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The Emperor Kage

Chapter 7: Hospital visits

Katsu's POV

'Tomorrow is the Chuunin Exams final…' I thought as I walked towards the Konoha hospital. 'I still have not thought of how to cure Lee yet… Akemi is doing fine in her training…'

As soon as I reached the hospital I asked the nurse to show me where Rock Lee room is. When I got to his room I saw Sakura there.

"Sakura-chan? I see you are here to see Lee," I said.

"Yeah… his arms and legs may be healed but I heard that he still has other severe injuries…" Sakura replied.

"Oh! I heard that Chouji and Naruto are here in the hospital too." Sakura said.

"Chouji? Naruto? Hospital? Hahahahaha I wonder what they did." I laughed before walking out of Rock Lee's room.

I then asked the nurse where Naruto room was before heading there. When I got there I saw Naruto shouting at Shikamaru.

"Yo! Naruto. Shikamaru. How are you guys?" I asked.

"Hey Katsu, troublesome guy here used up too much chakra thus he was asleep for three days straight." Shikamaru replied.

"Oh? So I guess Naruto you succeeded in summoning?" I asked.

"Yeah! I summoned Gamabunta! He even agreed to make me his subordinate!" Naruto replied.

"I heard that Chouji is here. Why is he here?" I asked

"Chouji ate too much BBQ thus giving him an indigestion… how troublesome…" Shikamaru replied.

I then asked Shikamaru for Chouji's room number and then I headed to his room. When I got there I saw Chouji grumbling about something.

"Yo! Chouji what's with the long face?" I asked.

"Having plain porridge for breakfast, lunch and dinner is not fun at all! I wanna eat BBQ!" Chouji cried.

"Heh! That's what happens when you eat too much 'eat-till-you-puke' BBQ buffet." I replied him before breaking into a laugh.

Then the door opened slightly revealing a hand holding a basket of fruits. Chouji looked a little upset and then he said, "Geez, did you come to annoy me, Shikamaru?"

Ino then stepped into the room and said in a cheerful voice, "Hey, Chouji, feeling any better?"

Chouji stared at Ino before grinning widely and whispering to me, "Big-boned guys must in now!"

I smiled at that comment as I remembered how the girls used to try and get Sasuke's attention.

"Ino! How is Akemi doing?" I asked.

"Akemi-chan is so strong! She beat both forehead girl and me so easily! Makes me wonder whether she has an advance bloodline."

"Heh! Actually we have an advance bloodline!" I said.

"Really? What is it?" Ino asked.

"You'll see it during the Chunnin finals! I have to go now!" I said before leaving Chouji's room.

As I was about to leave the hospital I felt a weird chakra signature. It felt strange… definitely not

human… but if it wasn't human then… could it be a special type of chakra?

Normal POV.

With Naruto and Shikamaru in Rock Lee's room.

Gaara stood over Rock Lee's unconscious body as sand begins to cover Rock Lee. Suddenly Gaara froze and a single thought went through his mind 'My body…won't move.'

"Hey you!" Naruto yelled as he threw a punch at Gaara. The punch met Gaara's face only to crack the sand armor slightly.

"What the hell are you doing here!" Naruto yelled.

"Oi Naruto! When I'm using the Shadow Imitation technique, I move along with him. Got it?" Shikamaru said rubbing his left cheek.

"Sorry, Shikamaru. What are trying to do here?" Naruto questioned.

"I tried to kill him," Gaara said with no emotion on his face or in his voice.

'How can he remain so calm? He shouldn't be able to move because of my Shadow Imitation technique ' Shikamaru thought. Shikamaru then said "Why do you need to do that? You won the match. Do you have some sort of personal grudge against him?"

"No. I am going to kill him, because I want him dead." Gaara said in an emotionless voice.

"That's the most selfish thing I've heard!" Naruto yelled.

"You grew up in a bad environment, didn't you? You're really egocentric." Shikamaru said while thinking, 'actually, this guy is weird. I'm getting the chills. If he does something, Naruto and I can't handle him. Geez, what should I do…?'

Just as Shikamaru was thinking, Katsu kicked open the door and entered the room.

"Katsu-kun!" Shikamaru and Naruto said in unison.

Gaara stared at Katsu before saying, "If you bother me, I will kill you, too."

Katsu then said, "That strange chakra was yours wasn't it? Besides… what makes you think you can kill me?"

Naruto then shouted back, "Yeah! Now it's three on one! Just try it!"

Gaara then said in a cold voice, "If you bother me, I WILL kill you."

Naruto then pointed at Gaara and said, "You can't kill me!"

"Naruto! Stop doing that! He's as strong as a monster! You know that, right?" Shikamaru said.

"I have a real monster inside me. I won't lose to him." Naruto said.

Katsu stared at Naruto and then at Gaara and thought 'they are so similar, both with demons in them… that explains the weird chakra signatures… so unlike mine…'

"Neither would I. I have something way stronger than what's inside him." Katsu said.

"Both of you! Don't piss him off!" Shikamaru said.

"A monster, eh? Then we are the same. As you said, I did not grow up in a nice environment. I took the life of a woman who was called my mother when I was born. To become the ultimate ninja, my father used a ninja technique to bind an incarnate of sand to me."

"Ultimate ninja? I see the kazekage has succeeded…" Katsu said in a sarcastically.

"I was a monster at birth."

Shikamaru and Naruto's eyes widened in shock. Katsu narrowed his eyes 'bind a incarnate of sand? The kazekage is mad…'

"It is called Shukaku, and it was sealed in a teakettle. It is a living soul of an elder priest from the Hidden Village of Sand."

"Must be one of the binding techniques to bind a soul before birth. To think that you guys would resort to such a thing… You guys are crazy." Shikamaru said.

'He has… something inside of him, too?' Naruto thought

"That's not what a parent should do. What a twisted way to show love." Shikamaru said with a smirk.

"Love? Don't measure me with your values. Family? Let me tell what kind of link I have with my them. They are just lumps of meat linked by hatred and murderous intent. I stole my mother's life and was created to become the village's masterpiece. As Kazekage's son,my father taught me the secrets of ninja techniques…I grew up overprotected, spoiled and left alone. I thought that was love. Until that incident happened…"

"Let me guess… your father sent assassins after you? Am I right?" Katsu said.

"Yes. When I was six… My father tried to assassinate me numerous times!" Gaara said with his eyes widening.

"Gaara, I guess we share certain things in common. Remove the sand from Rock Lee, I have certain things to say to you." Katsu said in a low voice.

"No… I rather kill all three of you here!" Gaara said as the sand split into three parts and started heading to Naruto, Shikamaru and Katsu. Before anyone could move, Gai opened the door and said. "The main matches are tomorrow! There is no need to get hasty. Or do you want to get hospitalised today?"

Gaara then clutched his head in pain thinking back to all the painful memories, before walking out of the door.

Gai then stared at Katsu and said, "Kotashi-sama, I thank you for healing my student."

Katsu then looked at Gai with regret, saying, "Don't thank me… I could only have his limbs…his backbone is really badly damaged. I still have not figured a way to heal it completely yet."

Katsu then looked at Naruto and Shikamaru and said, "Let's go for ramen! Tomorrow is the finals!"

Sorry for the late update! I had a little writer's block! I will explain the bloodline that the royal family possess. I will also try and make a chapter where it tells of katsu's training.