People talking. "Interesting."

People thinking. "I think I'll kill you."

Nonhuman talking. "You don't deserve that power."

Nonhuman thinking. "Stopping him is paramount."

Jutsus / unknown names. "Mokuton Hijutsu Jukai Koutan!"

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto or its characters, Masashi Kishimoto does.

Chapter 31

Lee furiously growled and firmly held the handle of the Ninjato. "I will show you that I can do it!" Lee exclaimed as he lowered the Ninjato towards his neck.

Many of the spectators got up from their seats while some of the ninjas, including Minato, had the impulse to go and intervene.

Naruto raised his head and looked at the Ninjato descending in slow motion. Just when it was near his head and the Ninjas about to intervene, the Uzumaki quickly raised his hand and grabbed the blade, making a deep cut on his hand; some blood came out, which went down from his wrist to his forearm.

Lee growled and pushed stronger to cut his hand and give the final blow. Lee looked at Naruto's face to say something, but the Uzumaki had gone ahead.

"E-Easy, co-cowboy," he spoke with difficulty while holding the edge of his Ninjato firmly. More blood flowed from the wound, but it was enough to stop his opponent.

Lee growled and applied more strength to try to cut his hand, but he wouldn't make it. He pulled his arm back to try to get the Ninjato out of his hands, but he failed again because Naruto was holding it firmly.

"Hehehe," the Jinchuriki laughed as he spat some blood on the ground. "You will regret this," Naruto whispered, smiling with some malice.

That angered Lee, who couldn't believe that Naruto could be so calm even in this state "Stop teasing and die already!" Lee exclaimed before giving him a powerful knee to his nose, which made him release the Ninjato due to the mighty blow.

Therefore, Lee correctly placed the Ninjato before impaling it on top of Naruto's head.

Almost everyone in the stadium opened their eyes in shock, especially when seeing Lee kicking Naruto and sending him flying several meters back.

That led to various reactions, many of disbelief, but Minato was the one who spoke as he rose from his seat. "Na-Naruto?" Minato whispered, approaching to the railing to see better, feeling his eyes watery, even more so when hearing his other son desperately shouting his brother's name.

Lee could hear the screams, but he didn't care; he was finally able to fulfill his promise.

He couldn't help glancing at his fists as a sense of calm and relief surrounded him. "I finally did it; I could finally avenge your deaths, Karashi-san, Sanshou-obaa-" Lee stopped there since he felt a kick in his right ankle, which made him lose balance and fall to the ground, but before he could touch it, Lee felt repeated simultaneous kicks right in his face.

"Tatsumaki Senpukyaku (Tornado Whirlwind Leg)!" Lee heard while receiving the kicks, unable to block them because of the speed with which they were being executed.

He was pushed back due to consecutive kicks, but once the attack stopped, Lee was thrown several meters back before falling on the ground.

That certainly surprised the audience, who didn't know what had just happened; they believed that Naruto had died, but after a few seconds, he appeared in a puff of smoke just behind Lee to kick him repeatedly.

Besides, they could still see the 'Naruto' that Lee had 'killed' on the ground, so no one knew what was happening, except for Haku; she knew what technique Naruto had used but decided to remain silent.

Even though many asked themselves what was happening, no one said anything since Lee got up before getting into a fighting stance, but not before rubbing his face and cleaning the blood that dripped from the corner of his lips due to the kicks.

He shook his head and asked the question that everyone wanted to do. "I thought I had killed you, what did you do?"

Naruto smiled slightly and answered, "Look around you, Lee. Do you not notice anything strange?"

Lee looked at him with confusion, but then he started looking everywhere, finding nothing unusual.

"I can see that you didn't notice it. But I'll help you out. Tell me, where did all the blood that I spit go after you attacked me?"

Now Lee understood it, but he still didn't know what he had done. Naruto answered before he could ask. "Look over there," the Uzumaki said pointing to his 'body' on the ground.

Everyone looked there, and the next thing they saw was that Naruto crossed his fingers, making that body lose shape before bursting into thousands of harmless ice shards.

Many eyes widened in shock, while one person in specific couldn't help smiling sinisterly and lick his lips when seeing that element once again.

Naruto spoke, "An Ice clone, very resilient but too weak to fight."

Lee growled as he spat a bit of blood. "'I always have hidden clones'... I had forgotten that." Lee added, cursing himself for forgetting such vital information.

Naruto smiled and added, "Well, yes. Did you think that I would be stupid enough to let you attack me in such way? Come on, Lee; I'm not that dumb. Besides, you haven't earned that privilege." Naruto shrugged and continued as he stood in a fighting stance. "But now I know that you want to kill me. I recommend you do it, or you'll be sorry," the Uzumaki stated, smiling with a bit of malice.

Lee didn't reply; he just sat on the ground under the watchful gaze of everyone. The Jinchūriki already knew what his opponent wanted to do.

Lee slightly raised the bottoms of his pants, revealing weights, which made some people chuckle. However, Naruto knew better.

After removing his weights, Lee threw them aside, which made a slight noise when touching the ground, revealing to the public that they weren't normal weights.

However, almost no one had been surprised by this.

Lee asked, "Are you ready?"

Naruto did the Tiger Seal. "Yes, whenever you want... I think 50 percent is more than enough. Kai (Release)," Naruto thought, adjusting the gravity seals in his body.

Visibly, nothing had changed, but Naruto felt much lighter. It was the first time since his battle with Orochimaru that he partially released his seals.

