"The winner of this fight will officially be the strongest one of all the children!!" Lee said. "On my word, FIGHT!" He paused for dramatic silence. "FIGHT!!"
Sasuke Jr. barely had time to turn on his Sharingan before Lil Lee had already sped off so fast that he was suddenly behind Sasuke Jr. and was throwing a punch. Sasuke Jr. managed to move his head to the side and missed the punch by only inches. While he was leaning to the side, Lil Lee immediately turned around and went to kick him. Sasuke Jr. parried that attack as well and bounded off the ground, putting distance between himself and Lil Lee.
"What was that?" Sasuke Jr. said. "You fight like a girl."
"What?!" demanded Lil Lee.
"HEY!!" yelled all the women.
"Those were the most pathetic attacks I've ever seen." Sasuke Jr. continued. "I didn't even have to try to dodge them at all."
"That's a lie!" said Lil Lee. "I SAW you trying."
"Are you sure you saw correctly?" said Sasuke Jr. "I thought you wore enormous glasses."
"I wear contact lenses!" said Lil Lee angrily.
"Then you must need a higher prescription." Sasuke Jr. said with a sigh as if he had to give such advice all the time.
Lil Lee glared at him angrily and decided to go in for an attack again. He faked a punch and dropped to the ground, swinging his leg barely off the sand in attempt to sweep Sasuke Jr. right off his feet but Sasuke Jr. jumped in the air. Lil Lee was, of course, expecting this so he pushed off his hands and went in for a dive bomb kick.
Sasuke Jr. looked up and dodged to the side as Lil Lee landed, creating a huge hole in the ground and emitting sand up in the air.
"Stop mocking me!" said Sasuke Jr. after the sand had all landed again.
"What are you talking about?!" said Lil Lee.
"We're supposed to be having a fight here but you seem to just want to dance with me." Sasuke Jr.
"I'M fighting and YOU'RE running away!" Lil Lee said, standing up.
"From boredom!" said Sasuke Jr. with a fake yawn.
"Cut that out!" said Lil Lee as he went in to attack Sasuke Jr. again.
"What is Sasuke doing?" Ino asked Sasuke.
"I have no idea." Sasuke replied. "He's never fought like this before."
"Sasuke, your son is being really stupid." Said Naruto. "He's not doing anything except running away."
"By the way this match is going, I'd say you better get your running shoes on, Sasuke!" laughed Lee.
There was another break in the fight. Sasuke Jr. pulled a long, black hair out of his mouth. "You swatted me with your hair." Said Sasuke Jr. "Is that one of your attacks?"
"That was incidental!" said Lil Lee.
Sasuke Jr. spit on the ground a little bit and flicked the hair off his hand. "I got a mouthful of hair." He said. "You look like a girl with all that hair."
"What is your problem?!" Lil Lee said, looking a mixture of shocked, confused and annoyed. "Was that nice front you were putting out just an act?"
"I'm just a little disappointed." Sasuke Jr. sighed. "I was hoping to get an exciting match…"
"You are an insolent brat!!" Lee yelled from his position at the easel.
"Do you WANT him to be able to use that Grudge no Jutsu on you?" Tashoku said.
Sasuke Jr. nodded. "Yeah." He said. "I just want to see if I can beat it."
"Is that what all the personal jabs are about?" Lil Lee asked.
"Yes." Sasuke Jr. said.
"Oh." Said Lil Lee. "Well I can't use it. The Grudge no Jutsu has to be a cumulative thing that builds up and manifests inside me while I pretend like it isn't there. Insulting me during a match isn't going to be enough to make an effective use of the attack."
"You should have said that before." Said Sasuke Jr. "Then let's start this fight." Sasuke Jr. immediately broke out into the hand seals to the fire moves that never work. He spewed fire at Lil Lee who dodged. It was easy for him to dodge even without ninjutsu or genjutsu because, unfortunately for the ignorant Uchihas, their fire moves just never ever EVER work.
"I don't know why you all insist on doing that!" Ino said, hitting herself on the head with frustration. "They never work!"
