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Horse of the Leaf
by Bud
Chapter 13: Genius Vs Dropout Part Two
The audience was silent as they paid their full attention to this fight. At first they thought it was just going to be a boring match between Temari of the Sand and a nobody Konoha rookie name Shikamaru. But to their surprise, the Shikamaru kid turned out to be a real dark horse, coming up with plans that put him in near win situations were he stole the upperhand from the Kunoichi. It wasn't until recently that he used advanced strategic planning, using his mind to think and plan for moves in advance. It was due to this advanced planning that put the two of them in their current position.
Temari facing off only a few feet away from Shikamaru, trapped in the young genin's Kage Mane no Jutsu, or Shadow Copy Technique.
Even the other participants were eager to see what the lazy and unmotivated ninja was planning to do. They watched him raise his right arm, Temari unwillingly mimicing the act. She closed her eyes and braced for the attack.
'Here is comes...' thought Ranma. He had some time to observe Shikamaru when he visited the hospital. He knew what type of person the boy was and knew exactly what he was going to do. He could feel it.
"That's it.. I give up."
Temari stared at him, wide-eyed.
"WHAT??!!!" came several cries from the crowds and participants. The examiner raised his eyebrow. Naruto screamed, wondering why he did it. In the audience Asuma, his instructor, slapped himself in the forehead. Next to him, Kurenai Yuuhi stared at the boy - not because of his forfiet, but because of his decision making beforehand. Somewhere else in the crowd, Ino Yamanaka cursed rudely at her teammate for giving up while Chouji, whom was sitting next to her, chuckled because he knew Shikamaru would do that.
Ranma also chuckled to himself. Shikamaru was a lazy guy that only really enjoyed playing go and shouji. He knew that the guy didn't really care for being a chuunin, unlike himself and others. But Ranma knew better after seeing him in actual combat.
Remembering his second father's, Stone Lee, words and advice for in the future when he could take the Chuunin Selection exam, he took note on a few major perks that examiners are looking for.
Chuunin's are considered captain in a country's military. They are responsible for making decisions during missions and the protection of their squad or platoon. In all cases the protection of each member of his or her group always comes before a mission. It wouldn't be good to come back after completing a mission and say "Missions is complete, but everyone is dead." A chuunin must be able to make tactical decisions that would allow team survival over completely the mission.
After remembering those words, Ranma re-evaluated Shikamaru's performance during this match. Though he was out-classed in power by the Sand-kunoichi, he did not panic. This allowed him to make calm and collected decisions because he knew his own strengths and skills. Even under some of the worse parts of the battle were Ranma thought the guy would panic and attempt something stupid, he acted calmly. When you talk about the mental make-up neccessary for a chuunin, Shikamaru Nara has the most important abilities that the examiners are looking for.
LEADERSHIP.
"What?!" shouted Temari, demanding him to repeat what he said.
"I give up." Shikamaru shrugged, causing her to shrug also. "The continuous use of my Kage Mane no Jutsu has used up all of my chakra. I can barely bind you for more than 10 seconds. I have thought up over 200 more moves but.." He saw his shadow start to retreat from the girl. "It looks like I'm out of time. I'm getting tired of this.. one match is good enough for me."
'Weird guy.' Genma thought, half-smirking. "Winner, Temari!!"
Naruto suddenly dropped down to the arena floor and ran up to Shikamaru while the boy stretched the kinks out of him. Shikamaru looked at Naruto lazily.
"IDIOT!!" pointed out the loud ninja.
"Shut up, you super idiot." replied the lazy ninja.
"Why did you give up?!"
Shikamaru shrugged his shoulders and rolled his eyes. "Forget about that already." He smirked at his fellow genin. "You got an important fight coming up." Naruto's eyes perked up.
Sasuke!
While everything happened on the outside, deep within himself, Ranma had a conversation with a certain dragon.
"That little human boy has that stupid Kyuubi Kitsune seal inside of him." noted the dragon, looking through and eye which represented Ranma's vision while in his human form. "Stupid prick deserved what he got."
