Searching the area Lee didn't see anyone at training grounds four. Looking around more he instantly recognized training grounds four as their favorite place to spar, right next to the cliff. There was a few large practice logs between the trees and cliff which was a gap of ten to fifteen feet.
"Hey Lee. Tenten and Gai aren't here yet?"
"No. Did you think that this was training grounds four?"
"No. With sensei's umm, personality he is probably going to be early like us. Yeah just as I thought calling him sensei doesn't seem right."
After waiting for a few minutes the nightmare began as a swirl of leaves cleared revealing Maito Gai. "Hello my youthful team."
"Umm hi. Tenten isn't here yet. She usually isn't early."
"Shall we run laps around Konoha while we are waiting for her?"
"Umm no she is probably going to be here soon."
"Hi Naruto Lee and uh Sensei." Said Tenten while in the act of waking up completely.
"See told you she would be here soon." replied Naruto to Gai.
"Yeah your always early now shut up."
"Tenten that isn't the way to show your youthfulness."
"Maybe consider her unyouthful then."
"Shut up Naruto."
"Gai-sensei what will you be teaching us?"
"That's the spirit Lee you must always be ready to improve yourself."
"Okay I'll tell you are specialties so far. Tenten there seems to like genjutsu the most and has the best chakra control out of us so maybe she could learn some mednin skills. Lee is the taijutsu specialist. I'm the ninjutsu backup not to bad at taijutsu either but I suck at genjutsu."
Then Gai changed into a completely different person. "I am Konoha's best taijutsu specialist so I'll be able to help Lee the most. I only know how to cancel genjutsu and I know around forty of each doton and suiton type jutsu. I also know the basic academy jutsu and a few others."
"What are the few others?"
"Nothing you are ready to learn. You aren't even genin yet. First you must pass my test. The goal is to find a key hidden in the forest and return here within two hours. The time begins… Now."
"What do you mean we're not genin yet?"
"Lee stop wasting time. Tenten come on if we can find the key we'll pass right? Let's go."
They all launched into the forest searching for the key. 'I hope it's a good enough color to reflect the light.' thought Naruto. "Let's split up we can cover more ground that way when you find the key don't rush to it. There may be a trap."
"Good idea Naruto-san."
After a few more minutes Lee spotted a silver key. 'How do I alert them to tell them I found it? Should have planned that first. Hopefully this works.' Jumping up and giving a nearby tree a powerful roundhouse kick Lee had sent his message.
"Heh nice way to get are attention Lee." said Tenten as she landed nearby him.
"Okay I'm here. I'll go in first tell me if you see anything I want to be ready to get out of there as fast as I can"
Naruto slowly approached the key until Gai landed in front of it when he was about thirty feet fro mteh key.
"Wait do we have to get past a jounin? This isn't fair." complained Tenten
"No something's wrong I think it's just a bunshin. It seems solid so it might be the advanced version called kage bunshin."
"That doesn't help much. He still has the same skill and I don't think any of us could land a powerful enough hit on him. He is the best taijutsu specialist in Konoha."
Naruto jumped back by Lee and Tenten and whispered. "Tenten me and Lee will distract him you run in get the key and get back to sensei."
"You sure that's going to work?"
"Time to find out go."
Naruto rushed in at full speed directly towards the Gai clone while Lee went around to go in from the side. Naruto ducking under the first hit that seemed far to slow for a jounin to be punching went up to hit him in the stomach hopefully dispelling him but suddenly changed direction smashing face first into the ground. Lee was just about to get Gai's kage bunshin because of Naruto's distraction only to be kicked twenty feet away into a tree.
'What the hell happened? Oh crap that wasn't a punch he faked it and hit me in the back of the head because he had overreached. Now I have to get away even as a clone he is to powerful.' thought Naruto.
Then as Naruto sprung to a crawling position to leap away from the clone he noticed that his sensei's clone wasn't there. 'Oh crap he went after Tenten she must have the already key.'
"Lee let's go we can't let him get to Tenten."
"Okay. He is much faster then I had thought he would be."
"Taijutsu specialist, duh of course he would finish it that fast were only genin after all."
"Yeah I know hopefully I can be that good one day."
"You're not going to be that good, you'll be better. He stopped did he catch Tenten?"
The Gai clone was standing in a average sized clearing then said to seemingly no one. Good stealth Tenten you are all showing above average genin skills. Especially for new graduates."
"Maybe he doesn't know were here."
"He only complemented Tenten on her stealth so he knows were here." said Lee.
"He might think were still beat up back there."
"I'll distract him with a few bunshin you get above him and attack from the air then Tenten should have the time needed to get to Gai-sensei."
"Okay. Hope it works."
Naruto charged in making as much noise as possible with three bunshin coming in from the other sides. "I'll give my payback for knocking Lee out back there he still isn't awake from that kick you gave him."
