章 29: Chapter Twenty-four: Emergence of Talent Part One
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Pervious on Hope of the Senju Clan
When Naruto stood back up, he turned to stare at Neji with a harden look, showing how serious he was right now, where he stretched is arm out forward, with his fist closed and blood dripping from it. "This I swear in Hinata's blood, I will make you pay for what you did to her…I will defeat you and I won't stop until I've pounded you into the ground and shattered that so called belief of yours."
"Bold words" replied Neji calmly, unafraid of Naruto's vow "But can you back them up?"
At this Naruto narrowed his eyes and glared coldly at the Hyuga, and said "You've no idea what I am capable of teme."
At this remark Neji frown where the two Genin continued to glare at one another until their respected Sensei placed their hands on their shoulders and led them away back up to the catwalks so that the next match could begin.
-The Arena-
After the incident between Hinata and Neji had settled and everyone had returned to Catwalk, the next match soon started, which was between Gaara and one of Mai's teammates.
When Mai's teammate faced off against Gaara, he took off his cloak and revealed himself to be average looking boy wearing a standard shinobi uniform with brown hair a small scar on his left cheek. On his back he carried six folded up umbrellas.
When Hayate started the match, the Ame Genin threw his umbrellas into the air and did a single hand seal before yelling out "Jouro Senbon (Senbon Shower)!"
After which a hail of Senbon needles fell from above, where the Ame Genin then used his Chakra to control the Needles and had them attack Gaara from every direction.
"This match is mine; you cannot avoid my attack no matter what direction you take" the Ame Genin declared as the hail of needles fell on Gaara.
But, just as the needles were about to hit Gaara, a large amount of Sand suddenly came out of his Gourd and surrounded him and acted like a shield, protecting him from the needles.
-With Naruto and the others-
"It's exactly like that nightmare before" thought Shino with fear, where he could see his team-mate Kiba sweating profoundly and his partner Akamaru whimpering in his jacket.
"Shit he can use sand, but then that means…" thought Naruto with shock, as he remember what he read during in visit to the Fire Daimyo private Library, (1) before he turned to his mother and the others.
"Kaa-chan I think that guy is like Yugito-chan and Killer Bee"
When Tsunade and the others heard this their eyes widen in surprise, "Naruto are you sure of this?"
"Positive" replied the boy.
"If this is true, then things have become even more complicated" thought the Sandaime.
"I knew there was something up with that Kid" thought Ibiki as he stared down at the Suna Genin.
"Damnit, what the hell is Suna thinking letting a kid like him entering this exam?" Jiraiya thought, as he had heard the stories how the jinchūriki of the Shukaku would often go insane.
"Shit, as if things weren't complicated enough with the Kumo-nins and Hanzo Granddaughter here. Counting Naruto, there are now four jinchūriki in the arena right now" thought Kushina with a frown. As she could not help but wonder if this was come kind of omen, since whenever more than one jinchūriki appeared in the same place at the same time, disaster was never far behind.
"Could that boy be after Naruto? Like Hanzo's Granddaughter and the Kumo-nins" Tsunade wondered. Since like Kushina she found it all too coincidental for Gaara and the Kumo-nins to be in this exam with Naruto.
"Naruto-kun, what do you mean by that? How is that guy like those Kumo Shinobi?" Ino asked, as she stood next to Naruto after the end Hinata's match.
Sadly though Ino never got an answer, as Naruto was focused solely on Gaara and remained silent.
Before Ino could even try to ask again, her attention was suddenly caught by what Gaara did next.
-Down in the Arena-
"Impossible!" cried the Ame Genin in shock, as he could believe his attack had been so easily blocked by Gaara's sand that there wasn't a scratch on him.
"I've have already see this technique, is this really all you can do?" asked Gaara in a board like tone.
"Not even close!" yelled the Ame Geni, before he launched another barrage of Senbon needles at Gaara, which he block, by maintaining his sand wall. But unlike the last time, the Ame Genin had thrown several Senbon needles along with the ones that came from the umbrella. Attached to them were some exploding notes, which he activated as soon as they hit Gaara's Sand wall.
When the notes exploded a large cloud of dust appeared and enveloped Gaara.
"Ha! How do you like that teme?" yelled the Ame Genin in victory.
Sadly though, the Genin's victory didn't last very long, for when the dust from the explosion dissipated, he saw a large sphere of sand, which soon fell apart and revealed and unharmed Gaara.
"N-N-No way!" cried the Ame Genin in disbelief.
"I'm bored with you" spoke the red headed Genin with a dull tone, before he extended his arm and cried "Sabaku Kyū (Sand Binding Coffin)!" After which Gaara's Sand shot forward and enveloped the Ame Genin, where within seconds the Genin was covered in a cocoon of Sand, unable to move.
"I could easily leave you like this and allow the referee to declare me the winner, but that would be too easy…and too boring" spoke Gaara and he had his sand raise up into the air.
Once the Genin was high enough in the air, Gaara closed his hand and cried "Sabaku Sōsō (Sand Waterfall Funeral)!" which caused the sand cocoon to implode, killing the Ame Genin instantly and causing a small shower of blood, which covered the arena floor.
-With the Spectators-
After seeing this spectacle, most of the spectators, where left in complete shock and horror.
Most of the Genin were horrified by what they saw; even the likes of Neji and Sasuke were stunned by the brutality of what Gaara did.
Those like Sakura, closed their eyes just Gaara crushed the Ame Genin, while others like Ino turned away, where she covered her face into Naruto's chest, not wanting to see it.
Naruto of course did not try to stop Ino when she placed her face into his chest. In fact he tried to comfort the blonde girl, as like her, he was horrified by what he had seen.
"Flawless victory as always Gaara" thought Baki.
"That idiot never stood a chance" thought a smirking Kankuro.
"Damn, that is one brutal kid" thought Zabuza, since he could see by looking in Gaara's eyes that he was a stone cold killer. He also couldn't help but notice that in many way Gaara was just like him when he was Gaara's age, back when they still had the final exam in Kiri.
"Such brutality" thought Sandaime sadly, who guessed that Suna had raised him to become an emotionless killing machine. The same thing that Danzo wanted to turn Naruto into after the Yondaime sealed the Kyubi into him.
"Just as I feared, this kid is a complete sociopath" thought Jiraiya as he looked at the young red headed boy.
"So he is the famed ultimate weapon of Suna" thought Kandachi, who was rather impressed with Gaara's power and was completely unaffected by the death of one of his Genin.
"He is clearly no order Genin" Mai thought with a frown, after seeing Gaara's display of power.
Even the likes of Danzo frowned when he saw what Gaara did, although for completely different set of reasons.
"Hmm, interesting, so that is the famed Sabaku no Gaara, but why has Suna sent it's jinchūriki into this exam, is it because of Naruto or for another reason?"
"That guy's a monster" muttered Omoi, with disbelief and was actually fearful of having to go against him.
Yugito of course did not take offense to Omoi's comment, in fact she actually agreed with him, as what Gaara did was indeed brutal. She also had to acknowledge that the Nibi was right about the jinchūriki of Shukaku, he was indeed dangerous.
Soon after being declared the winner by Hayate (who needed a moment or two to recover), Gaara began to make his way back up to his team. But before he walked away, he turned to look up at Naruto and Sasuke, who had just recovered from the shock of what they had seen. When Gaara looked up at them, he gave them both a cold piercing look.
Seeing this, both Sasuke and Naruto stared right back at the sand wielding Genin, showing that they were not afraid of him.
