Protect the Cube = Link

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Lee walked through the forest path with a rather normal pace, not in any rush and it would be obvious by the look on his face if it wasn't the same look the man always had. He slowly turned his attention to the side as he looked to his side and moved his hand into a pocket and withdrew a scroll. He pulled it out and opened it up to look down at it as he continued to walk, making sure not to lose any sort of time. On the paper was the description of the assignment though it was a simple enough one that he was sure that it would be done in a short enough amount of time. He was tasked with the job to deliver an object to a village outside of his own and that was the jest of it. He was about to roll the scroll back up but gave pause to the notion of some words as he passed by a couple of others, he couldn't tell where or what they looked like from the attire they wore but it wasn't all that hard to listen if he made his footsteps more spaced out. All he heard was the following 'So, we plan on acting soon, ya? Because we can't just keep waiting and everyone is getting nervous and on top of that, we heard that there was only supposed to be one person going to get it this time and they aren't even from the village, it can't get any better than that, we have to do this now or we'll just forget the plan.' But in the end, Lee would simply dismiss it as just traveling gossip that was either meant to scare him or was meant for something else that he was not awake of since there were no specifics talked about in the conversation and so, he would continue on route.

It did not take Lee long to locate the so called 'artifact' and it looked like nothing special. Quite the opposite, it looked like a box, a stone box, possibly metal but it looked to be stone made and he was assured that it was the object he was supposed to acquire and return to the village. But before he could leave, the man that he had received the cube from would not let him simply take it, he continued to ramble on about just how important it was though all Lee wished to do was leave and continued to say the same thing over and over again "I will, I will guard it with my life. I will, I will guard it with my life....I will, I will guard it with my life now I have to leave." and with a finally tug, he was able to free himself from the man and instantly took off in the opposite direction, simply to get away from the man.

But as if it was planned, Lee came to an abrupt stop. There was a single person in his way, one that was wearing the clothing of the people he had heard prior to collecting the artifact. The person held their hand out and spoke simply "Hand over the-" "No." The man paused and rose his hand up and snapped his fingers and shortly after, several other dressed in identical clothing appeared to make it look as if they were clones but there were slight differences, such as height and the weapons they carried. Only one stood out a bit more due to the way he stood further in the back out of plain sight but was still clearly visible. Lee moved his hand over the artifact as he then raised his free hand up to the handle of the blade that rested itself on his back. "I'm asking you to turn back and leave now. I will not be to kind if you attack me first." The six ninja took steps forward and spoke in unison.

"Fire Style, Fireball Jutsu!" The technique kneaded inside the bodies of the enemy ninja and converted into fire and expelled from their mouth as a massive orb of roaring flame. The six large balls of fire erupted toward Lee with no intention of stopping but was not something he was going to let happen so easily "Water release, water encampment wall." The enemies fiery attacks are completely intercepted by a fence of water blown out from Lee's mouth, and is raised from below with tremendous might. The water is blown out in the form of a circle around Lee, and it makes for a defense without openings so that any other attacks that would come at him would be ineffective. Lee's field of vision is maintained even while defending from such attacks and thus he could easily go on to the next move, which is a great advantage for this technique.

Which, would be a simple one as he cease the flow of water and rush forward, drawing his sword over his shoulder and attaching the handle fully and let it come crashing down beside the first ninja that confronted him, the ground literally collapsing under the sudden and powerful weight of the sword of the seven sages. Lee let his attention fully focus itself on the man "You'd better bring far more than that if you plan on taking this from me." The man looked as if he had seen a ghost and possibly pee'ed himself a bit over this sudden threat. The other ninja held their positions as if waiting on an order and it came in the form of a suddenly disappearing ninja and they looked over to one another and took a step back but this wasn't the case with all of them. The one that had held back suddenly stepped forward and waved the others off and they all disappeared "You really should leave while you can but I have given you longer than everyone else." Lee then rushed forward and drew his sword back and aimed to thrust it straight through the ninja "Earth Style: Terra Shield!"

After striking the ground with his hands, the ninja creates a large wall of earth in front of him and intercepted the strike but the sword pierced the stone wall regardless. "Just delaying the en-" "Earth Style: Sphere of Graves!" With chakra work and superhuman strength, the ninja lifts up the very surface of the Earth. The lump of earth is gigantic and the destructive power is obvious. Lee saw this and jumped back several yards but not without thinking, his hand was cut and he drew it back and an spear of blood formed within it and he threw it forward with as much force as he could muster but it headed straight for the earth wall which caused the man to think himself the victor as it was still sturdy enough to take any sort of attack that Lee would try and throw at him. But then there was silence and the man coughed and blood hit the ground from his mouth. He would slowly let his attention lower to see the Kubikiribōchō pierced the wall and through his chest. On the other side of the wall, the spear struck the handle of the blade, forcing it further into the wall and adding blood to increase its piercing to the hole. The massive boulder began to crumble but not before Lee retrieved his weapon.

The way to the village after that was silent, not even the wildlife seemed to wish to approach the swordsman. He was able to arrive at the village and just as he did, several other ninja showed themselves claiming to be help to which, Lee simply smiled as he left to return to his village.