Return of the Dragon Chapter 7. Sorry for the long wait.

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(Recap)

Kakashi got the Rookie 9 and Team Gai into a tournament. The tournament was a way to get Naruto on the verge of quitting being a ninja. Naruto beat Kiba, then Neji. Now the other fights.

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(Now)

After saying those last words to Neji, Naruto walked to Sasuke and Rock Lee on the sidelines. He was waiting for them to get the next match started. Vegeta was waiting at the field with Hinata, knowing that others were going to get hurt. He ran on the field, grabbed Neji, and left for somewhere to heal him.

While they were waiting for the other competitors to get warmed up, Naruto was approached by Kiba, Shino, and Choji. Kiba said "Damn, Naruto, you destroyed him. What were those yellow balls of energy, though."

Choji stopped snacking on his chips enough to say "Yeah. I saw you use those same techniques on Kiba in his match."

Shino said "True. Uzumaki-san, I'm pretty sure we all would want to know what moves you used in those matches."

Naruto, who had already formulated a lie, said "A friend of my father knew those techniques. My father died in the Kyuubi's attack on the village and his friend was really devastated. He didn't even know I existed until I ran into him at Wave Country a few weeks ago. From then, he taught me the techniques."

Kiba whistled and said "Is there any way we could learn them?"

Naruto said "Well, there is, but it's like a family secret. My dad was almost banished from his clan for teaching his friend. And it took a lot for them not to kill his friend."

Choji said "Man, that would be bad."

Shino said "That is true."

Naruto said "Hey guys, the next match is starting."

After Vegeta left, they started the next match. Rock Lee vs. Tenten.

Lee came up to the makeshift ring, with Tenten right behind him. He said "Good luck, Tenten. You might need it."

Tenten said "I won't. You might, but I won't." Unknown to Lee, Tenten took a summoning scroll from her right hip and unsealed what looked like a sword hilt.

Kakashi said "Ready, Hajime!" and jumped away. Lee took that notion to immediately dash at Tenten. Tenten, although not very good in Taijutsu, had expected it and had pulled the sword out of the summoning scroll with her left hand and slashed Lee with it. Lee was barely able to stop himself and duck under the attack. He let out a left punch at Tenten's chest, but she jumped away, throwing 7 shuriken at Lee.

Lee saw them coming, and jumped over them. He then landed and dashed after Tenten again. He let out another punch, but it was dodged and he was stabbed by a kunai. Then kicked in the face. Lee tumbled away, but got back up after awhile. Lee said "You're good, Tenten."

"You too, Lee."

"You almost hurt me there." That statement got Tenten surprised a little, but she recovered, saying "You're lying."

With that, Lee disappeared. Tenten then heard Lee's voice next to her say "I'm completely serious." She turned to Lee in shock, but then looked at him in pain as he punched her in her chest. He then grabbed her arm, and threw her away.

Tenten was caught off-guard by Lee's sucker punch, but recovered and landed on her feet. Tenten pulled out another scroll and unsealed another sword. She held both at the same time and went after Lee. Lee just ran to her, meeting her blow for blow. Tenten sent a slash at him with the left sword, which Lee dodged, only to have to block the other sword that cut into his forearm.

'Damn. I'm gonna have to dodge all her hits if I want to win.' Lee started dodging all her swipes, but was barely succeeding. She was almost as good with her weapons as he was with Taijutsu. Keyword: Almost. After dodging a few hits, Lee saw that she took a little time to pull back her blades. When she tried to slash him again, he kicked her hand, forcing her to drop the blade. He then did it to her other hand to completely disarm her. As soon as her blades left her hand, Tenten started flipping out of Lee's reach, knowing if she didn't the match would've been over.

Tenten landed and said "Wow, you're awesome Lee."

Lee said "The feeling's mutual, Tenten."

Tenten then got an evil smirk on her face. Lee saw and started panicking a little. "What are you thinking about Tenten?"

Tenten said "Oh, nothing, except the small little fact that there's one advantage I have over you."

Lee got a confused look on his face and said "What?"

Tenten started doing handseals quickly, threw two scrolls on the sides of her, and said "This! Twin Rising Dragons Jutsu!"(1) The scrolls went up in puffs of smoke, the smoke going up and forming into dragons. The dragons then started wrapping around each other, blinding people of Tenten.

Behind the smoke, Tenten jumped into the air, the dragons turning back into scrolls. She then started summoning weapons at a really fast pace.

Back on the ground, Lee was confused. 'I've seen her practice this move before. And if I'm right, then-Oh Shit' Then Lee realized. This is when she throws them all at her opponent, A.K.A him. Lee tried to think of a way out, only to get a kunai go past his ear. He felt something trickling down and knew it was blood. Lee jumped out of the way, trying to avoid them, but couldn't dodge all of them. He dodged the biggest of them like swords and hammers and scythes, but couldn't dodge all the shuriken and kunai. The onslaught went on for 3 minutes.

When the barrage of weapons was over, Lee was standing there, with over 30 weapons sticking out of his body. He was still standing though. Throughout the entire battlefield, weapons were scattered and there was a big crater. At the bottom of the crater were 2 big packs of weights.

