Shinobi

by Liger of the Light

this is a story taking place after the second big battle between Naruto & Sasuke, this is my first fanfic, i hope you like it. It is going to be very, very long when im finished.

2. Workout

Here is the second chapter. I hope you like it. Please read and review.

Chapter 2

Workout

Rock Lee

"One more lap around the village and I'll be done with the endurance part of today's training! Then on to weight training, then weapons training with Tenten and Neji." said Konohagakure's younger Lotus style taijutsu master Rock Lee while he jogged around the village of Konohagakure. "Lee, slow down! I'm not as young as you, I can't keep up with your pace for 500 laps." yelled a man in his thirties or forties, like the young man in front of him he was wearing green spandex, a vest and a fanny pack which had all of his ninja tools inside of it. 'Ahh, the glory of youth. Too bad that mine is gone...but at least it lives on in Lee' thought the man in spandex as Lee slowed down to let him catch up. "Are you sure that you don't need to stop to take a rest Gai sensei, even for us 500 laps at this pace is very tiring, I must admit that I might take a six or seven minute break instead of a five minute break before I go on to my weight training." said Lee with a very serious look on his face. 'All this running and he thinks he'll only take a max of a seven minute break? He sure has a lot of endurance. Maybe even more than me. If he could use Ninjutsu he would be the perfect ninja...that's it!' thought Gai to himself while they ran at a leisurely pace around the village on their last lap. "Lee, I know that you are a master of the Lotus Style, but what would you think about learning Kenjutsu, since I think that it would greatly compliment you Taijutsu." Gai asked his pupil with a very serious look on his face. "Sure Gai Sensei, anything that you think would make me a better shinobi, but let's not start today seeing as I already have a full day with my workout. I do have tomorrow off though." replied Lee, always eager to learn new things. It ticked him off though that he couldn't use Ninjutsu, but for some odd reason he just couldn't manage to get it to work. Even the Godaime-sama couldn't figure out why he couldn't use Ninjutsu, but it didn't matter, he was well on his way to becoming a Jounin. "So how much should I lift today Gai Sensei?" asked Lee rather casually. "As much as you can, for 30 minutes. I know you usually do two hours of weight training, but I don't want you to over tax yourself."

6 Minutes later at a bench pressing station in the village.

Lee was currently pressing 600 pounds at a slow and steady pace, so as not to hurt himself. Everyone in the room had gathered around to watch him as soon as he carried the weights over 200 ponds at a time. His teammate Hyuuga Neji and Tenten were both watching him with without expression, but inside they were impressed, they both knew that they would never be able to do anything like what he was doing, and he had been doing it for 29 minutes straight. It really was something impressive. All of the Genin who had been there were wondering what sort of Ninjutsu he could use if he was able to bench 600 pounds for half an hour straight! Gai, Neji, and Tenten all saw that he had been at it for half an hour, so went to set the weights back down on the rack. Lee noticed this and held the bar straight up for them and watched as Gai took one side, and Neji and Tenten took the other. The three of them were able to get the bar back in to its resting place without a problem, especially since between both Neji and Tenten 300 pounds was very much do-able. "Now Lee" said Gai "I want you to rest for an hour before your weapons training with these two, and don't argue, I know when your feeling tired, your right eye starts to twitch a bit, like its doing now." with that the four of them went out to the weapons training area where they all worked very leisurely on their chakra control, just enough so that it got better, but not enough that it would tire them. Neji did this by putting some thing immobile in the blind spot of his Byuukugan and tried to whittle down the blind spot so that, eventually it wouldn't be there anymore. On a whim he chose Tentens' face, since she was meditating, and wouldn't move for an hour. Lee and Gai were also meditating, but while sitting under a nearby waterfall that had been made by Yamanto Touchi about three months earlier.

