naruto 289

[Amatsu Mikaboshi]

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dun dun DUUNNNNN!!!

[regina777]

this was good- i loved it- real good!!!
i guess some of us were right on the spy

what a nice chapter before the x'mas season!!!!

[KageNaruto]

IT WAS KABUTO! WHAT WE THOUGHT WAS 2 PREDICTABLE ACTUALLY WAS IT! and it seems like oro knows about it. but if thats going on, then whos gaurding sasuke from running away! 0_0 or maybe kabuto is actually trying to lead sasori (or who he think s sasori is) into a trap so oro can kill him? some1 plz find translated version, caus i only got the raw from narutofan.com!

[CRtwenty]

Oh wow... Oro's appearance here is nightmare inducing... anyway, I can post a translation if you want, I found one on NarutoFan.

Front page 1:

289: The akatsuki Spy!

Refined bodies. Ripened leaders. That is the dandyism(is this even a word?) and elegance of a shinobi.

page 2:

Side Text:
What is the true meaning behind the comment "I don't feel" by Sai....

Sakura:
You don't feel...

Sakura:
What do you mean "you have no feelings?"

Sai:
Just like it implies, I can't feel.

Page 3:

Sakura:
So what...
Since you have a brother you must be able to somewhat imagine how it'd feel to lose him.

Sai:
hm?

Sai:
ah, yeah I guess.

Page 4:

Sai:
My brother has already died.

Sakura:
Then[you should be able to relate] even more so.

Sai:
I guess I should have shown that expression

page 5:

Sakura:
What are you trying to say?

Sai:
oh well...

Sai:
When my brother died I wasn't sure what kind of expression to make.

Page 6:

Sakura:
This guy....

Yamato:
Ok talking stops here

Yamato:
It's almost time to go so pack up your stuff.

Sakura:
Sai...

Sakura:
if it were any other day I would have hit you again.

Page 7:

Sakura:
I mean remember how I said I wouldn't hold back if you talked bad about Sasuke again?

Sakura:
But the reason I didn't is because Naruto said that if it meant saving Sasuke he would even pair up with a moron like you.

Sakura:
No matter what you are, if it means saving Sasuke, I can't go about hurting you.

Page 8:

Sai:
Sakura-san, right now you were.... ummm how should I put it... nice to Naruto?

Sai:
I have no idea why feelings like that come around but... In a book it said....

Naruto:
Everyone let's hurry up and go.

Naruto:
We'll be shit out of luck if we don't get there by noon tomorrow.

Page 9:

Yamato:
any time now...

Sign:
天地橋
Tenchi bridge (bridge of heaven and earth)

page 11:

Sakura:
Yamato-Taichou(captain)... make us proud

????:
It's been a while Sasori.

Sasori??:
This guy is...

page 12:

Kabuto:
It's been about 5 years, eh?

Sasori!!:
Yakushi Kabuto....

Sasori:
Were you followed?

Page 13:

Kabuto:
We're fine.

Sasori:
How are you?

Kabuto:
I've been feeling a little weird and my head still feels a little heavy ever since Sasori-sama's jutsu lost effect and I started to remember who I was.

Naurto:
Him again...!!!

Naruto:
Who would have guessed that Akatsuki's spy could have been Kabuto!?

Sasori:
I'm going to ask you a few questions

Kabuto:
We have no time, so let's keep this short.

Kabuto:
For me to be out of Orochimaru's site and come all the way here is risking my life.

Sasori:
Tell me where your secret lair is and information about Uchiha Sasuke.

Page 14:

Kabuto:
We have many lairs. In order to keep our selves hidden we rotate randomly every week.

Kabuto:
of course to places other than the sound country.

Kabuto:
We have one of Orochimaru's guides help us out.

Kabuto:
However the way we go about moving is at random and so it won't be easy...

Kabuto:
Right now we are at the north lake hide out and in 3 days we'll move again.

Kabuto:
Sasuke is there.

Naruto:
The wind is too strong, I can't hear anything.

Sakura:
Shut up! Just because of that we shouldn't be going any closer than this.

Sakura:
Because of the wind our sound and smell is blown away, so we don't get caught.

Page 15:

Kabuto:
heh, it was just a rabbit.

Page 16 + 17:

Side text right:
He was watching...　

