As Time Passed in The Leaf
Disclaimer: Naruto is not owned by me. This story is purely fictional Anime fanatics/other aspiring author like me create to fill our (and other anime fanatics) desire. Other unknown characters were just invented by me.
Author's Note: This is my first fanfiction. Please read and review my fiction. If you'd like you can be harsh with the review, I think I can live with it. Thank you everybody!
Notes: (1) "talking" -means the character is speaking. (2) 'thinking' - means the character is thinking. (3) "talking" or 'thinking' - means important conversation/thoughts. (4) (words/phrase) - authors thoughts, notes or ideas.
Pairing: I still don't know but there is definitely gonna be one. You can tell me who you want to be paired up. Just keep away with the yaoi for now. My little bro's gonna read this fic. after i finished this.
Date Finished: October 19, 2004 around 9pm
Date Uploaded: October 21, 2004 11:58am
CHAPTER 5
PART 1
Rock Lee vs. Naruto
Forty minutes have passed since Naruto fell unconscious and Sakura was beginning to worry about him. 'I guess I'll have to look for it...or he might get disqualified'
Sakura looked over Naruto's clothes that were neatly placed on the bedside. The Medic-nin removed Sasuke and Naruto's clothes when they cleaned their wounds. She remembered Naruto getting the potion in one of his jacket's pocket.
"It must be here somewhere..." Sakura murmured to herself as she tried looking for it. It took her a while before she found it since Naruto's jacket was full of other things aside from the potion. She then went on Naruto's side and tried waking him, the anbu who was standing on the room was observing her and looking at the chakra-filled potion inside her hand.
Naruto slowly opened his eyes. His vision was still blurry but he easily realized that Sakura was beside him and another strong character aside from Sasuke. "Sakura? What's wrong...?"
"The last match between you and Lee-kun is going to start in ten minutes. You've been out for almost an hour." Sakura told him, smiling sweetly as if encouraging him not to panic. "Saa, I looked for this potion without your permission... I hope you don't mind. Drink it. It might help."
"Its alright. Thanks Sakura." Naruto said as he received the potion. He drank it all up and within seconds chakra filled his body and his stamina went up. In no time, he was up and running.
"Go now Naruto. You don't wanna get disqualified, don't you?"
"Oh yes! I forgot about that! I'll go ahead Sakura!" Naruto said grinning. He then looked at Sasuke who was still sleeping, then looked for another potion and gave it to Sakura. "Could you let him drink this? Tell him he'd better watch the final match. A succession will happen..."
"Huh!??? What do you mean by succession?"
"Eto... I'm not sure if they will agree with my plan... but I really think they would. So just watch it! hehe" Naruto answered grinning widely at Sakura.
"Alright, We'll go there." She finally answered after wondering for a while. 'We'll know it once we get there anyway.'
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Two minutes after Naruto left the room a local Jounin appeared in front of the teachers from Konoha who were sitting with the audiences. "The Hokage is requesting for Gai-dono's presence..."
The Jounin looked at the teachers to see whom among them is this Gai since he had no idea in the first place. When the guy with a bowl shaped hair stood up, he continued, "Please follow me." After that they disappeared in a puff of smoke, the other teachers left just looked at each other with a puzzled expression.
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"The Final match is about to start in five minutes! I would like to ask both finalist to go to the center field!"
Instantly a whirlwind was created in the center of the field and within it appeared Rock Lee. The host of the match acknowledged him then proceeded to waiting for the other contestant.
Sakura and Sasuke just came out from the clinic and only thirty seconds was left for Naruto to be officially disqualified. "Where is he? He already left about seven minutes ago. He should be here by now."
"Dobe." Sasuke commented. Sakura smiled, 'they're back alright.'
"Uzumaki Naruto will be disqualified if he does not show up in the field in Ten, Nine, ..." The host continued to count. Only ten seconds were left and counting.
'Naruto!!! Where are you???' Sasuke thought.
The audiences in the stadium were getting impatient. They were really waiting for this final match and it seems like their favorite blond ninja was still not awake. Nobody wants him to get disqualified and they were really looking forward for the match.
The crowds were now shouting Naruto's name. They were already getting impatient. "Oi! Where are you! Don't make us wait!"
