Kuwabara: what the hell fuck the intro lets just go
IPF: aye aye captain
KP: Any last words?
IPF: Fuck you
No Guts No Glory Chapter 23
The two warriors walked out from the shadows as the group in the stands began to converse on the fight ahead. "Who's your money on for this one?" Aki asked her husband to be who was sitting in his seat with his arms crossed
"It had better be Naruto" Gaara said "I have been looking forward to a rematch for a long time now"
"Its not like Neji has much of a chance anyways" Sakura said before slapping a hand over her mouth remembering that Sayuri was sitting right next to her.
"What's that supposed to mean?" Sayuri asked "I thought that this Naruto wasn't a genius?"
"He's not" Hinata said who was sitting behind her leaning forward "but he is stronger"
Whatcha gonna do that for.
I see the way you're looking at me..
Naruto and Neji stood in the center of the arena in their respective stances. Kakashi raised his hand above his head before speaking "UZUMAKI NARUTO VS. HYUGA NEJI! BEGIN!". Neji made the first move hitting Naruto quickly in the upper torso several times with the Gentle Fist technique. Neji finished with his Palm smacked against Naruto's chest and Naruto hacked up some blood. While Naruto was partially stunned Neji swung his leg around and whacked it hard into Naruto's gut. Naruto flew into the air a before crashing back down. 'Okay that hurt a little' Naruto thought before climbing to his feet.
Naruto quickly made several seals before stopping on one with his fingers in a cross formation. "KAGE BUNNSHIN NO JUTSU!" Naruto screamed and a second Naruto appeared with a poof right next to him. The both charged Neji at the same time. The first Naruto threw a punch and Neji ducked while the second Naruto threw a wild right roundhouse kick. Neji raised his left forearm and blocked it. Naruto 1 dropped down and tried to trip Neji but Neji Jumped up into the air and at the same time he smashed his shin into Naruto 2 with a left kick that sent Naruto 2 reeling. Then Naruto one charged forward throwing a flurry of punches all of which Neji dodged all of them before Naruto raised his right leg at an attempt of an axe kick but Neji raised both his hands and blocked the axe kick and placed a side kick in Naruto 1's gut. Naruto 1 disappeared and the other Naruto got to his feet again.
And I don't know why
I don't know and I'm not sure
"Not good enough Naruto" Neji said "You should have gotten better since the last time we fought"
"I did get better" Naruto responded "I'm just getting warmed up."
Naruto ran at Neji faster this time. He threw a few quick left handed jabs all of which Neji dodged then Naruto tried to sweep Neji's legs but Neji jumped into the air and struck Naruto back with two bicycle kicks to the chest. Naruto fell flat onto his back but returned to his feet quickly with a kickup. Naruto placed his hands together again. "KAGE BUNNSHIN NO JUTSU!" Naruto screamed again and this time there were ten Naruto's.
Have you lost your way
Did you lose your mind
Are you out of time
"You never learn do you?" Neji asked "You can't beat me with larger numbers. Quality over Quantity" The group of Naruto's charged Neji but Neji simply planted his feet and began to spin with blue chakra swirling around creating the Kaiten. All of the Naruto's flew back and suddenly they all disappeared. "What the- where's the real one?"
"Heads up!" a voice called from above and Neji looked up to see Naruto in mid-air with his hands together in a hammerlock. Naruto Brought both hands down aiming to crush Neji's skull but Neji stepped back. Naruto then aimed a flurry of punches Neji barely managed to block them all before he saw Naruto unleash a powerful sidekick and it hit Neji's thigh hard. Neji lost his balance and did a face plant. Naruto jumped into the air and tried to ram his knee into the back of Neji's head but Neji rolled out of the way and got back to his feet.
You say Good-bye
Like everything's alright
You say Good-bye
Like everything's alright
"Nice one" Gaara said "He caught him completely off guard."
