Uzumaki Naruto Chronicles Rewrite
Chapter 87
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Neji shook his head, "Naruto, Lee doesn't talk with his mouth, he talks with his fists, and you can't fight him right now."
Naruto scoffed, "Why the hell can't I fight him?"
"Because your chakra is sealed, and you would be fighting one of the best Taijutsu masters in the village. You would be creamed." Neji told him.
Naruto laughed, "Let's see, come on, let's go. Just let me get Hinata real quick."
Naruto turned and went to get Hinata, as he walked he reactivated the chakra seal, knowing that if Neji used his byakugan he would be able to tell the difference between his chakra being sealed and unsealed.
"Hina, I need to go have a spar with Rock Lee, it's kinda complicated, but bottom line is that he needs to fight someone in order to understand them, so I am going to go and fight him, see how I fair against him." Naruto told Hinata.
"Naruto, maybe a fist fight isn't the best idea right now?" She responded.
Naruto laughed, "There is always time for a friendly spar."
Hinata sighed, but nodded and followed Naruto out the door. The group headed to Lee and Gai's favorite training spot and when they got there Naruto jumped down in front of Lee and Gai.
"Lee, I invited you to brunch this morning as a thank you for your help in saving Hinata, do you have some issue with me that I don't know about yet?"
"Naruto I take issue with how you dealt with the situation. I did not sign on to killing a member of the Hyuga clan. While you may not care about the loss of life, I do." Lee told him.
"Lee, there were extenuating circumstances involved, he was torturing Hinata, I could not allow him to continue, if he had she could have died." Naruto responded, "I was a shadow clone, one hit from a Hyuga and I disappear and Hinata is left alone defenseless."
"Naruto! All of that changed when Tenten and I got there. We had it handled, the kill was not necessary." Lee responded.
"I didn't trust you and Tenten, I needed to be there until someone I trusted got there, I'm sorry you feel this way Lee, but I wish to have a friendly spar with you." Naruto told him.
"Naruto, if you and I had a spar, it would not be friendly, I am not fond of you, you risked your team and your mission, for no reason. Hinata would have been fine." Lee told him.
"No, you don't know that Lee. But if you don't want it to be friendly fine, let's just have a spar and work these issues out." Naruto told him, getting rather serious.
"Naruto, no offense but isn't your chakra sealed? You don't stand a chance. Sorry but I am not interested in fighting you." Lee told him, turning around and starting to walk away.
Naruto appeared in front of him again, "I don't need chakra to fight you Rock Lee. I am trying to be nice here, I extended a hand of friendship, you slapped it away, I extend a hand of comradery to you, you slapped it away, I extended a hand of fellow martial artists to you, and you slapped it away, now you are pissing me off." Naruto said rather darkly, "I heard you only understand people through their fists, I am trying to extend to you a curtesy to understand one another, why are you shooting me down."
Gai stepped in placing a hand on Naruto's shoulder, "Calm down Naruto, you don't even have ninja status right now."
"I am well aware of my status Gai-sensei. I am trying to be courteous with your student. I came here for a taijutsu fight, you want a go? If your student is too scared." Naruto told him, trying to egg Lee on.
Gai looked at him glaring, "Careful Naruto, I know you are Kakashi's son, but if you step up to my plate, I won't go easy on you."
"I don't need you to go easy on me Gai-sensei. Kakashi speaks very highly of you, I respect you immensely as a ninja, that you are able to rival Kakashi, but so can I." I may not have access to my chakra, but you don't know my abilities Lee." Naruto told him.
Lee looked at them, "Gai-sensei, can Naruto truly rival you?"
Gai nodded, "Naruto, when he has his chakra, can rival myself and Kakashi yes. Or so the reports say."
"I can rival Jiraiya of the Sannin too, if you are looking for a reason to fight me." Naruto told them.
"Fine, Naruto. You want to fight, lets fight, I will not go easy on you." Lee told him.
Naruto grinned, "You may want to remove the ankle weights then." Naruto told him.
"I think not, I highly doubt I will need to remove them." Lee told him.
Naruto grinned, "You think you are the only one who uses weight training Lee?"
Lee raised an eyebrow, but Gai stepped in and told them, "I will officiate this spar, go when ready."
Naruto grinned and stood there relaxed, Lee dropped into his stance, one arm behind his back, and one harm in a knife form in front of him. Lee grinned and shot forward, Naruto not moving until Lee appeared next to him, Naruto caught Lee's first kick, turning and throwing him into a tree. Lee landed on the tree and shot back towards Naruto, he landed and disappeared running around Naruto as Naruto stood there waiting for Lee, there was no point moving to attack the man at the moment.
