Chapter 5: The Scroll Hunt
I slowly opened my eyes and heard someone crying. As I looked around, I noticed that I'm in the same hill and near the same cherry tree from my dream last time. I looked for the noise from where it is coming from. I looked left to right and noticed a pink haired girl; she has long wavy hair and wearing two long red ribbon on both side of her hair. I also noticed that she is wearing a kimono and also about my height and her pale skin brightens as the sunlight shines. She was sitting behind the tree; her tears flow like pearls from above. She was calming down; she opened her eyes as I noticed her crimson colored eyes.
"Hana?" as I said in a confusing manner.
She wiped her tears away using the back of her hand. I walked slowlt to her to know what's her problem; I was about to touch her shoulder with my hand when somebody asked her.
"Are you alright?" a voice asked.
I looked at the back and noticed a guy standing. His face was covered with shadows and his hair flying to the direction of the wind. He's wearing a cape, he must be a traveler. I tried to look at him clearer but it seems the shadow of him never shows his face at all.
"It's none of your business. Go away!" Hana said as she bowed and didn't try to look at him.
He walked nearer, ignoring what she said earlier. He walked nearer to her; he stopped in front of her.
"I said go away!" she yelled at him. Again, she didn't dare to look at him in his face.
"I just want to give you this" he said as he handed her a scallop shell. She looked at it then he placed it in her hand.
Her eyes started to flow tears again but its tears of joy. She thanked him then looked at his face and she smiled at him. The guy stood up then walked away. Hana wanted to stop but she didn't have to courage to do it; she just let him walk away. I stared at the scallop shell then remembered something.
"It's the same shell I dreamed before." I said softly as I stared at it.
Then again, I ignored what I remembered then continued to touch her. As I touched her, my fingers slipped through her shoulder. I was dumbfounded, I pulled back my hand again then toughed her again. It slipped through again. It seems that I'm just like a ghost in this dream; no one can hear me or see me.
"This is probably one of her memories, Hana's past." I whispered softly to my self.
Those last two words I said echoed. I was surprised then I looked around but it seems the same. I felt drowsy as I heard those words echoed, I sat down then laid myself on the ground; Letting myself sleep away.
Sakura woke up and found out that she was lying down in her bed. She sit up then looked at the clock beside her then realized that it was 6:00 am. She blinked a few times then looked again; she panicked as she saw the time.
"I'm going to be late!" she said as she panicked. She took one of her bathrobe out of her wardrobe dresser then went straight inside the bathroom. She started to have her quick shower, after taking a shower she ran to her closet then took her usual uniform. She wore it quickly then went downstairs for breakfast.
She went straight to the kitchen then took one of those instant ramen because it's easier to be cooked. She started cooking. She placed it in a bowl then took a chopstick. After she ate it, she just placed it in the sink. She looked at the time and she only has twenty minutes before 7:00 am. She quickly took her holster and pouch in her room; she filled it with kunais, shurikens, scrolls and some sterilized first aid materials with her bottle of pills. She went downstairs then out of the front door, she locked it before leaving.
While in the bridge, Sasuke arrived first before Naruto. They both waited for Sakura and Kakashi, it seems Naruto was getting bored just sitting around. He looked around for any sign of Sakura and Kakashi, he then spotted someone incoming. He stared at then realized that Sakura is running towards them. Naruto waved his hand in the air ti get the attention of Sakura.
"Sakura-Chan!" he shouted as she arrives in the spot. "Sorry, I'm late. I woke up late and didn't notice the time" she said as she smiled at Naruto. "That's alright Sakura, Kakashi-sensei is not here yet" Naruto replied as he grinned. She smiled again to Naruto, she didn't dare to look at Sasuke since the argument in the festival. She just sat in a nearby rock then wait for Kakashi to arrive.