Then as the host was about to say the last two numbers they saw Naruto jump down with the swiftness of a falcon from the balcony where the Kages sat. However what surprised them was when Naruto landed so lightly to the ground that not even a single dust was lifted.
"Naruto!" Sakura shouted with relief then when she looked beside her she could see that Sasuke was also relieved. "Where the hell have you been!?"
"Sorry to keep you waiting!" Naruto told the host as he scratched the back of his head. "I had an important thing to attend to."
"It doesn't matter." The host answered. Then, he saw the Kage of the earth raise his hand. So he looked up and waited for his announcement. Everybody followed the direction where he was looking.
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"EVERYBODY! There is an important announcement I have to make!" The Kage of the Earth continued. "A request has been made by the Hokage and with everybody's consent, This match will be moved from being the final Chuunin match and a succession match all together."
The people in the stadium had different expressions on their faces. Some were surprised, others shocked, yet some were excited and most of all, all of them doesn't seem to know what was going on. Most of all, Lee, who was really having a hard time understanding what was going on.
After a while, the conversation ended with the decision to make this match a Succession-Finals Match. The Kage of the Earth told all of the audiences the reason behind the changes and when everybody agreed, the match was customized.
Naruto remembered that day as if it were just yesterday...
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After the first month of doing nothing but travel with Jiraiya, Naruto snapped. "I can't take it anymore! Don't you have any plans to stay at one place for at least some period of time!? I getting tired of all this traveling!"
"Hah! Don't bother Naruto, you know my job right? Hah! How can I gather data just by staying in one place." Jiraiya grinned at Naruto.
"Demo saa... we've done nothing but travel around villages." Naruto answered back and tried convincing Jiraiya to rest in a place for a while. "Can't we just rest for the whole month!?"
"Hai hai! I have a suggestion to you."
"Huh? What is it?"
"I have a friend in the next village. If you want, you could stay with him for a month as I continue my data gathering. Haha! Aren't I brilliant!? What can you say!? By the way, He's already 70 years old."
"What!? You're gonna let me stay with a very old man!? Are you crazy? I don't wanna be his maid, I only want to train!" Naruto said as his eyes turned into slits thinking of the situation.
"And you're just letting an opportunity pass."
"Huh? What do you mean?"
"That old friend of mine is the successor of the Silver-Iron wrist and foot band."
"And what is that?"
"The successor of the bands, inherits the scroll of techniques of the master. This scroll tells everything there is you want to know about TAIJUTSU. Everything." by now Naruto's attention were all focused on Jiraiya (a/n You know how much he wans to learn new skills...)
"He was also Gai's master and taught Gai everything that he presently knows and he has already acknowledged his future successor, Gai's student, Rock Lee."
"Hmmn. That's interesting... Then? And... do you mean to say that Gai and Lee and that old man are related?" Naruto asked as electricity ran through his spines, with just that thought.
"No! they're not related by any means. Successors of the Silver-Iron can be anybody as long as he passed the succession match. Now, If you stay with him, he can also train you in taijutsu."
"Where are we going anyway?"
"The Hidden Village of Steel. They are well known for making the finest ninja weapon in the ninja world. North bound, about 20 kilometers from here."
With that said, Naruto was seen dashing off towards the direction of the village with much enthusiasm written all over his face. Boy, how he wanted to meet that Master of Taijutsu!
That was how they first came up with the idea of leaving Naruto in different villages for months to train from different ninjas.
When he first met the old man, he was so pissed off! The old man was too perverted for a 70 years old that it gave him the creep! But it did not matter anyway since when he teaches, he teaches him really good. He was also made to wear the specialized band weighing a hundred kilograms in both his arms and legs, same as Gai and Lee, hidden underneath his outfit (not that it mattered right? Since he wears orange anyway... additional orange wont do him any harm). Within three weeks he had already gain enough knowledge with taijutsus although it was still nothing compared to what Lee knew. In short he has only mastered the basics for a taijutsu expert.
On the first day of the fourth week Jiraiya came back, it was earlier than expected but still Naruto was glad, now he could show off his new moves to his perverted sensei and was imagining of kicking his ass hard if he ever goes peeping out on public baths.
On that night he and Jiraiya was called out by Kumimaro-sensei. When they were already in the old man's room, they were surprised to see how huge it was since not even Jiraiya have entered it before. There was something important that the old man wanted to talk about to th two of them so the two faced him and Jiraiya started the conversation.
