Naruto: The New Story
Chapter 21: Energy 120 Percent. A Modern and Rocking Challenge!
"You there with the sharp eyes! Wait!" I guess it's time for Lee to fight Sasuke. From where we are, we seem to be in the right place. Although, distinguishing things that were once Anime into real life... It's kinda hard, ya know?
"Hm?" We all turned around and looked up on the second floor. Lee was standing there, scowling down at Sasuke.
"Eek!" Sakura exclaimed in surprise, not really wanting to see Lee again so soon.
"What do you want?" Sasuke asked, a little too rudely for my taste. It's not like he's talking to me, though, so it doesn't matter... I guess.
"Will you fight me right here, right now?" Lee asked, still scowling.
"Fight you right here, right now?" Sasuke narrowed his eyes.
"Yes." Lee jumped down to the floor we were on. Doesn't that hurt? He makes it look so easy! It didn't even make him flinch. "My name is Rock Lee." Yeah, you told us already. He pointed at Sasuke. "You're supposed to identify yourself before you ask for someone else's name, right..?" Not me, but whatever. "Uchiha Sasuke."
Sasuke's eyes widened, but not really in surprise. "So you know my name."
Lee nodded, getting in some weird fighting style. "I would like to fight you." We know. You said that already. "I would like to see how my moves do against a descendant of the genius Ninja clan. Also..." He looked over at Sasuke, making her shiver. He then blushed. "Sakura, I love you."
"Noo!" Sakura screamed, furiously shaking her head. "I hate those eyelashes!" She then grabbed herself, shivering like crazy. "Your hairstyle, fuzzy eyebrows, and everything about you is too unique for me!"
"You're an angel."
"You don't say that after being vigorously rejected! Twice! And she even noted your faults!" I exclaimed. I know I was gonna keep my mouth closed, but gosh! You just don't say that! You just don't!
He blew a kiss at her... A magical heart somehow came from his eyes and floated towards Sakura..! I stared at the heart in amazement as it came closer and closer to her, Sakura on the point of tears as she dodged it!
"Very nice." Lee praised. "How about this?" He blew eleven kisses at her... Eleven! I actually counted... Because it was the most amazing thing for hearts to magically appear and float at her.
"AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!" Sakura was now crying as she narrowly dodged the hearts. The last heart was coming straight for her lips, but she amazingly bent down backwards, avoiding the heart by an inch. Her head painfully hit the floor, though. "Huff... Huff..." She panted, standing up with a bump on her head. She had a sickly annoyed look, before snapping. "Stop throwing weird things at me! I had to dodge those like my life depended on it!"
"You don't need to avoid them that much..." Lee... Yes. She does.
"So you're challenging me even though you know my name is Uchiha?" Sasuke asked. "I'm sorry to say this, but you're ignorant." He glared. "Do you want to see what this name of Uchiha is capable of, fuzzy eyebrows?"
"Please." Lee, you are ignorant. Not about the fight, but you didn't do anything when Sasuke called you ignorant! I wouldn't take that, I'd tell him off, ya know! Ya know..? Hey, where's Naruto? He hasn't been talking lately...
I looked over at Naruto, and he was glaring at Lee and Sasuke. Wow... No comment...
"Wait!" Naruto demanded. I guess it's time for him to get his ass kicked by Lee, too. "I'll fight the fuzzy eyebrows guy, ya know."
"Hey, don't butt in..." Sakura whispered.
"Don't worry, it'll only take five minutes, ya know." Naruto insisted, taking a step up.
"I don't want to fight you. I want to fight an Uchiha." Lee said. That's pretty... Mean. It doesn't matter, though. I'm not going to ask for a fight I know I'll lose.
"Geez, everyone is annoying me with this "Sasuke, Sasuke" thing, ya know!" Naruto charged at Lee, who just stood still in a fighting pose. Naruto jumped up, about to punch Lee in the chest, but Lee just side-stepped and tapped Naruto on his fist. Naruto glared as his attack was completely avoided, but took the opportunity to do another attack. "Damn it!" Naruto put his hands on the ground and brought his feet up, trying to kick Lee in the face.
