Konoha's Dream Team

Chapter 5

Team Seven stood in the academy, watching the commotion taking place before them. A large group of Genin were standing in front of the door to classroom three-oh-one, which was blocked by two cocky-looking Genin, who were beating up a team that were trying to make their way inside.

"Naruto," Sasuke said, nudging his friend, who nodded.

"Yeah, this entire corridor is covered in chakra. Definitely a Genjutsu."

"Well... even if you hadn't noticed it, people should notice the fact that we are just on the second floor..." Hinata said softly, though in a much stronger voice than Naruto and Sasuke were used to.

"Let's just slip by, nice and quiet," Sasuke said as he started walking. "This is probably something designed to weed out the weaklings."

They reached the third floor, and were heading for room three-oh-one, when a voice came from above them.

"Hey, you, the one with the dark eyes."

They all looked up at the catwalk above to see a kid wearing a very tight, green jumpsuit, and orange leg warmers. His black hair had a bowlcut style, and his eyebrows were amazingly thick. He was looking down at them, a very serious look on his face.

"What is it?" Sasuke asked in boredom.

"Will you... fight me right here?" the kid asked.

"A fight right now?" Sasuke asked, and the kid nodded, jumping down to their level, landing in a crouch.

"My name is Rock Lee. And you are Uchiha Sasuke."

"Heh, so you know?" Sasuke asked, raising an eyebrow.

"I want to fight you," Rock Lee said. "I want to test my techniques against the offspring of the genius ninja clan."

"You're challenging me, even knowing the Uchiha name," Sasuke said, narrowing his eyes a smidgeon. "Frankly, you're a fool. You're about to learn what this name means, thick-brows..."

"Please," Rock Lee said, getting into a stance where he held one of his hands in a 'come on' gesture, the other hand behind his back. "I'll say this. You cannot defeat me. Because, right now I am the strongest Konoha Genin."

"Sounds fun, I'll do it," Sasuke said with a smirk.

"Um, Sasuke-kun, you really shouldn't," Hinata said, pointing up at the clock on the wall. "We only have thirty minutes to get to the meeting."

"Don't worry, I'll be done in five minutes," Sasuke said simply.

"Hey, hey, don't kill fellow Konoha ninja..." Naruto muttered.

"Kill?" Lee asked, raising an eyebrow.

"Well, I have long since learned not to underestimate any opponent," Sasuke said as he reached behind his back, grabbing his chokuto. "I won't use Ninjutsu, as I don't want to destroy the academy. However, I won't go easy on you, thick-brows."

Sasuke charged forward, but before he could unsheathe his sword, Lee came at him with a spin kick, which forced him to duck. Lee didn't let up, however, instead spinning three-sixty degrees and lowering himself to aim another kick at Sasuke's ducking form with incredible speed.

'He's fast!' Sasuke thought, jumping over the kick and twisting in midair, bringing his heel down toward Lee, who pushed off the ground and leapt out of the way.

"That was fast," Sasuke commented as he rose to his feet. "You should feel proud of yourself. If we keep this up, and I don't use this, I won't keep up with you," he said, his irises turning red, two tomoe appearing in each eye.