Criminal Minds · Season 1, Episode 15
“Unfinished Business” · Season 1, Episode 15
In this episode: Dean Winchester (940), Damon Salvatore (715), Sam Winchester (665), Olivia Benson (637), Stephen Fry (608), Narrator (554), Clark Kent (523), Nate (486)
Maybe, just maybe there is no purpose in life. But if you linger a while longer in this world you might discover something of value in it. Like how you discovered that flower. Or how I discovered you one fateful night.
That's what Lord Orochimaru said to me that day. But people are born for a reason, that's what I think. They have something they're meant to do with their lives, and I am no different.
[Kimimaro and the Sound Four are staring each other down after Orochimaru gives Kimimaro the Earth Seal]
You obey me or you die. Which do you prefer?
How about neither one?
[They all jump down at Kimimaro, but are easily defeated. Jirobo and Kidomaru collapse]
Pathetic. Is that the best you four can do? Now then I'll ask you once again. Which do you prefer?
[Tayuya and Sakon look at each other and then bow down]
Very well. We are now the Sound Ninja Five.
Orochimaru has brainwashed you well. You sad little pawn.
You're wrong! You don't understand! [flashes back to his times with Orochimaru] I will see the truth of this world... LORD OROCHIMARU WILL SHOW ME!
A tenacious opponent, but this time it's over. We won't be seeing him again in this life.
Yes. Good.
My strength is gone. We must descend.
[last words] I am not his pawn! He is the one, the only one who ever gave my life meaning! But how could the likes of you EVER UNDERSTAND THAT?!
[Orochimaru and Kabuto are shown sensing Kimimaro's death]
It was sheer luck... I should have been killed.
No, it was not meant to be. My Sensei has often said to me: "A good ninja makes his own luck."
That meddlesome mother hen...
[offended] Guy-Sensei is nothing of the sort! Yes, he stepped in, but only that once, and only because I was not strong enough. I am very grateful to you for having saved my life, but I warn you, I will not abide of anyone speaking ill of my Sensei.
So you're another one, eh?
Huh?
You have someone in your life whom you honor and revere so much that every hurt inflicted on them is inflicted on you as well. And the closer they are to you, the greater the pain. [remembers Kimimaro's last words] To feel so strongly for someone you would fight for them...and die for them. You and Naruto Uzumaki have that in common. However, what if this person you honor and would even die for is not a virtuous person?
Impossible! Such a person would be unworthy of honor or respect.
No. Perhaps the companionship of even an evil person is preferable to loneliness...
[To Naruto] I have woken up. Don't you see? That guy who dreamed of a happy future full of peace and friendship, he was the one who was asleep. That's why I left the village, that's why I've gone in search of power. It's not the future I dream of anymore, only the past. That's where my dream lies.
[To the police after beating them for accusing him of Shisui's murder] Like I said before, Appearances and preconceptions aren't going to tell you anything. For instance, you've made the mistake of assuming I'm a patient man. The clan, the clan... You overestimate your own abilities with no idea of the depth of my own. And look at you now, groveling in the dirt.
I've never seen him like this before.
Shisui had been keeping an eye on you recently. The strangeness of your behavior. Half a year into your time at ANBU, it was impossible to overlook. What the heck are you playing at, you filthy little wretch?
Obsessed with the organization, obsessed with the clan, obsessed with our lineage... A worthless compulsion that enslaves us and limits our capabilities, leading us to fear what you don't understand.
Stop it, Itachi! What in the world is the matter with you?! Itachi, you've been strange lately.
There's nothing strange about me. I have my own duties to fulfill, that's all.
So what's your story? Why didn't you come last night?
To achieve the next state.
What are you talking about?
[Itachi draws a kunai, throwing it at a wall with an Uchiha crest]
I've had enough. There's no hope left for this pathetic clan. The people of this clan are all the same. You focus on the trivial and lose sight of what's most important. Change is impossible in this fog of ignorance. How can we evolve when regulation is the only thing we've ever known?
