[If he's learned nothing else about what it means to be a shinobi, it's this: the world needs to change. When they put on the hitai-ate as a symbol of their loyalty to the village, they also have to accept the possibility that they will die for its sake. Naruto knows that, and stands by it like so many of his peers. But in that same hand he's seen so many people give their lives up needlessly. If I can at last save their lives, then what happens to me won't matter at all, he says. He wonders if Uchiha Itachi felt that way about his brother- because the reality is that his death meant everything to Sasuke. To someone else, this guy is everything too.]

It doesn't matter who you were before you came here. [His voice quiets, and not once does he flinch from the accusations.]

We're in this fight together. We're trying to make sure what the dragons did doesn't happen again. It's obvious it hurt you.

Say whatever you want about me, but I'm not gonna let you die doing something stupid. If you wanna protect them, then stay alive to do it.