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Chapter Seventeen
"In the end, a loser is a loser…they cannot change…" Neji says cockily.
"You broke a rule, Neji. It was told to those in the Leaf Genin's that they couldn't use any major Jutsu against their fellow villagers because it could hurt them majorly or kill them. Who do you think set this rule?" Naruto asks while glaring up at the teen. "That's right, me. You want to test me?" Neji laughs when she says this. The blond girl gets up and disappears. Sakura cries out in shock and Lee tries to intercept the girl when Kakashi stops him along with Gai. Naruto reappears right in front of Neji who is trying to figure out how she has done this.
"Naruto-chan, I understand your feelings so much that it hurts, but the fighting should occur in the matches. Whether a loser can defeat an elite through the power of hard work. That's something to look forward to in the main test…though his opponent might be me." Lee says as he tries to get out of the two Jounin's grip. Neji narrows his eyes on his teammate who made it seem to everyone that he isn't liked much by the bushy browed teen. "But even if it's you, Naruto-chan, there will be no hard feelings."
"You are wrong, Lee. The thing is, Naruto-chan will not get into trouble because she is the one who set this rule and every one of the Genins from the Leaf has to follow it or face consequences from her." The third Hokage says while appearing besides Lee and the two Jounin's that is still holding him. When he says this Neji's eyes widen.
"Damn." He mutters.
"Alright. That makes two rule breakers to discipline after the matches." Naruto says and pokes a Chakra covered finger at Neji's stomach who ends up flying back and hitting the wall. The teen's eyes widen when he realizes he cannot access his Chakra network nor use his blood traits. "This is nothing compared to what will happen afterwards."
'Lee, what a guy you are. Nice!' Gai thinks as him and Kakashi release the teen and he gave him thumbs up. Hinata coughs out more blood bringing everyone's attention to her.
'Oh no, her heart beat is erratic…' Kuranai panics when she analyzes the girl with her Chakra. 'So he intended to kill her…' Kuranai glares at the teen that is now walking towards them.
"If you have time to glare at me…then take care of her." Neji says then Naruto smacks him aside the face.
"She wouldn't be in this condition if you weren't trying to kill her in the fight." The blond growls and she hurry's over to Hinata to run Chakra covered hands over her. Kuranai looks at the girl and notices that she is using Medical Ninjutsu on her.
"Naruto, where did you learn this?" She asks her and the blond smiles while sweating a little bit out of exertion since her major source of Chakra is still sealed from Orochimaru.
"I had to learn it since not everyone is happy that the Kyuubi holder is a part of the Leaf village." When she says this it sounds like she is straining a lot and the Jounin's eyes widen.
"Medical team! What are you doing?! Hurry!" She yells at the men that are still taking their time to get to them.
"Sorry!" They rush to the girl and notice that the teen girl who is healing her is almost out of Chakra. He puts his hand on her shoulder smiling at her then nodding and moving her out of the way so they could continue doing what she was. "At this rate she won't last 10 minutes! Take her to the emergency medical room! Hurry!" The team leader shouts and they put her on a stretcher. "Move!" He shouts at everyone who quickly moves out of their way while staring at the girl on the stretcher with worry filled eyes.
'…Hinata…' Naruto thought of how bad she looked at the end of the fight. She felt the damage done to the girl's body and she bends down running her fingers through the blood the girl bled out on the floor of the ring. Neji watches the girl still confused as to why she is so strong when she is still a loser. She balls the hand up that has the blood all over it into a fist. 'I promise you…' She stands up and looks towards Neji and holds the fist out to show the blood dripping from it. Everyone looks at the girl with surprise showing on their faces. "You…are going down!" She declares at the teen who scoffs at her.
'Naruto-chan…' Lee looks at her.
'Naruto…' Sakura wonders what the girl is really capable of.
"He's so clueless it's funny…He hasn't even noticed the difference in ability…" Kankuro says as they try to figure out how come the Hyuuga male cannot tell or feel the power off of the girl. 'But now there are two monsters here…though ours has a worse temper…' As he thinks this Gaara starts looking at the board that displays the next match waiting patiently for it to bring out the next match. 'Gaara…Damn, looking at blood is getting him excited again…' The redheaded male now has this crazed look in his eyes. 'The demon…inside of him is…but that Neji guy…it's like he sustained no damage and he's still hiding his powers…' Kankuro thought back to when he saw the blond girl do something to the teen to make him fly back a good distance. 'I need to think up a plan for when the main test comes around…I should gather some info. Alright, I'll go ask that idiot Naruto.' Kankuro thought as he watched the girls walk with a bounce showing she still has some energy left. "Hey!" Kankuro says walking to her and watched the shapely form turn to look at him. "You're a funny girl…I like you." He grins at her trying to appeal to her.
