"School of love"
Declaimer- I don't own the anime "Naruto" or any other anime or manga in the world. They are all property of their creators.
Summary: Lee had been having problems with bullies and people who hurt him all his life. He had changed over 6 schools because of fights and problems with classmates. His parents place him in a new school full with snobs and rich kids. There he meets Gaara and falls in love…
Chapter 1---"New school, new friend"
He didn't like it. He didn't want to. Not one bit!
Rock Lee was tramping nervously and from time to time shivered with frustration. Ne things weren't greeted kindly inside Lee's mind. In fact he hated every new event that happened in his life. And today was one of those days that every known and secure thing was transformed into something unusual and strange.
Lee was standing outside the principal's office waiting for his mother to finish her meeting with the Headmaster. A few more minutes and he would be moved from his old school to this new, snob facility for rich kids, whose parents had no time to handle them. Not that his family was wealthy or anything. The only way he could attend a school like that was if he had outstanding grades or if he was a victim of bullies.
Lee sat on the cold stone floor, as his mind wondered how he had gotten into this. He liked his old school. Hell, he liked the five schools he left in the last year. It wasn't as if he had wanted to leave them. Lee had just been a victim to many beatings and scandals.
It wasn't as if he had asked for it. It had just happened. Lee was never the one to start a fight. Maybe his fault was that he didn't strike back, or the fact that he was the school's weird geek. Every time bullies said or did something to hurt Lee, he would just walk away or leave them to take his money or lay some punches to relieve the pressure.
Although Lee didn't want to admit it, he knew who was at fault for all the problems in his life. His parents…
He had basically grown up on his own. The constant lack of parental attention had made him insecure and scared from the unknown. But thank god, it hadn't affected his manners or physical health too much.
As Lee's complex deepened so had the fights with the bullies. Lee no more felt safe no matter where he went. Love was just something he could dream of. It didn't exist in his everyday life. The perfect person Lee longed to meet never appeared. He stayed in the darkness, never to feel how much Lee wanted to love. To feel the sweet embrace of a loving person, lying next to you when morning comes, the worm breath on you're neck and the exiting feeling you feel every time your clothes vanish. But Lee could only dream of those things. He was an ugly geek after all, everybody said so.
Lee felt a sight escape his lungs and his body relax on the cold stone. People were passing by, giving him a quick glance before going on. Lee was glad that at lease for now, nobody seemed to pay him much attention, which in his case was good. But all good had an end. Soon enough he would be the center of hatred and jealousy. People feared others who were different or better then they were, so they acted as if the Mafia was on their right side.
Another sight escaped Lee's mouth as he closed his eyes and tried to imagine he was somewhere else. Somewhere where he could be alone, with the one he loved. The person from his dreams. His green eyes drinking the life from Lee, his red hair brushing over his and those strong hands holding him in a sweet embrace. But things didn't always go as planned. As a matter of fact things never went according his plan.
People were now stopping by his side to have a better look at him. Lee could hear their whispers and see their movements through his closed eyelids.
"Who are you?"
Lee opened his eyes. Many students had stopped in front of him to have a better look.
"Didn't you hear me? Who are you?"
Lee's eyes concentrated on the people and tried to locate the one who had spoken.
"Are you death…" spoke the voice again and this time its body appeared. A tall boy, with all black clothes and a lot of face-makeup. "I asked, who the fuck are you? Didn't you hear me ugly-face?"
Lee slowly stood up, tears slowly forming in his eyes and tried to look as manly as possible. This was his only chance to make a good impression. But deep inside a little voice screamed, and yelled to back away and run where the pain doesn't reach. But despite the warnings and lack of courage Lee opened him mouth and tried to defend himself.
"What gives you the right to call me ugly?"
A smirk appeared on the boy's face.
"Well, for starters, your hair, your face, and those stupid eyebrows." The whole hall burst into laughter. The small amount of courage Lee had managed to gather, were crushed by the harsh words of the bully. Tears began forming round his eyes he tilted his head with sorrow.
