volume 25


    Chapter 217: Brothers of the leaf
Naruto: "Chouji.. Neiji.. Kiba.. Shikamaru.. Thick brows.. They all risked their lives to follow you here"
Sasuke: "Good for them."
Naruto: "What the hell are you thinking about your leaf comrades!!!"

Sasuke :"So.. do I get any stronger staying with those.. "comrades"?!"

Sasuke: "All I care about is that I accomplish my objective. I can't help it if you're gonna get in the way.."

    Chapter 219: The future and the past
Sasuke: "If I recall..that fight was interrupted."
Naruto: "That.. that wasn't the fight I wanted."

Naruto: "Did that wake you up?!"
Sasuke: "Yeah.. I've been awake all this time.. from a dream by my foolish self.. who dreamed of a future with comrades drunken with the assurance of peace."

Sasuke: "The future is not where my dream is. It's in the past. That's where it will always be."

    Chapter 225: Within the darkness
Naruto: "Do you.. no longer consider me as your friend..?! Everything we did together as Team Seven.. was it all just meaningless to you?!!"
Sasuke: "..no..It was not meaningless. To me, you'be come.. my closest friend.."