Just a short thing I thought of when I was reading a different fanfic of Naruto. Nothing major changes in the cannon except Gaara and Lee's fight was last.
Chapter 1
Crushed
Third POV
Naruto was pumped. Energized to the max as he watched Bushy Brows and Gaara face off in the Forest of Death's indoor arena. Lee was running at just about the speed of light around the sand genin from the time Guy-sensei said that he could take off his weights. Naruto and the rest of the Konoha 12 could only see Lee's after images blur into a containing circle around Gaara leaving 4 to 5 Lee clones kicking up dust and making a mini tornado.
Gaara stood calmly in the middle of the mini Green Beast of Konoha's track, slightly on the defense as Lee had been able to hit him a couple of times due to his speed. The tanuki jinchuriki has his sand actively moving around at the ready to try to catch his opponent when he made his next attack. The sand was actively moving around in waves as the Mini Green Beast finally made his move.
(AN: From this point until Gaara catches Lee is all cannon so if you want to skip it there will be another AN)
Lee stopped in a crouch underneath Gaara and quickly kicked Suna's bijuu jailer into the air where his sand was not near enough to protect him right away. Lee continued to kick Gaara into the air a couple more times as the sand tried to come up to guard its user. Lee grabbed onto the shorter red head as he started to spin and he loosened bandages wrapped around the other, constricting him where he drilled Gaara into the now cracked flooring.
Lee almost fell to his knees in sheer exhaustion and the tearing that happened to his muscles when he used the Primary Lotus. Everyone, except Gaara's team, was surprised when the small boy laying in the hole started to turn to sand. The real Gaara appeared from a rising spout of sand and Lee steeled his resolve as the sand exploded outward in a giant wave which knocked the bushy browed genin back to just about the wall.
Lee was brutally knocked around by Gaara's sand until he was able to catch his breath and felt his muscles had almost fully repaired themselves. His muscles were used to this kind of use daily and had built up this healing factor due to their repeated abuse. He quickly blurred out of the way of two sand blasts, and focused on opening the chakra gateways he could actually feel. With a burst of bright blue chakra, Lee's skin turned reddish and his pupils disappeared and his veins stood out more. Then the Konoha taijutsu specialist disappeared again in with a burst of air in all directions that the other competitors felt, even from their elevated position above the battlefield.
Lee reappeared with his foot kicking Gaara back up into the air. The ground broke apart and a giant explosion of dust filled the floor and obscured everyone's vision of the fight. The spectators looked around when Gaara was seen floating above the cloud with the sand still trying to come up to protect him, suddenly Lee appeared above the injured Suna nin and forced him back to the floor. Lee kept up his speed blurring around and keeping Gaara in a certain area to further beat him up without letting up. Lee continued this cycle for a full minute before opening the fifth gate and ramming Gaara's midsection, sending him flying back down until Lee's bandages pulled him back for one last punch and kick combo.
Lee was seen rolling off to the side of the dust cloud, while the rest of the ninja still could not see Gaara and waited for the dust to settle. When the dust dissipated, Gaara was seen breathing heavily with broken sand armor and in a bed of sand that was originally the gourd on his back. The Suna nin manipulated his sand into a hand to in order to grab the one who had forced this pain upon him. At a slow speed, the sand enveloped Lee's left arm and leg as he tried to limp away. Lee shouted as he tried to break out of the restricting sand.
(AN Cannon part is now over for those who wanted to skip)
Naruto's team had passed by the area that Gaara had taken down the Amegakure genin, and had gleaned from his actions and others talking of the red haired jinchuriki that he was not kind to any one, including family. Naruto debated with himself.
The damn fox has healed me from much worse injuries than what he is about to give to Bushy Brows, and I don't let any one severely harm any of my comrades to the point where they probably would not be able to continue on with their dream. What Hokage would I be if I knowingly sent my ninja on suicide mission. Screw if I get disqualified, this is about Bushy Brows continuing on his nina way, I'll still be able to heal up and become Hokage.
With his mind made up Naruto stealthily made the hand sign for a kawarmi jutsu without the other jonins noticing (He an outrun and hide from ANBU with the kill me orange and without ninja training. Pretty sure he could get away with stealing the hidden pervy books from the Sandaime's secret compartment in his desk without him realizing). Kakashi glanced down at his only remaining student before realizing that he had his hands signed for the body switching jutsu and knew the unpredictable ninja's plan.
"NO NARUTO," but it was too late for the Scarecrow as Naruto was replaced by Lee after a puff of smoke. Who looked around in confusion before a look of realization crossed his features.
"Sand Burial," Gaara said as he closed his fist. A higher pitched wail was heard as the smoke cleared. Seeing that an orange jump suited ninja and not a green one was crushed by his sand, he allowed the sand to come back to him. Naruto was unconscious as he was unceremoniously dropped to the ground. Gaara was slowly standing up and reforming his gourd as Naruto continued to lay knock out and seriously injured on the broken floor. The Old Sandaime stood from his seat seeing his late successor's son simply laying on the ground with crushed limbs and no medics rushing to bring him to the hospital for treatment.
"The match is over. Gaara of the Sand is the winner," Hayate Gekko proclaimed and returned to the aged Kage's side.
"Medics take Naruto to the hospital to set the limbs as best as you can," Sandaime ordered the medics, who reluctantly loaded the Kyuubi jinchuriki with, no care to his previous injuries, onto a stretcher to take to the hospital.
Everyone else was dumbfounded that Naruto would jeopardize his career as a ninja for a fellow ninja he really didn't know that much about. Kakashi should have realized after the Wave mission that Naruto would do just about anything for who ever needs it, and pulverized bones are one of the thing that Naruto can easily heal from where as a normal person would not be able to heal. Naruto's resolve must have been pushed over the edge by hearing about Lee's nindo, he knew Lee would not be able to persevere on his path.
The Sandaime arose, "Even with the events that have just occurred, we will still have the same line up, Kakashi since you are Naruto and Sauske's sensei you will pick both of the numbers and take them the news at the hospital. I will make sure they are both held in the same room," the Sandaime made the hand sign for the teleportation jutsu and disappeared in a swirl of leaves to take care of his surrogate grandson and the Last Uchiha.
Hayate then came forward with a box in his hand, "Alright so finalists and Kakashi come down to the floor and pick you number or numbers from this box." The genin and jonin walked down to the proctor and drew a number, or in Kakashi's case numbers. Each competitor then held up his/her number. Hayate returned to Anko who told the AV guys to change the names on the screen to the set up of the fights.
Uchiha Sasuke vs. Gaara of the Sand
Hyuuga Neji vs. Uzumaki Naruto
Temari of the Sand vs. Nara Shikamaru
Aburame Shino vs. Kankuro of the Sand
Kinuta Dosu vs. Bye
Kakashi soon disappeared to tell his invalid students who they were to fight in one months time. The rest of the genin left with their senseis from the horrid Forest of Death with some physical and mental scars that will haunt them for quite a while after they have returned to their homes from the Chunin Exams.
First chapter done! I don't know how many chapters this will be, but I had an urge to write this before continuing my other project for the summer. Not too far with my other project, but I will keep up with it.
Till next time,
Mickeyallister
