Rock away your existence,
Shouting that you are here...
A new journey begins now.
As we survived through the changing seasons,
we gained knowledge and strength, (just looks like a survival game)
But the forgotten memories,
of the feelings abandoned within the flows of time,
have also been lost.
When sinking down, we learned loneliness.
But now we've met each other, we are no longer alone.
Unveil your feelings, Those high emotions
Those tears will change your fate.
Pound your heartbeat against the darkness,
We're sure to meet, Under the same flag of pain
Byakugan!
Why did you take down Naruto with her?!
It was an accident...
Had I not applied the finishing blow to her at the moment,
we would've been in danger instead.
I know of no instance
of the Ninja Art: Kujaku being defeated up until now...
He will be missed.
Hidden Leaf Shinobi, your mission is over.
I still haven't taken back the star.
We'll search for it by ourselves. Thank you for your help.
Hoshikage. The Buried Truth
Rest easy... I'm not an enemy.
Come to think of it... What happened after I fell off the cliff?
Could it be...? Did you save me, lady?
Yes...
I see. I don't really remember, though...
Well anyway, you saved me! Thanks.
I'm Naruto, a Ninja from the Village Hidden in the Leaves and...
Umm, I came to protect the star, but...
You kind of stole it, lady...
I'm Natsuhi...
Natsuhi? What? I've heard that name before...
Oh!
That red star's sure pretty.
Natsuhiboshi... It watches over me all the time.
It's the same name as Natsuhiboshi.
If I remember right,
Sumaru said it's a star that protects him!
Sumaru said that?
Yeah! Say, lady... Do you know him?
Sumaru is my child.
What?! So, you're Sumaru's mom?!
What?! Sumaru escaped?!
I am very sorry.
I was careless thinking the muscle relaxants were still in effect.
Most likely the guys from the Hidden Leaf
are the ones who took him away...
What do we do?
It'd be bad news if these circumstances were to be known
by the Leaf, no, by those in our village.
We've got to look high and low for Sumaru right away.
There's no need to get rattled...
We can take care of them at our leisure after we find the star.
I got it. If we tell the Village Hidden in the Leaves something like
they died during the mission...
We could also convince Sumaru.
I burned Natsuhi's Chakra into my memory...
We'll reach the star
if we follow the remnants of her Chakra.
Naruto was?
Yeah. Along with the Kunoichi who stole the star.
But I didn't see them in the Valley of Death...
Are you saying they escaped from the valley
where the poison gas swirls?
Perhaps.
If that's the case,
they might have crossed the border and escaped safely to the forest...
Hey, let's all look for them!
What's the deal, guys?!
Naruto helped all of you, didn't he?!
But if we don't have an order from Lord Akahoshi... Right?
Yeah...
We don't have time to be waiting for an order! I'm going!
I'm going...
I'll go too, if it's to look for Naruto.
Mizura, you can't.
I want to be useful in some way.
No... I'll go.
Sumaru?!
You're okay!
We safely rescued him from the Hoshikage's medical room
where he was being held!
What? Why was he in Lord Hoshikage's medical room?
It wasn't a Ninja from some other village
who knocked you all out and took Sumaru away!
Akahoshi, the leader of your village was the culprit!
In other words, the Shinobi who made off with the star
and the Shinobi who attacked all of you were different people.
That's what Neji deduced word for word.
Why would Lord Akahoshi...?
Why would he do that to us?
What does this mean, Sumaru?
I don't know, either!
But it seems Lord Akahoshi is hiding something from us...
Isn't it about time you guys realized it?
Akahoshi's using you as he pleases.
Mizura is not the exception.
If you guys continue training this way,
everyone will collapse and then...
No way...
It can't be. That's a lie!
Lord Akahoshi is not that kind of person, ever!
Perhaps the Shinobi who stole the star will tell the truth.
Let's find the Shinobi who disappeared, whatever the cost!
The forest in the Land of Bears is deep.
If only outsiders go, they'd just get lost.
Okay, work with us.
So leave this to me.
But...
You rest now.
At some point, the time will come when we'll need your help.
How about it, Akahoshi?
Were you able to get a lead on the remnants of Natsuhi's Chakra?