"It was a simple but quite effective trick" Shikamaru said "He's using his smash mouth type style and he's using intelligence to get a hand on Neji"
"Done you remember your last fight with him?" Gaara asked
"Yeah why?" Shikamaru asked
"Don't you remember how fast he was?" Ino asked
"Not really why?" Shikamaru asked
If we go on,
It's now or never
If we go on..
FLASHBACK
Naruto formed the seals for the Kage Bunshiinn and formed a second clone. "Aren't you going to use more than one?" Shikamaru asked
"I wont have to" Naruto said and both him and his clone disappeared in pure speed. 'He's even faster than Lee!' Shikamaru thought. Naruto suddenly reappeared behind Shikamaru and grabbed his arms behind his head and put him in a full nelson. The other Naruto appeared and unleashed a furry of punches to Shikamaru's torso. Shikamaru shook with each blow and was then tossed into the air by the first Naruto. The second Naruto placed his foot in the hands of the first Naruto and he launched him into the air and disappeared in a puff of smoke. Shikamaru hung in mid air a Naruto was suddenly above him. "Later Shikamaru!" Naruto yelled as he crossed his arms and put them on opposite sides of Shikamaru's neck. "UZUMAKI TOWER DROP!" Naruto shouted as he pushed into Shikamaru's neck and they descended thirty feet down. Finally Naruto smashed Shikamaru into the ground with the blistering attack.
The arena ground formed a crater around them as Naruto stood up and Kakashi raised his right hand "Sousa Uzumaki Naruto!" The crowd cheered with enthusiasm as Naruto smirked and headed back to the locker room. The medical team quickly got a stretcher for Shikamaru. It seemed that he had a minor neck injury and needed to spend some time in the hospital but other than that he was gonna be okay.
END FLASHBACK
If we go on,
It's now or never
If we go on..
Neji returned to his stance breathing hard. Naruto was suddenly on the offensive again with a series of attacks that were even faster than the time before. Naruto managed to graze Neji's shoulder with a left jab and then nearly took off his head with a roundhouse kick. Neji leaned away and grabbed Naruto by his neck. Then he chucked Naruto sending him several feet back skidding along the dirt. Naruto did a kickup to return to his feet.
Naruto grinned his fox-like grin and put his hands together "KAGE BUNNSHIN NO JUTSU!" He screamed and four more Naruto's appeared. They all reached and withdrew a set of shuriken. Each Naruto threw a bunch of shuriken at Neji but Neji simply neutralized it with his Kaiten spinning again. The shuriken began to float lifelessly in the air as gravity began to take over and they fell. Neji reached out to grab them before Neji was greeted by a pair of fists which smashed his nose breaking it. Neji fell onto his back and almost choked on his own blood which was flooding his nose and mouth.
Whatcha gonna do that for
I'm telling you So tell me
"Why is Naruto toying with Neji?" Sakura asked "we've all seen him move faster than that"
"I'm guessing Naruto wants to see how far he can push Neji around without actually trying" Gaara said thinking "I can't think of another reason other than that"
What's it gonna be
I don't know and I'm not sure
But sooner or later
I wanna believe
I wanna believe
Meanwhile back in the arena Neji had forced himself to his feet. "That's it! The gloves are off!" Neji shouted and charged Naruto. He threw several jabs and a snap kick Naruto dodged them all then tripped Neji with a leg sweep. Neji jumped back to his feet and grinned "You're in my Divination field!" Neji said smirking. Neji charged attacking with his strikes "TWO STRIKES" both open palmed attacks were dodged by Naruto. "FOUR STRIKES!" Again Naruto dodged the blows with ease despite the fact Neji was picking up in speed "EIGHT STRIKES! SIXTEEN STRIKES" every single blow missed Naruto's flesh "THIRTY-TWO STRIKES! SIXTY-FOUR STRIKES!" not a single attack touched Naruto's flesh. Naruto knocked Neji down with a roundhouse punch sending Neji skidding back several feet and slamming into a nearby arena wall.
