Breaking the Rules, Earth's New Path
By Akaeri Natsuri
Rock Lee & Matsurai Ran
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto or lee. I just own Ran.
A/N: This is one of a five piece series of elementally based fics that are someone and an oc. This is a girl named Ran and Rock lee.
Chapter 1: Childhood and Chunin exams
He'd always been called a dead last, a drop out, a loser. Lee punched the large pole infront of him repeatedly. He would show them. He could be a great ninja without ninjutsu and genjutsu. He just had one problem, his taijutsu was also terrible. At ten years old the academy dead last had little going for him and it was frustrating. His long braid swished as he kept up the practice and bangs just missed beetle black eyes.
"Beating yourself up doesn't do any good." He heard. Turning he gasped. A girl with waist length silver hair smiled a bit. She had amazing sapphire blue eyes and a natural slight smile. She wore tan pants, a tan vest, sandals, and net sleeves.
"Who're you?" He asked. She smiled and pulled bandages from a pack on her hip.
"My name is Matsurai Ran." She said as she wound the bandages around his hands carefully. "What about you?"
"I'm Rock Lee." He replied. She nodded. He wondered why she was being so nice when she cut the bandages and made sure they were secure.
"Well Lee. Do me a favor and don't beat yourself up because those guys are mean. Ok?" She said. He nodded.
"Of course Ran." he said with a slightly awed grin. She looked back towards the trees and nodded. "What?"
"I have to be going. Maybe I'll see you again some other day." She said before running off. He wished she hadn't left but everyone had lives to live. Two years would pass before they met again and this meeting was under circumstances he wasn't too fond of. The konoha genin faced off against the silver haired girl. He wore his Konoha headband around his waist and she wore one for Iwa around her neck. He was on his first Crank mission with his team and she was the opponent. They're orders were to kill as few as possible and he didn't even want to hurt her. She however looked mad. She formed handsigns and then hit the ground palms down.
"Doton. Earth prison jutsu." She said. Lee found himself trapped and then the prison crumbled and a brunette girl with her hair in buns smiled.
"Thanks Tenten." He said waving. She couldn't help him long since she had her own opponent. His teammates dispatched their opponents and he was defending against his. Suddenly Ran looked around to see that she was surrounded. She formed hand signs and jumped trying to get some distance when a boy with silvery eyes and long dark hair knocked her out.
"That was cool Neji." Tenten said.
"Let's go. We've wasted time here." said an older man wearing a jounin vest who looked like lee. Lee had cut his ponytail and wore a green spandex suit. After the mission they decided to reflect.
"It was too easy even with those Iwa nin in the way." Neji said his eyes set in a glare.
"Lee why were you struggling against that girl?" Their teacher Gai asked.
"It's not youthful to hurt your friends." Lee replied. Gai was a bit taken aback. Then he remembered a story Lee had told him of how a nice girl had raised his spirits back when he'd been in the academy. Lee wondered why Ran had seemed so angry when they'd seen her. The fact that they'd been enemies would have been a good reason. Two years passed and they all took the chunin exam. Lee caught glimpses of silver as he saw the many genin milling around. Once they were all seated for the exam lee looked around a bit. he saw a couple others that could be her but he was unsure. As they all milled around waiting for the second exam to start he found her.
"Ohayo Lee." She said smiling.
"Ohayo Ran!" He said excitedly. "Why'd you seem so mad last time I saw you?" He asked. She chuckled her sapphire eyes sparkling.
"It was my first genin mission and not only did I have to fight I had to fight you." She said. He nodded in understanding.
"Sensei thought with the way you were dodging attacks and fighting that you were a chunin anyway." Lee said. This made Ran laugh.
"Your sensei is just plain weird." She said shaking her head. "Kind alike how you specialize in taijutsu and offense I specialize in a sort of defensive ninjutsu." She said. That made sense then. It was time to rejoin their teams.
"Who was she?" Tenten asked. "She's really pretty."
"An old friend." Lee replied. The second exam started and it was proving easy. They came across Ran and her team after two days. Ran threw Lee a scroll.
"Don't lose got it?" She asked. He nodded.
"Same to you." He said. Then she was gone. Once the teams who'd passed were gathered they were informed that there were still too many people and the numbers had to be cut down. They would hold a preliminary round to the exam. Both Ran's teammates dropped out seeing their possible opponents. That left her as the only representative of Iwa left. Lee gave Ran his goody guy pose.
"Win and move on." He said. She nodded.
"You to Lee." She said giving a thumbs up. Aburame Shino for some reason dropped out at the last moment. Ran was to fight a guy named Zaku. He had air tunnels in his palms. She trapped him in an earth barrier rather quickly. As he tried to escape she thought of a plan. As she looked at Gai and Lee she earned two good guy poses. She thought it was odd but amusing.
"The power of youth will triumph." Lee shouted. ran held both arms up, slid one foot back, and relaxed. Zaku blasted out of the prison and was seething. He sent a blast her way which she dodged. She'd jumped over it landing behind him. Suddenly six of her surrounded him earth with a scythe to his throat.
"I won't kill you if you surrender." She said. He laughed.
"You can't." He said tauntingly. Suddenly he was to his neck in dirt with the six surrounding him and a seventh watching.
"Yeah I can. Wanna try me?" Asked the new one. Hayate sighed, this one was obvious.
"Winner Mitsurai Ran." He declared. When Lee had to face Gaara she could feel the killer intent and dread. When Lee was carried away unconcious she was close to follow. Gaara wanted to kill her for the look she held in her scared and worried eyes. After the preliminary rounds were over Gai entered. Ran sat in a chair at Lee's side. She held his good hand and had fallen asleep with her head resting on her other arm. This was when Gai officially liked her. He'd had his doubts but they were long passed now. The girl was youthful and kind, she was unlike most in her village. She looked up strands of silver hair falling off her face. Gai noticed her startling sapphire eyes. She let her vision focus from sleep and no one was there.
My hand at a cute Naruto fic. This'll be one of a five story set so keep reading! Review too if you want it to keep going.