"You're not funny…I don't like you." She replies back frowning at him.
'I'll kill you! How dare you!' Kankuro shouts in his head. 'Bastard…'
"What do you want?!" Naruto sneers out at the teen while putting her hands on her hips drawing the teen's eyes to ogle it.
"Oh…Umm…it's about that Hyuuga Neji guy but…" He stops when he saw the girl glaring at the teen that is still in the ring.
"I'm going to kick his ass!" She declares yet again.
"No…nobody is asking that…" Before he could ask her anything their attention is brought to the moderator of the matches.
"And now…we will begin the next match." Hayate coughs out.
"It's about time for your turn! Let's go, Lee!" Gai cheers for his student.
"No!" The teen says stubbornly. "It's come this far…so…I might as well go last." He says showing his immaturity.
'…Lee-san's getting a little bratty…' Sakura thought.
"Hey Choji, you're in trouble." Shikamaru says while looking at the only member of their team that has yet to fight.
"Only strong guys are left, what will you do?" Asuma asks his student. "Especially that sand guy. His eyes are dangerous. Those types are the most dangerous."
"I'll just…immediately forfeit so I don't care…" The boy says while he starts sweating.
"So that means you don't want the all-you-can-eat steak dinner after the test?" The man baits him.
"Hey…don't convince him with food…" Shikamaru whines.
"No way…" The chubby teen answers his sensei.
"Don't worry, if things get dangerous I'll jump in and save you. You saw what happened to Hinata, right?" He asks the boy.
"Yeah! You can do it, Choji! Listen to Sensei!" Ino cheers.
'I don't know…hey, with Hinata the only Sensei to not jump in was you! Is Choji going to be alright…?' Shikamaru thought.
"Let's go steak!" Asuma and Choji cheers.
'Umm…you go get eaten, idiot…' The lazy teen says while looking at them with exasperation. Gaara's gaze is still glued to the board when he saw his name on it, which made him disappear in a cloud of sand to the ring below.
"Get down here." He says to someone up in the ring.
"Ooooooo!" Choji screams out making everyone look at the board. "Ohhh! Safe!" The board showed Gaara's and Rock Lee's name on it.
'Finally Lee-san…what is that giant gourd used for? I have a bad feeling…' Sakura thought.
"You fell for it! If you say you wanna be last it won't happen! It's the rule that if you throw a stone to try to hit an electric pole you miss…but if you throw it to miss it will hit! I never wanted to go last!" Lee shouts out as he starts kicking his leg high up in the air.
'Umm…who fell for what…?' Sakura thought irked by his logic.
"Lee, I've come upon some great advice that everyone else would have missed." Gai says to his student.
"Yes!" The boy shouts.
"That gourd is suspicious…" The man tells him.
"I see…" The teen starts writing that down.
"Stop the memo. There's no way you'll have time to look at it during battle." Gai says.
"I see…" The teen puts his note pad away.
'Is Lee-san going to be alright?' Sakura wonders.
"Alright Lee! Go do it!" The man shouts.
"Yes!" The teen exclaims and he jumps over the railing. He lands at a crouch in front of the redhead and slowly but dramatically stands up to face him. "To be able to face you this early…I couldn't be happier." Gaara snickered a little at him. Lee stands in a stance in front of Gaara while everyone is looking on.
"I don't know what kind of attacks that bowl head does but…there's no way he can beat Gaara…" Kankuro says with a smile on his face.
"No…he's strong…" Naruto answers as she recalls the fight between him and Sasuke. Something flies towards Lee who ends up catching it.
"There's no need to get antsy." He says while Hayate smiles at him.
'Lee…be careful…' Gai says while looking down on them.
"Now, 9th match, please begin!" Hayate says.
'That guy…he definitely had speed but his kick was not at a very high level…hehe…he's no threat to Gaara…' Temari thinks as she remembers going against him in that little skirmish. Lee readies himself and takes off.