Ranma rised his eyebrows. "Yeah, I knew what was sealed inside of him. Oyaji (Pops or old man) told me a year before he died. By the way, your one to talk about being sealed, remember?"
"Whatever. It is different with him though. Yes, both of us share the same life-force, but that was a decision that I personally made with you, human. That dumb Kitsune was sealed by your 'Fourth' Hokage using a similiar technique as to the one used upon your body. The time duration the moron was held by that seal caused him to be merged permanently with the boy. He is trapped forever in eternal imprisonment." Ryuunosuke paused to think. "The boy does get benefits from this, though."
"Like what?" Ranma asked curiously.
"Chakra."
"What about it?"
Ryuunosuke studied the image of Naruto carefully. "This boy is the container of my long-time enemy. Though I am three times his superior in overall strength and abilities, the bastard has huge amounts of chakra which I cannot contend with. The time I attempted to steal your body was his first and only time he defeated me."
"Why didn't you kill him those other time?" Ranma asked curiously. If he was as strong as he said he is, which he already believed, they why not kill the Kyuubi before hand? It would of saved Konoha from alot of trouble.
"Truthfully, human, I did not have the will to kill him. Like myself, he was the last of his kind - or more specifically, he was the last of the Kyuubi Kitsune, Nine-tailed foxes. Foxes and kitsune, the minor breeds of Kyuubi Kitsune, still roam the land. He was the last of the pure breed, untainted kitsune. Any offspring that he did have could NEVER be pure at him since no more female Kyuubi exist."
Ranma sighed. Hearing Ryuunosuke's voice, he felt sorry for the dragon-man. He could never understand how he felt, being the last of his kind and unable to leave a legacy.
"Stop feeling sorry for me, human!" Ryuunosuke spat, listening in on the boy's thoughts. "This other human trash, Sasuke is it? Seem's strong, for a human."
"So, you think I'm strong too?" Ranma asked.
Ryuunosuke rolled his eyes.
"HEY!!"
"Argh!! What's this idiot doing?!" Naruto shouted, looking around for his teammate and rival. "He's not here yet?!!"
A gust of wind suddenly blew out and centered directly behind the examiner. Leafs were kicked up into the air and collected within the gust, conceiling the two persons inside. After the winds have settled, Naruto stared with a knowing grin after seeing the two people.
"Sorry we're late..." Kakashi apologized with a sheepish expression.
"Your name?" Genma asked the young boy in all black. The kid looked did not look at him once, only keeping eyes on the person he would be fighting.
"Sasuke... Uchiha."
The crowd went wild at hearing that name. To them, it was about time they were glad to see the match that they were anticipating.
"Hah! How late can you be?" Naruto asked, feeling cocky. "I was begining to think you weren't showing up 'cuz you were too afraid to fight me!"
"Heh," Sasuke smirked. "Don't get too worked up... you total moron."
Kakashi started rubbing the back of his head. "Well.. we showed up all flashy and like, but could Sasuke have been... disqualified.?" he asked.
Genma snicker. "Geez, your tardiness must be contagious." He shook his head. "Don't worry. We pushed Sasuke's fight 'til the end. He hasn't been disqualified."
Kakashi laughed. "Ahahaha... That's good! Good!!" He suddenly became serious and looked between Naruto and Sasuke, his two subordinates. "Both of you. I have no favorites in the match. If it was possibly, I would want both of you to win, but that won't happen. I wish you both the best of luck. Just don't kill each other." With that, he turned his back to them and disappeared.
Sasuke and Naruto stared at each other before slowly approaching. They two of them ignored the cheers and cat-calls from the audience, trying to gauge each others strength by looking into their eyes. While the judge called the match, the two off them nodded to each other and touched fist between leaping a distance away.
"Naruto Uzumaki verses Sasuke Uchiha... Begin!!"
The two of them reached for their shuriken holsters, grabbed a pair with one hand and threw at each other simultaniously. As if on que, the two of them dashed forward toward each other right behind their first attacks. The throwing stars clashed and flew apart in opposite directions leaving an opening for the two. Naruto attacked first, haulting his run at the same time as Sasuke, with a fierce punch that Sasuke evaded. With his momentum going forward, he planted his hands on the ground and came back with a follow-up heel kick. Sasuke blocked with his left wrist, preparing to strike with his right, but this gave Naruto the opening to follow-up with his other foot, forcing his teammate and rival away out of hand-to-han distance.
