I know I've said this a thousand times already, but in the face of perjury… I do not own Naruto! If I did…well you know the rest.
Chapter 5
"Well?" asked Lee practically dancing with excitement.
"There are still Chouji and Ino. They couldn't do on a mission because Shikamaru is busy."
Lee's smile faded a little. "That's all? Oh well," he said smile returning. It's better than no one! I will rescue you Gai-sensei!" he shouted, doing the nice guy pose, "It's a promise!"
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Gai stood behind a tree trunk panting heavily. The man seemed to hardly be tired at all. It was just as Gai feared. The man was a stanine, a special ninja who could not feel pain or fatigue. Nearly invincible in battle, they ruthlessly attack their enemies until the enemy is so tired he cannot even stand, and right now, Gai was nearing that point.
Knowing he had little time, Gai did a quick assessment of his weapons. He had: no shuriken, nine kunai knives, three exploding tags, and one smoke bomb. He had at most twelve useful items, but there was no way the tags would work on their own. He had to wrap them around kunai knives in order for them to be effective. So he had nine attacks left, not much.
"Found you!" said the stanine menacingly. Gai jumped away as three kunai knives struck the tree trunk, right where he was resting.
'Attack one,' thought Gai as he threw a kunai knife at the stanine. The stanine easily dodged it leaping off into the air. 'Attack two and three,' thought Gai as he threw two kunai knives at the stanine. Having no way to dodge it the stanine took out two kunai knives of his own, and used them to block Gai's.
Gai ground his teeth together and frowned. The stanine's power wasn't just from their special ability. They were incredibly strong! Gai smiled to himself, he loved a challenge, and thanks to his youth he would overcome it. "The passion of youth burns in my soul!" he shouted as he charged the stanine. The stanine merely smiled.
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Lee knocked on Chouji's door again. "Chouji! come out! We need to help Gai-sensei!"
"Don't waste your breath," said Ino impatiently, while trying to fix her already perfectly straight hair. "He won't come out."
"Alright," said Lee, determined, "then I'll go in! Konoha Whirlwind!" he shouted as he launched a spinning kick at Chouji's door. Just then the door opened and Chouji appeared.
"I'm not com-" he started to say, before Lee's kick hit him in the stomach. "Aaahhh!" shouted Chouji as he flew back into his house and smacked against the wall.
"Oh, no!" shouted Lee, "In my youthful spirit I have knocked Chouji unconscious!"
"Good," said Ino, getting up, "now let's go before he wakes up."
"But we need him to rescue Gai-sensei!" Lee argued.
"Uh!" Ino shouted, frustrated. "Fine, if it'll get this over with any faster." She walked over to Chouji, who now had spirals in his eyes, and whispered something in his ear. Suddenly, Chouji's eyes returned to normal and he leapt to his feet.
"I'll do it!" he shouted to Lee.
"Alright, let's go!" Lee said pointing off toward the forest.
They all moved swiftly out of town and into the woods. They nimbly leapt from tree to tree.
"So, what did you say to him?" Lee asked Ino quietly.
"Oh," Ino said smiling, "I told him that if he came, I would buy him a huge dinner tonight."
Lee's eyes started to water. "The power of youth shines again!" he shouted.
"What are you talking about?" asked Chouji. Ino just shrugged. "Weirdo."
Ino nodded her agreement.
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Gai grunted as the stanine dodged attack four and five, then threw him into a tree. The stanine laughed at Gai's struggles.
"It's futile! Give up now and I may consider a quick death."
Gai ground his teeth together. He would never give up, not so long as an ounce of youth burned inside his soul. He would never give up.
Gai looked at the stanine's position. In between two trees, about twenty meters apart, but otherwise in a clear area. Suddenly, Gai was struck by youthful inspiration! 'Attack six and seven.'
He wrapped explosive tags around two of his kunai knives and threw them at the bottom of the two trees. The tags blew up causing the bottom part of the trees to vanish in millions of splinters. The stanine frowned deeply not taking his eyes off Gai.
Gai moved so fast he was merely a blur. 'Good he took it only as a distraction.' Gai thought as he smiled.
Gai kicked the remainder of one tree at the man, and then did the same for the other tree. Both trees now rocketed toward the wide-eyed stanine.
"Konoha Tree Smash!" shouted Gai as the trees collided with the man. Gai's smile widened, then disappeared. The stanine was still there, with his arms outstretched. He had stopped the trees from crushing him.
Gai's mouth fell open in disbelief. A brand new move, and it didn't even faze, this guy! No one but Tsunade-sama could have done that, and even she would have broken her arms, at least.
The man cracked his neck. "Well, now I'm impressed," he said mockingly, and let him arms fall to his side, "You've managed to break both my arms," he smiled, "too bad it doesn't affect me."
He moved his hands and fingers, very awkwardly being that his bones there were broken, making seals. "Bone Shredder Jutsu!" Suddenly, Gai heard a loud, sickening crack.
"What…what did you do?" asked Gai, amazed. The man was now moving his arms freely as if they weren't broken at all.
"It's my bone shredder jutsu," said the stanine, still smiling, "It heals every bone in my body, but causes terrible pain. However, I cannot feel the pain because I am a stanine!"
"I know what you are," said Gai, pulling out another kunai knife, "and I don't care! I will still defeat you! Even if it costs me my own life. It's a promise!" he finished doing the nice guy pose.
The stanine smiled. "Then you shall die here with a sad heart. Because I will make sure that promise is never kept!"
By the way I made up the stanine( stanine; from sta short for stamina and nine short for ninja) and the Bone Shredder Jutsu. Anyone is allowed to use these, as long as I am mentioned as creator. Hope you enjoyed Chapter 5. Keep those reviews coming! Chapter 6 coming soon. Thanks for reading!