Both stared at each other, and without saying anything, the two went on the attack, disappearing from the sight of most of the spectators, except for some Shinobis who could keep up with them.

Among them, some of the Jounins and few ones of lower ranks, the latter were having a little bit of trouble to see them.

"They're too fast," Menma thought as he saw them with difficulty; they were throwing punches and kicks that each one blocked respectively.

After about two minutes, both jumped backward as their efforts were useless.

They looked at each other, and Naruto added as he shook his clothes. "Well, Lee. I thought you could do more. But you're almost the same as the last time we fought. I thought you trained hard, but I was-" Naruto couldn't finish speaking since he saw Lee taking off his ANBU-type jacket.

The Jinchūriki raised an eyebrow in confusion but remained silent.

Lee stayed with a black spandex as he grabbed his jacket before throwing it towards Naruto. It didn't get far as it fell to the ground.

What surprised many of them was the sound that it made after touching the ground; besides, it made a small crater.

Naruto took a few steps forward before bending down and reaching his right hand to the vest.

"What is this?" Naruto thought after failing to pick it up.

He frowned, now using both hands to try to lift it. But he couldn't move it even a centimeter. This time, he growled and used much more strength to pick it up.

In the stands, everyone stared in confusion. Some of them thought that the Hokage's son was a weakling, but others sensed that the vest was hefty.

Gai was smiling but remained silent as he watched Naruto growling in an attempt to lift his student's vest. Kakashi stealthily looked at him before looking at the arena again.

Naruto stood properly, drying the sweat from his forehead. After that, he made a stop sign to Lee before cracking his knuckles. "Give me a second," the Jinchūriki said before looking down at the vest.

The Uzumaki bent down and placed his hand on the base of the jacket, and this time, he could lift it, but with some effort.

Naruto turned his back to Lee and threw the jacket towards the concrete wall of the stadium.

The jacket quickly crashed into it, causing a loud bang and a large crater, surprising those present because a simple jacket had done something like that.

After that, Naruto turned back to Lee, who noticed that his eyes had turned red, but only for a moment since his opponent had hit his forehead.

"I can't believe that I almost lost my mind just because of that. I should go to a psychologist or something," Naruto thought, shaking his head and sighing at the end. The Uzumaki would have to do something about his character since he was getting angry at very simple things, and that was something he knew that could bring consequences in the future.

He looked at Lee, who asked. "Ready?"

Naruto nodded, and Lee went on the attack, appearing to Naruto's right side and giving him a powerful elbow in his right cheek, which send him towards the opposite direction.

"Shit!" Naruto thought, impressed by his speed, but before he could do something to fight back, Lee had appeared behind him. This time, he gave him a powerful knee right in the middle of his back, which made him return to his original position.

Lee had appeared in front of him again, this time, to give him a blow with both fists in his stomach, causing Naruto to spit out some saliva.

Before the Uzumaki could fall due to the last hit, Lee waited for him with a knee, which raised his opponent slightly.

Lee took advantage of the space and got under him, kicking his back with both legs.

Naruto ascended a few meters, and Lee repeatedly kicked his back, which was making him go up more and more.

The Uzumaki cursed since he knew what Lee was trying to do. So when he felt Lee about to wrap him with his bandages, Naruto created a Shadow Clone without hand positions, which quickly grabbed him by his right leg and yanked him away.

Lee growled and landed on the ground, watching Naruto doing the same while the clone disappeared.

The Uzumaki shook his garments before cracking his neck and rubbing the places where Lee hit him. "That hurt me," Naruto stated with an angry expression and a twitch in his eyebrows.

"Using your dirty clones again," Lee angrily added.

The Jinchūriki growled and replied, "Shut up, Lee! I already told you that we aren't princesses; we are Shinobi. Now get ready, this time, I'll fight with everything that I've got," Naruto stated, joining his fingers before exclaiming, "Kai (Release)!"

Lee stood in a fighting stance to continue his assault, but Naruto appeared crouched in front of him and slowly approached his right fist to his chin.

Lee could only see him, unable to react because his body was unable to follow Naruto's new speed. "Shoryuken (Rising Dragon Punch)!" the Uzumaki exclaimed, giving him a sharp blow to his chin, which made him say: "argh" while being sent upwards.

As he ascended, Lee cursed himself for underestimating his speed. He stopped thinking about it since he was exposed. Therefore, he tried to regain his balance, only to realize that his opponent had appeared in front of him with a smile as he raised his right leg up to his waist.

"Tatsumaki Senpukyaku (Tornado Whirlwind Leg)!" Naruto exclaimed as he began to spin, performing the same technique that he had used at first, but this time, he increased the number of kicks, thus, increasing the damage Lee was receiving.

Now everyone could see Naruto kicking Lee, who was being pushed back by every hit he received. To finish his attack, the Uzumaki gave a descending scissor kick right in Lee's neck, which made him spit some blood as he was sent towards the ground, crashing into it and creating a small crater while raising a dust screen that covered him completely.

After that, everyone saw Naruto spinning in the air before landing softly on the ground, a few meters away from the crater.

They burst into cheers since they believed that Naruto had won, showing them that he wasn't the weakling that many had been thinking earlier.

Naruto, however, knew that this wasn't over yet, so he just looked at crater while waiting for him to get up and keep fighting.

The Uzumaki was sure that Lee knew something else; it was an intuition.