When Gaara saw that neither Sasuke nor Naruto were afraid of him. The crazed boy actually smiled, as if pleased that his new "prey" was unafraid of him. For as far as he was concerned, it made his future battles with them, that more exciting, where he would enjoy seeing the look of fear and horror in their eyes, right before he killed them.
Not long after Gaara re-joined his team, the screen lit up again, where it went through the remaining names to see who was next to fight. After about a minute or two, the screen stopped at Choji vs Dosu.
Seeing this Chōji began to feel hesitant about fighting, given what he saw a few minutes ago. Seeing that how nervous his student was Asuma decided to encourage Choji by promising to treat him to barbecue if he won, and to intervene if he was in danger.
Naturally upon hearing the offer of a free lunch, Choji regained his fighting spirit and jumped down to the arena, eager to fight.
When Hayate started of the match, Ino suddenly yelled to him that he was fat, so that he would be spurred into fighting even more.
As expect, Ino's tactic work, as Choji was now in a frenzy and transformed into his Human Bullet Tank form and charged straight at Dosu.
Sadly the Oto Genin avoided Choji's attack by jumping into the air, where Chōji then got lodged in the wall behind Dosu.
With Chōji unable to fight back, Dosu landed on top of the large boy and used his melody arm to send a blast of sound into Chōji's bulk, where its effectiveness was increased as a result of Chōji's increased size, thus defeating Chōji.
Once Asuma picked Choji up and brought him back to the catwalk, the screen activated again and went through the names, where it stopped at Omoi against the last remaining member of Mai's team.
-Down in the arena-
When Omoi and the Ame Genin stood opposite each other, the Ame Genin took off his cloak revealing him to be an average looking young man in his late teens with short blonde hair, wearing a typical Ame Shinobi uniform.
After Hayate began the match the Ame Genin started things off by throwing a Kunai at Omoi who easily evaded the Kunai by sidestepping it.
But as soon as the Kunai flew by him, it turned around and went to hit Omoi in the back.
Fortunately though, Omoi did not miss this and quickly took out his long Katana and deflected the Kunai.
Naturally the Ame Genin was surprised by this, as he was certain Omoi wouldn't notice it.
"I suggest that you do not underestimate the Shinobi of Kumo, as I won't fall for such cheap tricks" spoke Omoi calmly with a hint of seriousness.
"I see, Well then, let's get started" spoke the Ame Genin, where he threw several more Kunai at Omoi. Who easily deflected them with his Katana and then charge forward at the Genin and slashed at him, forcing the Ame Genin to jump backwards to avoid the attack.
"That was rather close, but now try these!" yelled the Ame Genin as he threw six Kunai at once at Omoi, who easily sidestep them.
Seeing this, the Ame Genin frowned and threw another six Kunai at the Kumo-nin, but like before avoided them by sidestepping them.
Annoyed by how easily Omoi was evading his attack, the Ame Genin decided to up the game a bit. He then took several dozen Kunai and threw them into the air and did three quick hand seals and yelled out "Sōshūjin (Manipulating Attack Blades)!" causing the Kunai to stop in mid-air, where he then sent the barrage of Kunai speeding forward.
Knowing he couldn't avoid all the Kunai, and that he didn't have much time, Omoi immediately swung his Katana in a large crescent-moon shape arc. While yelling out "Kumo-Ryū Mikazukigiri (Cloud-Style Three Days' Moon Beheading)!" allowing him to deflect the two Kunai that were about hit him. At the same time he allowed the rest of the Kunai to fly by him, where they embedded themselves into the wall behind Omoi.
After the remaining Kunai flew by him, Omoi charged forward hoping to finish the battle quickly. But as he moved forward, he felt a sharp pain in both his arms, when he looked at them, he saw that the sleeves of his shirt were torn and saw small shallow cuts on his arm.
Seeing this, Omoi narrowed his eyes and finally saw the thin lines of steel string that now surrounded him.
After seeing this, Omoi realized that his opponent had tied the steel string to the end of his Kunai so to limit his movement. It also explained how he was able to control the movements of the Kunai that he threw at the beginning of the fight.
"Heh, looks like I have you now!" said the Ame Genin with a smirk. "There's no way you can avoid my attacks any longer with my wire surrounding you. Nor can you use that long Katana of yours properly, given the limited space you have."
Omoi of course did not respond to this and maintain a blank look.
After getting no response from Omoi, the Ame Genin decided to finish the battle, where he took out three more Kunai and threw them at Omoi.
Knowing that he couldn't avoid the Kunai or block them with his Katana, due him limited space he had. Omoi was left with one course of action, where in a remarkable feat of skill, he caught the first Kunai in his left hand (his free hand) and immediately deflected the other two Kunai with the Kunai he caught.
Naturally the Ame Genin was surprised by this, while everyone else watching the fight was rather impressed with Omoi skill level.
"Hmph! Not bad, but is still doesn't change anything, you're still trapped inside my wire and you can't cut it with your Katana, as my wire is too strong."
"I wouldn't be so sure of that" Omoi answered, where he began to channel his Lightning Chakra into his Katana and in one swift motion, sliced right through the surrounding wire.
"No Way!" cried the Ame Genin in shock at seeing his Steel wire being cut by Omoi's Katana with ease.
-With the Spectators-
When those watching the fight saw this, many of the senior Shinobi were surprised and impressed with a Genin knowing an advance Chakra flow technique.
Sarutobi Asuma was especially impressed with Omoi's skill. Since with the exception of Naruto, Omoi was the first Genin he had seen able to use an advance Chakra flow technique like that.
"Pretty impressive, Kumo is sure as hell not playing around by sending this team into the exam" thought the Hokage's son. As he had to admit that Naruto was right about the Kumo Genin being a skilled group.
"Pretty good Omoi" thought Naruto with a smile, since it was obvious that his friend and improved a lot since they last met.
-In the Arena-
With the steel wire surrounding him now gone, Omoi then raced forward, intending to finish the fight.
Seeing this, the Ame-nin quickly leaped backwards to keep some distance between the two of them, where he then threw four more Kunai at them.
Like earlier, Omoi easily evaded the Kunai and continued to race towards the Ame Genin, but like at the beginning of the fight. The Kunai were being controlled by the steel Ninja wire, where they turned around and flew towards Omoi's back.
But just as the Kunai were about to stab Omoi in the back, the dark skinned teen suddenly spun around and yelled "Kumo-Ryū Uragiri (Cloud-Style Reverse Beheading)!" where he avoid the Kunai and cut through the steel wire, causing the Kunai to fall to the ground.
After dealing with the Kunai from behind, Omoi then continued to race forward towards the Ame Genin who was too shocked by what happened to even try and defend himself. By the time he came to his senses, it was too late, where Omoi delivered a large diagonal slash across the Genin's chest, causing the Genin to collapse onto the ground.
When Hayate saw this, he immediately called the match to an end and declared Omoi the winner.
With Omoi's match now over and Mai's last remaining team-mate being taken away, the screen once again lit up and began to go through the remaining five names.
Eventually after about thirty seconds, the screen came to a stop at Chōjūrō and the last remaining member of the Taki team.
Like many of the matches, the match didn't last very long, where the Taki Genin tried to keep his distance from Chōjūrō, knowing that if he got too close to the Kiri Genin, he would be finished.
At the beginning of the fight, the Taki Genin threw several Kunai and Shuriken at Chōjūrō, who easily blocked them with his wrapped up sword.
Seeing this, the Taki Genin immediately used a low level Water Ninjutsu and fired several glops of Water from his month.