Finally, after fifteen minutes Kakashi arrived in puff of smoke then explained "Sorry I'm late, I got lost in the road of ..." before he could continue, Naruto and Sakura pointed at him then said "LIAR!! You're always late". Kakashi sweatdropped; he then said "Well since there's no mission given today, we will have to train in the forest". "What!? No mission. I'm getting bored of training always" Naruto complained. "Don't complain, we have no choice but to do it" Sakura said. They all started to walk to the forest until they reached their destination. They reached the middle of the forest which there is trees and a river that leads to a waterfall.
Kakashi stopped by the edge of the river then faced them. He said "Your training for today is about handling a mission alone" Sakura looked confused at him then asked "What do you mean alone?" Kakashi nodded then explained "You'll have to move alone. It means you have to work by yourself with no help from others." "WHAAT!?" Naruto exclaimed 'I won't be able to be with Sakura-Chan in this kind of matter'. "What's our objective then?" she asked Kakashi. He replied "You'll have to collect scrolls as many as you can. The total of the scrolls are 30 so who gets the most may have this information scroll" as he shows a scroll from his vest. 'What could be inside in that scroll' Naruto's quizzical look made him irritated of thinking. "But..." Kakashi said "But, what?" she asked. "But you'll have to be aware. In this training, traps were scattered and you may steal scrolls from your opponent as well. You have the freedom to take the scrolls in any way you want." "Start the training already!" Sasuke said. "Alright then, I'll meet you here by 3:00 in the afternoon. Bye!" Kakashi left in a puff of smoke. They all started to go to different direction. Sakura went southwest; Sasuke went north while Naruto took southeast.
While somewhere in the forest, Gai's team is having a meeting with his students. "We are having are meeting today of a certain favor that can also be considered as a mission" Gai said to his students then he continued "Kakashi asked a favor if you three could look for his apprentices and battle them in able to pause their training and get them busy." "You mean we have to fight them, for what?" Lee asked "On recruiting scrolls that is part of their training" he answered. Lee's fist is clutching and his eyes are burning with joy 'If I ever saw Sakura-Chan, Ill help her look for those scrolls and she'll thank me then hugged then ...' he was distracted when a hit to his head with his clutching fist. "Lee!!! Aren't you listening of what I'm saying!" Gai yelled Lee "I'm sorry, Sensei" he apologizes with a tear on his eye. Neji and Tenten sweatdropped as they look at him. Gai continued explaining "As you can see, this favor can also help you improve as you battle them. You will have the chance to attack in anyways..." Gai said before he continues 'Yes!!! I will have the chance to kiss Sakura-Chan' Lee thought then Gai continued "...but no kissing attacks". This statement caused Lee's heart to break into pieces, blue flames floating beside him as a river of tears start flowing. Gai continued again "But a warning to all of you, you shouldn't kill them because if ever we found out, you shall be severely punished, ok?" all of them nodded then disappeared in an instant.
While in the southwest sector, Sakura leaped branch to branch while she searched for the scrolls. After minutes of searching, she finally found one hanging in bundles of vines. She then stopped five meters away in front of the scroll then slowly walked to take it 'This wasn't hard than I thought'. She reached her hand to the scroll then placed it inside her pouch then off she goes. As hours passed, she was able to collect ten scrolls but still she didn't stop on hunting for scrolls. She was really tired of leaping so she decided to rest for awhile. She hopped down the grassy plain then found a very big rock. She jumped to the top of the rock then rested herself by laying in her back and knees bent. She looked at the sky, it seems very calming as clouds float in the blue plain sky. She rested her head in her hands at the back of her head then she smiled.
'I wish life is very calming like the sky'
She was still looking up when suddenly she heard a rustle. Her eyes stared at the side of her, not trying to make them obvious, she didn't dare to move. She just stare at the area where the noise came from. Her smile fade away as she ready herself, a kunai flung few inches before her face. She caught the kunai then sit up, "Come out! Show yourself!" she yelled. Not even a respond from someone who threw the kunai to her. As she stared seriously where the noise and the kunai came from, she didn't find anything or anyone there. She looked at the kunai that she caught a moment ago, it looks like the same old kunais like what she have. As she looked at the kunai, something caught her attention. She was surprised from what she just saw.