Lil Lee seized his opportunity while Sasuke Jr. was distracted by his OWN fire moves (I guess they kind of work for the other person then) and moved in ONCE AGAIN!!! Sasuke Jr. knew that he was doomed to failure in a taijutsu battle with someone who can ONLY use taijutsu so it was pretty much essential to his success to break their current style.
Using his Sharingan, Sasuke observed Lil Lee's fighting style. At a moment's falter, Sasuke Jr. formed a hand seal. "Flare!" he yelled. The "fighting arena" exploded with light.
When the light faded, Lil Lee was still standing in the same position he had started in but Sasuke Jr. was nowhere to be found. Lil Lee looked around frantically for a moment, trying not to be caught off guard. Then, seemingly from nowhere, a bunch of fireballs came flying towards Lil Lee. Lil Lee dodged them easily since they were obviously the fire moves that never work and they're not about to work or anything.
"Stop using that move!" commanded Ino.
While Lil Lee was being all satisfied with himself for dodging, Sasuke Jr. came down from the heavens and landed with his hands already forming a seal.
"Kage Kubi Shibari no Jutsu!" Sasuke Jr. yelled.
"I have to stop using these moves in front of you guys." Said Shikamaru.
"Don't we all?" said Naruto.
"That's a new move!" said Senjou as he copied it for everything it was worth.
Lil Lee was FAR to fast for the technique. He jumped out of the way but the shadow hand managed to grab a hold of his foot.
He fell down to the ground and, after a moment of assessing his situation, he realized that the only way to escape this jutsu without using any sort of retorting jutsu was to simply remove his shoe. And he did with only a slight kick. The shoe flew up into the air and landed and then the shadow retracted.
"You took your shoe off?" said Sasuke Jr., sounding aggravated.
"Should I have just let it get me?" said Lil Lee, kicking off his other shoe and standing up. He didn't want to be off balance.
"Lil Lee!!" yelled Lee. "Remove your weights!! Remove them! The weights! Take them off!"
"Dad please, let me do this on my own." Said Lil Lee.
"Lil Lee, I know you're obsessed with your independence and everything but I honestly think that the best thing to do in a situation in which someone is constantly using ninjutsu is to just take off your weights." Said Lee as if Lil Lee hadn't said anything.
"You make him wear weights?" said Kiba.
"Yeah!" said Lee. "Ever since he knew how to walk he's been wearing weights!"
"No wonder he walked funny!" said Kobiru.
"I don't walk funny!" said Lil Lee.
"You DID!" said Tashoku. "And we all made fun of you for it!"
"You did?!" said Lil Lee. Lil Lee then remembered that he was in the middle of a battle and turned around to see Kobiru standing in front of him instead of Sasuke Jr.
"Fight me!" said Kobiru.
"What?" said Lil Lee. "I'm in the middle of fighting Sasuke! Get out of my way!"
"Fight me or I will taunt you again!" said Kobiru. "Like I did when we were young and small and you were ugly."
Lil Lee was about to forget about the fight with Sasuke Jr. and take all his anger and hatred out on Kobiru right then and there but then he took note of the fact that Kobiru was still standing over next to Tashoku.
"Wait…" said Lil Lee. "You're Sasuke, aren't you?"
Kobiru went POOF and turned back into Sasuke Jr. "I want you to use Grudge no Jutsu." He said.
"WHY?" Lil Lee asked.
"I saw you use part of it and I want to fight against it." Sasuke Jr. confessed.
"LIL LEE!!!" screamed Lee. "TAKE YOUR WEIGHTS OFF!!!"
"Geez, Dad…" said Lil Lee. He figured he'd just take his weights off so he could end the fight faster and so he could shut up his retarded father.
"I STILL don't believe that that's your father." Said Kobiru.
Lil Lee took weights out from underneath his pant legs. Instead of throwing them dramatically so he could show off just how heavy they were, he placed them nicely and civilly on the ground as not to create anymore craters in the beach.
"No, you're supposed in intimidate your enemy by showing them just how heavy they are!" said Lee.
"It's all right…" said Lil Lee because he knew that he'd just have to go and GET them again.
"THROW THEM!!" yelled Lee. "THROW YOUR WEIGHTS!! INTIMIDATE YOUR ENEMY!!"