Like with the projectiles that the Taki Genin threw earlier, Chōjūrō easily blocked the water attack with his sword and unwrapped the bandages that were around his sword and yelled "Hiramekarei Kaihō (Hiramekarei Unleashing)!" After which a large blast of Chakra erupted from the sword and took the shape of a large hammer. The attack was so strong, that when it slammed into the Genin, it sent him flying into the wall behind him, knocking him out and making a large dent in the wall.
Naturally when Naruto saw this, he cringed slightly as he knew from first-hand experience that getting hit by Hiramekarei like that was not pleasant.
Sure when he was hit, he was able to block it and didn't take much damage, not to mention he had Orochimaru's curse seal enhancing his strength and durability. But if he had been caught off guard and hit by that attack, he was certain he would be in a sorry state.
Once the Taki Genin had been carried off and Chōjūrō had returned to his team, the screen lit up and went through the three remaining, where it soon stooped at Sai vs Saito.
After seeing the names, Naruto decided to pay close attention to the match, believing that it would be an interesting to watch, since he knew that neither Sai nor Saito were weaklings and were quite skilled.
Upon seeing their names on the screen, both boys jumped down to the arena to face one another, where once they were ready, Hayate began the match.
-Down in the Arena-
As soon as Hayate began the match both boys drew out their individual swords and engaged one another in close combat. For the first few minutes of the match the two Genin traded attacks with each other, where they would block or dodge the others sword slashes or strikes.
For the first few minutes of the fight, both Saito and Sai proved evenly matched with one another, but as the fight continued, Saito slowly gained the advantage thanks to his superior sword training under Zabuza.
Realizing this, Sai decided to gain a little distance between him and Saito, where he jumped backwards into the air and threw several Shuriken at him, forcing Saito to deflect them.
With Saito momentarily distracted, Sai took out a special drawing scroll and opened it, then threw it into the air and took out his brush and painted two Ink Lions to attack Saito.
Seeing the Ink Lions coming at him, Saito immediately dropped his Katana and did some hand seals and thought "Suiton: Teppōdama (Water Style: Gunshot)!" and shot two glops of water at the Ink Lion, which reverted into puddles of Ink after they were hit.
Once the Lions were taken care of, Saito then took out a set of Shuriken and threw then at Sai, who had just landed back on the ground.
Acting fast, Sai immediately jump to the right to avoid the incoming projectiles, and was force to move again, when Saito threw several Kunai at him.
"I see" thought Sai, "He's trying to prevent me from using my Super Beast scroll and drawing any more of my beast."
"But I'm afraid that won't work with me" thought the ROOT agent further before he threw a smoke bomb to the ground and two more to the left and right of him. Causing much of the arena to be filled with smoke and obscuring Saito's line of sight.
"Shit" thought Saito angrily, as he realized what Sai was doing, where he quickly picked up his Katana and fell into a defensive stance and prepared for Sai's eventually attack.
The attack soon came, where a flock of small Ink birds emerged from the smoke.
Upon seeing the Ink Birds, Saito immediately prepared to defend himself, where he raised his Katana up and defended himself from the birds Kamikaze like attacks.
As soon as the Ink birds were all destroyed, Saito began to use his sensory skills to try a find Sai in the slowly dissipating smoke. But just as he was sensing for Sai's Chakra, he suddenly sense a small Chakra signature coming behind him. Thinking that Sai was suppressing his Chakra so to keep himself hidden, Saito immediately spun around and found Sai emerging from the smoke with his Tanto sword in hand.
Acting fast, Saito quickly sidestepped Sai's stabbing attack and then spun around behind the pale face boy and slashed at his back.
"Heh! Not bad, but not good enough, you underestimate the Shinobi of Kirigakure (Hidden Mist), as fighting without sight is a speciality of ours" stated Saito with a smile. That soon faded when he saw "Sai" revert into a puddle of Ink.
Once he had realized that the Sai he had hit was a clone, and that it was the Chakra that made up the clone, that he sensed. Saito began to expand his senses outward again to try and find the real Sai.
Unfortunately, by the time he did this, a large number of Ink Snakes that had been slowly slithering across the ground toward him where on top of him. Once they were close enough, the Snakes quickly wrapped themselves around the young Kiri Genin, binding his legs together and his arms to his body and causing him to fall to the ground.
As Saito struggled and tried to free himself, he suddenly saw Sai standing over him with his sword pointing right at his face.
"Looks like you're the one who underestimated me Shithead" said Sai, with his usual fake smile.
It was at this point, that Saito realized that the smoke; the Ink Birds and the Ink Clone were all a distraction from Sai. So that he would not pay attention to his surroundings and fail to notice the Ink Snakes slither up to him. Thereby allowing them to wrapped themselves around him (Saito) and bind him.
Once the smoke had fully dissipated and after seeing that Saito was bound and unable to fight any longer, Hayate declared Sai the winner. After which the ROOT agent had his Snake revert to Ink, thereby allowing Saito to move again.
When Sai was making his way back up to the catwalk and to his team, the young man glanced over to his master. Who was watching from the catwalk at the other end of the Arena, with the other Shinobi Elders and the most of the foreign Genin teams. From there Danzo gave him a barely seen nod of approval, which was only notice by the Sandaime and his two former students Jiraiya and Tsunade.
After Sai and Saito had returned to their respected teams, the Screen lit up again, where the first name stayed on Rock Lee, since he was the only other remaining Genin, who had yet to fight. While the bottom part of the screen, began to run through all the names of the other Genin.
As the screen race through the names, many of the Genin were waiting with baited breaths, wondering if one of their names would appear and allow them another chance of participating in the finals. Those who had won their matches, also waited with baited breaths, since if one of their names appeared, they would be risking their place in the finals.
Eventually though, the bottom screen came to stop at a name, where there was a gasp of surprise from most people when they saw the name of the person that would be fighting Lee.
None of course were more surprised than Lee and his opponent, when they saw the screen, which read "Rock Lee vs Senju Naruto."
When Naruto saw his name he didn't know whether he should feel lucky or unlucky, since on one hand he was getting to fight Lee. Someone he had wanted to fight ever since his battle with Sasuke, who was not only strong, but a highly skilled Taijutsu fighter. Yet on the other hand, he wasn't at hundred percent, he couldn't use any of this Chakra and was still quite sore from his earlier fight with Mai. Even though this technically put him and Lee on even footing, Naruto was fairly certain that Lee still had the advantage. Since Lee trained primarily is Taijutsu, meaning he was more skilled, not to mention he hadn't fought yet.
But regardless of this fact, Naruto couldn't wait to get started since he enjoyed the challenge and he was determined to win this battle and move to the finals to face Neji and pay him back for what he did to Hinata.
"Yosh I am all fired up, now at last I can face a worthy opponent and prove that I have become a splendid Ninja" declared Lee excitedly.
"Well-spoken Lee, but let me give you some good advice, do not underestimate your opponent. Also I don't think anyone has notice yet, but Senju Naruto seems to very skilled with his sword" said Gai.
"Yosh that is good advice Gai-sensei I'll write it down" replied Lee as he took out a pad and pencil and began to write down.
"Don't write it down! You won't have time to read it when you're battling" scolded Gai
"Ah I see…more good advice" replied Lee, where he continued to write down what Gai was telling him.
Naturally this caused everyone to have large sweat drops on the back of their heads and look at the two with disbelieving looks.
"They didn't notice?" thought Kakashi, who fought the urge to slap his forehead.
