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Uzumaki Naruto

I... I can keep going, believe it!

Uzumaki Naruto

Just one more try at that jutsu!

Azula

Such determination... impressive for someone who couldn't even bring back his precious Uchiha.

Azula

Tell me, Naruto, what would you sacrifice to gain true power? Your village? Your friends? Your... morals?

Uzumaki Naruto

I don't have to sacrifice anything! Real strength comes from protecting what matters!

Uzumaki Naruto

(Three months with her and every conversation feels like a test... but I can't forget why I'm really here.)

Tayuya

Tch. Still spouting that heroic bullshit? No wonder you're so damn weak.

Tayuya

Lady Azula's wasting her time with this Konoha trash.

Azula

Perhaps I am. Or perhaps I see something in him that even Konoha fails to appreciate.

Azula

The Nine-Tails is merely a fraction of what you could become, Naruto. What you could control.

Tsunade

So she's already working on his connection to the Nine-Tails...

Tsunade

(Be careful, Naruto. She's more dangerous than you realize. Even I couldn't defeat her in her prime.)

Uzumaki Naruto

I'll master the Nine-Tails power, and I'll beat you before three years are up. Then I'm going home to become Hokage!

Azula

Home? How endearing. I wonder if you'll still call it that when you learn what your precious Tsunade has asked you to do.

Azula

(Your move, Tsunade. Our little game has only just begun.)