What if Naruto had a hidden power that came to be when he fought Mizuki, a bloodline he never knew of? Then he would be known as the Kaze no Arashi, the Wind Storm!
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto. Those rights belong to Masashi Kishimoto.
Kaze no Arashi
Chapter 15:
The Main Events: The Kaze no Arashi and the Sabaku no Arashi!
Dosu was shocked at what this blonde ninja displayed. The power this boy held shocked him and the slight strategy the boy used to hit Dosu after knowing of Dosu's techniques. Dosu cursed as he saw Naruto hold chains on his fingertips, applying a coating of chakra of some kind onto the chains as he grinned in eagerness to show everyone what he could do. It seemed that the Uchiha's team was a lot stronger than he thought. The team was the only team so far that could possibly have all their members move onto the Third Part of the exam.
Dosu grinded his teeth; he knew that he would have to do anything and everything in order to beat the blonde and hit him with a wave of sound from his amp. After all, the water inside Naruto's body should make the sound waves damage him quite a bit. Dosu made a handsign and charged, generating charka into his amplifier as he hit one the Narutos with his arm and glared at the blonde before him.
Vibrating Sound Drill! Dosu had the sound focus into Naruto's ear only for him to see that it was a clone, vanishing into smoke. Damn it, I'll have to find out which one is him one by one!
Dosu charged to another Naruto, and did exactly what he did to the clone, that Naruto vanishing into smoke as well. The other Narutos were joined together as Dosu knew the one in the back would be the real one. He zoomed past the two and went for the one in the back using his amplifier as he grinned evilly in seeing blood drip from Naruto's ear and the other clones vanished.
"So you were hiding in the back of your clones, having them protect you from the sound attacks? Such a coward, you are." Dosu said, grinning in satisfaction, until he heard Naruto chuckle and look up at him, breathing a little heavy.
"Who said I was ever hiding," Naruto said, shocking Dosu and everyone else as he vanished into smoke and Naruto appeared behind the Sound shinobi, fingers still holding chains on their tips. Dosu turned quickly as Naruto grinned in success and sent the five chains from his fingers, wind chakra surrounding them. The chains went clean through Dosu, crimson life flowing from his body, as Naruto watched the man fall onto the ground.
It seems I didn't reveal the other two of my paper seals and my Kaze no Arashi, so I still have techniques up my sleeve for the third part of the exam. Naruto looked at his hand, closed it and smiled at what he accomplished. I did it!
Hayate Gekko looked at Dosu and coughed, "Winner…"
"I'm still not done!"
Naruto looked as Dosu revealed himself and the body dispersed into sound waves. Naruto's eyes widened as he used the wind to disperse the sound waves that Dosu sent his way and looked to see a slightly wounded Dosu. So he can make a clone out of sound waves… That's new…
I have to prove to Orochimaru-sama… No! Orochimaru, I have to prove to Orochimaru that I am not a pawn to be thrown away. He's just using me to judge Uchiha Sasuke's abilities. He just wants the power from the boy and doesn't care as he will use us as he wants. We're pawns to gain the king… Dosu thought, angry at Orochimaru as he glared at his "sensei."
Orochimaru just stood, interested in how the match would play.
Dosu sighed as he looked at his opponent, the one that could block him from facing Sasuke. I can't believe I had to reveal something I never had to use. Most people believe I only know the attacks with the amplifier. I just had to reveal it right now, but otherwise, and I would be either dead, passed out, or very badly injured.
"Let's settle this, Uzumaki Naruto." Dosu said as he zoomed in with his remaining strength and Naruto stood still, looking calmly at his opponent.
Naruto smirked as he saw Dosu, "Yeah, I'll end this now." He pulled out a paper tag from his pouch and rushed at Dosu.
Right as Dosu was about to strike, Naruto ducked beforehand and planted the tag on one of Dosu's feet and turned to face Dosu as he smirked and made a handsign. Dosu started to move, but stopped, his body feeling numb and unmovable for some reason.
His eyes slowly widened in pure shock and his mouth slowly moved into the sentence he wanted to say. "What did you do to me?"
Naruto grinned as he approached Dosu, his hand still formed into a handsign while the other was free, resting at his side. "That tag contains a seal that paralyzes you completely." Naruto hid the weaknesses, not wanting anybody to know. "That is until I release it by not applying chakra to it by this handsign I'm doing right here."
Smooth, Naruto, you spoiled one of the weaknesses of the seal! He thought to himself as he looked at Dosu. He, then, remembered, knowing how stupid one moment he can be and be a genius the other that the tag would lose effect anyway as he would stop forming the seal with one of his hands.
"You would know anyway when I release my hand from this sign so there was no point in not telling you since I'm going to do it anyway." Naruto released the sign, grinned as he focused wind chakra into his closed fist and his fist.
Dosu tore off the seal tag from his foot and started to get used to walking again only to be shocked when Naruto, wearing a serious expression with calm, cerulean eyes, appeared before him and shoved the fist into the Sound ninja's stomach as Dosu felt blood flow out of his mouth and him being knocked onto the ground of the already torn arena. Naruto grinned in victory as he looked at a surprised Hayate, who coughed a little and, then, smiled at Naruto's win.