Tenten had landed after the attack, only to be surprised as Lee stood there with only a few of the weapons she threw. Tenten cursed her luck. At least she had the 2nd part of the attack. Tenten then jumped high into the air, pulling her hands back. As her hands came back, so did the weapons. She had Chakra strings attached to her weapons.

That included the weapons attached to Lee. As the weapons pulled back, the blood they kept back came gushing out. Lee cried out in pain, but it was short-lived as Tenten threw all the weapons at him again. Lee then dashed away, but got 10 kunai in his body.

Throughout all the pain, he was still able to move fast. So fast that Tenten couldn't reach when he jumped to her height, and let out a Leaf Whirlwind. Tenten was blown back, but was able to land on her feet.

Lee charged her again, letting out a right straight punch, that was dodged. Lee used the momentum to hit Tenten with his left heel. Lee faced Tenten as she got up, and then said "It's been a good fight, Tenten, but I gotta beat you."

With that, Lee jumped back, and started doing handseals, surprising his team.

The thoughts on their minds were 'Why is he doing handseals? He can't do any jutsu. He has no chakra.'

Lee then ended his handseals, yelling out "Wind Style: Great Breakthrough Jutsu!"

With that, the wind started picking up tremendously. The winds blew Tenten away and into a tree 20 feet away, effectively knocking her out. Kakashi went over to her to inspect her and saw that she was passed out. He then said "Winner, Rock Lee!"

Lee went over and took Tenten from Kakashi, volunteering to take her to the medic. After handing her over to his father, he left and went to walk over to the others, getting there as Sasuke and Ino were called over to the field.

Gai came over to the genin to sit by Lee. He asked "Lee, how can you do those abilities?"

Lee said "Gai-sensei, that's a secret. I can't tell you yet, but ask me again when we're in private."

"Wait, Lee. There is also something else I must talk to you about. You unleashed your weights without having to protect your precious ones or my permission!"

Lee stared wide-eyed at Gai, realizing what he did out on the battlefield. He didn't think of the consequences.

Gai looked down at Lee, then out of nowhere punched him in the jaw, sending him flying 10 feet away.

Lee got up and said "I deserved that Gai-sensei. I am sorry for not following your rules."

Gai then walked over to Lee and smiled at him. He said "I'll let it go this time and for your last few matches. But don't do it again, understand Lee?"

Lee immediately stood up, saluting and saying "Yes, Gai-sensei."

Gai just nodded and let it drop.

Kakashi said "Okay people, next match. Sasuke Uchiha vs. Ino Yamanaka."

Sasuke and Ino approached the stage. Ino was worried that Sasuke would hurt her, but she also couldn't back down. She had a huge crush on Sasuke and she knew that backing down without a fight would show how weak she was. She had to stand up for herself, or Sasuke would never love her in her mind.

Sasuke said "Y'know Ino, this match is pretty much over now. Why did you even come up here?"

Ino said "I had to. If I didn't, it would seem that I was weak, and I'm not. I know that I have no chance, but I might as well try my best."

Sasuke got a shocked look on his face, then smiled. He said "I never thought I would hear that from a fan girl of mine. I guess you're the only smart one of them. You're still trying even though you don't think you can win. That's a great quality, Ino. I like that."

Ino's eyes widened to the size of 24" rims, then got a really wide smile on her face, while thinking to herself 'Sasuke likes me! Sasuke likes me! Sasuke likes me!' Sasuke looked at her, then thought 'Dammit. I guess there's more fangirlism in her than I thought. I'll have to find out how to change that, and quick.'

Sasuke got into a fighting stance, with Ino taking that as her queue to get into one also. Sasuke saw that it was the academy taijutsu stance, but she still was flawed in a few places. Kakashi saw that they were waiting, so he said "Ready, Hajime!" and jumped back.

Sasuke decided to take it easy on Ino, but charged her all the same. He came with a left punch, that was parried by Ino, as she sent a right punch to his face. Sasuke ducked under the punch, and used his right leg to sweep her feet out from under her.

Ino fell back, but went into a backflip to save herself from meeting the ground. Ino then charged Sasuke and booted him in the face. Sasuke, not expecting Ino to actually hit him, went reeling back 3 feet. He got up with an imprint of the sole of Ino's sandal on his cheek. Sasuke got up, and started doing handseals. After them, he yelled out "Fire Style: Phoenix Flower Jutsu!!"(2)

He expelled the fireballs out of his mouth at fast speeds at Ino. Ino started dodging the fireballs, but barely making it. After the fireballs stopped, Ino started throwing shuriken and kunai at Sasuke. Sasuke smirked, and started doing handseals and called out "Fire Style: Grand Fireball Jutsu!" expelling a great ball of fire from his mouth, melting all the shuriken.

At that, Ino started thinking 'Sasuke-kun's so cool! Oh yeah, gotta stay on track' Ino ran at Sasuke to engage him in taijutsu. She threw 3 punches at him, which were all dodged. She surprised him with a kick, but he dodged it.

