Chapter Sixteen

The Fight Begins pt. 1: Rock Lee vs. Satsuma

Satsuma looks at Lee and smirks while Lee stays on guard and frowns at the ninja standing in front of him.

"So you're a Konoha ninja?" He asked. Lee stared at the ninja and nodded his head. "That is correct I am" He replies. Satsuma smirks. "Well this fight won't last long I'll tell you that much…because I will defeat you" He states as he runs towards Lee. Lee watches as he runs towards him.

Satsuma throws a punch at Lee but Lee dodges it easily. Satsuma jumps back and looks at Lee. Lee does a Leaf Great Whirlwind and kicks Satsuma in the face with one leg and his stomach with the other. Satsuma slides back as he tries to keep his balance. He growls as he looks back up at the Konoha ninja.

He pulls out his Monkey Staff as he runs towards Lee swing it at him but Lee dodges each swing. Lee grabs the Monkey staff to stop him from swinging it but when Lee does that Satsuma jumps in the air still holding the Monkey Staff as was Lee and does a jumping side kick to Lee's stomach. Lee falls to the ground holding his stomach in pain.

"Is that all you can do?" He asked while smirking but the smirk turned into a frown when he saw Lee stand back up. "I won't give up so easily" He says as he looks at the ninja standing before him.

"Humph…that's what you say now but when I get started with you, you will give up" He runs towards Lee and sticks his Monkey staff into the ground and jumps onto it when Lee tries to kick him.

When Satsuma jumps back down Lee does a Leaf Gale which sends Satsuma flying to the ground. When he gets up Lee gets back into his stance.

"I'm ready whenever you are?" Lee stated as he had a serious expression. Satsuma frowned. "How can I be losing to this ninja? I know that I'm stronger than he is. I just have to try harder…I can't look bad in front of Orochimaru-sensei or Akira-kun…I have to prove myself to them" He thought. Satsuma was in fact the weakest minion and always tried to prove himself in front of Orochimaru and Akira always saying that they are very powerful ninjas and that he's lucky to know people such as them.

Satsuma stands up and glared at Lee. "I will not bring master down" He yells as he runs towards Lee and does an Uppercut punch. Lee slides back and before he knows it Satsuma is running towards him. Lee quickly positions himself for another attack as he punches Satsuma.

But Satsuma blocks the hit with his hand as he uses his other hand to punch Lee in the stomach.

"I will win no matter what…I will win…no matter what" He thought in his head as he does a Hammer fist strike to Lee's side and then he does a Knee strike to his head.

Lee slides back and falls onto the ground holding his head. He didn't want to lose, he knew that he could do this, he knew that he could do better. Lee looks up at the other ninja and stands up.

"You have a lot of will power kid" He smirks. Lee smirks as he looks at him.

"So are you ready to finish this fight or do you plan on standing there smiling all day?" He asked with a frown. "I plan on finishing this fight…and I plan on doing it now" Lee runs towards him and kicks him into the air. Lee then does Kage Buyo (Shadow of the Dancing Leaf). While Satsuma is airborne Lee does Omote Renge (Front Lotus). This technique puts a lot of strain on the user's muscle fibers, and is basically a suicidal attack. Normally, humans use the power of their muscles at only about 20 percent of their full power; the brain regulates muscle usage to ensure this, since any higher and the muscles will be damaged or destroyed. The Omote Renge requires the opening of one of the inner celestial gates- the Initial Gate, which releases the brain's regulation on muscle usage. The result is a much more powerful brand of Taijutsu than normal, but at the cost of damage to the user. Once behind Satsuma, he then wraps the arm bandages around him, and grabs him in a bear hug. His body is aligned with his, slightly shifted down to avoid impact. He then spins both of them, creating a screwdriver effect, and then proceeds to piledrive them headfirst into the ground.

Lee then jumps away just in time for the impact as he stares at Satsuma's body on the ground. Lee breaths hard as he continues watching Satsuma.

Satsuma lays there trying his harest to move but his body wouldn't move one bit. "Come on body…move…move…I can't just lay here and do nothing. I need strength to move, I can't let him win. I can't let sensei down…I can't" Satsuma tries to pull himself up.

Lee stares at Satsuma in shock. "After all of that and he can still move" He stares in shock.

"I told you that I will not lose and I that's what I intend on doing" Satsuma says as he looks at Lee and and frowns. Lee looks at him and can tell that he's just trying to prove himself to Orochimaru just like he does with Neji.

"Why did you start working for someone like Orochimaru?" Lee asked.

"Why do you want to know? It's not any of your business" He snaps.

"I know but I'm just wondering that's all" He replies.