Lee just stayed in that place without moving or saying anything, which worried Gai because he believed that Lee was unconscious, and he was even more worried because Naruto slowly approached to Lee's position with a Rasengan in his right hand.

"Well, since you don't want to keep fighting, I'll send you to where those two bastards are. I'll spare you the suffering of continuing living," Naruto said with a sinister smile. Even though he didn't want to kill him, he would do it if Lee had no desire to continue fighting.

Once he was close, the Jinchūriki looked down at Lee, who had his eyes open as he looked at nothing; it seemed he was thinking about something.

Therefore, the Uzumaki decided to help Lee to reach a decision with the following words. "See you in hell," Naruto stated, smiling with pure malice as he raised his right hand before lowering it towards Lee's face.

However, when the Rasengan was a few centimeters from his face, Lee kicked Naruto's forearm, causing his arm to get up and go back directly to his face.

Before it could impact, Naruto canceled the Rasengan and jumped back while several people in the audience clapped.

Lee didn't care about the compliments; he just stared at his opponent before saying. "Naruto-san, I knew this wouldn't be easy. But I thought that I had trained enough not to resort to the technique that I'm about to use. You're someone amazing," Lee stated as he took off the bandages around his arms slightly. "Do you remember that day? Do you remember what I told you before our battle ended?" Lee asked with a calm expression.

Naruto put a finger under his chin as he tried to remember, but nothing came to his mind, so he just shook his head.

Lee replied, "The Lotus of the Leaf Village blooms twice." He crossed his arms close to his nose.

His statement called the attention of many Shinobi as they knew what that meant, and to say they were surprised would be an understatement, they were incredulous. They couldn't believe that someone as young as Lee could use that technique.

Naruto then saw that something began to surround Lee, it was a kind of shield of air that began to release a strange whistle, surprising the audience due to the sudden change.

"Wow, did have another ace up your sleeve? Come on, Lee. Show me your real power," Naruto said with interest and excitement, standing in a fighting stance.

Lee chuckled and replied, "Yes. But this will be the last for you. The next move will define everything." He closed his eyes, thinking of Karashi and his mother.

The whistle increased in intensity, and the Jinchūriki saw that his skin slowly began to change to red color.

Lee thought one last thing while chakra began to flow off his arms and around his body. "Gai-sensei. I know you're disappointed in me, but I promise you that I'll leave this path once I finish with Naruto, so please, acknowledge this. Now is the time."

Lee quickly lowered his arms, dissipating that chakra and shouting. "The Third Gate, the Life Gate... Open!" Lee exclaimed, revealing the changes that his skin and face had suffered.

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His skin had turned completely red; several veins had popped out on his forehead, and his eyes had turned completely white as a kind of green aura was beginning to surround him.

That surprised everyone, including Naruto, who only now knew what Lee was doing.

Lee grunted as he felt the power flowing through his whole body.

In the stands, many asked what was happening, but no one got a response, and those with access to the Sharingan and Byakugan had activated their Doujutsus.

Kakashi spoke, "He opened the Third Gate, the Life Gate. He's going to make his move, now." The Jounin near him turned their heads at him.

Gai shook his head. "No, not yet."

Kakashi turned his head to look at him in disbelief. "What?" He asked waiting for the answer, but Gai said nothing, and Kakashi and the others looked at the arena, just to see Lee bending down and yelling. "Now, for the Fourth Gate, the Wound Gate... Open!" Lee exclaimed.

He yelled: "Aaah!" with all his strength.

Naruto quickly stood in a defensive stance. However, it didn't help at all because before he could do something, Lee had kicked his jaw, shattering the ground and lifting an immense dust screen that covered the entire stadium. It even went to the place where the spectators were; they had to cover their eyes and hold tightly to their seats since the stadium had shaken.

"Shi...t," Naruto thought with pain as he ascended, unable to move because he was stunned after the kick.

"Let's see if you can use your clones now!" Lee shouted, appearing in front of him and delivering a powerful blow right in his stomach, which sent him quickly to the ground. Before he could go far, Lee was already behind him, giving him a blow to his back, which sent him upwards again.

Lee reappeared in front of him, this time hitting him in his jaw, sending him towards the concrete wall. And yet again, Lee appeared behind him, to perform the same process repeatedly, hitting as strong as his fists and legs could allow him, trying to kill Naruto, who was feeling that his bones were cracking.

"Shi...t. ... At this rate... He will... kill me. I... must... do ... something," Naruto thought with a very pained expression while receiving his blows from all directions; he was unable to do anything to defend himself.

Naruto's girls were helplessly watching; they could do nothing to stop the Taijutsu master. Some of them could not even see him.

Anko was more concerned than the others since she could feel Naruto getting weaker due to the connection they shared. However, she just stayed sitting, watching his boyfriend being beaten and sent in all directions in the air, unable to do anything to defend himself.

The Uzumaki couldn't even make Shadow Clones as he usually made them because the pain didn't let him think on that; he had to do it in an old-fashioned way. He slowly raised his hands in an attempt to perform the jutsu as he continued receiving the constant blows of Lee, who saw what Naruto was trying to do. "Trying to use your dirty clones again, huh?!" Lee paused as he hit Naruto in his back as hard as he could to make him rise at full speed.

He continued as he followed him. "Then how about this?!" Lee exclaimed again as he appeared in front of Naruto. "Fifth Gate, the Limit Gate... Open!" Lee yelled as a slight blue glow surrounded him, and the bandage on his left arm descended at Naruto to wrap itself around his waist.