Somewhere in the forest, Sasuke leaped to branches of trees. Currently, he was able to collect twelve scrolls. He then stopped in a branch of tree then draws a kunai out of his holster then threw it at the back of him. As the kunai flung farther from him, a noise of a metal to metal object was heard. "So you noticed" a voice said as the unknown stranger started to walk in the light. Slowly walking to the light, step by step revealing herself, it was Tenten. "What are you doing here?" Sasuke asked in furious voice "Oh, just nothing." She then started to draw a sharp scythe with chain in the handle out of here backpack then threw it to Sasuke. He was able to dodge it; he leaped to another branch then threw a kunai to her. She pulled her scythe with the use of the chain then spun it really fast by her side, forming a temporary shield out of her scythe. While she spun her scythe in her right hand, she reached for her backpack then hold onto something. Sasuke was ready to make his move when an incoming shurikens flying on him. Luckily, he was able to dodge every shurikens thrown onto him. 'Why is she here? I can't continue if this girl kept on distracting me' Sasuke thought. He then leaped branch to branch from out of her sight, but still Tenten followed him. She then flung her scythe in Sasuke's direction but she missed him. She then pulled her scythe out of a bark of tree while she followed him. "Hey, wait up!" she said as she followed Sasuke. Unlucky for her, Sasuke was too fast to catch up with that she lost him. She draw out a boomerang then threw it in all direction. The boomerang came back to her, no spill of blood or something; she caught the boomerang then returned it back to her backpack. "Heck, I lost him." she said.
On the other hand, Sasuke is hiding at the back of a tree near her. His back leaned on the tree while his right hand near his holster. He took out couple of shurikens and kunais, he prepared himself to attack. He showed himself then threw shurikens from his right hand, Tenten noticed it then she quickly spun her scythe. When all shurikens are gone, she jumped then threw her scythe directly into him. The scythe was able to stab Sasuke's chest "Yes!" Tenten whispered then landed on her feet. Sasuke turned into a cloud of smoke, she was surprised "An illusion!?" she questioned herself. "You should have been more alert" a voice behind her said, as she looked back, she was surprised to see him, it was Sasuke. He then threw his kunais into her, stabbing her back. She fell as her body was paralyzed from sudden pain, she struggle to sit up then took something. Sasuke gripped on a kunai as he ready for himself for anything incoming. As she took out what she got, he was surprised to see what it was, it was scroll. "Here" she said as she threw a scroll to Sasuke "What's this for?" he asked with a confused look as he caught the scroll "A scroll, what else?" Tenten said. "And if you will please help, my back hurts" Tenten said to Sasuke. He nodded then placed the scroll at his pouch then walked at the back of Tenten. He pulled out his kunais then placed it inside his holster. His kunais still has fresh markings of blood, instead of cleaning it, he placed it right away in his holster. He stood up then she thanked him. He disappeared within a second without saying anything. Sasuke now has twelve scrolls.
While in the southeast sector, Naruto currently collected eight scrolls. He was leaping onto branches, he was very busy gazing around him that he didn't notice that there is a tree in front of him and he bumped it. He bumped on the tree so hard that it left a mark of his face in the bark. He slid downwards until he reached the bottom, "You stupid tree! You're always in the way!" he shouted as he quickly stood up on his feet. He then heard a laugh, he looked around and saw a figure in a shallow place. The figure is walking towards him then suddenly it disappeared in mist air, he looked around but no sign of anyone. As he looked around, he didn't notice a falling figure towards his back. A push on Naruto's back caused him to land on the ground, head first before his body.
"Hey! What's that for!?" he stood up then yelled to the person who did that, he blinked couple of times then said in a quizzical look "Lee?". Lee is grinning and his right hand scratching the back of his head, "Hey Naruto" he said. "Lee! What are you doing here?" Naruto said excitedly "Well, I can't tell it to you. But before that, let's battle" "You're on!" Naruto exclaimed.