You say Good-bye
Like everything's alright
You say Good-bye
Like everything's alright
"Do you think he's okay?" Sayuri asked afraid for Neji
"I think he'll be fine although he's probably felt better days" Shikamaru said "I have a feeling Naruto is ready to finish this fight"
"I should hope so Neji is getting his ass whipped out there" Ino said looking down "This entire fight has been one-sided"
If we go on,
It's now or never
If we go on..
Neji forced himself to his feet and spat out a hunk of blood onto the ground before wiping his mouth clean of the blood. He placed one hand forward in an attack stance again. Naruto on the other hand put his hands together again "KAGE BUNSHINN NO JUTSU!" four more Naruto's appeared "Its time to end this Neji!" Naruto shouted the first Naruto ran forward and jumped into the air and landed a full blown right punch. Neji fell back a step and the Second Naruto jumped into the air in a somersault mean while the other three Naruto's hit Neji in the sides simultaneously sending him into the air while saying "U…ZA…MA…KI!" Neji went flying into the air only to meet Naruto's foot as he finished smashing his foot on top of Neji's head. "NARUTO RENDAN!" Neji crashed into the ground chest first and a large BANG echoed throughout the arena.
If we go on,
It's now or never
If we go on,
It's now or never
"NEJI!" Sayuri screamed 'oh please Kami-sama let him be alright oh please!' Sayuri was on the verge of tears.
Neji who was on the ground heard voices echo in his head off in the distance. Whispering "come on Neji get up" 'who is that?' Neji thought "Neji come on we have to beat the main house in combat if nothing else" 'why does that voice sound so familiar?' Neji began to see images of his memories he saw his father standing over him. "Come on Neji we have to win" his father said.
It's now or never
It's now or never
"Why father why not wait until I am stronger" Neji asked when he was younger. 'I remember saying that…I remember all of this'
"It's now or never Neji! Get up!" Neji's eyes snapped open when he heard the next voice "NEJI!" 'Sayuri' he thought 'she needs me!' Neji coughed up blood from his mouth and his head hurt like hell as well as his entire upper torso but he reached his feet with his arms limp at his sides.
It's now or never
It's now or never
"Well you've got guts my friend but I think your outta gas" Naruto said
"You'd be surprised!" Neji ran forward again and threw a left hook but Naruto ducked and rammed his right knee in Neji's gut before switching and slamming a sidekick into Neji's side with his left foot. Neji rose again "ITS NOW OR NEVER NARUTO!!!" Neji shouted and ran again
Oh oh oh oh...
You saaaay Good-bye
Like everything's alright
You say Good-bye
Like everything's alright
Naruto nodded and quickly created a clone. They both disappeared as Neji ran forward. One of the Naruto's grabbed Neji and held him in a full nelson. The other Naruto hit Neji once with his right elbow and Neji hacked up even more blood which just didn't seem to stop flowing. The other Naruto chucked him into the air where Neji floated lifelessly fore a few moments until he saw Naruto hover above him and shout "THIS IS FOR HINATA AND ALL THE PAIN YOU CAUSED US CREEP! UZUMAKI TOWER DROP!" Naruto placed both of his hands on opposite sides of Neji's head in a cross formation. The two proceeded downward until they crashed creating a gigantic crater. Naruto stood in the arena breathing hard. He smirked his foxy grin thinking 'I can't believe how easy most of these fights are I haven't had to use the fox's chakra'.
If we go on,
It's now or never
If we go on...
Kakashi raised his right hand before speaking "SOUSA Uzumaki Naruto". The crowd cheered at the victory of Naruto as the boy smirked before heading to the shadows. Tsunade on the other hand stood out in front of the crowd holding her hands up in the air. "Ladies and gentlemen due to the onslaught of combat we regret to inform that the finals must be postponed till tomorrow morning. The combatants are exhausted and need at least one day of rest before we can continue" Tsunade announced and the crowd almost groaned with disappointment. "But look forward to tomorrow's final match. Rock Lee vs. Uzumaki Naruto."
