Finally the Sasuke retrieval mission! It's kind of funny to think I started writing this story the day that the 'Loopy Fist' episode aired in the U.S.
Loopy Fist… Elixirs… It's as plain as day that Lee got drunk! What were they thinking?
Reiko landed in front of the gates of Konoha. To her surprise Naruto, Neji, Kiba, Akamaru, Chouji, Shikamaru, and Lee were standing outside the gates. For a moment they stared at her wings. It was the first time she wasn't wearing her cloak and her wings were out in the open.
"Hi guys!"
"Reo-chan!" Naruto exclaimed.
"What are you guys doing at the gates so early? Leo didn't tell you that I was training out here did he?" Reiko asked suspiciously.
"That explains why they couldn't find you this morning..." Shikamaru murmured.
"Huh?"
"Sasuke ran off to Orochimaru," Neji replied, "And Haiku-san has suddenly vanished. We have reason to believe that Haiku is in pursuit of Sasuke."
"Say what now?!" Reiko asked horrified.
"Reiko… would you join us?" Shikamaru asked.
"I can't… I have to get supplies but I'll follow right after you once I do, promise."
"Wait!" Sakura yelled as she ran to the gate.
"Sakura-chan!" Naruto gasped in surprise.
"I heard the story from the Hokage," Shikamaru said, "Sorry, but I can't take you on the mission. Even you couldn't convince Sasuke, right? Seems like we have to force him to understand. Sakura, your job is done."
"Shikamaru… That's putting it a bit harshly…" Reiko said softly.
Tears welled up in Sakura's eyes. No one could look at her. Everyone adverted their gaze except for Reiko and Naruto.
"What? Sakura, you already met up with Sasuke?" Naruto asked.
Sakura was trembling. She shook her head sadly. Tears ran down her cheeks. She cupped her hands together bringing them in front of her chest, as if hoping that would keep her together. It didn't help her in the slightest.
"Naruto! I beg of you!" She wailed, "Please… Please bring Sasuke back! I couldn't do it… I couldn't stop him! The only person… who can probably save Sasuke-kun now is you… Naruto… Only you…"
Naruto looked away. He smiles and looked back up at Sakura. There was a sad look in his eyes but he covered it up with a happy smile. Reiko looked away. Sakura was causing him so much pain without even intentionally doing it.
"Sakura-chan, you really like Sasuke, huh? I know how much pain you're in because of Sasuke. I understand."
Sakura looked up at Naruto in surprise.
"Don't worry! I'll bring him back and that's a promise of a lifetime!"
Naruto gave Sakura a thumbs up. Lee watched as Sakura dried her tears. Reiko smiled and walked to Lee's side. Then she turned and faced the others.
"Naruto… Thank you…" Sakura said softly.
"Hey, you sure you can keep that promise, Naruto?" Kiba asked playfully.
"I think he can, if not now and today, later," Reiko said.
Everyone looked at her in surprise. She merely shrugged and smirked. Her wings wrapped themselves around her like a feathered cloak to everyone's surprise.
"Reo's right. Besides, I won't take back my words! That's my ninja way!"
Then they walked off after a few more moments of speeches about how they were bringing him back. Reiko worried slightly but she just smiled and nodded, hiding her doubts from the rest of the group.
"Naruto said with the 'nice-guy' pose that he'd keep his promise. This… This will all go well," Lee said assuring Sakura of the best.
"I'm not sure, Lee… I feel something bad is going to happen…" Reiko said softly.
Lee merely gave her the thumbs up.
Reiko quickly gathered her supplies and prepared herself for the worst. She quickly hugged Tomoko, kissing her on the cheek and she hugged Renji tightly.
"Reiko wait!" Renji cried as she nearly bolted for it.
"Yes, otosan?" She asked patiently.
Renji pulled out a long case. He opened it. Inside lay two katana. They shimmered in the light. Her eyes widened. They were lovely swords. Renji unsheathed one, showing that it had writing on the outside of the blade. She looked at it. It read, 'No matter how dark the darkness there it always light.'
"Reiko, I want you to have these," Renji said.
He helped her tie the cases so that they were on her back and that she could draw them with ease.
