Chapter Three
The days was nearing closer to the chunin exams and Lee was continuing his task in sealing the tailed beasts. This time Tsunade wanted him in the Hokage's office. He thought that was risking exposure but Tsunade assure that it was okay.
"Okay. Lets began." Lee said as Tsunade, Shizune, and Jiraiya looked on.
Lee closed his eyes as he held three imageless cards and concentrated. As he mentally searched the nations, he found the three hosts he wanted. First was Nibi no Nekomata, then was Rokubi no Namekuji, and lastly was Nanabi no Kabutomushi (Shichibi). He began the sealing process and this time it was easier. When it was over, Lee showed Tsunade, Shizune, and Jiraiya the cards.
'The two tailed demon cat, six tailed demon slug, and the seven tailed demon horned beetle.' Jiraiya thought. 'What was the Rikudou Sennin thinking when he separated the Juubi's chakra?'
"So who was the host of these three?" Tsunade asked.
"The host of Nibi was a jounin-level kunoichi from Kumo named Nii Yugito." Lee explained. "The host of Rokubi was a ninja from the Kiri named Utakaka and the host of Nanabi was a kunoichi from Taki named Fu."
Tsuande was surprised by this. "The Hidden Waterfall Village had the seven tails?"
"Yeah." Jiraiya answered. "I'm surprised you don't know how they got it."
"What do you mean?" Tsunade asked her former teammate.
"This happened when the shinobi villages was in formation." Jiraiya said. "When your grandfather was the Hokage, Taki sent one of their ninjas to assassinate him. When he failed, the ninja was treated harshly and eventually he defected from the village. Later on, the First Hokage, as peace offering, gave Taki the seven tails."
Shizune was puzzled. "How did the First Hokage obtain the seven tails in the first place?"
"Just like Madara Uchiha, who controlled the beasts with his mangekyo sharingan, the First Hokage subdued them with his mokuton (Wood Release)." Jiraiya answered.
Lee put the cards with Kyuubi, Ichibi, and Hachibi. "Three more to go." he said.
"Lee, you better get some rest." Tsunade said as she went back to her desk. "The chunin exams start in two days."
"I will." Lee said as he left the office.
"That boy will become a target if the Akatsuki realized what he's doing." Jiraiya warned.
"That's only if they know about the millennims items." Tsunade shot back.
Outside Kumo
Two men wearing black robes with red clouds designs were leaving the village.
"What the hell is going on here?" Hidan asked angrily. "That village didn't have the two tails or the eight tails!"
"Something strange is going on." Kakuzu said. "Both the hosts didn't have their markings or seals that identifies them as jailers of the tailed beasts."
"Come on." Hidan said. "We better head back and report this to Pein."
"What the rush?" Kakuzu asked as he smirked. "I smell money near by."
"You always smell money." Hidan muttered. "Greedy bastard."
Konoha two days later
The chunin exams now began and the first part was proctored by Ibiki Morino. This part was of the exams was a written test. The last question was a do or die question. If the genin didn't answer, they and their teammates would fail. Answer the question wrongly and the entire team would stay a genin squad.
Lee didn't any of the questions and went to sleep or so he made the others believe. He knew this was the requirements in passing the first part of the exams the minute when entered the room and read Ibiki's mind. Ibiki noticed Lee and went directly to him. He thought he could trip Lee up.
"You," Ibiki said as he glared at Lee. "what's your name?"
"Lee." Lee answered as he kept his eyes closed.
"You didn't answered none of the questions." Ibiki said as he looked at the paper. "Why?"
Lee signaled Ibiki to come closer. "Because I know the questions are just a distraction for you to see who could gather information without getting caught and to test one's willpower." Lee whispered. This caught Ibiki off guard. 'How the hell did he know that?' Ibiki thought.
"I know exactly who you are Ibiki Morino the torture specialist." Lee said.
Ibiki eyes widen. "How'd you know?" he asked.
