Lee got back to his feet and searched for Dosu. As he did he felt a presence behind and saw Dosu coming in with his gauntlet covered fist reared back.
I am sorry Gai-sensei, but I must use 'that' jutsu! Thought Lee as he unwound his bandages.
As Dosu got within striking range, Lee disappeared from view before appearing below him and kicking the Oto Genin in the chin, hard. As Dosu soared into the air Lee appeared behind him, wrapping the mummified Genin in his bandages. Then Lee started to spin, slowly at first but it gradually picked up more and more speed until the pair looked like a drill plummeting to the earth.
"Take this! Omote Renge (Hidden Lotsu)!" yelled Lee as he released his hold on Dosu.
Just as he was about to hit the ground Zaku slammed a hands into the ground and sent a wave of air towards the spot Dosu was about to hit. A few seconds later Dosu hit the ground head first, implanting himself into it with a little over half his body sticking up.
With a few wiggles and grunts Dosu got himself out of the ground and stood back up no worse for wear.
"That actually would have killed me had Zaku not softened the ground for my fall," Dosu said as he looked at his now tired out opponent.
"I-impossible," Lee muttered as he fell to the ground, his muscles having torn from using his jutsu.
"It seems that attack you used has some serious backlash," Dosu mused as he saw Lee kneeling on the ground, panting.
"It matters not; I have tired you out as well. I can still win," Lee said, giving Dosu a confident smile.
"Not in that condition you can't," Dosu chuckled, "And in case you haven't noticed I'm not the only one you need to deal with. But enough of that, I'm getting tired of your interference, so I'm going to finish you off now."
Dosu charged forward once again as he reared his arm back for another attack. Lee tried to dodge only to receive a jolt of pain for his troubles as the after effects of the jutsu kicked in. he looked up just as Dosu swung at him. Lee was lucky enough to dodge the attack, albeit barely, but before he could even think of retaliating his vision began to get blurry and a sharp pain filled his head as his ears bleed.
Lee tried to stand, but as soon as he moved he was forced onto his hands and knees as he began to throw up.
"You like?" asked Dosu, "I call this my Melody Arm. With it I can amplify sound waves and use the vibrations they cause to break through your eardrum and damage the inner membrane making you lose your semblance of balance. You won't be able to function properly for a while now."
Deciding he did not want to be left out Zaku lifted up his hands and pulled his palms up to reveal the whole he had in each hand. "My specialty is the ability to control supersonic airwaves and air pressure, slicing up or blasting my opponents. To us, your jutsu are laughable."
"As you can see, you have no hope against us. You put up a good fight, but it's time to say good bye kid," Dosu reared his melody arm back, ready to strike.
He didn't get the chance to swing as a powerful punch connected with his jaw, launching him back several feet. Dosu looked up in surprise at seeing a fiercely determined Sakura standing beside Lee, her fist held out in a punch.
"So it looks like she's not completely useless after all," Zaku commented with a sneer.
Sakura panted as she glared at the trio. There was no way she could win against one of them, let alone all three at the same time. Maybe Sasuke could, maybe Naruto could, but Sakura held no delusions that she could.
It didn't mean she was going to let them kill Lee when he had come to save her.
"S-Sakura-san?" asked a wide eyed and surprised Lee.
"Don't worry Lee, I can at least hold them off for a bit while you recover," Sakura said, smiling at him.
"Heh, I don't even know if she's worth the effort," Zaku commented.
"Well then, why don't I take care of this?" Kin asked rhetorically.
Sakura looked at Kin before dashing towards her; she flung several shuriken before going through a set of hand seals. Kin blocked or dodged all the shuriken and looked at the pinkette only to see…three of her?
"You don't honestly think a pathetic jutsu like that is going to work do you?" snorted Kin as she threw several senbon at Sakura. All three Sakura's burst into smoke with the one in the middle also being replaced with a log.
Sensing a presence behind her Kin turned to see three more Sakura's, all of them doing hand seals. Kin gave a grunt of annoyance as she tossed more senbon, once again, the two on either end disappeared in a puff of smoke while the middle one was replaced with a log.
Kin spun around just as Sakura appeared behind her, blocking the punch the pinkette sent her before lashing out with her own fist. Sakura stumbled back, giving Kin the opportunity to knee the girl in the gut before kicking the back of her legs, forcing Sakura onto her knees. Then she grabbed Sakura by the hair, pulling on it as hard as she could, forcing Sakura to yelp in pain.
"Well get a feel of this, it seems her hair is softer than mine," Kin's smirk turned into a disgusted sneer. "If you have time to take such good care of your hair, you could have spent it better training. You're not even a real kunoichi are you, probably just a pathetic fan girl for the Uchiha boy over there. Hey Zaku! Why don't we kill that Sasuke guy in front of this little bitch!"
"Heh, it would be my pleasure," Zaku said as he made his way over to the shelter.
Tears began to pour from Sakura's eyes as she realized just how useless she was. I'm so weak. I've always berated Naruto for being a pathetic idiot, but the truth is I always had to rely on him and Sasuke-kun to bail me out of trouble. Now these guys are going to kill them because I couldn't do anything…
She thought about all the times Naruto and Sasuke had protected her. When Sasuke jumped in front of that Kiri Chunin during the beginning of the Nami mission; he and Naruto had done all the fighting during that mission, she had done nothing. And then in the Forest of Death Naruto had put his life on the line for them, knowing he could not defeat Orochimaru. And even though he had been severely outclassed, he had done far better than any Genin had the right to, Sasuke as well after Naruto fell.
I don't want to be the one to fall behind,Sakura thought. I can't be the one to fall into their shadow, I want to stand besides my teammates.
A yank on her hair brought her head back up. "C'mon, pay attention. My teammate is going to kill your boyfriend, I wouldn't want you to miss it."
Sakura's eyes widened, I can't let them kill Sasuke-kun or Naruto!Sakura brought her kunai up, causing Kin to take notice.
"You don't seriously think you can get me like this do you?" Kin asked with a superior smirk. "Don't be stupid, you're too weak to get me."
"Who said this was for you?"
"Wha-"
Sakura slashed the kunai up behind her, cutting off her hair and surprising Kin. Standing up the pink-haired girl reared her head back and smashed it into Kin's face, causing the girl to stumble back.
Sakura then raced towards Zaku, who had taken notice, and began several hand seals. Zaku sent a blast of airwaves at her, but Sakura replaced herself with a log, reappearing on his left doing more hand seals.
"Gah! You're so annoying!" Zaku shouted as he released more airwaves. However Sakura once again replaced herself with a log, this time appearing above him. "That stupid technique will only work so many times!" He flung a kunai at her and then began searching around for where she would appear next.
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