Sasuke recovered and planted his feet after hopping away. He came forward as naruto recovered himself, lashing out with a crescent kick, followed by a pair fo left and right hooks. Naruto ducked the kick and barely missed the first two punched, yet having to block the last two. Sasuke flipped over Naruto and came down with an axe-kick, forcing Naruto roll forward a few feet. The blonde-haired genin suddenly jumped and threw a kunai, but Sasuke side-stepped and caught it, sending it back to where it came from. Naruto flipped back, opening his legs at the same time to allow the throwing knife to barely miss his knees.
The two stood in place, both slightly panting from their first bout. Both were smiling.
"Naruto," Sasuke suddenly said, gaining his friend's attention. "You didn't train seriously for this, did you?"
The Kyuubi carrier grinned, shaking his head. "Hey, hey! I did! I almost died training. But I didn't have the chance to train much with taijutsu."
Sasuke shook his head, clicking his tongue in disappointment. "You should of."
Naruto narrowed his eyes. Sasuke charged him quickly and prepared to attack with a haymaker. As his fist approached, Naruto started his side-step, turning his body and bringing his left hand to catch and deflect the attack while at the same time bringing his right fist forward to connect with a back-fist to Sasuke's mid-section. But as the Uchiha approached, he suddenly smirked.
Sasuke's foot shifted slightly... then he disappeared!
"HUH?!"
A fist connected with the side of Naruto's jaw, sending the loud ninja flying a few feet away. He landed on his side and skidded a short distance before recovering onto his feet. He stared at Sasuke with wide-eyes. How can he be so fast?! he thought. But then he remembered something that Sasuke had.
The Sharingan.
Naruto has a quick flash back, remembering the day that Sasuke first fought Ranma Lee. In the middle of the fight, he activated his bloodline limit, the Sharingan, and tried to find the 'trick' that the pigtailed genin used to strike him so quickly only to find that it was pure speed. But Ranma told him, when he managed to visit the boy in the hospital, that it took him a couple years of hard work to attain that speed. Naruto's respect for Sasuke rose to new heights this day. He has improved to much since the last time he 'sparred' against him.
Sasuke stood a distance away - one hand behind his back, standing with his feet close together with the other hand palm up and angled towards Naruto. He had a smirk of superiority. "Koi." Come, he taunted.
Naruto didn't listen. He stood up, feeling thrilled by the challenge of fighting the new improved Sasuke. But, he just had ONE question that was tickling the back of his mind. So he decided to throw it out.
"Oi, Sasuke. Before we continue...Did Kakashi-sensei train you?"
The dark blue/black haired genin shook his head, giving Naruto the negative. But his smirk never left his face. "Not really. He just supervised the person training me."
Naruto nodded. He shouldn't of doubted Kakashi. He felt bad thinking of his sensei like that. But then, Sasuke dropped the bombshell.
"I was trained by Gai Maito."
"Pigtailed guys teacher?"
"Yes."
Naruto grinned. So that ment Sasuke was strong. Now he was really excited to fight his teammate. He formed a seal with his hands, middle-index finger cross, and executed his favorite move.
"Kage Bunshin no Jutsu!!" Shadow Replication!!
In a puff of smoke, ten Naruto faced off against Sasuke. Before the Sharingan user couple lock onto the real Naruto, the group suddenly started running around between each other, confusing Sasuke's eye sight. By the time they stopped, he didn't know which one was real.
"HA!! TRY TO FIND ME NOW!! LET'S GO!!" They all shouted in unison. The Naruto group charged forward at Sasuke. They started to circle the genius genin and surrounded him from all sides. They stood ready to attack at any time. Yet, Sasuke still had the advantage in speed.