Naruto continued his distraction this time lasted more then half a second. Having the three bunshin mirror his movements helped for the beginning but after ducking under the first spinning kick Gai knew which was the real one. Letting the fakes disperse Naruto went on a nearly defensive taijutsu match which didn't fit his one hit kill Kage style. Ducking under and dodging the punches and kicks that were far to fast for him to keep up with was getting tiring extremely fast. 'Need to pump more chakra into my legs and eyes. Lee hurry up I can't keep this up.' thought Naruto.
Naruto failed to dodge a kick properly which resulted in him being kicked out of the clearing into a very large tree. Trying to regain his breath he seen the Gai clone charging him again. Rolling out of the way as fast as he could Naruto still felt the splitters of the tree explode around him. 'That would have hurt, a lot.'
Then Lee fell silently through the air giving a powerful heel drop to Gai's kage bunshin. Watching the smoke disperse and the splinters land along with the tree Naruto and Lee let out a sigh of relief hoping it was over for now at least.
"Let's go back now Tenten should be there by now."
"Yeah."
When the two arrived they seen Tenten talking to Gai about how Naruto and Lee were the distraction to let her get the key.
"Well you three pass the final genin test. You showed good teamwork and youthfulness. I think my eternal rival Kakashi might have even passed you three."
"Who is Kakashi?" asked Lee.
"Just my eternal rival right now we are tied on how many times we have won in a contest of strength, but I shall fix that because in two weeks he agreed to have a drinking contest and if I can't win I shall run 500 laps around Konoha on my hands!"
"Okay since we passed what do we do now."
"How unlike you Naruto worried about the future instead of the moment."
"Wrong Tenten. I said 'now' not later."
"Well for now we celebrate your youthfulness with a party."
"Gai-sensei what kind of party." asked Lee.
"Just an amazing barbeque restaurant where we will be having a feast. Let's go my youthful team." said Gai as he rushed of into some part of Konoha.
The rest of the team followed slowly behind.
"Well we passed."
"You had doubts Tenten?"
"Not really but I did think you were going to mess it up."
"Hey that's not very nice. If anyone would have messed it up it would have been you."
"Just for that Naruto its genjutsu time."
"Oh crap. Gai-sensei come back help me!" shouted Naruto as he ran away towards there new sensei.
When they arrived at the barbeque resturuant Naruto sat far from Tenten while they ate and used Lee and Gai as shields whenever she tried to hit him with something. Gai kept trying to figure out why the two were so hostile while Lee was laughing at Naruto's predicament.
The next day when the team had arrived at there unofficial team training grounds Gai explained to them what their new daily schedule would be. "You will come here at five o clock in the morning we will train in taijutsu then at eight o clock we will report to the Hokage to see if he has a mission for us. After that we will train until five o clock and you will be dismissed to hopefully train yourselves. That will be the schedule for Mondays Wednesdays and Thursdays. Tuesdays and Fridays and Sundays you will report to me and I will train each of you in whatever field you request for the day you will take turns on who gets which day to train with me otherwise it's a free day. Saturday will be a free day for everyone. Any questions?"
"Can I get Tuesday to train with you?" asked Tenten.
"I don't care what day I get, but how long are we going to maintain this schedule?"
"Since Naruto doesn't care and Tenten wants Tuesday can I get Sunday?"
"Yes you two can have those days and we will keep doing this until you are ready for the chunin exams."
"Aren't the chunin exams coming up really soon?" asked Lee.
"Lee I think it would be a good idea to train extremely hard for about a year because I'm pretty sure genin have more free time then chunin."
"Good idea Naruto way to show your youthfulness."
'Damnit why can't Gai always stay in his serious mode.' thought the genin.
"Well can we start training? Also I asked the hokage a way to increase chakra control and stamina, but all he said was to climb trees without jumping or using your hands. Is this the right way?" asked Naruto as he calmly walked up a tree.
"Yes that is right. You three are further along then most genin would be. Would you like to know the more advanced form of the chakra exercise?"
"Yes!" the three said. Even though Lee knew he couldn't do it.
"Water walking."
"That would be harder." said Tenten.
"If you can walk on any solid and any liquid could you also walk on any gas like the air?" asked Naruto.
"The theory has been possible and the only one that has been recorded of being able to even attempt it was the Legendary Tsunade of the three sanin. She is said to have the best chakra control of all ninja."
"So it's that hard?"
"Yes."
"Of to start training then. Hopefully I can air walk some day."
"Keep dreaming Naruto." said Tenten.
The three started their new training schedule with their new unique sensei.
Ok chapter 4 done after a long wait and it's really short but I'll porbaly start and/or finish chapter 5 by the time I go to sleep.
The reason Gai didn't know Lee was about to defeat his kage bunshin was becuase Lee doesn't have any chakra you can sense so to his bunshin Lee wasn't even there.