Side text left:
and smiling...
What is going to end up happening to the traitor?!

[B166ER]

poor kabuto, me liked him :wink:

[CRtwenty]

I doubt he's gonna die... if Orochimaru actually attacks, you just know Naruto's going to jump out to fight him.

[regina777]

better still- an early scanlation is here:

www.coolccc.com

IT WAS KABUTO! WHAT WE THOUGHT WAS 2 PREDICTABLE ACTUALLY WAS IT! and it seems like oro knows about it. but if thats going on, then whos gaurding sasuke from running away! 0_0 or maybe kabuto is actually trying to lead sasori (or who he think s sasori is) into a trap so oro can kill him? some1 plz find translated version, caus i only got the raw from narutofan.com!

i would love to predict the next phase- i have so many but there is no need. i would just let the manga flow as it is doing now. nevertheless i dont think oro left sasuke alone or without a more powerful guard. we might see sasuke soon and i doubt Oro is in this with kabuto. we already know he doesnt really trust kabuto. probably he was more into finding out where kabutos actuall allegiance lay.

i really loved the evil face of oro again- this arc will be explosive. oh boy!!!

[superkhanh0]

that website doesnt work

[CRtwenty]

Yea... as soon as I saw Oro my reaction was...

"Oh it's ON!"

Did you notice how the snake he has with him started eating the rabbit? Anyway... I get the feeling we might see a Kabuto Vs. Oro fight in the near future... Sasuke will probably show up pretty soon too.

[regina777]

that website doesnt work

you could easily do a web search for coolccc. anyways, use this address- the same site
http://www.coolccc.ho8.com/index.php

[superkhanh0]

thanks regina777 :D

[graff]

is it just me or does that oro look quite young compared to the oro that we saw in the chunnin on. my prediction is that its actually sasuke spying on him.

[superkhanh0]

but that wud b too easy for naruto to meet sasuke, plus oro can change his apperance so i wudnt b so suprise

[imported_Greenlitflag]

is it just me or does that oro look quite young compared to the oro that we saw in the chunnin on. my prediction is that its actually sasuke spying on him.

I kinda thought the same thing (about Oro looking younger). It's probably just drawing him a little differently though.

[Hachi_roku]

Kabuto is probably a tripple agent, pretending to be a spy while still working for Oro, and using it to his advantage or something.

Also in the world of Naruto theres no proof yet that that is Kabuto, or Oro in the bushes.

[superkhanh0]

maybe he pretend to b workin for sasori, his real master is oro and oro is usin this to get info from sarori and the group

[EliteMind]

Haha, but knowing Orochimaru, he will probably pretend nothing happened and play around a bit before actually doing anything to Kabuto...

[Amatsu Mikaboshi]

IF indeed kabuto is working against oro, my prediction is that sasuke will kill kabuto or at least be ordered to kill him.

[JustAnime17]

Ommgg Kabuto is the spy... Im actually a bit disapointed i wanted it to be sasuke but in a way im glad cause we also got info that hes aways moving every 3 week. I have a feeling its going to be a LONG time till they find him wonder what he'll look like.

[CRtwenty]

Nah, both Oro and Kabuto have shown up, it's only a matter of time before Sasuke appears as well. If he doesn't show up during the fight itself, we'll probably see him in the aftermath...

[JustAnime17]

Nah, both Oro and Kabuto have shown up, it's only a matter of time before Sasuke appears as well. If he doesn't show up during the fight itself, we'll probably see him in the aftermath...

You think? I really think after all they said about him moving aound every 3 weeks he wont appear for awhile, theres probally someone else guarding him.. and for some reason i dont think thats really orichimaru why would he just be standing there? doesnt he have better things to do?

[CRtwenty]

I'd say that having his second-in-command betray him would be a pretty important thing. Especially to somebody as powerful as Sasori. Remember, Orochimaru doesn't know Sasori is actually dead yet. (though depending on how well he can see through illusions, he may already be aware that Sasori is Yamato).

Losing Kabuto to Sasori would definitly be up there on things for him to look into.

[JustAnime17]

I'd say that having his second-in-command betray him would be a pretty important thing. Especially to somebody as powerful as Sasori. Remember, Orochimaru doesn't know Sasori is actually dead yet. (though depending on how well he can see through illusions, he may already be aware that Sasori is Yamato).