"Leaf Spinning Wind!" He swings his leg back and before it could land a kick the sand blocks it. '…sand?' Lee looks at the small particles as they combine and float right in front of him. The grains move around him in waves and it looks like it will surround him soon. Lee saw this and started flipping away from it.
'Sand? He's controlling sand?' Sakura's jaw hits the floor.
'A strange Jutsu.' Kakashi watches.
'So that gourd was filled with sand! I knew there were people with abilities to control Chakra but this is just crazy for someone to control sand.' Naruto thought as she watches with wide eyes.
'Damn!' A Lee slide back away from the sand and then takes off quicker than most eyes can catch. He balls up his fist and tries to strike Gaara but yet again the sand blocks his attack. He kicked and once again it was blocked. 'And he's not even moving an inch…damn!' Lee stops moving and stands there panting.
"Lee-san's fast movements are having no effect…" Sakura said as people around her look at her from out of the corner of their eyes, getting irritated at her stating the obvious.
"The attacks aren't working at all…" Naruto mutters.
"All physical attacks are useless against him. Because regardless of Gaara's will…the sand becomes a shield and protects him…that's why up to now, there's never been a single person…" Kankuro says while Naruto looks at him. "…who's even put a scratch on Gaara." When he finishes Naruto's eyes widen in shock and turns back quickly to watch everything with her quickly pinkening blue eyes. Everyone notices that with every hit it keeps on getting blocked by the sand.
"Why is Lee-san only using Taijutsu? This close-range combat is tough; he should fight from a distance with Ninjutsu." Sakura asks.
"It's not that Lee doesn't use Ninjutsu…" Gai starts.
"What?" Sakura asks to get him to finish.
"He can't use them." Gai smiles down at his student while Sakura looks at the man confused at what he said. "…Lee has almost no skill for Ninjutsu or Genjutsu."
"No way!...Then how did he get this far!?" Sakura asks.
"When I first met Lee, he was nothing. He had no talent at all. So the only techniques left for Lee as a Ninja are Taijutsu…there aren't many Ninja's who can't use Ninjutsu or Genjutsu…" Gai explains. Lee starts jumping away from the sand that starts going after him. It almost grabs him until he reaches beyond its grasp and the boy lands on the fingers of the statue inside of the ring. "That's why he can win!" Gai says looking at the girl. "Lee! Take them off!" He says giving the boy a thumbs up.
"But!...but Gai Sensei! That's…only for a time when I must protect many precious people, isn't it?!" Lee asks when he puts his hand up saluting his Sensei.
"It's alright! I'll allow it!" Gai says as he winks at him. Slowly a huge smile forms on the boys lips and he starts laughing. He takes his leg warmers and scoots them down on his legs to reveal weights and he starts taking them off.
"Weights?..." Sakura asks.
'What an old style training method…Gai…' Kakashi thought.
"Alright! Now I can move easier!" The boy shouts.
'Stupid…' Kankuro thought.
"I see!..." Naruto mutters and wonders how much weight did he use.
'Pft…there's no way…taking off a little weight will let him keep up with Gaara's sand…' Before Temari could finish that thought the weights hit the floor with a huge bang and debris started billowing around like smoke. Everyone is shocked since it takes a good bit of weights to cause this effect.
'Isn't that a bit much…Gai…' Kakashi thinks as he puts his hand on his face.
"Lee! Go!" Gai says starting him off.
"Yes!" Lee yells out with a huge smile on his face and then disappears. Gaara couldn't see where he was until he was within inches of his face.
'So close!' Sakura states.
'Fast…' Kakashi thought. Lee was so fast the sand barely had enough time to protect the boy. He kept on getting closer with each attempt to hit.
"…He can't use Ninjutsu or Genjutsu…that's why…he spent all his time on Taijutsu…he worked hard and concentrated everything on Taijutsu. Even if he can't do any other Jutsu he won't lose to anyone…He's a Taijutsu specialist." Gai smirks as Gaara is now no longer looking so calm and collective. In fact he is starting to have panic swim across his face. Lee finally lands a kick straight down across the top part of Gaara's head, causing the boys head to slam forward. Everyone had the same expression on their face when they saw this. "Lee won't lose in speed to anyone…I warned you earlier…that "this kid is strong.""
"Now…we're just getting started!" Lee says.