"Thank you otosan…" She said, hushed.
"No, thank you, love," Tomoko replied.
With another hug for both Tomoko and Renji she barreled through the door, scrambling to get to the gates. As she reached the gates she heard a crash. She landed and looked around. Someone was in the shadows of the trees. He tried to hide from her view. She was about ready to draw her new katana but then relaxed.
"I know you're there. Come out."
The person sheepishly rubbed the back of his neck and stepped out.
Reiko flew through the trees. She was going faster than Lee was. He had begged her to come along but she made him swear that once he started to hurt he was to back down out of the fight, no questions asked and no protests to be thrown at her.
She nearly crashed into a tree that was sticking out at an odd angle. She hovered around it, waiting for Lee to catch up so she could warn him.
"Reiko! Look at the ground!" Lee cried.
She did as he instructed. The ground was completely ruined, as if something very, very large had decided to jump there. She looked at him worriedly.
"You don't think…?"
Her mind drifted to the five that the ANBU had told her that attacked Naomi's village. She shivered in fear, dreading that these were those same people. Lee watched as she tried to get her feathers back in line.
"Go ahead, I will catch up to you," Lee said.
"Are you sure?"
"I will be okay. You must survey the area for danger."
Reiko flew ahead. She nearly cried out when she heard a small groan. Chouji was leaning against the base of a tree. There was an arrow pointing to the left. He had a blue butterfly on his headband. To Reiko's surprise he was as skinny as herself.
"Chouji?"
"Reo-chan?" He croaked.
"What happened to you, Chouji?" She asked.
Chouji looked up at her. Tears came running down his checks. Reiko automatically wiped them away, laughing at herself but just for a few seconds. Then she became completely serious. Her expression was grim as she looked down at the boy. He was in horrible condition.
"I ate the red food pill… I'm suppose to die," Chouji told her.
"No…" She gasped, "You can't die, Chouji! You just can't die!"
Lee landed behind her. A shuddering gasp escaped her lips. She hadn't expected the enemies to be so strong. Lee took one look at Chouji and bowed his head. He put a sympathetic hand on her shoulder. She jerked it off. She made handsigns to heal but the chakra she tried to push into him did nothing. Tears welled up in her eyes. 'No, I can't cry.'
She brushed the tears aside with the back of her hand, hoping none of the boys saw. Lee looked at her apprehensively. Sighing Reiko sniffed the air. There was a stag not even two feet behind the trees. Slowly it walked out without her having to call for it. The creature was as tall as Leo with elegant ivory antlers.
"Lady Tsuyoi…" It said in acknowledgement.
"Stag-sama, my comrade is injured. I need to get him back to Konoha but I also need to make sure my other comrades are well-"
"Say no more, Tsuyoi. I would be honored to assist you."
"Thank you, Stag-sama."
"I shall take him to your village and let none but your clansmen touch him."
"No," Reiko said, "Let the medics to him. I'm not sure how much longer he can last. Be swift."
Lee and Reiko lifted Chouji onto the stag's back. He was lighter than she expected. Reiko worried about the weight but the stag didn't seem to be affected by it. It bounded into the tree lines swiftly. Reiko watched until she could no longer hear it running.
Soon it was just Reiko and Lee in the clearing. She grimaced. Then she jumped into the air with Lee right behind her. She looked at him over her shoulder. He looked at her just as gravely. Both of them seemed to understand what she was going to say before she said it.
"Keep your guard up Lee. It had to have been a strong person who took out Chouji. Either that or there's more than one," Reiko ordered.
A young girl ran through the forest. Her hair, seemed white in the sunlight passing through the trees, flowed behind her as she ran. She shivered. She knew that there was danger in the air but she just didn't know where the presence was coming from. Her brilliant blue eyes shone with a clear look of fear.
She ran quickly, through the trees. She stopped when she heard a soft groan. She cautiously looked through the branches to see a boy with long brown hair and pale white eyes. There was a hole blown through his chest. She could smell the blood that hung in the air. It was a disgusting smell of iron and water.