Lee shot into back into attack firing a punch at Naruto, Naruto slapped it away, and dodged the next strike to his head, Lee dropped down into a leg sweep and Naruto jumped over it, flipping landing on Lee and pushing him into the ground, Naruto turned to look at Lee ready again.
"Well Naruto, it seems you are going to be slightly more of a challenge." Lee said before shooting after the blonde once more. Naruto blocked the strike to his face only for Lee to disappear again, Naruto cursed as Lee started to pick up more and more speed. Lee appeared next to Naruto and fired a kick into him, faster than Naruto could react, Naruto shot to the side, only to be intercepted by Lee. Lee fired another punch at him, but Naruto blocked, using his momentum to fire his own punch, making Lee rocket to the side. Lee stood back up and glared at him.
"It seems I may need to remove my weights." He looked towards Gai, who nodded at him. Lee took off his weights and set them on the ground.
Naruto appeared next to Hinata, "Release me to 25% on each seal please." Hinata nodded, and did so, releasing Naruto from most of his weights. Naruto grinned as he felt himself lighten up considerably. He looked towards Lee.
"Naruto please be careful." Hinata told him.
Naruto didn't say a word as he shot after Lee, attacking the boy for the first time. Lee was ready and was blocking every shot that Naruto took at him. Naruto threw a punch at his face, which Lee caught and threw Naruto to the side. Lee appeared next to him, smashing a knee into this side. Naruto shot into a tree and coughed up a slight amount of blood, wincing slightly, "I think you cracked a rib Lee, well done."
Lee glared at him, shooting towards him again, Lee appeared in front of him, bent down, he kicked up Kicking Naruto into the air, Naruto caught the foot, but still shot into the air, Lee followed him up.
Naruto and Lee traded blows in the air as the climbed higher and higher, well above the trees, Naruto dodged a punch, turned and fired into Lee with a double hammer fist. Lee shot down towards the ground, he went through multiple trees before landing hard, Naruto cursed as Lee stood and charged back towards him, Naruto was a sitting duck at this point. Lee jumped and yelled, "Leaf Hurricane!" He spun going faster and faster before landing a kick on Naruto, Naruto tried to block crossing his arms over his head, the kick hit his arms and he shot into the ground, digging into the ground as he went.
Naruto growled as he stood up, and dropped into his stance, "I have to say Lee, you are more impressive than I thought you would be, but this is still not enough. You will need more to beat me."
Lee grinned, "If that is what you want Naruto." Lee disappeared and reappeared next to Naruto again. He threw a punch, Naruto turned out of the way, pivoting around Lee and sweeping his leg out from under him, he then flipped and drove and ax kick into Lee's stomach, before jumping back away. Lee got up and glared at Naruto before charging at him, Naruto charged as well, Lee dodged Naruto's punch, turning and firing a roundhouse kick into Naruto's stomach, Naruto shot backwards, as Lee followed him, Naruto hit a tree, and Lee was right there next to him, Lee punched him, Naruto crashed through the tree, impacting the ground and sliding across it, he flipped backwards, blocking Lee's punch to his head. Naruto grabbed his fist and spun him around tossing him into the air as hard as he could. Naruto followed him up, jumping and pushing off of a nearby tree, he shot up towards Lee, punching him multiple times 5 times in the gut, before delivering a haymaker to his face, Lee started to rocket away, but Naruto caught his arm, pulling him back in for another haymaker across the face, holding him until they got closer to the ground. Naruto spun himself, spinning Lee and throwing him as hard as he could into the ground. Lee crashed into the ground, causing the earth to shake, and leaving Lee in the bottom of a crater.
Naruto kicked off of a nearby tree and down towards the ground, landing with his knee in Lee's gut. Naruto jumped out of the crater and landed one knee down, letting out a deep breath, before standing up and looking into the crater.
"Third Gate, Gate of Life OPEN! Fourth gate, Gate of Pain, Open!" Lee screamed from the crater before shooting out of it and at Naruto. Naruto's eyes widened as Lee appeared next to him and began to pummel him. Naruto tried to fight back, but with Lee going at this pace, he couldn't keep up. Lee ended the pummeling combo with a right uppercut that shot Naruto into the air, Naruto dropped back to the ground as Lee began to bounce on his feet. "Naruto. This is the end for you. You fought well but it was not enough!"
Naruto climbed to his feet and coughed up a bit of blood, "Give me a moment Lee." He appeared next to Hinata, "Hina, be a doll and unlock me completely, all weight seals at zero." Hinata's eyes widened.
"Naru, please that's enough, no one doubts you right now." Hinata told him.
Naruto gave her a look, "Hina, I can do this, believe it."
Hinata sighed, but nodded, she released all of Naruto's seals. Naruto nodded towards her and shot after Lee. The two clashed and traded blows, neither giving an inch as they stood there, fighting each other. Lee was shocked that Naruto could keep up with him at the pace he was going.