It didn't work. Lee brought his head back to avoid the kick, and then bent down, spinning his leg around. "Konoha Wind Strike!" His spinning leg hit Naruto's hand, making Naruto fall flat on his butt and spinning around.
"Ah!" Naruto spun so fast he spun towards the wall behind them and hit it. "Gah!" He slumped on the wall, fainted.
That was impressive! Even though Naruto got his ass kicked, that was still a good battle to watch.
Lee got back in his pose as if nothing happened and looked back at Sasuke. "I will declare this now. You cannot defeat me. Why, you ask?" Oh, God! Shino has possessed Lee! "I am the strongest of the Konoha Genin right now." Lie. Neji is, but you're a close second.
Sasuke smirked. "Interesting. I'll accept it."
"Don't, Sasuke!" Sakura pleaded. "We have less than thirty minutes to turn in our applications."
"Don't worry, Sakura." I reassured, smirking. "This fight won't take that long."
"It won't take long at all." Sasuke took his hands out of his pockets. "This'll only take five minutes!" He suddenly charged at Lee, the latter tensing at the sudden movement. Sasuke punched at Lee, but Lee suddenly disappeared.
"Don't let your guard down, Sasuke!" I warned. "He's fast!" Sasuke nodded, but Lee was right above him in a second.
"Konoha Whirlwind!" Lee exclaimed, kicking for Sasuke's face. Sasuke ducked just in time, but Lee was quick; he did the same move Naruto tried to do earlier and kicked again for Sasuke's head. Sasuke knew the only thing he could do right then was to block, so that's what he was doing now. But, Lee suddenly changed his attacking spot, and kicked for Sasuke's cheek. The action was too fast for Sasuke to react too, and was kicked a few feet back.
"Sasuke!" Sakura exclaimed in worry.
"You need to be faster!" I coached. "This guy is way too fast, so the only thing you can do now is try to keep up with the Sharingan!"
Lee tilted his head as Sasuke tried to stand up. It took him a while, but he was now back on his feet, smirking at Lee. Uh... I don't think you should be smirking at this time...
"I know, Jalen." I suddenly felt most of Sasuke's Chakra go to his eyes, and when he looked up, they were as red as an apple. He activated the Sharingan!
Sakura was clearly confused. She didn't know Sasuke had gained the Sharingan, so she could only smile in confusion when Sasuke activated them. Heh, I wonder how no one told her...
Sasuke charged at Lee again, this time only faster. It didn't matter whether he charged fast or not, because Lee just ran in front of Sasuke, and in the blink of an eye, Lee uppercutted Sasuke. With his foot of course.
"Augh!" Sasuke closed his eyes in pain as he flew up, his chin now bruised from being kicked there. Sakura widened her eyes in surprise, and I even seemed to be a little surprised by how fast that escalated.
Sasuke landed on the ground, but instantly tried to get back up. He's persistent.
"Yes. My moves are neither Ninja nor illusionary techniques." Lee explained. He ran for Sasuke, who was up now, and brought his leg down to hit Sasuke in the head. Sasuke managed to sidestep, but Lee was assaulting him, kicking at Sasuke left and right. Sasuke was dodging most of them for a while, but Lee managed to kick Sasuke in the face again.
"S-Sasuke!" Oh, it seems Naruto's awake.
Sasuke ignored Naruto and continued dodging Lee's assault, but Lee was getting more hits in, signaling that Sasuke was getting tired. Lee found that out after a while, and paused. Sasuke took that opportunity to punch Lee in the face, but Lee brought his arm up blocking it, then elbowed Sasuke in his stomach.
Sasuke stumbled back, holding his aching stomach, his right eye closed.
"Yes. My moves are just hand-to-hand combat." Lee got back in his pose. "Sasuke." He disappeared, and appeared right behind Sasuke. Uh-oh... "You may not believe it right away, but..."
"Damn it!" Sasuke brought his arm back, trying to hit Lee, but Lee jumped back just in time.