Another body lay feet away from his. It was of a man with six arms. She felt a shiver run down her spine. It stopped short when she heard the boy groan again. Her better judgment escaped her and she rushed to his side. She skidded to a stop by his side leaving a slight cloud of dust in the air when she did so.
"Are you okay?"
He slowly looked up at her. He was in terrible shape. Her eyes were stuck on his forehead where a green mark was etched into his skin. She traced the mark with her fingers, brushing the hair out of his face. She gasped in shock when his hand whipped out and gripped her wrist, stopping her movement.
His eyes flickered open and he looked right at her. Then he let her go, staring her down. His milky white eyes bore into hers. She flinched at the depth of them. She hadn't expected his eyes to be so intense. It almost made her forget that she was being chased. Almost.
"Am I dead?"
"No…" She replied.
She was surprised with herself. Normally she'd become so shy she couldn't say another word. Around this boy it was much easier to talk. Was it because he was dying? Or was it due to the fact that she'd never see him again if he did live?
"Pity…" He murmured, "You aren't working for Orochimaru are you?"
"Who's that?" The girl asked.
The older boy smiled. He raised a hand and touched her hair gently. Just as quickly as he touched her hair he pulled his hand back down. His hand dirtied her hair but she didn't seem to notice the blood that now clung to her hair. She was more worried about his well being.
"Guess not…"
Slowly she reached to peal his shirt back. The boy's hand caught hers again. She jumped at the sudden contact. He was glaring at her coldly as if he expected her to whip out a kunai and plunge it into his heart, delivering the final blow that would take his life once and for all.
"Just trying to help, shinobi."
He relaxed slightly. Under his shirt was horrid. There were gashes and gaping wounds underneath. The girl looked at him horrorstruck, wondering what on earth had he gone through to sustain such wounds. She wasn't a great medic but her foster mother had taught her everything she knew.
The girl made a few hand signs. Green chakra formed around her hands, causing them to glow. She pressed them down on the boy's wounds. The boy flinched at the contact but slowly began to relax. He grimaced but slowly started to close his eyes.
"No!" She cried, causing his eyes to pop wide open, "Don't go to sleep!"
He looked at her, trying to stay focused. The girl refused to make eye contact with him. She felt his eyes sweeping over her face as if trying to memorize it. She feared his pale white eyes. It felt like he could see right through her. She feared he could tell she wasn't a shinobi.
She had trained to be a medic at her village. She had been forced to learn jutsu and found she preferred old fashioned weapons like the bow and arrow compared to a sword or katana. She was a deadly markswoman when she was given a bow. Her aim was unrivaled by many of the children in her age group of eleven.
"S-So wh-who a-are y-you…?"
She nearly slapped herself. She wanted to sound casual and professional but she merely showed how inexperienced she was at being a ninja. She looked away from the older boy. The stuttering came now of all times?
He smiled softly. "I'm Hyuga Neji."
"I'm Naomi."
There was a white haired man in the middle of the clearing. Naruto was running after Sasuke who merely laughed like it was a game. The man drew a sword and was about to attack Naruto when Lee kicked the white haired man. Reiko landed in front of Naruto. She glared at the man and drew a kunai. It shimmered in the light.
"Naruto, go! We'll handle this guy," Reiko said.
"Reo…"
"Naruto, you must give Sasuke the chase," Lee said.
"And you two are?" The white haired man asked, glaring at the two newcomers.
"Pissed off and angry," Reiko replied.
"The Leaf's proud Azure Beast has reincarnated… I am Rock Lee! She is the Leaf's newly discovered Tsuyoi clan member, Konoha's Angel of Light, Reiko."
Reiko shook her head at the name Lee had given her. It wasn't true. She uncorked her thermos, preparing to attack. Keeping her kunai between them.
"And who are you?" Reiko asked.
"Kimimaru of the Sound Ninja Five."
"Bushy brows… Why… What about your body?" Naruto asked worriedly.
Reiko smiled. She pushed Naruto towards Sasuke or at least the direction he ran off to. The longer that Naruto waited the further and further away Sasuke was getting. The thought of him going to her parents' murdered angered her. Next time she saw Sasuke she was punching him.
