into your hands
The distance created between us became too big,
because we were always together
Your honest reply, "See you..."
coming from that brash mouth makes it sadder.
If you are in an unfamiliar town, crying
Then I want to deliver you a smile, even if I'm not by your side
Fly into the wavy and twisted sky, into your hands
I can feel it so close,
Our two hearts
This is my chance to show my master the fruits of my training!
They're both caught in a Genjutsu...
Yakumo?
Is that you, Yakumo?
So you were safe!
Help me!
It's okay now, Yakumo.
I'll protect you, no matter what!
Kurenai Sensei!
Kurenai's Top Secret Mission. The Promise with the Third Hokage
The two who went in first haven't come back, huh?
Sure enough, is Yakumo in a state of awakening?
You two handle Yakumo and Kurenai...
- Yes, sir! - Yes, sir!
You handle the nuisance that's heading this way.
Yes, sir!
What?!
Leave it to me...
That emblem...!
You're with the Kurama Clan...?!
Yuhi Kurenai... Hand over Yakumo quietly.
What does the Kurama Clan plan to do with Yakumo?!
This is a clan issue.
It doesn't concern you.
Yakumo is the child I've taken custody of,
from the Third Hokage.
Then, by force...
No!
You can't escape now!
What's this?!
To think she'd make it look like she got caught in a Genjutsu
and then trap us in a Genjutsu...!
Damn it! Where'd she go?
It hurts...
You okay...?!
Wha?!
You jerk!
Oh, Naruto!
- Hey! Hold it. - H Hey!
Take this!
What?!
Ow ow... Hm?!
This bean stalk is too damn big!
I I can't move...!
This is not good!
Naruto!
Die!
Shino!
What?!
Genjutsu doesn't work on the insects...
Damn it.
Wh What...?!
He vanished?!
There!
No matter where you hide, you can't cover up your scent!
Man Beast Clone!
Fang Over Fang!
Yes!
Severe Leaf Hurricane!
No chance a half baked Genjutsu would work on us fully trained Ninja!
Stop!
- Huh? - Let go, let go! L et me go!
Jeez!
- Naruto! - Let go!
Release!
What?! Sakura...
Morning...
It's because you charge right into an enemy's Jutsu on your own.
Oh! Kurenai Sensei and Yakumo?!
Kurenai Sensei!
Who're these people?!
All four of them have been caught in a Genjutsu and are unconscious.
Kurenai Sensei!
S Sensei... Kurenai Sensei!
She's nowhere to be found!
Byakugan!
What is it?!
K-Kurenai Sensei has...
There's one left...
Just like that... To think they'd cast a Genjutsu on me.
Release!
What?! It won't wear off?!
It's Unkai who served as the replacement leader
of the Kurama Clan after my father died.
Unkai from the Kurama Clan... I see.
Things won't go as they did with the others, eh?
Kurenai Yuhi, Genjutsu user.
I'm embarrassed to be praised by you...
I'd like to avoid needless battle.
Hand over Yakumo.
Hang on tight.
You may very well be Kurenai Yuhi,
but how do you intent to fight within my Jutsu?!
Oh, no!
Damn you!
I smell blood!
Heh, I won't let you escape...
There!
Next, I'll pierce your heart...
Hand over Yakumo. Why do you protect her?!
Kurenai Sensei!
I won't let you touch Kurenai Sensei!
Look out!
Wha?! Not again!
Geez, when will you ever learn, Naruto?!
Byakugan!
Naruto! The enemy's above you!
Huh?!
Byakugan, huh?!
If you're coming at me with Genjutsu, then...
Multi Shadow Clone Jutsu!
Go!
Clones, huh?!
Heh! Mine aren't just illusions.
Let's go!
- Yeah! - Yeah!
U zu ma ki!
Naruto Barrage!
I'll definitely get Yakumo...
Byakugan!
Yakumo has been sedated to calm her nerves and is asleep now.
But it would be best for her
to have a complete examination back at the village hospital.
It was a big help having you here, Sakura.
You should also get some first aid treatment, Sensei.
Right... Thanks.
Okay, please show me.
They've been like this the whole time.
It doesn't look like they'll wake up from the Genjutsu
for quite a while...
Well, I guess that serves our interests better. Hm?
It's...!
Kurenai Sensei!
Oh! Thank goodness you look okay!
Y Yes...
She's not okay!
Wha?!
I gave her some first aid treatment, but she has a deep wound.
We must get back to the village quickly...
Don't worry about me.
I'm more concerned about Yakumo's instability.
Yeah, their comrades could very well return.
