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The driving instructor fiddled anxiously with his clipboard and checked the clock. His first student from Konoha would be here at any moment. The instructor once again checked the clipboard. He would be teaching a "Rock Lee" apparently. The minute changed and instantly the door flew open and something bright green hurtled through the door.
"I am Rock Lee, reporting for my driving lesson, sir!" shouted the strange little man in green spandex. From the looks of him, he could probably have cleaned the windshield with his eyebrows alone.
"Ah, yes, yes, Rock Lee," The poor instructor babbled. He was still trying to get over the boy's appearance, "I'm Toby, and I'll be your driving instructor today."
"I am aware of this, Toby-sensei, I read it on your name tag, if we could begin with the driving I would much appreciate it." replied Rock Lee in a strangely emotionless and overly formal tone that Toby would be hearing a lot more of. The instructor wiped the sweat from his brow.
"Well, before we begin, you need to remember that that pedal is the gas, that one is the break, and be very firm when you steer. The stick shift works…." Toby began to recite, but Lee cut him off.
"Yes I have read the manual and I know all of this." He replied in that same strange voice; it was now edged with impatience.
"All right then, let's see you drive a lap around the parking lot."
With fierce enthusiasm, Lee smashed down the gas pedal with his foot. Instantly the car was off at breakneck speed, jolting as lurching violently as Lee quickly switched through the gears. Toby gripped the dashboard. It was just his luck that his first student drove like a maniac. Toby looked up nervously just in time to see the corner of the parking lot coming up. By now the car was reaching its maximum acceleration.
Jut when Toby began to worry that they were going to crash violently into the curb, Lee jerked the steering wheel to the right. With a horrible screech, the car reared up on its right wheels and tore around the corner. Then there was another jolt when the car's left wheels slammed to the ground. But before Toby had a chance to catch his breath, they had barrelled down the length of the parking lot and ripped around the next corner. After several more seconds of high speed and screams of agony emitted from the car's tires, Lee brought the vehicle to a sudden stop.
"How was that, sensei?" Lee asked. Toby could see the boy was literally bouncing with enthusiasm. Toby opened his mouth to speak but the only noise that came out was a low groan. Lee took no notice of his instructor's pain and continued to jabber excitedly.
"I had no idea that this driving would be so exhilarating. I am wondering if I could apply my tai-jutsu to this machine." He babbled.
Toby shot him a very blank look. Lee seemed to take this as permission and once again gunned the engine. Konoha's driving teacher simply slumped down in his seat.
Toby had just directed his glance to his lap when he found his head nearly hitting the ceiling. Further bizarre noise came screaming from the engine.
"Yahoo!" called Lee. Toby looked over to his student leaning halfway out the window. The scary thing was, he seemed oblivious to the rocking motion of the car. Or possibly scariest of all, his hair didn't seem to be moving much in the intense breeze.
"I…er…. ulp." Toby tried to lecture the young man, but closed his mouth when he felt the need to hurl surfacing.
"Watch me try the "Leaf Hurricane" technique, sensei." Instructed Rock Lee. Toby never got a chance to ask what that was.
All of a sudden the car was spinning on its two front wheels at previously unrecorded speeds. Rock Lee, apparently immune to carsickness, was shouting happily in the front seat. In desperation, Toby jammed down the emergency brake on the passenger side. The car slowed, then he felt the vehicle shudder. There was a cracking noise and the pedal went floppy. Horror set in. This youth's crazed driving had snapped the emergency brake cable. Which meant he was at the mercy of this idiot's driving.
With a few more turns of the steering wheel and jerks of a few levers, the back end of the car took off in the air and slammed down again.
"This works better than I had thought, sensei!" Lee exclaimed. Toby stuck his head up over the dashboard.
"Um, Lee?" he moaned. The car may have stopped spinning, but his head hadn't. The spandex-clad lad took no notice.
"PRIMARY LOTUS!" he shrieked. Ripples of blue energy began to pulse across the windows. The car began backing up. Toby opened his mouth in protest, but nothing came out.
Once again there was that sickening speed. Toby glanced over at Lee. Never mind driving like a maniac, the boy WAS a maniac. He would have to recommend a good counsellor when this was over.
The car rocked with a sickening jolt. Toby felt his feet fly over his head. He went to look if they had hit an obstacle, but there was nothing. In fact, there wasn't even a road. Or any ground at all. Down below, a faint car alarm sounded. Toby guessed that it had been used as a ramp.
The car did a slow rotation in midair and fell back to earth. Toby's head snapped forward. The car bounced a full foot off the ground on its rubber tires and crashed to the ground as the airbags deployed. Lee eyed the white ballooning cloth with dismay.
"Maybe these 'cars' are not so good for ninja techniques. Forgive me sensei." Lee apologized. With that, he opened the door, hopped to the ground and sped off twice as quickly as any car could ever hope to go.
A/N: There's the first instalment of my "Driving Lessons" story! Hope you enjoyed it!
Reviews would be appreciated… Tell me who you'd like to see behind the wheel!