Losing Kabuto to Sasori would definitly be up there on things for him to look into.

I dunno something just doesnt' feel right

[CRtwenty]

You're right... I personally doubt that Kabuto would betray Orochimaru so... blatently. He's probably either acting as a Double Agent, or him and Orochimaru were planning to ambush Sasori.

At the very least, Orochimaru's smile in the last panel makes it seem that he considers himself on top of the situation. (That's likely to change, when he realizes that Sasori is a fake, and that Naruto and Co. are hiding on the other side of the bridge.)

[B166ER]

(though depending on how well he can see through illusions, he may already be aware that Sasori is Yamato).
is henhe no jutsu an illusion ? I thought it changed the shape of your body completly and therefore was unnoticeable :wink:

[JustAnime17]

You're right... I personally doubt that Kabuto would betray Orochimaru so... blatently. He's probably either acting as a Double Agent, or him and Orochimaru were planning to ambush Sasori.

At the very least, Orochimaru's smile in the last panel makes it seem that he considers himself on top of the situation. (That's likely to change, when he realizes that Sasori is a fake, and that Naruto and Co. are hiding on the other side of the bridge.)

I agree with that. I cant elaborate more since i am in school.

[Venom Unleashed]

Maybe im just looking at this chapter way to much in a symbolic sense, but at the end we see a rabbit appear in the bushes, which is quickly gobbled up by Oro's snake. I think its almost symbolic in that Kabuto represents the rabbit, and Oro of course the snake. Kabuto was allowed to wonder out and meet with Sasori by Orochimaru, and now that Oro knows where Kabuto stands he no longer has a need for his "rabbit" any longer. I just say this because those are the last couple of frames in the chapter we are left with and i dont think Kishimoto would just put them in there to take up space. Anyways i just hope we get some action in the next chapter, such as Yamamoto and Co. trying to capture Kabuto, and then Orochimaru coming out and killing Kabuto to make sure he doesn't talk.

[Kakashi The Next Hokage]

wow the last page was sooo cool (olro's pic)
i'm stil shiviring from that look on his eyes!

looks around the room

[timeforsleeep]

Very suspenseful chapter.

Anyone want to explain what they think Kabuto means by his "My head feels heavy after Sasori-Sama's jutsu was lifted" or something?

I keep reading it over and can't figure that damn line out.

[serujio]

well i think that sasori put a memory sealing jutsu on him so that no one wold kno even if they probed his mind

[Radeon]

I've been thinking about this for a while now, and I've come to a few conclusions.

I don't think its possible that Kabuto is still working with Oro on this one. In order to do that, he'd have to admit to Oro that he had been a double agent. That he had betrayed him before. Oro wouldn't stand for that.

I honestly agree that Kabuto has been caught in the act of betraying his master. And Orochimaru is sadistically upset.

Well, now that's out of the way... I believe our heros are in trouble. You see, Yamato is good, but he's not as good as Kakashi. And the others aren't as good as him. When Oro attacks, its gonna be bad news. Its not like Yamato can hold his disguise and fight like Sasori. And when he's revealed, Kabuto isn't going to want to help him. He'll most likly try to escape. Then the guys will have to get involved to get Kabuto. While I believe they're capable of handling Kabuto, with no other variables, Oro will certainly take advantage of their presence to really screw Yamato over.

Who thinks Yamato(not as good as Kakashi) and Sakura can take on Orochimaru?

My final prediction is that someone else will get involved for this to work out okay. :roll:

[CRtwenty]

Hrm... Kabuto might run, but then again, this is Orochimaru he's dealing with. He should know that there's really no place for him to run, since Oro will just hunt him down anyway. Better to fight now when he's got some reasonably high class allies, then by himself.

Personally, I think that Yamato, Kabuto (who probably knows most of Oro's techniques) and the rest could stand a chance against Oro. If Sasuke jumps in though, it could be a different story (I still don't think that Naruto + Sakura would be able to fight seriously vs. Sasuke)

I'm still holding out for him being a double agent, it's not like Kabuto to throw his hand this easily.

[imported_Aizen-diacho]

I've been thinking about this for a while now, and I've come to a few conclusions.

I don't think its possible that Kabuto is still working with Oro on this one. In order to do that, he'd have to admit to Oro that he had been a double agent. That he had betrayed him before. Oro wouldn't stand for that.