"OK! Lets get on with that weapons training!" boomed Lee as he walked back in to the training area, Neji had seen him coming, but Tenten hadn't known and jumped up, putting an end to Nejis' training. He had gotten a little better, he could see the end of her chin now, where as he couldn't before. By the end of the year he might have the blind spot whittled down to nothing. "Alright Lee, lets see how good you are at fending off projectiles." said Tenten with a devious grin, her aim was perfect during her first Chuunin exams, but after training with Temari for about a year, her aim was better than perfect. Not only could she split a hair with a shuriken at one hundred yards, but she could split TEMARIS' hair at one hundred yards, with the Kounichi trying her best to fend the projectile off with her wind jutsus. Basically Tentens' throwing arm was strong enough to hurl a shuriken straight through a category 3 tropical storm! Lee might be able to bench 600 pounds for half an hour, but not even he could do what Tenten could with projectiles. Lee just smiled and pulled out a kunai and said "Bring it on Tenten, bring it on." "You two do that, just make sure not to aim for any vital areas Tenten, we don't want Lee to die." said Neji soberly. He was very much aware of what Tenten could do with a shuriken, let alone a Kunai. "Umm, Big Brother, umm I was wondering if you would spar with me while they do what they're doing." said a quite, but strong willed voice that Neji knew well, he hadn't even needed his Byuukugan to tell him that it was his younger cousin Hinata approaching, he even thought it a little cute that she used her personal nickname for him, "Big Brother", if anyone else were to call him that, they would be hurting severely when he was though with them. "Sure thing Hinata. But do you still think you need to practice with your Kama, you're already very good with it." said Neji, much kinder than what he would have about three years ago, before Naruto beat the snot out of him. "Yes, I'm sure. I want to master the Kama; in fact, I plan on using two today. I think it will be fun!" said Hinata excitedly. With that Neji pulled out a scroll and put his hand over a mark and two Kamas appeared in a puff of smoke. "Alright Hinata, we'll both be using two Kamas, so lets just try to enjoy ourselves. Oh and lets not use the Byuukugan for this." said Neji as they both got in to the same fighting stance. It had been drilled in to their heads since they were young, it was the fighting style of the Hyuuga clan, the Jyuuken, or gentle fist. The only difference now was that they weren't actually going to touch their opponent, so they used the weapon variation, which was argued was more powerful than the normal gentle fist. But all Hyuugas knew the opposite was true, seeing as in the weapons variation they couldn't inject chakra in to their opponents' chakra system to damage them greatly. The match started off with them being completely evenly matched. This shocked Neji, because even though Hinata was good with Kamas, better than anyone else he knew, but he wouldn't tell her that just yet, he still hadn't figured that she had been practicing enough to be able to match him blow for blow! "Wow Hinata, you really have been practicing!" said Neji with a bit of an awed tone in his voice that he wasn't aware that was there. "Thanks Big Brother, I know that if you say it that it's true. You always speak your mind and have never lied. At least to me you haven't. Have you?" said Hinata, thinking too deep in to what she was saying, and letting her concentration slip just a hair. Neji was just about to strike when he saw the trap that he had fallen in to. It was beautifully laid, anyone would have fallen for it, even the Godaime-sama. Hinata then knocked the Kama out of Nejis' stronger right hand and locked up his other Kama in the same motion, leaving her able to maneuver herself so that she was behind him and had her free Kama against his throat. All of this happened in less than two seconds. Neji was stunned, Hinata had beaten him, and without even breaking a sweat! "Wow Hinata that was amazing! I can't believe that you beat Neji! I thought that you two were at a deadlock, I mean you were at it for about an hour and a half, and that was only since I got here!" said a familiar voice. "Thank you Sakura. That was very kind of you. Were we really fighting for that long Gai Sensei?" asked Hinata as she stood where she was surprisingly holding Neji in place, in the position that he was in if he struggled he would probably end up badly injured. "Longer why you have been at it since about three hours ago! It really was a fight for the record books! You do know Hinata that you are probably better with a Kama than Tenten is, don't you?" replied Gai in an excited tone. 'Man she really is good with those' thought all of Team Gai at the same time. "No, I didn't know that!" said Hinata honestly shocked, "I didn't know that anyone was better with weapons than Tenten. This is really quite an honor. Oh, and I'll let you go Neji when you say that I'm better than you at Kama fighting, so that I can tell my father that I'm better than you at something." complete sobriety and reverence was used as Hinata voiced what she had, and a look of joy appeared in her eyes as she thought of her father praising her, instead of calling her clumsy. True he did it less often after she had become a Chuunin, but unless she became a Jounin soon, it was probably going to start right back up again. At least this would make him proud. "Alright Hinata, you honestly are better than me at Kama fighting, and I will tell Hiashi Sama that." At that moment the ground was rocked horribly and trees were toppled. "EARTHQUAKE!" yelled Gai as they dashed to a clearing, where they wouldn't be crushed by falling trees. In the distance they could see the Hokage Monument crumbling from the earthquake, and the Tower of the Hokage collapsing. A dark cloud began to fall on the Nation of Fire.