-Normal Romance-

Anime: Naruto

Couple: Lee and Sakura

Lee punched the stump more, every punch full of anger. That Sasuke, how can he treat her like that!? She's beautiful, strong, and talented. He's so lucky to have her chasing after HIM, but he rejects her so badly.

Lee stopped, sighing, "No matter how much I anger myself over this, and there will be no changes. Sakura-chan will never love me, and sadly, Sasuke will never love Sakura."

"Lee! There you are my ever so full of youth student," came the voice of his normally hyped up and always so full of joy sensei.

"Gai-sensei! I was just-"

"It's all right Lee," Gai said, putting his large and strong hand on his shoulder, "I heard about the fight and wanted to know more about it."

Lee sighed, why of all people did Gai-sensei have to find out!?

Lee sighed again, "I don't want you to know, you'll be disappointed of me sensei."

"Disappointed of you? Nah, never Lee. You must have done it for a good reason," Gai said.

Lee nodded, "I did! For Sakura-chan's sake!"

"Sakura, huh?" Gai asked, rubbing his chin, "You love this girl don't you?"

"A lot Gai-sensei, yet sadly she has rejected my love many times. I am not that beautiful an-"

"Wait!? This girl you love says you are not beautiful!? Well than that is no one to love!" Gai said, cutting Lee off.

"Well to her eyes, but I know to your eyes I am very beautiful. Please sensei, let me finish."

"Go on, sorry."

"Anyway, she is a good friend of mine. But she likes Sasuke, yet Sasuke does not like Sakura and does not treat her very well."

"Even when they're teammates?"

"Well he treats her well as a teammate; he's a very good teammate to her. But he rejects her love more than she rejects my love and today he really got me angry about it that I couldn't help punching him."

Gai shook his head, "I see Lee, but you must remember violence isn't always the key."

"I know, that is why I'm very disappointed in my own self. I just really love Sakura dearly, and I will do anything for her; even if it means death."

"Well Lee that is very strong love, has she noticed that you protect her no matter what?"

"Yes, but I don't know if she takes much advantage of it; she does notice but…oh sensei sometimes I'm just so confused."

"It's alright Lee, you'll get over it. No matter what, everyone loves you deep inside because you are beautiful and full of wonderful youth," Gai said and then winked at him along with the big grin showing his sparkly teeth.
Lee smiled back, "Thank you sensei."

With that Gai left Lee to himself for a while, knowing that he did need alone time.

Someone behind the tree sighed, she turned around and leaned against it.

Why am I so stupid!? Come on Sakura it isn't always the looks!! Sakura turned around again and looked at Lee who was punching away at the stump again. Sakura frowned, mostly because of the way she acted. Of course she knew Lee really cared about her and would do anything about her, she just never really opened her eyes to the fact because she was too busy looking at Sasuke. Of course Sasuke is the hottest guy, but Lee WAS right…he did reject her a lot and she rejected Lee. "Well that's got to change," Sakura said quietly to herself. She took a deep breath, then emerged from behind the tree and said, "I heard what you said Lee."

Lee stopped and looked over at her in surprise, "Sakura-chan!? What're you-"

"I'm sorry…" Sakura said, her eyes glued to the ground, becoming tearful, and her hands behind her back.

"Sakura…" Lee started.

"You're right! Sasuke is just a big jerk! I shouldn't be going after him because he knows so many cool moves, or is strong and very hot," Sakura said, yelling somewhat, "Because the truth is…you're strong and you are beautiful…on the inside. And that's what counts the most."

Lee gawked at her, what's going on…Sakura never acted like this?

"I know you care for me and I know you would do anything for me…I just…never really paid attention to that. But after I heard you talking to Gai-sensei, I finally thought about how I've been acting. And now I-"

Sakura was stopped by Lee placing his hand over her lips.

"Look Sakura," Lee said, seeming way more serious than he normally ever was, "You don't have to do this for me. If you love Sasuke still, then you shouldn't fall out of love with him just because of me. Don't worry, some day Sasuke will notice your love for him."

"But-" Sakura wanted to say but was stopped by Lee again.

"It's your choice Sakura-chan, you decide and don't let others' feelings decide for you," Lee said, smiling, then turning around and headed home.

"Wait Lee! Come back!" Sakura yelled, but he didn't come back. She sighed and then sat down with her head buried in her knees. That Lee, he's always watching out for me and telling me what's right. And he's right again, I still love Sasuke. But now I love him too. What am I to do? She looked up at the sky, it was starting to get dark. I'll just have to do what he said…decide. She nodded to herself and ran home.

-The next day-

"Sakura-chaaan! Sakura!!" came the usual loud voice from the blond boy that Sakura probably loathed the most.

She rolled her eyes, why does he have to be so loud…it's the morning?

"I know, I know, I'm coming," Sakura said heading over to him and Sasuke. Another mission.