Sasuke didn't have to wait for the attack. Four of the Naruto's attacked at the same time. Two high, two low. He jumped over the two low attacks and used his hands to smash their heads together, both disappearing in smoke. He then kicked out with both legs to the sides, hitting the other two in the air and making them disappear. Two more attack, yet they were more coordinated. He had to slow himself down to prevent them from striking ahead of his blocks or attacks with their kunai. A third approached from the side and he ducked low, ending one into the air in a puff of smoke. He lashed at the other two with a sweeping roundhouse that knocked them both away, but not out. The remaining three joined in, but Sasuke started to notice one that wasn't really attacking.
'I see through your plan, Naruto! You cannot fool me!'
The Uchiha quickly attacked the shadow replications, causing them to disappear. He then suddenly appeared under Naruto, kicking the boy high into the air with a chakra charged kick. The blonde genin was sent flying high and Sasuke soon joined him using the Kage buyo, Shadow dance.
"This is it, Naruto! You should of trained harder!"
Sasuke's hand pushed against Naruto's back, forcing him to twist. He struck with a kick, which Naruto managed to block. But he then followed up, flowing around Naruto and striking with a back fist to his chest, twisting around and following up with a clothesline that sent both falling to the ground at a faster speed. Just as Naruto was about to hit the ground, Sasuke turned around and connected a fierce horizontal heel-kick into Naruto's mid-section.
"SHI SHI RENDEN!!" Lion Combo!!
Naruto gasped, coughing up blood before passing out. Sasuke skidded back a distance away, the same place were the other Naruto's stood before attacking this one. He kneeled on one knee and observed his teammate. He felt strong! He felt confident!!
He felt Naruto's fist impacting his jaw, sending him arching in the air over the ground.
"U--!!"
Four Naruto Kage Bunshin's appeared when Sasuke neared the ground. Three of them appeared under him and simultaniously kicked him into the air.
"ZU--" "MA--" "KI--"
The fourth Naruto put his hands together and faced away from Sasuke. The first Naruto ran, planting his foot in other fouth's palms and was launched into the air towards Sasuke. Just as the genius was about to hit the ground, Naruto made it just in time to connect with a vicious axe-kick to his head that also made the boy slamm hi face and chin into the dirt.
"--NARUTO RENDEN!!" Uzumaki Naruto Combo!!
"Hee hee!!" Naruto cheered for himself, leaping a good distance away from Sasuke. He knew that it wasn't enough to keep his teammate down. So he wasn't surprised when his rival started to slowly get up, looking between the Naruto laying passed out on the ground and the single Naruto standing a distance away looking confident.
'How did he---?' Then Sasuke realized how much of a sap he was. "You purposely had one of your bunshin's lay back while as bait for me to attack it." It was a statement, pure fact. Not a question.
Naruto nodded, clenching his fist. "That's right! When you attacked the decoy, you didn't realize that one of the other replications didn't disappear." He was grinning for out-smarting Sasuke. Said person was grinning also. Naruto actually got stronger, and a bit smarter.
"Heh." Sasuke jumped back. He quickly formed a set of hand seals in rapid succession - Serpent, Tiger, Boar, Horse, Tiger.
"KATON!! GOUKAKYUU NO JUTSU!!" Fire Element: Powerful Fireball technique!!
Naruto was already in motion when the technique was revealed. He quickly jumped high into the air, barely missing the flames that tickled his feet. His clothes caught the hot air current coming from the attack, which gave him a boost and height advantage. He reached into his pact and pulled out several kunais, then rained them down upon his genius counter-part. In turn, Sasuke quickly stopped his technique and disappeared, his newly aquired speed allowing him to dodge the attack.
The Uchiha boy dashed forward as Naruto landed. He executed a powerful roundhouse that the blonde genin barely dodge. But he couldn't dodge the follow-up back-fist and the complimentary rising knee to the chest. Sasuke was too fast for Naruto to keep up. He could see his teammate, but like Sasuke previously, his body couldn't keep up!
