Chapter twooooooooooooooooooooo :-) Are you enjoying this?
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"Sakura? Sakura can you hear me?" The voice was familiar and authoritive causing Sakura to open her eyes
"Tsu-sensei?" she asked groggily blinking in the pitch black.
"Good, you had a nasty hit on the head with a tree"
"A whole tree?" Sakura blinked again trying to focus
"Yes, the enemy were defeated though, but I had to send everyone off on another mission…Ino's ribs were beautifully done though – she left you a card, next to other presents pretty ne?"
"Hai sensei…if you turn on the light I could see them"
There was a frozen silence, and a whooshing sound, sakura frowned "Sensei?"
Tsunade was sat her fist a half inch from Sakuras nose, she had been testing pretending to punch her student who stared forward with open, unseeing eyes.
"Oh Kama-sama" she whispered
"Sensei?" Sakura asked again, "Sensei….the lights are one aren't they?"
"Yes….Sakura I think you might have temporary blindness from being hit in the head, we'll have a look ne? Lie down again"
Sakura did feeling sharp pains in her head, and now she noticed it her eyes. A cooling white feeling entered as Tsunade did some kind of jujitsu,
There was a sight of relief as the jitsu receded but the pain was back.
"Sensei?" Sakura whimpered...the pain was really bad
"Its okay Sakura the blindness is temporary, about 2/3 months" Sakura felt something being put into her hand, a glass it felt like "Drink this for the pain"
Sakura did wincing at the bitter draught, then again at the pain wincing caused.
Tsunade smiled "This will also put you to sleep….oh never mind" Sakura had hit the pillow and was now lightly snoring.
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The cart was slow, rocking along the road. "Are you sure you don't care for me to pull Kind sir? I would gladly hurry your cart for you"
The older man sighed, Lee or Rocky as some of the villagers affectionately called him was still as hyperactive as when he had arrived 2 years ago to live with the Gai's he was a student of one of their hyperactive sons….must be contagious the man thought to himself. He answered the mans question "No Lee-san, I am going this speed for a reason so my goods don't have to stand for long and spoil when the market opens"
"W, would you mind if I ran ahead Chenan-chan?" he looked away after this request
"Eager to be home?" Chanan's weathered face broke into a smile, suddenly his grin broadened "Eager to see your sweetheart ne?" The village girls had been distressed to find Lee wasn't interested in any of them – especially when Gai-sensei' mother had given him a makeover, a look he quite liked and kept.
Laughing as the younger man ran away, so fast you could hardly see him. Chanan grinned at least we got him out of those stupid suits.
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As Lee entered the Ninja village he noted the quiet. The only sounds were that of the market stalls being set up in preparation of the coming stall keepers. Birds flew their keening calls echoing in the morning air.
A small blonde weight almost knocked Lee over. "BUSHY BROWS!"
"Hey Naruto-chan! Come on they're not that bushy anymore!"
Naruto peered more closely, "Kama-samaaaaa what did they do to you?"
"W, what?" Lee felt his hair and looked down at himself
"You changed; I mean if it wasn't for your chakra I wouldn't have known it was you!"
"How's everyone?" Lee asked grinning
Naruto's face changed clouding over"Sakura….."
"NARUTO GET YOUR LAZY ASS OUT HERE WE HAVE TO GO NOW!" Tenten almost screamed from the gate
Naruto rubbed the back of his head "Bugger it, bye lee-chan" and he was gone.
Lee stood there, feeling suddenly very heavy "That look on Naruto's face…what happened to my Sakura?" Lee shook his head no; she's not yours he sighed remembering that night 2 years ago when he had limped away from her.
He heard a soft cry from behind him and turned. A strawberry haired girl had slipped at the bottom of some stairs leading out of an apartment complex. Luckily she caught herself, because Lee wouldn't have been able to, he stared at Sakura, alright his Sakura, whom though perfect in her balance had just fallen down some stairs. She bent her head down in shame and wiped away some tears.
Lee approached her "Sakura –chan are you alright?"
She looked up "Whose there?" her eyes were wide, but lee stared in horror they were blank and unfocused.
"Hello?" Sakura whipped her head around trying to hear him
"Um Konichiwa!"
"Hello" she smiled in his direction whilst discreetly wiping away another tear.
"Are you alright? I noticed your fall; unfortunately I was not able to apprehend it in time!" Lee took a deep breath….trying to slow down and not to randomly confess his love to her like he used to.
"I am fine thank you….I'm just getting used to, to" she waved her hand in front of her eyes in frustration
"Where were you headed fair one?" he asked
A small blush crept into her cheeks "I, I was heading to the shops to pick some food"
"I shall accompany you, yosh!" he froze argh I cannot believe I just said YOSH! BAKABAKA!
To his surprise she smiled sadly then said "Thank you" he took her arm and lead her to the markets.
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"YOU DARE!" Lee growled at the shopkeeper he grovelled "This woman is apprenticed to Tsunade herself! And you have the effrontery to take advantage of her blindness and give her short measures?" Lee was furious and he was scaring the terrified shopkeeper as he fished fruit and vegetables from the bag the small man had prepared for Sakura. "Rotten tomatoes…"He hissed "are you trying to make this woman ill? Possibly kill her?" His voice was menacing
"Sir" Sakura put her hand on his arm and the anger was subdued. Now Sakura looked at the shopkeeper, her eyes unfocused "I am sure this was an accident….and when I return you will have the goods I ordered properly prepared"
"H,hai Sakura-chan!"
Lee growled at the shopkeeper as they left.
Sakura was outside leant against the wall doubled over. "Sakura-chan!" Lee called running to her
"It's okay…..chuckle….I wish I could see….snort…his face!"
"Man I'm hungry, is that ramen stand still about?"
"Yep!" Sakura nodded eagerly and he led her there.
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"So you're from Kahona?
Sakura and Lee were sat in one of the booths and happily eating Ramen.
She has no idea who I am? "Erm yes I've been away for a while….What happened to you?"
Sakura leant back at the abrupt change of topic. "I was on a mission and some missing Nin attacked us, a tree fell and hit me"
Lee frowned "That's awful" he choked out
Now Sakura frowned "No! No! Its alright…I should be okay in a few months"
"Oh" Lee let out a big sigh of relief
Just then Kakashi and Iruka entered the store.