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"She did a good job." Neji said beside me as we sat watching as TenTen was carried out by the medical ninja on standby. Scratching my neck I chuckled nervously. "I agree, she's become a lot scarier." Neji nodded in agreement as he unconsciously rubbed his upper arm. "We'll have to be careful in the future, I like my arms intact."
"Indeed brother." I nodded with a solemn tone before muttering. "Indeed." Turned towards the open arena, I chuckled as the Hokage stood up and walked onto the balcony in front of him. 'So I'm the finale?' I laughed at that thought.
Throwing his hand forward towards the crowd, they all perked up in anticipation. "Thank you all for coming to see the future ninja this exam has nurtured." He said with a smile before putting his hand down. "Those ninja will go on to contribute to their village as will ours. Whatever they succeed in doing, they will have always stepped foot on konoha soil to drive their legacy towards a brighter standing." Most of the crowd thinking it was over still held a happy and proud expression as he was speaking about Konoha, their home village. The other village ninja who in charge of protecting their kin in this exam simply closed their eyes.
Clenching his fist the Hokage would put up one finger. "But don't think it's over just yet. We have two extremely bright talents left in store to show you." Immediately the crowd began to buzz in anticipation, the other village ninja growing on gaurd.
"I'll go ahead and announce it since you all look so curious." The Hokage said with a smile as he threw his hand in a swipe. "The final battle will be Sasuke Uchiha and Rock Lee!"
The leaf crowd hearing the name uchiha immediately grew silent. A part of them held anticipation at what the last remaining uchiha had in store for them. The other village ninja took on a stern look hearing the name of the clan that had plagued many.
Throwing his hand forward, the Hokage let out a howl. "Now, may the two ninja make their appearance! These two no matter the winner will make waves through this world. I the third Hokage and strongest Sarutobi declare it!"
With a roar the crowd jumped up and started yelling infected by the charismatic leader of the leaf. The ninja from other villages being intimidated by the power houses statement. I knew that I would now be a target of interest due to the old man's words.
With a sigh I got out of my chair and scratched my head. "This will be a pain." I muttered to myself. Picking my head up I glared at those eyeing me in a bad way. And with a smirk I used soru to appear in the middle of the arena. "But who am I?" I asked a loud as those eyeing me were shocked by my speed. "I am rock Lee! The one who will shake your beliefs and understandings!" I screamed fully intending on a declaration of war towards all those hostile to me right now and the future.
"Those who do not agree with my path will taste my fists!" I screamed as the lead crowd grew heated and those wary of me grimaced. "I am the leaf's fist. Those who disagree come at me now!" Adrenaline pumping through my vains, I did not care about looks or opinions
But with a soft footstep I stiffened before turning to see sasuke standing a distance behind me. His sharingan active, 2 tomoes spinning. With a cold look, he stared at me before speaking.
"Let's see if you can keep those words." Sasuke calmly said to my face causing me to chuckle. Clenching his fist, he was about to grow irritated but soon calmed down. "We'll see if you can keep that lofty attitude once I'm done with you."
The Hokage seeing our performance chuckled, happy at my statement and at us getting the crowd excited. The old man was probabaly thinking nothing but propaganda and it's benefits.
"These two are clearly ready!" The Hokage shouted as the crowd shouted in return. "So what should we do?" He questioned in a quieter tone. "What should be do?!" He shouted at the crowd.
"Fight!" They all screamed. Hearing this, he chuckled before sitting down in his seat. And with a calm demeanor, he raised his hand slightly. "Then let it begin." He quietly affirmed.
Turning toward sasuke, I immediately motioned for him to attack making sure to avoid eye contact and staring at his feet. To my suprise, he suddenly disappeared and appeared directly in front of my eyes. On reflex and due to my sense of danger, I closed my eyes and relied on my training with master Chen to avoid a fist and counter with a upper cut.
But to my even greater suprise, he managed to grapple the upper and use my force to throw me back. With my eyes still closed, I began a fierce exchange with sasuke. A series of hooks, spin kicks, upper cuts, knees, everything I knew at a time was coming at me.
Chuckling while exchanging fists I came to a understanding. "So you decided to copy me sasuke?" I questioned as he answered with an affirmed silence focused on still pressuring me. Nodding, I began to use my new style. "Im curious, you can copy soru. But can you copy something this technical?"
Instantly, I felt sasuke's movements stiffen as I took the opportunity to use the flowing rock fist style to barrage him with a series of chakra enchanced punches. "A old man with decades worth of taijutsu experience couldn't handle this." I calmly said as I barraged him. "What makes you think someone of your level can?"
As my fist pierced sasuke, I felt his body disappear as my fist hit the familiar texture of wood. "Substation?" I said in a matter a fact tone. Trying to sense sasuke, I couldn't. He was clearly standing still observing me. I then looked up.
"Fire style: fire ball jutsu." Sasuke screamed from above as a massive heat source approached me. Smirking, I breathed deeply as my skin turned red and muscles expanded. Planting my foot on the ground, I instantly exploded forward into a spin kick as a massive source of wind blew out canceling the attack and probably blowing some poor spectators food out of his hands.