"Winner," Hayate started before he coughed once more, "Uzumaki Naruto!"
Naruto raised his fist and smiled at his win as a few people were amazed at his performance! "Fuck yeah, I won!"
"Nice job, Naruto!" Sakura yelled as she was shocked when Lee, beside her, had fire burning in his eyes and leaped from the upper levels.
Gai looked seriously at Naruto like Kurenai and Asuma, thinking similar things about being amazed at Naruto's talent and abilities shown here except he had to add something to it. Yosh, that Naruto kid is full of the wonderful pleasuring youth that Lee and I hold so dear! He'll become a splendid ninja someday! A splendid ninja full of youth! So beautiful…
Comical anime tears flooded from Gai's eyes, causing his team, except Lee, and Sakura and Sasuke to stare at him with comical freaked out expressions.
The Third looked at Naruto and smiled. Good job, Naruto…
Gaara looked at Naruto fiercely as he made a handsign and sand went around him. He appeared on the floor of the exam and looked calmly at Lee and Naruto as they talked.
"Yes, Naruto, that was quite the youthful battle you had. I hope mine up next is just as youthful!" Lee said, making a Nice Guy pose.
Gai laughed and looked at Kakashi, "It seems your students are quite youthful, Kakashi. Just what I thought I'd see from my rival." His smile flashed a blinding light at Kakashi, Sasuke and Sakura, as the two students were shaking and were creeped out at the jonin teacher with huge eyebrows.
"Huh? You say something, Gai?" Kakashi said as usual, turning to his "rival", as he would say, with a look of confusion.
Gai shook at what Kakashi said and exclaimed, "Curse you Kakashi and your hip attitude!"
Naruto looked at Lee and, then, Gaara as he put a hand on Lee's shoulder. "Just be careful, Lee. He's the one out of all of these guys here that I would fear to fight myself. Good luck on your match."
Lee smiled at Naruto, "I'll win this match or do one million crunches!"
Naruto sweat-dropped and chuckled, "Okay, Lee," and went up to his team as they greeted him.
"Naruto!" Sakura yelled as she waved at him and smiled. "Good job out there."
"You did good as well," Naruto said with his usual smile.
Sasuke smirked, "Though you look a little worn out, dope."
Naruto smirked back, "Not as much as you did."
"Great job out there, Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura. I'm surprised and proud that you all entered and even made it to the final part of the exam."
"Thanks, sensei," they said to him before turning to the match as Hayate was coughing.
Gaara sent out the cork of his gourd and Lee quickly grabbed it, even as nobody at all saw it other than a few people.
Lee gripped it and looked seriously at his opponent. "Please, don't rush things."
Gaara looked impassive as he let the sand leak out of his gourd and Lee merely got into his taijutsu stance, smirking. Hayate Gekko quickly started the match and moved backward as Lee rushed toward Gaara and started to whip around the sand at insane speeds that would make a certain blue hedgehog that is on video games to look like a tortoise. Everyone looked at the match in wonder as Lee began to quickly dodge the movements of sand like an acrobat on a tightrope, elegant and smart.
Lee, then, zoomed and tried to punch only to curse and back away fast as the sand blocked his punch. Sakura was confused at why Lee was doing this and only using taijutsu.
"Why is Lee only using taijutsu when it doesn't work against Gaara's sand? It would be easier to use ninjutsu to hold the sand off." Sakura said confused.
"That's because," Gai said, catching Team Seven's attention, "Lee only knows how to use taijutsu."
Lee rushed back as the sand followed him and he did back flips until he landed on the giant handsign in the back of the arena. He was staring down Gaara who was calmly looking back at him.
"And he'll win by doing that," Gai said confusing Sakura and the others. He looked at Lee and smiled, "Take them off, Lee! I'll allow it this time!"
Lee looked seriously at Gai and, then, smiled excitedly, "You really mean that, Gai-sensei?"
Gai laughed and did a Nice Guy pose, "Of course!"
Lee laughed as he showed he was wearing weights causing many to chuckle.
"Do you really think weights will allow him to beat Gaara easier?" Kankuro questioned as Temari nodded in agreement with her brother.
Lee dropped them as they crashed into the ground, dust flying with parts of the floor, shocking everyone, but Gai there. Kakashi looked like he had a dead-pan expression. Did you really have to go overboard, Gai?
Lee rushed forward, appearing behind Gaara as he went to punch, shocking the sand user. The sand barely blocked the punch as Lee kept going, blow after blow. He zoomed up into the air above Gaara as he was about to kick Gaara and Gai smiled.
"He doesn't know any ninjutsu or genjutsu, so he used all his time on taijutsu. He's a taijutsu specialist." Gai said as Lee landed a kick right on Gaara's head, shocking everyone there completely. There was a cut on Gaara's cheek. "No one can compete with Lee in speed. Like I said, Lee is really strong."
Lee smiled, "We're getting started now!" He rushed and punched Gaara to the ground in the blink of an eye.
