NARUTO - EPISODE FIFTY-EIGHT: Hospital Besieged, The Evil Hand Revealed!
Baki is coming to bring the wrath of God on his Genin, they let Gaara run wild and he's gone. We got ourselves a genuine murder mystery here. Naruto has a guest at his hospital bed. It's...Shikamaru? He doesn't think Naruto is going to come to anytime soon. Speaking about Hospital visits our girl Sakura is at the Yamanaka flower store looking for more white flowers for someone.
Too Bad Sakura,
The Sauce still hasn't come back. This one isn't for Sasuke though, its for Lee. Ino also feels bad about that and tells her to give him some good wishes. Someone is making some rather loud footsteps in the hallway of the seemingly empty hospital. Shikamaru notices that the sand in the hourglass he is using has...stopped. Oh my. I think we know where this is heading. Just as he complains about this good guy Naruto starts stirring. He's been out cold for three days according to Shikamaru.
THREE DAYS STRAIGHT?!?
He's missed some valuable training time. The Chunin final exams are tomorrow! Naruto starts yelling like a maniac and Shikamaru liked him better when he was comatose. Naruto is hungry and his erstwhile companion has a cure, a fruit basket he was going to give Chouji, but he has a bad case of indigestion. Naruto hatches a plan; let's go eat this delicious fruit in front of Chouji. Shikamaru agrees with this sick and dastardly scheme.
Sakura is signing in at the front desk of the creepy abandoned hospital. Eh, nothing going on here...Oh shit the shadow is back. Gekko Moria? Lee is asleep with the window open, so Sakura leaves...and then someone opens the door to Lee's room while Serial Killer music plays....It's...it's...Sakura filling up a vase with water to put the flower in. Meanwhile someone quietly knocks on Chouji's door while the same music plays. It's...it's...a hand holding a fruit basket! Lee has another visitor...
Oh it's just Gaara. The one who put him here. He's come to finish the job presumably. Gaara just wants to know why Guy stepped in to save his pupil after he failed.
Remember the good old days...
Gaara has intimacy issues to say the least. He's got a good Sand Coffin brewing on Lee's hospital bed. But suddenly a familiar sound effect plays and Gaara can't move. Naruto and Shikamaru come to save the day!
Ino has also come to give Chouji a fruit basket. A pretty girl with food, he is set for life. Naruto wants answers. Gaara was going to kill him. Holy shit. Not spooked by the Shadow Possession jutsu either. He's got nothing against Lee, he just wants to kill him. Sick son of a bitch! He's going to kill them next! Two on one, Naruto and Shikamaru were holding back...Bluff doesn't work. Some good wrestling promo work here from all sides. Vince, sign the deal. This guy may act like a demon but Naruto has got The Real Deal inside of him. Sakura shows up to see Naruto but he's obviously elsewhere. Gaara also lets slip that he too has a Demon inside of him...and goes straight into his origin story. He's got a sand spirit inside of him, killed his momma upon his birth. Meet the Shukaku!
A new rival appears!
Naruto with his own parental troubles is legit shook by this depravity. Love...family...the only emotional ties he has to his family are the ones he'd like to wrap around their neck! It's about HATE! He was left alone by almost everyone...for good reason. His father has been trying to kill him for six years now...and he's only twelve! The village savior was a figure of terror. The ultimate protector was the scariest monster of them all! Naruto remains legit shook; this is the alternate universe version of him (with a shittier tail beast) and this but for the grace of god would be him. Gaara only loves himself, wants to kill everyone, blah, blah,blah. Can't die while there are still people to kill. Good Thing Naruto met Iruka Sensei or else he might think like this.
Naruto continues being legit shook. This has been going on for seven minutes now. He's about to break. Looks like Shadow Possession doesn't stop Gaara's sand gourd from working. He's gonna kill Naruto! Good Guy...Guy Sensei saves them with some stiff words to Gaara. Who has more flashbacks to his dark and terrifying past as his theme plays. He mosies off into the sunset but not before delivering one final death threat. He's gonna kill them all like Tomino!