The Chapter-ish things generally have nothing to do with each chapter..
They're just the songs I was listening to when I wrote the beginning of
each chapter-ish-thing. Enjoy!
Proud Azure Beast
His obsidian gaze locked with the horizon as the sun began to set. Shocks of red crossed the sky, covering the violet and blue hues. Orange mingled near the 1/2 covered sun and the final rays of golden yellow spilled out as he continued to stare forth. A few wispy cirrus clouds still hung lazily in the sky, causing a rippling effect to the illumination of this miracle. It all looked like a painting, far too beautiful to be real... Yet, here it was in front of him. It revealed itself for him to see, slowly and shyly, but still he saw. He waited patiently for this miracle to entirely unfold.
This spectacle illuminated the trees, their green leaves shining red, orange, yellow, and even a few showed violet or blue highlights as he felt like he was standing in a rainbow. Thousands of facets of light, thousands of different colours all forming a tapestry that was knitted together with endless love and care. Each thread represented a dream, each patch represented a goal, and the entirety of the project represented life. Life, love, dreams, aspirations...
The sun continued on its journey to rest for the night, the vivid red fading into a pale pink..
Pink, like the colour of her hair.
Yes, her hair was cotton-candy pink, and he imagined it to be so soft, softer than a cloud. It smelled better than a dew-covered rose...
The blues shining from the green leaves seemed to make that shade of turquoise that haunted him.
Yes... Turquoise, like her eyes.
How he could get lost in the pools of her eyes, they absorbed him, and he often found himself drowning in them.
Drowning happily.
Upon sweeping some of his ebony-coloured tresses from his dark and mysterious eyes, he turned away from the final rays of light. He turned his back on God's daily miracle, almost in spite.
He felt as though God was mocking him. The colours reminded him of the girl he could not have. How he wanted her! She was so beautiful, intelligent. She was everything he couldn't be, and he was everything she wasn't, together they could be whole..
But instead, he confessed his feelings to her, and found she could never see him the way he saw her. She was in love, but she was in love with someone else.
In love with someone that was not Rock Lee.
He let out a sigh of remorse, crossing two heavily bandaged arms over his toned chest. She blush to his cheeks had faded when he thought of the previous night.
It had been at dusk, when the final rays of light were disappearing over the horizon. She had become close friends with Lee over the past months, she had confided in him many secrets, and every time she whispered something in his ear he felt his heart beat faster and blood rush to his head.
"Sa-Sakur-Sakura?"
His voice was cracking as he spoke, the tone changing from his low, adorable voice into an almost high-pitched squeak. His entire face, all the way to his ears were now the brightest shade of red. In fact, his cheeks were as red as Sakura's dress as she gazed worriedly into his eyes.
"Yes, Lee-kun?"
"Sakura-chan... Do you... Did you... I... Well... I..." He was choking on his words, so he swallowed heavily. She had moved closer to him, and now he could feel his palms sweating through the bandages.
"Lee-kun?"
"I... I Well... I... Uh... I... L-l... I love you Sakura." He quickly looked away, how come it sounded so stupid? He had practiced it a million times over, each time he had made himself sound like the hero, the one to sweep the beautiful maiden away and off of her feet.
"L-Lee-kun?" Sakura squeaked, leaning away from Lee now, her eyes as wide as they could go.
"Lee-kun, did you just... Did you say... WHAT?!"
Lee tried not so say anything, his voice was in a very squeaky mood all of a sudden. He nodded once, quite firmly, but did not look at the beautiful girl he had fallen madly in love with.
"Lee this.. I just can't! No! It won't work!"
Lee felt like someone had just dropped a grand piano on his heart.
"I love Sasuke!"
Now someone was cutting it up into jigsaw pieces.
"Can't we just be friends?"
And now they were feeding the jigsaw pieces to a dog.
Someone was strangling him, squeezing the empty space where his heart SHOULD be, but it was not there anymore...
"Lee-kun.."
He stood slowly, still not looking at Sakura yet, he faced the blank horizon. Moments ago it had been full of vivid colours, but now.. Now it resembled the shadowed space that used to contain his heart.
He finally turned his gaze over to Sakura and forced a smile to his face.
"All right, Sakura-chan... We'll be friends." And he turned, walking away from the stunned Haruna Sakura.
He found himself running, as if trying to escape the ever-pursuing hurt that she had just inflicted upon him. But he could not escape, no, not even the speed of Konoha's Proud Azure Beast Reincarnated could not escape the speed of a broken heart.
He found himself panting, how long had he ran? How far? Where was he now? It didn't matter, as long as he was nowhere near Sakura...
Eventually he had made his way home, alone, where his parents were gone and he was stuck sitting in a large house by himself.
A large, empty house... By himself. It was so dark. Of course he could turn on the lights, of course he could turn on the TV... But he chose not to...
The darkness seemed to fit now, the blackness, it fit his mood perfectly...
Yes.. Too much colours reminded him of the Summer. Of cherry blossoms. Of Sakura.
