Authors Notes: Alright this is chapter three and I hope you guys enjoyed the last two chapters.
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Talking out loud "Speaking stuff" in Bold
Thinking something (Blah blah blah) will be in italics
Change in current setting-Random thing-
The Tale of the Hidden Leaf Chapter 3
-Previously in the Tale of the Hidden Leaf-
-Re Run No Jutsu-
Naruto was assigned to Team Asuma with Kakashi and Itachi and they did extremely well for simple out of the academy Genin. The sqaud had trained with Asuma without any missions with constant drills on charka, jutsu and battle combat. They had been drilled in mind, body and jutsu for over two months and Naruto got annoyed. And Asuma set up a few sparring matches for his Genin to allow them to get some experience. Kiba had been defeated by a very adept Naruto and now it was Itachi's turn against the genius from the Branch house.
-Jutsu Release-
Itachi stood watching Neji with intent eyes waiting for Asuma to yell begin. Itachi and Neji looked to Asuma and nodded and he raised his hand and shouted "BEGIN"! Neji drew into a deep crouch stance that seemed defensive and jumped back to crouch. ("I've seen Asuma use many different stances to help us learn but this different. I've never seen a stance like that").
Asuma was shocked to see Neji drop into the gentle fist stance which is usually never taught to the children of the branch house. Asuma turned to Kurenai with a question brewing but she spoke first "Surprised there are other gifted Genin,well you're in for a shocker. Between your three and Neji there's still the other Genin that are gifted in their areas they specialize in. Your Naruto may be able to beat Kiba because he spends too much time playing with his puppy but not Neji. Neji is a genius without formal training. He spends every day by himself to train himself so he can break from his cage". Asuma was shocked by the last bit and lowered his tone to Kurenai "Neji plans to break the cycle of the Hyuga house". Kurenai simply nodded her head and her face turned to a grim expression and went back to watching the fight. Asuma was left to his thoughts as he watched the fight unfold.
Itachi was throwing kunai at Neji but he was using some sort of strange doujutsu technique. ("Hmm it seems to be the Bykaugon from the Hyugi clan that I heard about so many times. Not like the Sharigan, a simple genjutsu doujutsu and copier of jutsu. This jutsu allows you to see the charka coils on the body and have increased optical ability. Well if you want to use your family gift I will use mine, Sharigan"!) As Itachi's eyes changed to the Sharigan, Neji made his move. "Gentle Fist Style: 64 Palm Barrage" and struck out to land the first attack in Itachi's arm. Itachi reacted instantly and grabbed both of Neji's hands because dodging would be impossible. Itachi was blown back by a release of charka from Neji's hands.
("Hmph Smart guy thinking to grab my hands instead of dodging my attacks. Futile due to the charka being exerted from my hands but enough to prolong the inevitable") thought Neji as he studied Itachi rise after the blast. Itachi ran in and used charka dashing to avoid getting attacked again. When Itachi got around to Neji's back to attack him he was struck in his solar plexus with a back kick from Neji. Itachi was sent a few feet back and sat on his butt in the dirt as Neji turned slowly to face him with a smile on his face.
("Does he have eyes on the back of his head? How did he know I was behind him?") as Itachi studied Neji and looked into his eyes he realized. ("It's the eyes that allow him to see through the back of his head. He doesn't just have visuals of my charka coils or have better optical range, he can see a full 360 degree range") Itachi was shocked by this and felt his gut twist as he realised just how difficult this opponent would be.
"Come on Uchiha, I heard you guys were the best of Leaf. I taught myself how to fight and you can't even best me. Maybe the Uchiha aren't as good as they say". With that comment Itachi snapped and sprinted around Neji, throwing kunai and tags in hopes to hit him.
("Pitiful, one single comment about his clan's reputation and his rage is clicked into over drive") Neji let out a large sigh as realized this opponent had no chance to beat him. ("Best end this quickly then"). Neji charged to intercept Itachi and swung in behind him. This time Itachi didn't have time to react as Neji shouted "Gentle Fist Style: 64 Palm Barrage"! Itachi was struck from the back getting hit with dagger-like punches to what seemed like random parts of his body. When Itachi felt death would be better than the pain the hits caused, he was struck in the centre of his back with a palm thrust. Itachi was sent across the battle and landed in the dirt. He tried to rise but coughed up blood and kept falling down.
"Ohh how the mighty have fallen. The once great Uchiha were struck down by a lowly member of the Hyuga branch house. I'm not even a true heir to the clan and you are yet you fall in the dirt and I stand above. Maybe the Uchiha should also kneel at my feet seeing as how you are so weak". Itachi felt his anger rise and he slowly staggered to his feet and raised his hands to attack again.