"Which is it this time?" Sakura asked. She looked at Sasuke, for some reason she just didn't want to hang around him a lot. She still had Lee on her mind too.

"Baby-sitting," Naruto said sighing, "God I hate kids."

"You're more like a kid yourself," Sasuke spat.

"Oh yeah! Well I bet you can't make more kids laugh than I can!" Naruto said with a big grin, pointing at himself and knowing he would most definitely win this one.

"Try me," Sasuke said smiling, taking the bet.

Sakura rolled her eyes, they're always having bets and competing against each other. Then she saw Lee, Neji, and TenTen walk by.

"Lee," she whispered to herself as she walked them move to their sensei. They probably had a much, much more important mission to go to…probably one that would take a few days.

"Ok guys, I was told that our team and Team 7 need to work together more so we all are going to go babysitting!" Gai said, seeming somewhat happy about this. This is a great time to even it out with Kakashi.

Neji noticed his sensei seeming to spare out to space like that with that grin on his face.

"He probably asked Tsunade if we could work with Kakashi's team so he can compete against him," Neji said, whispering to TenTen who nodded with agreement.

Lee's eyes widened, that's Sakura-chan's team!

"Oh look, there they are!" Gai said, as the team walked up to them with Kakashi leading them.

"Hey Kakashi, I bet you can't make more kid-o's laugh than I can," Gai said with a big grin and pointed at himself.

"Try me," Kakashi said with his normal voice, looking up from his book.

Sakura saw Lee, she smiled at him. Lee noticed, blushed and looked away.

Sasuke noticed and whispered to Naruto, "Is it me or is Sakura acting a bit odd?"

"Nah, she's as beautiful as usual!" Naruto said out loud. Sakura heard and hit him on the head.

Neji and TenTen babysat one house of four. Kakashi, Sakura, Lee, and Gai babysat a house of seven. And Naruto and Sasuke babysat a house of two.

"Damn, only two…well then I bet you can't make that little boy laugh," Naruto said.

Sasuke smiled and then made a silly face at the boy. The boy only stared at him like he was a maniac. Naruto laughed at Sasuke's failure and then gave it a try with the little boy he was looking after. What Naruto did was make a fart noise and say Sasuke did it…it had the child laughing quickly.

Kakashi and Gai soon started their competition…forgetting completely about the kids as Gai started a small spat with Kakashi, and soon the four kids they watched walked/crawled away.

Sakura and Lee were in the room with the newborn triplets stayed, keeping an eye on them. Although the two stayed very quiet.

Sakura looked over at him, he bent into one of the cribs and pulled the blanket over the child more whispering, "There…nice and warm."

Sakura smiled, he was so caring for everyone and not only her and others he cared about. She knew Sasuke was probably currently busy arguing with Naruto to care about the kids.

"Lee…" Sakura started, breaking the silence.

Lee looked at her, ready to get something upsetting.

"I…I thought about what you said yesterday…"

Lee looked down on the floor and frowned, he knew it…he was going to get his heart hurt again.

"You're right I need to decide on who I love and the one I love is you."

Lee looked up at her quickly in shock.
"I bet you're wondering why and you're very surprised on how I can just drop Sasuke like that. Well the thing is I do still like Sasuke a lot because he's just so hot and cool, but he doesn't have the heart of a good boyfriend. The kind of heart of a boyfriend I want…is the kind of heart you have."

"So…so you're saying…" Lee said and Sakura nodded.

"Thank you Lee, for knocking sense into me and making me finally notice," Sakura said and ran over to him for a hug. He hugged her back tightly, "Don't worry I will always take care of you and you know that."

"Yes, "Sakura said smiling, "I most definitely know that. I love you."

"I love you too."

The stopped hugging and looked into each other's eyes, slowly and gradually they began to kiss.

"Sakura and Lee are dating!?!?" TenTen yelled in a questioning way toward Sasuke. Neji raised an eyebrow and Naruto cried in the background. Why Sakura-chan…I love you too!

Sasuke couldn't help but feel somewhat jealous, he was starting to miss getting all the attention from her. Then Ino walked by, heh good…someone to jump on me.

"Shikamaru-kun! Chouji-kun! Hey guys!" Ino yelled and ran over to them.

"Damn!" Sasuke whispered to himself and searched the area for more fan girls.

"Well, well I knew teaming us two up was a good idea," Gai said grinning as he and Kakashi looked over a Lee and Sakura, who were happily enjoying their time together.

"You only did that to win against me, which you failed at again," Kakashi said.

Gai crossed his arms, "You are right; and you win once again, you are much more hilarious man than I am."

Kakashi nodded and patted himself on the back in his mind.

Sakura, I would never think of this day to come. Thank you. As many times I should stop saying this, but it will stay as a fact…I will always love you and always protect you till the death. Arigatou again Sakura-chan…my love.