Naruto of course just smirked at their antics, before he took off his sword and sling off and handed it to Shizune.
"Here Nee-chan take this."
"Naruto, why are you giving Shizune you Katana? You're going to need it" spoke his mother, since without his Chakra Naruto was vulnerable enough. But without his Katana he was even more vulnerable.
"Because I won't need it, not for this fight" stated Naruto.
"Do you believe I am not a worthy opponent Naruto-kun?" asked Lee, who was slightly insulted by Naruto's comment, believing that Naruto thought he would not be a challenge.
"No of course, the reason I don't want my Katana is because I want this to be a fair fight, your Taijutsu against mine" explained Naruto.
At hearing this, Gai suddenly began to weep in Anime tears, "Such admirable youth, truly Naruto-kun you're in the springtime of your youth."
Lee soon joined Gai in his weeping, saying how Naruto was truly a splendid Ninja, at which point both Green were men were bought to envelope Naruto and have him join them in their deadly Sunset Jutsu and become the third Green beast.
Fortunately though for Naruto, before Gai and Lee could even attempt it, the Sandaime Hokage intervened stating that Hayate was waiting for them, thereby saving his surrogate Grandson from being traumatized.
"The Hokage-sama is right Lee! Now Go! Yeaaaaaah!" roared Gai, after which flames of determination erupted from Lee and he jumped over the railing. All the while, everyone was looking at the two as if they were insane, which was very possible.
Soon after, a smiling Naruto joined Lee by jumping over the railing and standing opposite him
-In the Arena with Naruto and Lee-
"Before we begin Naruto-kun, I wish to say that I am very glad that I can fight you so early into the exam" Lee said as he fell into a fighting stance.
"Same here Lee, although I will admit that I was a bit surprise when I saw that I would be fighting you, but I not complaining and I suggest that you give this fight your all, as I intend to give you my very best" said Naruto, as he fell into his own fighting stance.
"I would have it no other way" replied Lee with a smile.
-With the Spectators-
"Well this will certainly be an interesting match" commented Kakashi, as he knew that even without his Chakra and Katana, Naruto was quite capable. But even still he could not help but wonder if Naruto's Taijutsu skill would be enough to match Lee's, since be knew that from training under Gai, Lee would he highly proficient in it.
Kakashi was of course not the only one, as Tsunade herself was slightly worried, since by giving up his Katana, Naruto threw away his one remaining edge over Lee. She of course blamed this on Naruto's strong sense of honour, since Naruto hated having an unfair advantage over an opponent, when not in a life or death battle. He had developed this sense of honour from his time training under Kensai, during their time at the Fire Daimyo's Estate. (2) Who taught Naruto, that defeating an opponent with an unfair advantage is a hollow victory and isn't worth having.
-In the Arena with Naruto and Lee-
Once both boys were ready, Hayate, who was standing between them, raised his hand and lowered it while saying "Now let the final match of the preliminaries…Begin!"
As soon as Hayate yelled "Begin" Lee raced towards Naruto at top speed and did a mid-air spinning kick while crying "Konoha Senpū (Leaf Whirlwind)!"
Acting fast, Naruto brought up both his arms and held his ground while blocking the kick, where he then pushed Lee away, causing the bowl cut boy to flip back and land a few feet back.
After blocking the kick, Naruto shook his arms around a bit, as they tingled a bit, since Lee's kick had been quite strong.
Soon after though, Lee attack again, where for the next few minutes the two boys fought in a fierce Taijutsu battle, blocking or dodging each other's attacks. Naruto was thankfully able to keep up with Lee's high speed due to removing his Shishi Omomizuke Shīru (Four Limbs Weighting Seal), when he fought Mai. In fact he was actually a good bit faster that Lee was right now.
As the fight continued Naruto blocked another spinning kick from Lee with his right arm and then attempted to punch Lee with other free arm.
Lee of course saw this and fell back to the ground and the spun around and did and high speed leg sweep. Naruto avoided this by falling backwards as well and using his right arm to push himself into the air and flipped backwards to that he would land of the ground a few meters away from Lee.
Not to be deterred Lee followed after Naruto, and attacked with a series of high speed rapid punches, which Naruto was just able to block. After which he disappeared right before Lee's eyes in a burst of speed and reappeared to Lee's right side and preformed a spinning back kick, while crying out "Uzuhandō (Whirling kick)!" (3)
Seeing the attack coming at him from the corner of his eye, Lee immediately brought his right arm up to block the kick, which proved to be almost as strong as Lee's Konoha Senpū.
Not letting up on his attacks and in an impressive feat of agility, Naruto was able to push himself off Lee's arm, and spun himself around Lee's unguarded left side and delivered a powerful forward mid-air spin kick. Hitting the left side of Lee's head and sending the green cladded boy flying into the wall, but was able to recover and flip himself around, before he could hit it.
As Lee stood back up, he rubbed the side of the head, where his left cheek was red from the kick. "Impressive move Naruto-kun, you're indeed a worthy opponent."
"Same to you Lee" Naruto replied, before he charged forward at top speed.
For several minutes, Naruto forced Lee to be on the defensive, by using his superior speed to his advantage. Although it did little to help, since despite being of the defensive, Lee suffered little damage, as he was able to block or dodge nearly all of Naruto's attacks, thanks to the intense Taijutsu training he went under with Gai. For as fast as Naruto was right now, Lee was still more skilled and experience in Taijust fighting than Naruto and therefore could take a few hits and wait for the right moment to strike, which he did. When an opening eventually appeared in Naruto's defences, Lee struck and delivered a powerful forward kick to Naruto that sent the blonde boy flying back.
Recovering quickly, Naruto landed back onto his feet, where he was forced to sidestep a forward punch from Lee and attempted a strong elbow strike to the left side of Lee's head.
Luckily though for Lee, he was able to bring up his guard in time and block the elbow strike. But when he did, Naruto used Lee's arm as type of springboard to push himself away and spin around behind Lee and struck him with a strong elbow strike to the back of the elder boy's head, causing the bushy haired boy to fall forward. (A) The strike was so strong, it nearly knocked Lee out, but luckily for him, he was able to stay conscious and rolled away from the young Senju.
Naruto immediately pursued after Lee, but the elder boy was able to keep his distance from Naruto and even jumped into the air to avoid a strong punch from Naruto.
He even took out and threw several Suriken at his blonde haired opponent, forcing him to jump backwards to avoid them, thereby increasing the distance between the two of them.
For a moment or two the two Konoha Genin continued to stare at one another, until eventually the two charged forward.
After dodging one of Naruto punches, Lee disappeared in a blur and reappeared to Naruto's left and attempted to punch him in the side. But Naruto caught sight of Lee appearing to his left, he was able to raise his arm up in time to block the punch, where he attempted a roundhouse kick to Lee's side.
Seeing this, Lee flipped up into the air and tried a falling axe kick on Naruto's head. Who quickly rolled out of the way to the right to avoid the kick, where he spun around and engaged Lee again in hand to hand fighting.
-With the Spectators-
"Most impressive" commented Gai as he watched his student and Naruto fight, he was quite impressed with Naruto's speed and skill as well as his reactions to Lee's moves, showing he had been trained well in hand to hand fighting. He was further intriged with Naruto's fighting style, despite how blunt and rough it was. In many ways Gai found it seemlier to the Goken (Strong Fist) style, where it relied on hard, fast hitting moves. Yet it also involved using ones agility to attempt risky moves and it involved using not only punchesand kicks, but also elbow stikes and knee strikes. "Tell me Kushina-san, what style is Naruto-kun using, I've never seen this type of Taijutsu."
