The unison sign
episod ebegins with the collision of rasengan and chidori and the explosion that engulfs both of them.
Naruto gets beaten by Sasuke at sparring and iruka asks them to make the unison sign but both are still annoyed with the other.
the two find themselves reliving past memories as they flash between various spots such as the academy, the hospital roof, and others.
they watch a young Naruto and Sasukle back to back in the middle of a crowd, Naruto hated because of the kyubi and sasuke isolated because he was an uchiha. both ostracized and both hating the village
Sasuke says he wont let Naruto tell him he was wrong but admits that perhaps they were brothers in a sense but Naruto does tell him hes wrong and he didn't understand before he runs off after his younger self
sasuke finds them on the academy swing Naruto apologizes to tsunade saying he promised not to die before becoming hokage. then he realizes no ones around to fix the mugen tsukyomi. Sasuke chide shim for worrying about the living when theyre both dead. and says Sakura and Kakashi will figure something out.
Naruto suddenly winces in pain and then vanishes leaving sasuke alone. Sasuke transitions to being carried on itahcis back and he says one day they'll carve itachis face on the hokage monument but itachi stops and then vanishesand sasuke suddenly sees his entire confrontation with itachi from the death of their clan to the final battle to itachis fading away as an edo tensie, he says no matter what hell always love his little brother as sasuke wakes in the living world.
as he wakes he hears Narutos voice and then notices his wounds Naruto says yeah if we move too much well bleed out and die.
Sasuke asks him why he would go so far but Naruto blows him off saying he allreayd knows why. But sasuke doesn't relent and demands an answer saying he allreayd had the power to sever all bonds and enter the darkness and that everyone else severed theie bonds as well so why did he not do so.
Naruto simply replies because youre my friend
sasuke doesn't let it end there though he remembers the other times Naruto said the same thing and demands to know what that means to Naruto.
Naruto says he cant really explain it well but that when he sees sasuke take on all these troubles and pain by himself he hurts inside and wants to help but now hes too hurt to do so.
Sasuke considers this and thinks that he always knew Naruto was alone as a kid he thought Naruto was a goof off and considered his actions weak, but as he watched Naruto be scolded by the village for his pranks he thought he wasn't as alone and felt like Naruto was rubbing off on him but he considered that a weakness too. So he trained hard to escape that weakness and get revenge, but he ended up on the same team as Naruto and they started to work together ron misisons and training. they both started to get stronger and as he did he wanted to fight Naruto to see how strong they were and he also started to see shades of his family in team 7
it was then he realized that when Naruto was suffering so was he and that's when he saw Naruto as a comrade. but he also knew he couldn't let Naruto alone as he saw Naruto becoming stronger and stronger he recalls Naruto telling him about how he wanted to talk to sasuke as a friend but because he was jealous of sasuke instead made hima rival and made sauske his goal he wanted to be like sasuke who was cool and good at everything.
But sasuke thinks it was the opposite and it was he that was jealous of Narutos strength and growth and that it was Naruto who was always walking in front of him like itachi was. he then ahs a sudden deluge of Narutos memories**before seeing itachi who pokes him on the head.
he watches as Naruto stands in the light and as he grows from kid to adult is surrounded by more and more friends and comrades while he sasuke slips further and further into darkness alone. finally he sees himself standing next to Naruto as a part of his bonds and says I see now show me.
as they wake up Naruto asks if theyre really in ehaven this time but sasuke says no they just fell asleep and slept till dawn. Naruto complains that he still cant move and he wanted to punch sasuke in the head and make him open his eyes. sasuke laughs genuinely and says even as messe dup as they are he still wants to fight? Naruto says damend skippy but sasuke interrupts him and admits that he lost the battle.
naruton though complains that this isn't what the fights about this about making a friend see the truth the real fight xomes later but sasuke again interrupts and says he just acknowledged Naruto. he says that if he dies the cycle of fate ends and that can be a revolution too.
he can implant his left eye into kakashi or someone and end the infinite tsukyomi and hell end himself if needed. however Naruto says no that dying wont settle this instead sasuke should live and help him fix things. Sasuke is reluctant asking Naruto how he knows he wont oppose him again but Naruto says hed beat him again if needed and to stop sulking.
Sasuke turns away with a tear in his eye as the camera pans back showing their missing arms linked by a pool of blood. as the broken statue hands make the unison sign.
next episode Naruto uzumaki
same opening and ending
** memory sequence is bereft of sakura moments and has spot where it sticks on the hinata face touch and hand hold. annoying crap.