"Do not worry about me! Go and get Sasuke," Lee said.
"Leave this guy to us," Reiko said.
"Bushy Brows, be careful! This guy uses his own bones as weapons."
"Bones?" Lee asked.
"This guy is insanely strong."
"Didn't we tell you to go already?" Reiko asked.
She smiled at Naruto. He blinked in surprise. It looked like he wanted to say something to her about something but Reiko shook her head and winked at him. She nudged him forward, towards Sasuke's direction once more, trying to get the blonde to give Sasuke the chase.
"What are you doing? Hurry, go!" Lee insisted.
Lee gave Naruto a thumbs up. Naruto stared at Lee for a second. Then he nodded. Reiko nudged Naruto again. Her water coiled out of the thermos around her. It swirled around her, like a snake but more or less more protective than a snake would be.
"Naruto-kun… you made a promise to Sakura-san with the 'nice-guy' pose too, did you not? I will defeat this person. That is a promise!"
Naruto started to run after the last Uchiha. Kimimaru moved to attack Naruto as he ran. Lee blocked the attack with ease.
"You there! I am you opponent!" Lee yelled at him.
"Leaf Hurricane!"
Lee nearly got stabbed by one of Kimimaru's bones. Reiko jumped in and pulled him back. She pulled him into the air. 'He has to have some weakness!'
"You are surprisingly flexible, are you not? Also, you move with good precision," Lee remarked.
Reiko hovered a good twenty feet away from Kimimaru. She felt uneasy about his bones. If he could pull his bones out she feared what else he could do with them.
"You are very linear… Just like your name. Let's go," Kimimaru said, complementing Lee.
He threw his sword-like bone at Reiko and Lee. It sailed through the air at the two of them. At the last second Reiko pushed Lee to the ground. She tried to block it with her kunai but the bone pierced right through it. Her eyes widened in horror as it drew closer and closer to her body and at the last second she tried to move out of the way.
The bone went through Reiko's wing. She landed with it in her wing, pinning her down. There was no blood, however. Reiko just couldn't get up. Her thermos broke off it's chain and rolled across the grass a few feet from where she landed. Hissing in pain she looked up to see that her kunai had broken in two. She still held the handle in her hand. She looked up, searching for the blade.
She flinched when the blade of her kunai sheathed itself in the ground in front of her face. She looked around her. Her ruined katana lay in the grass. Slowly she reached across the ground and pulled on the broken shaft of the blade. It bit into her hand, drawing blood. Once it was free she hid it from view.
"Reiko!"
Lee tried to rush to Reiko's side. Kimimaru appeared in front of her with a new blade-like bone at her neck. She stared at it and swallowed hard. The bone wasn't a sword but it seemed more like his entire arm had turned into a giant drill. Reiko's neck was it's target.
"Don't worry about me! Lee, take this guy down!" Reiko yelled.
Glaring at Kimimaru she threw the broken blade at him. It merely cut his cheek. He glared at her and prepared to plunge the drill into her chest. Her eyes widened and she prepared to make a shield around herself.
Lee ran at Kimimaru. Kimimaru jumped back as Lee attacked. He blocked and attempted to parry all of Lee's attacks. Both threw such speedy attacks that Reiko had a hard time keeping up with the speed. Neither one of them landed a single hit on the other.
Reiko struggled to free herself. She didn't want to cause damage to her wings but she didn't want to watch Lee get beaten into a bloody pulp either. No matter how hard she seemed to pull the blade would not come free from the ground. She gasped when Lee was knocked down to the ground.
"Lee!" Reiko yelled.
Reiko's eyes widened as the blade came close to Lee's head. Then suddenly it stopped. Lee was holding up one hand. Kimimaru stopped inches away from his palm. He watched dispassionately as Lee looked up at him.
"Wait!" Lee yelled.
"What is it?" Kimimaru asked, irritated.
"Excuse me... But it is time for my medicine. Sorry, but I must drink it."
Lee pulled a bottle out of his weapons pouch. Reiko's eyes widened. It was not his medicine but sake bottle instead. Tsunade must've mixed up the bottles when she was giving him his medicine.
"Lee wait! Don't-!"
