When Naruto arrived at the training ground he saw Lee already there warming up by doing katas. "Lee are you ready to lose?" Naruto taunted.
"Yosh, I believe that my hard work over the past couple of months will allow my flames of youth to burn brighter today, Naruto-kun!" He answered.
"For this spar the rules are that there is no jutsu allowed, and the winner will be declared when the opponent is knocked out or they surrender" Gai said. "Ready ... Begin!"
Immediately, Naruto saw a blur coming at his face which he put his forearm to block as quick as he could. He barely had anytime to think after before Lee's foot nailed him in the back of the head sending Naruto the ground.
Maybe this fight will be a little tougher than I thought, but a future hokage can beat any genin no matter how good. The next minute would prove how wrong Naruto was. There was a constant barrage of fists and feet that would definitely leave bruises.
Naruto once again got up from being beaten down. "Konoha senpū", was the last thing Naruto would hear before his world went black.
"Lee, I think you went a bit overboard", a female voice said. "I know, I got caught in stoking my flames of youth"
"I demand a rematch!" Naruto yelled after he remembered what had gotten him in this position in this position. "That was a fluke, a future hokage would never lose so easily"
Naruto then realized that there were two new faces there. "Who are you two?" He asked loudly. The girl with the twin buns responded "I'm Tenten, and our other team mate is Neji"
"So you guys are all ninja?" Naruto asked. "Yup, we are all part of Team 9 under sensei Maito Gai. We have been genin for six months now. Also I'm pretty sure that the beatdown Lee gave you was no fluke, we're experienced genin and you aren't even out of the academy yet" Tenten responded.
"Well Tenten what are you so good at that makes you think that you're a better ninja then me?" Naruto asked trying to get under her skin. "I'm a weapons specialist. Pick a spot within 50 yards of here." Tenten answered.
"Okay, how about that knot in the tree over there" Naruto replied. Almost immediately Tenten had launched five kunai which all imbedded themselves in the knot. "Too easy"
"How did you get so good at that?" Naruto demanded. "Practice, lots of practice" Tenten answered truthfully. "Okay, I'll practice as hard as I can to try to be as good at that as you are with weapons" Naruto promised.
"Naruto I can help you know what to practice if I know your skill set, can you tell me what your current skills are" Tenten suggested. "Sure I know how to use henge and how to use kawarimi, but I don't know to do the bunshin it's just impossible"
"Well the most important right now for you is to learn how to use the bunshin, the most important thing is to have good chakra control, and you can do it" Tenten explained. "Probably for you I would use the leaf sticking excercise and then if you master that try doing the bunshin again, it should work"
"Thank you so much Tenten, but why are you helping me so much?" Naruto asked. "Well, you are someone who may one day go on a mission with me or for the village and I want you to be as strong as possible for both reasons"
"Anyways, where can I see you again?" Naruto questioned. "We are always at this training at 7:00 in the morning if you need more advice or just want to train with us come by" Gai answered.
"Ok, bye!"