Lee started to position himself into battle mode. Naruto draw out a kunai from his holster then grip it tight as he prepared himself to fight. The battle started as Lee do his first move, Lee disappeared from thin air. Naruto looked around but it seems that he can't spot him because of his speed. He tried to sense his chakra, it seems very near. He then stabbed his kunai in front of him. "Bulls eye" Naruto said as drops of blood flow from Lee's cut at his left arm. "Nice shot but you can't easily defeat me" Lee said "Oh yeah!" Naruto exclaimed "Yeah!" Lee replied with proud ness; he then started another move using taijutsu. He kicked Naruto by the stomach then he flung towards a tree. "Ow" as he rubbed he back of his head as he struggled to stand up. "Bunshin no Jutsu" many clones of him appeared as they charged towards Lee. He then started to kick the clones of him; they disappeared in a puff of smoke. The area was filled with clouds of smoke; Lee can't detect Naruto because of the thickness of the smoke. Then suddenly a kunai came flying towards him, he dodged if before it hits him. Unfortunately for him, he didn't know that the kunai was actually Naruto. The kunai transformed back to normal, Naruto punched him right in the face. This blow made by Naruto made Lee unconscious, his eyes is swirling. Naruto walked towards him, he then searched for any source of scrolls from his pouch. He then felt something unusual; he then took out the object and found out that it was a scroll. "Bingo!" he exclaimed, he than search inside the pouch to see if there's anymore. He was able to gain two scrolls excluding the first one he gained. Naruto now has eleven scrolls all in all.
Sakura was really surprised from what she just saw, it was a scroll. It was somehow placed under the roots of the tree. She then jumped out of the rock then walked towards the tree. She bent her knees then reached out the scroll. Before she could get her hands to the scroll, a kunai flung towards her hand. Luckily, it hit centimeters away from her hand. She looked up to see who threw the kunai; her frightened face was replaced by a surprising look. She was surprised to see who it was. It was...Hyuuga Neji.
I slowly opened my eyes and heard someone crying. As I looked around, I noticed that I'm in the same hill and near the same cherry tree from my dream last time. I looked for the noise from where it is coming from. I looked left to right and noticed a pink haired girl; she has long wavy hair and wearing two long red ribbon on both side of her hair. I also noticed that she is wearing a kimono and also about my height and her pale skin brightens as the sunlight shines. She was sitting behind the tree; her tears flow like pearls from above. She was calming down; she opened her eyes as I noticed her crimson colored eyes.
"Hana?" as I said in a confusing manner.
She wiped her tears away using the back of her hand. I walked slowlt to her to know what's her problem; I was about to touch her shoulder with my hand when somebody asked her.
"Are you alright?" a voice asked.
I looked at the back and noticed a guy standing. His face was covered with shadows and his hair flying to the direction of the wind. He's wearing a cape, he must be a traveler. I tried to look at him clearer but it seems the shadow of him never shows his face at all.
"It's none of your business. Go away!" Hana said as she bowed and didn't try to look at him.
He walked nearer, ignoring what she said earlier. He walked nearer to her; he stopped in front of her.
"I said go away!" she yelled at him. Again, she didn't dare to look at him in his face.
"I just want to give you this" he said as he handed her a scallop shell. She looked at it then he placed it in her hand.
Her eyes started to flow tears again but its tears of joy. She thanked him then looked at his face and she smiled at him. The guy stood up then walked away. Hana wanted to stop but she didn't have to courage to do it; she just let him walk away. I stared at the scallop shell then remembered something.
"It's the same shell I dreamed before." I said softly as I stared at it.
Then again, I ignored what I remembered then continued to touch her. As I touched her, my fingers slipped through her shoulder. I was dumbfounded, I pulled back my hand again then toughed her again. It slipped through again. It seems that I'm just like a ghost in this dream; no one can hear me or see me.
"This is probably one of her memories, Hana's past." I whispered softly to my self.