After about a minute of Sasuke dodging Ino's hits, Sasuke decides to end it, seeing as Ino didn't give up. Ino kicked at Sasuke's face with her right foot, but Sasuke leaned into the hit to lessen the damage. Then going with the momentum, Sasuke crouched down and used his right leg to sweep Ino's feet out from under her.

Ino was about to get up, but Sasuke held a kunai at her throat. Sasuke said "Sorry, Ino, but I win."

Kakashi said "Winner, Sasuke Uchiha."

Ino and Sasuke got up and walked away. Sasuke looked at Ino and saw that she was glum. Sasuke walked over to her and said "Hey Ino?"

Ino looked over at him. Sasuke continued saying "That was a great match! Maybe you wanna talk about it over lunch sometime?"

At hearing this, Ino got butterflies in her stomach. She was so happy, she was only able to stutter out a "yes"

Sasuke said "Great. I'll see you later, then."

Sasuke walked back to Naruto seeing Naruto grinning. Sasuke tried his best to hide a smirk, but a little showed. Naruto said "Sasuke, I can't believe it. You actually asked a girl out on a date?"

Sasuke said "What about it?"

Naruto said "It's good. For a second there I thought you were gay."

Sasuke said "Fuck you."

Naruto said "More proof you're gay."

Sasuke said "Go to hell."

Naruto just smirked and looked ahead.

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(10 minutes later)

After their 10 minute break, Naruto, Lee and Sasuke approached the arena. Kakashi said "Alright, here's the line-up."

He showed them a chart showing Naruto vs. Lee, then Winner vs. Sasuke.

Kakashi also said "Naruto, Lee, the winner of your match won't be given any time to break. We have been waiting enough."

This shocked the other Jounnin. They had let Kakashi pick the matches 'cause he came up with the idea, but he had gone too far this time for their liking. The first one to speak up was Kurenai. She said "What are you doing Kakashi?"

Kakashi responded "I'm choosing the matches." in a voice that made it sound obvious.

Asuma walked up, saying "No you're not. You're making it so Sasuke will win. You've been giving him the easy route all along."

Gai decided this was the time to speak up. He said "They're right, Kakashi. I've also noticed that you have given Naruto the hardest route according to his Academy portfolio. You set Sasuke up with Shino, knowing that Shino would give up because his bugs are flammable. You expected Ino to give up since she likes Sasuke."

Naruto saw the other Jounnin defending him and decided he should defend himself against this white-haired bastard. He said "While I had to fight Kiba, whose a lot faster than you thought I was. And Neji, who is a close-range fighter, when you thought I had no taijutsu abilities. You've been aiming for me to fail, while pushing Sasuke up. The only reason I beat those two was because you have no idea of my true abilities."

Lee came over and said "I agree with my youthful friend and the sensei. You've been playing favorites, Kakashi-san."

Kakashi mentally cursed. 'Damn. They figured it out. I shouldn't have made the no break thing. Now what do I do? Wait, that's it.'

Kakashi said "Well, what do you suppose we do? There's 3 semi-finalists, and we need to have two for the final match."

Sasuke was listening to all of this from the beginning and decided now was the time to speak up. He said "Who said we need 2 for the final match? Also, who said that we are semi-finalists?"

Kakashi said "What are you getting at Sasuke?" Naruto had already figured out what he meant by that, and was grinning like an idiot. Lee looked at Naruto and saw the grin, and thought 'It seems like something good is about to happen.'

Sasuke said "A 3-way free for all battle for the win. What do you think Naruto?"

Naruto's grin turned into a smirk and he said "I'm game. What about you Lee?"

Lee smiled and said "I'm okay with that."

Sasuke said "Okay then, a free-for-all."

Kakashi said "Alright then, a 3-way battle." Kakashi was also thinking 'Fools. Sasuke will win this easy. And my plan will work perfectly. It's better to completely crush his dreams when he's so close to it anyway.'

The 3 competitors traveled to the ring and waited for Kakashi to give the signal.

Kakashi yelled "Hajime!" and jumped back as the 3 genin squared off.

Lee, Naruto, and Sasuke were having a staring contest. After about 20 seconds, Naruto got tired and broke off at Sasuke. Sasuke immediately activated his Sharingan, surprising all at the battle.

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(Sakura's thoughts)

'Sasuke-kun activated the Sharingan. That's so cool. He'll beat that Lee loser and that monster Naruto. Why can't that monster just die? Then it would be just me and Sasuke-kun forever and ever. He's always trying to interfere with what's destined to be. I should've killed him years ago. Chaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!'

Yea, the bitch is crazy.

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(Kakashi's Thoughts)

'Sasuke activated the Sharingan. Finally, now my plans can continue easily. Now that Sasuke has the Sharingan, I can show him the Jutsu I copied and have him copy them. I wonder if he's skilled enough for the Raikiri yet? No, maybe I should start him off with the Chidori and see where it goes. Well, this match is over now.'

