Hiya there! Thanks for the reviews. Sorry but this is a REALLY short chapter ( I mean really short) I'll make up for it in the next one, this is really just to let you know I'm still here and still doing the story! ;D
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Chapter 11
"What's going on, why did they stop?" Kakashi thought puzzled as he watched the two boys as they sat at the base of a tree.
Sharing a quick look with Tsunade and Jiraiya they began to walk over, Jiraiya turning off towards Gai and the others half way across the clearing.
Reaching the two boys Kakashi leaned against the trunk of a tree as he listened to them talking having ignored his and the Hokages presence.
"…what do you mean your 'retribution'! Your dog bit me, what's so special about that?" Naruto mocked where he sat next to Kiba.
"What? You've bitten me twice before and now Akamaru's bitten you twice. We're even." Kiba shrugged, the little dog was now tucked down the front of his jacket so only its head was visible.
"So, that justsu where you became kinda wolfish…" Naruto said slowly
"Shikyaku no Jutsu. Why, did you remember it?" Kiba asked
"No. but it did give me an idea of my own, I liked that move." Naruto said, deep in thought.
"Well I'm not too worried; you don't have the Sharingan so you can't copy it." Kiba laughed as he watched Naruto expression.
There had been something about that move Kiba had used. It was…interesting. He couldn't say what it was but it gave him an idea…to do with the Kyuubi.
"Why did you two stop?" Kakashi said interrupting his thoughts.
Silently the two boys looked up at the jounin.
"What? It's only a sparring match. We called it quits." Naruto said carelessly as he stretched, resting his hands behind his head.
"No. Kiba can rest, you can't. Get up; you have another sparring partner to face yet." Kakashi said calmly.
"Wha? Who?" Naruto said stupidly as he looked around. His eyes landing on Lee he smiled. "Oh. The guy wearing the green spandex."
"Don't underestimate him or the next thing you'll find is you're waking up in a hospital bed." Kiba said grinning, perfectly happy as it didn't involve him.
"Get up." Kakashi said.
Sighing, Naruto pushed himself up.
"Remember anything new?" the jounin asked as he was about to walk away.
"No." smiling Naruto walked back into the centre of the clearing.
From the other side the boy, 'Rock Lee', was walking forwards. Naruto finally got a closer look at the boy.
He was tall and weedy, combined with his green clothing gave the impression of a bean pole. He looked scarily cheerful.
"Naruto kun! I am most excited at the chance to spar against you as I never have! Ever since you defeated Neji during the chuunin exam I have wanted to fight you! Is it true that you have lost your memory?" the boy cried happily.
"Err, sure…" Naruto muttered.
My god! His eyebrows! Are they really eyebrows! They look more like dead caterpillars. WAIT! Did one just move?
"Go on Lee! Show him the burning passion of your spirit!" cried the man who looked just like him.
"Whoa! I don't need to see anything like that!" Naruto said worriedly having got entirely the wrong idea.
Silently the Hokage moved forward.
"The same rules apply as before. This is a sparring match. It's over once someone submits or is unconscious. NO fatal strikes." Tsunade said as she watched Naruto, eyeing the wounds from Akamaru on his arms and legs. A shifting of the fabric allowed her to see the flesh of his leg wound.
It was already healing…
The Kyuubi must be particularly active. We'll have to keep a close eye on him from now on.
Stepping back the Hokage raised her arm before dropping it.
"Begin."
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