Like me, you may be one of the few who can use Mangekyo Sharingan. But there is a catch... Take the life of your best friend. You must kill him.
No matter what darkness may await me, even if it means killing you, I will meet it head on. And whatever happens, I will get that power. From this point on I am an avenger.
You know what they say, don't you Naruto? When two Shinobi are powerful enough they are able to read each other's thoughts simply by an exchange of fists, without ever uttering a single word. Get it? You've always been naïve, Naruto. Tell me, do you know my thoughts? Can you tell what's on my mind?
I won't let Orochimaru have you! I will stop you even if I have to break every bone in your body!
Just shut up for once... What the heck do you know about it? It's not like you ever had a family in the first place. You were on your own right from the beginning! What makes you think you know anything about it, huh?! I'm suffering now because I had those ties. How on earth could you possibly understand what it feels like to lose all that?!
It's true. I have no idea what it's like having parents or a brother. However, whenever I'm with Iruka-sensei, I wonder... [flashes back to his times with Iruka] if that's what it feels like to have a father. And when I'm with you... [flashes back to his times with Sasuke] I wonder if this is what it feels like to have a brother.
Why Naruto? Why would you go so far for me?
Because this is the first time I've ever had a bond like this. That's why I'll do anything I can to stop you.
It's too late, Naruto. It's just too late. I can't turn back. [awakens his Sharingan's 3rd tomoe] Come, Naruto! If that's how it is, I'll just have to sever that bond.
[To Sasuke] Sever it just like that, huh? Then why do you even bother wearing that headband anymore?
[Cursed Seal second stage emerges] There's no question that you're special... Unfortunately, you're not quite as special as I am.
[To Sasuke] So you're special, huh? You won't be so special when I'm through with you!
You know where we are? It's called the Final Valley, the perfect setting for this fight. Isn't it, Naruto?
[at the Final Valley] Look at that river. The water just rages on for eternity like this epic neverending battle, as eternal as the two founders of the Hidden Leaf Village, forever standing as these statues. Naruto and Sasuke, as long as they live, the cycle will continue.
I'm just not cut out to be a shinobi.
Honestly, all you men with such fragile egos.
This mission, I thought all I had to do was depend on everybody else. Some leader. I thought I should've done more, but I didn't have the strength. It's all my fault.
What, are you afraid you might get hurt?
[Shikamaru leaves]
Shikamaru, a girl disrespects you like that and you're just gonna walk away?
You bet I do. Standing around arguing isn't my thing. That's something girls like to do.
And what are you? You're not a man, that's for sure. As far as I can see, you're nothing but a coward. You think if you quit, the missions will stop? Someone's gotta do it. Your comrades will be sent out again, on other missions, with someone else leading them. They'll face the same risks and some of them might not make it, ones you might have saved if you'd been there to lead them. How are you going to feel then? You've got a chance to reflect on your mistakes and to learn from them. Use your failures to make yourself a better leader. You won't help your friends by running away. Instead, you should be trying to make yourself stronger for their sake, so that the next mission goes perfectly and everyone gets back safe. The choice is simple. You're either a leader or a coward. So, which are you?
[Advising Naruto to forget about Sasuke] To be a shinobi you need more than strength and jutsu. You must acquire the judgment to make the right decisions. You must become smarter. The longer you remain a fool, the harder it will be for you to live in this world. That's reality.
Fine then. If being smarter means what you say it does, I'll remain a fool my entire life. I'm going after him, and I'll do it alone if I have to. I'll create my own incredible jutsu, and whenever the Akatsuki show up, I'll smack them down!
The thought of my leaving you to come up with Jutsu on your own like that idiotic sexy Jutsu of yours... No, it's too depressing. This is more than foolish, it's so colossally foolish it might even work. We've got a lot of work to do when you get out of the hospital. So be ready to hit the ground running. See you then.
You got it!
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