Those last two words I said echoed. I was surprised then I looked around but it seems the same. I felt drowsy as I heard those words echoed, I sat down then laid myself on the ground; Letting myself sleep away.
Sakura woke up and found out that she was lying down in her bed. She sit up then looked at the clock beside her then realized that it was 6:00 am. She blinked a few times then looked again; she panicked as she saw the time.
"I'm going to be late!" she said as she panicked. She took one of her bathrobe out of her wardrobe dresser then went straight inside the bathroom. She started to have her quick shower, after taking a shower she ran to her closet then took her usual uniform. She wore it quickly then went downstairs for breakfast.
She went straight to the kitchen then took one of those instant ramen because it's easier to be cooked. She started cooking. She placed it in a bowl then took a chopstick. After she ate it, she just placed it in the sink. She looked at the time and she only has twenty minutes before 7:00 am. She quickly took her holster and pouch in her room; she filled it with kunais, shurikens, scrolls and some sterilized first aid materials with her bottle of pills. She went downstairs then out of the front door, she locked it before leaving.
While in the bridge, Sasuke arrived first before Naruto. They both waited for Sakura and Kakashi, it seems Naruto was getting bored just sitting around. He looked around for any sign of Sakura and Kakashi, he then spotted someone incoming. He stared at then realized that Sakura is running towards them. Naruto waved his hand in the air ti get the attention of Sakura.
"Sakura-Chan!" he shouted as she arrives in the spot. "Sorry, I'm late. I woke up late and didn't notice the time" she said as she smiled at Naruto. "That's alright Sakura, Kakashi-sensei is not here yet" Naruto replied as he grinned. She smiled again to Naruto, she didn't dare to look at Sasuke since the argument in the festival. She just sat in a nearby rock then wait for Kakashi to arrive.
Finally, after fifteen minutes Kakashi arrived in puff of smoke then explained "Sorry I'm late, I got lost in the road of ..." before he could continue, Naruto and Sakura pointed at him then said "LIAR!! You're always late". Kakashi sweatdropped; he then said "Well since there's no mission given today, we will have to train in the forest". "What!? No mission. I'm getting bored of training always" Naruto complained. "Don't complain, we have no choice but to do it" Sakura said. They all started to walk to the forest until they reached their destination. They reached the middle of the forest which there is trees and a river that leads to a waterfall.
Kakashi stopped by the edge of the river then faced them. He said "Your training for today is about handling a mission alone" Sakura looked confused at him then asked "What do you mean alone?" Kakashi nodded then explained "You'll have to move alone. It means you have to work by yourself with no help from others." "WHAAT!?" Naruto exclaimed 'I won't be able to be with Sakura-Chan in this kind of matter'. "What's our objective then?" she asked Kakashi. He replied "You'll have to collect scrolls as many as you can. The total of the scrolls are 30 so who gets the most may have this information scroll" as he shows a scroll from his vest. 'What could be inside in that scroll' Naruto's quizzical look made him irritated of thinking. "But..." Kakashi said "But, what?" she asked. "But you'll have to be aware. In this training, traps were scattered and you may steal scrolls from your opponent as well. You have the freedom to take the scrolls in any way you want." "Start the training already!" Sasuke said. "Alright then, I'll meet you here by 3:00 in the afternoon. Bye!" Kakashi left in a puff of smoke. They all started to go to different direction. Sakura went southwest; Sasuke went north while Naruto took southeast.
