Again Thnx to all who reviewed. To the guy who said that wouldn't happen to Naruto, First he is only a Genin, and a shadow clone, as Kakashi stated, takes a huge amount of Chakra. HE could only hold them for a short time against Kakashi since the Kyuubi Chakra wasn't being used that time like against Mizuki, so a lot of stamina was drained from his two uses of the Kage Bushin. You also found out in the series Naruto has crappy chakra control, so it's very likely a lot was wasted during his Jutsu. Second, Lee is very powerful and two shots like the ones he gave Naruto could easily knock him out, just like the first time they fought in the original series. Also consider Lee, even in this story, had one years training ahead of Naruto, giving him an edge. A nice Edge. Some one also mentioned Kurenai, she is like this because I don't remember it telling you much at all about her. Anyway, on with the story.
Chapter Five
Kurenai had here three Jounin hid in the trees as she awaited the arrival of their enemy. The Anbu had told her the location to meet him, after their interrogation of the cloaked man. So Kurenai had waited, dressed in the same cloak, for the arrival of Trace.
Soon a man dressed in a Ninja outfit with a blue scarf and some umbrella's on his back, "So, do you have the Scroll?" asked a Ninja that was dressed the same, minus the umbrella's appeared. The one with the umbrella's stood six foot tall with red hair and blue eyes, he had a cold look in his eyes that unnerved Kurenai a little. The other was about five ten with brown hair and green eyes, who had a demented look that unnerved Kurenai even more.
"Yes," Kurenai said, mimicking the voice of the man they caught earlier. She pulled out a scroll and handed it to him, but instead of taking it he threw a Kunai, which Kurenai barely dodged.
"So, thought you could pull one over on me?" asked the taller one, "You thought you could pull one over on Trace of the Hidden Rain Village?"
"So you're Trace?" asked Kurenai, "What gave it away?"
"The fact that that scroll isn't the right one, the paper is a darker shade of white than the original. The same shade as an exploding tag," he replied in an emotionless voice.
"Don't think that means you'll get away from me Trace," she said pulling out a length of wire from her pocket, "Let's begin, Shall we?"
Kurenai swiftly swung the wire towards Trace, but he dodged, "So you're Kurenai? I've heard stories of you, and your razor wires. Don't think you can win with that, Wind Spike Jutsu!" he said, shooting a spike of wind at Kurenai.
"Wire Shield Jutsu!" said Kurenai, and spun the wire creating a quick barrier between her and the spike, sending the spike in another direction. Galg however lunged at Kurenai from the other side with his arm ready to slice into her like a sword. Naruto quickly jumped from the tree he was in and grabbed Galg from behind and rolled on the ground pulling him away from Kurenai, "Don't worry, we'll take fare of Galg!" but Galg wrestled free from the grip and picked up Naruto by the wrist.
"Bye little boy, too bad you have to die so soon!" and swung his arm through Naruto's neck, only to reveal it was a shadow clone. As soon as it disappeared, Lee preformed the Leaf spinning wind to the back of Galg's head sending him forward a short distance and sliding on Hinata's slippery Jutsu into a Tree. Galg quickly recovered and looked upon his three enemies, Naruto Lee and Hinata.
"So, you think just because you have more people you can beat me?" laughed Galg who held out his arm, "It's time for you to die now," he charged forward and swung his arm at the three. They dodged but saw his arm hit a tree there were by, slicing clean through it.
"What was that?" said Naruto.
"My power, little boy," he replied in a Low and Dark Laugh, "the power to turn flesh into blades and spikes, do you think you can beat a guy who you can't touch without hurting yourself?" and with that small spikes formed all over his body, but the strange thing is they were part of his flesh.
He charged in towards Naruto doing a spinning kick. Naruto jumped back and Lee stepped forward, performing a whirlwind Kick, so he could hit him without being stabbed. Hinata, not being able to use her Taijutsu effectively against him simply preformed the Slippery Jutsu again. However Galg quickly bounced back and began to laugh some more.
"Shut up spiky, we have a clear advantage so give it up," said Naruto, who was getting agitated he was laughing so much.
"Naruto," Lee said in a serious voice, "don't be so rash. We are dealing with a Blood line Limit; we don't know what someone like this is capable of."
"No sweat," smiled Naruto, "I'm going to be the next Hokage, so there is no way I could lose to someone like this loser!"
"Hokage eh?" asked Galg, "what makes you think you'll live that long. I was hoping to save this. IT is time for you to feel the wrath of my ultimate technique! Flesh Cave!"
With that spikes formed at the bottom of his feat and erupted throughout the ground beneath them. The spikes shot out from the ground all around them, trapping the four fighters in a cage made from Galg's own flesh.
"What are you planning to do? Now you can't even run!" said Naruto.
"You are a fool aren't you?" laughed Galg, "Everything around you now is me, from the ground you stand on to the cage walls that surround you. For instance I could do this," and Galg shot into the ground, only to pop up right behind Naruto, "You see, I can be anywhere, or everywhere," and Galg started appearing all over the place, forms of him coming out of the ground.
"Damn it!" yelled Naruto, "Which one is the Real him?"
