Naruto, Sakura and Pakkun are hot on Sasuke's trail and closing, but Pakkun's called a halt for an important discovery. He and Sakura use the same shampoo! He'd recognize that floral green fragance anywhere. HAH! It seems to work better for Pakkun, since his coat's shinier. Poor Sakura's demoralized to learn she uses canine body wash, and wanders off in a daze. We rejoin Sasuke and the Sand ninja, and Gaara's still not awake. Temari tells Kankuro to leg it with their brother, she'll hold Sasuke off (even though she totally can't). She, too, is hot for Sasuke. Temari blocks his egress, and blows him back with a gust of wind from her fan. Her goal's to get him to use up his Chakra, which she herself is low on. Sasuke tries to play it safe and stick to Taijutsu, though Temari doesn't help things with her Wind Scythe Jutsu attacks, then a Sand Storm Jutsu to blow him back. Sasuke realizes he's got to get that damned giant fan away from her, and Temari's happy he's breaking out the Ninjutsu - here his normal fire-related stuff, but that doesn't work so good against somebody who uses wind. Sasuke uncharacteristically trips on te sand from her earlier attack, and takes some kunai in the chest. SUBSTITUTION! Complete with Explosive Runes note. This stuns Temari long enough for Sasuke to continue his pursuit.
On the roof in Hidden Village, and Orochimaru's now transgendered. It's because of the Hidden Jutsu he's completed he didn't get the Fourth Hokage nod, and we flashback to the Old Man leading Anbu to stop his attempt the first time around. Lots of people had been going mission, and Orochimaru'd been acting strangely. so they put two and two together and got evil snake. Orochimaru did it for the research - he simply wants every Jutsu in the world, just to see what happens, but to make a Jutsu omlette you have to crack a few Shinobi. This sort of project takes time, so the first order of business is to get all the time in the world. Immortality Jutsu. It's essentially a soul transfer, and Orochimaru is on is third. Even Enma looks outraged. And then it hits, that's why he wants Sasuke.
Orochimaru's never one to not twist the knife, so he switches back to his old face. First Hokage summons up a mess of plants that blocks the inside of the Barrier from view, and Orochimaru chides the Old Man for being soft. Enma says this just isn't like Sarutobi. Flashbacked, we get a picture of young Orochimaru, Jiraiya and... oh, what the hell, I'll guess Tsunade. The Old Man says he recognized that Orochimaru had the potential to be a bastard, but after the war they needed all the help they could get, and Orochimaru was just such a genius the Old Man wanted him to carry on. We get Sarutobi summoning Enma, but Orochimaru but counters with a jutsu that tears his hideout apart, and also the Anbu with the Hokage. Enma yells for the Old Man to kill him, but Third thinks of the kid he was, the kid he taught and can't do it.
The present, and Sarutobi's ready to correct past mistakes. First and Second leap to the attack, and Third uses the Shadow Clone Jutsu so he can properly do another summon - the Grim Reaper, who you can only see if you've signed a contract with. A contract with Death. Orochimaru says whatever he's doing, it doesn't matter, but the Old Man isn't going down with out a fight. Second calls for Infinite Darkness Jutsu, and under cover, the Third starts taking hits. Orochimaru snides that Hokage's just a title, and it doesn't mean any more than the rock his face is carved on. The Old Man knows it's more than that, Leaf Village is more just a place, it's about the people who live there and are ready to die to protect it. We get lots of flashes on people from the Old Man's memory, so let's take them as they come. Second Hokage with Sarutobi in his Genin squad. Sarutobi with his own Genin Squad of Orochimaru, Jiraiya and, yeah, still thinking Tsunade. Jiraiya with Naruto's dad (who, yes, the Fourth Hokage). Orochimaru with young Anko. Naruto's dad with his genin squad, including young Kakashi who even as a child is hip. Baby Naruto and young Iruka, then lots of people we already know. All these people, to the Hokage, they're all family. Orochimaru predictably doesn't care, but the Hokage says even if you kill him, the Leaf Village will carry on, and they'll carry on. Then he prepares to attack with the Grim Reaper behind him, to pull out Orochimaru's very soul.
Next Episode: Sarutobi is ready to die for his family, the whole of Leaf Village.
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