"Why not? Sakura did nothing bad to you." Lee said, looking down on me, a very cute confused look on his face. "I cannot see why you do not want to train with her. She will be a good influence on you."
I looked over the training ground to see Alexis, Sasuke, Sakura and Kakashi, waiting in the afternoon sun for our team to come over. "I don't want to train with those two weirdos!" I could hear Sakura whineing. "They're so odd, with their huge eybrows and their attitude and...and...why do they both wear green spandex...? Spandex is nasty..."
"Gai isn't weird," Kakashi insisted for the hundredth time. "He's unique. And so is Lee. Well, not really, but...you know what I mean." He didn't even look up from his novel as he put a finger on her forehead and pushed her away from him.
"See...?" I whispered, ducking behind a tree close to them. "She treats you like garbage and you love her...? How does that work...?"
Lee sighed. "Beitu-chan, it is a little bit different..."
"Yeah, and how is that? Well, you havent talked to her at all for a few weeks... maybe a month or so..." I decided to stop talking before I came to a stupid predicted conclusion that would offend him. 'Spandex is so cool,' I thought. 'And Lee isn't weird. Who cares about his eyebrows, you superficial moron! He has other qualities that make him great!'
"I don't see why Beitu loves Lee! She's just as odd as she is!" Sakura complained. "Should the odd people be together to make more weird people, Kakashi-sensei?! Kyrie thinks so! That's why she keep setting them up on dates!!!"
I blushed, just as I heard Lee whisper to me, "What did she say before 'should the odd people be together'...? I did not hear her..."
I took a deep breath, relieved he hadn't heard. "I didn't catch that either," I replied.
"Your whining is giving me a headache." Sasuke said in a matter-of-fact tone, turning to Sakura and crossing his arms. Alexis, who was sitting on the ground next to him playing with some grass, slammed her fist into his knee, making him fall on his face. "Stop bein' and emo, Sasuke!!!"
"Well, if you don't want to train with them that bad I could just...cancel it." Kakashi suggested.
"Yes, please! I don't need those freaks staring at me." Sakura said, throwing her arms in the air.
"Just like I don't need you and Ino bugging me all the time," Sasuke snapped, throwing Sakura a look.
"Fine, fine...here Gai comes now." Kakashi began to walk towards the quick-approaching Gai.
"I bet you can't catch me, Kakashi!" Gai shouted, charging at Kakashi and running circles around him. Kakashi was beginng to sound tired. "I don't want to try..."
"My number one rival doesn't want to keep up with me anymore? Does that mean I win...?" Gai said, a triumphant smile taking over his face as he continued to orbit Kakashi. But with the precision of a snake, Kakashi reached out and grabbed him by the back of his jacket, stopping him in his tracks. "We can't train together today, Gai."
"What?! That's ridiculous!" Gai said as the white haired ninja released him. He made a very silly pose and shouted, "But it's so youthful to train with your friends!"
"Gai, do you have friends...?" Kakashi said coldly, unaware of the ice he'd put into his voice. "Does Lee have friends...?"
"Yes, Lee has friends!" Gai boomed. "He has Beitu, and...and...and...Uchiha--" Gai was cut off by Sasuke. "I would rather date Sakura than be friends with him," He said flatly. "And I really don't want to date her."
Sakura's shoulder's drooped. 'Why do you say that, Sasuke...?' she thought.
"He is...right..." Lee whispered sadly from behind me. "What...?" I asked, a little unsure. Lee looked at me with a grateful smile. "You are the only friend I have..."
I smiled softly. "I'm all you need."