He remains quiet for awhile as he looks at Lee. "Master found me when I was just twelve years old. He thought that I was an very interesting character as he says it. He trained me to become stronger since I wasn't that strong…and…and I'm still not, but I do try. But whatever I do it's never good enough because of him…Akira-kun. He's master's number one apprentice and he's the strongest…just like Sasuke-kun. I tried to out do Akira-kun but whatever I do he always can do better and he's a show-off too" Satsuma smirks at the thought Akira.

"Yes…he is a comrade that I care for…but sometimes I just wish that he would die in a battle on a mission with his team in Konoha"

Lee stares at him in shock at his confession. "He almost just like me" He thinks to himself referring to him and Neji.

"But…I can't think that now can I?" He laughs as he gets into a Tiger stance.

"Enough about me…let us fight now" He says as he stares at Lee. Lee nods as Satsuma smirks. Lee and Satsuma runs towards each other and they both throw punchs at each other but they both blocked each other's hits.

Lee strikes Satsuma in the jaw causing him to spit out blood. Satsuma quickly turns back towards Lee and does a spearhand strike to Lee's stomach. Lee looks at Satsuma like it didn't even hurt as he does a Overhand temple strike hitting Satsuma on the temple.

He falls back a little before looking at Lee frowning. Lee gets down on the ground and does a low spinning back kick to the ninja and then pushes himself off the ground as he then does a Roundhouse Kick which sends Satsuma flying back into a tree.

Satsuma coughs up some blood as his back hits the tree hard. Satsuma tries to get up but couldn't.

"Your pushing yourself too hard" Lee states. Satsuma knew that he was right, he was pushing himself too hard just to prove himself to his sensei. He looked at the ground and then up to the sky.

"You know I wonder how they are now?"

Lee looks at him in a confused way. "I should have never left them all alone…" Satsuma lowers his head. "My brother and sisters…I left them just to follow sensei. They probably hate me…I was all they had since our parent died. Satsuki is the one that's probably taking care of them right now, she's my twin sister. Sometimes i think about leaving to go back to them…but if I do leave he'll just find me…I know he will" He sighs.

"If you know what you're doing is wrong then don't do it…leave, go see your family. You don't have to work for someone like him" Lee states.

"Yeah…I know you're right but I can't leave…no matter how badly I want to I can't I owe it to sensei, he's made me who I am today. Sure I'm not as strong as the others but I know that he can train me to become stronger" He states still sitting against the tree. Satsuma looks up at Lee.

"You're pretty stronger" He smirks.

"You are too" The black are ninja says.

"You know what…" Satsuma stands up. "Like I said before I won't lose…nor will I give up. I will prove to sensei that I am strong" Satsuma quickly pulls out a Kunai and aims it Lee's leg. Lee holds his leg in pain as he pulls out the kunai.

As soon as Lee looked up Satsuma was right in his face as he punched him in the stomach thre times. Lee slides back as Satsuma runs towards him, Lee gets ready for another attack but as Satsuma is running towards him he dissappears.

"W-What-" Lee gets knock to the ground before he could even finish his sentence. Satsuma had used Shunshin no Jutsu (Body Flicker Technique) which is the same jutsu that Gaara and Kakashi can do.

"I didn't even see that coming…he's movements were so fast" Lee thought to himself.

"I winning…I knew I could do it…now to finish him off" Satsuma thinks to himself as he walks towards Lee. He performs Jun Kata sode-tori which is a sleeve holds technique, Satsuma grabs Lee's free hand abd performs an elbow strike to the side of his chest he then bends under Lee's arm, then he throws him forward.

Lee falls to the ground but he quickly does a back flip and stands up holding his balance. Lee looks at the ninja as he breaths hard. He knew that this ninja had a great focus, the ability to concentrate only on his goal which was to defeat him. Satsuma looked at Lee and frowned.

"Well…have we given up already?" He asked as he threw down his Monkey staff and pulled out four spears. "This fight…it ends here" Satsuma runs around Lee in a super fast motion. They way it looked was the same way Sasuke ran around Gaara in the chunnin exams.

"He's fast just like me" Lee thought trying to spot the fast ninja. As Lee was looking around all he could see is dirt flying around him like a tornado. Just as he was about to move two spears hit him in the chest. Lee falls to the ground and then two more spears hit him in each leg.

Satsuma stops running as he looks atg Lee. "I told you that this fight was over and now…I'm the winner and you're…the loser" Satsuma smirks as he looks at Lee's unconcious body on the ground. Satsuma took one more at Lee before jumping into the tree's and leaving.

Okay I know all the Lee fans out there are mad I ended it this way…but just to let you know I'm a HUGE fan of Lee's I just wanted it to end like this. Sorry again Lee fans. Please leave reviews.

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