Moving forward

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Sitting under the shade of a tree in one of the training grounds. I held a decently large gourd still and took a deep breath. Once my lungs had taken in as much oxygen as they could handle, I planted my lips onto the gourd's top and blew.

*crack*

Slowly, the gourd had small cracks appear on its surface before spreading out. And with the final amount amount of oxygen leaving my lungs, the bottom of the gourd had completely blown up.

After the bottom had exploded, I gently put it the side before hearing the rustle of leaves come from above. Calmly, I took a shard from off the ground before accurately throwing it towards the sound.

*shatter*

Another person wearing the outfit I had came flying out to the tree towards me. And with a yell, he planted his foot directly into my now raised arm.

Dynamic Entry!"

Being launched backwards, I felt my feet dig into the ground as I desperately tried to stay up. When I had stopped going back, my back was on a tree and the man in front of me was in a stance. It was Might Guy.

"Lee! Show me the results of your Youth!"

"Yes Guy-Sensei!" Quickly getting into the stance we both use, he flashed his pearly whites. And with a cloud of dust, he kicked off towards me.

He opened the fight up with a upward kick which blew my guard up. And with his leg still in the air, he tried to bring an axe kick on top of my head.

Using the force from his initial kick, I flipped away as he broke the ground I previously stood on.

Knowing the difference in strength between the two of us, I decided to go on the offensive. Being on the defensive at this point would result in my defeat.

As soon as the dust cleared, Guy-sensei stood there with a bright smile. "That was good Lee." He then got into his offensive stance once again. "But that's not the full extent of your Youth is it?"

Staring at Guy, I already knew that I would lose. The physical strength and technique of my senses was above me. So.....

Getting into a semi-relaxed stance, I began to take a deep breath. My lungs filled and a yellow aura had appeared around me. Guy seeing this was shocked for a split second before turning serious.

An afterimage was left behind as I rushed towards Guy at a speed he could barely perceive. Sending a heel kick towards his head, he reflexively brought his arm up to block it. Confident in my new found strength, I blew up his guard before planting my foot on the ground.

I then sent a kick towards his chin which connected and sent him up into the air in a daze. Following him up, I landed a kick in his chest before landing yet another and slowly built up speed from there. Once my flurry was about done, dust had been kicked up due the gust produced by my kicks.

And once my momentum had reached its peak, I took yet another breathe which made my physique get noticeably bigger. I then got above him before driving a nasty kick into his temple. This sent him directly into the ground with enough force to produce a large crater and plum of dust.

Unable to hold my breath for much longer, I landed on the ground before taking a few breaths. My aura and bulky physique disappeared and a painful headache and dizziness took their place.

'That's all I got Guy-sensei.' I thought as the dust was blown away revealing Guy in the 3rd gate. 'Now I'll just... take a nap....'

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Waking up, I noticed I was in the hospital. Beside me was a medical-nin calmly writing something down on her clipboard. And beside her was Guy in all his glory.

"Ah Lee! You're awake already! Hahah, as expected of my Youthful student." He began to yell causing the nurse to look at him in confusion and worry. Poor woman was thinking he was a weirdo probably.

Noticing the woman's stare, Guy kept a smile. "May you leave? I need to speak with my student alone if that's all right."

"Hmmmmmmm." Putting her clipboard on her lap, she began to tap it in thought. "I suppose I could give you some time. But I'll have to check on his condition in.... let's say 15 minutes?"

"That'll be fine. Thank you."

Nodding towards Guy and myself, she left the room with board in hand. She was even nice enough to close the sliding door before she left.

"So Lee..." Guy began in a carefree tone before turning deathly serious. "What was that you used?"

"You talking about what I used to overpower you?" I smirked causing him to lean forward as if he was punched. He even coughed a bit. "Y-yeah, That one."

"It's something I thought of in my spare time."

"....."

"Errrrr, I'm not lying."

"..."

"I'm not! I swear!"

For once in all of Naruto, Might Guy wore a blank stare. He then put his hand on the bridge of his nose before a stream of tears went down his cheeks.

"Uh, are you ok Guy-Sensei?"

"Am I ok?" He repeated before revealing a bright smile. "I'm not just ok Lee! I'm beyond happy right now!"

'What.'

"The sheer amount of Youth you produced with that move of yours was...." Clenching his fist, another stream of tears appeared as he looked at a rainbow. "Astounding!"

'How is there even a rainbow! It's a clear sky today!'

"But." He paused before staring at me with a serious expression. "You know the effects it has on your body right? And why I must ask you not to use it unless you absolutely need to?"

"Yes, I understand Guy-Sensei. It's because of the amount to oxygen inside of my blood. Once I release it, the oxygen levels inside my body returns to normal leaving effects range from a slight headache, dizziness, and even passing out."

"I have no idea what you just said, but at least you know!"

Looking at him flashing me a clueless yet toothy smile as he left. I chuckled a bit before lying back down.

'What a Guy.... heh... Guy.'

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(Lord Third)

Looking through my glass ball, I let out a puff of smoke as I calmly viewed the interaction between student and teacher. Guy had came by a told me of Lee's new technique.

Leaning back, I observed a couple of papers concerning Lee's health and put my pipe down in thought. Whatever he used didn't do much damage to himself. There weren't any long term effects on his health either. But it still had the danger of making Lee pass out.

'So do I label this a kinjutsu? Or do I just place it under taijutsu?' Stroking my beard, I thought very hard before placing it under kinjutsu. 'It's better if the village keeps this to ourselves. Asking Lee to make this public could endanger a leak of the technique towards the other villages.'

Pulling the drawer to my desk open, I grabbed a folder regarding Danzo and his Root. 'This knowledge will also only be kept by myself and Guy. Lee will decide what he does with this technique by himself.'

Opening the folder, I skimmed through some papers before arriving at the past issue with the civilian council. 'I don't know if Lee knows it. But he helped me dodge a kunai with this one.'

Lee had suddenly came into my office one day to report a kidnapping near his home. As it was only a civilian, I didn't pay much attention and sent in Kakashi to check it out.

And much to my surprise and horror, other civilian and even low level clans had lost a child or two in that past month. Looking into it deeper, Kakashi was led to a head figure in the civilian council. And after a session or two of torture, he was killed.

For a guy who wasn't even a ninja, he was scarily tolerant to torture. We even tried a mind jutsu but where met with resistance. All attempts failed and we decided to just off him.

'But I began to pull corruption out by the 'Root' after that.' Chuckling, I took another huff of smoke from my pipe. '4 Civilian council members, one or two of my own Anbu, 8 businesses, and more.'

'Danzo, you would have been a thorn in my side if I didn't realize find out what you where doing earlier.' But alas, not a single bit of evidence points towards Danzo. 'But the only one capable of doing something like this is Danzo and his Root.'

"It seems you'll have to live a bit longer Danzo."

My eyes then moved towards my students novel.

'Maybe I should call my assistant later.... hehehe.'

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(Near the Academy on a rooftop)

"Hey Naruto, you got a second?" A white haired man asked as he took a seat next to him. "I got something you may want to hear."

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