I'm also concerned about
how we haven't seen the three people who were assigned to guard Yakumo.
All right!
Leave this to me and all of you head back to the village
with Kurenai and Yakumo!
Organize a back up unit.
Your opponents are practitioners of Genjutsu.
Will you be okay alone?
What?
This fully...
...trained body!
I would cram by the likes of the Kurama Clan's Genjutsu!
A pun?
Oh?
Are you awake?
Hey, do you resent Kurenai Sensei for sealing your Genjutsu?!
That person hates me...
She didn't want to make me into a practitioner of Genjutsu.
It's not like that!
Then... why?!
I'm sure she had some kind of reason!
You would've been in trouble had Kurenai Sensei
not risked her life to save you before!
That was the Kurama Clan... People from the same clan as me.
What?
Why would people from the same clan as you...?
Kiba, could you take Kurenai Sensei back to the village?
I'm fine... I can at least do that myself.
Kiba?!
Hey, Kurenai Sensei?!
Tell us the truth!
Isn't this incident and you quitting our squad...
somehow related?
The Kurama Clan into which Yakumo was born...
was once a force in the Village Hidden in the Leaves
as a family of Genjutsu users.
However, they had been brought to ruin in recent years,
unable to turn out Chunin and Jonin.
Then a rising star brimming with talent appeared in the clan.
And that was Yakumo.
My parents and relatives placed their hopes in me,
the only daughter of the head family.
But I was in poor health and my official entrance into the Academy
was not acknowledged.
I had wanted to live up to the expectations
of my parents and the clan...
and I got really depressed.
My father saw me like that
and negotiated directly with the Third Hokage for me.
The Third Hokage whom Murakumo consulted
realized the high level of Yakumo's latent power
and decided to leave her in my custody.
By the order of the Third Hokage,
Kurenai Sensei became my personal teacher.
But...
Y Yakumo?!
Kurenai Sensei... She!
Why?!
I don't know.
Maybe since I'm a Genjutsu user too,
I got jealous of the high level of Yakumo's latent powers.
Jealous...?!
Genjutsu practitioners with higher powers than mine
are not necessary in this village.
No way. You'd do that for a reason like that...?
You understand, don't you?
A selfish person like me can't continue to go on missions
with your lives entrusted to me.
I can't believe that!
It's not just her... I'm a hindrance to the Leaf Village.
Wh What do you mean?
I just can't believe it.
Isn't Kurenai Sensei still hiding something from us...?
I also... get that feeling.
Exactly.
It's because...
Kurenai Sensei's hand shook with heartache
when she talked about events in the past.
But the shaking stopped... when she talked about her motive.
What do you mean?
That motive is a lie.
The heart is not affected by a made up story.
Then her being jealous of Yakumo...
Perhaps she's protecting someone.
Someone so important Kurenai Sensei would protect?
That would be, for example...
I overheard Kurenai Sensei and the Third Hokage talking.
Yakumo's powers probably will not awaken for a long while.
I see. But the time will eventually come
when the dam bursts and her powers will pour out.
That power of the Kurama Clan will eventually threaten
the Village Hidden in the Leaves.
At that time, we'll have to eliminate it.
Even the Third Hokage was involved with the sealing of my powers.
The Third Hokage would never order something like that!
My parents died just before
I started training under Kurenai Sensei.
There was a sudden fire.
It seems the fire spread quickly and they couldn't be saved...
But my parents were even Jonin!
To think they would die just in a fire.
And a fire in broad daylight on top of that...
And after that, although I was told there was no foul play...
the autopsy reports were classified and sealed.
No way?! It wasn't just an ordinary fire?
My parents were killed on order of the Third Hokage...!
No way...! No way could that ever be true!
The Key to the rusted heart's door
Will always be smiling right near by
Even if rains of spears were to fall, I will run through it
Because I want to find the joy without a shape
This big dream of mine that cannot be translated to words,
I will make it come true, even if it were to deepen my wounds
We stand here today because of what we believed through,
That is why I will continue running forward, never looking away
Even if I'm told that there is no bright future
I'll change it right away, lighting it with all my feeling
The wind is probably testing our hearts
In my heart, I gently grasped my hands
You are probably searching for the answer to your tears
Your dream is always waiting near by, with the answers in its hands
The Key to the rusted heart's door
Will always be smiling right near by
The story I heard from the girl.
The story I heard from Kurenai Sensei.
Which one is true? It's unlikely that they're all lying.
But I can say this.
There's no way the Third Hokage would think about eliminating the girl.
For the time being,
I've got to get Sensei and the others to the hospital quick!
What's this?!
Next time: "Genjutsu or Reality?"