Rika-chan24- Here is not the next chapter. I hope the spars are ok. I hope you guys like this chapter. :) Thanks for all the reviews, faves and follows.
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Shino and Kiba stood across from Lee and Neji, in training round 7. Shino knew they were going to have a tough time. Unlike Kiba, he also knew how fast Lee was. Neji was from the future, he had no drought that Neji had trained even more than normal. Just like everyone else who came from the future had.
Kiba and Lee slid into taijutsu stances, while Shino readied his bugs. Neji activated his Byakugan before sliding into the Gentle Fist taijutsu stance. In a split second Lee was charging towards Kiba, and Neji wasn't far behind him.
Kiba blocked Lee's first punch, but barely could keep up with Lee's speed. Shino jumped back and sent out millions of bugs from his coat sleeves.
Neji Kaitened through the bugs, killing a lot of them as soon as they made contacted with his chakra barrier.
Neji knew how most of Shino's techniques worked, just like how Shino knew his. The only thing Shino could think of was to surprise Neji with the few earth element jutsu's he knew.
Kiba was starting to have a really hard time keeping up with Lee. Akumaru, who was transformed as him, would attack him Lee on one side, while he attacked from another direction. It worked at first, but Lee was just faster.
"Fang over Fang!" Kiba shouted, as he and Akumaru began to spin at a fast speed towards Lee. Lee tried to jump away from the attack. He didn't get away fast enough and was grazed in the side.
"That should have slowed him down." Kiba thought as he and Akumaru stood across from Lee.
Shino noticed that Neji's movements began to slow down a little. So his bugs had finally started taking effect to Neji's chakra reserves. Guess it was time to use some new tricks.
Neji headed for Shino, his Gental fist style was for close distances and Shino knew that, that is why Shino was keeping his distance. Shino suddenly slammed his hands to the ground, and Neji's eyes widened in surprise.
"Earth Release: Earth Pillar Prison" Two voice's shouted in unison. Both Shino and Kiba had shouted out the jutsu's name.
Neji hadn't been paying any attention to Kiba and Lee's part of the fight. "So they both knew the jutsu."
All of a sudden tons of earth pillars circled around Neji, and he noticed that there were a few earth pillars appearing in Lee's way.
"That's it, I am tired of this!" Neji said; as he used Kaiten to break through the pillars surround him.
"WOW! HOW YOUTHFUL THE TWO OF YOU ARE!" Lee shouted. "I was not expecting that at all."
Kiba was breathing hard, next to a panting Akumaru. Kiba was running out of Chakra. He had forgotten that the jutsu took a lot of chakra. It also didn't help that Kiba's chakra control wasn't very good either.
Shino wasn't fairing much better than Kiba. A good portion of his bugs had died. He didn't have as many bugs as he did in the future. "Kiba, I think it is wise for us to forfeit." Shino said a few minutes later.
"Yeah, I don't think I could go much longer." Kiba replied. "Is that ok with you two?" Kiba asked the male members of Team Gai.
"Sure, you guys were a good fight though. Maybe next time." Neji acknowledged.
"Naruto tells me that every time I lose." Kiba responded.
"YOSH! OUR SPAR WAS VERY YOUTHFUL! WE SHOULD FIGHT AGAIN SOON! SO THAT WAY WE CAN ALL SHOW OUR FLAMES OF YOUTH!" Lee shouted.
"Sure Lee," Kiba replied with a chuckled.
The four of them turned to the others on the side lines.
"That was awesome, I can't wait until Sasuke and I fight you!" Naruto exclaimed.
"Troublesome, how do you know you two will win?" Shikamaru asked.
"That's easy; Naruto has enough chakra to fill every single one of us, and then still be ready to go. Then add me, were both quite a team when we want to be." Sasuke replied.
"You're acting way to nice Uchiha. Someone got some sense beaten into them by a certain blond ninja." Neji stated.
"Shut up, it happened to you too!" Sasuke grumbled out.
"What the heck are you guys talking about?" Ino asked.
"Yeah, are you talking about Ino or Naruto?" Tenten added.
Naruto was about to interrupt, when a voice stopped him.
"Hey Kit, what's going on?" Kurama's voice asked.
"Were just sparing with each other. Nothing big right now. Oh, Shikamaru, Neji and Shino were the three that came back with us."
"I know Kit; I can see you through your eyes and memories remember."
"Then why did you ask me what was going on?" Naruto asked.
"Just for my personal enjoyment, I don't always look through your memories. I was asleep earlier."
"Well I am going to be fighting next, but I think Sasuke and I can take down Shikamaru and Choji. Shikamaru will probably get lazy and want to forfeit, so he doesn't have to fight again."
"That sounds about right, well your probably should be paying attention, your spacing out. Your friends have been calling you for two minutes now."
"Oh crap, thanks a lot Kurama, I will chat with you later." Naruto said before going back to paying attention to the others.
"Hey Naruto, Naruto!" Kiba called out to him.