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(Kiba's Shino's, Choji's, Neji's, Hinata's, Shikamaru's, Tenten's, Asuma's, Kurenai's, and Gai's Thoughts)

'He has the Sharingan now. Troublesome'

'What's wrong with his eyes? They look like he awakened his bloodline. This match is gonna be intense.' Thought Kiba.

'He has awakened the Sharingan now. Interesting. This match has become more intense already.' Thought Asuma and Kurenai.

'He has the Sharingan now. NO matter. His hip, young, cool ways will never drown Lee's Fountain of Youth' Do I have to say who thought this?

'He has the Sharingan now. Pointless. Lee will move too fast for Sasuke to see him anyway. Lee had on like 300 pounds in weights. Outrunning his little red eyes is nothing.' Thought Tenten.

'He has the Sharingan now. But from what Uzumaki-san said , even his own sensei doesn't know of his abilities. This Rock Lee character is also a wild card. We know next to nothing about him, so making an assumption of the victor can't be based on known knowledge.' Thought Shino.

'He has the Sharingan now. I still think that Naruto will beat him.' Thought Hinata.

'He has the Sharingan now. This match will be… interesting.' Thought Neji.

'He has the Sharingan now. So? His families' ability doesn't make him strong, it's his own, and if he doesn't know how to use it, he's a goner.' Thought Choji.

'Sasuke-kun has the Sharingan now. How will this turn out?' Thought Ino.

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(The Fight Song: Riot by Three Days Grace)

With Sasuke's Sharingan on, he was able to see Naruto dashing at him and was able to block his left punch.. Sasuke opened with a left punch to Naruto's chest which connected. Sasuke jumped forward and kicked Naruto in the face with his left foot, making Naruto stumble back.

Apparently Sasuke forgot it was a 3-way match because Lee took that time to hit Sasuke with a Leaf Whirlwind. Sasuke went tumbling, but was able to recover. He faced Lee and started doing handseals. He called out "Fire Style: Mythical Fire Phoenix Jutsu!" (2) He started firing out fireballs at Lee. Lee dashed out of the way of them, and went after Sasuke. He opened with a punch, but Sasuke ducked under it, and hit Lee in the chest with a right punch. When Lee backed up and bent over in pain, Sasuke jumped up and flipped around, sticking out his right leg and hitting Lee in the back of the head.

Lee was implanted into the ground. Sasuke looked to his left, in just enough time to dodge Naruto's punch at his head. He hit Naruto with a punch to his gut, causing Naruto to back up. He started doing handseals and yelled louder than regular "Fire Style: Grand Fireball Jutsu!!"

Naruto saw(or heard) Sasuke yell out the name really loud, and realized what was coming. Naruto focused ki all around him, making a skin-hugging shield of ki as soon as Sasuke blew out the fireball.

Naruto's ki shield protected him from the fireball. He stood up, and started doing handseals. He ended, yelling out "Water Style: Water Bullet Jutsu!" This attack cancelled out Sasuke's fireball. Naruto jumped back and started doing handseals and yelled out "Wind Style: Great Breakthrough!" to blow away the steam and Sasuke with it. Sasuke landed on his feet, and saw Naruto doing handseals. Sasuke recognized the handseals and started doing the same ones. Sasuke was able to do the handseals faster since he's known the Jutsu since he was 8. At the end they both yell out "Fire Style: Grand Fireball Jutsu!"

Both Naruto and Sasuke unleash big balls of fire that clashed inbetween them.

Lee was sitting back, waiting for an opening. With the Fireballs he got it. He dashed behind Sasuke and started doing handseals. He yelled out "Wind Style: Great Breakthrough!!" This made Sasuke be blown away by the wind, and made Naruto's fireball turn back on him. Seeing this, Naruto stopped feeding the fireball and dashed away. Naruto turned to Lee and they dashed at each other. They both had their fists held back for a punch, only for Lee's to go through Naruto's Afterimage. Lee having seen the trick before turned around with a left heel kick, only to go through another Afterimage. This one with Naruto making a face at him.

He didn't look up until it was too late. He was blasted by a flurry of ki blasts from Naruto. Naruto landed on the ground by Lee, only to fall forward from being blasted himself. He turned around to see Sasuke standing there, smirking at him. Naruto growled and stood up. He shot a ki blast at Sasuke, only for Sasuke to shoot one back at him. Naruto ran at Sasuke with his right fist cocked back, and Sasuke ran at Naruto with his left cocked back. They met in the middle in a clash of fists. Sasuke gritted his teeth in anger, and so did Naruto. They were pushing each other with their fists, trying to get the better of the other.

Naruto charged energy into his left hand, and thrusted it at Sasuke, shooting a beam of ki at him. Sasuke was caught unawares and was blasted away from there. Naruto was about to charge after, but a big distraction got in his way. Lee came at him with a Leaf Whirlwind to the back of the head. Naruto fell on his knees and Lee dashed after Sasuke. Naruto saw him running away and smirked. He cupped his hands to his right waist, charging energy. He then let it loose yelling "Kaa-Mee-Haa-Mee-HAAA!" The Kamahameha went flying, catching Lee and kept going. The blast went forward, eventually to where Sasuke was getting up. The blast(and Lee) impacted on the ground by Sasuke and exploded. Naruto got on his feet and charged over there, ignoring the shocked looks on the faces of the others.

