Chapter 173: CH 173
A kunai passed by his face while his mind was elsewhere. Now when a kunai usually comes at him behind the walls of Konoha he knew it would be either one of two people, and there were very particular ways to pinpoint exactly who it was. Did the kunai cut his cheek? No. Was there a shapely female form hanging off of his back with her arms wrapped around him? Again no. Did the kunai miss him by a mile in the effort to divert his attention? Yes. Did the damn thing have a pinwheel on it for some reason? Yes. And if he listened closely he could hear the creaking of a spandex jumpsuit rubbing together at high speeds.
The time it took for him to work out this equation in real time, less than one second, which was convenient, because that was all the time he had to react to it in one way or another.
Now depending on who was coming for him he would have one of two reactions. For the first person he would only have so much time and room to maneuver himself to put himself at an advantage instead of being left to her 'tender' mercies, and by tender I mean with a kunai pushing against his jugular and his maybe his junk depending on her mood. For the second person there was only enough time for one response and one response only.
"Dynamic Entry!"
At a speed that most could only keep up with assisted by a doujutsu, a spandex-clad figure slammed his foot into the side of Naruto's head before he burst into smoke. A Kawarimi combined with Kage Bunshin.
"Damn it Rock Lee!" Naruto said as he dropped a nearby tree, "That would have given me a concussion if that had actually hit! What the hell is your malfunction?"
Lee was taller nowadays, but other than the growth that came with him growing in age and the chunin vest he now wore he didn't look too different at all from the old days. Lee simply gave Naruto one of his gleaming smiles, "Ah, Naruto-kun it has been too long since we have seen one another. When was it? Oh yes, during our border assignment."
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