While somewhere in the forest, Gai's team is having a meeting with his students. "We are having are meeting today of a certain favor that can also be considered as a mission" Gai said to his students then he continued "Kakashi asked a favor if you three could look for his apprentices and battle them in able to pause their training and get them busy." "You mean we have to fight them, for what?" Lee asked "On recruiting scrolls that is part of their training" he answered. Lee's fist is clutching and his eyes are burning with joy 'If I ever saw Sakura-Chan, Ill help her look for those scrolls and she'll thank me then hugged then ...' he was distracted when a hit to his head with his clutching fist. "Lee!!! Aren't you listening of what I'm saying!" Gai yelled Lee "I'm sorry, Sensei" he apologizes with a tear on his eye. Neji and Tenten sweatdropped as they look at him. Gai continued explaining "As you can see, this favor can also help you improve as you battle them. You will have the chance to attack in anyways..." Gai said before he continues 'Yes!!! I will have the chance to kiss Sakura-Chan' Lee thought then Gai continued "...but no kissing attacks". This statement caused Lee's heart to break into pieces, blue flames floating beside him as a river of tears start flowing. Gai continued again "But a warning to all of you, you shouldn't kill them because if ever we found out, you shall be severely punished, ok?" all of them nodded then disappeared in an instant.
While in the southwest sector, Sakura leaped branch to branch while she searched for the scrolls. After minutes of searching, she finally found one hanging in bundles of vines. She then stopped five meters away in front of the scroll then slowly walked to take it 'This wasn't hard than I thought'. She reached her hand to the scroll then placed it inside her pouch then off she goes. As hours passed, she was able to collect ten scrolls but still she didn't stop on hunting for scrolls. She was really tired of leaping so she decided to rest for awhile. She hopped down the grassy plain then found a very big rock. She jumped to the top of the rock then rested herself by laying in her back and knees bent. She looked at the sky, it seems very calming as clouds float in the blue plain sky. She rested her head in her hands at the back of her head then she smiled.
'I wish life is very calming like the sky'
She was still looking up when suddenly she heard a rustle. Her eyes stared at the side of her, not trying to make them obvious, she didn't dare to move. She just stare at the area where the noise came from. Her smile fade away as she ready herself, a kunai flung few inches before her face. She caught the kunai then sit up, "Come out! Show yourself!" she yelled. Not even a respond from someone who threw the kunai to her. As she stared seriously where the noise and the kunai came from, she didn't find anything or anyone there. She looked at the kunai that she caught a moment ago, it looks like the same old kunais like what she have. As she looked at the kunai, something caught her attention. She was surprised from what she just saw.
Somewhere in the forest, Sasuke leaped to branches of trees. Currently, he was able to collect twelve scrolls. He then stopped in a branch of tree then draws a kunai out of his holster then threw it at the back of him. As the kunai flung farther from him, a noise of a metal to metal object was heard. "So you noticed" a voice said as the unknown stranger started to walk in the light. Slowly walking to the light, step by step revealing herself, it was Tenten. "What are you doing here?" Sasuke asked in furious voice "Oh, just nothing." She then started to draw a sharp scythe with chain in the handle out of here backpack then threw it to Sasuke. He was able to dodge it; he leaped to another branch then threw a kunai to her. She pulled her scythe with the use of the chain then spun it really fast by her side, forming a temporary shield out of her scythe. While she spun her scythe in her right hand, she reached for her backpack then hold onto something. Sasuke was ready to make his move when an incoming shurikens flying on him. Luckily, he was able to dodge every shurikens thrown onto him. 'Why is she here? I can't continue if this girl kept on distracting me' Sasuke thought. He then leaped branch to branch from out of her sight, but still Tenten followed him. She then flung her scythe in Sasuke's direction but she missed him. She then pulled her scythe out of a bark of tree while she followed him. "Hey, wait up!" she said as she followed Sasuke. Unlucky for her, Sasuke was too fast to catch up with that she lost him. She draw out a boomerang then threw it in all direction. The boomerang came back to her, no spill of blood or something; she caught the boomerang then returned it back to her backpack. "Heck, I lost him." she said.
