Chapter 7: Breaking the Sky...
Koihana screamed at the sight of her father. Anko and Tenten caught Lee as he collapsed. Hinata then grabbed Koihana and sensed the area for a trace of where the kunai came from. Sasuke then appeared.
"Your time is up Lee... What is your answer?" he said with controlled menace.
Lee felt his body blaze as the pain mixed with anger, he started to open a gate.
"Lee, you can't!" Hinata exclaimed.
In a flash, he was out of the grasp of Anko and Tenten. They looked on and saw him standing with a hole fauceting blood out of him. He opened three more gates. Temari and Sakura had arrived as he opened the seventh gate.
"Gate of wonder, open!" he beckoned to the sky.
He then launched towards Sasuke.
On the other side of town, Tsunade and the others were on their way when they ran into a familiar face, it was Naruto. His feral nine tales form and all, he had claws over his hands. He raised his hands to the sky, and a group of faceless ninja then appeared. Just as they'd shown themselves they had vanished, an explosion followed and a flurry of shadow clones had surrounded Tsunade, Shizune, Ino, and Kurenai.
Downtown...
Explosions had wracked the village and the academy was in flames, Anko, Tenten, took Koihana and went to aid the villagers. Hinata and Temari were taking care of the Kuro Kurosu agents that had suddenly appeared. Sasuke focused on Lee, constantly throwing lightning his way he dodged it easily though, he, however, felt his body start to tear apart. Sasuke saw him wince and then started to release his sharingan.
"Ninth gate, gate of Retribution, Open!" his skin turned black, and his blood then turned a crystalline dark neon green.
Sasuke tried to copy the jutsu, but failed. In a blink Lee appeared directly in front of Sasuke, he grasped his then opened the ninth gate. He then met to Sasuke's attacks with such ease. Sasuke then started binding him into a tighter space as he moved around the inner city. It then became harder for Lee to avoid his attacks. Temari and Hinata followed them closely as they could, till they ran into KK agents. Lee and Sasuke, having lost Temari and Hinata, had now faced off in an opening downtown. Lee's body was drenched in blood, his once blackened hoody glowed a fine dark neon green. His face masked by a soulless exoskeleton mask that bled the color of his hoody.
"Time has run out for you Uchiha..." he said tightening his grasp on his neck, before he could snap it a claw had burst through the hole in his chest cavity.
"Tsk, tsk, you aren't allowed to touch my master..." a pouting and haughty Naruto said as widened his hand and pulled it back through Lee's body.
"Gah~Argh!" was all Lee could voice as the pain had taken over his being.
A somewhat giant fan then clipped Naruto and severed the close proximity between he and Lee. Sasuke then sent lee meteoring to the ground. He then opened a scroll.
"People of Konoha, I Sasuke Uchiha have come to grant you exodus. It would make it convienient if you would all cooperate. If you submit to the wills of Kuro Kurosu, you will know the joy and peace you so strive... I beg you do not side with this exiled fool Rock Lee..." he said beckoning to the village.
The villagers then were shown an image of Lee in his weakened state. Many of the villagers recognized him, quite a few of them still remembered the exile as well. The villagers had once again turned on Lee, taking Kuro Kurosu's side for self preservation, most of the village submit to the will of KK by giving Sasuke and Naruto an offering of their chakra. Tsunade and the others got some of the villagers out and they headed for the mountains. Lee, Temari, and Hinata were the only ones left in the village as they were preoccupied with Sasuke and Naruto.
"I'll give you one last chance... Join us, or you will die..." Sasuke said to them.
Suddenly smoke had surrounded them and as Naruto rushed toward them it was too late. They were gone...
In the Mountains...
Tsunade, Shizune, Ino, Sakura, and Tenten were tending to the villagers that had escaped with them. The battle that they had with the shadow clones was a ruse for the other KK agents to plant and detonate the bombs that had, now, destroyed Konoha. Once the bombs had gone off, they had taken the some of the villagers wounded and not with them. Most of them were families and thankfully most of them had everyone there. They however worried for lee, Hinata, and Temari. They didn't know if they got out alive. Their answer would come as they spotted Temari and Hinata carrying Lee towards them...
"Sakura, Tsunade-sama, help!" Temari and Hinata said as they brought a seemingly lifeless Rock Lee towards them.
"Put him down here, Shizune the herbs. Ino, Sakura start the healing process. I'll perform the chakra transfer..." Tsunade said as Kurenai and Tenten attended to the other wounded and fatigued villagers.
Tsunade took a glance at Lee, his chest cavity in shreds, she could see his semi-healed, torn heart beating in front of her. Sakura and Ino had stablized his body and he had finally closed his chakra gates. Tsunade then laid a kiss onto Lee's lips, she started to transfer chakra into him. His aura had started to balance but he was still recieving the after effects of releasing gates. His body was still going to tear itself, and it did. The only solace the girls had was that he would live. they all wanted to take the pain for him. Knowing they could'nt burned them a bit more inside. This day would not be forgotten as things had changed, Kuro Kurosu was now taking the initiative. What else could happen now that there was nowhere to go?
With the village lost and Lee in his state of near death how would they move on? What could they do now? Such things ran through their heads as this chapter closes...