Once the bandage had wrapped Naruto's waist, Lee gave him a nasty blow to his stomach, which made him spit a lot of blood while being sent back to the ground, but he didn't advance much since the bandage stopped him almost after being hit.

Lee raised Naruto as he led his right leg and his right fist towards the Jinchūriki, who couldn't deny feeling pretty scared about what might happen next. "Aaaaaaaah! URA RENGEEEEE (Primary Lotus)!" Lee exclaimed, delivering the powerful technique that sent Naruto to the ground, which practically blew up and lifted a huge dust screen that covered the stadium, shaking its very foundations once again.

When the shaking stopped, Naruto's friends and acquaintances approached to the nearby railings to try to see better since the dust still covered the arena.

They waited impatiently and nervously, and after a few seconds, the dust settled down. Lee was standing with the gates still activated, and a little forward was a huge crater that was still raising some dust.

The Hyūgas could clearly see what had happened, and many of them couldn't help cursing, especially Hiashi because his opportunity to 'ensure his clan' had escaped from his hands.

Hanabi was about to break to mourn because of what her eyes were seeing, and Neji couldn't believe that Lee had defeated Naruto and proved to be that strong.

The dust in that place slowly settled down, and after a few seconds, everyone could clearly see the crater.

Many people gasped while others felt the same need as Hanabi. Kiba was the only one who was smiling with happiness, but he bowed his head after remembering his deceased pet.

In an immense crater, Naruto was surrounded by a pool of his blood in addition to being completely still. He was still alive, but the Hyūgas could see that he was half-dead; most of his bones were broken, and his heart was beating increasingly slower.

Genma had approached after Lee's powerful attack to check Naruto' status, and when he was near, he quickly took his pulse.

"Medics!" Genma shouted, and they arrived at that place with a stretcher. "Come on! Get him out of here; he's about to die!" Genma stated, and almost everyone gasped again.

Minato appeared in a yellow flash; he came closer and saw the medics making the maximum effort not to cause more damage to Naruto as they moved him. The Yondaime watched with desperation as he felt a tightness in his chest.

Menma, all of Naruto's girls, Neji, as well as some of Naruto's men who had accompanied Tsunami to the arena, had also approached to see since they all were worried.

They felt even more anxious than before when seeing Naruto bleeding out on the stretcher while the medics tried to close his wounds with their Ninjutsu.

Karin had said that she could heal him if he bit her, and even though many didn't understand what she meant, they just told her that Naruto was in no condition to make even the slightest movement.

Therefore, everyone stepped aside, and the medics walked towards the exit to take the wounded to the infirmary, but before they could get away, Lee appeared before them, alerting the Shinobi and Naruto's friends.

"You won't take him away; our fight isn't over yet," Lee stated in a fighting stance, ready for everything.

Genma quickly approached. "You're already the winner, Lee. Naruto can't continue, now get out of the way or we'll have to stop you by force," Genma threatened, prepared to enforce the rules while the others were ready to protect Naruto.

Lee growled. "All right! As you desire; you won't take this chance away from me!" Lee exclaimed, bending slightly and intensifying the power of the Fifth Gate, which expelled a wind gust from his body; the Shinobi took that action as a threat.

Just when everyone was about to stop Lee, who was about to move to give the final blow to Naruto, Gai appeared right behind Lee, grabbing him by his arm and preventing him from going forward. "Enough, Lee!" his master exclaimed, forcing Lee to turn around to face him. "You've gone too far. You must stop now. Please, Lee. Don't be foolish; you've done what you needed. Come here, Lee. Let's return to the stands. You've proven to everyone that you are a splendid Ninja," Gai stated, putting his right hand on the shoulder of Lee, who couldn't help bowing his head.

Lee raised it again. "Sensei, I... I...," he slowly said, and Gai told him not to be afraid and say what he felt.

The Genin continued. "Sensei... I'm sorry," Lee whispered before giving Gai a powerful kick right in his stomach, which sent him several meters back.

The Jounin quickly regained his balance, and although he couldn't deny that it had hurt him a little bit, he noticed that Lee held back to avoid damaging him. Regardless, he quickly headed there before they could do something bad to his precious student, who had already moved to kill Naruto, and the others didn't stand still; all those who had come down to the arena had stood in his way to stop him.

But just when someone else could get hurt, they heard a loud roar on the stretcher where Naruto was. "GRRAWWGH!"

They quickly looked over there, seeing a bubbling red cloak flowing from his body as it slowly surrounded him.

Minato thought worried. "Shit, not again!" He stood beside his son to stop a greater threat than a kid crazy for revenge was.

Minato quickly carried his left hand to the edge of Naruto's mesh to raise it and proceed with the sealing. But before he could do it, he felt a powerful grip on his wrist, so he looked there and saw the hand of his child covered with the chakra cloak.

The Hokage couldn't help wincing when feeling the pressure of the grip. Besides, the cloak was burning his hand, and even though he tried it, he couldn't take his hand away.

Therefore, he had no choice but to look at his son's face, seeing his face of pure anger, in addition to the known changes that he suffered when he surrounded himself with that chakra.

"GODDAAAAMMIIIIT! GRRR! Don't you fucking dare!" Naruto exclaimed without releasing his father, furious by what Lee had done, but also quite excited for the fight.