But that didn't stop the loudest and one of the most determined ninja's in the village from trying. Naruto fed chakra to his legs to increase his speed. He knew he had way more chakra than most genin, and he knew that if he didn't do this, then he won't be able to beat his rival. When Sasuke paused to switch to defense, he then became offensive and charged the #1 rookie. The surprised look on Sasuke's face when Naruto appeared in front of him faster than before, but not matching his own speed, was the moment he needed. He quickly turned and caught Sasuke's on the chin with spinning heel kick and followed up with a back-fist while he held his kunai. Sasuke leaned back, seeing the bladed weapon, but he didn't completely avoid it, earning a shallow cut on his cheek.
Sasuke moved forward and slammed both his fists into Naruto's mid-section. The blonde boy gasped, finding himself flying back from the double impact. He landed bad, tumbling over himself. But he got back up quickly and charged at Sasuke, forming a familiar hand seal.
"KAGE BUNSHIN NO JUTSU!!"
Thirty Naruto's came forward and attacked. Sasuke was prepared this time and had the real Naruto locked on. As the bunshin's got close, Sasuke leaped into the air and spun around, ripping into the group with a whirlwind-like kicking combination similiar to that of Ranma Lee and Gai. He then came down in front of the last Naruto, the on he knew which was the real one and connected with an axe kick.
And it disappeared. His eyes widened. A smoke bomb went off and he was engulfed in a cloud of white smoke. He coughed for a moment. He felt a presence at his back and came out with a fierce back fist. But he suddenly stopped at what he saw.
"Heh," Ranma snorted. This fight was pretty good. It was even until Sasuke started using his speed. The same speed he would have if he took off his weights. But that was something he gained through hard work and it took him years to get to that speed.
Sasuke did it in a month.
He heard Gai-sensei went out for a whole month and Kakashi didn't train either one, with the exception of Sharingan training for Sasuke. So now, he had a pretty good idea of who helped Sasuke gain a high-speed body like this.
He saw Gai-sensei give him a 'Nice guy' pose from across the arena.
"At least he had something to do." he shrugged and watched the fight. He also noticed that Sasuke only had speed, no strength to compliment the Gouken style he was copying.
He hated to say it, but he now wished that Sasuke would win. He wanted to show the Uchiha genius how the REAL Gouken style is performed.
"HENGE!!" Came from the cloud of smoke. That was Naruto's voice.
"GAH!!" Sasuke came flying out, cheek red from a hard punch and his nose was bleeding.
How can you get a nose bleed from having your chin punched, he thought to himself.
Sasuke felt Naruto's presence behind him and he turned around win a powerful back fist!
"HENGE!!"
The Uchiha stopped mid-punch and gawked! His eyes widened seeing a blonde beauty posing sexily and blowing a kiss at him. His left eye twitched. His nose started to bleed.
"Sasuke-sama...!" She approached him within the smoke cloud, walking sexily, emphasizing her assets. He bent close to him, giving him a good view of mountainous cleavage.
Sasuke's nose was bleeding more.
She suddenly smirked and slugged the genius rookie with a powerful haymaker, sending the boy flying out of the smoke screen. As the cloud started to disipate, Naruto quickly stopped his Oiroke no Jutsu, the Sexy Technique, and clenched his fist, grinning at Sasuke.
Said person looked up at Naruto with an angered expression. He was angered at Naruto for pulling such a dirty trick. But he was especially angered at himself for just falling for it!
"Dobe," Block-head, he called Naruto. "That was low..."
"HA!" Taunted the loud ninja. "I thought a genius ninja was suppose to be prepared for everything. But now I know... You're a closet pervert!!" He pointed acusingly.
Sasuke narrowed his eyes. That was the straw that broke the camels back. He leaped back high into the air until he was high atop the stadium wall, sticking to the concrete barrier by concentrating chakra into his feet. He glared at Naruto and started doing hand seals.
Monkey, Dragon, Rat, Bird, Ox, Dog, Tiger, Money. Then he did a reverse arm grab to his left arm, holding his left arm with his right by the wrist, back-hand close to the wall and palm facing up. Sparks of chakra started to build up in his palm.
It started to sound like... chirping birds.
Gai stood up after just seeing the seals. He turned to Kakashi, an upset look upon his face. His rival was also staring at Sasuke, pulling his forehead protector away to reveal his Sharingan eye. But his stare was not that of surprise or fear. It was neutral.
