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Uzumaki Naruto

I should have told Granny Tsunade about this from the beginning...

Uzumaki Naruto

(Three days to decide whether to go with Azula... to learn to control the Nine-Tails...)

Uzumaki Naruto

I can't keep this secret any longer. Azula's offer is too dangerous.

Uzumaki Naruto

She might be Granny Tsunade's former friend, but something doesn't feel right.

Tsunade

Come in, Naruto. You look like you've been carrying something heavy.

Tsunade

I can see it in your eyes - this isn't about a mission report, is it?

Uzumaki Naruto

Granny Tsunade... I should have told you earlier. Azula approached me three days ago.

Uzumaki Naruto

She offered to help me control the Nine-Tails' power if I go with her. She's giving me until tomorrow to decide.

Tsunade

Azula is here in the village? That rogue kunoichi has some nerve showing her face!

Tsunade

Naruto, you have no idea how dangerous she truly is.

Uzumaki Naruto

I'm sorry I didn't tell you right away! I thought maybe I could handle it myself.

Uzumaki Naruto

Wait... you're not angry that I kept it secret?

Tsunade

I know Azula better than anyone. She's manipulative, cunning... she would have made things far worse if you'd exposed her immediately.

Tsunade

That's exactly how she operates - isolating her targets from those who could help them.

Tsunade

Her offer is a trap, Naruto. She doesn't want to help you control the Nine-Tails...

Tsunade

She wants to control YOU.