This is good.
I guess this is what's called good old home cooking.
There's more.
One more bowl!
But why'd you do something like steal the star, Sumaru's mom?
This is not the first and only time I took that away.
Ten years ago as well...
Huh?
Training utilizing that star was painful for many Shinobi at the time
and even caused many deaths.
My husband Hotarubi and I who survived the training...
thought to seal the star to prevent any more victims due to the training.
A Tracking Unit immediately caught up with us after we had stolen the star.
Hold it!
Lord Third Hoshikage...
Hotarubi... Natsuhi... Your thoughts are reasonable...
As it happens, I was also wavering.
But in the position of Hoshikage, it was difficult to make a decision.
I promise to terminate the star training.
But the hard line faction of the Star Village
might at some point resume the training...
You two must leave this village!
I want you to keep an eye on the village from the outside.
And if it seems that the training will begin once again...
Please stop it with your power.
Lord Hoshikage...
For Sumaru...
Tell Sumaru that... we died. Please be good to him.
Yes, I understand.
Upon allowing us to leave the village,
the Lord Third Hoshikage completely prohibited the star training.
Like us, the Third Hoshikage was also distressed
at the damage from the star training.
Neji was also talking about that.
But are the effects from the star that severe?!
Yes. My husband Hotarubi died due to side effects
a while after leaving the village...
I might also die at any time from the effects.
No way...
Then let's go back to the village!
Tell Akahoshi directly to stop the training!
Akahoshi is a man who puts the prosperity of the village
ahead of the lives of the children.
As proof of that, he has taken Sumaru hostage
and has demanded that I return the star.
What?! Then the masked Ninja from that time was...
Hold it!
Farewell!
Wh What?!
It was Akahoshi?!
What is it, Sumaru's mom?
They've... Akahoshi has come.
Is this the place?
Where's the star being hidden?
Hotarubi... Please protect the star, protect Sumaru...
The star is under that rock...
But it seems the entrance is sealed...
What can we do with a boulder like this...?
Our only choice is to blow it up little by little with Letter Bombs.
I won't let you do that!
Wha?!
Didn't this brat die in the Valley of Death?
I won't be done in just like that, believe it!
You guys step back.
Then I just have to do it again.
Ninja Art: Kujaku Beast!
Here we go!
You're mine!
I saw that move coming! Become a sacrifice for my beast!
What?!
Natsuhi... So you were alive too, after all, huh?
Akahoshi, reconsider one more time...
If you stop the star training and release the children,
I'll have no more to do with the village...
I don't think so!
The Third Hoshikage was stubborn
and never wavered in his opposition.
Opposition to those of us who trained Star Ninja
and attempted to bring prosperity to the village...
No! As long as I, the Third Hoshikage, am alive,
the resumption of that training will never be allowed!
Return to your posts... That is all.
Have you lost your mind...
Akahoshi?
You're the one who's lost his mind!
Rest easy and go to the other world...
Our generation will raise this village
to rival that of the Five Great Hidden Villages...
Was this... really okay?
It was necessary for the sake of the village, right?
Exactly! We can do star training as we please.
Unforgivable!
What do you think of all those who are training frantically,
believing in you guys?!
One's even on the verge of dying! Do you understand that?!
Sacrifice is unavoidable for the sake of village prosperity.
A Shinobi is merely a tool for that.
For the sake of village prosperity?
Knock it off!
All you're doing is deceiving the people in the village!
This is a Star Village issue... I will settle this.
B-But!
Step back!
Yotaka, Shisou!
Wha?! He devoured his comrades' Chakra!
My Chakra beast has a full stomach.
Things won't go as they did before.
Talk is cheap!
Sumaru's mom...
Yesterday's Call Sign, was all from my cell phone.
In a strange park, I play the Fuzz Guitar without enthusiasm.
Yellow Moon.
Even now, counting to three, I open my eyes
Shadow Moon I am still dreaming.
Look at my eyes, look at my eyes, as we face one another's back
Look at my eyes, when can we meet?
EveryDay EveryNight With every word I can think of
Right away, my messy feelings as is,
A magical chord change, in a restless city
A daily JAZZ Guitar played in a soft minor key