To Gai, that ment he was upset.
"Kakashi," Gai didn't turn to his rival and friend. He didn't have to. "After I finished with his training, you didn't teach him what I think you taught him, did you?"
The silver-haired jounin nodded dumbly.
Next to them, Sakura and Ino turned to Gai, wondering what he was talking about.
"What are you talking about? What is that move Sasuke is going to do that makes you both upset? Is it forbidden?" asked the pink-haired genin of Kakashi's team.
"A straight thrust." Gai stated, earning a questioning glance from Sakura, Ino, and Chouji. "That move he is doing is only a high-speed thrust..." he slowly turned his head and eyed Kakashi out of the corner of his eye. "... and it is the ONLY original move of the famed Copy-Cat Ninja."
"Huh?" questioned Sakura.
"It is a technique specifically made for assassination. The speed of the thrust and the great amount of chakra complied in the hand..." Gai explained, watching Sasuke begin his charge and Naruto start to concentrate using a 'reverse-ram' seal. "Because the chakra is concentrated in the hand and with the speed of the user, along with the 'chi chi chi chi chi' sound in produces - it is like a thousand birds are running at you. That is why the technique is called---"
Ranma realized what kind of technique that was being used from the beginning. With the chakra concentrated in one hand and the speed Sasuke was travelling in, it could be a very lethal blow if connected to anywhere on the torso! He couldn't jump in and stop it in time, but he had to get Naruto out of there.
"NARUTO!!" He shouted loudly, surprising the other participants. "Move damn it! Sasuke's will kill you with that move!!"
But he didn't hear his voice. The boy's eyes suddenly snapped open as Sasuke got near and did a move that surprised both Ranma and Ryuunosuke.
'This chakra...!!' muttered the Dragon inside of Ranma.
"CHIDORI!!" Gai heard Sasuke shout, connecting the move to Naruto's chest. A huge cloud of smoke and dust was kicked up from the move, obsuring everyones vision of the two combatants and the examiner.
Sakura, Ino and Chouji stood up, worried for Naruto after hearing what kind of technique was being used.
"C-chidori?" Sakura stuttered, not able to take her eyes off of the still visible dust cloud that filled the arena floor. She was worried for both Naruto and Sasuke.
"Chidori," Gai continued. "Or as it is also known, Raikiri." The Lightning Edge.
"Lightning Edge?" Sakura asked.
"Lightning Edge, a nickname earned when Kakashi cut a bolt of lightning with that technique." He looked at Kakashi from the corner of his eye. "It's true name is Chidori. It is known for it's stabbing speed that pushes the limits of the human body and the huge amount of chakra that is focused in one arm. That arm then becomes the blade of a sword that cuts anything."
Gai refused to look Kakashi in the eyes.
"Kakashi, that was a very reckless technique that you have taught to your subordinate, after promising his teammate that you would not train either one of them. I have lost faith in you."
Kakashi didn't look at Gai, but down at the arena. Instead of defending himself... he started to laugh. Which got on the nerves of Gai and everyone else that agreed with Kakashi's rival.
"Naruto sure has some tricks up his sleave."
'What have I done?!!' Sasuke thought in fear, feeling his palm against Naruto's chest, the blood flowing along his arm. 'Have I-- Have I--'
But Naruto smirked and disappeared in a puff of smoke.
"Bunshin?" Sasuke's eyes widened. That wasn't a normal shadow replication. It felt too real to be one. He looked up and saw Naruto smirking, hands forming the seal he used for his Kage Bunshin, but what technique did her use?
"Hee hee," the blonde genin smirked. "That technique was awesome, Sasuke. But I managed to stop it by creating a Zenryouku Kage Bunshin." A full power Shadow Clone. "I just concentrated into making one perfect shadow replication instead of multiple. It cost alot of chakra but I managed to make it!"
'Actually, I lost alot of chakra using that running technique,' thought Naruto. 'I had to use that damn fox's chakra to make that clone. But I'm not telling anyone that!'
