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"Ow"

The breath was taken from my lungs as I hit the punching back once more. Gai-sensei had given it to me as a present for my entrance into the chuunin exams. I had been ecstatic and immediatly began training. I had'nt stopped since..Well, perhaps once or twice to eat and sleep though besides those breaks I had kept training. All the time up until my fight with Gaara. That devil of a boy. I hate him so much He...he beat me. I hadn't ever been beaten before in any sort of fight and I took it pretty badly. Crying...I was crying. Why had I felt so bad about being defeated by him. I needed to have a rematch. I needed to kill him. I need...I need to see him again.

Emotions flowed through me that I didn't understand. Why the hell did I feel this way? This was not a feeling of youth! It was a tug of...wanting.

I must train once more. To win. To win over this feeling.

And that is where I am now. Training again.

The energy was draining from me and with every move at the bag currently tied and hanging from the tree in front of me, I could feel a little more of that energy dissappearing.

"I" A punch, the bag swirled in the wind and I breathed in.

"Hate." Another punch and a seam at the end of the punching bag broke open. I didn't care, and kept taking out my intense frustration on it.

"HIM!" I screamed and attacked the bag with full force, it smashed against my frail body and I fell back. At that moment, I had lost all of my dignity in that second.

His arms were around me. They were strong and slender to my skin. And I was pleased yet horrified at the same time. I dared to look up to him and wished I hadn't. His eyes showed malice. They were empty yet filled with confusion and anger, and once the boy had noticed me looking into those coal black eyes and he dropped me. Yes, thats right. Dropped me, right on the spot. On the cold damp sand. I felt like dying.

"What are you doing here?" I asked through clenched teeth, looking up to him from the ground. He shrugged.

"I was just passing through the forest. You like, fell back onto me and I caught you in surprise. Thats it, okay?"

"..." I didn't know what to say to that. His tone of voice implied that he really really did hate me. Why did he hate me?

"G..Gaara...How do you feel about me?"

I blushed and hung my head, gulping. Softly, I looked up.

He was blushing too.

"What...are...you talking about."

"I just..wanted to know what you felt about me. Like...yeah."

Gaara pasued and shook his head.

"Your a strong fighter. Full of youth."

I had to do a double take. Did I...hear him correctly? I didn't think he was going to say something even moderatly respectful.

"Ah..I...See. Thank you!"

He smirked and nodded distantly, then asked.

"And me?"
"What?"
"And me? What about me...What do you feel about me?"

"I...feel...that. I really like you."

"Really?" I looked down afraid that I might of offended him. I so was not ready fight him right now. In fact there is something inside of me that never wants to even try to hurt him.

"Lee? Oh...well...I-I mean...I guess...I do." I was so surprised when he didn't look up at me with disgust. His eyes turned being full of malice to a nice friendly shade of black. I took a moment to memorize that look on his face before his expression turned back to cold. Everything changed that day. My relationship with him, and my outlook on life.