Greetings! This is not a full story, just some of the randomness that keeps bugging me in my head. Seriously.


Burning! OHHHHHHHH!

Once again he falls on his hands and knees, having been defeated by his eternal rival. The Hyuuga prodigy stands in front of him in his Jyuuken Stance, his Byakugan activated as he continues to watch the fallen nin in front of him, waiting for him to stand back up.

His rival, Neji, stood there panting, visibly winded and so drenched in sweat that he looked like he just came from the shower. This was already a common sight for them as the prodigy has been giving it his all in their spars as acknowledgement of Lee's hard work. That acknowledgement has sparked a renewed fervor in Lee, propelling him to new levels as he sparred with his rival. However, the more that Lee advanced, the more the gap seems to have widened. Already a year has passed, and Lee has not once been able to push Neji over to the point of exhaustion, only getting him to the panting and sweating yet victorious man in front of him now. Normally, he would've shrugged it off. But he's been shrugging it off for more than six months now, and without the signs of improvement, he had given up. He lost all hope; saw no way to make his candlelight burn brighter and hotter than Neji's sunlight. He was broken, and as a broken man, he did not stand up. As a broken man, he gave in to his weariness and collapsed to the ground, closing his eyes as his thoughts continue to pound on him.

"I strived to be a strong ninja even though I could only use Taijutsu, but instead I became a useless ninja."

As consciousness starts to take him, he utters one last sentence to let the world know that he has given up.

"I'll never be anything more than useless…"

A small kick to the head wakes causes him to stir lightly. Another kick brings him closer to consciousness, and another, and another, and another. As awareness starts to flood his senses, he hears that each kick is accompanied by a voice.

"Useless. Useless. Useless."

Snapping his eyes open in anger, he pushes himself up in a sitting position in one quick and sharp movement. He opens his mouth to shout at the unyouthful being for kicking a man when he's already down, but his words die in his throat when he sees the person that was kicking him. Shock and surprise freezes up his mind as he stares down a baby, looking sharp and cute in his back suit and cap, and a small chameleon on his shoulder. With a tip of its hat, the baby then adds more to his confusion when it starts to talk.

"Ciaossu."

Lee couldn't help but blink in surprise, his mouth opening and closing in confusion. He looks around stupidly to see if anyone else sees what he's seeing, and from the looks of the people around him, not only were they witnessing the same scene he was, but they also acted as if this was a common occurrence and a completely normal situation to the point where it is practically expected.

With the baby reading the expressions on his face, it lets out a sigh, shrugging his small shoulders while shaking his head.

"You really are useless, TsunaRockLee-kun."

With a sparkle coming from his eye, the baby looks up from underneath his hat as he holds his hand out, thumb and index finger stretched while all the rest are curled into his palm.

"You should just die."

And with a sudden flash, the chameleon disappears from his shoulder and turns into a ball of light, which then flew to his hand and started to morph. With another flash, the light breaks away to reveal an object that looks to have been made out of metal. With a clicking sound, he could hear that the mechanism inside was starting to work its purpose. And with a large bang and a blinding light coming from the end of the metal object that was pointed towards him, he barely saw the small metal object that came out of it before it pierced his forehead, pushing his head back and causing his life to flash before his eyes, as his body falls to the ground and his vision is consumed by a white light.

"Ahhh, I have no regrets in my Life…is what I'd like to say. But my greatest regret…"

"My poor student! For his flames of youthfulness to die out at such a young age…what madness has taken over this world of ours?!"

He listens on as his favourite teacher and one true idol laments how his flames of youth has died, adding only to the longing feeling that came with the one thing he truly regrets not having been able to do before he died.

"My greatest regret now that I am dying…"

"Don't worry, he's just useless TsunaRockLee-kun. Even if he dies, there's no loss for us to mourn."

For some reason, he could imagine the smirk on the baby's face. No, he wasn't imagining it. He swears that he can really see it!

"But for my Genius of Hardwork, whose Will of Fire was so strong that it puts the very sun to shame, give up so easily! I…I did not think that I would live to see the day that his flame would be snuffed out."

"Well, like I said, it's just useless TsunaRockLee-kun."

And he saw the smirk grow larger as the baby hides its eyes under his hat.

"But it's because he's useless TsunaRockLee-kun that he'll be showing his resolve."

"YOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOSH!"

At that instant, TsunaRockLee's body stiffens so suddenly that he snaps back up to a standing position so quick, he is forced to lower his head into a bow because of the force causing it to lash forward before he could spread his feet in order to balance himself.

"Sorry, Reborn, Gai-sensei! But I can't die yet! My Will of Fire, my Flames of Youth! They burn still burn! They burn brighter and hotter than ever at my regret of dying before beating my eternal rival, Neji!"

He continues to speak even as steam starts to rise from his body, his clothes starting to smoke and the air around him shimmering with intense heat.

"And so! I shall let them burn! They shall continue to burn! They shall burn with the white hot intensity of a thousand suns in order to beat my eternal rival, Neji, for this is my Dying Will! My Will of Fire and my Flames of Youth shall burn stronger…with the Flames of my Dying Will!"

And with that last shout, a Fire ignites in his eyes along with a Flame that has started to burn atop his forehead and he is engulfed in an aura of strong flames that is alive with so much force that it pushes his hair up. The heat was so strong that it completely burns off his green spandex and leg warmers, leaving him naked except for the boxer shorts he was wearing and showing off his skin that has turned completely red from the heat of his body. And all of them could only stare.


A/N: Now I don't really know if there is a fanfic out there with this kind of idea as the main storyline, but this just won't go away in my head so I had to write it down at least. If there is a good fic with this as part of its story, please let me know, I would love to read it. Thanks! :D

Oh! And Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto nor Katekyo Hitman Reborn.