"Lee! Explode!" Gai shouts to him.
"Yes!" As soon as he says this he disappears. Gaara's eyes widen and he looks around to see what he thought was the boy. "Over here…" Lee says and throws a punch. It hit the redhead dead on, right on the cheek.
"Incredible! So fast! The wall of sand can't keep up at all. A major blow!" Sakura cheers him on.
'He felt that one…' Lee thought as he stood there watching the boy.
"Wow…his attacks are so fast my eyes can barely follow…" Choji says as his voice trembles.
"This is bad…" Kankuro says.
"It sure is! That black eyed bastard took a pretty heavy one!" Naruto says while she grins and leans on the railing.
"That's not the bad that I mean…" The other teen says and the girl looks at him with furrowed brows. Gaara stands up with shells falling down off of his face.
"…wha…" Lee stutters out. You could see the protective shell that the redhead wore was crumbling off of his skin. It revealed a sadistic grin as he starts cackling.
'Sand covering his entire body…he's basically unscratched.' Kakashi observes.
'Wh…what is he?' Sakura wonders as she looks on terrified.
"Huh? What's this? His face is coming apart." Naruto says looking on as she tries to feel the situation with her Chakra.
'So he did have sand covering him, but it's been a long time since I've seen that face of Gaara…He's usually calm and collected without emotion…but I had felt that during his Chuunin exam he's been slowly losing control…' Kankuro thought as he looked at his little brother.
"What the…" Naruto says as she notices Kyuubi's Chakra is enveloping her body again and those around her are staring at her wondering what is going on. The Chakra snakes its way down the drop off to make its way over to Gaara. Kankuro stares at the girl.
'What is she?' He wonders. 'The other Gaara is completely awake.' Kankuro thought as he continues to watch the fight and notices the red Chakra made a boundary around the two in the center. "If he gets caught by this Gaara…" The teen stops. "…he'll be killed for the fun of it." When he says this Naruto looks at him in horror.
"Please, Kyuubi. Make sure that Lee doesn't get killed." Naruto begs her beast hoping she could hear her. Everyone looks on in horror as Gaara's crazed look gets worse as more of his sand moves around his body. The sand starts gathering on his skin with some of the red Chakra infused into it, causing Gaara to recollect himself and his emotions to stop showing on his face.
"Hey! What is that?! He blocked thick brow's earlier attacks with it?" Naruto asks the boy next to her.
"That's the armor of sand." Kankuro says.
"Armor?" The girl bites out.
"Yeah, the "armor of sand" is a thin layer of protective sand that covers his entire body through his own will. It's different from the "Shield of sand" that automatically surrounds and protects him…That is Gaara's…absolute defense!" Kankuro explains.
"There's nothing you can do against that then…! There's no weakness…!" Naruto says as her worried eyes look to the two in the ring.
'No…you can't exactly say that…the "armor of sand" is actually the hint of a weakness…since he only uses it if he's in a pinch…' Kankuro says as he looks at his little brother worried that the beast inside of him would finally tear out the control he has over him. 'Since it isn't automatic, it uses up Chakra. It doesn't protect as well as the shield of sand…and because his body is heavier with the sand on him, it uses up more stamina…The fact that Gaara is forced to use that proves…that he is in a bad defensive position…This Lee guy is quite impressive…but this match is over…because Gaara is a genius!' Gaara finally looks at the boy closer.
"Is that all…?" He says as he stares at the stance the bowl cut is in.
'…but what protection…with that covering his body my attacks are meaningless. I have no choice but to deal some severe damage from above the sand protection…' Lee thinks.
'Now…what will he do?' Temari wonders while watching.
'Lee-san…' Sakura looks down at him.
'…the Lotus!' He looks up at his sensei who nods his head at him making a smile pop up on the boys' lips. He starts to undo his bandages and lets them hang freely.
'The Lotus smashes down at a high speed…against that; the thin layer of sand is useless.' Guy thinks while watching on with a serious look on his face. As soon as he finishes with his bandages he speeds up and completely disappears. The only way you could tell he was there was the cloud of dust that was being kicked up with his each step.
'…but with the sand increasing his weight, it will be harder to kick him up...then I'll have to…' The boy thinks as his speed increases.
"Hurry up and come." Gaara says.