"I hear that the Sharingan has the ability to see through illusionary, hand-to-hand, and Ninja techniques." Sasuke was scared, now. You could see it on his bruised face. "You can definitely see through illusionary and Ninja techniques that require forming seals and kneading Chakra. But for hand-to-hand combat, it's a little different."
"W-What do you mean?" Did Sasuke just stutter?! OMG!
"Even if you can see my movement with your Sharingan, your body does not have the speed to keep up with mine. In other words, there's no point even if you can see with your eyes, if you can't keep up with your body." Lee was glaring at Sasuke now. "Do you know their are genius-types and hard-working-types among the strong? If your Sharingan is a genius-type that carries the blood of Uchiha..." Sasuke was tired of him talking, and charged at Lee again. "I am a hard-working-type that continuously improved my hand-to-hand combat." Sasuke punched at Lee, but Lee easily moved and avoided the strike. "Your Sharingan and my ultimate hand-to-hand combat are a bad combination."
Sasuke punched at Lee two more times, but Lee dodged both times and prepared his own punch. Sasuke brought his arms up to block it, so Lee smirked, bringing his foot up and kicking Sasuke on the chin... Again! It was a trick!
Lee bent down as Sasuke flew high in the air, and then appeared behind him. It's time for Lee's special attack...
"Gah... Shadow Dance..." Sasuke gasped.
"And I will prove to you with this move..." The bandages on Lee's right hand unwrapped themselves. "...That hard work surpasses geniuses!" Sasuke widened his eyes in surprise, unable to do anything. "I win!"
Suddenly, a lollipop-like senbon came out of nowhere and stuck itself on Lee's bandage. Everyone gasped, minus me, as Lee's attack was stopped.
"That's..!" Lee gasped as he looked over to... A red turtle with a Ninja forehead protector.
"Stop right there, Lee!" The turtle demanded.
"Aaaaahhhhh!" I screamed as I pointed at the turtle. In Anime, a talking turtle looks normal. In real life, a talking turtle is terrifying. "How is that turtle talking?! And... And how did it throw that senbon thing?!"
"Sasuke!" Sakura ran up, to catch the falling Sasuke. She caught him, sliding on the ground as she did so. That was close...
Lee landed on the ground, bowing down in front of the turtle.
So... All that's happened. Sasuke was just defeated, and before Lee could do his finishing move, this turtle came out of nowhere and stopped him. Lee is now bowing down in front of said turtle, while Sakura and Sasuke are on the ground. Naruto is on the ground, too, unbelieving what just happened. I'm the only one who's not really doing anything...
"Are you OK, Sasuke?" Sakura asked, clearly worried about him. Sasuke didn't answer, he was too disturbed that he was beaten so easily.
"You were watching?" Lee asked... The turtle... Wait, how did I not sense that thing? Probably too engrossed in the fight...
"Lee, that move is forbidden." The turtle started to scold.
"I'm so sorry! I just got carried away!" Lee apologized. The turtle glared at Lee, making him jump up, afraid. "B-B-But, I wasn't going to use the Reverse version... Really! I'm telling the truth..!"
Naruto, Sakura, Sasuke, and I sweatdropped at what was going on in front of us.
"Hey, Hey." Naruto called out, running up to us.
"What?" Sakura asked.
"That's a turtle, right? Right?" Naruto pointed towards the turtle. Uh...
"Isn't that obvious by just looking?!" Sakura yelled.
"So, so, a turtle can become a Ninja teacher, too?" Naruto... What are you talking about?!
"I don't know!"
"Why are you so freaking loud, Sakura?!"
"You fool!" The turtle boomed, startling all of us. "Did you think that excuse would work?! You should know very well what it means for a Ninja to expose his moves!"
"S-Sir!"
"Are you prepared to face the consequences?" The turtle asked.
"Sir..."
"Guy-sensei, please take care of the rest." The turtle closed his eyes, and in a puff of smoke, a new Chakra level was here. When the smoke went away, there was a man in all green tights. Very identical to the ones Lee is wearing...