"Fifth Gate, Gate of Closing Open!" Lee shouted before more chakra burst out of him, he landed an elbow to Naruto's face. Naruto shot back, blood bursting from his now shattered nose. Naruto landed on his feet and didn't miss a beat shooting after Lee. He dodged Lee's first punch, grabbing it and jumping, he wrapped his feet around Lee, twisting himself, and rolling Lee to the ground and into an arm bar. Naruto pulled as hard as he could, but Lee was too strong in this state, Lee stood and threw Naruto off of his arm. Lee shot after Naruto, appearing next to him and crushing a punch into his face. Naruto cursed as he hit the ground, Lee flipped, twisting into an ax kick and driving his heel into Naruto's stomach.
"AGH!" Naruto let out a cry of pain, as Lee jumped back. Naruto rolled to his feet, clutching his abdomen, "Impressive Lee, the fifth gate, is quite an accomplishment." Naruto then shot into Lee, he dodged Lee's first three punches, staying in close to Lee, he bashed the bowl haired spandex wearing ninja, with his knees and elbows, staying too close to Lee for him to make any use of the gates, he couldn't put any power into his strikes. Naruto grinned, as Lee tried to jump back, Naruto followed him staying inside Lee's guard, Naruto grabbed his head and fired his knee up into Lee's head, Lee shot backwards, holding his head, it was ringing after that tremendous strike from Naruto. Naruto appeared next to him and fired an ax kick into Lee's face driving the boy into the ground. Naruto picked the boy up, holding him by the waist, Lee's head above Naruto's own, Naruto jumped into the air, firing his upper body backwards and driving Lee's head into the ground once again. Naruto didn't let up, he grabbed Lee's legs and threw him again, before appearing next to him and firing punches into the boy's face, continuing his onslaught until finally he reached back and fired one last fist into Lee's face. Lee shot into the ground, it again crated as Naruto landed breathing hard.
He watched for a moment, Lee didn't get up. "Winner: Naruto." Gai shouted out, as Naruto walked over to Lee. Lee wasn't moving, he was out cold. Naruto picked him up and stood him up, before Gai took him, "Naruto that was impressive. Your taijutsu form could use a little work, but all in all, I haven't seen many people that can stand up to Lee like that fist for fist. Well done."
Naruto nodded, "Thanks." He was still breathing hard, it was then that Lee finally woke up.
"Naruto! THAT WAS AN EXCELLENT FIGHT! I think I understand your pain now. Please, accept my apologies." Lee told him, "That was a display of youth and fire that one does not see often. I am honored!"
Naruto grinned, "So, friends?"
Lee had an even bigger grin on his face, "Naruto! Will you be my rival? If you can defeat me without your chakra, I can't imagine how strong you are with it!"
Naruto grinned, "I'm glad to have such a worthy rival Lee."
Lee nodded grinning like an idiot, before Gai told him, "LEE YOU LOST! 500 LAPS around the village on your hands! LET'S GO!" Lee nodded before jumping onto his hands and taking off full run with Gai.
Naruto still breathing hard but standing limped over to Hinata, "Naru, are you okay?" She asked him worriedly.
Naruto nodded, "I'm fine Hina, let's go home, Neji Tenten, dinner tomorrow? Bring Lee?"
Neji and Tenten nodded, "We will see you tomorrow for day one of training."
Naruto nodded and walked away off the training field, Hinata following.
Hinata was worried about Naruto, he was walking rather oddly, she held up a hand and activated her Byakugan, not looking at the chakra system, but at Naruto's bones. What she saw shocked her. Naruto's ribs were cracked, and broken on both sides, his left forearm was fractured, his right hand broken. His right leg was also broken at the tibia. She gasped, she ran over to him. "Naruto what was that, your body is literally broken."
Naruto looked at her, "Oh, you noticed, yeah fighting at that speed and strength without chakra to cushion the blows does that to one's body." He stumbled and she caught him.
She helped him home, "Naruto, what was the point of that?" Hinata asked him.
"I had to gain his respect Hina I had to make him understand." Naruto told her.
"Why do you care what he thinks?" Hinata asked him.
Naruto sighed, "Whether you believe this or not, if I ever become Hokage, Lee will be one of my strongest ninja, he works harder than just about anyone. I need my ninja's respect if I am ever going to become Hokage."
Hinata nodded and finally got Naruto home, she opened the door and he sighed, "Can you unseal my chakra, I am going to need Kurama's help for this one."
Hinata nodded and went through the seals Naruto told her to before putting her hand on his chest and saying, "OPEN!" Naruto sighed as some of the pain disappeared, as Kurama's chakra flooded into him.
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