Chapter 2:// Moment of the Century

Pages 1 and 2 are title pages.

Pages 3-4

Even though it was supposed to be a secret event, they held a grand ceremony for the sight-seeing flight on the beach. They break open a kusudama, release white doves, have a parade, throw confetti, and congratulatory speeches are given. Everyone is dressed up in honour of the moment of the century. The Tobishachimaru is 223 metres long, 34 metres in diameter, and has a maximum speed of 70 km/hr (about 44mi/hr). It has six sets of propellers, a streamlined gondola, and guest quarters. The name of the Tobishachimaru is from the huge orca (shachi) with pectoral and dorsal fins carefully depicted on the balloon portion. Its perfect weather. Tazuna tears up at the sight of seeing his own work come to fruition. Kakashi congratulates Tazuna.

Pages 5-6

Tazuna says that the balloon is filled with helium for buoyancy, which is lighter than air and flame-resistant. The sight-seeing flight is going to be 2.5 hours, only up to 5,000 metres in altitude, where other countries cant see it along its flight course. The fuselage/airframe colour is to assimilate to the light blue of the sky. This info is only known to Konoha. Even though Garyo has been sent to Hyouzukijyou, the remnants of his group are still everywhere. Thats why Konohas skills are employed for the mission and will be monitoring the ship. The voice from the platform interrupts Tazuna and Kakashi talking, and tell them that the 57 lucky people with invitations should be heading towards Tobishachimaru for boarding.

Pages 7-8

Tazuna is overcome with emotion and smiles. Its the moment of the century at last! They laugh together as they watch over the stream of dressed-up people starting to board Tobishachimaru. People are taking photos to commemorate the occasion, but then they suddenly hear panicked footsteps running up from behind. A woman in a long blue dress is running at full speed, waving her gold ticket in hand, telling them to wait up for her to board. Right when she is next to Kakashi, she stumbles on something and starts to fall, screaming.

Pages 9-10

Kakashi asks if shes okay. She replies that shes sorry for troubling him because she was in a hurry, and thanks him. She shouts again and starts to rush at the ship, telling them to wait up for her so she can board. Kakashi notes to Tazuna as he watches her run off that she seems to be really anticipating the sight-seeing flight. He also says that it must be wonderful business to be a carpenter. Tazuna responds instead by saying that she was a really beautiful woman, and speaking of occupations, he inquires about Kakashis formal inauguration ceremony. Kakashi shakes his head vaguely. He glances back at the woman, and they are now are awaiting takeoff. Tazuna then says this while Kakashi stares absentmindedly at the tail propellers:

Pages 11-12

Kakashi vaguely responds that it might be something like that. Tazuna thinks that he shouldnt be worried, even if everyone has huge expectations. Suddenly, Kakashis eyes catch something in the shadow of the ship. Tazuna doesnt notice, he keeps going on about the lady, asking Kakashi for example, if she tried to persistently press him for marriage. Kakashis ignoring him for the most part. Tazuna continues about the what-ifs of an assertive woman, and says that when he was young, he was like a hungry dog, chasing after the buttocks of women. Kakashi interrupts him as he concentrates on a suspicious man who just jumped from the stern of the ship. Kakashi then rushes towards the Tobishachimaru and the ramp where the last passengers had boarded, leaving behind a confused Tazuna. The staff of the ship are preparing for take-off.

Pages 13-14

Kakashi calls out to the man wearing a black hooded cloak, who stops for a bit. Kakashi gets the impression that the man is uninvited. The man dashes away as Kakashi tells him to wait up. They start exchanging blows, and Kakashi does a consecutive combination of attacks. Kakashi feels that the person hes fighting against is considerably good: there are no wasted movements. They exchange more taijutsu blows and they are reading eachothers movements. It was an attack pattern that Kakashi seemed to know well, and Kakashi doesnt feel any bloodlust.

Pages 15-16

Kakashi realizes that theres no indication at all that the opponent would use ninjutsu . He double-checks his intuition and looks at the man in the black hood and his stature. Kakashi lands a blow on the opponents chest. They continue to exchange consecutive combos of taijutsu. The enemy gets knocked to the ground, and Kakashi is exposes him and says:

Its Rock Lee! (.:D~) Kakashi goes through the crowd of other passengers and people taking photos. He heads towards the last rope at the hull that connects the Tobishachimaru to the ground.

[T/N]

No, there arent names of the taijutsu specified in this section. Just fists/elbows/legs moving around that arent too interesting to translate.

