Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto.
A/N: I hope you like fighting scenes cus from here there's a good amount of fighting that takes place.
[With Chouji]
Chouji's opponent had orange hair and wore a sleeveless tunic. He knew the moment he saw his opponent that he had to go all out if he wanted to win. He took out a glass box which had three pills of different color.
"I am Jiroubou of the Sound Five."Jirobo said. "You really think you can beat me all by yourself?"
I just hope that Spinach Pill will be enough to tackle with this guy. Chouji thought as he took out a green pill and ate it. Jiroubou ran forward and Chouji stopped him, grabbing his waist and threw him away. He was already panting. Jiroubo got up and smirked as black marks formed all around his body and purple chakra leaked from his body.
Chouji took out kunais attached to a string and wrapped it all around him. He cried, "Ninja Art: Spiked Human Boulder" and rolled at Jiroubou who made a seal and cried, "Earth Style: Terra Shield". A wall of earth rose up in front of Jiroubou which Chouji collided with. Chouji broke the shield and made an impact with Jiroubou impaling him at several places with his kunais. But Jiroubou was able to stop his rotation and did a palm strike followed by a knee strike. His strength along with the cursed seal gave him strength that could rival Guy's. Chouji was thrown back.
"You know what? I think you are the weakest ninja here. You aren't even a challenge. What a dead weight." Jiroubo said and Chouji remembered all about his failures, his weakness, how everyone was frustrated with his state. Jiroubo ran forward and did a knee strike followed by a shoulder strike and a punch which threw Chouji back once more. "What a loser! You started well but the backbone you showed didn't last long."
Chouji got up. No! I can't think like that! Even after all my failures, all my weakness, Shikamaru always believed in me! This Curry Pill should pack a good punch now! , He thought and popped the yellow pill in his mouth. Blue chakra spiraled around him and he launched forward. He cried, "Ninja Art: Partial Expansion" and his hand expanded in size. He punched with that hand and Jiroubo was thrown back. Chouji did a double hammerfist with both his hands crushing Jiroubou. The black markings started growing, merging themselves and he lifted Chouji's hands and threw him up. Chouji made a seal and cried, "Ninja Art: Super Expansion". His whole body expanded and he jumped on Jiroubou.
Jiroubou lifted Chouji and gave a strong palm thrust strike throwing Chouji upwards and Chouji's technique fell. Chouji looked at Jiroubou whose appearance changed completely. His hair grew out, his skin was orange in color and had warts at some part of his body. His irises were yellow with black pupil. "It's all over for you boy! In this stage I am invincible", Jiroubo said as Chouji looked at him with horrified eyes. Damn! I can't even move. The side effects of the pills are catching up faster than I had anticipated, Chouji thought and was kicked away by Jiroubou.
It took a lot of courage and self-confidence but Chouji finally decided to use the last pill he had, the Chilli Pill. He knew the risk it would pose and he popped the last pill in his mouth. He exploded with chakra. Wings alike butterfly's made of pure chakra grew at is back. Jiroubo threw a punch and Chouji caught it with relative ease and threw it away and did an elbow strike. He jumped right at him and threw a punch, throwing Jiroubo a good distance away. "I may be weak but I am not a loser! I am not a dead weight! I am Chouji Akimichi, someone my friends can count on."
Chouji once more appeared right on Jiroubo and gathered a good amount of chakra on his left hand. "Butterfly Bomb", Chouji screamed as he punched Jiroubou with that hand with all the strength he could muster. A crater formed and Jiroubo stopped breathing as the red skin faded. Chouji fell down, gasping for air as his vision blurred. "I did it Shika…maru…I beat him". The last thing he saw was a dark sky and a white flash all around him.
[With Neji]
"I must ask you how did you cut my threads like that?" the six armed man asked Neji.
"Your threads are chakra based and that doesn't stand a chance against my Gentle Fist Art" Neji said and the six armed man finally took notice of Neji's eyes. "A Hyuga eh? I am Kidoumaru of the Sound Five. Pleased to meet you" Kidoumaru said and spitted some sticky spider web at Neji who cut the net with his chakra strikes and said, "Forgive me but I can't say the feeling's mutual". Kidoumaru cried, "Ninja Art: Spider Web Flower" and shot out several spider webs from his mouth. Neji dodged some and used his Gentle Fist to cut some but one web managed to get past his guard and he was stuck to a tree.
Before he could even make a move, two more followed and sticking his hands to that tree, restricting his movements completely. This is bad! What do I do now? ,Neji closed his eyes and started thinking all the possible actions he could take. "You're done kid." Kidoumaru said and made a seal, "Ninja Art: Sticky Spider Thread" and shot out a golden color thread at Neji. Neji immediately opened his eyes and chakra bursted from all over his body, cutting the threads and he jumped away before the golden color hard thread could hit him.
He landed on the golden thread and ran straight at Kidoumaru. He cried, "Gentle Fist Art: Eight Trigrams Sixty Four Palms" and started striking at all of Kidoumaru's chakra points. Kidoumaru tried but to no avail, he was stroked with a good force and went through a tree before falling down. Neji jumped a bit away from him and saw him getting up. What's going on? He shouldn't be able to move after that attack. Did he seal some of his chakra to help him open his points?, Neji was confused and he observed Kidoumaru more whose body had cracks and had a disfigured face, so he wears armor on the surface of his body just like that Gaara from the Sand Village. The armor cracked and fell from Kidoumaru's body who had a smirk on his face.