"What? Why are you all staring at me?" Naruto asked when he noticed everyone was watching him.
"You zoned out and didn't talk for five whole minutes." Sakura replied.
"Oh, well sorry I was thinking about something." Naruto answered as he rubbed the back of his head.
"Does it hurt?" Kiba joked.
"You know it kind of did, I had to think about all the things I have to help you with." Naruto explained.
"Can we just start our spar now?" Choji interrupted.
"Of course Choji, I am ready whenever the rest of you are." Naruto replied.
"What a drag, let's get this over with." Shikamaru mumbled as he walked towards the middle of the training ground with Choji right behind him.
"Come on Teme! We have to kick their butts before we can fight Neji and Lee." Naruto told his teammate.
Sasuke didn't answer Naruto, as he too walked towards the middle of the training grounds.
Naruto and Sasuke now stood across from Shikamaru and Choji. Shikamaru and Choji were used to working together. Sasuke and Naruto were going to have to be careful. After all Shikamaru was a genius, he was probably already on his twentieth strategy.
The battle was started as soon as both Sasuke and Naruto noticed Shikamaru's shadow stretch towards them. They both jumped apart and away from the shadows that were chasing them.
Naruto jumped away just as Choji came rolling towards him at a high-speed.
"Crap, Shikamaru's trying to distract us." Naruto mumbled as he moved out-of-the-way once more.
"Shadow Clone jutsu!" Naruto yelled, as twenty Naruto's appeared into existences. All of the clones ran towards Choji who had stopped rolling.
Sasuke was in a small taijutsu match with Shikamaru. If Sasuke kept the Nara from using hands signs then he couldn't trap him in shadow.
"Troublesome, I knew this battle would end up like this." Shikamaru grumbled, as he blocked another kick from Sasuke.
Shikamaru jumped away from Sasuke, only to be attacked by a few Naruto clones that were attacking from behind.
"Wind Style: Great Breakthrough." Naruto called out the jutsu's name.
The high gust of wind bushed Choji back and into Shikamaru who had just finished off a few clones.
Shikamaru and Choji got out up quickly. Choji began to do hand signs. "
"Partial Expansion Jutsu" Choji's arms stretched out towards Sasuke and Naruto.
Sasuke hurried through hand signs, as Naruto began to do the same.
"Fire Style: Great Fire Ball Jutsu."
"Wind Style: Great Breakthrough Jutsu."
The fire and wind combination burst into life, soaring towards Choji's stretched out hands. As soon as Choji's eyed it coming, he brought his arms back, and jumped away with Shikamaru.
The attack soon dissipated, leaving a huge scorched mark on the ground.
"I am glad we jumped away from that, things would have gotten troublesome." Shikamaru said.
Sasuke and Naruto ran at them a few seconds later, starting a taijutsu match again. All four of them exchanging blows with one another.
It was ten minutes later that Shikamaru spoke up; he was getting tired of this.
"Ok, were forfeiting, I don't want to keep fighting the two of you. Choji and I obviously won't win. It is easily to tell that the two of you are holding back." Shikamaru said. "I also don't want to fight with Neji and Lee."
"Yeah, I am ok with forfeiting, I am getting really tired." Choji added.
Naruto shrugged, "ok I guess, I figured you would ended up forfeiting anyways."
Sasuke nodded in agreement. He was looking forward to fighting with Neji and Lee.
The four for them walked back over to the edge of the training grounds.
"I can't believe you guys give up? You could have tried harder." Ino yelled at Shikamaru and Choji.
"Ino, you weren't even out there. Do you think you could have won if you fought Naruto and Sasuke?" Shikamaru asked.
"I guess not." Ino replied as she blushed in embarrassment.
"WOW, SO YOUTHFUL! OUR SPAR WILL BE JOYOUS!" Lee exclaimed.
"Lee, calm down. We can't start right away; we are going to take a break." Naruto said.
"Ok!" Lee agreed.
The group all sat together, talking about training and missions, when all four of their sensei's appeared.
"Kakashi-sensei, what are you guys doing here?" Sakura asked.
"Well, we have heard about your guys have been training together on Sundays." Kakashi replied.
"You guys do check on us, sometimes when we get together. Well not Gai, until today." Naruto stated.
"You knew we were watching you?" Kurenai asked, surprised that they were spotted.
"Of course we did, you guys don't really hide your chakra." Sasuke explained.
"So what were….you guys going…. to say?" Hinata questioned.
"We wanted to test you guys, as a group." Asuma answered.
"As a group, what do you mean?" Tenten asked.
"In one week, all twelve of are going to fight the four of us. We are going to test how well you guys fight as a group. The Third Hokage is quite interested in this." Kakashi explained.
"That's new, I haven't ever heard about this." Neji responded.
"So were being tested to see how well the twelve of us work as a team?" Shikamaru asked.
"Exactly, the hokage hasn't said anything about what happens if you do well." "Though I don't think all twelve of you can work as a team, it's never been heard before." Kakashi explained.
