Author's Note: I would just like to point out that if you really believe that I own the characters, you quite obviously aren't mature enough to read an M rated fanfic. Seriously, before anyone starts, I. Do. Not. Own.
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He watched silently from the brush, sharingan activated as always... the damage to his eyesight was a price worth paying. Mangekyo helped him see the flow of his movements immensely, and he couldn't help but look through the kaleidascope at this show.
Movements unflawed, completely undistracted from his training, yet always alert. He was a true ninja in that respect; despite his lack of nin or gen jutsu, a protégé to the legendary Konoha no Kedakai Aoi Mōjū, Maito Gai, and as such a master in his own right. The supreme taijutsu he had inherited from his master had given him an obvious advantage in hand to hand combat to the point that it had even beaten his Sharingan, and was famous even outside the Land of Fire.
He chuckled to himself as he looked back on his short stay in Hoshigakure… that village really was hidden among the stars... he could even picture now the way the stars twinkled. They were reflecting in Lee's eyes the whole time... that was a truly unforgettable memory.
That incident had actually led to his return to Konohagakure, indirectly. He had run into the mysterious Sumaru, now Yondaime Hoshikage, during a mission for Akatsuki, searching for a particular scroll. It took him back to the Kuma no Kuni, and while there he ran into Sumaru. The scroll was in Sumaru's posession, however Sasuke curried his favour from back when they were genin, and was presented with the scroll.
While they talked, Rock Lee came up in the conversation, his astrounding taijutsu skill apparent even then... and his thoughts could not be strayed from Lee.
He left Akatsuki, explaining to Madara before he left that he would return as soon as he was able, and that he was leaving on a secret solo mission; and set off from the compound to Konoha. Lucking out on the way, he saw a Jounin on a solo mission wearing the Konoha headband, and started to follow him. At the large gates he used a simple henge and followed the leaf Jounin in through them.
He quickly dispelled the henge, leaving him in a cloak and hat, not wishing for anyone to see his face. No that would not be good, the last thing he wanted was Ibiki entering his head. He donned a short plain cloak rather than the usual Akatsuki gear, the red clouds on black would bring serious trouble, and he wanted his presence to remain a secret until the relevant time. No. His presence had to remain a secret.
He had hired a room for a week from an old lady running a hotel, someone he didn't recognise. This place was safe, he thought.
He left his room and went straight to the woods, hearing loud grunts and anguished shouts coming from them. Ah good, they were easy to find, he mused.
He drew closer activating his Sharingan, and stole closer to the duo as quietly as possible. Lee's ankles and wrists bulged with the now enormous training weights of Gai's creation. But the bulge was nothing in comparison to his arms and legs... and between... he noticed with an open blush. He really HAD grown well, in more ways than one... his eyes were fixed on the tight spandex of his green suit. It left NOTHING to the imagination.
Several hours later, well after dark, Lee had finally grown tired, and joined his mentor to sleep under a tree. Sasuke's eyes returning to their normal onyx black as he sat back in the tree, settling down for the night. He remembered what Lee would be like, training as soon as he woke up, being loud enough to wake him. He just hoped he'd stay in the tree, held in place by the branch.
- Snap - What the... Sasuke awoke with a start, finding himself firmly wedged in the fork of the tree he'd slept in. By the looks of things, Lee had woken his sensei at the same time.
"The power of youth never waits Gai-sensei!" Lee's energetic voice rang out. "You're right Lee, let Konoha's beautiful green duo rise with the sun, and follow the never-ending path of youth!" Gai's voice answered back. When Lee said it, it sounded good, however when Gai said it... one did wonder why he was so close to a young man in an equally close fitting outfit.
Maito Gai may be powerful, and a prodigy in Taijutsu second only to his protegé student, but he was, is, and will always be, very, very creepy.
Finally, some alone time… sort of…
Gai left for a mission, which left Lee to do some solo training, and allowed Sasuke a rare and appealing sight – Lee training topless.
Wow… Sasuke's muscles were toned from the constant and rigorous training he put himself through, and the last of the effects of the drugs he had taken while under Orichimaru's 'care' were still working there way out of his system but wow… his muscles were nothing in comparison to what lay before him. The muscles were ripped to the point that he could see every line between every muscle. He sat mesmerised by the incredible speed at which the patterns were flowing, without even a hair out of place on that finely tuned body. Even watching carefully, he had to use the Mangekyo Sharingan to keep up with the sheer speed and ferocity of the kicks… and then nothing. Lee had gone, his sharingan eyes searching frantically for the sexual prey of his dreams, and then he saw it. Floating down in comparison to the speed he jumped, he was spinning downwards with a large tree, splintering the entire thing into the ground with the earth shattering Primary Lotus. Sasuke was gone. He was lost in his own awe – a technique, a man, so very inhumanly fast that even the Mangekyo Sharingan couldn't keep up. This was unheard of, unparalleled even, but he knew right then.
He knew that this time… this time, with Lee… it would be so right.
He couldn't watch anymore, he had to do something. Now was the perfect opportunity. There was nobody about, not even Lee's beloved mentor Gai, and he was topless. Sasuke was about to jump down from the tree when he noticed something. Something which made him realise the utter absence elsewhere. He could clearly the first, only, and single bead of sweat rolling down across his pecs, slowly reaching his solarplexis and continuing its path down. The droplet was clearly running down all of the muscles that Lee had worked so hard to perfect, the body showing itself off even when not working. When it reached his abs it started a tantalizingly slow journey down towards the rim of his rolled up jump suit, and then just when Sasuke thought it couldn't catch him more in its tour of Lee's body, Sasuke's breath caught in his throat.
Lee moved his hand down and brushed the sweat away, moving his suit as he did so… giving Sasuke enough of a glimpse to want to jump on him right there and then. Control, must keep control.
He slowly lowered himself from the tree and started walking towards Lee as calmly as he could. Somewhat difficult with a pounding heart. And a hastily hidden erection. He took what happened next as a very good sign indeed. As he walked up to Lee, still semi hidden by his plain cloak and hat, Lee still stood in his relaxed stance and called out to him.
"Sasuke-kun, it's been quite the while." He glanced down at Sasuke's trousers, which the shorter than usual cloak revealed, "The power of youth seems to be effecting you too, you look as happy to see me as I am to see you!"