"Lets just say the mind is somethings our worst enemy." Lee answered as he looked at Ibiki.
"Hmm. I like you, kid." Ibiki said as he stood up. "Team Gai passes. You and your team may go on to the next part of the exams."
All the other the genin in the room, especially Neji and Tenten was shocked by this. Lee signaled for Neji and Tenten to follow him.
"Lee, what did you saying to him?" Neji asked.
"Don't worry about it." Lee simply said.
Three left the room and went to the 44th training ground a.k.a. the Forest of Death. The protector of this part of the exams was Anko Mitarashi, former student to Orochimaru. The primary focus of this part of the exams was survival. Lee didn't care. He always ventured into the forest by himself. So he knew every creature and danger that lurked within.
Team Gai had a heaven scroll. In order to enter the tower in the center of the forest, they needed to obtain an earth scroll. However, to obtain one meant find a team who had it and take it by any means necessary.
As Team Gai ventured throughout the forest, Lee felt a powerful presence. He immediately mentally searched for the person. His search lead him to a woman from the Hidden Grass Village. She was fighting Team Kakashi. This woman was impressive. Lee decided to look into her mind and boy did he wished he didn't. The woman wasn't who she made herself out to be. She was actually a snake in sheep's skin.
'Orochimaru?' Lee had a bad feeling. 'What is he planning?' Lee continued his search. What he found shook him to the core. Orochimaru was planning to invade the village. 'So he's the mysterious Otokage of the Hidden Sound Village.' Lee thought. 'He's planning to use his sound ninja and the sand ninja to exact his plan. But why the sand ninja?' Lee continued his search. Apparently the ninja of Suna was planning a coup because the Wind Daimaiyo kept sending missions to Konoha. This caused the village to struggle financially.
Lee see something that puzzled him. 'Why does he want Sasuke?' Then he found the answer. 'This is bad! He wants Sasuke's body and eyes so he can copy all the jutsu in the world!'
Neji and Tenten sensed Lee was troubled by something. "Lee, what's the matter?" Tenten asked. Lee quickly shunshined. "Where the hell is he going?" Neji asked as he activated his byakugan. "Damn, he's fast. I can't find him."
Lee race towards Orochimaru's location. As he did, mentally located Tsunade. She was in the Hokage's office with Shizune, Jiraiya, and Hiruzen Sarutobi. Tsunade has just finishing telling Sarutobi of Lee's mission. Sarutobi was a little worried but knew Lee would have things under control. Lee took control of Shizune.
"Lady Tsunade, can you heard me?" Lee asked. Tsunade saw Shizune had a gold eye on her forehead and knew Lee had taken control of her. "Lee, what's the matter?" Tsunade asked. "Orochimaru is here!" Tsunade, Jiraiya, and Sarutobi were stunned. "Are you sure, Lee?" Sarutobi asked. "Yes." Lee answered. "He's the Otokage of the Hidden Sound Village in Rice Field Country. He's planning to invade Konoha with sound ninja and ninja from Suna."
"Ninja from Suna?" asked a concerned Tsunade. "Why?" "Because Suna is planning a coup against the Wind Daimaiyo for sending all their jobs here." Lee explained. "Unfortunately for Suna, they believed every lie Orochimaru told them." "What makes you say that?" Sarutobi asked. "He killed the Fourth Kazekage." Lee answered. The three was now completely shocked. "Lee what you do, don't engage Orochimaru." Tsunade ordered. "Sorry, I'm all already on my way to his location." Lee said. "Dammit kid! Pull back!" Jiraiya shouted. "I wish I could. But Orochimaru has also targeted Sasuke." Lee said. "What?" Tsunade asked as she shot up out her chair. "He's wants his eyes and body, doesn't he?" Sarutobi asked. "Affirmative." Lee answered.