After a few seconds, he released his father, seeing him taking a step back and carrying his other hand over his sore wrist.

Naruto got off the stretcher and stood on all fours while a chakra tail began to grow behind him.

Many felt intimidated, even more so because Naruto was releasing his killing intent, which he was directing as much as he could towards Lee.

"Lee… I WILL RIP YOUR FUCKING HEAD OFF!" Naruto exclaimed while the second tail began to grow behind him.

Lee stood in a fighting stance, but before they could attack at each other, Genma appeared again, this time in front of Naruto.

The Jounin looked down at him and stated, "Naruto. I have already declared Lee as the winner, your fight has-"

He couldn't finish because one of the tails behind Naruto moved at full speed towards him, and before he could react, it had already trapped him.

The examiner could do nothing to free himself, and the other Shinobi were on alert to any possible aggression by Naruto. None of them had moved because the other tail was dangerously waving towards them. But that didn't mean that they wouldn't stop Naruto if it were necessary.

The Jinchuriki brought him closer as he stood up, opening his mouth and showing him his elongated fangs. "I don't give a fuck what you've decided. I'll continue with this fight even if it's the last thing I do. I'm sure that my opponent doesn't have any problem." He released him and looked at Lee, who continued in his fighting stance.

This time, Minato appeared in front of Naruto. "Stop it. You're not stable when you're like this. You already went out of control the last time; I don't want you to kill innocent people for nonsense like this," Minato said with a commanding voice.

Naruto wasn't intimidated. "Shut up! Don't tell me what to do. This is my battle, and neither you nor anyone will stop me from continuing it. Now, everyone, leave this place if you don't want me to kill you all," Naruto threatened as his chakra cloak began to bubble even more.

"Naruto-" Minato tried to continue, but his son interrupted him.

"Enough! I'm tired of your bullshit. Now get out of here, I'll continue this battle, and I warn you all... Don't ever come to my rescue again. I never asked for your help, if I die, then so be it. But if you do it again..." Naruto added, struggling to complete his sentence because his girls were there too.

He grunted and finished, "You will regret it." He didn't look at others, only at Lee, who had deactivated his gates not to force his body unnecessarily. He was more than pleased with his opponent's statement but also a little upset because he had survived.

The Taijutsu Master was impatient to continue the fight, and Minato couldn't help sighing in defeat. "Okay, but with one condition."

Naruto looked at him. "Which one?"

"Promise me you won't lose control. No matter what happens I don't want you to transform into that thing and do what you did in the Forest of Death," Minato answered, his had told him about it, after all. However, the Hokage didn't know that his child had never lost control and that it had been him all along.

Naruto clenched his fists and said between growls. "I... I... Okay. But don't interrupt us again. If Lee has a chance to kill me, so be it. I don't need anyone's protection; I want to make that clear." Naruto was now looking at Lee.

Minato nodded and ordered everyone to retreat so that they could continue the battle. The audience clapped and thanked him because they wanted to keep watching the incredible fight.

Once everyone left, Naruto looked at Lee. "Come on, let's continue. Reopen your gates," Naruto asked, still with the look of anger on his face.

Lee smiled, completely ignoring his killing intent, which kept growing. "I will, but first, I have a question... How did you survive?" Lee asked, crossing his arms in front of his face.

The Uzumaki had no problem in answering. "I'm a Jinchūriki. I admit that you almost killed me, and if it hadn't been a Jinchūriki, I would probably be dead right now. But after your attack, my Bijū had already begun to heal me. Though the Bijūs can resurrect, they don't like to die. So they do their best to stay alive until they can take over the bodies of their containers. Did you not know that? Another mistake you made for not investigating in depth."

Lee shook his head. "No, I didn't know it. But this time, I'll make sure that not even all the Bijūs combined can heal you. Now, get ready." Lee bent down and activated the gates one by one.

"Fifth Gate, the Limit Gate... Open!" Lee exclaimed, expelling a powerful wind gust.

Naruto didn't flinch; he just stood still and waited for his attack.

"Here I go!" Lee exclaimed and moved at an incredible speed, destroying the already damaged field of the arena.

Lee stretched out his right fist to give him a blow in his face, but Naruto grabbed it with his right hand with some difficulty as he was pushed back slightly. "Not so fast. This time, it will be different," the now redheaded Shinobi spoke with a sinister smile, surprising Lee, who couldn't believe that he had blocked his blow so easily.

He tried to continue with another attack, but the right tail of Naruto had hit him quite strongly right in his left cheek, which sent him towards the wall.

Before he could crash into it, Lee gave a flip and placed both feet on the wall and propelled himself towards Naruto, causing a deep crater and shaking the stands of that area.

Naruto proceeded to block his fist again, but when he was close, Lee had suddenly disappeared and reappeared behind him to give him a powerful kick in his back, which sent him to the direction in which Lee had come.

The Uzumaki could react easily, spinning in the air before landing on the ground and taking a leap forward to run towards Lee, who did the same.

They threw powerful punches that landed in their jaws and stunned them for a few seconds. They shook their heads before proceeding with their punches and kicks, which both blocked with mastery.

In the stands, everyone could hear the growls beside the sounds that their attacks made. The audience observed with amazement, seeing them throwing kicks, punches, even head-butts at speeds that they thought impossible.

The multitude clapped with excitement, even more so when Naruto crouched to avoid a blow that Lee aimed to his face. The Uzumaki took the chance to trip him up, which caused Lee to lose balance and fall quickly to the ground.