While Naruto was running to the smoke cloud, Naruto did some handseals and yelled out "Wind Style: Great Breakthrough!"

Naruto blew away all of the smoke to see Lee and Sasuke getting up. They both looked okay, but they had burn marks, dirt marks, their clothes were torn a little, and they were bleeding. Lee rushed at Naruto, dashing so fast Naruto didn't even see him. Lee gave Naruto a left punch to the chest, then a right punch, then kicked him in his chin with his left foot. He then pulled back both of his fists, then drove them into Naruto's chest. Naruto went flying, but while he was going he was shooting ki blasts. Naruto used his ki to stop flying from the punches and drifted down. He then dashed back at Lee.

Lee was about to dash at Naruto, but Sasuke came up behind him and let loose a Grand Fireball on his back. Naruto also came up and let out a punch to his chest. Naruto jumped over Lee and Sasuke and charged a big ki blast and let it loose. They both were blasted away and Naruto landed.

Sasuke got up and started doing handseals. He ended, yelling out "Fire Style: Phoenix Flower Jutsu!" Sasuke started shooting fireballs at an unsuspecting Naruto, who was able to dash out of the way of the last 3. Lee got up and dashed around to Sasuke, disappearing and reappearing under Sasuke with his foot held back. He kicked Sasuke up into the air, then followed him up. He then let out a Leaf Whirlwind to Sasuke's left hip. Sasuke cried out in pain from the hit, and fell down to the ground. Lee was above him now, and Lee used the Wind Style: Great Breakthrough Jutsu to push him farther to the ground at a faster pace, knocking him out. A quick count-out by Gai, and Sasuke was eliminated from the match.

Now it was just Naruto and Lee.

Naruto saw the display of power that Lee did and knew that he would lose if he didn't do something soon. Naruto closed his eyes and dug deep into himself. While he was doing this, a white aura surrounded him and the wind picked up. Naruto ignored all of this, concentrating on pulling out the power of Super Sayian. Last time, he partly broke through it. This time, he would completely break through. Naruto let loose a long low growl, and as he dug deeper into himself, the growl grew.

And so did the aura. The more power Naruto drew on, the more his aura color changed. It went from a pure white to a royal blue. It also gained a thicker appearance. Naruto could feel the power flowing through him, and it felt amazing. He was almost through the barrier, when he was interrupted.

After Lee took out Sasuke, he felt Naruto's growth in power. He also felt the wind pick up. He looked over to Naruto to see that he had an aura. Lee didn't know what was going on, but he knew that if Naruto completed what he was doing, it was lights out for him. Lee dashed over to Naruto and let out a Leaf Whirlwind to Naruto's face.

Naruto flew back from the pain of the attack. Naruto was able to stop himself and drift to the ground. 'Damn it.' thought Naruto. Lee is a tough opponent. Especially when Naruto found out that Lee had on weights too! The fact that he didn't take them off in their fight with Teoast shows how committed Lee is to his dream. That, combined with the 8 gates, meant that without Super Sayian, Naruto was a goner.

But Naruto didn't let that get him down. Naruto got up from the kick and dashed at Lee. Lee dodged all of his punches and kicks. Naruto then got mad and started shooting off ki blasts everywhere. A few of them hit Lee, but Lee was mostly undamaged.

Naruto focused ki through his body and ran at Lee. He threw a left hook at Lee's face, which connected. But Naruto wasn't expecting Lee to use the momentum and hit him in the face with his heel. Lee jumped forward and hit Naruto with a flying kick, which sent Naruto flying. Naruto was able to get control of himself before he hit the ground, though. Naruto then cursed. 'Damn. What can I do? He's seen at glimpse of the power of Super Sayian, so he won't let me go all the way to that level. He's too fast for me to transform. What do I do? All of my techniques won't work on-That's it! It's brilliant. It's awesome. It's genius. It's-WHY THE HELL DIDN'T I THINK OF IT BEFORE!' Thought Naruto, mentally yelling at himself in the end.

Naruto got up and shot a ki blast at Lee. Lee dodged the blast and charged for Naruto. Naruto waited until he was 20 feet away and kicked up. The answer to defeating Lee's taijutsu was simple.

Flight.

Lee couldn't reach him while Naruto was in the sky and Naruto could transform without having to deal with Lee. Naruto went until he was 20 feet in the sky, and started charging up. Naruto concentrated and charged all of his power to the max, trying to destroy the barrier between him and Super Sayian. The wind picked up again, and Naruto's aura started turning blue. Naruto's muscles started expanding and contracting and storm clouds started gathering above the others. Thunder and lightning started coming down from the sky, making it look like the scene on the bridge at Wave again.

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(With Lee)

Lee cursed and pulled out kunai. Last night, he had seen how strong Naruto got from becoming a Super Sayian. And from what his dad looked like as one, it seemed like he hadn't even reached the complete level yet. Lee knew this match was over if Naruto succeeded. So he started throwing kunai at Naruto, hoping one would reach. But the wind that picked up started blowing them off course. Lee realized that the only way he could possibly win would be to open the gates.

