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Chapter 6

Gai charged at the stanine taking out his final two kunai knives. The stanine charged back, also taking out two kunai knives. Their knives clanged together as they collided. Gai grinned through clenched teeth.

"What're you smiling at?" the stanine said, glaring.

"The fact of how happy Lee will be once I defeat you," said Gai, still smiling like a kid who just got a toy.

"You forget," said the stanine bitterly, "You won't live long enough to see his smile."

Gai laughed, he laughed hard, right in the stanine's face. "I always see Lee's smile," he said, tears coming into his eyes, "in my mind, my heart, and… MY SOUL!" Then Gai disappeared. The stanine's eyes widened. "FOR YOU LEE!" Gai shouted at the top of his lungs. "ATTACK EIGHT AND NINE!"

The stanine turned toward the sound, just in time to see a kunai knife racing towards him. He easily dodged it. Suddenly Gai appeared, but he was about ten feet away. He threw a kunai knife with an exploding tag straight at the stanine.

The stanine smiled to himself. He could easily dodge it. He landed, but before he was able to move out of the way, the tag exploded. It exploded right in the middle of the two warriors.

Gai was thrown back by the force of the explosion, as was the stanine. Gai slid across the ground for a few seconds then stopped, and gasped in pain. The explosion had blackened his face and severely burned his arms, legs and chest. Also, all of his old wounds had opened up and he was now bleeding freely. Gai lay there clenching his wounds, trying to stop the bleeding.

A couple meters away the stanine sat up. If he could feel pain right now he would probably be gasping for breath, trying to force it down, but thanks to his bloodline limit, pain and fatigue were no longer factors in fighting. He slammed his fist on the ground. He couldn't believe that this fool of a man got the better of him.

He wiped away the sweat on his forehead, just because he couldn't feel the fatigue didn't mean it wasn't there anymore, and blood dripped down from his fist. He frowned and looked at where he had slammed his fist. There, nestled in the grass not five inches from where he sat, lay his sword. The fool man had knocked him right next to it. The stanine smiled.

Gai stood up. He was used to having extreme pain assault his body, it happened nearly everyday in training. It just took a while for him to get used to it.

He leaned back against a tree, and felt something poke into his back. He turned, it was a kunai knife, lodged into the tree. Gai frowned, there was something familiar about it. Then it hit him, it was the kunai knife that Gai thrust into the tree while fighting the stanine when he had a tree branch.

Gai pulled it out. Now he had two weapons. Well, the smoke bomb wasn't really a weapon, or was it?

The stanine charged at Gai, sword in hand. Gai's eyes widened, surprised to see the sword, but he soon smiled, it would just make his plan all the more easier.

Gai jumped into a nearby tree. The stanine followed swiftly. Gai jumped out high into the air, and again the stanine followed. Gai smiled, his trap was sprung, now all he had to do was make sure he didn't get caught in it as well.

Gai began to fall. The stanine was now directly above him. Gai took out the kunai knife and smoke bomb. Then he carefully pierced the smoke bomb with the kunai knife, not enough to make it burst but enough to keep it on the kunai knife. He then threw it straight at the stanine. Then he hit the ground and covered his eyes.

The stanine instinctively blocked with his sword. As soon as smoke bomb hit the sword it exploded, right in the stanine's face, or more importantly, his eyes. The stanine hit the ground covering his eyes. Not because it hurt him, he can't feel pain, but because it blinded him.

Gai grabbed the stanine by his shirt collar and threw him into the air. "Green Beast Barrage!" shouted Gai, leaping into the air. Gai kicked the stanine from behind, forcing him higher, then disappeared and kicked him higher again, then again, and again, making the stanine go higher still. Then Gai disappeared, and then kicked him straight in his stomach. The stanine went flying back down to earth. Gai fell right behind him leg outstretched as if kicking the air.

The stanine hit with a crash, then Gai hit, right in the stanine's face. The ground around them was in the shape of a huge crater. Gai jumped out, and stood there panting heavily.

The stanine stood up, and slowly walked out of the crater, picking up his sword as he went. Gai just stood there, unable to move, this man was incredible. He was still alive even after everything Gai had thrown at him. Sure he couldn't feel pain or fatigue, but that didn't mean it wasn't there. Gai was nearing the end of his rope while this man wasn't even breathing hard. Then a horrible thought struck Gai. 'Maybe I'm just not as young as I used to be.' Then he collapsed on the ground, unconscious.

The stanine smiled as he neared Gai. His sword was ready for blood. He himself, was covered in many bruises, open wounds, dried blood, and even still flowing blood. His eyes were now red, with both anger, and smoke.

He raised his sword high. Then swung it down towards Gai, bloodlust alive in his eyes. Then, just as he was about to kill Gai, he stopped unable to move another inch.

"Yes! Body Manipulation Jutsu is a success!" shouted Ino.