"I have always been bad about taking my medicine," Lee told them.
Then he downed the drink. His adam's apple bobbed up and down as he swallowed it. When he had drank it all he made a bitter face. She watched him worriedly, wondering how well he could hold his alcohol. She glanced at Kimimaru, who had yet to attack Lee yet. Reiko was impressed. 'A bad guy with good manners…'
"Ugh… Medicine always tastes bad," He murmured.
When Lee got to his feet he started swaying around. A rosy blush settled across his cheeks as he began stumbling about. Reiko realized Lee didn't hold his alcohol well at all the moment he got to his feet. Then he looked up at Kimimaru with a goofy expression on his face.
"What are you lookin' at, freak?" Lee asked Kimimaru.
Reiko's jaw dropped when she heard his words slur. 'He's drunk!'
"Do not just stand there and glare at," Lee said. Then he ran at Kimimaru and tried to kick him as he yelled, "me!"
Lee aimed kick at Kimimaru. He was moving at an alarming rate. Reiko couldn't keep up with the movements once the two of them were in the air. When they landed Lee looked at Reiko. He smiled and waved. Caught off guard Reiko gave a uncertain wave back.
"Not… bad… For some reason, as I move around more, I am starting to feel really weird… Huh?" Lee murmured.
Then Lee fell backwards. Reiko's eyes widen. She pulled against the blade pinning her down with new vigor. She didn't care if it hurt she was going to defend Lee since he obviously was unable to do so himself. She worried that Kimimaru had gotten in a cheap shot that she didn't see.
"Lee! Get up!" Reiko yelled.
When she heard a soft snoring Reiko looked at Lee shocked. 'He's asleep!'
Kimimaru walked over to Lee. He held a blade at Lee's neck. Reiko winced as she felt the blade rip at her wings but it was becoming looser. Lee suddenly jumped to his feet. He pushed the blade aside. He had a dopey smile on his face.
"You fell for it!"
Lee landed a few kicks and punches on Orochimaru's lackey. Kimimaru flew backwards, landing on his back gracefully. Lee was smirking. Reiko shook herself, trying to overcome the shock of what she was seeing.
"I was acting like I was asleep, but I really was not! This is what ninjas are good at! Gai-sensei! I have done it!"
Tears of joy run down Lee's face and he pumped the air with his fist. Reiko was surprised that Kimimaru was straight faced as he watched Lee. She wondered when Kimimaru would send her an 'Is-he-normally-like-this-when-he-fights?' face. Kimimaru never did.
"Gai-sensei… I… I…"
Then Lee passed out again. He was sleeping, again. Reiko nearly smacked herself in the face when she heard him snoring loudly. Reiko ripped the bone out of here wing. Blood splattered all over the grass as the blade ran across her shoulder. Reiko didn't care. Kimimaru was too close to Lee for comfort.
Reiko quickly healed her shattered wing and her bloody shoulder. Then she launched herself into the air. She flew at him. She had his own sword drawn, she also drew one of the katana that Renji had given her and prepared to attack. Reiko made the water freeze Kimimaru's feet to the ground.
"Leave him alone!" Reiko yelled.
Lee popped right back up to his feet in a defensive stance. Reiko froze in the air.
"You fell for it again! Ha ha! If you think I am the type to just stretch my arms and legs out flat on the ground here, you are dead wrong! I… I… Huh? Why am I here?" Lee rambled.
Reiko flew at Kimimaru while Lee distracted his attention. With ease Kimimaru had freed himself from the ice. He grabbed his sword from her hands, cutting her palm and the back of her other hand open. Blood poured from them freely.
Lee fell flat on his butt as Reiko and Kimimaru exchanged blows with one another. Every strike Reiko tried to hit him with, Kimimaru blocked it with ease. She aimed at his head. He blocked it with his arm. It didn't even draw blood.
A bone grew out of his hand and he aimed a punch at Reiko. She tried to move out of the way but she couldn't. She winced as he hit her. It felt like she ran straight into a rock. She glared at him. 'What are his bones made of? Diamonds?'
"Kessho! Blade of Indestructible Light!" Reiko yelled.
