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(THEME MUSIC PLAYING)

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(GRUNTING)

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(GASPS)

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(LAUGHS)

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(GASPS)

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Master Bruce.

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What is it, Alfred?

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Yoru Sensei. Line three.

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Konnichiwa, sensei.

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(LAUGHS)

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ALFRED: I should enjoy
our return to Nippon more

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without this
unfortunate business.

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So would I, Alfred,
but gin' cannot be denied.

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Ah, yes, giri.
Honor, duty, obligation.

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PILOT: <i>We'll reach the city of
Kuruhara in an hour, Mr. Wayne.</i>

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(STUDENTS GRUNTING)

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BRUCE: Of course,
I will help in any way I can, sensei.

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But what made you
think of calling me?

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You cannot hide a Warrior's spirit
behind your playboy image, Wayne-san.

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Kyodai Ken returned
from America in defeat.

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He was beaten by Batman.

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So it is said.

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Perhaps I thought you might somehow
enlist the aid of this Batman.

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- You know him, do you not?
- We've met.

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(BREATHING SLOWLY)

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(KNOCK AT DOOR)

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Come.

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A spot of tea before
retiring, Master Bruce?

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I have some
excellent green brew.

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No, thanks, Alfred.

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If I might be so
bold, Master Bruce,

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how did your meeting
with Yoru Sensei go?

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It was not good news.

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(CRACKING)

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I believe I will have that
tea, Alfred.

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Once upon a time, Alfred,
500 years ago to be exact,

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<i>there was a fighting master who
learned how to manipulate the ki lines,</i>

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<i>the currents of life force.</i>

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<i>He called the art kiba-no-hoko,
"The Way of the Fang."</i>

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<i>It was such an efficient
and terrible fighting art</i>

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<i>that the master decided it
was too dangerous to teach.</i>

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<i>A mere touch could render a man
unconscious, or cripple him.</i>

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<i>There was even a
touch that was fatal.</i>

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<i>So the master hid the only copy of the
instruction scroll for kiba-no-hoko</i>

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<i>in one of the thousand caves
on the slopes of Mount Kajiiki.</i>

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<i>He told no one but
his eldest son.</i>

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<i>The location has been kept a
family secret for 500 years.</i>

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ALFRED: And Yoru Sensei?

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BRUCE: ls the
great-great-great-grandson

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of the man who created
that forbidden art.

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And the only man who knows
the location of the scroll.

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Yoru Sensei has no sons.

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When he leaves this world,
the secret leaves with him.

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And the kidnapped girl?

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Yoru's star student.

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Kyodai wants to trade her for
the knowledge of the fang.

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ALFRED: To use against
you, I expect.

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Well, perhaps our cowled friend
can persuade him otherwise.

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It's not that easy, Alfred.

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He's after Batman as well.

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But why?

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He fought Bruce
Wayne and Batman.

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Fighting styles are
like fingerprints.

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Kyodai knows that
we are the same man.

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That was Kyodai Ken.

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BRUCE: Did he give you
instructions for the exchange?

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YORU: Yes.
In the Uramachi district after dark.

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A bad part of town,
a place of thieves and the Yakuza.

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A ninja would feel safe there.

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If you give him a phony map,
he wouldn't know the difference.

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True, but I would know.

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You are familiar with the
code of Bushido, Wayne-san.

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Ninja may lie and cheat.
Samurai cannot.

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Hai, sensei.

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I'll see that the
map is delivered.

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BATMAN: Let her go, ninja.

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YOU!

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Release Kairi.

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KYODAI: Throw me the map.

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First she goes free.

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(GASPS)

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(SCREAMS)

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(BOTH GROAN)

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(GROANS)

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(couemue)

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(RUMBLING)

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(GRUNTING)

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BRUCE: I can only read
bits and pieces, sensei.

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Not enough to understand
the techniques.

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It seems that age has destroyed
the secrets of kiba-no-hoko.

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I wish it were so, Wayne-san.

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There is a large part missing.

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The location of, and directions
on performing the o-nemuri touch.

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I think that Batman
is in grave danger.

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(RUMBLING)

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ALFRED: Another
temblor, Master Bruce.

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Shall I pack for our
return to Gotham City, sir?

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I'm afraid not just
yet, old friend.

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I thought, that with the
recovery of the young lady

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and the destruction of the scroll,
your chores here were finished.

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Kyodai has the part of the scroll
that describes the o-nemuri touch.

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I'm afraid my Japanese is a bit
rusty, Master Bruce.

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It means "big sleep."

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A better translation
might be "Eternal sleep."

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Oh...

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<i>Oh» my'.</i>

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I cannot tell you where the
fatal point lies, Wayne-san.

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I never allowed myself
to read the scroll,

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for fear I might someday be tempted
to use the forbidden knowledge.

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It could be anywhere, then.

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Yes, on a hand, an arm, a leg.

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Even a simple defensive
block could mean doom.

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(TELEPHONE RINGING)

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Alfred?

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Alfred?

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(LAUGHING)

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No, rich man, but I have him.

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<i>You will face me,
as yourself or your alter ego.</i>

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<i>It is all the same to me.</i>

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<i>Yoru will tell you where.</i>

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A single touch.

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That's all it will take
to destroy your master.

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(LAUGHING)

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(GRUNTING)

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(KNOCK AT DOOR)

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Will you fight Kyodai?

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I believe the Batman
intends to face him.

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Do you think this
Batman will fight him?

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Batman does as he will.

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<i>But I'm fairly sure he'll
choose to meet the ninja.</i>

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How do you like our
fire-breather, gaijin?

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Impressive, is he not?

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BATMAN: Very.

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Once again, you approach
unseen, dark one.

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You would have
made a good ninja.

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I would prefer to be a samurai.

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But you are like me,
a warrior of the night.

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So it would seem.

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Let us face each other in the
open, man to man.

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Samurai do not
hide behind masks.

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All right. Take your best shot.

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KYODAI: Why do you back
away, night fighter?

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Afraid of my touch?

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(RUMBLING)

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This was a poor choice for
a battleground, Kyodai.

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The volcano may claim us all.

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It does not matter.
Ninja do not fear death.

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Enough. It ends now.

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You are strong.

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But not strong enough.

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Sayonara, Batman.

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Leaving so soon, Kyodai?

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The o-nemuri touch.

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How could you withstand it?
It's impossible.

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It's all over, Kyodai.
Your precious technique doesn't work.

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(BOTH GRUNTING)

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(RUMBLING)

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Grab it. If you jump and I
pull, you can make it.

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Kyodai, the rope!

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I couldn't see through the smoke.
Was Kyodai...

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I don't know, Alfred.
I wish I did.

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I saw him use the fatal touch on
you, Master Bruce.

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Did he somehow miss?

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<i>No. Hound his practice dummy.</i>

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There was a soft spot on it,
a place jabbed many times.

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- I protected that spot on my own body.
- Most ingenious, sir.

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I'm sorry about Kyodai, sensei.

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We all choose our own
paths, Wayne-san.

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He walked a dark trail.

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It was not your responsibility.

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If you see Batman,
tell him I have great respect for him.

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Why?

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He's as much a
ninja as Kyodai was.

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Not so. Batman offered
to help his adversary.

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And, a lesser man would have used
the knowledge of the o-nemuri touch

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against his opponent.

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Batman is the essence of
samurai, Wayne-san.

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You would do well
to remember that.

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<i>Domo arigato, sensei.</i>

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