"He isn't using any fighting style or at least not one with any name, as according to Naruto, he invented this style himself" answered Kushina.
At this Gai raised his eyebrow with fasciation, as he was not only surprised but highly impressed with Naruto. Since to develop one's own fighting style was very commendable in his book, but even more, since the style Naruto was developing had the potential to be quite powerful if developed correctly.
"Excuse Gai-sensei" asked Sakura, "but can you tell me why Lee-san is only using Taijutsu moves. I get that he specialises in Taijutsu's, but still fighting Naruto with Taijutsu alone will be difficult. Why doesn't he try any Ninjutsu?"
"It's not that he isn't using them, it just that he can't" answered Gai.
"Huh?" asked Sakura not understanding what Gai was saying.
"Lee has no talent in using Genjutsu or Ninjutsu.
"What! No way?" cried Sakura in surprise, where she was joined by Sasuke, who was equally surprised by this news.
"When I first met Lee, he had no talent in anything" stated Gai.
"Impossible" thought Sasuke, as he knew how strong Lee was from first-hand experience.
"Although it is very rare, there are Shinobi who are born unable to preform Ninjutsu and Genjutsu. Knowing this, there was only one thing I could teach Lee to help him survive the Shinobi world and that was Taijutsu and although this can been seen as a disadvantage. It can also be seen as an advantage, where he could perfect his Taijutsu to a level that most Shinobi could never reach."
Before Sakura or Sasuke could ask Gai further, they notice that Naruto had gained the advantage in the fight and was forcing Lee back.
-With Lee and Naruto down in the arena-
After avoiding and strong kick from Naruto, Lee did a series of backwards summersaults to gain some distance from the young Senju.
But Naruto would have none of that this time, as he pursued Lee and threw several Shuriken at HIM. Forcing the Bushy haired boy to push himself up high into the air, where he landed on the stone hands.
After landing on the stone hands, Lee looked down, wondering what to do, but as he was strategizing, he suddenly heard his Sensei Gai call out to him.
"Lee! Take them off!"
Knowing what his sensei was reffering to, Lee turned to look at his sensei in surprise.
"But, Gai-sensei, I thought, that was only permitted, when protecting very important people" said Lee in surprise.
"Yes I know Lee, but this is an exception and I will allow it" replied Gai with a thumb up.
At hearing this, Lee got excited and began to laugh and started to take off his weights underneath his orange leg warmers.
"I guess I'm not the only one that uses this kind of training method" thought Naruto with a frown, when he saw Lee taking the weights of his legs.
-With the Spectators-
"Are those…" muttered Ino
"…Weights?" finished Shikamaru
"Weights?" thought Tsunade with a slight frown.
"This can't be good" thought Jiraiya.
"A little old fashion Gai, even Jiraiya-sama uses seals when it comes to this type of training method" thought Kakashi as he glanced at his friend.
"This should be interesting" thought Kushina.
"Hmph, I don't see how losing some leg weights, is going to make that big of a difference" muttered Mai.
"Now Senju, let's see how well you do against Lee without his weights on" thought Neji.
-With Lee and Naruto in the Arena-
"Yosh! That feels so much better, now I can move freely!" said Lee as he stood back up and lifted his weights up and dropped them. But when they hit the ground, there were two large crashes where the weights caused two small craters in the ground.
"What the fuck!" Naruto cried as he couldn't believe his eyes.
-With the Spectators-
When Lee's weight crashed to the ground, everyone in the arena was left stunned and wide-eyed by how heavy Lee's weights were.
"What the Hell!" cried Tsunade and Jiraiya together in shock.
"But how...?" said a stunned Shizune, who was squeezing poor Tonton in shock.
"Impossible" said Sasuke, who couldn't believe his eyes.
"This is off the chain Yo!" declared Killer Bee.
"How could he even move with that much weight on him" cried a surprised Sakura.
"He can't be human" thought a shocked Mai.
"Gai you are too much" thought Kakashi with a sigh.
"Talk about overkill" muttered Kushina.
"This is insane!" thought Yamato with a stunned look.
- With Lee and Naruto in the Arena-
"This is nuts! What kind of sensei is Maito Gai? Not even Kaa-chan would do that to me and how can he move so fast with all that weight on him?" thought Naruto, as he still couldn't believe what he was seeing with his own eyes.
-Enter Naruto OST Beautiful Green Wild Beast-
Before Naruto could even think more on the subject, Gai suddenly gave Lee the signal to go, where Lee responded with a "Yes Sir!" before he disappeared right before Naruto's and everyone else's eyes.
The next thing Naruto knew, Lee appeared right before him, when Naruto tried to defend himself and strike at Lee. He disappeared and reappeared to Naruto's right and delivered a powerful punch to the side of Naruto's face sending him flying.
Before Naruto could even realize what had just happened, Lee appeared again in Mid-air and gave him a brutal kick to the left side of his face, sending him flying in the opposite direction.
After the kick, Naruto tried to recover by getting his feet back on the ground, but as soon as he did Lee appeared again and punched him in the stomach. The punch was so strong, that Naruto felt like he had been kicked by a donkey and nearly fell to his knees.
This continued for the next few minutes, as Lee flew around Naruto, making the young Senju feel like a ping pong ball at being sent flying around the arena. He couldn't even defend himself as every time he tried, Lee would hit him before he could put his guard up and every time he tried to hit Lee. The green clad boy would disappear, and reappear somewhere else.
-With the Spectators-
"Unbelievable" said a stunned Sasuke, as he couldn't believe that Lee was this fast and that he held back this much from their fight.
"So fast!" thought Kakashi in surprise.
"Amazing" thought Kurenai
"Naruto-kun!" cried a worried Mai.
"That guy is too much, he's just too fast" said Shikamaru.
"I can't even keep up with up with him" said a stunned Choji.
"I never dreamed that anyone could be so fast" stated Ino in surpise and worry when she saw what was happing to Naruto.
"How in the hell can anyone be that fast?" said a shocked Kiba
"Dammit" thought Tsunade as she tightened her grip on the railing.
"Shit, What the hell has Gai been doing to this Kid" thought Jiraiya, as he couldn't believe that anyone around Naruto's age could be this fast.
"Incredible, not even Gaara's Sand would be able to keep up with that kind of speed" thought the amazed Temari.
"No way" muttered Omoi.
"What the hell is Konoha doing with these guys" yelled a shocked Karui
"Shit this kid is even faster than Haku" said stunned Zabuza
"No doubt" spoke Chojuro, who was joined by his team-mate Saito in agreement
Even Haku herself had to agree with them, as there was no point in denying it, although right now that was the least of her concern. Since right now she was fearful for Naruto, as the young boy was being thrown about like he was nothing by Lee.
Haku was of course not the only one who was worried for Naruto, since even Mai, Yugito, Samui, Omoi, Ino, Jiraiya, Shizune and his mother Tsunade were becoming more and more worried as they watch the fight.
"As I said even though Lee is unable to use either Ninjutsu or Genjutsu, we focused solely on his Taijutsu. Turning his disability into a gift, now he doesn't need those skills to win, since he has now become the foremost Taijutsu specialist and won't lose to anyone."
-With Lee and Naruto in the Arena-
After receiving yet another powerful kick from Lee, Naruto struggled to keep himself standing.