"Dad—"
"DO IT!!! THROW YOUR WEIGHTS!!!"
Lil Lee groaned and picked his weights up. He didn't want his dad to pop a blood vessel from screaming so passionately about something he believed in. Lil Lee flung the weights into the air dramatically and they plummeted to the ground, smashing humungous craters in the beach.
"There, you see?" said Lee. "Look at Sasuke! He's SO intimidated!"
"…Okay…" said Sasuke Jr. "I have to admit that it's impressive but I wouldn't say that I'm intimidated."
"Oh you WILL be!" said Lee. "Just you wait!"
"Dad, could you please just…stay out if the fight?" Lil Lee requested.
"FINE!!!" said Lee as if nothing else could offend him more.
"Okay, let's get this started AGAIN." Said Sasuke Jr.
"Right." Said Lil Lee.
Sasuke Jr. was just about to perform some hand seals to a move that he figured he'd try out, when he suddenly got a kick right in the back of the head. He lunged forward to catch himself and spun around to see what had happened but already received another kick that flung him up into the air. This continued like a game of pinball for a few moments until Sasuke Jr. was finally able to use the Kawarimi technique and replace himself with a log.
As Sasuke Jr. landed, Lil Lee hit the log down and lodged it in the ground. Lil Lee landed and the two of them stood in silence for a minute.
"I didn't even see him!" said Kiba.
"Of course not!!" said Lee. "Without his weights on, Lil Lee is—"
"Dad!" said Lil Lee.
"Oh right." Said Lee. "Sorry."
Sasuke Jr. had sustained a few injuries after the kicking fest and had a few bloody spots and bruises but was otherwise okay to continue fighting.
"I definitely can't keep up with that speed." Said Sasuke Jr. mostly to himself as he started performing more hand seals.
Lil Lee saw this and knew that he wasn't about to let Sasuke Jr. use some ninjutsu or genjutsu so he moved in again.
"Kagemane no Jutsu!" said Sasuke Jr. as his shadow started extending before Lil Lee reached him. Lil Lee immediately got out of range of the shadow.
Sasuke Sr. couldn't handle the fact that he was now overhearing some people talking about how they wanted to change their votes from Sasuke Jr. to Lil Lee. He also couldn't stand the thought of someone beating him, even if he and the person he was up against were both living vicariously through their children.
"Sasuke, you have to slow him down!" said Sasuke.
"I know…" said Sasuke Jr. "That's why I used the Kagemane no Jutsu…"
"OBVIOUSLY the Kagemane no Jutsu isn't going to work." Said Ino.
"Try some of the fire moves." Sasuke said.
"No!" said Ino. "Don't! Those work even less often than the Kagemane no Jutsu!!"
"Since when is the Kagemane no Jutsu something that never works?" Shikamaru questioned.
Meanwhile, the fight was going on in the background. Sasuke Jr. could not keep up with Lil Lee's speed and his stamina would probably not let him continue at the rate he was going, waiting for Lil Lee to slip up since that was probably never going to happen.
Sasuke Jr. managed to escape Lil Lee's wrath once more and, while flying through the air, performed new hand seals. "Kage Moura no Jutsu!" he yelled.
"Kage Moura?" Lil Lee repeated, confused.
A shadow emerged from Sasuke Jr.'s body and encompassed the entire area. Then, as Sasuke Jr. landed on the ground, the shadow retracted except his shadow was now attached to Lil Lee's.
"HEY!!!" yelled Lee.
"You do NOT know that move." Said Shikamaru, shaking his head. "That one was my favorite and personal move that I invented and didn't teach to anyone."
"I was reluctant to use this because I didn't want Senjou to learn it." Sasuke Jr. confessed. "Mainly, it's just an upgrade of the Kagemane no Jutsu."
"I gathered." Said Lil Lee who was MORE than disappointed.
"HA!" said Lee. "What are you going to do NOW?"
"He's right." Said Kiba. "There's really nothing he can do at this point."
"There's not?" said Sasuke in that cocky fashion.
