Author's Note: Ladies and Gentleman, Boys and Girls of all Persuasions; I, Matsui, bring you the greatest fanfic of all time. No I'm just kidding, this is my very first fanfic, but I still think it's pretty good. The story is set during the timeskip and the main pairing will be Lee/Hinata, but it won't come into play for awhile. I will make sure to update every week and every other week I will update twice...NO EXCEPTIONS (unless I die). Anyways, please review, even flames are accepted; what can I say Im a feedback-whore. Now, on to the story, read and let the fire of youth burn!!

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto, but my good friend Masashi Kishimoto does.Go Kishi!

The young ninja sat in a sea of blood; he was covered head to toe in the crimson fluid. The coppery stench filled his lungs as he tried to steady his ragged breathing. Had the situation not been what it was, one would probably laugh at the boy's ridiculous appearance.

Sans the blood, the boy wore a hideously green spandex body suit, which was sickeningly tight. His arms were bandaged, he wore a red forehead protector around his mid-section, and he finished the goofy look with a pair of orange leg warmers. However the strange boy didn't stop there his pitch black hair was butchered into the shape of a bowl, and his eyebrows were so thick you could have never told that they were once separate entities.

But considering his state, no one was laughing. The boy slowly began to rise, he immediately fell back down, his body was totally drained. The smell of the plasma filled his nostrils, it was enough to make him vomit, but instead he began to cry.

He cried for the man that lay across from him, the body to whom most of this blood belonged to. "Oh Gai-sensei, forgive me," the boy screamed.

-FLASHBACK-

Lee! I have wonderful news, Konoha has decided to test the power of our youth", yelled an overexcited man.

Lee, the aforementioned boy, began to jump up and down with joy. While most would find this exchange weird Lee had been around Gai long enough to know that this meant they had received a high-ranking mission. Gai, who strangely looked exactly like Lee (except twenty years older) performed his nice-guy pose at the sign's of his student's 'display of youth'. This hideous pose consisted of him putting on a grin as big as his face and sticking a thumb up. It made him look strangely like a pedophile at an all boy's sleepover.

"The Hokage has given us an A rank mission, this is truly a treat for all our hard training Lee," explained Gai.

"Oh sensei I am so excited, I'm sure Neji and Tenten will be ecstatic as well," Lee chirped.

Truth be told Neji and Tenten would've been annoyed at having to put up with the two's happy-go-lucky attitudes on such a dangerous mission. Gai frowned, "Unfortunately the team won't be coming with us, the Hokage can't risk anymore ninja than us".

"Don't worry Gai-sensei I'm sure Neji and Tenten will make sure to keep their youthful fires burning while we are gone", Lee chimed in.

"Of course they will Lee, but we have to do our part too," Gai's tone had turned serious.

"Ever since Orochimaru's betrayal the Village has been short on ninja and we haven't been offered as many difficult missions, this has really hurt the village's economy Lee".

"Lee we have to burn our youth fire at full heat, and make this mission a success".

Lee's face turned just as serious as Gai's had, "Sensei I swear on my nindo that I will complete this mission, even if it costs me my life, "Lee bellowed at the top of his lungs.

Both of the green clad ninjas broke the tension with their signature pedo-esque poses. To the untrained eye it would look like the two ninja had reverted back to their strangely ridiculous behavior, but in reality they were preparing, sizing each other up.

At that instant they both yelled and instantly they were face to face; the two ninja simultaneously threw a punch at each other. The two fists slammed into one another, however Gai's managed to push Lee back a little. This move made Lee lose his balance for a split-second; the taijutsu master exploited this by continuing his attack with a well timed volley of punches at Lee's head.

However, all these years of constant intense training gave Lee the ability to successfully block each of the powerful jabs. The punches kept coming and began to push Lee back; with every punch he took his arms began to feel heavy. Lee knew he couldn't keep this up and hope to win, so he performed a quick duck, after which he raised up and started to slam his knee into Gai's gut. Gai grabbed his student's knee and launched him into the air.

Lee flew away at an odd trajectory, but he still managed to roll out and bounce back onto the balls of his feet, "This is just beginning Sensei", Lee roared.

With that he charged full speed at his sensei, and as he closed in he hurled the leg weights that he had just taken off straight at Guy.

'When the hell did he take those off' thought Gai. These weights were far from ordinary and if they hit the right spot, Guy knew he'd be dead.

Gai pumped as much chakra as possible into his forearm right before the first weight made contact. This quick-thinking move on Gai's part saved his arm from complete obliteration, but the weight still caused his arm to go limp with pain. With the next weight closing in, he knew he had to think fast.

'Ahah', Guy thought. He pushed so much chakra into his other arm that the chakra was pushed out of his hand, and it slowed the weight down considerably so Gai could catch the weapon.

At this point Lee was right on top of Gai, and he was prepared to end this fight and prove the intensity of his youth-fire. However, Gai had other plans, he launched the weight right at Lee's chest, and Lee quickly crossed his arms and used some chakra to brace for the attack. Unfortunately for him he was still thrown back like a rag-doll.

Gai immediately capitalized on this and in a second he was right in front of Lee. He quickly launched a high kick at Lee's forehead. Lee quickly crouched down and caught his sensei's leg.

"Gotcha sensei, Leaf whirlwind," roared Lee.

The young teen launched an amazing leg sweep at his opponent. Gai had been waiting for Lee to use his signature move though, and he countered by pushing off Lee's block. While in the air the master of taijutsu maintained perfect balance and he shoved his leg right into Lee's face. Gai followed through with the kick and the force was so much that he rode Lee's face across the battlefield like a surfboard, for a good distance.

When they came to a stop Guy was sure Lee wouldn't be getting back up for awhile after such a powerful move. 'This is my chance,' Lee thought; I can hit him with one-shot at full power and he won't be able to block it.

Lee slipped out from underneath his Sensei's foot and spun around in a crouching position. Lee then went into a handstand, and slammed both his feet into Gai's chest with as much power as he could muster. This move sent Gai soaring through the air; however the jounin was able to land in a crouching position on the other side of the field. When Gai went to stand, was when he realized the full power of Lee's attack as blood began to pour from his mouth.

Gai knew he would definitely need some medical treatment for these internal injuries. Lee was faring, just as bad if not worse, his nose was gushing like Niagara Falls and he had a killer headache to go with it. Both ninja laid on the ground breathing heavily in silence. At this point they both noticed it was night outside and they looked up to the stars with a renewed flaming passion.

-END OF FLASHBACK-

If only the two ninja could have read the sick fate the stars held for them that night...Next Chappie: The Last Mission Together!?

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