"You guys are in the spring time of your life, aren't you?!" Guy-sensei exclaimed, striking a pose on top of the turtle... It's nauseating to look at him...
"AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!" Naruto, Sakura, and I yelled. "AN EVEN MORE UNIQUE GUY CAME OUT!"
"I think I'm going to be sick..." I added, my stomach suddenly acting up.
"Super unique... And super bobbed hair..." Sakura muttered.
"A-And super eyebrows..." Naruto muttered. "This is the first time I've seen such a thing..."
"HEY! Don't make fun of Guy-sensei!" Lee snapped.
"The Hell I won't, ya know! We don't know how to react because of all these weird things!" Naruto shouted.
"What did you say..?!"
"Cut it out, Lee..." Guy-sensei sighed.
"Ah." Lee turned around and nodded. "Sir."
"You..." Guy-sensei began to charge up energy... Like he was in some completely different Anime. "IDIOT!" He punched Lee dead in the face. Lee flew back, blood coming out of his nose and mouth like a hose! Is... Is that healthy?!
Lee flew on the floor, trembling as he just lied there. Uh... Is that healthy?! Guy-sensei walked over to him and bent down. Naruto, Sakura, Sasuke, and I just stood there... Mixed emotions present on our faces.
"Lee, you... You..."
"S-Sensei!" Lee look up at his Sensei, said Sensei giving Lee a hard look.
"Lee..."
"Sensei! I... I..."
"It's okay, Lee, don't say anymore."
"Sensei!" Lee jumped up and hugged the man, tears streaming down his face.
"Lee!" Guy-sensei hugged Lee back, tears streaming down his face as well.
Naruto gave a confused look. Sakura gave a sickly perverted look. Sasuke gave an annoyed look. And I gave a blank look. This is just sick, though.
"Yes, this is youth." I don't even want to know what else is youth to him. I really don't.
"Sensei!" Lee cried, still hugging Guy-sensei. Even the turtle is crying! I want to cry out in terror... And sickness...
Naruto suddenly looked over at Sakura, who still had that sickly perverted look going on. He smiled. "That kind of situation isn't so bad." Oh! Good one, Naruto! But, it's obviously going to fail.
"Idiot! It's dangerous! Too dangerous!" Sakura screamed.
"It's okay, Lee." Guy-sensei put his hand on Lee's shoulder. "It's normal to make mistakes when you're young."
"You're too kind, Sensei!" Lee was still crying.
"Now." Guy-sensei pointed off to... Somewhere... "Run 100 laps at the training ground in the sunset!"
"Yes, Sensei!" Lee wiped away his tears, smiling at his Sensei.
"Let's go!" Guy-sensei smiled back.
"Sir!" And they started to walk away, Naruto, Sakura, Sasuke, and I just staring at them in... Annoyance, disgust, and... Something else. Something that's not good.
"…Hey, w-w-wait a s-second!" Naruto demanded. "We were still talking, ya know!"
"What are you going to do about the Chuunin Exams? There isn't any time left." You're right, Sakura. This was a waste of time.
"What?" Guy-sensei turned around in confusion, but then smiled. "Oh, yeah..." He turned again to look at Lee and coughed. "Lee, I'm going to punish you for fighting and breaking a promise after the exams, okay?"
"Yes!"
Guy-sensei struck another... Weird... Questionable... Pose. "Do 500 laps!"
"Sir!"
"...They're stupid." Sakura deadpanned.
"Hey, hey, so what's that turtle?" Naruto asked, pointing at it.
"It must be a Ninja animal... I think." I answered, um... When are we going to actually start these exams?!
"Ack!" Sakura gave a sick look, and then gave a scared look. "He's looking our way!" And she was right... He's practically staring at us!
"You four, is Kakashi-sensei doing well?" Guy-sensei asked us.
"You know Kakashi?" Hey, I've always wondered why Sasuke never calls Kakashi-sensei, Kakashi-sensei. He's so... Rude...
"I don't just know him..." Guy-sensei smirked. "People call us Eternal Rivals."
