Pairing: Gaara/Lee

Genre: Yaoi

Rock Lee was in the forest training intensely, why? Because that is what he always did when he had free time; altho he was training particularly hard today he did a 30 lap run around the village, a 50 lap run around the village on his hands, 1k squats, 3k push ups, 3k sit ups, spared with Kiba, Neji, Guy Sensei, Naruto, Shino, Guy Sensei, Sakura, Naruto again after he offered to take him out to eat, and then Guy Sensei, and so far he has punched down 27 trees and was currently working on number 28.

Ya see the reason why Lee was training so hard is recently something terrible had happened to a friend of his, Gaara of the Sand, he was kidnapped by the Akatsuki and had his Tailed Beast removed from his body which would have surely killed him had it not been for Granny Chiyo giving her life to save his.

Not only had Lee not been there to stop him from being taken but he also failed to capture the one who had done it in the first place. Gaara was one of the best friends Lee had and visa versa, on the terms that they first met you would think that they would utterly hate one another but after they fought Kimimaro together their friendship only went from there. Lee was there to help him overcome his inability to sleep without losing control, despite his utter lack of knowledge on it he helped him control his tailed beast and not to mention he was there at his Kazekage Inauguration and he visited him constantly (despite him being the Kazekage and unable to just hangout all the time). Still though, he wasn't there when his friend needed him the most.

"THWACK!" The 28'th tree came crashing down, and just as Lee was about to start on number 29 his body only then realized he was about to die, so he decided to sit against the tree and rest.

As he sat, he thought, he thought about how much his body was hurting, about how he felt he deserved it for not being there to protect his friend, about how he wished he could always be there, to protect him, be with him. He thought about all the ways Gaara could make this ache in his body go away.

Lee quickly made the perverted thought leave his mind and sprang to his feet.

"There is no time for such dirty thoughts! I must get back to my training!"

Lee started on the tree desperately trying to get blood to flow somewhere else. While he was punching, he had a thought. "Altho this training is rigorous and full of youth, would it not be a better use of my time to protect Gaara in person, besides I could show him the benefits of youthful taijutsu training. I bet if I did that then even if I'm not there to shield him all the time he will always have my training with him!" A smile crept on to his face as he finished off the tree with one kick and ran off to pack for his trip. As he was hopping from building to building getting to his apartment he ran into Shikamaru who was laying on the roof of his own apartment when Lee almost stepped on him.

"Jeez Lee! Don't you ever watch where you are going." Shikamaru questioned as he sat up.

" I am sorry Shikamaru I did see you there, you tend to blend in almost as much as Shino."

Lee said with a big smile on his face. "Yeah that's a skill I have mastered and pride myself on, anyway what are you so happy about, ya know other than being youthful and stuff."

Lee hadn't noticed he was more hyper than usual and tried to be unassuming. "Oh nothing I'm just going to visit Gaara at Suna." Shikamaru raised an eyebrow "Again? Man, why don't you just move there, seeing you go back and forth all the time makes me tired." Lee blushed a bit and thought about it. Being that close to Gaara being able to see him whenever he wanted. "No I couldn't not only would it be hard to find a place there to live, what reason would I have to be so close to him, we're only friends after all." Shikamaru gave Lee an 'is that so?' look. "Well Temari told me that she has been thinking of moving here to the Leaf so if that's true I'm sure she would let you have her place, and as for the 'we're only friends thing' you do remember I have an IQ of over 250 right? As well as having the benefit of not being blind. I see how you look at him, I'm not Naruto levels of oblivious."

Lee was now fully red and stuttered as he spoke. "I-I have n-n-no idea what you are talking about S-shikamaru but I-I-I can assure you.." Lee stopped when he thought of something. "Wait Temari is moving away from Suna to here? Why?" Shikamaru's eyes dilated at the realization that he had said too much. "Hey, uh it's going to be getting dark soon you should get moving while it's still bright out." Shikamaru had also mastered the art of misdirection. "Oh yes you are right! I will see you around! " Lee responded as he started moving again. Shikamaru was just lucky that Lee is Naruto levels of oblivious.

Okay that's one chapter down I will add about 2 more but I'll wait until I get a couple reviews first. I love this pairing so much and it is my favorite naruto non akatsuki pairing anyway tons of thanks for reading.