"Lead hurricane." I said calmly still holding my breath as I heard sasuke land and turned my head towards him. "Anything else you have to show? Prodigy~?"
Sasuke still standing there began to suddenly chuckle. This in turn made me raise an eyebrow. "Yes, I do." He said as he suddenly rushed me at a fast speed. It clearly wasn't soru I would know.
Hitting me as I put my guard up, I felt myself launch back and slammed in the arena wall cracking it. Opening my eyes, I let out a hollow laugh. "Those eyes are bullshit."
Standing in front of me was sasuke using the seven heavenly breath. His skin a tint lighter then mine showing he hadn't fully mastered it. "It makes sense." I murmured as I took some time to breathe my skin turning normal in response.
"The gates makes chakra virtually uncontrollable." I said looking at him. "The breaths however doesn't hold that negative."
Breaking my talk, he rushed at me as I immediately broke through the fourth gate. "Congrats." I chuckled darkly, "I'll have to try." I also held my breath as my skin turned red showing the form I held against gara.
I Blasted forward at a speed no one in this arena minus a select few can comprehend. Appearing in front of him, I landed a heavy punch on sasuke blasting him away. He put his guard up last second but I felt the bone break clearly.
While still in the air, I Soru'd behind him and began to spin rapidly mid air before bringing my elbow on his right shoulder. This action made a whirlwind appear shocking the crowd. Sasuke flew directly into the ground spinning rapidly as a huge plum of dust covered the arena.
Frowning, I turned to looking behind me. "A shadow clone?" I questioned as sasuke sat on his knee and was doing handsigns. Feeling a sense of doom I soru'd over and kicked him into the jaw only for a log to be split into pieces.
"Chidori!" A scream sounded out causing my hair to stand up. With a quick action, I threw my foot up as four leaf dragon god dragons ascended the sky. Sasuke who was directly behind me flew back with his chidori still in hand.
The four dragons roared and with a insane speed slammed towards sasuke and made contact. The wind caused by this attack forced the ninja on standby to activate a seal. A barrier formed protected the civilians who stared in astonishment and horror.
Waiting for the wind to clear, I saw sasuke weakly laying on the ground. Frowning, I threw a singular kunai at him. But before it could land, the earth beneath me rumbled as sasuke flew out of it chidori in hand.
Unable to fully dodge, I felt it dig through the right side of my abdomen taking a chunk off my right side. It had pierced through my tekkai like butter. In a rage, I activated the 5th gate and forced my way into the 6th with my skin turning black and muscles shrank into a wire like form. It was the 4th stage of heavens.
"So be it." I said with pure anger as a punch powered my intense rage flew towards sasuke. That chidori was clearly meant to kill me, I had no reason to play around anymore.
"I can't have that now." A snake like voice sounded out throughout the arena.
Before the voice had resounded, a giant pile of smoke had resounded as a giant gate appeared between me and sasuke. It had the face of a devil on it. My punch had made a hole in the giant gate but all my motion was stopped.
"Damn it." I said darkly as I stared as a horrified sasukes face through the gate. "Count your luck. That would have killed you."
Deactivating gates and breaths, my body was immediately attacked by severe pain. My lungs screamed for air and my head rang like hell. Holding my bleeding side, I forced myself to breath and tighten my muscles. This slowed the bleeding as I stared at the clouds of feathers covering the stands.
I knew this would happen. But I didn't expect sasuke to grow that rapidly. This negligence had cost me. Seeing the clouds of feathers knock the civilians out, I let out a groan of annoyance as the sound ninja detransformed and began to slaughter the sleeping civilians and ninja.
Scanning my eyes across the stands, my eyes began to shake. One of the people in the stands was someone who was never supposed to be there.
"Auntie?" I shakily said as a sound ninja began to approach. With weak steps I hobbled towards the sight desperate to stope it. My body instinctively rejecting the chance of being crippled and opening the wound on my side wasn't listening to my pleas.
It was as if I was back in my bed in my last life. A prisoner to my body and a bystander to every action in front of me.
"God." I muttered as I watched the blade of the sound ninja raise. "Help me…." I quietly prayed. "Please!" I screamed as my wound opened and I began to run despite my torn leg muscles.
Only to have a shadow appear behind me. "You're quiet the interesting one." A voice sounded out as enlonged limbs wrapped around my torso. "I wonder what this would do to you?" He questioned as I felt a pair of fangs bite into my neck.
As he bit, a burning sensation encroached upon my skin causing my vision to blur. But in that blur, I saw a fountain of blood fly up from where my aunt was sitting.
Dropping me, he let out a dark chuckle. "Now, I'll go back to Sarutobi hurizen." Left on the ground, I felt the same burn on my neck. The pain was mostly replaced by an emptiness. My body overcome with the same helplessness I thought I'd never experience again.
"I hope those 7 are still alive." I would hear as I heard him pick up something and throw it roughly. "Target secure." Another voice rang, "I'll take him back. The one tails has also been released successfully."
"Good, I'm glad I prepared more." The snake like voice chuckled. "Seeing that one show such physical might, I thought there were some 'unknown' variables." Some more steps where heard as I heard the other voice call out in respect.
"Be careful with the third lord orochimaru."
And with those final words, my conscious slipped falling into darkness.
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