On the other hand, Sasuke is hiding at the back of a tree near her. His back leaned on the tree while his right hand near his holster. He took out couple of shurikens and kunais, he prepared himself to attack. He showed himself then threw shurikens from his right hand, Tenten noticed it then she quickly spun her scythe. When all shurikens are gone, she jumped then threw her scythe directly into him. The scythe was able to stab Sasuke's chest "Yes!" Tenten whispered then landed on her feet. Sasuke turned into a cloud of smoke, she was surprised "An illusion!?" she questioned herself. "You should have been more alert" a voice behind her said, as she looked back, she was surprised to see him, it was Sasuke. He then threw his kunais into her, stabbing her back. She fell as her body was paralyzed from sudden pain, she struggle to sit up then took something. Sasuke gripped on a kunai as he ready for himself for anything incoming. As she took out what she got, he was surprised to see what it was, it was scroll. "Here" she said as she threw a scroll to Sasuke "What's this for?" he asked with a confused look as he caught the scroll "A scroll, what else?" Tenten said. "And if you will please help, my back hurts" Tenten said to Sasuke. He nodded then placed the scroll at his pouch then walked at the back of Tenten. He pulled out his kunais then placed it inside his holster. His kunais still has fresh markings of blood, instead of cleaning it, he placed it right away in his holster. He stood up then she thanked him. He disappeared within a second without saying anything. Sasuke now has twelve scrolls.
While in the southeast sector, Naruto currently collected eight scrolls. He was leaping onto branches, he was very busy gazing around him that he didn't notice that there is a tree in front of him and he bumped it. He bumped on the tree so hard that it left a mark of his face in the bark. He slid downwards until he reached the bottom, "You stupid tree! You're always in the way!" he shouted as he quickly stood up on his feet. He then heard a laugh, he looked around and saw a figure in a shallow place. The figure is walking towards him then suddenly it disappeared in mist air, he looked around but no sign of anyone. As he looked around, he didn't notice a falling figure towards his back. A push on Naruto's back caused him to land on the ground, head first before his body.
"Hey! What's that for!?" he stood up then yelled to the person who did that, he blinked couple of times then said in a quizzical look "Lee?". Lee is grinning and his right hand scratching the back of his head, "Hey Naruto" he said. "Lee! What are you doing here?" Naruto said excitedly "Well, I can't tell it to you. But before that, let's battle" "You're on!" Naruto exclaimed.
Lee started to position himself into battle mode. Naruto draw out a kunai from his holster then grip it tight as he prepared himself to fight. The battle started as Lee do his first move, Lee disappeared from thin air. Naruto looked around but it seems that he can't spot him because of his speed. He tried to sense his chakra, it seems very near. He then stabbed his kunai in front of him. "Bulls eye" Naruto said as drops of blood flow from Lee's cut at his left arm. "Nice shot but you can't easily defeat me" Lee said "Oh yeah!" Naruto exclaimed "Yeah!" Lee replied with proud ness; he then started another move using taijutsu. He kicked Naruto by the stomach then he flung towards a tree. "Ow" as he rubbed he back of his head as he struggled to stand up. "Bunshin no Jutsu" many clones of him appeared as they charged towards Lee. He then started to kick the clones of him; they disappeared in a puff of smoke. The area was filled with clouds of smoke; Lee can't detect Naruto because of the thickness of the smoke. Then suddenly a kunai came flying towards him, he dodged if before it hits him. Unfortunately for him, he didn't know that the kunai was actually Naruto. The kunai transformed back to normal, Naruto punched him right in the face. This blow made by Naruto made Lee unconscious, his eyes is swirling. Naruto walked towards him, he then searched for any source of scrolls from his pouch. He then felt something unusual; he then took out the object and found out that it was a scroll. "Bingo!" he exclaimed, he than search inside the pouch to see if there's anymore. He was able to gain two scrolls excluding the first one he gained. Naruto now has eleven scrolls all in all.
Sakura was really surprised from what she just saw, it was a scroll. It was somehow placed under the roots of the tree. She then jumped out of the rock then walked towards the tree. She bent her knees then reached out the scroll. Before she could get her hands to the scroll, a kunai flung towards her hand. Luckily, it hit centimeters away from her hand. She looked up to see who threw the kunai; her frightened face was replaced by a surprising look. She was surprised to see who it was. It was...Hyuuga Neji.