The Taijutsu Master immediately placed both hands on the ground before propelling himself to give him a powerful kick with both legs, which sent his opponent backward. However, before the Jinchūriki could go far, one of his tails gripped the ground, preventing him from sliding away while the other tail grabbed Lee by his ankle to raise him and crash him hard into the ground.

Lee growled in pain as he felt the blow, even more so because the side effects of the gates were starting to show up. Therefore, Lee tried to get up to finish this as fast as he could, but he couldn't do it because four chakra claws had suddenly appeared to hold his limbs tightly

Naruto appeared in front of Lee with a twisted smile on his face. "Time to pay," Naruto whispered.

Lee gave him a defiant look as he tried to free himself from the claws, which weren't burning him since Naruto had decided to remove that effect so that Lee could hit him without problems.

Naruto stopped looking at Lee and lowered his right fist into his stomach, which made him spit some saliva.

The Uzumaki didn't stop there and repeatedly hit his stomach with both fists, cracking the ground beneath Lee due to the intensity of his punches. "BWAHAHAHA! WHERE DID YOUR WISHES OF KILLING ME GO, LEE?! AT THIS RATE, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THOSE TWO BASTARDS REALLY SOON!" Naruto yelled like a madman, which was worrying some of his loved ones, in addition to some of the civilian spectators, who were already starting to feel some fear at the thought of seeing the Kyūbi's Jinchūriki getting out of control.

Naruto continued punching for several minutes until he suddenly stopped to surround Lee with both of his tails, exerting pressure on them. "Now I'm going to kill you. Soon you'll see those two bastards in hell," Naruto stated with his teeth slightly gritted as he continued increasing the pressure, and Lee was visibly affected the last blows.

Since the Uzumaki got no response, he smiled and repeatedly whipped Lee against the ground with his current strength, which had decreased because he wasn't fully recovered after those brutal attacks.

Lee could only think as he winced every time he hit the ground. "This is the most I could achieve. Sorry Karashi-san, sorry Shanshou-baasan, I couldn't keep my promise." He clenched his fists as he could.

However, Lee couldn't help growling when hearing Naruto's mockery laughter. "NO! I can't give up! Not yet!" Lee thought, now more determined than ever to continue the battle.

Lee opened his eyes, and just as he was about to hit the ground again, he tried to stretch out his arms with all his might. "GRRRR... AAAAAH!" Lee shouted, successfully extending his arms, removing the tails that were previously trapping him.

Before Naruto could react, Lee had grabbed one of his tails to toss him once on the ground before throwing him into the air as high as he could.

Everyone looked up, seeing Naruto ascending and practically disappearing. The audience looked at Lee, who had crossed his hands in front of his face again, surprising several of the Shinobi, and especially Gai, who couldn't believe that Lee was about to do the following.

"I must be quick; my limit is 2 minutes. But it's more than enough; I'll finish him off with my next technique," Lee thought as a massive wave of chakra began to sprout around him, pushing back the land and creating a huge crater in the place where he stood while the green aura around him glowed more brightly.

Naruto Shippuden OST - Heaven-Shaking Event

"The Sixth Gate, the View Gate. OPEN!" A white glow covered Lee, and it spread across the whole stadium, blinding most of the spectators.

The glow disappeared, and everyone could now see a larger wave of Chakra that was causing a powerful wind gust. Lee continued shouting loudly as the green aura decreased a little in intensity.

In the air, Naruto could clearly see that. "It did work, after all. Let's see what else you can do, Lee," Naruto thought with a smile as he fell.

However, the smile disappeared when he saw Lee moving, reaching his position in an instant. Lee was above him, and his right leg was covered with fire and going down towards his neck.

The Jinchūriki had no time to dodge the kick that sent him plummeting to the ground, crashing sharply into it and creating a massive crater that raised a dust screen that covered the arena a little bit.

Naruto moaned in pain. "Damn, that kick hurt me. Arrgh, he almost broke my bones again," the Uzumaki thought as he stood up, only to see Lee running at full speed towards him and reaching his position in an instant, giving him a rising kick that sent him back into the air.

The former ANBU growled due to the blow, even more so because Lee had increased his speed again. Therefore, Naruto concluded that two tails would no longer be sufficient to cope with Lee; he knew that he must increase his power to stop being his punching bag.

However, Lee reappeared at his left side, giving him a powerful punch that sent him to the right, but he quickly sent him to the left again. Lee repeated the combo a few more times as he shouted. "For Karashi-san, for Sanshou-Baasan and for all those who you killed just for fun ... I will finish you off right here and right now!" Lee finished with a fast ascending kick that was covered with fire, which sent Naruto even higher.

The public saw him landing on the ground before jumping and going directly towards Naruto as he used a strange stance, one that Gai could clearly recognize.

"That stance... Impossible!" Gai exclaimed surprised; Kakashi recognized it too, and the feeling was equal.

The others asked themselves what Lee was trying to do, except for the other members of Team Gai; they had seen his Sensei using that technique a few times, and they were more than worried.

When Naruto saw Lee in front of him, he tried to create a Chakra claw to push him away, but before he could do it, Lee sent his right and left fists that were covered with fire towards him.

In a moment, Naruto was getting an impressive amount punches, which expelled burning shockwaves shaped as the tails of peacocks. "Asa Kujaku (Morning Peacock)!" Lee exclaimed as he continued with his supersonic punches, which surrounded Naruto with fire.

