Chapter One: Home Sort of AU but not totally also a little OOC. And also La is said L-A, like the city.
An alarm clock beeped in the small apartment. A thud echoed when it was knocked of the bedside table.
"Gah! Why do I have to get up so early on Saturdays?" Lee asked himself. It was seven o' clock. Lee rolled out of bed. His apartment was more of a shared house, a small one at that. There was a girl next door that graduated the academy the same year. She was okay but a little, well, strange. He walked to the door that split the house in half. Most times both kept it unlocked. He knocked loudly on the door.
A soft, gentle voice said from inside," Come in." Lee stepped into her three room half of the house. There was a girl with pale blue hair falling over her shoulders and a green nightgown sitting at a table reading a thick book. "Hi Lee-kun," she said placing the book on a high shelf.
"Good morning Little Angel, what was that?"
Mitsukai blushed, she liked the nickname. Originally it was Tenten's idea and it kind of stuck to her. The others had changed it so she was Angel, Lil'Angie, La, and other things like that. "It was a bible and, nice pajamas."
"Hey! You're in your pajamas too!"
"Yes, but I'm in my own house."
"Oh I suppose," he said smiling.
"So, Lee, do you want some breakfast? I have some tea in the kettle, and I could put some toast in."
"Sure."
Mitsukai started walking toward a door. "I'm going to get changed, I suggest you do too before Gai-Sensei comes by."
Lee looked puzzled. "How did you know Gai-Sensei was coming by?"
"Doesn't he always on Saturday mornings?"
Lee sighed a, "Yes." He stood up and walked to his own rooms. Sometimes Mitsukai could be so weird. Lee went digging through his dresser to find his clothes. Normally he would have set them out the night before, but he hadn't taken the time last night. "I need to be more organized," he said pulling out his clothes. He was pulling on his pants when a soft knock came on the other side of the door.
"Lee-kun breakfast is ready."
"Okay I'll be over in a couple minutes." Though he couldn't see her he could tell she was nodding. After about thirty seconds Lee heard a loud crash. He through open the door and yelled, "What happened?"
"Oh, I um, well, I, uh, slipped," she responded blushing.
"Be a little bit more careful, Mitsukai, you scared me."
"Oh, uh, alright, Lee. But could you do me a favor too?"
He scratched his head. "Well, I suppose."
"Then could you um, you know, maybe, put your shirt on."she said blushing even more. Lee hadn't even noticed. He pulled his shirt around his shoulders. Mitsukai was already kneeling at the low table. There were two glasses filled with piping hot tea, and toast set out on the table.
Mitsukai was the same age as him. She wore a pale green tunic, tan capri-length pants, a jade necklace, a green hitai-ate, and ninja sandals. Her hair was swept up in a bun. Lee sat down next to her at the table
"Are you always awake this early? After all it is only seven o' clock," Lee asked yawning. Mitsukai chuckled. "What it so funny?"
"Oh, nothing. But yes I am always awake at this hour," she said stretching.
After they had finished eating and Lee had returned to his rooms a knock came on La's door.
"Hello, La, is Lee here?" Gai asked.
She sighed and said "Follow me." They walked through her house to Lee's door. She knocked. When he opened the door she said, "Lee, you really should tell your sensei that your door is the one on the left." Lee laughed.
"Yes, I suppose I should."
"Hello, Lee. Ready to leave?"
"Yes, Gai-sensei."he said giving him a thumbs up. Mitsukai moved aside to let Gai through the door. She waved him a bye, grabbed her kunai pouch and shurikan holster and walked out the back door.
Lee walked up the street after nearly six hours of training. Chiteki and Reikon were walking the opposite direction. Both were genin of his year, and also La's teammates. Reikon stopped him when he caught sight of the other teen.
"Do you know where La is?" Reikon asked. Koinu added a high pitched bark.
"No, I do not. I have not seen her since this morning. Why?"
"We were knocking on her door for almost an hour, and she never answered." Chiteki said. Reikon looked surprisingly a lot like his cousin Kiba. But then again, a lot of the Inuzukas looked alike.
"Where are you two headed? If I see her, I will tell her."
"We're goin' home. Tell her we'll see her tomorrow." Reikon said walking away slowly.
Lee got home some ten minutes later. The front doors were both locked. He tried the back door. His back door was locked, but Mitsukai's was wide open. He stepped in. The rooms were a fair deal messier than they had been in the morning. Mitsukai was lying on a mattress, which served as her bed, a blanket tight to her body. Lee walked over and realized she was sound asleep. Giving her a small nudge he muttered, "La wake up." She didn't move. "Little Angel! Wake up!" Lee said this time shaking her shoulder a bit. She made a few noises and rolled over, so she was looking at Lee.
"AH!" she shrieked sitting bolt upright. Lee fell over back wards.
"I knew you would not be happy that I woke you up, but I did not think you would be mad." La's face was bright pink, and she had the bed covers pulled up to her neck. Lee wondered why. Then when he finally understood he blushed, turned around and left. It was fairly stupid of him to not realize, that La's clothes were lying in a pile next to her bed. She peeped into Lee's room then stepped in seeing he was sitting on his bed. She sat down next to him.
"So why did you wake me up?"
"Chiteki said he was knocking on the door for almost an hour and you never answered."
"Really? Oh well I guess I must have been asleep."
"Yes, probably. If you do not mind, why were you sleeping? It is almost two o' clock."
"Oh, I was, er, training most of the day." Lee stared at her intently.
"We should train together sometime." Mitsukai blushed.
"Maybe, since I'm up, I could show you this really cool place to train."
"Okay then, where?"
"I'll show you." They walked out the back door on to a porch. "Before we leave you have to promise me something. You have to promise that you will tell no one else about the place I'm taking you. Okay?"
"I promise." Mitsukai smiled widely and grabbed his hand. She ran pulling a startled Lee behind her. It seemed like she was just taking him to the woods until he saw something that amazed him. Enormous Gates surrounding a circular area.
"We're here."
"The Forest of Death?"
"It used to be," she muttered releasing his hand, "Now it just sits here. They shut it down years ago, like about the time we entered the academy." She walked to a wooden platform. A number pad was against the platform. She entered a code. The gate before them swung open revealing the old Forest of Death...
Ohhhhhhh cliffy read and review no flames though