"Shit! How the fuck is this happening? How can anyone be so fast?" thought Naruto, as he spat out some blood and pant heavily. But before he could think any further on the matter Lee appeared right underneath Naruto and sent a powerful kick to his chin, sending him flying into the air.
Naruto of course recovered quickly thanks to his high tolerance for pain from his training with his mother and flipped himself over so that he would land on his feet.
But as soon as he landed, he saw Lee appear in front of him, where he tried to hit the elder boy. But he immediately disappeared and reappeared to Naruto's left, then his right and then behind him and each time Naruto tried to hit him, he would move away before Naruto could hit him.
Before Naruto knew where Lee went, the bushy-haired boy appeared to his right and sent him a powerful right hook, which sent the young Senju to the ground and skidding across it to the centre of the arena.
-End of Naruto OST Beautiful Green Wild Beast-
-With the Spectators-
"Naruto" thought Shizune with concern, as she saw her Godson/Surrogate little brother sent skidding across the floor. She could also see that both Jiraiya and Tsunade were just as concerned for Naruto as she was, where Jiraiya gripped his hands tightly and Tsunade was biting her fingernails.
"Damn, it's bad enough that the kid went against Hanzo's Granddaughter, but now he's up against Gai's student and he's wiping the floor with him, this just isn't the kid's day" thought Asuma.
"Huh, the boy finished now" thought Baki.
"It seems that you and I weren't destined to fight after all Senju. But then again if you couldn't beat a failure like Lee, then perhaps you weren't worth fighting after all" thought Neji.
"Poor brat just had some bad luck" muttered Anko.
"That's it, I'm ending this" said Tsunade as she was about to go down and stop the match, but before she could, she was stop by Kushina.
"Hold on Tsunade, this fight isn't over yet."
"It is as far as I'm concerned, I'm not going to stand by and let my son get beaten into the ground."
"Please just wait a few more minutes; you should know better than anyone how tough he is" said Kushina.
"Of course I do, I trained him after all!" rounded Tsunade. "But in the condition he is in now and the seal preventing him from using his Chakra, how can he hope to beat that boy?"
"Well you've forgotten that Yamato and I have trained him and we've taught him a few things, so trust me. Naruto isn't done yet, he still has a chance and he is about to make his move" replied Kushina as she watched Naruto slowly stand up.
"Tsunade, I know your worried, but just wait a little longer, Kushina and Yamato have trained Naruto well, I too believe he still has a chance" said the Sandaime.
At hearing this Tsunade frowned slightly, but decided to wait just a little longer and hoped that her son could pull through this.
-With Lee and Naruto in the Arena-
As Naruto slowly got back onto his feet, he spat up some more blood and coughed a little. "Crap! I knew Lee was tough, but I never imagined he was this strong, his speed is insane, I just can't keep up with him. I've got no other choice, I have to play my final card, if I don't I'm going to lose this fight."
After seeing that Naruto was back on his feet and seeing the shape he was in, Lee frowned slightly."Naruto-kun, please give up, I do not wish to hurt, you cannot hope to match my speed. There will be no shame in admitting defeat."
When Naruto heard this, he just chuckled, "Sorry Lee but giving up is simply not my style, besides if you were in my shoes would you give up?"
"I suppose I would not"
"In that we are alike, but regardless, this fight is far from over" stated Naruto, where he then began to remove his green fingerless gloves, revealing two tattoo's on the back of his hands.
-With the Spectators-
"Are those…" said Tsunade.
"…Chakra storage seals" finished Jiraiya.
"Yep, they are, after I carved the Chakra storage seal on his Katana. I suggested that we also place some on his body, so that in the event that he was out of Chakra and lost his Katana. He could use the seals on his body and draw from them."
"But why didn't he use them in his first fight?" asked Shizune.
"Naruto wanted to keep the seals on his body secret for a long as possible, so that he would have a hidden ace up in his sleeve that people didn't known about. As to quote that Aburame kid from earlier, while one Ace in the hole is good, two are better" answered Kushina, before she looked back down at Naruto. Who had spat out some more blood on both seals and rubbed it along them, causing them to glow.
-With Lee and Naruto in the Arena-
When Lee saw Naruto the two seals on the back of Naruto's hands glow, he knew he needed to finish this fight now, before Naruto could do whatever he planned to do.
Quickly disappearing in a burst of speed, Lee reappeared in front of Naruto and punched him right in the face. But despite the force of the punch, Naruto held his ground, where he then swung his leg and tried to hit Lee in the side.
Sadly though, Lee was much too quick for him, where he disappeared in a blur. "You're fast Naruto-kun, but you are still nowhere near as fast as I am and therefore you cannot hit me" said Lee as he circled around Naruto at high speed, preparing for his next attack.
"Well if I can't beat you in speed, then I'll just have to beat you with raw POWER!" cried Naruto where he channelled an immense amount of Chakra from his right hand seal and released it when he slammed his fist into the ground, while crying "Chikakuhendō (Earthshaker Impact)!"
-Begin Himetaru Toushi Soundtrack-
Once Naruto's fist hit the ground, he released the Chakra that he had gathered. After which a massive explosion erupted, which sent Lee flying backwards into the stone hands and caused the entire arena to be filled with dust. The force of the explosion was so great that Lee was barely able to propel himself back up to the top of the hands and prevent himself from crashing into the wall.
Even the Match referee Hayate was not immune from the effects of the attack, where he was forced to jump up to the catwalks, just to get away.
"What unbelievable power…all just from a single Punch" thought the Chunin examiner in amazement.
The power of the punch was so great, that it created massive shockwave all around the arena, forcing everyone to cover their faces and literally shook the arena walls and ceiling.
-With the Spectators-
"What the hell is Senju doing? …Is he trying to bring the whole place down on top of us?" yelled Karui in disbelief.
"This is off the Hook Yo!" declared Killer Bee.
"This is nuts!" roared Kiba as he tried to keep himself steady from all the shaking.
When the shaking finally stopped and the dust around the arena finally settled, the spectators finally could see the state of the arena, where most of them were left completely stunned.
In the centre of the arena, Naruto stood in the middle of a small crater, while the entire arena floor had been pulverized by the excess shock of his attack, leaving it completely destroyed. The floor was completely torn up and was nothing more than rumble, large chucks of stone now littered it, making it nearly impossible for anyone to walk across.
"Yosh!" said Tsunade with a smile, at seeing her son turning the fight around as well as seeing that Naruto had indeed improved since she last saw him.
"Naruto" thought Shizune with a smile and some relief that he was alright.
"You're definitely a chip off the old block brat, that's for sure" thought Jiriaya with an amused smile.
"That's the way Naruto! That's my student! Show this guy whose boss!" yelled Kushina excitedly as she punched her fist into the air.
At the same time Yamato could only sigh and slap his forehead, not only because of Kushina's antics, but also because of what Naruto did to the arena. As like his mother, Naruto didn't know the meaning of restraint.
"You are your mother's son Naruto" thought the Sandaime Hokage as he saw the arena and couldn't help but be grateful that Naruto taught him how to beat his paperwork. Since the damage Naruto had just done to the arena, would no doubt triple it. He was also thankful that this was the last match, since it was unlikely that they would be able to have any more after this.
"Damn, I knew this kid was interesting, but I never expected this!" muttered a surprised Ibiki.
"No Shit and here I thought this year's exam was going to be dull" replied a shocked Anko.
"N-N-No way!" said a stunned Karui, "Has Senju always been this strong?"
"Unreal" muttered a shocked Omoi.
"Damn Yo!" said a surprised Killer Bee.