I honestly agree that Kabuto has been caught in the act of betraying his master. And Orochimaru is sadistically upset.

Well, now that's out of the way... I believe our heros are in trouble. You see, Yamato is good, but he's not as good as Kakashi. And the others aren't as good as him. When Oro attacks, its gonna be bad news. Its not like Yamato can hold his disguise and fight like Sasori. And when he's revealed, Kabuto isn't going to want to help him. He'll most likly try to escape. Then the guys will have to get involved to get Kabuto. While I believe they're capable of handling Kabuto, with no other variables, Oro will certainly take advantage of their presence to really screw Yamato over.

Who thinks Yamato(not as good as Kakashi) and Sakura can take on Orochimaru?

My final prediction is that someone else will get involved for this to work out okay. :roll:


well said but i think yamato maybe stronger than kakshi after all he was trained under the third and knows many jutsu's which he got form practicing not by copying them with the shrigan,or thier on thier on the same level.but i think oro is gonna attack yamato and his henge jutsu is gonna go away kabuto is gonna run naruto gonna go and pawn him maybe sai.then oro is gonna pwn yamato but he'll do his best to try and surive sakura is gonna help out somehow.but in the end i think someone is gonna come to the rescue.like jiraya-sama

[demarco61]

lol i knew kabuto was a spy six months ago lmao. posted june 5 2005, http://forums.narutofan.com/showthread.php?t=36686&page=2&highlight=kabuto under the same name, demarco61.

have the same theory... simply because it fits two of my other theories - a.) hatake sakumo is the leader of akatsuki and b.) kabuto is a spy from akatsuki

think about it, as silly as it seems, there are obvious connections between the kakashi and kabuto like the hair and the constant comparison between the two's strength. not only that, the similarity between the technique which the leader used to produce copies of kisame and itachi and the one kabuto used to escape from kakashi during the hospital incident.

maybe sakumo intentionally set it up so kabuto be picked up by someone from konoha for him to keep tabs on naruto/kyuubi primarily. but since orochimaru left akatsuki, kabuto's job was switched to spying on oro instead.

all my theories are slowly coming to life nyahaha. i wonder if all the other guys who have been flaming me before for my theories are still around.. i remember crtwenty lol. ill be back to own you once naruto proves to be yondaime lmao

[JoshAries]

The ending text makes me want to say that Orochimaru fed Kabuto false information and is going to lead them all into a trap. Thats the feeling Im getting.

[Kyuubi kid]

Yeah, Kabuto is prolly underestimating Oro's knowledge of the whole situation, we can only wait for the next chapter...

[B166ER]

the thing is, would oro jump in a fight where he thinks there might be an opponent like sasori I don't think there'll be a fight too soon, at least not next week

[KageNaruto]

i still think this: for one reason i dont know of kabuto is being a double spy, and trying to lure sasori in so orochimaru can kill him. or at least he thinks its sasori but its not. i think oro might want to just no more about the plans of akatsu so he got kabuto 2 be a double spy. well im pretty sure its wrong but its my theory

[superkhanh0]

if kabuto is a double spy why wud oro show up then? kabuto can just go home and tell him wats going on.

[Hayabusa]

the thing is, would oro jump in a fight where he thinks there might be an opponent like sasori I don't think there'll be a fight too soon, at least not next week

Well if that's the case, then you'd think that at least Sakura would have a decent chance against Orochimaru. With that in mind, you'd think Team 7 would seem quite challenging for Oro. But then again Oro might be thinking Sasori is piss weak.

[demarco61]

kabuto is a doublespy. he broke free from sasori's jutsu eons ago. i forgot which chapter but it was during sasori and deidara's conversation before capturing gaara when sasari mentioned about their spy turning traitor

[narutoIZZAbest]

when i first began reading again-- i thought that there would be some weird TWIST that Sasuke is really Sai but as I continued reading on and on I found that it just couldn't be true.

this was the chapter that confirmed it for me since Sasuke CANNOT be at two places at once :lol: (OF COURSE, he wouldn't be using a bushin or something >.> XD)

overall, im glad i caught up cuz a lot of really cool stuff was happening :) ^__^

[ssjasper2003]

The sai character really annoys me. Man I cant wait to see naruto kick sasukes ass :).