"As you wish!" Lee says and kicks Gaara right on the chin making his body fly up as he grunts out in pain. "It's not over!" Lee continues to attack him to make him fly up farther and the sand cannot protect the boy since the attacks are too fast. Lee grunts out from the pain his body is going through. Gaara looks at him and notices he is in pain.
'Even the normal Lotus is self-damaging, all these extra kicks are dangerous for Lee too…End it here, Lee!' Gai begs. Lee's bandages finally unravel enough and wrap completely around Gaara's body. He grabs a hold of the wrapped boy.
"Take this!" He starts spinning them at a high speed. "Initial Lotus!" He slams the teen into the ground making the concrete break around the boy's body. Gaara lays there and his sand comes down and hits a few places around him.
"…is…is he dead…?" Naruto stutters out.
"Hey…no way!" Kankuro bites out.
"Lee-san…won!" Sakura cheers.
"Yes!" Gai says while grinning. Lee finally lands and watched as Gaara's shell starts crumbling around him. His eyes widen when he saw that the shell was completely empty. "…when did he leave the sand…? There's no way Lee could've missed that!"
"It was when you closed your eyes to pray, Gai…Lee stopped his body for a moment because of the pain…it was then…" Kakashi explains. A chuckle was heard behind Lee as Gaara rises up out of his sand.
'He's completely awakened!' Kankuro thought as he starts to panic while everyone is shocked. Lee finally noticed that Gaara's presence is coming from behind him. Gaara boosted up his Chakra and the sand started zooming towards Lee. 'The demon inside of Gaara has!' Kankuro stops himself and the look in Gaara's eyes looks crazed. Lee tries moving his body shakily but the sand strikes him making him fly back and hit the wall. He cries out and braces himself for the sand that is heading straight at him. 'Bowl head has run out of steam…Gaara is playing with him…' Kankuro watches as the sand pummels the boy who stands there holding his hands out to block the attack.
"Why didn't Lee-san dodge it?" Sakura asks.
"That Lotus technique is a double-edged sword…" Gai says and the girl looks at him waiting for him to finish.
"It's normally a forbidden technique. All that high speed Taijutsu puts a lot of stress on the legs and body…" Kakashi explains for him. "Right now he's feeling so much pain he can barely move…right…Gai?"
"…no way…" The pink haired girl says as she turns back to the match. Lee slowly dodges the next attack that the sand does and hits the ground. He is panting and looking exhausted. "At this rate, Lee-san will…" She stops herself.
'Lee…' Gai looks at his student with concern. As the boy dodges the sand the sensei thought about how determined the boy was throughout the years.
'Thank you, Sensei…' Lee thought as he himself was thinking of the same things. He continues to try and block the sand.
"Lee-san, no! Anymore and you'll die!" Sakura cries out as she saw him rushing away from the sand.
'His movement has returned!' Naruto thought as her jaw drops along with a good bit of the Genins around them.
'Sensei is watching and smiling…just from that I am revived...stronger…even stronger…' Lee thought as he stands firm in his stance in plain sight of Gaara.
"Lee-san is smiling…even though he's getting pushed around…" Sakura said confused at the boys' actions.
"No, now the tables will turn…" She looks at the man as she raises her eyebrows. "The Lotus of the Leaf…blooms twice!" When he says this Sakura realizes it's the same thing that Lee said to her when he tried to save her from the Sound Genins.
"…you are finished here…" Gaara says emotionlessly.
"…either way…this will end it…" Lee says with a smile on his lips.
'The Lotus of the Leaf blooms twice…!?' Kakashi spins to glare at Gai. "No way Gai! You…"
"It's exactly what you think." The man replies back.
"Then that Genin kid will…the "Eight Celestial Inner Body Gates"…" Kakashi mutters sadly.
"Yeah…he will open them…" He says with a sad expression to mirror Kakashi's.
'It can't be…' Kakashi thinks while looking down at the two.
"He had the ability…" Gai says.
"Even if he had the ability…such dangerous techniques like that…! The "Extreme Lotus" is…one technique that shouldn't be taught!" Kakashi argues with him.
'…Extreme Lotus…!?' Neji muses.
"I have no interest in making you tell me what that kid means to you and your reasoning…but there are limits…I've lost respect for you…Gai…!" Kakashi says as he glares at him.