If we go on,
It's now or never
If we go on...
Naruto looked at Lee who was leaning against a wall out of exhaustion "Be ready to go fuzzy brows I am on fire" Naruto said smirking
"I am always ready Naruto. You should be prepared for my fighting tomorrow" Lee said doing his 'nice guy pose'.
You're waiting to hold my hand
If we go on,
It's now or never If we go on.
If we go on,
It's now or never If we go on...
Meanwhile outside the village
"Pathetic Kabuto" Orichamaru said "we are not about to be threatened by some dog. Tomorrow at the finals we will strike"
"Tomorrow sir? But how can we?" Kabuto asked nursing his shoulder "the Tykiei is strong as well as Uzumaki"
"Tomorrow we end everything. We kill all of our birds with one stone." Orichamaru said with enthusiasm "First we kill every Tykiei we see then we take care of dear old Tsunade. After that we get the buffoon Jiraiya and finally we take care of Naruto. Plus anyone else who may get in our way must perish as well"
"Excellent sir! When shall we strike?" Kabuto asked
"At the point where the fight shall be decided and everyone's focus is on the fight" Orichamaru said "we must be precise, any foul-ups and its all over"
"Maybe I can be of some assistance" a voice called from the shadows. Kabuto quickly grabbed a kunai and prepared to strike. To both of their surprise Itatchi stepped out from the shadows "if you are willing to trust me"
"Maybe what's the catch Itatchi?" Kabuto asked
"Simple I help you destroy your opponents but I get the fox-boy" Itatchi said "Otherwise I might just have to destroy you both here and now"
"We have a deal Itatchi" Orichamaru said "Be ready to strike tomorrow"
Itatchi disappeared into the shadows yet again. "Orichamaru are we really going to let him have Naruto?" Kabuto asked
"Of course not we will kill him when the time is right but until then we need his assistance."
Meanwhile
"Ken…what's wrong?" Rin asked her husband who besides feeling like he had been hit by a truck was fine. They were both lying on their bed. Ken had his arm wrapped around his wife's waist tightly.
"I've got a bad feeling still" Ken said "It's about tomorrow"
"Why should you? Its over now isn't it?" Rin asked tightening her hold on her husband squeezing tighter with her arms "Kabuto shouldn't be coming back"
"Kabuto my be coward but we both know that Orichamaru isn't." Ken said standing up and looking out the window "I have feeling that tomorrow will be my last moments of this world. And you want to know the scary part? I'm ready to accept it"
The next day
The arena was filled yet again. It was completely covered with people. There was not an empty seat in the house. In the shadows Lee was shadow boxing as fast as possible with his weights on while Naruto was leaning against the wall smirking. They continued these rituals until they heard the call "ROCK LEE VS. UZUMAKI NARUTO!!" The two warriors stood up and smiled at one another.
"You ready for this Lee?" Naruto asked
"Yeah let's go out there and give it our best!" Lee responded giving a nice guy pose
"Yeah let's give them one hell of a show!" Naruto and Lee walked out of the shadows into the blinding light and became lost in the crowds roar.
-End of Chapter 23
KP: How's that for entertaining?
IPF: I liked how we ended that chapter
KP: me too
IPF: by the way we used the song "Now or Never" by Dope for the fight between Naruto and Neji
KP: would anyone like to make a request for the final song in the final match?
IPF: yes we are going to have the fight between Naruto and Lee doesn't mean it will end the way you expect
Kuwabara: yes yes this is gonna be awesome!
KP: it has also occurred to us that the current storyline we are presenting is for the most part impossible at this point
IPF: so consider this story an AU
KP: until next time
ALL: CONTINUE TO KICK ASS AND TAKE NAMES!
