I DO NOT OWN ANY NARUTO CHARACTERS OR NARUTO! STORY/CONCEPT WAS CREATED FROM MY IMAGINATION!

Chapter 1: I Am Lee

He laughed as his friend Naruto splattered the blue paint all over his picture. Naruto's whole picture was just a bunch of splatters. Lee looked back at his own seeing a very detailed apple that he's worked on for weeks now. He did his 'good guy' pose and pulled off his robe, throwing it into the cleaning bin. He walked to the sink with Naruto to clean off their hands and clean up the paints.

Lee Rock was a high school student, beginning his freshmen year. He took an art class as his elective, as did his friend, Naruto Uzumaki. They had no choice but to pick an elective; it was either art or music, and neither could sing. Lee had all A's in school and many friends. His teachers loved him and there wasn't a person that didn't know his name. Even though his looks of a bowl-cut hair, bushy eyebrows and wearing green sweats when he could, people still liked him. Right now he was wearing a pair of dark green shorts just above his knees and a white tank top that defined his upper body.

Naruto looked at the clock, "Oh wow, it's already 7, I gotta get home!" he smiled as he grabbed his orange jacket, while trying to finish helping Lee put the paints away.

"Do not worry Naruto, I can finish cleaning. You may head on home," Lee smiled brightly. He didn't mind cleaning up and he knew Naruto's mother wouldn't be happy if he got home any later than 8pm. Naruto has been arguing with his parents for a year to change his curfew, but he hasn't won yet.

"Thanks Lee! I'll cya next week!" he grinned and ran out the door to leave the building. Lee chuckled. School actually started next week, the artwork him and Naruto had been working on was their summer project. Their new art teacher, Ms. Techi, had allowed them to use the art room throughout the summer to work. Lee already liked her a lot.

After about a half hour of cleaning the art room completely, Lee decided he was done. He grabbed his dark green jacket that matched his shorts, and ran out of the building happily. He liked the way his picture turned out. It was dark outside as he jogged down the sidewalk. It was now 8:04pm on his watch. Cleaning every inch of the art room took away some time. His parents wouldn't mind though.

Yes, his mother and father, Miyako and Akio were his loving parents. (A/N) They'd do anything for their son, and they gave him almost anything he wanted. Both his parents were police officers and have caught criminals together. His father tried to give Lee tips on how to be a cop for when he was older. Akio had already planned for Lee that he would become a police officer too. Lee didn't like the idea completely, but he never complained since he was still young. His mother had told him to find himself a girlfriend, however his father thought it would be better if he waited until he was finished with college. Lee never really thought of it even though he thought his friend named Sakura was cute.

He felt a drip of something cold hit the tip of his nose. He stopped and looked up, seeing the sky was darker than normal. Then the cool rain started to spray down on the city. He sighed. He knew some point at night it would rain, he just wish he was home before it started. He started to run the rest of the way home trying to beat the moment when every inch of his body would be soaked.

After another ten minutes of running, which would normally be 20 minutes of walking, he finally made it home. Unfortunately, he was soaked to the bone. He took off his grey sandals and dripping jacket, hanging it on the rack. He looked at his watch again, it was 8:15pm now. He glanced up at the noise of footsteps and saw his mother running over to hug him.

"Welcome back Lee- oh my! You're completely drenched!" she said pulling at his soaked tank top that was half see through now.

"Sorry mom, it started to rain as I was coming home." Lee apologized with a small smile. He knew his mother wasn't mad, she was just worried about him catching a cold.

"Well, go take a nice warm bath and get ready for bed. You're uncle Gai is coming over tomorrow for breakfast," she smiled and kissed Lee's forehead. His eyes lit up and he ran upstairs to his room to take his bath. His Uncle Gai was his father's brother. He was always energetic and cheerful, always making the people around him smile. Lee had gotten inspiration from his Uncle to do just the same. Always make people smile. However that wasn't the only thing Uncle Gai had taught him. He trained Lee on the weekends to stay in shape. Every morning at 9am, they would go to the gym to work out until 2pm. That explains how Lee was so fit. He loved his Uncle and his parents. He was so happy with his life right now.

He finished his bath after 15 minutes and dressed into his pajamas. The bright green color could be seen through the dark. He jumped into bed pulled the covers over, excited to fall asleep so the morning would come faster. He closed his eyes and happily drifted off.

~Outside His Window~

The man scribbled a few words down in his mini notebook as he sat on a tree branch. He sighed and closed the book looking back at the first page of scribbled words that only he could read.

'Name: Lee Rock'

'Age: 15'

'Born: November 27th'

'Parents: Akio/Miyako'

'School: Konoha High School'

That's all he had on his first page. He has much information on the unsuspecting teenager. He stuffed the notebook into his pocket and took off without making a noise.

[(A/N) In this story, I made Lee's parents. No one really knows who his real parents are so I made some up for this story.]