"I think you are wrong Kakashi, I bet the twelve of us can work well together. We might all even surprise you a little. We are a lot stronger than you think." Naruto said determined.
"I will see it when I believe it. So we will let you have one week to prepare. No missions until then. We will leave all of you alone and let you work out a strategy." Asuma added.
"IT SOUNDS LIKE A YOUTHFUL IDEA!" Lee shouted.
"Yes, Lee let your flames of youth soar!" Gai shouted back.
"THANK YOU GAI-SENSEI, IF WE CANNOT TEST OUR LIMITS, THEN I WILL DO 1000 PUSH UPS AND RUN 1000 LAMPS AROUND KONOHA!"
"THAT IS SO YOUTHFUL OF YOU LEE!" Gai shouted back.
"THANK YOU GAI-SENSEI!"
"LEE"
"GAI-SENSEI"
"LEE"
"GAI-SENSEI"
"Oh my god, please tell me I am not watching this." Ino commented.
"Oh you are" Sakura replied.
The sunset background began to show behind the hugging student and sensei.
"Look away, hurry." Neji told the others. "You will be caught in it."
Everyone looked away from them just in time. They finally separated a minute later.
"Now, since that's over. We will see all of you in a week." Kakashi said, just before he disappeared in a puff of smoke. The other sensei's nodding goodbye and they two left the training grounds.
"Well that was interesting." Shino spoke up first.
"This sounds like a troublesome situation." Shikamaru added.
"So we have the whole week off to train for this, this should be easy." Kiba said.
"No it isn't. They are elite jounin. We are just genin." Tenten replied. "Especially Kakashi and Gai, they are rumored to be the strongest jounin in Konoha."
"Oh! Well, all we have to do is work together." Kiba reasoned.
"Kiba, all twelve of us are a lot to work around. The four of them have an easier chance." Shikamaru explained.
"Let's work on a plan then, we need someone to lead the group. That person has to know how everyone works, and can't let it go to their head." Sasuke suggested.
"That's a good idea, but who? Tenten, Lee and I haven't worked with any of you, so if we go by your rules. All three of us are out." Neji replied.
"Shikamaru is really smart, maybe he should do it." Choji offered.
"Shikamaru isn't a bad idea." Shino acknowledged.
"Yeah, but I have someone better in mind. I may be smart, but I know one person who can think of a plan in the middle of a battle in seconds." Shikamaru replied.
"Who?" Hinata asked, for everyone.
"Naruto, I think you should lead us." Shikamaru answered.
"Naruto!?" Ino, Kiba, Tenten, Choji, Lee and Hinata asked in unison.
The others didn't have a problem with it. After all they were from the future and knew how Naruto was with battles.
"I guess I could. I have been thinking about it. If we are going to do this, then we are training all week except for the day before the match." Naruto explained. "Everyone is going to work with everyone. That way if they try to split us all up, we can always work together with anyone in the group." "I believe there is more to this fight then we actually know."
"Wow, that's actually a good idea. How did you think of it?" Kiba asked.
"Well, it's a good strategy; we have to take them by surprise. Especially if we want to at least last more than an hour fighting them off. We don't know idea if they will start easy and be holding back. There is no way they would go all out just for a test though. Neji and Tenten, I think it is a good idea if we find out your elements." Naruto explained.
"This is weird, Naruto's whole demeanor changed in an instant. I have never seen him like this." Ino whispered to Sakura.
"It happens when he is in charge of a mission. Get use to it, I think he might be leading more often. I figured you would have known this by now, considering all the get-togethers" Sakura replied to her blond friend.
Naruto pulled out a few chakra papers and handed them to Neji and Tenten. "Sorry Lee, I know you can't use chakra. Though I know you will get stronger with your Taijutsu while the others practice their elements. I will even spar with you, if you want." Naruto told the miniature Gai clone.
"It's ok, Naruto-san. I do not mind, I will be glad to spar with you." Lee replied. Naruto nodded, and turned to Neji and Tenten who were testing their element.
Neji's was sliced in half, and Tenten's paper was wrinkled up.
"Wow, I was not expecting that." Naruto replied. "Now I am not the only wind user, out of the group."
Naruto pulled out a few scrolls from hidden pockets in his jacket. He handed them to Neji.
Sasuke did the same as Naruto, but handed the scrolls he had to Tenten.
"Ok, well I guess our spar will have to be another day. We have to be prepared for this match. I am going to try to see if I can find more about it. So we all should probably get going home for the night. Tomorrow we all can meet up here at eight for training." Naruto explained to everyone.
"Alright, we will be here tomorrow then." Kiba agreed. "I have to clean the kennels for my mom anyways." With that Kiba left with Akumaru right behind him.
After Kiba left, everyone else started leaving the training grounds. All hoping they will get strong enough to team up against the jounin.
Naruto was the last one to leave the training grounds, heading towards the Hokage's office. He needed to figure out what was going on. This never happened the first time. Though the first time, none of them actually trained together like they were doing now.
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