"You had me worried, Naruto. I thought I killed you. Thanks for preventing me from making a mistake." Naruto nodded, while Sasuke smirked. "But you forgot one thing."
"Huh?"
Sasuke appeared behind Naruto.
"You let your guard down!" The Sharingan user disppeared when Naruto turned into a back fist. He connected a kick that sent the blonde genin high into the air, which he soon followed using the Shadow Dance, Kage Buyo no Jutsu. "Let's get it right this time!"
Naruto's eyes widened. He blocked the first initial kick, but his body was tired from using up all his chakra and the Kyuubi's chakra. He couldn't block the follow up back-fist to the head, nor could he stop Sasuke from connecting with the clothesline that sent them both rocketing to the ground at high-speed. Even when he impacted the ground and Sasuke simultaniously connected with his heel to his stomach, a smile never left Naruto's face.
"SHI SHI RENDAN!"
Sasuke skidded a distance away. He was breathing deeply after using such an abundance of chakra in a single match. But he was also smiling, just like Naruto. This was the greatest match either them has ever had, excluding the time he was bitten by that Orochimaru guy, that didn't count. Sluggishly, Sasuke got up and walked over to Naruto. He also held his wrist. When he hit him in the head, he also hit his forehead protector, and that hurt! He could feel the thing start to slightly swell.
"Sasuke..." Muttered Naruto, looking up into his rivals face. "I lost.. to you..."
Genma approached, observing Naruto. He was surprised when Sasuke grabbed Naruto's hand and hauled the blonde boy to his feet. Even though he was beaten, the boy managed to stay on his own two feet.
"No... We both won." Sasuke gave Naruto his usual smirk of superiority. Naruto joined him with his own.
"Examiner!" Naruto turn to Genma. "I lose."
Genma nodded and gestured to Sasuke.
"The winner by forfiet, Sasuke Uchiha."
The stadium went completely wild!!!
End of Chapter 13
Author's Notes:
First off, a response to a review. It would like to point out that I never failed to characterize Ranma into Rock Lee. Since I never really tried, I didn't fail. By reading the story, you will understand that it is just Rock Lee with Ranma's body, a whole different personality compared to our pigtailed hero from Nerima. The real Ranma is sealed inside of him fighting the dragon for so many years. It isn;t until Ranma lost to the dragon and merged with Rock Lee that the main character became a partial fusion of Rock Lee and Ranma, with Rock Lee being the dominate portion. Also, Rock Lee is different from the manga or Anime due to him being raised by his father, Stone Lee. It is never mentioned about Rock Lee's parents in the manga or anime, so we assume he lives alone. In the Manga, he lives with Gai after he takes him under his wing. I assume that Rock Lee's parents died fighting the Kyuubi; he would of been one year old at the time and wouldn't realize that.
So, what you are looking at is an alternate Rock Lee with a different mental and physical capacity because he is only a personality of Ranma's in Ranma's body. Ranma is Ranma, but he lost, was revived and merged with the alternate Rock Lee personality (which already had tiny, miniscule traces of Ranma's personality). Ranma's personality to Rock Lee would be say... a person remembering themselves in a past life, memories and all, yet experienced everything first hand.
If you don't get it, don't worry because I don't either
Well, how do you like the fight? Awesome, ne? I didn't really know what do to for this. But I feel that I did it really well. Give your comments about the match and what you think of it in your reviews.
On a note, I believe Naruto performed the Zenryouku Kage Bunshin no Jutsu somewhere in the Manga, but I forgot exactly where. Oh well. As for Sasuke's speed, he was trained by Gai for a month, what would you expect from someone that uses the Sharingan. But notice he's not as fast as Gai, his temporary trainer. Looks like if he had a longer chance, he would be as fast as Gai.
I had Kakashi teach Sasuke the Chidori for the hell of it. I might explain it in the next chapter to Naruto. Have him make up a reason or something in a Kakashi-like manner that is actually believable.
Well, if you remember the winner of the previous match, and since this was the last match of the bracket, guess which match is next!!
Next is Chapter 14: Genius Vs Dropout Part Three