Ramen Doodles
By Andrew J. Talon
Disclaimer: I do not and probably never will own Naruto or any other copyrighted works mentioned in this story. I am not writing this for profit.
There are countless fics where Naruto gets some random power up, but why not... Rock Lee?
Why Rock Lee Doesn't Get Power Ups or All Shall Burn With The Flames of Youth by Cubia
It is a common belief that Rock Lee is incapable of using jutsu. However the truth is that he is simply really bad at it beyond simple stuff like walking on wall or water. However despite this lack of talent Rock Lee could use chakra. That he could open the eight gates was proof of that. So Rock Lee did what comes naturally to him. He trained beyond reason. First he learned nature transformation for fire.
"If I can not give my chakra a fire attribute with intense training I shall give it a fire attribute with thrice as much training. Then I shall train until my fire chakra gives form to the Flames of Youth," Lee said. As a result his chakra gained a fire attribute that became like an inferno. Then he learned nature transformation for wind.
"If I can not give my chakra a wind attribute with intense training I shall give it a wind attribute with thrice as much training. Then I shall train until my wind chakra has the force to carry forth the Flames of Youth," Lee said. Then he obtained a wind attribute that became like a hurricane. Next he learned nature transformation for earth.
"If I can not give my chakra an earth attribute with intense training I shall give it an earth attribute with thrice as much training. Then I shall train until my earth chakra becomes the foundation that holds up the Flames of Youth," Lee said. Then he obtained an earth attribute that became like the mountains. Next he learned nature transformation for water.
"If I can not give my chakra a water attribute with intense training I shall give it a water attribute with thrice as much training. Then I shall train until my water chakra becomes the sea from which the Flames of Youth rise," Lee said. Then he obtained a water attribute that became like the depths of the ocean. Finally he learned nature transformation for lightning.
"If I can not give my chakra a lightning attribute with intense training I shall give it a lightning attribute with thrice as much training. Then I shall train until my lightning chakra illuminates the Flames of Youth," Lee said. Then he obtained a lightning attribute that shined bright enough to turn the night into day
However Rock Lee was not done training. When he was not practicing taijutsu he was meditating on his chakra natures. As much as he tried they could not be combined as. He did not have the inborn talent of a bloodline limit needed for that. However for his intense efforts Rock Lee had achieved a realization about a fact known to geniuses of previous generations. A persons chakra can hold a copy of their mind. However who said that a persons chakra had to leave their body to achieve this? Could one not divine their chakra internally to train the spiritual/mental energy that when combined with the physical energy of the body becomes chakra?
Rock Lee decided it could, and that if he could not train to generate a second mind within himself he would instead train to generate four minds within himself. Rock Lee managed to generate five other Rock Lee's within himself. Each bound to a fragment of his chakra given an elemental attribute. A Rock Lee of fire. A Rock Lee of wind. A Rock Lee of earth. A Rock Lee of water. A Rock Lee of lightning. Within the mental space of Rock Lee these Elemental Rock Lee fought and trained just as Rock Lee trained. Their experiences returning to Rock Lee to become his own upon their defeat, and being recreated from Rock Lee.
Every moment Rock Lee's techniques and power were in a state of constant evolution. Till eventually the barrier of the elements shattered and Rock Lee learned to combine the chakra of the elements. After that Rock Lee leaned to gather nature energy to create sage chakra, and did not need to remain still to gather this power for he could create an inner Rock Lee to gather it.
However despite the power gained from his training and discoveries Rock Lee still lacked a talent for using ninjutsu. For even though he massively increased his chakra it did not teach how to control it. So Rock Lee trained to control his chakra and in doing so made it so intense his body became like that of a tailed beast.
No longer was Rock Lee a limited being of flesh and blood, but of boundless will and chakra. Then the Otsutsuki invaded once again. This time in numbers greater than the shinobi world was prepared for. The invasion was useless, because all life native to the planet burned with the Flames of Youth.
For Rock Lee had united his chakra with the world and opened First Gate of the planet. At which point all wills were accidentally forcibly united, as the boundary between minds was permanently incinerated, and all selves and souls merged together into one newborn transcendent spirit. No longer did Rock Lee or the life of his world exist as they had. For their existence had been subsumed into the Flames of Youth incarnate as the Will of Fire. A peerless unique existence. A God.
All else that remained upon the planet that was the vessel of the Flames of Youth were the Otsutsuki. Who bowed to their new king, and were consumed by and made one with the Flames of Youth.
Finally the Flames of Youth converted the biological bodies of those it was born from and the substance of the planet into it's own chakra, and once it was a being of pure chakra set forth to spread across the stars.
Well, as Cubia wrote here, it's not always the best idea...