And light, light made dark things colourful.. No... Nothing to remind him of Sakura... Now he just wanted to be alone, with Lee. Not even Maito Gai could cheer him up right now...
Proud Azure Beast
His obsidian gaze locked with the horizon as the sun began to set. Shocks of red crossed the sky, covering the violet and blue hues. Orange mingled near the 1/2 covered sun and the final rays of golden yellow spilled out as he continued to stare forth. A few wispy cirrus clouds still hung lazily in the sky, causing a rippling effect to the illumination of this miracle. It all looked like a painting, far too beautiful to be real... Yet, here it was in front of him. It revealed itself for him to see, slowly and shyly, but still he saw. He waited patiently for this miracle to entirely unfold.
This spectacle illuminated the trees, their green leaves shining red, orange, yellow, and even a few showed violet or blue highlights as he felt like he was standing in a rainbow. Thousands of facets of light, thousands of different colours all forming a tapestry that was knitted together with endless love and care. Each thread represented a dream, each patch represented a goal, and the entirety of the project represented life. Life, love, dreams, aspirations...
The sun continued on its journey to rest for the night, the vivid red fading into a pale pink..
Pink, like the colour of her hair.
Yes, her hair was cotton-candy pink, and he imagined it to be so soft, softer than a cloud. It smelled better than a dew-covered rose...
The blues shining from the green leaves seemed to make that shade of turquoise that haunted him.
Yes... Turquoise, like her eyes.
How he could get lost in the pools of her eyes, they absorbed him, and he often found himself drowning in them.
Drowning happily.
Upon sweeping some of his ebony-coloured tresses from his dark and mysterious eyes, he turned away from the final rays of light. He turned his back on God's daily miracle, almost in spite.
He felt as though God was mocking him. The colours reminded him of the girl he could not have. How he wanted her! She was so beautiful, intelligent. She was everything he couldn't be, and he was everything she wasn't, together they could be whole..
But instead, he confessed his feelings to her, and found she could never see him the way he saw her. She was in love, but she was in love with someone else.
In love with someone that was not Rock Lee.
He let out a sigh of remorse, crossing two heavily bandaged arms over his toned chest. She blush to his cheeks had faded when he thought of the previous night.
It had been at dusk, when the final rays of light were disappearing over the horizon. She had become close friends with Lee over the past months, she had confided in him many secrets, and every time she whispered something in his ear he felt his heart beat faster and blood rush to his head.
"Sa-Sakur-Sakura?"
His voice was cracking as he spoke, the tone changing from his low, adorable voice into an almost high-pitched squeak. His entire face, all the way to his ears were now the brightest shade of red. In fact, his cheeks were as red as Sakura's dress as she gazed worriedly into his eyes.
"Yes, Lee-kun?"
"Sakura-chan... Do you... Did you... I... Well... I..." He was choking on his words, so he swallowed heavily. She had moved closer to him, and now he could feel his palms sweating through the bandages.
"Lee-kun?"
"I... I Well... I... Uh... I... L-l... I love you Sakura." He quickly looked away, how come it sounded so stupid? He had practiced it a million times over, each time he had made himself sound like the hero, the one to sweep the beautiful maiden away and off of her feet.
"L-Lee-kun?" Sakura squeaked, leaning away from Lee now, her eyes as wide as they could go.
"Lee-kun, did you just... Did you say... WHAT?!"
Lee tried not so say anything, his voice was in a very squeaky mood all of a sudden. He nodded once, quite firmly, but did not look at the beautiful girl he had fallen madly in love with.
"Lee this.. I just can't! No! It won't work!"
Lee felt like someone had just dropped a grand piano on his heart.
"I love Sasuke!"
Now someone was cutting it up into jigsaw pieces.
"Can't we just be friends?"
And now they were feeding the jigsaw pieces to a dog.
Someone was strangling him, squeezing the empty space where his heart SHOULD be, but it was not there anymore...
"Lee-kun.."
He stood slowly, still not looking at Sakura yet, he faced the blank horizon. Moments ago it had been full of vivid colours, but now.. Now it resembled the shadowed space that used to contain his heart.
He finally turned his gaze over to Sakura and forced a smile to his face.
"All right, Sakura-chan... We'll be friends." And he turned, walking away from the stunned Haruna Sakura.
He found himself running, as if trying to escape the ever-pursuing hurt that she had just inflicted upon him. But he could not escape, no, not even the speed of Konoha's Proud Azure Beast Reincarnated could not escape the speed of a broken heart.
He found himself panting, how long had he ran? How far? Where was he now? It didn't matter, as long as he was nowhere near Sakura...
Eventually he had made his way home, alone, where his parents were gone and he was stuck sitting in a large house by himself.
A large, empty house... By himself. It was so dark. Of course he could turn on the lights, of course he could turn on the TV... But he chose not to...
The darkness seemed to fit now, the blackness, it fit his mood perfectly...
Yes.. Too much colours reminded him of the Summer. Of cherry blossoms. Of Sakura.
And light, light made dark things colourful.. No... Nothing to remind him of Sakura... Now he just wanted to be alone, with Lee. Not even Maito Gai could cheer him up right now...