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(With Everyone)

Everyone on the ground were gaping at Naruto. They were wondering where that kind of power came from. Especially Sakura and Kakashi. They saw these same techniques at the bridge in wave a few weeks ago. They also saw Naruto with blue-green eyes and yellow hair sticking up. They could literally feel the power rolling off of him. Kakashi realized that if Naruto could get that much power, he could too. Kakashi pulled his headband up, showing the Sharingan. He was thinking of copying that move and teaching it to Sasuke. Then Sasuke could finally kill the demon and he would have revenge after all of these years.

Hinata said "H-h-How can he possibly fly like that?"

Sasuke came from behind her and answered her. "It's part of his family Jutsu. They're able to defy the laws of gravity(and physics too) and fly."

Shino said "I can see the usefulness of the technique. It is very fascinating."

Sasuke said "Yeah. Naruto promised to teach it to me someday, but I'll probably have to wait until he heals from this battle."

Turning back to the match, Sasuke smirked and watched, thinking 'This is over. The dumbass has so much power, and I have nowhere near that. I guess this is what I get for relying on my family's name and not training as much as those two.' Sasuke looked at Lee, then at Naruto. He saw their power in display today. He continued 'Those two must have trained their asses off day in and day out to get that strong. They deserve it too. While everyone was ridiculing them and saying they would never make it, they used those insults to fuel their fire and to show those people wrong. And now here they are today, proving that one of them is one of the strongest Genin in the village. Proving wrong all those who doubted them, even me. I was never in a league with those two, and I'm proud of it now. Now it gives me something to shoot for. Naruto, Lee, you better watch your backs, because I'm not gonna give up my Best Genin title that easy.'

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(With Naruto)

Naruto was busy charging up his power. He felt the barrier between him and Super Sayian. He could feel the barrier weakening. While this was happening, Naruto was growling. As he pushed his power farther, he started growling louder, until everyone could hear him.

By now the barrier was weakening, Naruto realized that one final push would give him the power he needed. Naruto dug as deep as possible inside himself, and gave out a huge, long yell as he broke through the barrier, keeping him from Super Sayian. As Naruto started his final yell, his power skyrocketed. His hair picked up from it's style and went up in spikes. His eyes changed to a blue-green color and his hair changed into a golden blonde. His aura also shot up. It changed into the yellow form that's so familiar to his family. His transformation to Super Sayian is completed.

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(With Lee)

After Lee's kunai didn't work, Lee crossed his arms in front of his face and started concentrating. He knew that the 8 gates were his only chance of winning. He saw that Naruto was almost through with his transformation and he started. He dug deep into himself and said "1st gate. Kaimon. Gate of Opening. Release!"(3) And Lee was flooded with power. He finished around the same time that Naruto did. Lee got into a fighting stance, ready to start the real battle.

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(With Naruto)

After Naruto finished his transformation, he looked down at Lee. He saw that Lee also released his first gate. Naruto smirked and fazed away. Naruto moved so fast that he couldn't be seen, except by Gai, who was regularly that fast, and Kakashi, who had his Sharingan out.

Naruto flew around to behind Lee and tried to elbow him in the neck, but Lee was also able to see him. Lee ducked under the elbow, and elbowed Naruto in the chest. Naruto didn't show any sign of damage, and hit Lee in the face with his knee. The hit knocked Lee off the ground, but Lee was able to quickly recover. Lee glared at Naruto, and dashed at him with his newfound speed. Lee attacked Naruto with a Leaf Whirlwind, which Naruto blocked with his right arm. Naruto then used his left to punch Lee in the stomach. Lee went flying, but recovered and fazed away.

All of a sudden, Naruto punched forward at thin air, then his eyes widened in pain as Lee reappeared, his left fist buried in Naruto's stomach. Naruto then brought his left foot around and kicked Lee in his head. Lee rocketed away, but was able to flip and regain his ground. Lee thought 'I have to end this quickly, or I'll run out of power.'

Lee then fazed away again. Naruto was able to see him though. Lee went for a kick to the right side of Naruto's face, but Naruto blocked it. He then fazed away again,and went for a sweep to Naruto's legs from behind, but Naruto jumped over it. Lee fazed away again, and reappeared under Naruto with his leg cocked back. Lee then kicked Naruto up. There was so much force behind the kick that Naruto couldn't stop what was coming.

Lee jumped forward and reappeared behind Naruto. He unraveled the bandages around his forearms and let them fly. He then made them tightly trap Naruto and himself in them. Lee then started spinning. He was spinning with great speed, so much that people on the sidelines could only see a big white cacoon. As Lee was heading for the ground, he yelled "Primary Lotus!"(4) driving Naruto into the ground. Lee unraveled them both and jumped away quickly.