After a few seconds, Lee prepared himself to finish the attack with a powerful descending blow with his right fist, but before his fist reached his opponent, Lee saw that Naruto's skin was slowly peeling off.

He didn't care; he assumed that his skin was burning due to the fire around him. Lee made contact and sent Naruto to the ground, creating another crater in the arena, but a much larger and deeper one.

After finishing his attack, Lee couldn't help shouting in pain because his muscles of both arms and legs tore. Lee winced as his gates automatically deactivated and he plummeted to the ground, unable to do anything to protect himself from the fall.

But he didn't care because in his mind was just the idea of his last technique carbonizing Naruto, and that made him smile as he hit the ground.

Many people started clapping, while others observed in silence.

Gai couldn't help exclaiming, "YOSH, LEE-KUN! YOUR FLAMES OF YOUTH BURNED AND EXCEEDED THE LIMIT!"

Many laughed, but Kakashi added. "Gai; that technique could have killed Naruto. You shouldn't show your enthusiasm like that. Remember that he's the son of Hokage-sama, after all."

He didn't want that Gai angered his Sensei or Naruto's loved ones, who had narrowed their eyes as they looked with some anger at Gai, who nervously smiled.

"Eh, well, I didn't think of that. I just-" Gai suddenly stopped since he could hear a strange growl in the arena; it was like the growl of an animal, an infuriated beast. Everyone looked back to the arena.

Menma, on the other hand, felt his stomach twisting as in the Forest of Death. Therefore, he put his hands on his stomach, something that everyone in his box noticed, especially Sasuke who couldn't help asking. "Menma, does he plan to…?"

"Yes," he answered before standing up; he looked at Sasuke and added, "We must warn my Oto-san. If my Nii-san uses that technique again, we'll die," Menma stated, calling the attention of the others.

"What technique?" Shikamaru asked confused, even more so because he could see that both, Sasuke and Menma, had suddenly become nervous.

Within Menma, Yin-Kurama growled. "Gyūki, can you hear me?" Kurama asked, communicating telepathically with the Hachibi.

"Uhm, yes. What do you need, Kurama?" He asked.

Kurama replied, "Can you communicate with my other self? As hard as I try, I can't do it. You must tell him to stop, or they will kill many innocent people."

Bee and Menma heard the conversation, but they didn't say anything. "No, I can't do it. It's weird; he doesn't feel as if he were you at all. You've never been so evil," Gyūki stated, wanting to know why the part that was inside Naruto felt so different. Besides, it was the first time he spoke with his older brother after hundreds of years.

Kurama just said, "Damn it! I'll explain to you later; now we must stop them. Boy, go and tell your father to stop him. He can do it as long as he has the key to his seal. Come on, hurry up."

"Hai," Menma thought before looking at the Uchiha. "Sasuke, come on-"

He couldn't finish his sentence because there was a sudden explosion in the arena, so they looked at there in fear, watching four tails of dark red chakra that protruded from the crater that Naruto had created when he fell.

Then everyone started to feel a disgusting killing intent, and many trembled uncontrollably, especially Sakura since she had felt this before. "N-No... N-Not again… K-Kakashi-sensei-s, N-Naruto-kun is..." Sakura spoke, trying to finish her sentence but couldn't due to the fear.

"I already noticed it; this is getting out of control," Kakashi added, ready to go to that place as well as several Jounin, ANBU, and Minato.

In the arena, Lee couldn't help trembling when feeling that killing intent, especially because he was still alive after his last attack. "H-He's a mon-monster," Lee stated, with fear and unable to move due to his torn muscles.

He looked where the long tails were protruding, and the first thing he saw coming out was a red arm with elongated nails.

Then the other arm came out, and the head slowly began to emerge, and Naruto finally appeared. Almost everyone gasped when seeing the diminutive form of the Kyūbi.

"Hehehe," Everyone heard the diminutive form of the Kyūbi laughing as some steam came out from his mouth. "You said that I'm a monster. Lee, what do you think now?" Naruto asked while waving his tails, without acting and showing everyone that he had control over this transformation

Lee could only moan in pain, trying to get up as he watched the Kyūbi giving a jump forward to leave the crater. "I must give you the credit. You forced me to use this transformation. Those blows were really fast and powerful…, and you almost killed me again. But now, I'll finish this. Just stay there and don't move. You'll soon see your friends again, hehe," Naruto laughed as he carried his four tails towards his head and slightly raised it towards them.

But before he could start his ultimate technique, Minato yelled from the Kage box. "Stop it, Naruto! You promised me that you wouldn't get out of control!" He was looking with disappointment at Naruto, who chuckled and answered with his distorted voice.

"Of course, father. I promised you that. But I didn't lose control; I'm still Naruto, after all," he finished with a wicked smile as he expelled dozens of tiny balls of black and white chakra from his body while another ball of black chakra formed in front of his mouth, which attracted the smaller ones toward it.

That caused panic in all those who were in the direction of the attack. The people in that direction tried to get up to flee, but it was impossible due to the killing intent.

In one of the roofs of the stadium behind Naruto, Gaara was watching all this with a face of interest as he thought about what had happened moments before all this started.

Before Naruto's combat.

"Uh, I must hurry before they disqualify me. But it was worth it. Aaah, Tsunami-chan really knows how to move. I missed her so much," Naruto thought with a smile of satisfaction as he ran through the corridors of the stadium towards the arena. He suddenly stopped because he saw a strange sand entering a hallway.