"Incredible" muttered a wide-eyed Samui, who was dumbfounded by Naruto's strength.
"Boy Kitten, you sure know how to pick them" commented a surprised and impressed Nibi, where for once, Yugito did not respond, since she was left speechless after seeing what Naruto did.
"I-Impossible!" said a stunned Kankuro as he couldn't believe his eyes, "This guy...he's a freaking monster!"
"How is this possible?" thought Baki, who had been completely taken back by Naruto's show of strength. "How can a mere boy possess such strength?"
Even the normally calm and level headed Temari was freaking out, after seeing the destruction. "It can't be? No human can be this strong!...This Guy, he's a freak of Nature…just like Gaara" thought Temari with disbelief and fear, which only grew when she saw the insane glee in Gaara's eyes, where she became fearful of what could happen should Naruto and Gaara ever face off against one another.
"Yes mother, I know, He is the one! He is the one who will provide me with the battle I seek! He is the one that will allow me to truly feel alive and prove my existence to the world! And when I have finally killed him, you will feast on his blood like never before!" thought Gaara with an insane excitement.
"Unbelievable!" muttered a wide eyed Shikamaru.
"Holy cow!" said Choji who was completely gobsmacked.
"I knew Naruto-kun was strong, but this is…" said Ino but couldn't finish what she was saying, as she was still in shock and was for once in her life, at a complete loss for words.
"Damn, I guess the old saying is true, the apple really doesn't fall far from the tree" muttered Asuma as he puffed out some smoke. Even though he knew about Naruto's strength, see it for himself was something else
"Holy shit!" cried Kiba, who right now, was having second thoughts about trying to piss Naruto off anymore.
"What phenomenal strength" thought an amazed Shino, who was left completely wide-eyed.
"Such power!" thought Kureani, who like Asuma knew about Naruto's strength, but couldn't help but be amazed at seeing it for herself.
"This is insane, how can he be this strong?" thought a wide eyed Dosu.
"Magnificent!" thought Orochimaru with insane like glee, as he licked his lips at Naruto's show of power.
"I don't believe it!... He was holding back this much when we fought?" thought a shell-shocked Mai, but eventually her surprise wore off and she started to smile. "But then again…I guess I shouldn't expect anything less from my future husband."
Unfortunately though, Mai's team leader Kandachi did not take the sight as well as she did. Since this show of power made Naruto an even more dangerous threat than he or his master Hanzo ever dreamed possible.
"This has to be some kind of nightmare, what the hell has Konoha been teaching its Genin? If that boy is this strong already, there's no telling how strong he will become in the future" Kandachi thought.
"Damn, I think the brat has actually gotten stronger since last time" mutter Zabuza when he saw the destruction Naruto caused with a single punch.
"I agree" answered Haku, who like Zabuza was impressed with Naruto's power, as well as happy that Naruto had turn the fight around.
"What extraordinary strength!" thought Saito, who also caught a glance of the nervous look now on Chojuro's face.
Saito of course couldn't blame him for feeling so nervous, after seeing Naruto's true strength. Especially after what happened to him when they fought Naruto in the forest of death.
"Truly the son of Tsunade-sama" commented Gai, who like most, was astounded by Naruto's overwhelming strength. He was also beginning to understand what Kushina meant, when he was talking to her and Kakashi before the preliminaries.
"So Senju…this is your true power" thought Neji with a frown, after getting over his shock.
"Unreal…" said Tenten, "…He can use Tsunade-sama legendary strength!"
"Truly remarkable" commented Koharu when she saw the state of the arena.
"Indeed" replied Homaru
"Very impressive young Naruto" thought Danzo.
"Well I have to admit, you certainly know how to put on a show Naruto" thought Sai, since other than the time when Naruto hit him. This was the first time he was seeing the true extent of Naruto's superhuman strength.
Sakura herself was in equal awe of Naruto's strength, even though this was not her first time seeing it, she could not help it, as she still found it hard to believe that Naruto was "this" strong.
Sasuke on the other hand grew angry at this sight, since seeing this show of overwhelming power, was like rubbing salt in an open wound to him. As it just showed how powerful Naruto was and how inferior he (Sasuke) was to him. Furthermore it was obivous that Naruto's strenght had grown from the last time he saw him use is super human strenght.
"No matter how many times I see this…it never ceases to amaze me, at how strong Naruto is" thought Kakashi.
"This fight has certainly taken an interesting twist…" commented Kakashi, gaining people's attention"… since right now; we have Konoha's fastest Genin going against Konoha's strongest Genin…it's as if we're watching the age old struggle of speed versus power"
-End Himetaru Toushi Soundtrack-
-With Lee and Naruto in the Arena-
As Lee looked down at the arena in utter shock of Naruto's strength and what he had done to it. The young man saw Naruto staring up at him and putting his fingerless gloves back on.
"It is true that in terms of skill and speed, you're vastly superior to me Lee. But in terms of raw power and destructive force…there's not a Genin alive in Konoha or anywhere for that matter…who can beat me!"
"It seems that I have grossly underestimated you Naruto-kun, a mistake that I will not make again" replied Lee before he disappeared.
Fortunately Naruto was prepared for Lee when he appeared in front on him and was able to sidestep his forward punch. After which Naruto attempted to punch Lee using his superhuman strength, but missed as Lee disappeared in a blur.
Acting fast Naruto jumped into the air and barely avoided a swinging kick from Lee, who appeared on Naruto's right.
After avoiding the kick, Naruto then swung around in mid-air and attempted to kick Lee in the side of the head, but like before, Lee avoided Naruto's attack by disappearing with a blur.
"Your strength is impressive Naruto-kun, but regardless of how strong you are, it won't matter if you cannot hit me" stated Lee, before he charged at Naruto again at high speed.
The fight continued like this for several minutes where Naruto used his super human strength keep Lee at bay. Who was naturally hesitant to get too close to Naruto, given the damage Naruto's attacks had done to the arena.
Although the state of the arena seemly also helped Naruto, since it limited Lee's manoeuvrability, where it was full of debris and obstacles and lacked solid footing for Lee to stand on.
As the fight continued, Naruto kept trying to hit Lee, while using his super human strenght, but each time Lee would avoid the attack, where Naruto would only hit the ruin floor or punch through the wall. It got so bad, that those watching the fight wondered if there would be even an arena left once the fight ended.
But even with the ruined arena helping him, it did not give Naruto what he needed most, which was a solid hit on Lee, since Lee was still much too fast for Naruto to hit. Even when he was able to predict some of Lee's moves, the green jumpsuit wearing boy would move away from Naruto before he could hit him. There was also the fact that Naruto was still taking hits from Lee, as he couldn't predict all of Lee's moves or avoid all of them in time when he did predict them.
Knowing that he needed to do something fast if he wanted to win, Naruto tried to think of a way to give him a solid hit on Lee. It was when Lee avoided another one of his punches, that an idea suddenly hit him, where he then channelled a large amount of Chakra from one of his seals and slammed his fist into the ground, causing a large dust cloud to cover the arena.
-With the Spectators-
"What is Naruto thinking? He knows he can't hit Lee-san like that, he just too fast" said Sakura.
"Just wait and see kid, Naruto isn't the type of person to do something without some kind of reason behind it" answered Kushina as she looked down at the dust filled arena.
"Indeed" added Tsunade, while wondering at the same time what her son was up to.