Sarutobi looked at Tsunade. "Tsunade." The Hokage looked at her former teacher. "You can't be serious?" "I am." Sarutobi said. "As of now Lee is the closest to Orochimaru. If the Anbu enter the forest, than Orochimaru will know that we know." Tsunade had to make a critical decision.
"Alright then." Tsunade said. "Lee you have my permission to engage." "Yes ma'am." Lee said. "I will try and seal away his soul." Lee ended his connected. Tsunade summoned the Anbu ordered them to search the village, inside and out, for any intruders.
Lee finally made it and engaged Orochimaru. "Why don't you shed that woman's skin you're wearing and show yourself, Orochimaru?" Orochimaru was intrigued. 'How did he know?' Team Kakashi was in a weak state and watched helplessly. Lee and Orochimaru fought for what felt like a hour. Orochimaru was amazed by Lee's speed, accuracy, and reflexes. "Boy, you are fast." Orochimaru said as he licked his lips. "Maybe I should take your body instead."
Orochimaru stretched out his neck. Lee knew what was coming next and dodged the attack. He then charged towards Orochimaru. "Foolish boy." Orochimaru summoned two large snakes. Lee unsheathed the millennium sword and cut down both reptiles. "Pretty sword, boy." Orochimaru smirked. "All the better to kill you." Lee said. Lee created three clones. All three clones and Lee then disappeared. Orochimaru tried to sense where Lee was. However, Lee was making it hard of the snake sage to do so. He was masking his chakra. 'Damn this boy is good.' Orochimaru thought. 'I need to end this now.' "Too bad you won't you have time to do so." Lee said. Orochimaru eyes widen. 'How did he know what I was thinking?' "Your mind is giving away all of your secrets." Lee said as snuck up on Orochimaru. He slashed Orochimaru's back. Before Orochimaru could react, Lee disappeared.
All of the sudden, four black hats appeared. "What the hell is this?" Orochimaru yelled in frustration. "Like it?" Lee asked. "It's called magical hats." Orochimaru was enraged. "Aw, don't get mad." Lee smirked. "All you have to do is attack the hat I'm in. But guess wisely. Because since there's only four hats, only have a twenty-five percent chance in guessing right."
Orochimaru attacked the hat on the far right. "Wrong hat." Lee laughed. Orochimaru gritted his teeth and attacked the hat in the middle. "Wrong again." Orochimaru attacked the next hat. The minute he did that, Orochimaru began to feel sick. "Aw, are we feeling sick?" Lee asked. "Well I'm not surprised. It's called the crush card virus." he explained. "In duel monsters, if this trap card is used, then all the monsters with attack points of fifteen hundred or more on the opponents field, hand, or deck is destroyed and sent to the graveyard. In this case, it's slowly killing you."
Orochimaru couldn't believe it. 'This boy's jutsu is based on a card game? How could this be?' Orochimaru was coughing up blood. He tried to run but Lee took control of his body. "You're not going anywhere." Orochimaru's screams could be heard through out the forest.
"What was that, Neji?" Tenten asked. Before Neji could answer, Lee appeared them and tossed Neji an earth scroll. "Where the hell were you, Lee?" Tenten demanded. "Better question." Neji said. "How did you obtain this by yourself?" Lee simply walked passed them. "Don't worry about it. Now come on. We have what we need to enter the tower." Neji and Tenten followed as Lee lead the way. 'Good thing Orochimaru had that earth scoll.' Lee mentally contacted Tsunade. "Lady Tsunade, it's done. I sealed away his soul. You can give the go ahead to retrieve and disposed of his body." With that he ended the connection.
Tsunade looked at Sarutobi. "He did it." Sarutobi, Jiraiya, and Shizune had surprised looks on their faces. "How?" Shizune asked. "Orochimaru is a sage!" Sarutobi walked over to the window and took a deep breath. "The Millennium Clan chose wisely when they gave Lee the millennium sword. Tsunade, you better called in the jounins and chunins and alert them of a possible invasion."
End of chapter three