[phoenix]

ur dreaming sasuke is gonna pwn naruto for sure just like the last time bleh :P and i hooope sai gets beaten too hes just too cocky he needs sumeone to put him in his place chances r tho narutos eventually gonna get to him and hes gonn feel sumthing-sumehow related to his brother its just obvious with the picture book and all

[noelsque]

is it just me or does that oro look quite young compared to the oro that we saw in the chunnin on. my prediction is that its actually sasuke spying on him.


yeah his quite young now, remember he took another body because he grew impatient of waiting for sasuke.

[noelsque]

ur dreaming sasuke is gonna pwn naruto for sure just like the last time bleh :P and i hooope sai gets beaten too hes just too cocky he needs sumeone to put him in his place chances r tho narutos eventually gonna get to him and hes gonn feel sumthing-sumehow related to his brother its just obvious with the picture book and all

are you sure, sasuke's gonna do what he did the last with naruto? oh man you must be sasuke's # 1 fan and disciple.(joke) no offense :P

anyhow, in this chapter, i think kabuto is really in for trouble against oro. i mean this would make sense. with kabuto gone, then sasuke wil be the right hand man until such time oro will take his body.

also, if kabuto is a double agent, i was wondering why oro would still be interested in the movement of the akatsuki. when in the first place he removed himself from the organization. however, it would be a logical move for the organization to send somebody to spy on orochimaru after he left their organization.

i also remeber during the first shown meeting of the whole akatsuki, sasori, if i'm not mistaken, teased itachi of orochimaru having his younger brother. now, why would he knew that when it was an issue between konoha and orochimaru? :?

[Mousie]

Everytime Kabuto shows up he always looks like he betrays Orochimaru. Like that time when they met up with Tsunade and he stopped Tsunade from "healing" his hands...perhaps its too easy to assume?

[UndrDog]

ah, I know this has probably been said plenty a time, but man do I hate Sai's character. Seems like he is just pretending to be emotionless.

[Mousie]

pretending or either trying to avoid...some people cope better when they avoid something.

[UndrDog]

yeah but if he was trying to avoid it he could just refuse to answer Sakura. Here we see him continue a conversation he could've ended, and furthermore he seemed to be bragging. Naruto ended up cutting him off when he realized that he wasnt going to shut-up about it.

still I could be wrong.

[Mousie]

avoiding doesn't always lead to people saying nothing at all. Giving a quick reply to something can also be a sign to avoiding something.

[phoenix]

thank your Dr.phil lets get back to the thread ok? :P my prediction is that we wont see sasuke for at least another 4 chaps i think it would b too easy just for him to show up in a fight after 2 yrs of training to get him back it would kinda b dissapointing if he just randomly walked into the story again

[CRtwenty]

I don't think Sasuke will be appearing during the upcoming fight. But we'll probably see him towards the end of this story arc. Probably helping Orochimaru recover from whatever injuries he's sustained after being hit with some uber strong technique from Yamato, Naruto's "That Jutsu" or whatever they use to drive him away.

As for Sai, I don't think he's pretending. I really think that he has little to no emotions. As this is Naruto, where everybody and their mother has some sort of tramautic event in their past. It'll probably have something to do with his brother.

Jeez, not only did they get a guy who looks, and acts like Sasuke. But he also has issues with his brother. They might as well have called him Sasuke 2.0 or something.

[narutoIZZAbest]

hahah yea, but looking at Sai gets annoying for me :P >.> he just has that "^_^" kind of look almost all the time O_o

i don't think Sasuke will be appearing anytime soon either-- Kishimoto seems to be delaying that.. (GRR!! dang it!)

[noelsque]

sai might still have been convincing himself that he has no emotion. because if he really doesn't have one, he could just walk away from any conversation and keep quite. maybe during the fight with oro if there is any he will crack and lose all his composure... :?

[serujio]

who here thinks that sasuke will come back ch 300?

[Hayabusa]

hahah yea, but looking at Sai gets annoying for me :P >.> he just has that "^_^" kind of look almost all the time O_o


Yeah I know know what you mean. The only way I could ever like Sai is if he were to lose his cool or get really pissed off.

I don't think Sasuke will come back at chapter 300, probably earlier than that. I just wanna see what he looks like and what his new jutsus are like.

[noelsque]

i wouldn't think that also