"Well, what is it that you wanted to talk about?"
"I would like to ask for a favor from the two of you" Kumimaro-sensei answered. He was smiling as if nothing was wrong with the world and with the glint of pervertedness in his eyes.
"Well? What can we do to help you?" Jiraiya asked him again.
"You see, I'm very old and I don't think I'm going to live for another month long anymore..."
Hearing this Naruto instantly looked up to him with worry in his eyes. "Hey, Geezer. What are you talking about!? Don't give me the creep. I would have known that you only wanted us to bring you a very cute lady, eh? Hahaha!"
"Ha ha ha! Unfortunately I'm not joking Naruto" Kumimaro-sensei answered. "I'm old and I'm very sick. The reason I agreed to train you is because I don't have any strength anymore to fight my successor."
"Ei! What do you mean by that? I don't understand." Naruto pouted trying to get what the old man means.
"Naruto, Do you remember when I told you that his successor was Rock Lee?" Jiraiya tried to explain.
"Uhuh, so? What's my connection to this?"
"You see, traditionally, they gain inheritance to the scroll through defeating the former successor in front of many people. In this case, Lee should defeat him." Then Jiraiya looked at Kumimaro "Is that right?"
"Yes indeed. But in my current state, I won't even stand a chance against him and preparation for the match will be too tiring for me. However, we are allowed to have a temporary successor if ever such case as this happened and I have seen how determined you are to become a true ninja, that is why I have decided to make you my temporary successor. That is... if you agree."
"Well, what is in it for Naruto?"
Kumimaro stood up and walked two meters backwards. He then opened a secret compartment on the floor, took out a box and placed it in front of the two. Jiraiya looked at the box then at Naruto and lastly to Kumimaro.
"Yes, Jiraiya. That is it. If Naruto agreed, he can gain access to this scroll and the Taijutsu Heirloom, the silver-iron bands." Kumimaro opened the box and took out two pairs of bands almost similar to the orange one but thinner and cooler to look at and a medium sized scroll and showed it to the two.
"Hey, geezer, what am I going to do with that thing? That only looked cooler, but its too thin, it could even weight less that 10 kilograms! How can that help me?" Deep inside, Naruto really did not know what to do, hearing that the old man is dying he just couldn't believe it.
"Hahaha! Hey brat, if you accept being a temporary successor and stay here for another month you'll be as good as me during my prime, I tell you."
"Really!? Well then, that's not bad at all! I agree then!"
"However!"
"What!?"
"If in case you meet up with the real successor. You'll have to arrange a match for a transfer of power. Also, I would have to place a seal on you, this seal will only be removed if the real successor dies or you defeat him in the match. You will in turn, become the rightful successor of the Taijutsu's secrets. You will be burdened with the responsibility of continuing my unfinished business (match with the selected successor) and you can never tell nor teach a single soul the forbidden Taijutsus I am going to teach you. The only one who can teach these Forbidden Taijutsu techniques are the rightful successors."
"What!? You never told me about that!!! That's too much! Why do I have to arrange for the match? It also means that I can't use these techniques right?"
"Of course you can... the only thing forbidden is for you to give away the secrets of the scroll which you will know in less than a month before I die."
"Hmmn... Since it's Rock Lee and I'm going to meet him in the Chuunin exam anyway..." He then looked at Jiraiya who nodded in agreement, he then decided. "Well, I'll agree with that."
'I do hope I know what I'm doing... but it doesn't matter... I just... I just want to help him...'
After his conversation with the old man... His goals changed from learning new and better Justus to help the old man finish his final business. He did had a hard time, In the first place, those silver-iron bands were no ordinary bands. Who would have thought that it would weight twice as much as the orange-covered bands. He was asked to wear it as they started the training. He did his best and became more determined to learn so that the old man won't have a hard time teaching him. He practiced day and night and finally completed his training in less than a month. Finally, the old man died the following day that they left his household.
News spread like wildfire about the old man's death to Konoha and other countries and about his temporary successor, who was kept secret to all to keep the boy away from safety. The only thing everybody knew was that he was still just a young lad.
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Naruto looked at Rock Lee with determination in his eyes, he wanted to make sure that Kumimaro-sensei will not be disappointed and he wants to make sure that Lee is capable of becoming the rightful heir. He was thankful that everybody agreed and that even Gai-sensei was not devasted after hearing the news. He knew how emotional Lee and Gai-sensei could become.