"Oh what's the matter ugly, did I offend you? Don't be that way…Oh I know what will cheer you up."
And before Lee could respond, he found himself being pulled through the sea of people, and directed away from the Headmasters office.
"Where are you leading me to?" said Lee as the boy who had been pulling him stopped in front of a door."
The boy gave him an evil grin and said:
"To meet 'Bertha'."
And again, before Lee could even respond the boy opened the door and sharply pushed him in. Foul stench and the aroma of urine hit Lee's face as he was rudely redirected by the small group of people to one of the small cabins.
The bully opened its door and said with an even bigger grin on his face:
"This is Bertha!"
Lee's eyes widened as he understood what was going on. These people wanted to shove his head into one of these toilets. Where was god when you needed him the most.
"Ready, new guy? This is your initiation, so try to have fun."
Lee felt his hair been grabbed and forcefully pushed down. He could feel the dirty water's cold air touch his skin, when suddenly it stopped. Slowly opening his eyes Lee saw that everybody had become quiet and perfectly steel. The boy who was holding his head was no more looking at Lee's direction, his gaze was directed upon the hand which was holding him.
"That's enough Kankuro!"
"But…"
"I said that's enough!"
Kankuro gave the boy a dirty look before releasing Lee's head and step away.
"He's just a new guy, brother, we were just…"
"You were just having one of your stupid initiations…honestly this is a good school, you don't want to spoil it…do you?"
Kankuro's lips opened to protest, but quickly closed. He just rolled his eyes, gave Lee another pitiful look and stormed away with his friends.
Lee stood there, confused and completely unsure of what had just happened.
"Here, let me help you." Said the boy and hold out his hand.
"Oh thank you, I…" Lee's eyes widened as their faces met. Something inside Lee gave a little 'Click' and made him blush. Those eyes, that hair, those beautiful red lips…it couldn't be true…
"Are you ok?" asked the red head.
Lee blushed even deeper when he realized he had been staring at the boy with his mouth open.
"Oh, yes thank you, I am fine. Oh, by the way my name is Lee. What's yours?"
Lee felt like a complete idiot to ask such a question five minutes after they had met. It sounded like he was in first grade. But that didn't seem to disturb the red haired boy, because he gave him a smile:
"My name is Gaara. Nice to meet you Lee. I sow you had a little fight with my brother."
"Yeah, well, that's how…you know…"
If Lee hadn't looked like a fool until now, he really did at the moment. But for his surprise, Gaara just smiled at him and said:
"You look cute when you are embarrassed, you know that."
If Lee's blush hadn't been noticed a second ago, this one sure was.
"Gaara, I.." Lee tried to say, but was cut short by a boy in a uniform, which stormed through the open door of the bathroom.
"Gaara-sama, I need your help. It's very urgent."
"Well, it seems I have to go," said Gaara as he gave Lee another smile "You're a new student here, aren't you? Then we'll meat again. Bye Lee."
And with that Gaara and his friend left. Lee was left alone with a silly grin on his face and a hand in the air, still waving to the empty space.
" 'We'll meet again' " repeated the boy as he realized what had happened. Somebody had actually talked to him. Not just say a couple of words, but have a serious and true conversation. Lee had good feelings for him.
30 minutes later
"Are you ok Lee?" asked his mother as she started the car engine "You look quite perky. Did something happen?"
"Not really!" smiled to her Lee as he crossed his fingers.
"Well never mind, I talked with the Headmaster. It's all settled. I have a good feeling about this school.
Lee's smile grew wider as he closed his eyes and let his imagination take over:
"So do I mother, so do I!"
End of chapter 1
Well that was chapter 1. I am very pleased with myself. This might become the best story I have ever written. And on top
of it all this is the first time I make a Lee x Gaara fanfiction, so wish me luck. And in the end, I WANT TO THANK A VERY SPECIAL PERSON OF MINE, my best froend, for making all this possible. (Didn't this sound as if I had won an Oscar or a Grammi) Won't it be cool if they gave rewards to the best fanfiction writers...
Ja ne everybody...