"What would you…know about that boy…?" Gai glares back. "That kid has a precious thing that he would give up his life to prove. So I wanted to turn him into a man that could accomplish it…that is all…" Gai replies as he thought of all the training he gave to the boy for him to learn the Lotus. Lee stands in front of Gaara with his eyes closed and his arms in front of him guarding him.
'That extreme recovery is because he opened the "Heal Gate"…" Kakashi realizes. "Gai…how many of the eight celestial gates can that kid open…!?"
"Five gates." Gai replies.
'This isn't about hard work…that kid…he's a genius…' Kakashi thought as he looks at the boy.
"Wha…what is all this!? What are these eight celestial gates things?" Sakura asks.
"It's the "Limit Removal" that is done in preparation for going into the Extreme Lotus." Gai answers.
"Limit removal?" The girl asks.
"Yes…" Kakashi answers and removes his forehead protector away from his Sharingan activated eye. "In the inner coils of the body that Chakra flows through are eight spots…The Initial Gate, the Heal Gate, the Life Gate, the Harm Gate, the Limit Gate, the View Gate, the Wonder Gate and the Death Gate. These are known as the "Eight Gates". These eight gates are constantly working to limit the amount of Chakra that flows in the body…the Lotus forcibly releases these restraints using Chakra…It allows you to release tens of times more power than usual…even as the user's body destroys itself…For example, the Initial Lotus is done by opening just the first gate."
"Then the…Extreme Lotus is…" Sakura stops herself.
"You release the brain's restraints with the Initial Gate, then with the Heal Gate you forcibly raise your stamina…then from opening the third, the Life Gate, you enter into the Extreme Lotus…" Gai explains further.
"No way…even the Initial Lotus damages his body so much…anymore and he will…" Sakura looks up at Gai.
"Yes…this technique is truly a double-edged sword. Opening all of the gates is called "The State of Eight Celestial Gates"…and for a short period of time you will gain strength that surpasses Hokage, but in exchange, you will definitely…die!" When he says this Sakura's eyes widen. Everyone continues on watching as Lee opens up the gates.
'Neji…Sasuke-kun…and…Naruto-chan…and I can't be…the only one to lose here…Gai Sensei…acknowledge it…this is…the time I prove and protect my Ninja way!' Lee thinks as his entire body pulses with Chakra enough to make his skin change to red. "The third, Life Gate…open!"
'His body color…' Sakura looks on in horror.
'Red…? No, he couldn't have…You fool; this is the way to get yourself killed!' Naruto thinks as she narrows her eyes at the risk taking boy. Neji looks on wondering when his teammate learned such a trick.
'He's opened the life gate…here he goes!' Kakashi observes.
"And the fourth, Harm Gate…Open!" Lee yells out as the Chakra pulse inside of him gets stronger and faster. It was taking a huge toll on his body making his nose bleed.
'What a guy…' Kakashi thinks as his eyes refuses to leave him. Suddenly, Lee's body disappears into thin air shocking Gaara who has yet to remove his eyes from him. The concrete in the ring all starts to crumble when the force of Lee as he attacks Gaara, who is now flying up from the kick that hit him directly on his face. 'Fast!' Kakashi thinks as he shields his face from the debris flying around. Gaara's body is now flying up above the clouds of dust revealing him to everyone.
"Gaara!?" Kankuro wonders as he cannot tell where his little brother has gone.
"Where are they!?" Naruto wonders then she looks up to see him.
"Above us!" Shikamaru shouts out.
"But I can't see that Lee guy…where!?" Choji says and the sand that usually protects the teen flies up quickly trying to wrap around him.
'The sand isn't keeping up at all!' Sakura observes. Lee appears directly in front of Gaara in a split second and hits him before his sand could even do anything. He then appears behind the boy hitting him back the way he came. This pattern continues as Lee makes it look like the fight turned into a pinball machine.
'What…? The armor of sand…is being ripped off…!' Gaara winces as he notices more is falling off of him.
'Still with the sand armor, eh? Then I'll…' Lee's arm draws back and the muscles scream out to him while it tears.
'His muscles just snapped…anymore and…' Kakashi thinks as he observes Lee's movements.
'This is Lee…? Since when did he…?' Neji wonders as he tries to watch the fight with his activated Byakugan. Gaara's eyes widen when Lee appears in front of him again.
"This is the end!" The teen shouts out. "The fifth, Limit Gate…Open!"
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