On the way to the Land of Rivers.
Team Guy passed through a barren expanse resembling the Gobi Desert.
"Watch out! Someone's coming!" Neji warned sharply as he marched. "Behind us!"
Everyone stopped abruptly.
A white fin-like shape surged rapidly through the soil behind them, tearing through the earth like a shark through water.
With a loud crash, the fin slammed into the rocky hill ahead, sending debris flying.
Team Guy instinctively dodged, watching the path behind them tremble.
"Ahem!" As the dust settled, Kisame Hoshigaki emerged from the smoke, Samehada resting on his shoulder. If he hadn't coughed from the smoke, he might've looked pretty cool.
"You are..." Guy tensed.
"Do you know him, Guy-sensei?" Lee turned to ask.
"Sharks?" Guy muttered, frowning.
"..." Kisame's expression flattened. "Looks like Kakashi didn't bother to tell you about me."
"Hmph! Then let me kill you!" Kisame raised Samehada menacingly.
"Um..." Lee hesitated. "Our ninja hounds were just summoned away by Kakashi-senpai. Maybe try looking for them somewhere else?"
"Bastard! Are you mocking me?!" Kisame roared, flinging Samehada into the air and quickly forming hand seals. "Water Style: Exploding Water Colliding Wave!"
His chest expanded grotesquely before a torrent of water erupted from his mouth. A massive surge flooded the desert, transforming it into a vast lake.
Kisame rode the towering wave with glee. "I'm going in!"
The team leapt and dodged the onrushing flood, landing atop jagged reefs that now dotted the water-covered desert.
"Neji!" Guy called.
"Byakugan!" Neji activated his dojutsu, his veins bulging as he scanned the churning water. "I see him!"
Underwater, Kisame completed another set of seals. "Water Style: Great Waterfall Technique!"
A towering wall of water surged at the team again. Kisame burst from it, cleaving downward at Lee.
"Bastard! You dare mock me?! Die!"
Lee dodged, then countered seriously, "Mr. Shark, I wasn't mocking you! I was just stating a fact! Leaf Great Whirlwind!"
He launched into a powerful spinning kick, aiming at Samehada.
Neji followed up with, "Eight Trigrams: Air Palm!" The concussive blast sent Kisame flying.
Tenten immediately hurled a chained meteor hammer.
Kisame deflected it with Samehada. "Hmph. Child's play."
Boom! The explosive tag attached to the hammer detonated.
As the mist cleared, Kisame had vanished.
"Up front!" Neji shouted.
They saw Kisame slowly rise from the water's surface.
"You brats are a pain..." he muttered.
"Mr. Shark," Lee chimed again, gesturing to Kisame's cloak, "doesn't the high collar trap water in there?"
A vein throbbed on Kisame's forehead, but he remained still.
"That massive chakra and that sword..." Guy suddenly exclaimed, "You're...!"
"Looks like Kakashi finally mentioned me." Kisame stood solidly on the water.
"I feel like I've heard of you before..." Guy frowned.
Everyone stared at each other in awkward silence.
Kisame sighed. "You two bastards sure know how to piss people off... Let me enlighten you."
"Next, I'll create an opening! You three attack!" Guy barked.
"Understood!" Neji, Lee, and Tenten responded in unison.
Tenten opened a scroll and tossed a blade to Lee.
She also withdrew a long sword and held it to her chest.
Neji winced inwardly. After training with Naruto, things had changed. Watching Lee take up a blade pained him. Guy hadn't stopped crying the first time Lee used a weapon in battle. Neji quickly shook the memory away.
Guy charged Kisame. "Leaf Hurricane!"
Kisame dodged. Neji closed in, Gentle Fist strikes aimed at vital points, but Kisame blocked with Samehada.
Lee clashed blades with Kisame next. Knocked back, he reoriented and drew his weapon with a swift motion.
"One-Sword Style: Evil Soaring Bird!"
A slash wave erupted, tearing through the water toward Kisame.
"Nani?!" Kisame grunted. "Iron Country kenjutsu?!"
He blocked with Samehada, but the shockwave pushed him back.
A cut appeared on his cheek.
Far off, Tenten held a sword hilt. The blade had vanished. "Shikai... Scatter, Senbonzakura!"
Kisame looked up, alarmed. Countless micro-blades floated like cherry blossoms, glinting in the sunlight.
"What the hell?!"
The blades struck. Kisame's form was shredded.
"Yes!" Tenten shouted.
"Careful!" Guy yelled. Kisame's body splashed into water. "A Water Clone?!"
"Nani?!" Tenten gasped.
Behind her, Kisame emerged. "Such a dangerous blade... you die first!"
He swung at her.
"One-Sword Style: Lion Song!"
Lee appeared before her, intercepting the strike. His counter split the clone—which dissolved into water.
Kisame retreated, gritting his teeth. "Even Samehada's transformation was cut... damn brats."
He glared at Lee sheathing his blade.
"Bastard! You haven't even gone bald and you're using that move!"
"Oops, force of habit. Sorry!" Lee gave him a thumbs-up. "Thank you!"
Kisame: "..."
He glanced at Neji, Lee, and Tenten. "You kids are impressive... but..."
"Nani?!" the three gasped.
Behind them, three water clones materialized. All three simultaneously activated hand seals.
"Water Style: Water Prison Technique!"
Tenten, Lee, and Neji were trapped in orbs of water, immobilized.
"Lee! Neji! Tenten!" Guy shouted.
"You still dare to look away during battle?!" Kisame sneered. He formed seals rapidly. "Water Style: Water Shark Bullet Technique!"
A massive shark-shaped projectile lunged at Guy.
Boom! The wave exploded. Kisame followed up with a crushing kick to Guy's arm.
"That strength...! Who are you?!" Guy gasped.
"Too late to figure that out!" Kisame roared, slamming a punch into Guy's face and sending him flying into the water.
"Guy-sensei!" the others yelled from within the water prisons.
Submerged, Guy narrowed his eyes. "I knew I'd heard of this guy..."
"Water Style: Five Feeding Sharks Technique!" Kisame clapped his hands together and slammed the water. Chakra flowed into five spectral sharks that charged Guy.
"Nani?!" Guy struck one with a punch, but it reformed instantly and came again.
"These sharks will devour your bones!" Kisame laughed.
Guy gritted his teeth. "We can't waste time!"
He stood firm, arms crossed.
"Eight Inner Gates... Open!!"
"Gate of Wonder... Seventh Gate!"
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