"Don't you get it?" laugh Galg, "Everything you see here is me. There is no escape."
"N-Naruto," said Hinata, "I-I see the whole cage, his body is everything. H-his vital points though, are connected to all the bodies we see, I-if we hurt one, he is hurt as a whole."
"Great Job Hinata!" said Naruto, causing her to blush, "Let's take them out. Kage Bushin Jutsu!" and with that ten more Naruto's appeared. All ten threw Kunai at one; however it shot straight into the ground before the hit.
"Hah, you think my abilities wouldn't be able to make up for its weakness? You can never touch my body, your Taijutsu is useless because of the spikes, and your Jutsu's can't hurt if they can't touch me. You're finished."
"Naruto," said Hinata, coming up with a plan, "I need you and Lee to attack o-one of th-the clones."
"I'm not sure what you're planning, but I'm counting on you Hinata," smiled Naruto as he and Lee attacked one of the bodies. As soon as it shot into the Ground, Hinata attacked the ground beneath her with her Gentle Fist style. The body reemerged holding its chest.
"What the hell was that?" Galg and Naruto Yelled.
"Um, I-I could see his Chakra moving through the ground, so I-I struck his main source as h-he tried to move away," said Hinata.
"Let's go again Naruto!" said Lee as the both attacked again. When they attacked this time, however, when he went into the ground and Hinata struck at him, spike emerged piercing Hinata's hands before she could strike. She began to shake from the pain, as her two hands now had holes in the palms.
"Hinata!" Naruto yelled running to make sure she was Okay.
"Leave it to me Naruto," said Lee, "He doesn't move instantly, there is an opportunity to hit him before he submerges, and I can do it."
"But Lee! How are you," then Naruto remembered the Lotus, "Okay, I'll support." Lee charged in with the Lotus, Striking Galg with the Leaf spinning wind full force to knock him into the air, however the Galg they struck remained firmly planted. Spikes shot from him and Lee was barely able to dodge.
"That hurt," Galg laughed, "But it looks like I'll have to use the other me's too win this fight, now won't I?" and with that the ten Galg's began to attack. Lee, Naruto and Hinata were barely able to avoid the spiked assaults, and Lee and Naruto couldn't even land a blow on any of them.
Lee quickly moved to the offensive, moving even faster than he did when he used the Lotus, "Where the hell is that speed coming from?" Yelled Naruto.
"Since Galg is keeping your little friends busy, I though we could dance," he said, a slight smile appearing on his face, "I've always wanted to fight a high ranking Ninja of hidden Leaf like yourself," Trace pulled of one umbrella and threw it into the Sky, "Needle Rain Jutsu!" and the umbrella opened spraying Needles at Kurenai.
"Divergence Wire Jutsu!" and the wire she held split into three, "Wire Shied Jutsu!" and one wire acted as a shield from the spikes, while the delicate movements of her hand shot the other two lengths toward Trace, who again managed to dodge the razor sharp wire.
"Impressive, you really are quite scary, however you can't win. Ground Needle shot!" he yelled as the needles that surrounded Kurenai Shot straight at her. She managed to avoid most, but several hit her left arm, making it almost un-moveable, "Needle Return!" he yelled, and the Needles reentered the Umbrella.
"Don't think you can beat me because you got an arm. You'd best prepare yourself," Kurenai said with a dark look crossing her face. The wires again shot forth, but this time only two of them, the other wire had wrapped around her other hand moving it for her and using it to make seals with both hands. One wire managed to wrap around Trace's arm as Kurenai shouted, "Electro Wire Jutsu!" and sent a huge current through Trace.
Trace escaped the wire panting heavily, "So, even if I immobilized your arm, those damn wires move it for you, clever. An enemy would need to take both arms just to stop your Jutsu, but no matter. See that cage behind you, that means your friends will be dead soon, and Galg will be right here to back me up. You can never beat us, not together. Excpecially not after what I did to that arm with what I'm going to do next," He grabbed a Different Umbrella and threw it at Kurenai. She his it, but it simply bounced up and jumped ten feet above here head, releasing small bags full of who knows what. Kurenai simply used the wires to block, but the bags were cut open releasing a large amount of small explosive tags. The rained over Kurenai exploding. As soon as the dust cleared, Kurenai stood in a barrier created by the wires, heavily panting.
"Seems you didn't react fast enough to stop them all did you?" smirked Trace.
"Shut up," panted Kurenai, "Your life ends now, Divergence Wire!" and all the wires split into a total of twenty lengths, "Wire Bind!" She yelled as four wires shot forth like spears, going through his arms and legs pinning him in place, "Now let me show you one of my most powerful attacks, Wire Storm!" and the remaining sixteen wires plunged through him, pulled out, and shot through again and again, until all that remained was the lifeless body of Trace. She turned around with barely enough energy to move, looking at the cage, hearing Naruto yell out, "Where the Hell is that speed coming from!"
She wished she could help because she realized what Lee was doing. He had opened the Second Gate. She didn't realize he had gone that far, it was as though he had been practicing these gates before Gai sent the scroll. Was it possible that Gai taught him how the second stages of opening the gates before the First? It would explain how Lee was able to learn the second gate so fast, but she didn't know why he would do it, "Gai, I'm going to have a word with you once I get back, mark my words."