Sasuke Jr. reached into his pocket and pulled out a scroll. Of course, Lil Lee performed the same motions but did not have a scroll handy or anything. Sasuke unraveled the scroll dramatically while taking a bit of blood from one of his cuts and writing on it. There was a huge cloud of smoke and dust and when it cleared, there stood a gray wolf.
"Summoning?!" gasped Tashoku.
"Sure, all chuunins have to know that stuff!" said Kiba.
"Not if you're Lee!" said Kobiru.
"Kobiru…I…" Kiba looked like he was going to spout something really mean and cruel but then appeared as though he lost the will to live just because he hated Kobiru SO much.
The gray wolf prowled around for a little while.
"I don't want that wolf to MAUL Lil Lee!" said Tenten. "Lee, we have to pull him out before something happens!"
"NO!!" yelled Lee. "He'll find a way out!!"
The wolf continued to prowl and circled Lil Lee who was still standing there foolishly as if he was holding a scroll. Then the wolf made its way back over to Sasuke Jr. and disappeared.
"Oh man." Said Sasuke Jr.
"What was that all about?" asked Chouji.
"Sure, I can summon the wolf but I have absolutely no control over him." Said Sasuke Jr. "I was hoping that Lee's parents would pull him out or he'd quit."
"Sasuke…" said Sasuke, slapping his forehead.
"So now what?" Lil Lee asked.
"How about you quit?" said Sasuke Jr.
"No." said Lil Lee. "You're going to run out of chakra sooner or later. And without chakra, I'll be able to beat you so easily. So all I have to do is wait it out."
Sasuke Jr. wasn't about to admit that Lil Lee was right. But he WAS right. Sasuke Jr. had to do something before his chakra ran out. And that would be pretty soon considering he had used up a lot of chakra summoning in vain hope that Lil Lee would just quit. WHAT was he thinking?!
He looked around for something he could use to his advantage. Then he spotted the water and got an idea.
"All right…" he said. "Let's make our way down to the water."
With that, he turned and started walking towards the water. Of course, Lil Lee did as well. They reached the water's edge.
"What are you doing?" Lil Lee finally asked as all the parents and other kids watched curiously.
"I figure we can go for a swim." Sasuke Jr. said.
"Why?" Lil Lee said. "In the middle of a fight?"
"Why not?" said Sasuke Jr. as he started walking out in the water. But, he didn't actually walk IN the water…he walked ON the water. As for Lil Lee, he walked IN the water.
"Oh, I get it now." Said Lil Lee. "Force me to quit or die?"
"I'm not going to KILL you." Said Sasuke Jr. "I just plan on walking out there until your head's under the water, leaving you there for a minute or so, letting you come up for air and then putting you right back in! And that will continue until you get sick of it."
"I see." Said Lil Lee as he got deeper out into the water so that he was almost up to his waist. "If that's the case, then I'd like to quit now before I get my hair wet."
"What?" Sasuke Jr. said, stopping.
"My clothes are already wet." Said Lil Lee. "So I don't need my hair wet. And I definitely don't want to have to be jumping in and out of the water for any period of time."
"In that case, we can go back then." Said Sasuke Jr. as he turned around and headed back to the shore.
"LIL LEE!!" yelled Lee. "HOW DARE YOU FORFEIT!!!"
"You heard what he was going to do!" said Lil Lee as Sasuke Jr. let go of the jutsu and the two of them out of the general vicinity of the water.
"THAT'S NO REASON TO FORFEIT!!!" yelled Lee.
"Well, Lee, I guess that means that you're going to do some running." Said Sasuke. "And…my children won BOTH the tournaments."
"You had a fifty percent chance of winning." Said Shikamaru. "You have six of the twelve kids."
"That's irrelevant." Said Sasuke.
They all stood there in silence for a minute or so.
"I'm wet so I'm going to go and change." Said Lil Lee finally as he made his way back to the house.
All the kids who participated in the tournament agreed because they wanted to change out of their ninja clothes. Kobiru went with them of course!
So all the kids who had NOT participated in the tournament and the adults stood outside in silence. They didn't know exactly what their plans were for the day and it was ONLY about noon so they still had a lot of day left.