The Grim Reaper hovers over the Third Hokage, and I believe that Orochimaru's eager to see a Jutsu he doesn't know. He takes a few hits, and the Boss Snake tries to jolly him along, but we're playing by the Reaper's time table. It breaks some prayer beads to cut its palm, and the blood flows down its arm before plunging it into the soul of the Third Hokage. The frst of Sarutobi's clones grabs somebody in the cover of darkness, the First Hokage, and the other's grabbed the Second while the darkness around them vanish. The Reaper comes back to claim the souls that Orochimaru stole for his own, and Seals them in the Clones of the Third Hokage. It turns out the corpses he used for the Jutsu were his Sound Ninja goons Kin and Zaku. I'd say something like 'harsh,' but I'm not really suprised.
In a nice flashback, we get the First and Second Hokages telling Saru your standard stuff - the village is your family, protect the village, raise people to believe in the same, that's what it means to be Hokage, etc. He was Hokage awfully young. It's the callous disregard for Orochimaru's own Ninja that've pushed the Old Man over the edge (not that it took all that much). His Shadow Clones vanish, and Sarutobi summons Enma to him as they go at it. The Hokage manages to get Orochimaru in a clench, and the Grim Reaper reaches through Sarutobi to into Orochimaru's chest, and the Boss Snake looks terrified. He summons his sword to him as Saru has the Reaper start to rip out Orochimaru's soul, and Enma's unable to stop the sword as it strikes. A spray of blood...
Back to to the monster snake wrecking Leaf Village, and Ibiki's not having a nice day of it at all. What the hell do you do to Ninja King Ghidorah after all? The interrogator's at the end of his rope when... Ninja Art: Summoning! Bring Down the House Jutsu! Oh, that's what you do. DROP A GIANT TOAD WITH SWORDS ON IT. Jiraiya's in attendance, kids! Ibiki's shocked, and the younger Ninja with him even more so. Jiraiya does a little dance and introduces himself with an awesome mini-speech. Jiraiya WILL RAGE! He implores Third Hokage not to die before he can get there. Under the Barrier, Enma's able to grab the sword out of the air... a bit too late. It's already halfway into the Old Man. Orochimaru asks why Sarutobi didn't dodge, and the Old Man says there's no point, you literally have to pay the Reaper to use it, so he was dead anyway. His soul will be devoured, but it'll also kill Orochimaru. This is the same Jutsu the Fourth Hokage used on the Demon Fox. [i]Huh.[/i] The Hokage's giving up his soul to struggle with Orochimaru for eternity. [i]Heroism.[/i] Orochimaru can see the Reaper now, as it cuts off, I think the First and Second Hokage's souls and shoves them down his mouth. Orochimaru Jutsus the sword in Sarutobi deeper, trying to get him to die before his own soul can be claimed.
Iruka's leading the Ninja Preschoolers to safety, and Udon and Moegi turn to Konohamaru to soothe their fears, and he does in a touching way. The path they're on, his grandpa said would be okay, so it is. Sasuke's almost on Kankuro and Gaara now, and in fact cuts the Sand Ninja off.
No choice left, Kankuro's ready to scrap, until Temari puts it on pause by joining them. She frets about not delaying him enough, but every little bit helps until Gaara wakes up. Naruto, Sakura and Pakkun are still on their trail, and catches a new scent, but the little dog smells Sasuke instead of shampoo this time. It's not the only thing after Sasuke either, Pakkun smells, and the only thing he knows is that it's not human. This time it's Kankuro who tells Temari to go on, and gets ready to unleash Crow on Sasuke, but somebody has different notions. Our favorite insect savant Shino! He used his creepy-crawlies to track Kankuro when the latter started acting squirrely during the tourney. He says he wants battles settled - Sasuke and Gaara, and Kankuro/Shino because the Sand Ninja punked out earlier. Sasuke asks Shino if he's going to be okay, and Shino says he'll be along in ten minutes, though Sasuke says he'll be done then, too. Kankuro says they don't know what terror is, and Shino asks if Kankuro's going to teach him. No, the Sand Ninja says, if he catches up to Gaara Gaara will make him learn.
Next Episode: Sasuke catches up with Gaara, which might fall under 'be careful what you wish for.'
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