The blade Renji gave her began to glow. She flew at Kimimaru. He stood still as she hacked and slashed at his body. No matter what she threw at him neither his bones nor her sword would break. Then he hit her with the butt of his sword. She gasped as she felt the hilt ram into her chest. The mind numbing blow caused her to fall back.
Reiko's sword stopped glowing as she hit the ground. She rolled to a stop. Slowly she got to her feet. Kimimaru glared at her. Reiko began to heal her arm but the entire time she didn't take her eyes off of Kimimaru. He drew closer to her. She backed away, keeping distance between them.
"I see why you're here. If this one were to hurt himself you would heal him… And you can fight for yourself… You're the bigger threat… I guess I'll have to take care of you first…" Kimimaru said.
"As if you could…" Reiko said threateningly.
"Huh? Why? Why?" Lee asked no one in particular.
Reiko looked at Lee. Kimimaru took advantage of her distraction and tried to cut Reiko across the stomach. She flung herself backwards, trying to escape the blow, sheathing her katana as she arched across the field. Kimimaru merely followed her path in a run.
She noticed her thermos out of the corner of her eyes and grabbed it as she started to roll back. Her water acted as a barrier, forming ice, blocking the near fatal attack that could've taken her life. She popped right back up to her feet when she caught her thermos.
The fabric of her shirt was merely ripped. She swallowed hard as she fell back into the grass. It could've ended worse for her. She grimaced. Her wings twitched. Kimimaru glared at her as she reconnected her thermos to her chain.
"You never turn your back on the enemy…" Kimimaru told her.
Kimimaru walked away from her. Reiko threw kunai and shuriken at his back. Bones grew out of his back and blocked the attack, merely causing the weapons to ricochet backwards. He picked up the now discarded bottle and sniffed it. Lee was just sitting Indian style, sleeping.
"Sake… Is he just drunk? Then… I'll send you to the afterlife painlessly," Kimimaru told Lee.
"Not if I have anything to say about that!" Reiko yelled.
Reiko dove at Kimimaru. He punched her aside. The bone in his arms hardened at impact causing Reiko to fall to the ground harmlessly. She felt her face getting swollen. She was definitely going to feel it later… If there was going to be a later.
Lee fell flat on back and continued to sleep some more. Kimimaru started to walk towards Lee but Reiko gripped his leg. She refused to let him near Lee. She winced when she felt bones growing out of his skin, cutting into her hands like razors.
"I don't wish to kill you painfully," Kimimaru told her.
"Too bad because if you want to hurt Lee you have to wait until I haven't a single breath left in my body," Reiko told him.
Kimimaru kicked Reiko aside and walks towards Lee. He swung his blade around so it's point down and stabbed at Lee. The water in her thermos reached out. It was still to far away to grab Kimimaru's arm.
"No!" Reiko yelled.
Lee rolled over. The blade hit the ground by Lee's head inoffensively. Kimimaru tried again. Lee keeps tossing and turning making Kimimaru miss every time. Then as one of them tried to stab him in the chest Lee caught the blade with his feet.
Lee threw the blade down and spun around. He jumped to his feet. Kimimaru jumped back, distancing himself from Lee. He tried to hit Lee but he blocked and dodged all of the blows that Kimimaru tried to land on him.
"I was sleeping so well! You annoying buzzing bug! Achoo!" Lee cried as kicked Kimimaru in the stomach three times.
Kimimaru flew back, landing on his feet. He didn't even seem fazed. He just stared at Lee with the blank face he had the entire time when he was fighting them.
"Come on! Bring it! I will do something really amazing! Bring it on!"
Reiko hefted herself to her feet. She pulled a military ration pill out of the pouch on her side. She popped it in her mouth. She felt her chakra coming back slowly. The three of them stood there. None of them moved an inch besides Lee who was swaying and stumbling across the grass.
"If you are not coming to me, I will go to you!"
Lee ran at Kimimaru. When he was halfway there he tripped and fell flat on his face. Reiko looked at him worriedly, wondering how to stop him so that he didn't beat her into a bloody pulp. Slowly he picked himself off the ground.