Naruto's head was spinning from the entire ride. First the kick that almost took his head off. Then being bound by those bandages. The driving into the ground almost knocked him out. If he wasn't at Super Sayian, then he would've been out of it. Naruto got back up on his feet, and faced Lee. Lee glared at Naruto and crossed his forearms in front of him again. He then said "2nd Gate. 3rd Gate. Kyumon. Seimon. Gate of Rest. Gate of Life. Release!"(3)

With the opening of the second and third gates, Lee's power skyrocketed. His skin turned red. His muscles bulged, he had a green aura. Naruto glared back at Lee, realizing that the battle had just heated up more. Naruto charged up, bringing out more power.

They both charged each other at the same time, meeting in the middle with their fists. Lee used his left fist to counter Naruto's right. They then punched each other with their free hands, but their fists were caught by the others. They opened their fists into open hands and grabbed them, testing their strength against each other. This went on for a minute, neither gaining space over the other. Lee leaned his head back, and sent it straight into Naruto's head. Naruto went flying back from the pain, but was able to recover. Naruto started shooting off ki blasts at Lee.

Lee just started dodging them all, getting closer to Naruto. When he was 10 feet away, he dashed at Naruto. They both collided with their fists in the other's face. They both flew away from the hits, but was able to recover and charged at each other. Lee sent a left roundhouse kick to Naruto's head, but Naruto blocked it, and sent a left punch to Lee's chest. Lee bent back, avoiding the attack, then flipped back, hitting Naruto in the chin with his foot. But the attack failed as Naruto leaned back a little. Naruto then kicked Lee while Lee was in the middle of the backflip, but Lee pushed off his hands, and booted Naruto in the face, but Naruto leaned his head to the right, barely avoiding a bone-crushing attack. This pattern of strike and dodge went on for a while, with them trading blows at a lightning-fast pace, all laced with chakra and ki.(AN: Focusing chakra around the body is easy. Team 7 never tried it before in Wave and they were able to do it after about 5 seconds at the most. Controlling how much goes in is the hard part, and they don't need to control the amount that much)

After awhile. Lee was able to land a punch to Naruto's stomach. Naruto then used his right knee to hit Lee in his face. He then slammed his elbow into Lee's sternum. Naruto chased after him, only for Lee to recover from the hit and kick him in the face. He charged Naruto and punched him, while Naruto kicked him in the chest. They weren't even bothering with blocking. They were so concentrated on doing damage to the other that they let the other persons' chakra/ki enhanced attacks connect. Naruto and Lee didn't let anything get in their way.

They went on with this until Lee kicked Naruto into the air, where Naruto recovered and started doing handseals. Lee started doing different ones and they ended, with Naruto yelling out "Lightning Style: False Darkness Jutsu!" and Lee yelling out "Wind Style: Great Breakthrough!". The two attack charged each other, meeting in the middle in a battle for supremacy. After a while, since Wind beats Lightning, Lee was able to power through Naruto's False Darkness Jutsu and blow him further into the air. Lee then crouched down and jumped into the air, pulling his fist back and punching Naruto in the chest when he got close enough. They both fell down, and touched the ground at the same time.

When they landed, they were gasping, trying to get as much air as possible. They looked like they came back from fighting in a war. Naruto's lip was bleeding with dirt marks all over his body and clothes. The clothes were torn at places from Lee's hits. His eye was swollen and he could've sworn one or more of his ribs were cracked along with his skull. His leg was hurting from kicking Lee so many times and his radius and ulna(forearm bones) were almost broken from blocking so many powerful attacks. He was running low on power.

Lee was no better. He had burn marks and dirt marks on his clothes. His shin was almost broken. His forearms causes him immense pain when he moved them. He had cuts in his mouth, making him bleed from his mouth and coating his teeth in his blood. He was pretty sure that axe kick that Naruto gave him before probably injured his skull a little. He was almost dead too.

They looked to each other, seeing they were on their last legs. Naruto said "One last attack. That's all we both have got in us. One last attack to decide who's the best once and for all. How 'bout it, Lee?"

Lee looked up at Naruto and smirked. He said "You're on, my eternal rival."

Naruto smirked, then glared as he yelled and gathered every ounce of power left in his body. Lee closed his eyes and crossed his arms in front of him. He thought ' I don't have a good grasp on going this far, but I must. I will show everyone here that I am not weak, and if I have to die to do it, then so be it!' Lee then yelled "4th Gate. Shomon. Gate of Pain. Release!" (3) Lee's power skyrocketed again, becoming more than before.

Naruto and Lee looked at each other. They waited for what seemed like an eternity to them. Off to the side, Sasuke was standing and watching, sweat pouring off his face. A drop of sweat fell off of Sasuke's face. And as if that was the starting signal, as soon as that drop of sweat fell, they charged at each other. Naruto had his right fist pulled back, and Lee had his left pulled back. They charged each other, focusing every ounce of power they had into their fists. If you looked closely past the yellow(Naruto) and green(Lee) auras their fists gave off, you would see smoke rising from their hands. When they were 5 feet away, they punched at each other.