"You really are good, I must admit." Kidoumaru said. "You have kept me on my toes. If I got hit with one of those strikes this match would have been over. I leaked chakra from all of my sweat gland and solidified it just moments before you stroke me. Pretty cool, don't you think?"
Neji shot forward and Kidoumaru once more shot some spider webs at him. Neji cut through them and was about to hit Kidoumaru who merely passed right through him and disappeared. A Clone? , Neji thought as he looked all around him. Kidoumaru was gone. Neji was about to search the forest with his Byakugan but a kunai attached to a paper came right at him which he dodged.
A barrage of golden kunai like projectiles was thrown at him. Neji immediately cried, "Gentle Fist Art: Rotation" and spun creating a chakra dome which deflected all the projectiles. He stopped and looked at the direction where Kidoumaru was. He threw a kunai which Kidoumaru ducked to dodge it. "I know you are there, come out!"
"Fine! Let's make this game more interesting, shall we?" Kidoumaru came down and had black marking all over his body. Those marks! Just like Sasuke's. So it means he will be stronger now, Neji thought. Kidoumaru made some seals and cried, "Ninja Art: Summoning". A giant spider came into view which threw a barrage of spiders at Neji. Neji once more spun and cried, "Gentle Fist Art: Rotation". The spiders came into contact with Neji's technique and Neji was slowed down. Kidoumaru immediately threw a golden kunai at Neji which Neji deflected by throwing a kunai if his own.
Once more Kidoumaru was surprised and went into hiding. Neji was also worried, it seems he can negate my Rotation. I have to get in close with him. Kidoumaru didn't give Neji any chance and once more hails of spiders came at him. Neji once more cried, "Gentle Fist Art: Eight Trigram Sixty Four Palms" and started hitting the spiders. Kidoumaru threw some kunais and one grazed his right shoulder and another dug into Neji's lower back. Kidoumaru once more did the same move and Neji dodged and tried to hit some spiders but he was already at his limit. He was exhausted and was running low on chakra. Two more kunais hit Neji at the back and Neji fell on his knees.
Neji struggled and got up, panting. "Give up kid. You have lost." Neji remembered what he used to say to Lee, how Lee's attempts were futile against Neji's genius abilities, how he used to bow down to fate, talk down to Hinata, how it was impossible to change oneself no matter how hard one tried, how he was bound to win against Naruto. Neji looked up and saw the huge spider fall on him. Neji used his Gentle Fist and the spider exploded into smoke and web, kunais were launched at Neji and he was stabbed with several kunais at his back.
Neji once more got up, panting. I can't give up yet, I can't cry about my defeat until I….how would Naruto put it? Yes, worked my butt off to achieve it, that was how Naruto won against me, wasn't it?, Neji thought. Kidoumaru's skin had changed to dark orange, his eyes had yellow irises and black pupil. His canine teeth elongated and his headband dropped showing two horns and another eye on his forehead. He spewed out golden liquid which took the form of a bow with an arrow. He used all his "legs" to boost the tension in the bow and cried, "Ninja Art: Spider Bow's Fierce Rip" and launched the arrow.
It launched with devastating power and speed and was about to tear through Neji had he not moved away at the last second. The earth shattered where the arrow impacted and Neji had a deep wound on his right shoulder. "Impressive. You managed to evade my arrow in that state. Although that wound doesn't look so good." Kidoumaru said. "The chakra you are releasing to throw off my arrow off its trajectory is really good but that only stalls your death a bit. You will run out of chakra and then what? I will kill you slowly and painfully." Kidoumaru laughed.
Neji coughed up some blood and started thinking, He has been gathering info all this time and every attack he makes is to help him in that. Plus he knows about the blind spot the Byakugan possesses. I have to keep moving. Neji immediately started running, taking the kunais off of his back. Kidoumaru once more launched another arrow which he connected to it with a thread so that he could manipulate it even it was on the air. Neji jumped and the arrow followed him piercing through a tree and smashed into the ground.
Neji stood there and had a scratch on his cheek. A thread? So that's why it came so close.This person is as strong as Naruto if not stronger. Is this it? My end?, Neji thought and he remembered that moment "I vow to win", Naruto said just after Neji had pulverized Hinata leaving her almost on the brink of her death. I wonder Naruto, what would you do in this situation? Who am I kidding, you'd just push forward wouldn't you? If necessary make the impossible possible, Neji smiled as he thought.
Kidoumaru once more created an arrow which had a drill on its head and launched it all the force he could use. It shot forward with immense force and went through Neji who at the last second jumped away so that the arrow would miss his heart. He was slammed into a tree as the arrow went through it and smashed into the ground. Neji smirked and flowed his chakra thought Kidoumaru's thread that was attached to the arrow. His chakra made its way to Kidoumaru's chakra network and paralyzed him. Neji cut through the web.
"I just don't know when to give up. I failed at clone technique no matter what I did but I worked my butt off and mastered Shadow Clone." Naruto's voice echoed through Neji's mind and he activated his Byakugan. "It seems we really can defy our fate Naruto." Neji laughed and made his way to Kidoumaru. "I can't lose…I won't lose." Kidoumaru threw some more gold kunais and Neji deflected them and hit him with his Gentle Fist strike. Kidoumaru's cursed seal faded as he coughed up blood and slumped forward. Neji saw the sky turn pure black and some Leaf Ninjas coming at him. He was immediately surrounded by a white flash.