After Rock Lee looked at his sensei's shining smile of confidence, he knew what he had to do. He had to prove to the old master that he is very much capable to become the rightful successor.
"Ok, since there are no more objections. Let us begin the match!" The host announced.
The two boys looked at each other grinning while in their fighting stance. Naruto's stance now was way different from his stance on his previous match. Neji who activated his Byakugan to see Naruto's chakra was very surprised. Naruto had absolutely no chakra in him, it was definitely Zero level chakra. "What? How did he reduced his chakra to zero? It is absolutely impossible!"
"What do you mean the dobe has no chakra?" Sasuke asked.
"I'm telling you, this is a pure Taijutsu Battle" Neji answered back. He then looked at Hinata who also activated her Byakugan to see if it was true.
"Nneji-niisan is... is telling the truth. I can't detect even a small amount of chakra at all."
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In the field, Rock Lee smiled and talked to Naruto. He stood up straight and bowed down to Naruto. This made Naruto stand straight wondering what was going on with Rock Lee. 'Hey, what's wrong with him?'
"Naruto-san. I feel really honored for having a chance to fight with you in the finals and I respect and admire you for all of the troubles you went through. Thank you also for taking good care of Kumimaro-sama. I heard he lived longer that expected and I think I owe it all to you." Lee said.
"Hey! Don't bow down on me will yah!? It gives me the creep. Anyway, I was not the reason he lived longer. It was all because of you, he only wanted to make sure that you meet up with a worthy opponent since he can never do it due to old age." Naruuto answered back. "Listen, Kumimaro-sensei told me to be very tough on you and I intend to follow instructions. This will be a taijutsu only fight and I want you to give your best shot if you want to proclaimed the successor."
"Hai, don't worry, I intend to do just that." Rock Lee answered back.
"You see that box over there?" Naruto asked Lee while pointing at the box that Tsunade-sama was carrying. "That is the heirloom. I have been using it these past few months until my fight with Sasuke. If you want it. Beat me! I don't intend to make you win easily."
Naruto then stretched out his hands and showed Lee his wrists and legs. The bands were now gone. Instantly, Lee knew just what he meant and proceeded to removing his own orange bands. He threw the two pairs in the corner followed by a loud crash. Then looked at Naruto. All the people were awes trucked by what happened.
"Ok then Let's begin shall we?" Rock Lee finally said and with that the two genins from Konoha dashed off towards each other with super human speed. Nobody could see their movements except Gai who was used to it, Kakashi, Sasuke, Neji, Hinata and Gaara, and this was still through the help of their special bloodlines and skills.
Please Read my authors Note, I need to explain something...
Author's Note:
Now, I want to make it clear that there are no clans involved in this, since if this was a clan. Then it is not necessary for Naruto to be a temporary successor. They are just groups of people who bands together if they wanted too. The successor may or may not leave them. What is important is that it is only the successor or the leader that has no seal. And who ever defeats the leader and proves more worthy will lose his seal and the defeated one will gain a seal. In this case, Gai doesn't have one before since he was the successor, but after presenting a new successor after him, which is Rock Lee, he gained one. (Don't worry, Lee learned what ever he had to learn before Gai gained the seal)
Please don't comment anymore if ever it is a bad plot for you. I love this plot and I intend to keep it this way. Thank you again.
I'm sorry for the OC's like Kumimaro-sensei and I hope you understood the flow of the story. I'm on my way writing the second part. Hope you liked this part. I personally did... I just hope everybody's feeling with me...
I'm sorry for the long update again... You see, I'm Having problems now co'z I might have failed in THREE MAJOR SUBJECTS! AHHH!!! College is such a drag!
Our internet has gone crazy! we get connected randomly and I hate it!
Thank you for your continuous support! Im very glad, someone like you people reads stories like this and still leaves thoughts of ecouragement to the writer.
I'm on my way to writing a new fanfiction and I really liked it's plot I just hope you'll like it too. I won't post it yet. Well, at least not until I've finished at least five chapters or more... So the readers won't wait too long for updates. Hopefully... I really think its an original plot and an exiciting one too... Its still a secret!!!! ... AGAIN... THIS IS ACCORDING TO MY OWN POINT OF VIEW...
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