Same thing as in the prologue between Naruto and Sasuke, = Guy no yatsu= That guy, Guy.

Pages 17-18

As Kakashi crosses by the window of the gondola, he catches a glimpse of the people inside, but no one notices him at all. He goes on the side of the air sac and runs up to the tail of the ship. Kakashi starts thinking about how Lee had escaped the watchful eyes of the Jounin who were distributed around the venue. He muses that perhaps they were bribed. Kakashi struggles to the stern of the ship, hanging with one hand. Inside theres a five metre long propeller. He guesses that they would have trespassed from here. The propellers start to turn, and the speed increases with a low roar. As they increase altitude, strong winds start blowing, and the temperature is colder than expected. Kakashi gathers chakra at his hands and feet to not be blown away by the wind.

Pages 19-20

Kakashi continues to crawl to the propulsion section. The Tobishachimaru seems to have finally decided on its course, and stops for a moment in midair. Kakashi braves against the wind and crawls into the interior just before the propellers start to rotate again, and braces himself. Hes fortunate that the propeller speed wasnt too high, otherwise he would have been minced meat. Kakashi is relieved. But hes still in danger of being sucked in, so he gathers chakra again to cling onto the ship. Little by little, he makes progress towards escaping that interior section and checks his surroundings. He notices that the front buoyancy air sac is blocked off, but its connected to where he is by a ladder that he can climb down. It seems to head to the engine room. Kakashi hears a strange noise, so he scans the scaffolding that is running in every direction.

[T/N]

Pages 21-22

Kakashi notices that it seems to be the shadow of Lee, whos still wearing the black hood escaping. Kakashi jumps over iron railing and the scaffolding. On the bottom of the ships hold, there were many wooden boxes. The man in the wheelchair was staggering on the scaffolding that was running parallel to Kakashis footing. Kakashi hops over and says What is the meaning of this, Guy!Guy suddenly stops his wheelchair. Kakashi demands an explanation and sighs. He asks if Guy coerced Lee into giving him a ride to the Tobishachimaru, as it seems that its as if he threatened to cut off their student-teacher bonds. And then Kakashi notes Guys condition:

Pages 23-24

And so Guy responds:

Kakashi then glances at Gais right foot, which is in a cast, and asks him if thats why he purposely trespassed onto Tobishachimaru. Guy responds:

[T/N]

Kakashi stares at Guy, but Guy keeps on talking. He says that he wasnt particularly interested in the ship at all, or for the scenery at 5,000 metres in sky. As for the ship thats 223 metres long and over 200 tons, he doesnt care how it can fly. In Kakashis head, hes thinking, This guy no matter what, he just wanted to get aboard the ship.

[T/N]

Pages 25-26

Kakashi reminds Guy about his terrible seasickness. Gai tries to brush off his chances of vomiting, He says that a ship is a ship, but this is an airship, implying that its a different situation. Kakashi reminds him that its still a ship nevertheless. Guy persists that hell be fine, but then his face suddenly gets pale and feels nauseated, as hes obviously queasy. Kakashi wonders what Guys going to do about it. Then they change the subject have this funny chat, starting with Kakashi:

Ahh, I see

[T/N]

Pages 27-28

Guy laughs with a Wahaha!, saying it was all premediatedbut then lurches again. He asks that apart from that, what happened to his favourite pupil? Kakashi says that hes fine and returned back to guard Hyouzukijyou (Blood Prison). Guy says that hes probably channeling his power of youth to watch over the prisoners by proxy. He feels sick again. He tells Kakashi that since he put forth the effort into sneaking onto the ship, he ought to push him around in his wheelchair so that they can look around a bit. Suddenly, Guys expression changes grimly and stops talking, looking downward at the lower part of the ships hold. Kakashi notices as well: there are shinobi. Aside from the Jounin inside the ship that have been approved, there shouldnt be any others. The steady their balance on the ship and study the situation.

[T/N]

Pages 29-30

Guy and Kakashi erase their presence and watch over the people below. From above, their faces arent clear, and their clothing doesnt seem to be different than those of other passengers. They dont notice Guy and Kakashi and the shinobi squat down near the side of some wooden boxes, and then hastily leave. Guy and Kakashi exchange glances. Kakashi heads over to check the surroundings and find what hes looking for immediately. Guy asks what he found. Kakashi groans back that things are going to become difficult; he found kunai with exploding tags. Then immediately from the dining room lounge, they hear screaming.

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