The Uzumaki sighed with annoyance because he knew who it was. He went into that hall, and there saw Gaara standing and giving him his back while putting the sand back inside his calabash.

"What do you want, Gaara?" Naruto asked, hitting the floor with his right foot, showing that he was in a hurry.

After keeping all his sand, Gaara turned around and looked at Naruto straight into his eyes. "Mother... What did you do to my mother? I can no longer hear her."

The Kyūbi's Jinchūriki pretended not to understand what he meant. "Eh, eh, what? Me?" Naruto asked while carrying both thumbs on his chest and glancing sideways as if he were looking for someone else.

Gaara stepped forward and answered, "Yes, you."

The Uzumaki smiled and asked looking down. "Do you honestly want to know?"

The redheaded boy said nothing, only nodded. Naruto widely smiled as he placed his hand on Gaara's hair to begin to ruffle it, making him growl in anger. "Well; it's simple, Gaara-chan. I was fucking your mother, which means that now you're my son, yeah." Naruto clapped as if that was something great, but also while chuckling, which made Gaara furiously growl and pull some of his sand out of his calabash, making Naruto stop laughing and put on a serious face.

"Do you honestly want to do this now? We don't have time to be wasting it. If you want to fight, fine, but before win your fight and then we'll have a fight. But I don't think that now is the right moment," Naruto said as he felt some sand on his legs, which slowly went up, making him sigh again.

"You will prove my existence," Gaara whispered with a psycho smile as he sent more and more of his sand.

The Uzumaki sighed again before crossing his fingers to create a Shadow Clone, replacing himself with it before walking out the hallway.

Gaara pulled all his sand out of his calabash while shouting, "UZUMAKI NARUTOOO! YOU WILL PROVE MY EXISTENCE!" The sand entirely covered the hallway, and Naruto turned around as he scratched his head.

"Uhm, this is bad... I should run," Naruto pondered before turning around, running out of that place.

The sand followed him shortly before reaching its distance limit. So Gaara had no choice but to return all the sand in his calabash before leaving that place dissatisfied; he went to see Naruto's fight, who was smiling and reaching the entrance of the arena, but he didn't do it before stopping to do something else.

Flashback End

After remembering that, Gaara paid more attention, seeing the tiny black ball of chakra slowly increasing in size.

When Minato saw that Naruto had already passed the point of no return, he growled as he threw a special Kunai a few meters in front of Lee, who was doing his best to get out of there.

The Kazekage observed with amusement. "It seems that I'm not the only one having trouble in controlling our weapons." The Kazekage chuckled.

"Naruto is not a weapon; he's just... confused," Minato responded, a little angry because his words had brought him bad memories.

He stopped thinking about it and just concentrated on the arena, ready to send the imminent attack outside of the village.

The Uzumaki could see the special Kunai, but he didn't care; he just continued charging more chakra to the ball.

"Are you sure about this, Naruto?" Yang-Kurama suddenly asked.

Naruto mentally replied, "Yes, this is the best decision. His death would avoid many problems in the future. If I kill him now, I wouldn't have to worry about him and his possible actions. Moreover, this will be my last day in the village; I have nothing to worry about."

After that, the ball compacted considerably, which shook the ground and increased the desperation in those present.

Kurama nodded and leaned back to continue watching his container about to kill 'a bunch of bastards.'

Gai couldn't take it anymore. "I won't stay here and look at this." He tried to take a leap towards the arena, but Kakashi grabbed him by his wrist. "Let me go, Kakashi. I must help my student." He looked at Kakashi, who shook his head and pointed at the special Kunai in the arena.

"Let Hokage-sama handle this. You would ruin what he has planned if you go to that place," Kakashi replied, looking into his eyes.

Gai nodded and continued watching, quieter now since only now he could see Minato's special Kunai.

Everyone looked at Naruto again, watching with fear as another tail began to grow behind him, and when it had fully grown, a skull along with a backbone appeared, so Naruto joined the new tail with the other ones.

After that, Naruto stood up while carrying his hands up to his shoulders, making an effort to keep the ball of chakra in the air as it was gaining weight. "Done, this will be enough," Naruto thought after giving consistency to the ball.

Lee panicked, but he prepared and covered himself as best as he could to receive the technique. He could only watch Naruto getting on all fours again as he pulled the tails away from his mouth.

Minato clasped both hands, ready to send the Bijudama to another place. However, he saw something that left the Yondaime completely shocked, and even more so to those who were behind Naruto.

When everyone thought that Naruto was going to throw his attack forward, Naruto had turned around. "OROCHIMARU! YOU WILL DIE HERE AND NOW! BIJUDAMA!" Naruto exclaimed, shooting the ball like a concentrated beam of energy towards the public sector that was now in front of him.

Notes:

Chapter finished.

Interesting battle, right? I enjoyed writing it, especially since Naruto was used as a punching bag in almost the entire fight, though I'm sure that many of you didn't like this. But you must understand that my intention is not to make Naruto a God who defeats everyone with a glance.

Many will think why Naruto used Taijutsu only. The reason is simple; he wanted to try out his Taijutsu against the person who is the best in his eyes.

But in the end, Naruto was forced to resort to his chakra armor to survive Lee's last attack.

The battles end here, as you may have noticed it.

Until the next time.