-With Lee and Naruto in the Arena-
"What is Naruto-kun doing?" thought Lee, as he looked around the dust filled arena, where he couldn't see a thing. "Wait! I see!… He's did the very same thing to Sasuke-san, when he fought him in the forest of death. He's trying to reduce my line of sight so that he can attack me without me seeing him. Very clever Naruto-kun, I would expect nothing less from you, but it is not clever enough to defeat me."
After figuring out Naruto's plan, Lee quickly raced at top speed towards the last place he saw Naruto, knowing he couldn't have gotten too far.
As he neared the spot, the dust slowly began to settle, where he then saw the distinct silhouette of Naruto, standing in the same spot that he was before he created the dust cloud.
Wanting to finish this quickly, Lee sped toward Naruto and did a powerful round house kick, right into Naruto left side, which made contact. But as soon as Lee's kick had hit, he found he could not move away and that Naruto had not been sent flying away.
In fact, Naruto was still standing and was now holding Lee's right leg tightly between his left side and arm.
-With the Spectators-
"Very clever" commented Kakashi, realizing what Naruto's real plan was.
"Not too shabby" said Asuma.
"Like I said, Naruto doesn't do anything without a reason" stated Kushina with a smile.
"I don't get it" said Ino, "What exactly did Naruto-kun do? How was he able to catch Lee-san like that?"
"It's simply really; the kid knew that through normal means, he could never hit that other kid, so he devised a strategy by hitting the ground and causing a large cloud of dust to form around him. So that when that Lee kid moved through the dust cloud at high speed, he would disrupt the dust in the air. Allowing Naruto to see what direction he was coming from and prepare for him, where he then let that Lee kid kick him, so that he could grab hold of his leg and keep him in one place. He also probably channelled some of his Chakra from his seals to his feet, so that he would stick to the ground and not be sent flying." explained Jiraiya.
"But by letting Lee-san hit him like that, he has probably taken a lot of damage" said Sakura, since they had seen how strong Lee's kicks were.
"True but it was worth it, since now Naru-chan has a clean shot at that kid, as he can't move away" answered Tsunade with a small smile.
-With Lee and Naruto in the Arena-
After taking Lee's kick and grabbing hold of his leg before he could move away. Naruto spat up some blood and grimaced, since he was certain that he had at least three broken ribs from that kick. But despite the pain, he smiled, since it was all worth it.
Lee on the other hand became worried, for as soon as Naruto grabbed hold of him, he realized what Naruto's real plan was behind the dust cloud and how Naruto let him hit him.
Before Lee could try and think of a way to get out of Naruto's grip, the young Senju charged his Fist up with a huge amount of Chakra.
"Sorry Lee, but this is where it all ends" said Naruto, before he delivered a devastating blow to Lee's face, which sent the elder boy flying to the other end of the arena and right through the stone wall near the main entrance doors, creating a ten foot wide hole in it.
When Tenten and Gai saw this, both of them cried out Lee's name in concern, since there was no doubt, that he would be seriously injured after taking a hit like that.
-With the Spectators-
"He's finished" thought Mai with a smirk.
"The match is over!" thought Yugito, as she looked at the rumble of stone that covered Lee
"Smash him like a window pane" rhymed Killer Bee.
"Oya Oya, Naruto sure didn't hold anything back" muttered Shikamaru, before muttering "Troublesome", when he saw the condition of the arena, which was just about destroyed and filled with several craters along with holes and dents on the wall.
"Hmm, I honestly didn't think Senju would pull it off" muttered Saito.
"Naruto sure has gotten a lot stronger" thought Omoi, since he was certain if he had been in Naruto's shoes, he would've lost long ago.
"Nice going brat" thought Jiriaya with a smile.
Even Tsunade looked relieved at seeing that Naruto had won and let out a deep sigh that she had been holding, as it was obvious she had been worried about her son.
-Down in the Arena-
After jumping back down into the ruined arena, Hayate look around the arena and then over to the rubble that covered Lee. "This match is ov…" said Hayate but before he could finish, he suddenly heard Lee's voice cry out "Wait!"
Once he heard this, Hayate quickly turned to look at the broken wall and saw Lee's right hand sticking out from underneath the rubble, before Lee slowly pulled himself out.
-With The Spectators-
"Impossible!" cried Tsuande in shock.
"No Way!" said Shikamaru.
"How on earth is he still conscious, let alone able to move? Naruto hit him dead on" said a stunned Shizune.
"But How?" asked Sasuke in shock, since after taking a hit like that, a normal human being should be unconscious if not dead.
"He can't be human" said Ino.
"I give that kid this…he's a tough one" thought Jiraiya with a frown.
"Thank goodness" thought Gai as he let out a sigh.
"Lee" thought Tenten, as she too let out a sigh of relief.
-With Lee and Naruto in the Arena-
"How in the hell is he able to stand, I hit him right in the face…at full force" thought Naruto in shock. "Lee should be out like a light for the next three days at least!"
As he stared in disbelief at Lee, Naruto notice that Lee was in sorry stated, he was covered in cut and bruises and bleeding all over his green jumpsuit, which was in tatters right now.
Naruto also noticed that Lee's arm looked to be slightly out place, as if it was dislocated. No doubt caused when he hit Lee and sent him flying through the wall.
"Lee, stop this, you're in no shape to fight, you can't beat me, especially with your arm dislocated like that, just give up. I don't want to hurt you anymore than I already have!" Naruto said in concern, since he didn't want seriously hurt Lee.
"I'm sorry Naruto-kun, but like you I have my pride and I have no intention of giving up, as I have my own Shinobi way to protect."
"Can't you stop this?" asked Naruto as he turned to Hayate.
"If your opponent can still stand and intends to fight, then fight will continue" replied Hayate.
At this Naruto frowned, since he didn't want to hurt Lee anymore, before he could argue anymore. He saw Lee walk over to the wall next to him and slammed his dislocated arm right into the wall several times, forcing it right into place.
When Naruto and those that were watching saw this, many of them like Naruto couldn't help but flinch or look away, especially when they heard the sound of his shoulder go back into its slot echo throughout the arena, as well as hearing Lee's cries of pain when it did.
Once Lee arm was back into place he turned to look at Naruto, who didn't look pleased, as he didn't want to fight Lee anymore, since even if his shoulder was back in place, Lee was still in bad shape.
Ignoring the pain that he felt coming from his broken ribs, as well as his other injuries, Naruto charged at Lee, who tried to defend himself, but due to his own injuries. He could not raise his arms up in time and was sent skidding across the ground, when Naruto punched him.
-With the Spectators-
"Lee-san is not moving as fast as he use to" commented Sakura.
"I'm not surprised, after taking a direct hit like he did from Naruto, when he uses his superhuman strength…You don't simply walk away from it, not without some serious injuries at least" replied Kushina.
"I agree, although I will admit I'm amazed that Lee-san is even able to stand and attempt to fight, after taking a hit like he did" added Yamato.
"It seems that the boy isn't using his immense strength anymore" Koharu commented, when she saw that Naruto's punch was an ordinary one. "Could he have used all the Chakra in his storage seals?"
"I don't believe so" answered Homura, who like his counterpart, had recognised the seals on the back of Naruto hands earlier on. "If I were hazard to guess, I believe that the boy is holding back, so not to serious hurt the other boy. No doubt he's hoping that the Gai's student will be easy to knockout in his weaken state, so that he won't hurt him any further."
"That sort of softness will you killed one day, boy" thought Danzo, who saw that Sai's report on Naruto were correct. As despite his immense skill and power, Naruto lets his emotions and heart control him, something that Danzo blamed Tsunade and Sarutobi's teachings on.
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