Sasuke was shocked, eyes wide at Lee's display. He's incredibly fast… Sasuke's fist tightened as he glared at Lee, who was looking confident and then looked at the intently watching, intrigued Naruto. I have to get strong!
Lee looked shocked as little pieces of clumped together sand fell from Gaara's face showing his vicious face, grinning from ear to ear.
Sakura shook, scared of Gaara as Kakashi looked intently. He has his body incased in a sand armor of sorts…
Kankuro shook uncontrollably as Temari and Baki looked shocked as well. His true self is coming out…
The armor began to repair itself as Gaara looked calmly at Lee, who was in his usual stance. "Is that all you have?"
That protection of his armor… I'll have to use… the Lotus! Lee looked to Gai as they both nodded and Lee started to unwrap his bandages and rushed at Gaara at high speeds.
"Come on already," Gaara said as Lee finally went up to him and repeatedly kicked Gaara in the air until he wrapped Gaara into the wrappings and sent him downward in a Forward Lotus. He went away from Gaara, huffing in how much the technique took out of him.
He looked at where Gaara landed and was shocked when he was a shell of sand, Gaara no longer there. He heard laughing behind him as he quickly turned to see Gaara. Gaara rushed his sand out at Lee, who couldn't avoid the attack.
"It seems that Lotus thing takes a lot out of Lee." Naruto said, seeing Gaara rush out his sand and Lee barely dodging the sand until Lee finally looked serious and got into a stance, confusing Naruto. "Eh? Why is he getting all into his stance, smiling? I thought he was exhausted from the Lotus?"
"The Lotus blooms twice," Gai said as everyone looked at him, only Kakashi with wide eyes.
"You didn't, Gai," Kakashi said silently as Gai glared at Kakashi and they felt Lee open the first gate.
"What do you mean by that, Kakashi-sensei?" Sasuke asked, watching the match.
"Gai taught Lee how to open the forbidden gates, each giving people untapped power, yet if they open enough of the gates, they could potential injure their body severely or even worse…" Kakashi said, causing Sasuke to widen his eyes in realization.
"You mean…" Sasuke started.
"Yes, Sasuke, you will die." Everyone was shocked even Kakashi said this except Gai. "That technique is forbidden, Gai, even more than the regular Lotus."
Lee opened the Second and Third Gates, causing everyone to look in shock and awe at Lee's power. Kakashi even revealed his Sharingan to see what Lee was doing. He was shocked when he looked at Lee, the boy's nose bleeding out of the power he was displaying, his skin a deep, dark crimson. This boy is a genius…
Neji… Sasuke… and even you… Naruto… I want to show that I am strong! I will show you, what I can do! Lee opened the Fourth Gate and rushed at Gaara at speeds almost no one could track except Kakashi and a few of the shocked jonin and the Hokage as he kicked Gaara totally high into the air.
He punched Gaara from the front and, then, immediately in the back as he wrapped his wrappings around Gaara as the sand ninja fell, his sand no longer fast enough to protect him. Bones started to snap in Lee's body as he pulled Gaara forward, opening the Fifth Gate.
Lee landed a punch right into Gaara's chest, sending him right into the ground. Reverse Lotus!
Lee and Gaara were on the ground, the arena floor trashed and crushed like Lee's body felt. Everyone stared and were shocked as Lee struggled up and Gaara was huffing, laying on a blanket of sand, his hand open and extended as his sand wrapped around Lee's leg.
Sand Coffin! Lee screamed as Gaara was about to surround Lee with sand and kill him, but Gai interfered, causing Gaara to shake in not understanding this action. "Why… He lost already…"
"I protect him as he's my precious student." Gai said as Gaara merely stared at them and Hayate quickly declared Gaara the winner.
Naruto shook with anger as he threw himself over the bars holding him back and Sakura was about to do the same, but Kakashi stopped her.
"Sensei…" She said, wanting to help somehow.
"Sakura, what can you do down there?" Kakashi asked as he took his hand off of her and looked at Naruto, who was running toward the medical ninja, Lee and Gai. Naruto…
I can't believe a person like Lee lost to a person like him… Naruto thought, glaring at Gaara, who stared at him calmly.
Naruto stared at Lee as Gai was hearing the news from the medic.
"Sorry, but with his injuries, he might never be a shinobi," Naruto heard as Gai was frozen and Naruto was frozen as well as he saw Lee being taken away.
"What…" Naruto said out loud softly, the information just coming into his brain. "But… Lee… He can't be… He has to be a ninja! He said he had to face Neji and Sasuke! How could he…?"
Naruto looked to see Kakashi covering Naruto's mouth. "Naruto, understand that Lee did this so he could fight Sasuke, Neji and even you in the future. Remember that, alright?" Naruto nodded as Kakashi went to Gai and helped him go back up in the stands as Hayate finally declared, "The Preliminaries are now over! All the victors come to the floor to tell you about the Third Part of the Exam."
Naruto stood where he was unmoving until he finally clenched his fist and grew the most serious face he ever wore. "I'll show everyone a genius of hard work, Lee… Just for you!"