It seemed like their fists were going in slow motion. When their fists finally connected, the auras repelled each other. They went back in a straight line, bathing part of the arm in it. They pushed and pushed for supremacy, but they were completely even. A white glow was growing from where their attacks met. The glow grew and grew, finally covering both of them. The glow was so bright, everyone had to look away, and Kakashi had to cover up his Sharingan so he wouldn't go blind.

2 minutes later when the glow subsided, Lee and Naruto were 20 feet away from each other, spread-eagle on the ground.

Gai rushed to the two kids. He checked their pulses, and found out they were alive, but unconscious. He then turned around and said "We have a double knockout. It's a tie." Everyone was shocked at this. They couldn't believe that all that they fought for ended in a tie. They were too shocked to do anything, until they heard clapping coming from somewhere. They looked to see Sasuke clapping and walking toward them. Sakura then immediately joined in. Then Ino and before long, everyone was clapping for the two powerhouses. They cheered and chanted their names. After their celebration, Gai said "Now come on, let's take these two guys to the hospital where they can get some good sleep."

Vegeta came forward, saying "I'll take them. Gai, would you assist me please?"

Gai said "Sure, young fellow." Gai grabbed Naruto and Vegeta grabbed Lee. They then ran away from there, the wrong way from the hospital. As they were running, Sakura started yelling "Wait! Shouldn't Sasuke-kun be the winner? He's still awake while those two are unconscious?"

Shikamaru said "Troublesome. Sakura, Sasuke was knocked out way before those two. He probably only awoke halfway into the fight. Even so, I heard Gai-sensei start counting and he stayed down after Gai-sensei reached ten, so he was automatically disqualified. Now if you excuse me, I'm going home." Shikamaru then walked away, closely followed by Choji. Ino followed them, but before she could leave, Sasuke slipped her a note saying 'I'll pick you up at 7:00 p.m tomorrow for our date.'

Kakashi was mad since his idea to get Naruto to drop out of the ninja program failed. He just cut his losses and went back to the drawing board. Soon everyone else left.

At this time, if you looked ahead, you would've seen a man of 6 feet flying there. He had on a sky blue gi and yellow pants with a white belt and red wristbands. He had on black boots with white shoelaces. He had black hair in a weird style and black eyes. He also had a red pole. He said "It seems like the Sayian blood in Naruto is strong. Almost as strong as it was in Gohan. It's gonna be fun watching him grow up, wouldn't you say so Minato?"

After that man got done speaking, a voice of a man said "Yes it will. I'm just sad that I can't be there to see him."

The mysterious man looked down to the ground in shame, saying "I know how you feel Minato. Watching him grow but not being able to be a part of it. I felt that exact same way when I died against Raditz, and I died against Cell and left Goten without a father, and when I left with the Eternal Dragon leaving everyone else. But you have to learn from your mistakes."

"That's true."

With that, the man levitated up towards the sky, bringing his fingers to his forehead and disappearing in the blink of an eye.

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Okay, there's the chapter. I'm sorry that it took so long for me to write it, but I just didn't feel like writing.

Jutsu translations:

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8 Chakra Gates

1: Gate of Opening (Kaimon) releases the brain's limit on the total strain on the muscles, giving the user five times their normal strength.

2: Gate of Rest ( Kyūmon) releases the brain's limit on the body's stamina, making a battle-worn person become miraculously ready to fight as if the fight had just started.

3: Gate of Life ( Seimon) is located on the spinal cord, and releases the limit on the nervous system, which makes information travel at a faster rate and creates even more stamina. As a side effect, the user's skin turns red, indicating an increased blood-oxygen level.

4: Gate of Pain ( Shōmon) releases the limit on oxygen intake in the lungs, creating much more oxygen for the body to use.

5: Gate of Closing ( Tomon) releases the limit on the amount of chakra released at one time.

6: Gate of Joy ( Keimon) removes the limit on how much fat and proteins the intestines can digest, and releases otherwise useless energy resources, giving the user even more power and stamina.

7: Gate of Shock ( Kyōmon) removes the limit on how fast the body can move, removes wastes from dead skin cells to feces, and gives the body a much cleaner system to work with, producing even more power and stamina.

8: Gate of Death ( Shimon) opens the final gate located at the heart and uses up all of the body's energy. It makes the heart pump at maximum power and exceeds the power of every other gate. All the energy in every individual cell is used up, giving the user power well above that of any Kage. This "big bang" effect is only temporary, and destroys every muscle in the user's body including the heart. Death is assured when opening this gate hence the name.

(1) Twin Rising Dragons: Rising Twin Dragons allows the user to attack their opponent with weapons summoned from two small scrolls carried by the user. When activated the two scrolls release smoke while also flying into the air in the shape of two dragons made of smoke, then the user rapidly throws the weapons as a powerful barrage. If the initial attack were to fail, the user would control the discarded weapons with wires attached to his or her fingertips for a surprise attack. Because the weapons are thrown, they are easily countered by wind techniques.

(2) Phoenix Flower: This jutsu sends multiple balls of fire at a target. It is also possible to hide shurikens within the fireballs, creating an unexpected secondary surprise attack. For the most part, however, this jutsu is used as a distraction.