"That sounds so fake!" Naruto and Sakura exclaimed.
"How rude!" You're right, Lee. That was rude of my two rudest teammates. "Guy-sensei is really..."
"It's okay." Guy-sensei reassured. "Don't say it out loud. Show it in your attitude." And... Guy-sensei... I blinked, and he was gone! Lee was standing by himself! "The record stands at 50 wins and 49 losses." He's behind us! He's going to rape us! Gahhh! Noooo!
We all gasped and turned around.
"He..." Sasuke couldn't finish.
"When did he..?" Naruto couldn't finish either.
"Let me tell you that I'm stronger than Kakashi-sensei." He smirked. I don't believe that for a second, but whatever.
"How's that? Guy-sensei is amazing, isn't he?!" Lee... SHUT UP!
Guy-sensei grinned at Sasuke. "Lee caused you trouble, but please forgive him for the sake of my face. This refreshing face, that is." Refreshing?! Not at all! "Lee and the four of you should get to the classroom soon." We should've been in the classroom!
Lee started to wrap up his bandage over his hand again. While he did that, I caught a glimpse of his hands. They were really bruised. Like, really!
"Do your best, Lee!" Guy-sensei saluted. "Farewell!"
"Sir!"
Guy-sensei poofed away... And so did the turtle, who I forgot about.
"Sasuke..." Lee started. "Let me say this before I go." God... I just want to go! Gah! "To be honest, I came here to test my skills." Didn't you say that before? "I lied a while ago. The strongest of the Konoha Genin is in my team." Sasuke narrowed his eyes. "I entered this exam to defeat him. And you are one of my targets as well."
"Why? You already beat hi- Uh, never mind." I whistled, ignoring Sasuke's glare.
"Prepare yourself for the exams!" Lee exclaimed before jumping up, doing a few flips (Totally unnecessary.), and landing on the floor above us, running off.
Sasuke clenched his feet as he just glared off into space. You know, I think it's unhealthy to be glaring all the time. You know? Someday, your face will be stuck like that, then what?
"Sasuke..." Sakura, stop babysitting Sasuke. He lost, so what? Everyone loses sometimes, and it's annoying how big Sasuke's ego is.
"Looks like the Uchiha clan isn't that great after all." Naruto mumbled, his hands behind his neck.
"Naruto..!" Sakura and I started. That idiot! He knows how sensitive Sasuke is!
"Shut up." Sasuke looked down. "Next time, I'll slaughter him."
"You lost so badly, though." Naruto looked away.
"What's with you, Naruto?!" Sakura and I yelled.
Sasuke glared at Naruto, shaking. Naruto just gave Sasuke a bored look, before looking away again. "You saw his hands, right?" Sasuke's eyes widened in surprise. Well, at least he's not glaring anymore. "That fuzzy eyebrow guy must have trained a lot, every day... Trained more than you." Everything was silent as Naruto's words registered. "That's all there is to it, ya know."
There was another, longer moment of silence...
Sasuke then smirked, gaining all of our confused attention. "This is getting interesting... The Chuunin Exam, that is."
"Yeah!" Naruto exclaimed.
"Yes." Sakura nodded.
I couldn't help myself from smiling, and Naruto saw it immediately. "Why are you smiling, Jalen?"
I smirked. "Nothin'... Anyway, we need to go! Come on!" I exclaimed, starting to run towards... Uh... "Um..." I turned around, sheepishly rubbing the back of my head. "I don't know where we need to go." Naruto grinned, Sakura giggled, and Sasuke just smirked. "Hey, don't get satisfaction out of my misery!"
"Hn." Sasuke walked up, passing me. "Let's go, Sakura, Naruto, Jalen." Hey... Sasuke's smiling! He's actually smiling!
"Yeah!" Naruto, Sakura, and I cheered, following him.
Ugh... I HATED writing this chapter. I really want to get to the Forest of Death as much as you guys. Oh yeah... A little hint... Their will be a few... Surprises... Mainly... Gah! I can't tell you guys or you'll instantly know! So... Review? I'm so awkward...