"Well looks like you can stand if not barely. Well Asuma-sensei you should notify his family because he is going to keep rising till he dies and I will be the one to do it." Neji charged forward and struck Neji all across his body with attacks and Itachi fell again but this time he was knocked unconscious. Naruto had been watching in horror as Itachi was attacked and struck constantly by this Neji with attacks I never heard of before. ("Itachi I'm sorry you lost but next time you will win for sure")but when he heard what Itachi said about the Uchiha and saw Neji strike down Itachi for the second time, Naruto got enraged. He charged in to attack Neji but Asuma stood in front of him looking at Naruto with sad eyes. He crouched down and wiped the tears falling from Naruto's eyes and spoke low and soft "Do not worry, Itachi is not dead. He will recover in a few days. Medical-nin will be here shortly to take him and get him help. Itachi wouldn't want you to beat the guy he just lost to. He would want to get stronger and beat him for himself". Naruto nodded to his Sensei and wiped off his tears. Naruto walked back to Kakashi and they together walked to Itachi and carried him out of the arena and laid him down. Neji moved to sit under a nearby tree and lazed down without any worries. The Medical-Nin arrived and performed a medical jutsu examination on Itachi and started to lift him when Naruto walked a little closer to the medical-nins.
"Doctors, will you be able to fix him? I saw he got hit pretty badly and he was coughing up blood". They looked to each other and nodded and looked back to Naruto. "We should be able to fix him but training is out of the question for about a month. He has some bad internal damage and his charka coils are heavily damaged". Naruto shook his head notifying the medicial nin he understood. Naruto walked off and sat down to allow himself to think clearly.. Asuma looked at Naruto and then turned to Kakashi and patted his shoulder. "I know this is stressful seeing Itachi like that but he is going to be fine. We have great doctors and I will request lady Tsunade over look his treatment for proper examination, Okay?" Kakashi nodded his head and entered the ring to face the ever quiet sunglasses kid. "Hey there I'm Hatake Kakashi and I will be sparring with you today" and Kakashi bowed his head as was customary for matches. The quiet boy nodded his head and in a monotone voice "I'm Shino" and returned his bow to Kakashi.
Kakashi looked at this guy but all he felt was creepy feeling from him like a strange animal. Kakashi drew his short sword slowly from its sheath on his back and charged his charka through it. Asumi noticed Kakashi's weariness and noted the attention he gave Shino. ("Good Kakashi don't let him sneak up on you. Control the flow of the fight and keep him pressed").
Asuma nodded to Shino then to Kakashi telling them he was about to start and raised his hand above his head and was about to start when he heard a shout. He looked over to Minato walking over with the Hokage chatting.
Asuma bowed his head to the Sannin and the Yellow flash but they waved their hands at him. "What's with all the bowing and formal banter Asuma? So what if I am the Fourth Hokage, a Legendary Sannin and an eligible bachelor I'm still another shinobi like you and Minato." Asumi sweat dropped at hearing Jirayia ranting and not show his modesty. ("As per usual, He doesn't understand the idea of modesty and keeping his identity hidden"). Minato also sweat dropped realizing that Jirayia planned to continue his rant of accomplishments and interrupted the Hokage to save some time.
"Anyways what the Hokage's here to say is we were wondering if we could watch the rest of fights. I had hoped to see Naruto fight but I get the feeling he wanted to go first". Asuma laughed at the face the Hokage was making as his rant was meant to impress everyone but he was cut off. "Yes Naruto wanted to go first and he won his fight with some good showing of skill. My other Genin lost his match to the Hyuga boy over there and he's currently in the hospital for recovery". Minato and Hokage's expression grew darker when they realised just who the boy was. "So the branch house genius everyone has been raving about knows the gentle fist. I got to say he's going to be a interesting man when he grows up". Minato looked back to Asuma and asked if he could watch the rest of the fights. Asuma agreed and they walked off to the side to allow for more room to spar. Naruto noticed his father and the Hokage but he had no desire to speak to them for he was still upset. Naruto continued his inward battle in his mindscape after being interrupted by Minato and Jirayia. ("I hope he gets better so he can train to be stronger and kick that Hyuga's butt"). Naruto watched as Kakashi returned to his stance with Shino not preparing in any stance. ("This guy keeps acting creepier the longer I see him. He doesn't prepare with any stance or pull out any weapons. Maybe he is a doujutsu type. I wonder...") As Naruto watched from a distance as everyone prepared for the next fight.
Author's Notes: I know Naruto is overpowered and I have looked at the complaints. He wasn't stunted by the lack of teaching and having a family to keep him motivated. Need some reviews to get motivated to keep writing