"Ouch…" He murmured. Then he jumped to feet and attacked Kimimaru. He screamed, "It is all your fault!"
"Lee, stop! You're going to hurt yourself!" Reiko yelled.
Reiko jumped in between Lee and Kimimaru. She tried to meet Lee before he met Kimimaru but Lee just kept pushing forwards, as if Reiko weren't even there. Her feet dug into the ground, creating a pile of dirt behind her heels.
Kimimaru stabbed Reiko in the back. She gasped but held tight to Lee's fists in her own. Blood splattered onto Lee. She fell on top of Lee, protecting him from Kimimaru. Lee didn't seem to notice the indignant look in her eyes.
Bones pushed out of Kimimaru's skin making it appear like he had a katana fused to his forearm. He held it above Reiko's back so that Lee could see. Reiko tilted her head, glaring at the man, coldly. Wincing when she tried to bring herself back to her feet.
"Bones are my main method of attack. You heard that from the replicating boy from earlier, didn't you? I'll awaken you from your drunkenness soon," He told Lee.
"I am… not drunk!" Lee protested.
"Then I will wake you up!"
Lee pushed Reiko off him and rushes at Kimimaru. Reiko lay on the ground in a bleeding heap. She pulled out another food pill and swallowed it. She sat up and healed her back and shoulders the best she could. It would take a bit more time than she had.
"I am not drunk! Besides, I am underage! Kids can not drink alcohol!"
Lee tried to punch Kimimaru in the stomach but bones popped out of his chest. They cut his cheek. Lee was thrown back. Reiko threw herself across the ground and caught Lee before he hit the ground. He landed on top of her.
"It's too unpredictable, isn't it?" He asked, "This is my Kekkei Genkai."
"What?" Lee asked. He held his head in his hands, "My head is pounding. And this wound… It looks like I was drunk. Oh, that form!"
"Looks like you've awoken from your drunken stupor…" Kimimaru remarked, "This is my Kekkei Genkai. My Kekkei Genkai allows me to freely control both my bone-forming and bone-reabsorbing cells. I also have the ability to control calcium density and to shape my bones. In other words, humans have two hundred bones in their bodies, but for me, I don't have a fixed number."
"But bones are bones, if I break them, then it is over!" Lee yelled.
Lee tried to punch Kimimaru. He blocked as Lee attack. The green ninja did a back flip to try to escape Kimimaru but Kimimaru cut Lee's face again. Lee flew backwards landing in Reiko's arms. He got back to his feet just as Kimimaru started to walk away.
"Please wait… This is where it really begins," Lee said.
Kimimaru turns around to face Lee. Lee took a fighting stance and untied his bandages. Reiko grabbed his shoulder.
"Together, this time," She told him.
He nodded and yelled, "Here we come!"
Reiko made a few handsigns and yelled "Kessho! Blade of Indestructible Light!"
The shimmering blade appeared in her hands. She glared at Kimimaru and flew towards him as Lee ran at him. Lee ran circles around him. Reiko tried to cut him down from behind but her blade got stuck in his ribs, which were now protruding from his body.
Reiko tried to let go of the blade but her hand was also trapped. Kimimaru just stood there as bandages wrapped around him and Reiko. She was pinned to his side by them. The bones nearly cut into her skin. Bones ripped the bandages and when Lee tried to kick Kimimaru the bones captured Lee's foot as well.
They looked at each other in horror as they realized they might not walk out of this situation alive. Reiko punched Kimimaru in the face. He seized her by the throat.
"Let Reiko go!" He yelled.
"With pleasure," Kimimaru said.
Kimimaru brought his fist up and when it connected with her face she was sent flying backwards once more. She landed roughly against the ground, rolling to a stop ten feet away from Lee and Kimimaru. Her body ached. She wasn't sure how much more she could take.
She was at he chakra limits. Lee needed her to help him but Reiko couldn't get up. She reached for another chakra pill and popped one into her mouth. There was just a small handful left. Sweating she looked up. 'Someone help us.'
I had to throw in the part about Kimimaru's bones being like Diamonds. It's what my cousin asked when he saw this episode. I hope I don't offend any Kimimaru fans out there.