Kurenai continued to look into the cage, only to see something she didn't want. Lee had opened the Third Gate.
"Naruto!" yelled Lee as he began to move faster and faster, "Find a way out of the Cage with Hinata, I'll hold him here!"
"Forget it Lee!" yelled Naruto, "the only place we can hurt him from is in here, I won't let you fight him alone! Besides, until He's gone there is no way out!"
"Naruto!" yelled Lee, "I'm the only one who can hit him right now, so keep Hinata safe!" he yelled continuing to attack. He stuck at the bodies of Galg before they submerged doing decent damage, but was severely hurting from all the times he struck spikes. HE wasn't going to win the battle like this, so he tried one more thing. This is what he had been trying to do for most of the training. He quickly pulled off the Initial and Secondary Lotus in a few days since Gai had already conditioned his body for it, but he was still having trouble with the next attack. The one that was truly his trump card, so he focused everything he had into his next move.
"Opening the Third Gate! The Limit Gate!" and what everyone saw was amazing. Green energy began to erupt from his body and his eyes went pure white. He shot forward with tremendous speed to crush Galg, and almost succeeded. On Galg was ripped right out of the Ground and dissipated, leaving all the others hurt, feeling the pain of the destroyed one.
"Crap," Galg said to himself, "I need to stop him now, otherwise I'm done, Spike wave!" and spikes shot at an angle from the ground to Lee, who ripped right through them like they were paper.
"Flesh Trap!" yelled Galg as a hole ripped itself in the ground in front of Lee, causing him to fall in. The Hole closed around him leaving only his head above ground. Lee ripped right out of the ground and landed on his feet, falling to his knee's. The energy that surrounded his body disappeared, and was in a state he could barely move.
"You almost had me there boy," laughed Galg, "Now that your all clearly done, think I'll have a little fun," with that both Lee and Hinata were pinned to the ground, there hands and feet caught in spikes that shot from the top of the cage to the bottom.
"What do you think?" asked Galg, "Who should I kill first. I could always go for the green ones arteries," Naruto turned red and started to shake, "Or I could go for the Girls heart," And then Naruto lost it.
His entire body started to shake and he looked up at Galg, "You leave my friends alone," and red chakra, visible to the human eye, began to rage from his body. His eyes started morphing into a fox-like shape, and for the first time in his life Galg was afraid. His control on the area was becoming distorted, For the massive release of Chakra was destroying his bond to it.
"Now you'll pay," said Naruto as he charged straight in and decked Galg Square in the Jaw. The impact sent him flying straight through his own cage and slamming into a tree, leaving a huge dent.
"What the Hell are you?" yelled Galg as he ran, "Somebody save me!"
Naruto charged after him but stopped when he heard Hinata say, "N-Naruto! Don't go!"
"But he.. he.." said Naruto, fighting to keep hold of his senses.
"Whets happened to you?" she asked, and that made him come back.
What am I doing? He thought to himself, This isn't me. As the Chakra began to disappear, Naruto fell to the ground unconscious.
"Naruto," he heard a voice say as he slowly regained Consciousness.
"Kurenai Sensei?" asked Naruto, "Where are we?"
"It's just me and you, were in the hospital," she said sweetly.
"Where are the others?" asked Naruto.
"They are recovering in the next room; I have to ask you something."
"What is it?"
"Was that the Kyuubi fighting in there?" she asked worried.
"Kind of, I felt a powerful urge to save everyone and kept begging in my mind that someone would give me a hand, and finally all this energy flushed through me, and the Kyuubi instincts started to take control. If it wasn't for Hinata I think I would have lost myself," replied Naruto.
"I see," Kurenai replied. She realized what happened. That seal was made to give Naruto some of Kyuubi's Chakra, but Naruto's determination forced out more of it than it should have, allowing the Kyuubi to take partial control. If Naruto couldn't find a way to contain it himself now, the Demon may take control. She only prayed Naruto could do so soon.
"Now I have a question for you," said Naruto, "what was it Lee was doing in there?"
Kurenai Began to explain the eight celestial gates to Naruto. She told him first was the Initial Gate, opening it put your body to its limit, then the Life gate, or the second gate, which unnatural raises your stamina. Then by opening the third gate, the Limit Gate, your body is forced beyond its limits, and the more gates you open after that the more your body is pushed until the Eighth gate, which grantees death to the user.
"So, Lee was willing to go that for to save us," Naruto said, almost in tears, "I'll repay him. And Hinata, They both but so much on the line to save me."
"Naruto," Kurenai said, almost smiling, "They did it because you guys are a team and they know you would do it for them. So don't get to worked up over it now, your still recovering."
"Thank you Kurenai Sensei," smiled Naruto, "I promise to never let any of you down and to protect you with all my strength," and with that he passed out. Kurenai just smiled and went to sleep with one thought in her mind, Thank you for giving me such a wonderful team.
Keep the reviews coming, they really are helping me a lot. Also, don't forget to give future pairing Ideas. No Yaio Pairing though.